we have had an ominous warning from the russian defence ministry saying it is about to hit targets in the russian defence ministry saying quote to prevent information attacks against russia, high precision strikes will be carried out against technological centres of the ukrainian security service and the 72nd main centre in kyiv. we urge ukrainian citizens who are being used by nationalists, this is according to the russian defence ministry, we urge ukrainian citizens used by nationalists to carry out provocations against russia, as well as residents residing near relay stations to leave their homes. the russian defence ministry urging people in the ukrainian capital to leave their homes because of an onslaught about to begin. earlier the ukrainian president accused russia of committing a war crime by launching a missile strike on the country's second largest city kharkiv. officials say dozens of people died in the attack, many of them civilians. he stressed that the city was a key target for the russian president, vladimir putin, as was the capital, kyiv — which is being advanced on

a very stark warning from that russian defence ministry - minutes? capital is about to move into a new and more dangerous phase. the russian defence ministry has said it will target some tea security installations here in kyiv, it has told people who are working in those buildings or living close by that they should leave. what we know of russia's invasion of ukraine so far, of their military activities elsewhere, these are not warnings to take lightly. as that armoured convoy moves ever closer to kyiv, as the explosions around the city, russia has indicated that it will move in with another step. that 40 mile long _ will move in with another step. that 40 mile long column heading right a0 mile long column heading right here. thank you, lyse doucet. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. good afternoon, we all need a bit of escapism and the weather is providing that at least fought st david's day in wales, this was in barmouth earlier, and the central extends all the way to much of northern england, northern ireland and scotland. not the

the russian defence ministry says it has taken up two airfields. air strike in the central eastern city of dnipro. this is the epicentre of that missile strike in dnipro. we were told this was a shoe factory and it was hit at around six o'clock this morning. hours later you can still see there is smoke rising from the ruins, the fire, workers here are still here trying to put out the last flames. local people have come here picking through the ruins, trying to clear up this site. it is one of absolute devastation. the ruins of this factory all around me, and this really acrid smell of the smoke in the air. the thing that has struck me is just how close this is to a residential area. there are blocks of flats all around. today has been another day where more sanctions have been imposed on russia, more strong words of condemnation from many capitals, including from the un security council in the last hour, yet it has no impact, it seems, on the course of this war. day 16 of russia's invasion, a day where russia has intensified and widened this war. s

we had an announcement from the russian defence ministry that - the russian defence ministry that afterrequest by the french president they will open up humanitarian corridors, temporary ceasefires from a number of ukrainian cities, in about an hour, we are told. they include kyiv. sumy to the north, kharkiv and mariupol. these temporary ceasefires will be prearranged roots that will let people who want to leave travel along those routes and it will take them into russia. it poses two questions. one, how willing people will be to leave their homes and move to russia, the very country trying to pull ukraine back into its control. that will be a tough choice for people. then you could argue what choice they have given the increasing bombardment. the second and more pressing question is whether the temporary ceasefires will work. over the weekend two were attempted after agreement between ukrainian and russian officials in the south—east, mariupol. the red cross organised it and the idea was to take 200,000 people out of mariupol a longer reach north—west. both attempts at those temporary

the russian defence ministry says it has taken up two airfields. known air in the central eastern city of dnipro. this is the epicentre of that missile strike in dnipro. we were told this was a shoe factory and it was set at around six o'clock this morning. hours later you can still see there is smoke rising from the ruins, the fire, workers here are still here trying to put out the last flames. local people have come here picking through the ruins, trying to clear up this site. it is one of absolute devastation. the ruins of this factory all around me, and this really acrid smell of the smoke in the air. the thing that has struck me is just how close this is to a residential area. there are blocks of flats all around. today has been another day where more sanctions had been imposed on russia, more strong words of condemnation from many capitals, including from the un security council in the last hour, yet it has no impact, it seems, on the course of this war. day 16 of russia's invasion, a day where russia has intensified and widened this war. the

