>> when everybody, it is 7:00. a warning this morning that attacks could move to nato territory following a strike near the polish border. russia claims that some progress in peace talks. but does putin really want peace? as tens of thousands of ukrainians continue to flee the country, news this morning that children have arrived in the uk for life slaving treatment. the health secretary joins us shortly. as we get a --

it is monday the 14th of march. a matter of time. it warning from the ukraine president that russian missiles could hit nato territory. following that attack near the polish border. >> i repeat again, if they do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before russian missiles fall on your territory, 80 territory. on the homes of citizens of nato countries. and reports just reaching us of at least one person dead and three wounded after a russian explosive hit a residential building in the capital of kyiv. the drone footage shows the aftermath of an attack in mariupol has the red cross pleads for a cease-fire in the pc city. poland struggles as refugees fleeing the war keep kobe. while 21 ukrainian children with cancer arrive in the uk

for lifesaving treatment. >> two jets suddenly attacked. >> tributes tuned oscar would big star. hollywood remembers william hurt who has died at the age of 71. >> preview all of the action from the baftas, which gets political. stars showing their support for help ukrainian refugees. >> everyone needs to do as much as they can. there's been a record number of people volunteer rhea. and be part of that myself. >> also on the program for you this monday morning, lives going to be speaking to a board member of the chelsea supporters trust as well as the chelsea legend pat devin. looking for in that. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> we'll speak to the lead singer of ukraine's most popular rock band using his say to boost morale the soldiers. morning everybody, we start with a warning from the ukrainian president that russia will suit attack nato countries after the weekend strike here polish border. at least 35 people now confirmed to have been killed in the attack. the scene in kyiv this morning, we reports are just reaching us of at least one person dead and three wounded after a russian explosive hit a residential building in the capital. let's take you through the other main development so far this morning. ukraine's president has reiterated his call for data to oppose a no-fly zone after a russian strike killed 35 people on a military base 15 miles, 12 get drawn from the polish border. >> talks take place today between chinese and u.s. diplomats amid reports that russia has asked for military

equipment from beijing. russian negotiators say that it has been substantial progress in talks with ukraine at a draft agreement could be reached soon further negotiations continue today. and 21 ukrainian children with cancer have landed in the uk for treatment. the health secretary will be here in just a moment to discuss that. first, our u.s. correspondent has this report. >> if the russians did expect to be welcomed with open arms in ukraine's cities. the reality must have been sobering. demonstrators in the southern city of kherson, marching in protest at their occupation. >> go home they chant but the military kabul. >> the response, gunfire from russian soldiers. warning shots of people who simply do not want that there. it is not just civilians offering defiance, it is the variable under siege for so long since the invasion began.

the ukrainian military released these drone pictures of what they say is an attack on russian armored vehicles. and the resistance continues elsewhere to, as the elderly are held out of their paid on the outskirts of kyiv, the mayor estimates that 10,000 people have stayed behind. >> 70% of the city is now ukrainian territory he says and 30% is controlled by russian occupiers. we are doing everything to liberate 100% of our city. >> it is to the west that a new front could be of greatest concern, the attack on a trading base on the doorstep of poland and by extension nato. ukraine's president says that the strike should be a wake up call to the west. >> i repeat again, if we do not close our sky it is only a matter of time before russian missiles fall on your territory, nato territory. on the homes of citizens of nato countries.

>> joe biden returned to the white house for the weekend at camp david and concert that russia has turned to china for military help. 's national security adviser will meet china's top four diplomat today to deliver a warning. >> they think that they can basically bail russia out. they could give russia a workaround to the sections that we have a post. they should have another takeaway. because we will ensure that either child or anyone else could cause a rush of these losses. >> on the ground, another night of anxiety. and the city of lviv, sheltered in a hotel basement. there is hope that more peace talks could bring relief. but few believe that will come anytime soon. greg milam, sky news. >> poor man. how secretary is here now. and before we start, i want to remind our viewers of these images that we saw towards the end of last week. when a hospital was hit.

