james waterhouse, live in k iv, position. james waterhouse, live in kyiv. thank— position.ition. james waterhouse, live in kyiv, thank you very _ position. james waterhouse, live in kyiv, thank you very much. - the uk's ministry of defence has given this update of the latest developments in the fighting in ukraine. it says that its intelligence indicates that fighting north—west of kyiv continues, with the bulk of russian ground forces now around 25 kilometres from the centre of the city. elements of the large russian column north of kyiv have dispersed. this is likely to support a russian attempt to encircle the city. it could also be an attempt by russia to reduce its vulnerability to ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a significant toll on russian forces. and it concludes that beyond kyiv, the cities of kharkiv, chernihiv, sumy and mariupol remain encircled and continue to suffer heavy russian shelling. the russian defence minister has said that 16,000 fighters from the middle east have volunteered to fight with the russian army in ukraine. if they do take up we

james waterhouse s - eakin . themselves. james waterhouse speaking to _ themselves. waterhouse speaking to my earlier- themselves. james waterhouse speaking to my earlier from - themselves. james waterhouse i speaking to my earlier from kyiv. yalda hakim is live with us in western ukraine. we are seeing a number of cities now with this incredible level of attack from the russians. first of all, on the west where you are, which has been seen as relatively safe, but preparations presumably for the attack to come to where you are too. yes, as james was saying this is a nation that is preparing itself in every corner to try and do what they can to defend themselves against russian aggression. here in the west in western ukraine in lviv it is relatively calm and relatively peaceful, but every now and then we are reminded of this war when air raid sirens go off and we are ushered into underground bunkers. just in the last few days that has happened several times. we discovered this bunker in a hotel where we met mothers, daughters, sisters, children. some men who had come

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.respondent, lyse doucet, who's in the capital, kyiv. huge scepticism on corridors yesterday, but people do seem to be getting out today. a small number are getting out, and every family taken to a small number are getting out, and every family ta ken to safety, ta ken away from the shelling, matters. it helps to ease what is now immense and growing suffering across this country. but i think what the united nations, what aid agencies, what most ukrainians would say, is that given the scale of this deepening humanitarian crisis, given how many people are now under fire and running out of food, there needs to be a nationwide ceasefire. a humanitarian pause as it is sometimes called in conflicts. today, yes, as you head in that report from james waterhouse, of the corridors as they are called art working. to the west of the capital kyiv in irpin, people are still needing to leave even though there are exchanges of fire. to the east in sumy, where there are a lot of international students,

james waterhouse, bbc news. received these latest pictures of president zelensky. the ukrainian leader visited a hospital in kyiv where he met staff and wounded soldiers. he told some of them they would be given medals for military service. earlier the president claimed almost 13,000 ukrainians have been killed since the russian invasion began 18 days ago. that figure can't be independently confirmed. let's hear more now from james waterhouse, who's recently given us this update about the attack on the military base. this is an air base, a military base which has previously been used by nato instructors on international forces and including ukraine's own army. we have to say, though, that until this point, nato, the alliance has shown very little appetite to get involved in this war. their argument has long been that they don't want an escalation. they don't want things to turn into a much broader conflict across europe. but today we've had poland's president andrzej duda claim he thinks things could be reconsid

the bbc�*s james waterhouse in kyiv reports now on the day's developments. become a story of ukraine's resistance and today fight back. carre, live to the west of kyiv, has reportedly been retaken. the regional chief of police there posted this patriotic video, complete with dramatic music. russia isn't stopping, though — it continues to bombard nikolayev, where tamara is in labour. translation: it's scary, but not as much as on february 24th, when the russians began to shell alive from all sides. over time, every day you get used to it more and more, especially when the explosions are somewhere far away. it seems that they're in another state. and then yesterday, here near the hospital, just 500 meters opposite the maternity hospital. it became scary again. doctors say there's been a new wave of births here caused by women going into labour through stress. in the southeast, president zelensky reckons there'll soon be nothing left of mariupol, where 100,000 people are still trapped. however, one of the bosses at the city's port has told the bbc it's still in