more progress with the territory, in other words until he achieves at least what for now the defence ministryity for the moment, now that the first phase of the operation is complete, the donbas, the liberation of eastern ukraine, as the defence ministry in russia put it. and a land corridor as well, connecting the donbas with the crimean peninsula, also under russian sway since 2014. when it comes to neutrality, we have been hearing from turkish and israeli mediators for some time now, as you know, ben, that they believe that president putin and president zelensky are more realistic now that thatis zelensky are more realistic now that that is off the table, as is president putin's demand to, use the expression, to decapitate the current government. at issue is the issue of territory. president zelensky said in the interview that russian forces should withdraw to the positions they were in before the positions they were in before the invasion began on february the 24th. then he said we can discuss a compromise. but right now it doesn't seem that president putin is likely to make a compromise

russia's defence ministry says humanitarian corridors are open from two cities, enabling people to leavet has not yet been confirmed by the ukrainians, and the president had warned that without more help from nato countries, more of his people would be condemned. translation: for nine days we have been seeing a fierce war. _ they are destroying our cities, shelling our people, our children. residential neighbourhoods, churches, schools. they are destroying everything that ensures a normal life, human life. and they want to continue it knowing that new strikes and casualties are inevitable. nato deliberately decided not to close the sky. so who can blame families for trying to escape? these are ukrainian soldiers helping their own people over the remains of a wrecked bridge so they can get to somewhere safe. "a rocket hit the building next to ours" irina says. "we are scared, we can't sleep". "people in panic don't know what to do", oleksandr says. "the children have been in the basement and they have nothing to eat." oi, oi, oi! this was kyiv�*s station yesterday. it has become a sending

it is also what say we have had an update from the uk ministry of defence, they have said that their thousands and thousands of people continue to come across the border to countries like poland. with 1.2 border to countries like poland. with1.2 million people having already fled ukraine, those numbers will rise, the bulk of them coming to poland, over 700,000 people have come here, poland and opening up its borders, the eu opening up its borders, the eu opening up its borders, welcoming people to this country, and the numbers keep rising. this is one place it is a first port of call for so many people, who havejust first port of call for so many people, who have just literally crossed into this country. they are exhausted, tired, they do not know even where they are. there is a map over there, there's a big screen, and every now and again, a map pops up, saying you are here, showing the geographical location of where they are, you are here. can you imagine that? getting these people to have an understanding of where they are, because so many have simplyjust left everything to get to

according to the afp news agency, in a video call a spokesman for the russian defence ministry blamed says is, "the unwillingness of the ukrainian side to influence nationalists "or extend the ceasefire." that was a quote from russia. these reports come after the evacuation of up to 200,000 civilians from the southern port city of mariupol was postponed, with city authorities blaming russian forces for ceasefire violations. two humanitarian corridors had been announced to allow civilians to leave both mariupol and the nearby city of volnovakha. it comes as ukraine's president has strongly criticsed the west for ruling out a no—fly zone over his country — while russian attacks continue. he said nato members would have blood on their hands. meanwhile, speaking in the past few hours — the russian president, vladimir putin, has compared the imposition of sanctions on russia to a declaration of war. translation: the sanctions which are being imposed, - they are akin to declaring a war. but thank god it hasn't come to that yet. and i think that understanding of what it is fraught with and w

this is what the russian defence ministry said earlier today.h of march, | starting at 10am moscow time, russia | has declared a ceasefire to open six humanitarian corridors. the first is from kyiv to gostomel. there are two more from mariupol to zaporizhzhia and rostov—on—don. one is from kharkiv to belgorod and there are two from sumy to belgorod and poltava. detailed information about the humanitarian corridors was given to the ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations, the osce and the international committees of the red cross. a very different take to president macron. let's take a closer look at the areas under russian control. you can see them labelled here in red. the port of mariupol, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped, is especially important as it ensures ukraine's access to the black sea. but the main concentration of russian forces is still around kyiv, and there are fresh warnings from ukraine authorities of an all—out assault on the capital. here's our chief international correspo