a maternity hospital. this is what happened. this was a lady that was being stretchered of that but eternity hospital. i'm sure that you will remember the images. we are just hearing actually that she had a caesarean section and the baby has died. and we are now also being told that mom has died as well. remember that the russian authorities said that it was faked is. is that a war crime? >> yes, i think it is. it's an appalling atrocity. it's a war crime. because under international law. you can attack health facilities, hospitals. and in fact, the most recent information that i have from the world health organization is that they now have documented evidence of at least 31 such attacks of health facilities hospitals, including shelling a couple of days ago for cancer hospital as well. so these are warcrimes. today, the justice secretary

will be in the hague. and we'll be meeting there with the chief prosecutor and others to offer britain's help in helping to gather evidence. but also to a future prosecution of putin and his team. >> the hospitals right across the country have been hit? >> yes, red cross the country. appalling atrocities. >> and when the russian embassy in britain says that it is fake news, how should we deal with that? i know that's tweet has been taken down by twitter, but at the last, that is the propaganda. >> thanks news is everything that we hear from russia. russia is as we see it every attack, the we can see for ourselves, actually happened a. the seed from sky reporters we've seen. so yesterday that america journalist was killed by the russians. >> targeted by the russians. >> targeted and killed. and an opportunity for me to say thank you to all of the journalist out there risking

their lives and bringing us the real facts and news of what's happening on the ground. >> 15 minute drive away from the nato border if you will. take poland. it was attacked yesterday. 35 people died. it is edging ever closer to a challenging of data. >> what happens if there is a missile just on the other side to the day no border? >> we've been very clear. before the war started, if there was an attack on any nato country. even if just a toe cap of a russian soldier steps into nato territory. and it will be war with nato in nato would respond. that has not changed. throughout this conflict, there would be a significant response from data if there is any kind of attack from russia. >> the polish president wants to go for the. that if there is chemical attacks in ukraine then it is a war that nato should get involved with.

what is britain's position on that? >> we've been clear about any kind of attack on nato. an attack on ukraine, but a chemical attack. >> i'm not going to get into a hypothetical situation. but to be perfectly frank, it is never helpful to us to set up what we may or may not do in such a situation. we would not want to tell the enemy what the response might be, it just would not make any sense. but our message has been very clear from the start. any kind of attack, anything that touches nato territory or impacts nato in any significant way. we would respond. >> but we don't set that kind of response in advance. >> this attack on the base. i believe british military personnel have house there previously. were there any day where this attack happened? >> i don't know the answer to that question. what sorts of armed shipments

already sunday? >> so far we have supplied more than any other country. with weapons, something like 3615 anti tank weapons. so called and all anti tank weapons. they've helped you create significantly so far. and the defense secretary has also said that we are considering sending some other weapons. including the star street weapon. which is an anti aircraft missile system and also the javelin anti tank missile system >> talk to be about the ones who have got cancer and have arrived in the uk what is the plan? >> yesterday we receive 21 very ill ukrainian children with cancer. these are all children. innocent children of course. they have been forced to leave their home because of the russian invasion. and they will all receive treatment in ukraine and will be cared for by our nhs staff here in the uk. and i'm also very grateful to

all of our partners who how to make this happen. the government in particular in the nhs to get these children's out of the with their families. and in different parts of the uk, the six nhs hospitals that will eventually receive a give them the treatment that they did. >> how longer they lobster? >> as long as necessary really. just to get about very quickly, they were all given 6:12 fisas but we will extend that to at least three years. and it will be up to them once they are here. the children with their mothers and carers. some siblings, i think it is 59 people in total. and it is great that we can help it this way. as we've said right from the start that we will stand with the people of ukraine and help it anyway that we care and they can stay for up to three years. >> beyond that it will be up to them to decide what they wish

to do. >> at least for three years they will be here. and the children in particular will get all the medical treatment that they need. >> what about -- families could come to the uk. but they'll ease the uk who want to offer hope have to have the name of the uk tv heavily. how does that go to work? >> it will work with the charities that we are working closely with. there are a number of charities. especially on the ground in poland. and it pulled over. and they're already receive with the help of the respective governments. and it number of people. there are people who have continued to express interest in coming to the uk. and through those charities, through the website that is going live into this week. it will be connected. that is how a host will be able to say i will take a family of this size. maybe a mother with two or three children. i've got enough space for them. they will be connected and put

together. >> is there a cap on the number of people that can come? >> no, there is no cap. and there should not be. we don't know where this is going to add. we see that there is already millions of refugees that will and be ready bore. and it is an open offer. for any british family to extend its hand and offer shelter and support. >> do you acknowledge that it's taken us too long to get to where we are? >> it's been a difficult process it responding. we start as one of the first countries to offer humanitarian support. over 400 million pounds of support so far. i think more bilaterally than any other country. we have talked about the weapons that the military support. for my part in my department, as well as what we've just talked about about helping these children. we have already sent seven flights of vital bedside in medical equipment and medical supplies. i think i've got another one levy today. we've got more in terms of medical supplies that any other country. we are doing a huge amount as a