james waterhouse in kyiv.e, it would be a six or seven hour drive and we could have had dinner together, but now kyiv, lviv and other cities are almost isolated from each other. you are able to travel but those journeys are dangerous and they take a long time. before we go, i want to take you through what life has been like here in lviv today. it is meant to be a refuge from the fighting that james waterhouse and my other colleagues in kyiv has been talking about but this morning everybody was looking up at six o'clock by an air raid siren. some people said they carried on trying to go back to sleep but they were dozing, they usually ended up with nothing but on this occasion the were those four explosions, they happened about four miles behind me. as soon as the explosion happened, one a florist i spoke tojust now explosion happened, one a florist i spoke to just now called her husband, who was shift in a supermarket, to check he was another man who is a product designer and a hip—hop artist got messages from

james waterhouse in kyiv.as so far been a relatively safe haven for many ukrainians fleeing the violence. but as we've been reporting, russian missile strikes have now hit a military base just sixty kilometres away. 0ur correspondent jonah fisher is there. we had air raid sirens for a second night here in lviv. they went off at 2:20am, and about an hour or so ago, there was another siren giving us the all—clear so people could leave their underground bomb shelters and emerge into the bright winter sun here. but yeah, there has been a sense in the last day or two that what had until now been a relatively safe part of ukraine, western ukraine, relatively unaffected by the conflict and a route out for people fleeing the more intensive fighting in the central, southern and eastern parts of this country, that that might be changing. we had strikes on an air strip in ivano—frankivsk yesterday. and more significantly, perhaps, this strike on this military base just near the border with poland, a very significant mili

james waterhouse, bbc news. speak to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who's in the ukrainian capital kyiv, but first let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardner who's in london. we have seen so much death and destruction in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol in particular, why is that city so important to the russian forces and to president putin?— important to the russian forces and to president putin? let's be honest, mariu ol is to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a — to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a name _ to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a name that _ to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a name that most - to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a name that most of - to president putin? let's be honest, mariupol is a name that most of us | mariupol is a name that most of us had never heard of before this began but it is going to go down in history as one of the most bombed, shattered and destroyed cities

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.orrespondent, lyse doucet. russia is widening its attack on ukraine, it seems?— russia is widening its attack on ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, — ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if— ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you _ ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look _ ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look at _ ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look at the - this feels, if you look at the military map, that this is a new phase in this long and punishing war for ukraine. as we have been hearing, new targets hit in the west and for the first time, dnipro, which has become a kind of safe haven for people free in places which has been under incessant russian attack, russia has said it is striking military targets, that may be the case but they are also hitting residential areas again. a town in eastern ukraine to which there had been a so—called humanitarian corridor earlier in the war, a p

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in kyiv.u hearing about the possibility that some people have been cut out of the theatre that was so the solidity of that bunker had saved that the west is to blame. this is all about what they see as washington's determination to control the world, and for moscow's veteran diplomat, to keep russia down. i veteran diplomat, to keep russia down. ~ . , , down. i think what we witness in ukraine is _ down. i think what we witness in ukraine is the _ down. i think what we witness in ukraine is the quintessence - down. i think what we witness in ukraine is the quintessence of i down. i think what we witness in | ukraine is the quintessence of the western strategic course, to marginalise russia, to contain russia, to stop russia's development and to reduce russia to a zero role. in moscow's luzhniki stadium today, a huge display of russian national pride, an event to mark eight years since the annexation of crimea, vladimir putin's first move to carve out pieces of ukraine. a russian member of parl