of defence at every— informed by his ministryry turn, over the last month. western_ at every turn, over the last month. western spies seem to have had real insight into the kremlin. they warned well in advance the invasion would take place, and that putin was misjudging how it would play out. now they think he is still not being told the full truth about what is really going on in ukraine, and that worries them, because it means he might make further misjudgments which could extend the war. on the ground, the war has not gone according to vladimir putin's original plan. what is not clear is how far he understands that, and what he will do next. gordon parreira, bbc news. the ukrainian government has sent 45 buses to evacuate civilians from the devastated southern port of mariupol, where tens of thousands of people have endured weeks of russian bombardment. russia has agreed a one—day ceasefire to allow people to leave, although there is scepticism that it will hold. this is the latest map of russian positions in ukraine. the us s

the defence ministry _ jenny hill. can you tell us more? the defence ministry here - jenny hill.he defence ministry here continues to deliver rather upbeat daily updates on state television here, he said the entire kherson region has now been surrendered, that is significant because it is north of crimea and we are starting to see russian gains along that area, we assume part of the russian military strategy is to try to take a load of the land along the eastern ukrainian border. it is interesting that the kremlin and officials here continue to remain very positive in public about what is happening, particularly given western military analysts say this is not going the way perhaps russia hoped it would, but as far as people here are concerned, if you switch on state television you only see footage from that part of eastern ukraine and vladimir putin tells russians that what he is doing in ukraine is simply a special military operation to defend the russian speaking populations of that particular part of eastern ukraine, although he also justifies what is happening in ukraine by s

state television quoted the defence ministry, talking about largely the situation in eastern ukraine task is actually to encircle the southern city of mariupol, very strategically important of course put it beyond that, we have no updates. as you know, vladimir putin's narrative is that this is not an invasion, a war, an attack on ukraine, the media here cannot use those terms, but instead it is a mission to defend the russian speaking population of eastern ukraine against what mr putin says is genocide, a baseless claim but his version of what is happening in ukraine and that is further echoed by state television here. we did here at last night from a member of the russian delegation who was present at those peace talks with ukraine yesterday and he said last night to state television that he thought there were a few points upon which possible progress could be made. i think this morning there are very few grounds for optimism, firstly because of what we are seeing coming out of ukraine, the pictures of that convoy for starters, and secondly because we know the kremlin position and

the russian defence ministry today released these images, said to be of tanks around ukraine's capitals the military hardware, the guns and the bombs, that are doing the talking, and the kremlin has repeatedly made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine's surrender. he chants "no to war," this russian man shouts before he's carted away. independent monitors say 5,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities at a war that you're not even allowed to name. russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition, virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. and a new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin's war. the letter z first appeared on tanks and military vehicles, but it's now also on bus stops and businesses and elsewhere. look carefully and you'll see it even on this gymnast�*s chest as he took bronze at a world cup event in qatar. it was ukraine who took gold. the quick victory moscow had hoped for in ukraine has failed to materialise. russian forces have actuall

the russian defence ministry said it hit the shopping centre because rockets were stored there.rying to encircle and cut off the capital, but large areas around kyiv remain very much under ukrainian control, especially in the south. our international correspondent orla guerin reports. footage of the shopping centre in kyiv released by russia appears to show a military vehicle driving up. and this was the russian attack which moscow says was targeting rocket launchers stored at the site. in the darkness, emergency services picked their way through the ruins. from the rubble, hands emerge, trembling, and a survivor is pulled to safety. but eight people were killed in this attack on the capital. here is what is left of the shopping centre. there are indications that the ukrainian military had a presence here, but russia has hit plenty of non—military targets, in kyiv and elsewhere. you can see here that the scale of the destruction is absolutely immense, and spread over absolutely immense, and spread over a wide area, surrounded by apartment blocks. there could be a lot more of thi

the ministry of defence says the 40—mile long convoy of russian military vehicles remains close to theal, kyiv, but has made little progress in recent days. but fighting continues in places like irpin, 16 miles from the city boundary. orla guerin has this report from the town which is under heavy bombardment and crucial to the russian advance. the only way out, and he stumbles, hands shaking, but he summons his courage and carries on. the desperate exodus from irpin today across the wreckage of a bridge blown up by ukraine to slow the russian advance. how scared do you have to be to take your child and flee like this? and here, a woman lies conscious but immobile. she fell, and there is no stretcher to move her. well, this is a difficultjourney every step of the way, especially for older people, trying to pick their way out across rubble and concrete, having to balance on bits of wood. ukrainian troops are trying to help them make their way forward. some are coming with their children. most are coming with a few small things they can carry. they've been under bombardment in irpin for d