country. >> you know that britain's will open their doors to people if they care. there are a lot of barry's point their way until the. and thankfully it's coming into play stuff but all i'm saying is do you acknowledge the potentially issue to happen. look, i think everyone would've wanted to seek help for ukraine refugees as much as we can as quickly as we can. also, one thing as a country, we do have a very proud record of offering sanctuaries to people fleeing conflict and war with the thousands of syrians in afghans who have settled with support of over 100,000 hong kong nationals who applied at the prime minister scheme last year. and again, with ukraine, we want to play our part and make sure that we give refuge. >> it's happening. it's happening now. we also note that the prime minister is heading to -- , to talk about oil.

it's a big challenge given the sanctions against russia. saudi arabia executed 81 people over the weekend. are we turning a blind eye to the world in order to get enough oil to keep the lights on? >> we have a long-standing relationship with saudi arabia. and i considered we tell you that the time that i've been in government, with the three prime ministers, we have always had a very candid and frank relationship with saudi arabia. wherever there are human rights issues, we can do that. because we have this relationship. but we also have an economic relationship with saudi arabia. we are not dependent directly as a country with their oiled. but with their energy prices is a huge important issue. so i'm huge -- grateful that we can have this top. we can talk about the human rights issues. >> do we have to do that with a country that chops people's heads off?

>> as i said, we have a candid frank relationship with them. it's a very important country for us. and i think it is right that the prime minister is leading this effort to engage saudi arabia even more so in the events that we're seeing from. now >> talk to me about lucrative. you tweeted in august 2020 that it is a first generation burden that people can be proud of. do you still think like that? >> yes, well i think here that we can be proud of people who are settled in the uk and helped give support for many charities and good causes. i've got no reason to doubt anything that i've sat there. but obviously, you're asking me this because of the recent reporting around lebanon of receiving a -- . and anyone who receives peerage in the uk have to be vetted by the house nominations

committee. this is no different. >> but as the security raised, the premise keeps pushing, and pushing, and pushing. surely, the vast security services, who are the best in the world, and said that you don't think. so you may be a security risk. shouldn't we take notice of that? >> first of all, i agreed that there are security services that are the best in the work. we have a privilege to work with them for many years. and it is right for the house of lords that if they need to seek information for many on the part of the uk authorities, then they should do so. >> -- >> they should take that into account. and the nomination committee should take that into account. and this is exactly what's happened here. >> and you are comfortable with that? >> yes i am. >> we're almost out of time. i just want to ask you about omicron. where are you with all of that? >> we keep the situation very

carefully under review. there is no other variant that is of a concern an out there at this point in time. we have seen some rises in infection over the last week but given the increase of social, that was supposed to be expected. there's no particular concern. >> thank you for joining us on the program. sajid javid, think you. let's find out what the papers are doing this morning. this morning, the story about the mom and baby who have both died as a result of that bombing at the mariupol hospital has come to late for the front page. the fda reports that russia's most deadly strike today to honor military base near the polish border was meant as a warning to nato, not to supply weapons to ukraine. the mayor says that mr. putin now has the west in its sight. they also feature the boastfully to president putin in the name of god, stop this massacre. the times also reports, russia has turn to china for help with its military campaign.

refugees need to is the headline for the metro. as volunteers are urged to take ukrainian refugees into their homes. and, as russian forces continue their advance on ukraine's capital at least one person has been killed and three wounded in shelling in and around kyiv overnight. our special correspondent, alex crawford, is in kyiv. hi alex. what's happened? >> morning k, morning everyone. look at this site. the building is still smoking. this huge residential block was hit by a round of all to hillary shells. we are in the north of the city. that is only seven miles from the city center. they are still trying to retrieve their belongings. we believe all the people have been taken out. we are not sure about the injuries or the deaths. but this is quite clearly a residential, very much, a residential area.

right in the heart of a whole group of housing is where it sits. right next to a school is where the playground is. so this is absolutely nowhere near any think that would constitute a military target. the fire engines are about five or six who have been trying to get them. out we've spoken to some of the residents inside. one of whom who have sub said that the attacker 84-year-old mother out who had been cut -- you can see what it's done to the building. imagine if you're inside that, still sleeping, as most people would've been at 5:00 this morning. we have seen a number of the residents who wants to live inside this block going inside with fire and people trying to gather up whatever they can. a few possessions that might still be intact. looking inside these windows, you can see a glimpse of, you know, ordinary people lives who were just sleeping there.