james waterhouse reporting from kyiv. here in lviv things are reasonably quiet.n air raid siren about 5:30am, there was the all clear about one hour later, assigned the war has come to this region but i was struck by a conversation with an evacuee, a young woman training to be a psychologist who was there with her young daughter and her mother. she told me she had to hold it together, she didn't allow herself to cry and she didn't allow herself to cry and she said herfather, her grandparents, her husband and her heart were all the way in the east and that she was simply trying to carry on and this train in perhaps some minutes or hours will head to the east and it's fascinating come to the east lies danger come to the west lies in safety and every family has to choose which direction to head. meanwhile for those who remain in lviv and the areas surrounding the city, there must be something unnerving about this period were there aren't so many attacks in western ukraine and yet they hear so much destruction, so many lives ending in the east and in the south in par

with the very latest on the situation, here's our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, and i shouldt contains some distressing images. the tide of conflict is spreading across ukraine. a military base in yavoriv in the west, hit by several russian missiles, say authorities, leaving at least 35 people dead, more than 130 injured. translation: glory to ukraine. today, lviv region was under the missile attack. allegedly the attack was carried from war planes which flew from russia. the attack was made from outside ukraine's territory. the target sits between the polish border 15 miles away and the city of lviv where most of the 2.5 million refugees have initially been heading to escape this expanding war. the western airport has also been hit. these high—rise flats to the north, now hollowed out after russian air strikes, say authorities. in the centre of kyiv, it has been calm enough for president zelensky�*s top advisers to go and grab a coffee. you can find anything you need, even in war time, they say. as ever in this conflict, one picture doesn't tell the story. destroyed russian

but first, this report is from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse.n these times, what happens in one part of ukraine is instantly seen by the rest of it. shells landing on europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the latest to horrify this besieged country and the wider world. emergency crews said they put the fire out at zaporizhzhia, and that the nuclear reactors are safe. it's now, however, in russian hands. we are told staff are still being allowed to do theirjobs. translation: russian troops attacked the laruest translation: russian troops attacked the largest nuclear _ translation: russian troops attacked the largest nuclear power _ translation: russian troops attacked the largest nuclear power plant - translation: russian troops attacked the largest nuclear power plant in - the largest nuclear power plant in europe. it is maybe six times the size of chernobyl. the russian tanks knew what they were firing at. they directly hit the plant. this is terror on an unprecedented level. in nearby enerhodar, the mayor says war crimes have been witnessed. c

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.hief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in kyiv. overnight attacks again on kyiv and a curfew in place tonight for many hours? yes, reeta, this is the week where there is a new and sad symbol of a war which seems to creep slowly but ever closer to the centre of the capital kyiv. high—rise residential blocks on fire. we woke to one image yesterday, a residential building was hitjust after 5am. today, it was hitjust after 5am. today, it was three residential blocks on fire stop the mayor, vitali klitschko, the emergency services are still trying to put out the flames. but we do know that those armoured convoys that had been on the north—west, north—east of the city and the suburbs, which are now blackened wastelands, are not approaching because they are being stored by their own logistical difficulties, but also by the force of the ukrainian resistance, while we hear more more russian artillery fire, we also hear the sound of ukrainians firing surface to air missiles to fight back

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.uilding a new wall against freedom in europe through its invasion of his country. during a video address to the lower house of the german parliament, volodymyr zelensky said sanctions against moscow were not enough. it comes as uk military intelligence says russia's invasion has largely stalled on all fronts. it found that russian forces have been suffering heavy losses, and making minimal progress on land, sea and air in recent days. our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. outside the western city of lviv, ukrainian territorial defence forces are training for the battles ahead. so far, ukrainian troops have surprised many by holding back the russian advance. and on the diplomatic front, their leader president zelensky continued his virtual tour, speaking remotely to the german parliament, at times critical of germany's past position on russia, he called for more action now. ~ ,, ~ �* , ., on russia, he called for more action now. ~ ,, ~ �*, ., ., now. translation: it'