in the east, russia's defence ministry has said they are focusing on the donbas region. wyre davies reports from the frontline town of ori—khiv in southern ukraine — a warning some viewers may find his report distressing. russia says it's not deliberately targeting civilians in this war. but there is no other description for what happened to natalia than deliberate. it's a miracle she's still alive, after the day russian troops occupied her town of polohy. translation: | walked i to where my mother lived. a soldier stopped me and i raised my hands. i told them i had been let through, but the soldier fired a burst of gunfire, hitting me in the legs. hitting me everywhere from the waist down. everything is damaged. my private parts, too. he was shooting to kill. orikhiv is the next town along the southern road from where natalia was shot. still in ukrainian hands, but regularly shelled by russia. this village is the last one before the front line. shells land in these fields periodically and the next village, down the road, is occupied by russian troops and civilians have

the russian defence ministry today released these images, said to be of tanks around ukraine's capitalthe military hardware, the guns and the bombs that are doing the talking, and the kremlin has repeatedly made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine's surrender. chanting "no to war," this russian man shouts before he's carted away. independent monitors say 5,000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities at a war that you're not even allowed to name. russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition, virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. and a new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin's war. the letter z first appeared on tanks and military vehicles, but it's now also on bus stops and businesses and elsewhere. and the winner of the bronze medal... look carefully, and you'll see it even on this gymnast�*s chest as he took bronze at a world cup event in qatar. it was ukraine who took gold. the quick victory moscow had hoped for in ukraine has failed to mater

defence minister.. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian federation has taken the decision to drasticallycombat operations in kyiv and chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. moscow's lead negotiator was quick to add a caveat to that development. "this is not a ceasefire but this is our aspiration, gradually to reach a de—escalation of the conflict at least on these fronts." the talks are taking place in turkey. it's the first time the ukrainians and russians have met face—to—face in more than a fortnight. these are the latest pictures we have from that meeting — during which ukraine repeated its offer to adopt neutral status. translation: we will not join any military and political unions. military training on our territory will take place if every country agrees. let's take a closer look at what neutral status would entail. as you heard there, the main element would be notjoining any military alliances. nato being one. as you can see, russia already shares a small part of its border with nato countri

and just to bring you coming into the newsroom now, we are hearing from the russian defence ministry considered as participation of those countries in the conflict. citing the russian defence ministry, saying the use of airfields of other countries by the ukrainian air force may be considered by russia as those countries participating themselves in the conflict. as we were speaking there to the former prime minister of ukraine, the airspace above ukraine has become a major spot of contention in this conflict. anti—war protests are taking place this afternoon in central london. its been organised to demonstrate against both the russian invasion and the expansion of nato. we can find out more about that now. emily unia is at london's trafalgar square. what is going on there? i am actually in — what is going on there? i am actually in parliament - what is going on there? i —n actually in parliament square in westminster in central london. 0ne westminster in central london. one of the demonstrations that has been taking place in the city this afternoon is actually in solidarity with the

in the east, russia's defence ministry has said they are focusing on the donbas region.orrespondent wyre davies reports from the frontline town of orikhiv in southern ukraine. a warning some viewers may find his report distressing. russia says it's not deliberately targeting civilians in this war. but there is no other description for what happened to natalia than deliberate. it's a miracle she's still alive, after the day russian troops occupied her town of polohy. translation: | walked i to where my mother lived. a soldier stopped me and i raised my hands. i told them i had been let through, but the soldier fired a burst of gunfire, hitting me in the legs. hitting me everywhere from the waist down. everything is damaged. my private parts, too. he was shooting to kill. orikhiv is the next town along the southern road from where natalia was shot. still in ukrainian hands, but regularly shelled by russia. this village is the last one before the front line. shells land in these fields periodically and the next village, down the road, is occupied by russian troops and civil