they were waking up to another morning. we know that this is the prize for the russians. we know that russian military sees coupling -- capturing the capital of kyiv to their military plans. because the president has stated, the governance is here. and we have seen over the past 48 hours that there's someone else coming out just picking up their belongings and coming out. a lot of these people still very much in shock. but they're still showing the resilience that we have seen throughout this. there you go, someone else coming out. these scenes have been unfolding for the past few hours. and it's pretty heart wrenching. they are just grabbing anything they can. in some cases, food, in some cases bits of belongings. sometimes just close. they are helped by soldiers,

civil defense and fire people. i was going on to say that in liverpool, we saw on the countering of the mayor which president zelenskyy sees us -- excuse me ma'am, to speak english? a lot of these people are still very much in shock. not wanting to talk. we see a number of them coming up crying. but the man that we spoke to who was happy to talk to us was extremely defiant in saying, again, urging the international community particularly the west, to help them with weapons and closing the skies which they see is key to turning this whole war. >> thanks, alex. i'm sure your where that story has developed within the last 20 minutes or so about the image that we have showed to our viewers. many of them will remember from the mariupol maternity hospital. this lady being carried out on

a stretcher after that bombing of the hospital. we hear that the baby, i can't believe the story, has died during this is aryan section. and her mom is now also dead as well. the russians are saying that it's fake news. >> that is absolutely tragic news. we know, very sadly, the russian military appears to be targeting places like hospitals and schools. the hospital, if you remember, that we reported from a couple of days ago right in the north east of kyiv, we spoke to the doctor overnight there. you saw a number of soldiers coming in there who had been hit. they have withdrawn from the hospital now. they have come further into the center of the capital. because the hospital also came under attack. and they have to withdraw and shut down that facility. so, i think that there is no

doubt haven't spoken to the chief of police that they are mounting a dossier which they intend to foot forward to international criminal court to investigate potential war crimes. many of the ukrainians were speaking and they feel very strongly that they are trying to get the humanity and war crimes to be committed on a daily basis. and certainly, those inside the capital are feeling much more nervous. but they are incredibly defined every day, throughout the day. they are not wasting any time by building up barricades and trying to reinforce the capitol. but the russian military and the advance of the russian military is edging ever closer to the center. >> okay, alex, just before i let you go. give me the geography of where you are again. and for futures -- viewers tuning in. where are you? what disappointing? >> sure, kay, we are in the

north of the city. we are only seven miles from the center. it is a big sprawling city. and if you take the center to be, for instance, the center of where the cathedral is, we are seven miles north of the. so really a hot skip and a jump. we are in the city area, if you'd like. kyiv also has a wider region like greater london has. we are inside that wider region. so a seven miles from the center due north. it is a district. we are really right -- this is residential area. this is a huge residential block, it is right next to a school and playing feel. there is no way anyone could've mistook this for a military target. >> all right, alex, thank you very much indeed for the update. and a scene in kyiv this morning where reports are reaching to at least one dead and three wounded. after that, experts have hit a residential building in the capital. let's take you through the other main developments in just

a moment. before that the, let's bring in nick martin she is sending by in a disappearance. hi, nick. the situation where you are this morning? >> good morning kay, we are on the main board between odessa. to keep port cities on the south coast of ukraine. mykolaiv for the last few days now has been under bombardment, rockets attacks and shells. it's had a tough few days. and that is the road that we are on now. as you can see, these guys behind, me they are just members of the village. they have put up a makeshift checkpoint along this main road to protect their village. and you can see this all the way up this road as you go through checkpoints armed by the military. but also peeping taking defense of their own communities into their own hands. these guys have got themselves some weapons, they have put some tires and loads of

concrete that they have been able to get. they say that they are determined to protect themselves as the russian military come through here. odessa, behind us, has been preparing itself for whatever might come. the uk's defense department says that there is evidence that the russian navy are carrying out a different observation of this coast now. it would suggest that they are planning some kind of assault on odessa similar to the bomb that we have seen in mykolaiv. we're not really -- but we know from reports that it has been heavily shelled. and thousands of people are now trying to leave that port city. in the last hour, peace talks have begun once again between ukraine and russia. they are not in person, there via video call. and everybody hopes that there