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. let's cross live to kyiv and our correspondent james waterhouse. optimism that we are seeing regarding these talks, and president zelensky made the point last night again when he pointed out that they are aware, they have been aware for a long time, that ukraine might neverjoin nato. time, that ukraine might never “oin nato. , , ., time, that ukraine might never “oin nato. , ., ., nato. yes, you are right, and he has said this before, _ nato. yes, you are right, and he has said this before, he _ nato. yes, you are right, and he has said this before, he has _ nato. yes, you are right, and he has said this before, he has talked - said this before, he has talked about a cooling of the idea of joining and he previously called it a dream, and he has now said ukrainians need to realise that the doors to nato are closed, so he has continually inched away from the idea ofjoining, and we have seen more and more prominent ukrainian politicians come up with their own proposals for ukraine to form new alliances. the uk was named as one where it was described a

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.russian bombardment continues, but there is a very small note of optimism over the diplomacy? yes, the language is certainly shifting in the past 24 hours. it is difficult to get a real sense of it but when you have sergei lavrov, the usual tough talking veteran top diplomat of russia, talking about hopeful some kind of a compromise, talk about concrete solutions that could be agreed within days, and when that is matched by president zelenskyy also speaking of how the russians are becoming more realistic, you feel that they are hammering out the shape of a possible way forward. but russia has so many red lines in this crisis and when you get to issues like security guarantees, they mean very different things to the opposing sides and president putin earlier this week, in factjust yesterday, president putin earlier this week, in fact just yesterday, was still saying the ukrainians aren't being serious enough but i think in a war like this, now three weeks long, everyone is going to gras

james waterhouse speaking to my colleague did guru murphy.. nearly a thousand indian students are trapped in a number of hostels in sumy, one of ukraine's conflict zones. they say they have nowhere to go, no food and no water and are fearing for their lives. they have sent a desperate plea to the indian government to help save them. let's just show you some of that video. translator: in order to go, we'll need to exit the hostel, | and there are snipers outside everywhere. every 30 minutes to one hour there's shelling and air strikes. it's freezing outside — as you can see, it's sub—zero temperatures outside. how do we step out when it's freezing outside? we have been requesting the indian government to rescue us from here. we fear we will die here, we'll die if we step out. please help us, government of india. we don't have food, we don't have access to water. please help us. ellen is a international third year medical student from tanzania who is currently stuck in sumy a city north—east of ukraine, bordering russia, with approximately 500—

james waterhouse, bbc news. now to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who's in the capital, kyiv. there does seem to be something of a lull in the war at the moment, how do you read things?— do you read things? perhaps relatively. — do you read things? perhaps relatively, but _ do you read things? perhaps relatively, but it _ do you read things? perhaps relatively, but it is _ do you read things? perhaps relatively, but it is very - do you read things? perhaps i relatively, but it is very difficult because it can change by the hour, by the minute. take the capital, kyiv, where you heard from james there is an eerie quiet that hasn't been shattered for days. butjust before we came on air there was a huge sound and white plumes of smoke still in the sky. ukrainian forces fired two ground to air missiles, the signal of course there russian missiles or aircraft hovering over the skies of kyiv. but yes, today russia has agreed to what it calls regimes of silence along six corridors to allow people tra

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.etary general, antonio guterres, addressed journalists earlier in new york on the situation in ukraine. he said ukrainians were enduring a living hell, with civilians terrorised by systematic bombardment, and 10 million people forced from their homes. this war is unwinnable. sooner or later, it will have to move from the battlefield to the peace table, and that is inevitable. the only question is how many more lives must be lost? how many more bombs must fall? how many mariupols must be destroyed? how many more ukrainians and russians will be killed before everyone realises that this war has no winners, only losers? how many more people left to die in ukraine? and how many people around the world will have to face hunger for this to stop? continuing the war in ukraine is morally unacceptable, politically indefensible and militarily nonsensical. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in kyiv. she gave us her reaction to ukraine's president saying the country is on the "b

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine's south coast. our security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying to encircle the city, but they've not managed that entirely and it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—defended capital. so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and bringing in reinforcements. if we next look at the south, they have made mo