our ministry of defence, russian ministry of defence now has documents which confirms that on the territoryucted by research centres in other cities of ukraine in kyiv, in kharkiv, in chernobyl and other places. the result of this work were being sent to military biological centres of the united states including into the us army medical research institute on infectious diseases, into the walter reed army institute of research, into the naval medical research of the us navy and into the us army biological warfare laboratory stop which used to be key facilities of the american programmer to develop biological weapons. all of these materials are available on our ministry of defence and they are describing them in the course of the daily briefings. let we just dwell on the more salient examples. our military became aware of the details of the project which was being conducted in laboratories of kyiv, kharkiv and odesa. the goal is to study the possibility of spreading particular dangers and infections using migratory birds. and this includes the highly pathogenic influenza h5n1, whose lethality

the defence ministry in moscow admitted that a terrible humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding in mariupolrld news. hello there. temperatures on sunday weren't quite as high saturday's, but still not bad. in the spring sunshine we got to 15 degrees in porthmadog, north—west wales, the warmest spotin north—west wales, the warmest spot in the country. looking at a weather over the next few days, more about spring sunshine is on the way. it will become warmer, mostly dry, just a few isolated showers to watch out for is the week goes by. high pressure still dominating the picture. that's days to the east of us. this little curl of cloud is associated with a pool of cooler hour, and that has showers within it. what happens over the next couple of days is that area of cool air pulls north, taking showers away, and at the same time we will then see temperatures rising significantly, high teens and even low 20s over the next couple of days. right now there is a risk of seeing an odd showerjust brushing the eastern coast of england, the cloud in northern ireland could also bring an odd spot of rain

satellite images show a vast russian military convoy heading there, and russia's defence ministry, hass living near government buildings and other official sites, to leave their homes. we begin our coverage with this report from our international correspondent — 0rla guerin. loud explosion. one more russian missile strike brings terror to the streets of kyiv. the target this time, the main tv tower. the emergency services say five people were killed. and more russian firepower is closing in on the city. satellite images show this column of armoured vehicles and tanks. it's a0 miles long and less than 20 miles out. so, time for a do it yourself defence of kyiv. we found ordinary civilians, men and women, gathered this afternoon to make molotov cocktails. katarina, a nurse, said she couldn't stand idly by. this is our country and this is hurting us a lot. hard to discuss it... did you ever think you would find yourself a situation like this? never. nobody could imagine this. "the russians won't make it," he says. "ukrainians are doing what they need to do." there is an assembly line here

children's hospital in mariupol, claiming it had been a base for ukrainian forces — only for russia's defence ministryation: it had no women, no children, no medical- professionals inside. it was occupied by the militants. how can you talk of diplomacy and ceasefires and negotiations when maternity hospitals are being struck, when so many civilians are dying? translation: the demilitarisation of ukraine, the denazification - of ukraine are needed, and we can delay no more because of the threat to the russian federation. sergei lavrov says he wants to strike a deal, he says he wants the war to end, but his language is aggressive, it is robust. he accuses the ukrainians of being nazis. and so far all the diplomacy, the devastation of ukraine continues. there may be a ceasefire one day, but only after more people have died and more cities have been laid waste. james landale, bbc news, antalya. in a moment, we'll talk to our security correspondent, gordon corera, who's at the foreign office in london and to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who is in the capital of ukraine. but first to

russia's defence ministry has urged citizens living near government buildings and other official sites leave their homes. moscow says high—precision air strikes could come soon. in kharkiv, ukraine's second—biggest city, to the east, there was a huge explosion today, after a russian missile hit the regional government's headquarters. on this, the sixth day of the invasion, russia is now in full control of significant parts of ukrainian territory, shown here in red, with fighting in several key cities and regions ongoing. in a specially extended programme, we'll have the very latest from the capital and in kharkiv, and there'll be more on the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding on the border. but first our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has the latest on russia's continuing assault on ukraine's capital city. loud explosion. one more russian missile strike brings terror to the streets of kyiv. the target this time, the main tv tower. the emergency services say five people were killed. and more russian firepower is closing in on the city. satellite images show this column of a