can be some common ground found that might lead to some kind of slowdown of this conflict. but when we go further up this road, we'll be able to see a bit more for ourselves the scale of the damage. they're just talking with alex crawford there, about that dreadful news that came from mariupol, that maternity hospital, we did have some more information on that. that image which circulated around the world with that pregnant women being stretched away from the rubble from that maternity hospital after was stripped by russian forces, was really a very powerful image. and we know that that lady was taken to a hospital. surgeons tried very hard to savor. they were resuscitating her for about 30 minutes. and then they told the associated press that she died. they try to caesarean section and the baby died as well. that was tragic news. and they said that there were no women and children at this

maternity hospital. that it was actually a defensive militia. and this news now proved that women and children were there and that there were fatalities. so here, people are defending their own communities. and as we go further up the road, we should see more for ourselves the damage caused to another key city just of the east of. here kay? >> thank you. thanks a lot. you know, the safest place in a war zone is supposed to be a hospital and, at home, most vulnerable and the bomb hits the hospital as she stretched away by the military personnel taken to another hospital as nick was saying. they have done everything they can to savor but we're hearing both from the moment people have died as a result. i'm going to see a caesarean section, but that is not what they died. they died because the hospital was bombed by russian forces.

let that sing it this morning. this monday morning. >> we are hearing that china's foreign ministry has commented on a u.s. official saying that russia has asked china for a military equipment after its invasion in ukraine. they say that is disinformation from the u.s.. so china is saying that they have not been asked for military equipment by russia. to help with the invasion. the incursion of ukraine. and they are describing that as disinformation as far as the u.s.'s concert. so the come on the program free, as russia's war moves ever closer to nato territory, we'll be joined by the former chief of the defense stuff. general lord richard done it. we'll speak to professor paul boss from the university of birmingham. as a two highly contagious covid straight is now david it would. and we will speak to the chairperson of ukraine's veteran hub, as many soldiers return to military service. er return to military service

>> also breaking news, u.s. police are searching for a man who is believed to have attacked several homeless people in washington dc adele. the suspect is believed to have carried out five shootings, two of them fatal. the cathedral is today's annual commonwealth service for the first time in almost a decade. will stand be represented by prince charles. may have been the queen's first again since contracting covid-19 last month. hollywood has been paid tribute to u.s. actor william hurt who has died at the age of just 71. >> this is one of his finest works, broadcast news, for which he received an oscar nomination. also won the best actor oscar for his role in case of the spider woman in 1985. in 2018, it was announced that he had terminal cancer. i really remember him.

you've all probably got your favorite william or her. i remember him in the accidental tourist. if you have not seen that, you should really watch it. an amazing movie. after two years of no red carpet because of covid, the baftas are back. the awards were shared fairly evenly between the nominees and away from said about, the war in ukraine was a feature of many of these speeches. arts and entertainment correspondent katie spencer was there. >> from the get-go, politics dominated british films big night. players from climate change protesters temporarily shutting the red carpet down. a few even making it pass security and glueing themselves to barriers. >> we are terrified that our futures are being broken. >> it was the war in ukraine that set a somber tone. benedict come about a long term campaign for refugees telling sky news that he wants to help. >> a record number of people volunteered to take people into their homes. i want to be part of that

myself. >> baftas host took aim at russia's president. >> there are two different interpreters, one is signing asl and one is signing bsl, luckily though in all sign a gorgeous, this is the gesture for putin. >> while anti surrogates took a swipe at patel. >> on her feature hostile environment, found enormous problems that her follow-up movie, all refugees are welcome but some are more welcomed than others, is a complete nightmare. >> sir brenda used his speech to stand up for sinema. >> all >> hail the streaming revolution but all hail the big screen to. it is alive. and long may they live together. >> and the bafta goes to. >> to backup his point,

cinematic spectacle doomed to home must of the technical awards. making history as the first death actor to invest supporting actor. >> the power of the dog. >> the gothic western won best film and best director. >> he was supposed to be a post pandemic return for red carpet glamour, but with events in ukraine never far from anyone's thoughts, this was a celebration of film, but also of humanity. and films role in bringing people together. katie sponsor, sky news. >> a short while ago the house secretary -- would happen if russian missiles hit nato territory. >> look, we have been very clear even before the war started. that if there was an attack on any nato country. even just a tow cap of a