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.ternational correspondent lyse doucet who is in kyiv. is there a sense that the assault is now closing in on the capital? weill. now closing in on the capital? well, this was one — now closing in on the capital? well, this was one of _ now closing in on the capital? well, this was one of the _ now closing in on the capital? well, this was one of the few _ now closing in on the capital? -ii this was one of the few mornings in this was one of the few mornings in this 19 day invasion where we did not wake up or we were not woken up by the sound of an air raid siren that yet, on this bright winter's day, it has turned into one of the noisiest mornings since the invasion began. we havejust heard noisiest mornings since the invasion began. we have just heard about a minute ago, the rumble of explosions in the distance and all morning, there has been the sound of surface—to—air missiles being fired by the ukrainians, explosions coming from russian artillery, they are louder, they seem to be c

our first report is from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse. freedom square, kharkiv.sia's so—called liberation. a local government building and everything around it, hit by a missile. an opera house and concert hall were also struck. at least 20 people are known to have been injured so far. translation: today our enemy has surreptitiously _ surreptitiously started bombing the city centre of kharkiv and residential areas. city centre of kharkiv and residentialareas. now city centre of kharkiv and residential areas. now we are counting victims among the civilian population. he has no choice but to commit war crimes in this way. our army is strong, we hold our positions. army is strong, we hold our positions-— army is strong, we hold our ositions. , , ., , ., positions. the russians might have slowed but they _ positions. the russians might have slowed but they keep _ positions. the russians might have slowed but they keep coming. - in okhtyrka, in the north—east, authorities say 70 ukrainian soldiers were killed after an artillery strike. this footage claims to show the

and james waterhouse gave us this update from the ukrainian capital a short time ago.ilitary base which has previously been used by nato instructors on international forces and including ukraine's own army. we have to say, though, that until this point, nato, the alliance has shown very little appetite to get involved in this war. their argument has long been that they don't want an escalation. they don't want things to turn into a much broader conflict across europe. but today we've had poland's president andrzej duda claim he thinks things could be reconsidered if vladimir putin used chemical weapons on on on the ukrainian people. but what today, i think really represents is a much more of a broadening of the conflict within the borders of ukraine. it's been a difficult decision, as it is for people to up sticks and move, and for the 2.5 million people to move west to cities like lviv before moving on to bordering countries. now there is even less of a guarantee that they will be able to avoid the fighting on that perilous route in lviv or beyond. given what we're se

our first report is from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse.t's taken eight days of this war for ukraine's first major city to fall, the southern port city of kherson, where the mayor said he was visited by armed guests. they are now imposing a curfew. in mariupol in the south east, it's been another day of heavy shelling. hundreds are thought to have died. the fear that the increasingly frustrated invaders would take more extreme measures is being realised. kharkiv in the east, more bombardment, but still in ukrainian hands. translation: we will. restore every house, every street, every city, and we say to russia, learn the word of reparations and contributions. you will reimburse us for everything you did against our state, against every ukrainian in full, and we will not forget everyone who died. in a city to the north, burden from a oil tanks burn from attacks from the sky. authorities say a hospital was hit by two missiles overnight. and then kyiv, a night of more explosions. the station was evacuated after an intercepted missile landed th

james waterhouse bringing us the i they are holding for now. ontradicted by i kherson, which is contradicted by some of the reports from ukraine. difficult to establish that from here. the russian military, the kremlin, state tv which parrotts the kremlin“s lines, are keen to make sure russians think this campaign is going very well, they don't call it a war or an invasion or an attack, they call it a special military operation and it is in operation the kremlin says is simply there out of necessity to defend the russian speaking populations in eastern ukraine from what vladimir putin would describe base as genocide perpetuated against them by the government in kyiv. many russians get all of their information from state tv. not all, there are other sources of information. those who do understand what is happening in ukraine have taken to the streets and it is still significant, process are continuing, it is a very difficult country in which to raise a voice of dissent, people risk arrest, charges, possibly time in jail. yesterday there were 300