vladimir putin has accused ukraine of developing biological weapons, but the defence ministry in britainhat. there are fears that russia is planning to unleash a biological or chemical weapon attack and blame it on ukraine. marie chevrier is a professor at the department of public policy & administration at rutgers university—camden in newjersey and shejoins me now. thank and shejoins me now. you forjoining us. there are those thank you forjoining us. there are those who describe this and the language is just unfortunate, really as a syrian playbook copy but it would suggest it is a tactic which russia is deemed to have used before and will be using again, which is this false flag idea that someone else is about to launch a chemical attack or biological attack, which actually russia might want to do? , . �* , actually russia might want to do? , . �*, . actually russia might want to do? , , , do? yes, that's a possibility but i would _ do? yes, that's a possibility but i would hope _ do? yes, that's a possibility but i would hope even - do? yes, that's a possibility but i would hope even

you would have a statement from, let's say, the russian defence ministry talking about atrocities inuld be picked up by a range of media outlets, creating this sense of wide support for the narrative. and it essentially creates almost like a parallel reality at the moment. at the moment russian state tv is not even mentioning the word "invasion" or "war." what they're talking about is a special military operation. for the russian authorities, the media is a tool that they can use in order to control or manage what people see to a certain extent what they think. so, this is a typical example of what any russian viewer would see on their screens last weekend. so, these are programmes that have been given lots of airtime, and they feature all sorts of experts from russian mps to pundits, pro—kremlin pundits, usually, with the occasion token liberal thrown in the mix. these programmes support these narratives. that the situation in ukraine is so bad we really need to act and act now. tell me about the broader type of propaganda coverage that there is. there's a whole host of daytime talk

part of a convoy north—east of kyiv recently partly destroyed, that was the ukrainian ministry, defence ministryin somerville's report from the front line and he describes a different type of battle, a battle of wills. and a former retired commanding general of the us army in europe watched that report and he had this to say. the human dimension is so much more powerful and important than the material or technical part. this is why i think that ukraine is going to win in the end. they have time on their side, the logistical situation is getting better by the day and the russians have a manpower shortage, i think they have an ammunition shortage will start showing up soon. hinting that the tide is turning. another unexpected development on russian state tv it was reported that on a debate show some people were being critical of the war and likening it to afghanistan but much worse, referring to the soviet union's humiliating invasion in 1989 there. so interesting that that was let through. one last thing to pick up with you, the issue of chemical weapons. what do we know? deeply concerning to the

conclusion that mr putin has not _ the conclusion that mr putin has not been fully informed by his ministry of defence ministry of defence at every turn over the last month. i want — every turn over the last month. i want to— i want to caveat that. we don't have access to every bit of information he has been given or every— information he has been given or every conversation he has had~ — or every conversation he has had~ in — or every conversation he has had. . ., ~ ., or every conversation he has had. . ., 4' ., ., had. in addition, we know from the daily telegraph, _ had. in addition, we know from the daily telegraph, gchq - had. in addition, we know from the daily telegraph, gchq will| the daily telegraph, gchq will be having more on that point, as well as evidence they have gathered about the russian military accidentally shooting down their own aircraft, that sort of mishap. the key point, there seems to be a deep rift between senior military command and putin himself. presumably they have detected the recriminations. other signals, the chechen warlord who is putin's go to figure, for example th

personalities that are incredibly popular, you would have a statement from let's say the russian defence ministrys in ukraine, and that would be picked up by a range of media outlets, creating the sense of wide support for the narrative. and it essentially creates almost like a parallel reality. at the moment, russian state tv is not even mentioning the word invasion or war. what they're talking about is a special military operation. and for the russian authorities, the media is a tool that they can use in order to control or manage what people see, to a certain extent, what they think. so this is a typical example of what any russian viewer would see on their screens last weekend. so these are programmes that have been given lots of air time, they feature all sorts of experts, from russian mps to pundits, pro—kremlin pundits usually, with the occasion token liberal thrown in the next. —— thrown in the mix. so these programmes support these narratives, that the situation ukraine is so bad we really need to act, and act now. tell me about the type of propaganda coverage that there is? there's a wh