russian soldier stepping into nato territory. then it would be war with nato and nato would respond. and that has not changed throughout this conflict. and there would be a significant response from data if there was any kind of attack from. russia we've been very clear from that. >> a wide ranging interview with him actually. i thought it was interesting about what he had to say this border. >> yes, absolutely. i think the key message was that when we see the war in ukraine now on nato's doorstep, the russians bomber 15 miles of the polish border. people in that region of ukraine were not expecting that. some had even taking in refugees from other parts of ukraine. a massive country, they've come a very long way to be in the relative safety of the western ukraine. and when that happens there are stark questions for the uk government and the rest of the west. we know that if a nato country and that is most of the countries bordering ukraine, poland, slovakia, hungary

moldova is now a lever. but if any member of nato is a victim of an armed attack, on other members of nato come in and defend the under article five. and so as savvy javid puts it, one russian toe cap goes over the border, even accidentally, that means that russia is at war with a nato alliance and there are serious considerations for what that means and whether that is troops, whether that is a full scale war with countries in europe and the west. he did not go into exactly with that response would be, but that is the level that we are at now. >> also said that i'm not going to discuss it on television will response might be. but to talk about war crimes. and we told about the lady that has sadly died with her unborn child. it said that attack along with attacks on 31 other hospitals are war crimes. >> yes. revealed that 30 other hospitals had been attacked by the russians. in that the justice secretary has. big giving evidence to the hag,

they are looking into russian war crabs. that awful news coming from the associated press. the only journalists who are currently in the besieged city of marion poll. where we have right over the weekend that over 2000 people, including many children have died in that city alone and that image of the woman on the stretcher you know, going to hospitals to give birth to her baby, just went so far around the world and just really tragic news. >> and also as far as children color with cancer into the uk, a flight came in yesterday, he wrote their families and interesting that the house secretary say they could stay as long as they walk. >> a glimmer of good news for some of. those children with cancer who've had to have their treatment halted by the war. 20 of them arrived in the uk last night and we ran a bit over the weekend about their journey from poland and it has been hours and days of traveling to get here. and they will now be treated, suggested in six at a chess hospital trust and we do not know the full details of yet, but we are under the scheme

that as a bid announced by the government, people joining a relative in the uk, they will get a six-month visa additionally and be able to stay for up to three years. those children, even though they do not have a uk connection are being given that status. and we are of course expect to hear more details today about the u.s. the ukrainian refugees coming here and how british families will be able to put them up their homes. >> asked whether he should've done this before now, said we are doing it now. >> you can sense the ted should a government there. there's been internal criticism of the officer spots. sub defend her, say look, she's been told by the security services that you have to vet people. >> others say you have to weigh up with maybe a very small risk of record infiltrators worse is the it overs humanitarian crisis unfolding in front of us. i think it is interesting that perhaps not a coincidence that michael go over his front take up this new scheme. >> read it in that way you will. 9:00, lost to talk about. meantime, the former chief of the defense staff general lord

richard donna is with us now. hello my lord, thank you for joining us on the program this morning. first of all if i may, your thoughts on the mom and baby that has both sadly died. as a direct result really of the bombing by russians on one of 31 hospitals age you create. >> good morning. the story of what is going on in ukraine for nearly three weeks is quite a baller. but this latest episode on struggles with one the source. one struggles to find words that could have this action sufficiently. it is absolutely tragic that a mother and child are killed in this way. but i am afraid, is it inevitable consequence of the completely outrageous tactics of the russians that they're using. they realize that they have got sufficient bed power to attack cities like kyiv, or even mariupol. so they surrounded them in a shelling that. this is a disgraceful way of

conducting war. one from vladimir putin's point of view, he is getting short of options. and this is the tactic that he has resorted to. and therefore the inevitable consequences this absolutely appalling tragedy of this mother and child die. quite disgraceful. it defies human life in the 21st century. >> also targeting a military barracks if you will with peacekeepers there. ten minutes for the nato border. that is perilously close to looking for war with all they know countries. >> that's right, but you've got to keep this one in perspective. any of the territory of ukraine. from the russians point of view, is a legitimate target. so far as they have launched and are waging war on ukraine. and therefore, they're actually