let's speak now to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. ultimatum has been rejected. what now for the residents of mariupol? i don't think it is a particularly upbeat outlook for any of the 300,000 people trapped in mariupol. they have spent two weeks of being heavily shelled, having no running water, their bathrooms are unusable, they are unable to use their toilets, they are unable to get enough water, where they have been fighting each other for their next meal, people have been dying on the street, humanitarian aid unable to get in and agreed ceasefire is thus far have only worked in a limited capacity. so what is next is probably more of the same, where russia will continue to bombard the city, and we now know that there is fighting breaking out in the centre of mariupol. the reasoning from the authorities there for refusing to surrender is that they say that russia cannot be trusted. they have agreed to the ceasefires before, have said they will let people out who wants to escape, and then moscow time and time again has been accused

james waterhouse in kyiv. on this programme _ which is feared. james waterhouse in kyiv.sor an ukrainian individual, community sponsoran ukrainian refugee to come to britain. the third one was denied by senior government ministers and james cleverly on this programme. i am told by home office sources now it is true and they are starting work at looking at another way of bringing more ukrainian refugees into the uk. it isjust bringing more ukrainian refugees into the uk. it is just that the home office has only started this work and have not informed their colleagues and the rest of the government. interesting to see if this develops from a little bit of organisational chaos into an actual big political row aboutjust how many routes and ways there should be for ukrainian nationals to come into the uk. so let�*s keep an eye on that in the next few hours and days. in terms of existing schemes, there were numbers over the weekend that suggested 50 visas had been given to ukrainian nationals coming to the uk out of more than 5000 applications in the past week. this out of more

james waterhouse is there. , time? so far, we understand it is. we do not — time? so far, we understand it is. we do not know— time? so far, we understand it is. we do not know how _ time? so far, we understand it is. we do not know how many - time? so far, we understand it is. we do not know how many people time? so far, we understand it is. - we do not know how many people are trying to leave. this is a series of announcements by the russian defence ministry of pauses in fighting along key cities including sumy to the north—east, chernihiv, mariupol. mariupol has had failed attempted ceasefires before over the past days where people have tried to leave moscow has been accused of shelling the route people are trying to get out of. these ceasefires have been announced, including india. we do not yet know the final destinations where people will be able to escape the fighting. —— including here in kyiv. we saw an evacuation in sumy yesterday with more than 5000 making their way out to poltava, in the central par

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.he battle for the southern port city of mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine's south coast. russia would then have a land corridor between its territories in the eastern south. this explains why russia is putting so much effort into this. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying to encircle the city, but they've not managed that entirely and it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—def

james waterhouse who was speaking to my colleague geeta guru—murthy earlier.om the french capital paris, and this again another pro ukraine rally that is being held in one of a number of european cities today against the incursion of russia into ukraine. in terms of actions that have been taken in france itself, the latest line really is that a number of luxury companies including chanel, lvmh, will temporarily close their shops. there are other marches that have been taking place against what russia has done. but in ukraine itself in kherson, which is the only so far occupied city by russia, protesters came out on the streets in the port city and around 2000 people were seen marching through that city centre waving flags and singing the ukrainian national anthem. the pictures you can see at the moment are from france, from the french capital paris, and you can see the ukrainian flag being held aloft as speakers have their turn on the podium, and the people very calmly listening in to what is being said. let's return to what is taking place around ukraine. 0ur

james waterhouse reporting from kyiv.plies which have been gathered here are going to be heading across the country to places where they are needed most. this supply centre has been said by a number of people who run joining me is maryana bilyk who is the coordinator of the aid distribution centre here. here. where are you getting supplies from? from — here. where are you getting supplies from? from europe _ here. where are you getting supplies from? from europe and _ here. where are you getting supplies from? from europe and all— here. where are you getting supplies from? from europe and all across . here. where are you getting supplies| from? from europe and all across the world. we have things from canada, the usa, portugal and other countries. is the usa, portugal and other countries-— the usa, portugal and other countries. , ., countries. is it easy to get the sunplies? _ countries. is it easy to get the sunplies? no. _ countries. is it easy to get the supplies? no, but— countries. is it easy to get the supplies? no,