the russian defence ministry said in the last 2a hours that they saw that as a legitimate target, militarys coming over the border, was a legitimate target for them, so really it was a matter of time. the fact is that we are just 65 miles, 80 kilometres, away from the polish border. that military training base was also a nato training base, with many foreign trainers who were based there. we do know at this stage that 35 people were killed and over 135 have been injured and we do not know the numbers of foreigners who were killed, versus the number of ukrainians, but the fact is that it has now gotten dangerously close to lviv. lviv was miraculously spared during the second world war and really the people here, the citizens are hoping against hope that the bombs do not start falling on their city, a city that is a unesco world heritage site. earlier, the mayor of lviv spoke to the bbc and he spoke about needing more military help from the west. have a listen. this attack, this morning's attack, this shock, i had a meeting with polish politicians and polish mayors and i sent a very strong m

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there was a ukrainian ministry of defence statement - ministry of defence statement overnight which suggested this withdrawal from north of kyiv and around the city of chernihiv. the ukrainian ministry of defence stressed that they did not see this as some kind of generous pull—back, that it was most likely just of generous pull—back, that it was most likelyjust rush out rotating its forces and trying to begin the process of redeploying them elsewhere, most likely to eastern ukraine. from the ukrainian side there is a feeling that the statement about drastically reducing the operations of the russian military around kyiv is a reflection of the reality on the ground that we have seen in the last weeks, basically that russia has been getting nowhere in terms of advancing around the capital of ukraine in the last few days, indeed the russian forces have lost territory. from there ukrainian point of view, it does not feel like much of a concession, more a tactical move. much of a concession, more a tactical move-— much of a concession, more a tactical move. we hear about the roblem tactical move.

the russian defence ministry has, through the russian media, announced a partial seat fire in two southern cities of ukraine that have experienced intense shelling over the last few days. the cities of volnovakha and mariupol will have a humanitarian corridor, allowing thousands of people who have been stuck because of the russian shelling and firing to come out, other earlier i spoke to ukrainian officials who said they are still waiting to get the buses and various other means to get the civilians out of the city. dan johnson other means to get the civilians out of the city. danjohnson has the latest. every day, more ukrainians are experiencing the devastation of this war. close to kyiv, yevgen�*s house the latest to be hit as russian forces get nearer. crying. he says the fire started with a sudden explosion in his children's bedroom. they had gone to the shops just ten minutes earlier. this fear and panic is spreading across the country as the invasion trudges on, but this morning, a glimmer of hope. russian�*s defence minister says humanitarian corridors are open from two cities, enab

the russian defence ministry has warned kyiv residents that it is preparing to hit targets there.ayor of kyiv gave this televised address. translation: dear friends, our. situation is complicated, the enemy is close to the outskirts of the capital, our armed forces are fighting heroically for our land. we are preparing to defend kyiv. there are fortifications at the entrances to the city, checkpoints or install, i urge everyone to keep their composure, do not go out unnecessarily, keep shelter at the sound of the alarm. sviatoslav yurash, became ukraine's youngest mp just a few years ago and now says he is preparing to defend kyiv with a kalashnikov in hand. he spoke to us from the capital. they went through chernobyl exclusion zone and they take it over they nuclear power plant in chernobyl. they nuclear power plant in chernobyl-— they nuclear power plant in chernob l. �* . . ., ., , chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your _ chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by _ chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by destroying - threats to your by dest

port of a convoy north—east of kyiv recently partly destroyed, that was ukrainian ministry, defence ministryrt from the front line and he describes a different type of battle, a bottle of wills. and a former retired commanding general of the army in europe watch that report and he had this to say. the human dimension is so much more _ the human dimension is so much more powerful and important than — more powerful and important than the _ more powerful and important than the material or technical part — than the material or technical part this_ than the material or technical part. this is why i think that ukraine _ part. this is why i think that ukraine is_ part. this is why i think that ukraine is going to win in the end — ukraine is going to win in the end they— ukraine is going to win in the end. they have time on their side, — end. they have time on their side, the _ end. they have time on their side, the logistical situation is getting better by the day and the _ is getting better by the day and the russians have a manpower shortage, i think they have _ manpower shortage, i think they ha