so sure that there are differentiating between the east of the country already down the west of the country. so yes of course, it is very close, ten miles, a very short drive from poland. and therefore from nato territory. but critically, this is on ukrainian territory. it was ukrainian military base. and therefore, in recognize, where they have prepared to justify. that was a legitimate target. it's close to a border crossing point, close to where people are fleeing the country, so it is another example of the total irresponsibility of the total savagely which vladimir putin and his acolytes and troops are conducting against ukraine. >> it's again, once that ukraine has an absolute -- for the people there to live the life that they choose to live. they've chosen democracy, they've chosen to uphold the rule of law. we are quite right in supporting them and applauding them. and condemning in the roundest

possible fascist everything that vladimir putin and the russians are doing. >> how are we supposed to deal with president putin we are told that the russian delegation is continuing with peace talks and tell us that there are a couple of days left with those peace talks. is that while they have paused to regroup and potentially get weapons from other countries? was that because president putin bought piece. >> this is all part of the information war. the information war of course is going on on several fronts. but within ukraine itself. backing up the rocket attacks. the missiles, the artillery strikes. to the population of ukraine. on another front, it is disinformation to the people back home with russia. to try and tell them to the fake news that is coming out from the crowd that the war is legitimate. and it is fair, that is reasonable. and that is all about russia

and the russian way of life. and then of course the third audiences all of us in the west and the rest of the world. and we'll, what we are doing is our best. to report on the civil war as objective lean factually and clearly as possible. but, it is very difficult to distinguish truth from untruth. trees from fake news. but it is really important that word does get out properly around the world just about the appalling nature of what the russians are doing. the appalling leadership that putin is showing. and the barbaric way that their military tactics are now morphed away from direct contact. the fact that they have not got enough troops to indiscriminate shelling. to weigh down the ukrainian population, in the hope that eventually presents lewinsky will have to say, well we cannot put up with us anymore, we will have to come to the table and start talking. it is a barbaric way of

conducting warfare. >> veteran journalist. deliberately targeting journalists in ukraine, trying to bring news to the rest of the world. just utterly barbaric. to that, and as you know, stewart ramsey was also shot in similar circumstances with the rest of his team. targeted in a vehicle. and we are hoping that we will be able to speak with stewart later on in the week once he has fully recovered from his injuries. meantime, children and moms are coming out of the country finally. we know that there was a flight with children suffering from cancer who have been brought to the uk in the last 24 hours, they've been told that they can stay. the house secretary telling us just now that they could stay as long as they want to. last time we spoke by lauren, you were very critical of the government, you do not think that they were doing enough to help refugees, which you think now. well, it's taken time. but the government has now woken up to the fact that the uk has major responsibilities

as all civilized countries have a part in making it possible for refugees to come to this country. and i think vladimir putin scheme of -- [inaudible] i think the other issue which i find puzzling still is the whole issue of how people have to be vetted. we are not dealing with people coming out of syria nor iraq where there are concerns of terrorism or whatever. these are european people whose country is under threat. and i think, frankly, we need to be prepared to take a risk and let people come in. and if necessary, vet them once they've got here. the really important thing here is that we are open, we are

warm hearted and this country plays its part to the maximum possible. you are talking about the hundred thousand children that are in orphanages in ukraine. well, it's encouraging the support that the british people have shown to charities who apart homes to children. they are both good charities working really hard to help those children who, otherwise, heaven have families to look after them. so as long as us, the british government, have woken up and stepped up to the plate to open homes for children -- after you and i talked about this, street child has also gained a lot of donations because they are doing really good practical work with their volunteers in the area helping these children and helping these mothers as well. it just shows that when these

awful situations pertain, the british people are really good at stepping up to the mark. so, i would say on behalf of both those charities, open arms for children and street child, thank you so much for what you're doing. it is really making a difference. >> thank you very much. and to take time on our program, thank you very much for joining us. >> take. >> just want to tell you that we are just hearing that ukraine will try to evacuate trapped civilians again today through ten humanitarian corridors including the towns near the capital of kyiv. and also the eastern part. hearing from the deputy prime minister saying that he will once again tried to block the movement of the humanitarian convoy carrying food and medicine to the port city of mariupol from brittani acts of southeastern -- the deputy prime minister of the ukrainian capital --

we will get more information on that and update you further as soon as we can. but away from ukraine, the war -- in fact, we will return to that with more information. but before that, the latest covid data shows that a new highly contagious strain is now dominant in england as infections rise again. with this now is professor paul moss, from the birmingham university of immunotherapy. thank you very much for joining. us i did speak with the health secretary a few moments ago. he said he wasn't nearly concern. >> i think that's a fair assessment. this ba.2 variant is rather less infections. there doesn't seem to have any change in this virus. it seems that the infection with omicron gives you some protection against a strain. so i think that's a reasonable

assumption saying that there's no great concerned at the moment. >> but why, then, our hospital admissions rising. i think 50% in a week? >> yes. it's interesting isn't it? we knew that when the change were made, the relaxation would either see a slowing of the decline increase. and you're right, we've seen an increase. 15% in the last week. so now, hospitalization, at least some of those could be incidental. i think the death rates have been moderately stable, so that's encouraging. i think that we have got the boosters coming through for people in april. i think, at the moment, things are steady. there is no change at the moment. i think it's reasonable. >> i had my third dose of covid last week. and i've had to say, two days, and i was cleric and. have we turned a corner? on this disease this infection. it seems at the moment many countries here with the great immune protection of vaccinations we've got things

under control happen to? but we've seen places such as hong kong how quite serious problems. you're right. there's some work last week showing the fatality rate of covid in this country is down to a level of influenza. it's starting to be comparable with the. so we are learning to live with this now. >> and, delta -- if you're lying in bed >> there is a different. delta crohn is more of a scientific curiosity. what's really happened there is went delta and omicron were circulating of the population, somebody or a few people got the same two viruses at the same. time on a single cell, delta and omicron, came together and exchanged materials. it's called a re-combination. there's only a free of those. they've been around for two months. but they haven't taken off. so we are hoping that there is no more than a scientific curiosity. >> okay. well, as i said, i have got

better much quicker this time. hopefully a lot of our viewers who may have contacted covid as well, that maybe some hope for them. professor, it's good to talk to. you >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. let's go back to ukraine but the struggle to defend itself against russian aggression that has truly become a national effort. as well as civilians, veterans are taking up arms to defend their country. there has been another strike just a few miles from the capital of ukraine in kyiv this morning. one person has died. three people have been injured in this apartment block. let's bring in the cofounder of veteran health who supports the while beating of ukrainian veterans and their families. good morning to you. you've seen pictures like this and i must make those who have trying to support very anxious. >> good morning. we see that what is happening now to the civilians is devastating to them. they feel very angry and they

are trying to do their best to defend the civilian population and ukraine. >> what's the role of the charity? what do you have to achieve? >> before the war, we were investing in the well-being of veterans. we were helping them reintegrate civilian life. we had about 460,000 veterans in ukraine before february 21st. now, of course, the number will be rising as soon as we have people coming back from the battlefield. but now we are incapable of doing our work in full ski. because the regions where we were working are either under heavy shelling like kyiv. where you see the photo and the deal on your screens at the moment. and even where we see our city where is relatively -- but also our client and veterans are most able to interact with us. so we chip did towards working with their family and loved

ones to support them through this. we're here to help them overcome all the threats and all the word that they have now in their lives. >> before i let you go, how could people help? what can we do to help you? >> spread the word. spread the word about the real situation here in ukraine. videos like once that you're seeing. because this is clearly happening, this is clearly what we're all living through. and we would have to spend a lot of years after this is all over in overcoming consequences both infrastructure lee and also in the lives of people with the way that they build their lives forward. >> and we are almost out of time. but i did just want to get your reaction on today's news of the mom to be, that we saw stretched away from the mariupol hospital has lost her life and has her baby. both perished. your reaction to that news? >> that is horrible news. it's the one that probably made us all most horrified in the last weeks or so.

but she joined, almost, 2000 civilians who have died in the last week in mariupol. and they continue dying every day. and there's no way to get them help. and that is just unfair to those living in mariupol. >> yes. do keep safe. we can see just how close the shelling's to the capital, now, as you said lives are perishing all the time. but thank you very much indeed for taking time. and for the great work that you do who come back from battle. >> thank you. >> so, let's have a quick look at a couple of pictures that were illustrated in the papers this morning. the guardian has the shot of a metro station in kharkiv who are up to 1000 people who are staying -- seeking refuge from russian attacks. the telegraph has this image of the destruction left behind. the daily mail has this dramatic shot of the international peacekeeping. security sent it in west

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good morning, everyone, it is 8:00, welcome wherever you're watching this morning, to sky news, and news to tart with this morning an attack on a hospital in mariupol is a war crime after it has now emerged that the pregnant woman and her baby have both died after russian forces bombed the hospital. she died in labor. if a russian missile