fighting has also intensified in the besieged port city of mariupol, with russia's defence ministry sayingallies are "tightening a noose" around the city with the help of moscow's forces. the ukrainian authorities say 130 people have so far been rescued from the basement of a theatre which was hit by an air strike in mariupol. 0ur kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. the closest this war has got to the western city of lviv — four miles towards the airport, an aircraft repair plant had been hit, with missiles launched from the black sea. translation: the enemy's strike against lviv is further proof that they don't strike it strips, they fight people, children, women, refugees. nothing is sacred for them. in kyiv, russia's advance is being frustrated by ukrainian resistance. "take revenge for peaceful cities", this poster reads. 0ne soldier helps himself to ammunition dropped by invading troops. it is left to the likes of this man to pick up the pieces. translation: m arents to pick up the pieces. translation: my parents got _ to pick up the pieces. translation: my parents

they are calling it using briefing for the russian defence ministry and this is reeling off a list ofportedly being destroyed by russian forces. ok. reportedly being destroyed by russian forces.— reportedly being destroyed by russian forces. . russian forces. 0k, we will leave it there for now _ russian forces. 0k, we will leave it there for now but _ russian forces. 0k, we will leave it there for now but thank _ russian forces. 0k, we will leave it there for now but thank you - russian forces. 0k, we will leave it there for now but thank you very i there for now but thank you very much indeed forjoining us there. the latest in the russia median system. with me is to people who have escaped ukraine and they're trying to get visas to stay here in the uk. i hope you can hear us now. i know you are still looking at the system it is the gita here can you hear us? hello. my name is olga and this is my sister. hello. my name is olga and this is m sister. , ., , ., my sister. tell us what you have been doing _ my sister. tell us what you have been doing in — my sister. tell us what you have

: the ministry of defence of the russian federation _ translation: the ministry of defence of the russian federation in order- of the russian federation in order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the final goal agreeing and sighing the above—mentioned agreement has decided to add an early, drastically, reduce the military activity in the kyiv and chernihiv directions. in see if there will be the main decisions adopted. that will create conditions for further work. also, the general command of the military of the russian federation said that our delegation will return to moscow. let's get the latest from moscow with our correspondentjenny hill. peace talks between the russian and ukrainian negotiating teams, held in istanbul will not continue for a second day, acording to the turkish foreign ministry. we can start these comments from the russian defence ministry that they will radically reduce their activity around to see if and chernihiv. how significant is this announcement? what should we set by —— activity around kyiv. t

in the east, russia's defence ministry says forces are now focusing on the donbas region.are further signs of a clampdown on internal dissent. more on that in a moment, but first, our correspondent wyre davies is in the frontline town of 0rikhiv in southern ukraine. and a warning, some viewers may find his report distressing. russia says it's not deliberately targeting civilians in this war. but there is no other description for what happened to natalia than deliberate. it's a miracle she's still alive, after the day russian troops occupied her town of polohy. translation: | walked i to where my mother lived. a soldier stopped me and i raised my hands. i told them i had been let through, but the soldier fired a burst of gunfire, hitting me in the legs. hitting me everywhere from the waist down. everything is damaged. my private parts, too. he was shooting to kill. 0rikhiv is the next town along the southern road from where natalia was shot. still in ukrainian hands, but regularly shelled by russia. this village is the last one before the front line. shells land in these fi

the russian defence ministry today released these images are said to be of thanks around kyiv. that are doing the talking at the kremlin has repeatedly made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine's surrender. no to warrant this russian man shouts before he is taken away. independent monitors a 5000 people were taken into custody over the weekend at protests in dozens of russian cities. and a war that you are not allowed to name. russia is stepping up allowed to name. russia is stepping up its repression and silence the opposition virtually all in print —— virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. i new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin's war. the letter first appeared on tanks and military vehicles are now also on bus stops and businesses. look carefully and you will see it even appeared on the gymnast�*s chest as he took a bronze medal at a world cup event in qatar. ukraine took the gold medal. the hope for failed to materialise, russian forces have taken a very little territory over the past week and have re