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.s report, the city of dnipro has been hit by three russian air strikes, damaging an apartment block and a kindergarten. it's located in the south east of ukraine, but some way from the russia border, and the annexed territory of crimea. our correspondent sarah rainsford spoke to us from there. this was an air strike, or three air strikes, in fact, that happened in the early hours of this morning. the air raid sirens went off at about 4:30am this morning here in dnipro. they rang out for more than three hours, which is extremely unusual. we have been hearing sirens every single day since this war began and people have got used to scrambling to their basements and to their bunkers, if they have them. but until now, there hasn't been any actual danger to the city because we understand that has been missiles and things flying over and the air raid sirens just detecting that. but this time, there was a direct strike. what we understand from the authorities is that what was actually hit was

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.ranslation: whether we're talking about wheat or maize _ or grain crops in general, we know that ukraine and russia are two huge markets. and europe has already been upset by the war on the food supply market, and this would be even more so. in 12—18 months, with the impact on ukraine and crops there, there will be a major disturbance to food supplies and feed supplies. so, we have to strike a new balance and look at food production so that we can have autonomy for ourfood production and for protein production. and we must reassess the strategy for africa because a number of african countries are going to be hit by famines in the next 12—18 months because of this war. let's talk to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. what else emerged from that news conference and from this summit? well, i think anyone who exited there _ well, i think anyone who exited there will— well, i think anyone who exited there will be dramatic announcements or early— there will be dramatic announcements or

james waterhouse, bbc news.'s cross live to kyiv now and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. take stock for us where we are, almost a month since the russian invasion, almost a month of warfare. ukraine's president saying his country is on the brink of being able to survive this award. yes, nearly a month on and i think no one, not the ukrainians all the russians, not the world beyond, would have expected this would be the situation across ukraine today. they would have hoped against hope that once president putin's forces invaded ukraine that the war would be over soon. the ukrainian resistance was underestimated and the russian forces were overestimated, perhaps that is what is meant by that unusual comment from president zelensky saying, we are on the brink of surviving this war. has he been told something by the mid—80s, turkish or israelis, that president putin says when the time is right then they will talk, maybe that time is approaching? —— something by the mediators. that is not the case

james waterhouse, bbc news. we can talk now to our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse.ttle bit of a glimmer of hope there with those positive developments. we have been watching the humanitarian corridors being breached and civilians for shelling for several days but in the last 2a hours at local people have been able to evacuate safely?— to evacuate safely? yes, we knew auoin into to evacuate safely? yes, we knew going into this _ to evacuate safely? yes, we knew going into this that _ to evacuate safely? yes, we knew going into this that these - going into this that these humanitarian corridors were fragile. we have seen numerous attempts and infighting breaking out. sometimes within one hour of them being set up. we are continuing to see people successfully evacuated from sumy in the north—east, so that's a continuation on from the 7000 who have been thought to have made it out yesterday. equally, in western kyiv, more of a mixed picture. we have seen people arrive at the station, the central station here. if you want to get a sense of the human impact of this work,

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.l. from hate speech, to fraudulent adverts, revenge porn to child abuse material, ministers say it will bring an end to big tech regulating itself and for the first time impose a duty of care on platforms. but some critics fear it could pose a threat to privacy and freedom of speech. 0verwhelmed, quite nervous, shocked. mostly just confused about why it had happened to me. i was quite, like, taken aback. sophie can't forget the day a total stranger sent her obscene images. it was really scary, because i didn't know kind of what he wanted, what was going to happen next, and, yeah, it was very unnerving. but now the online safety bill will make so—called cyberflashing a criminal offence for the first time. it's almost like a relief. like, i've spoken to so many women over the past couple of years that, you know, you mention the story and they're like, "oh, that happened to my sister, that happened to my friend," like, younger women and girls who were growing up with this and it being nor

james waterhouse there in kyiv for us speaking to me a little while ago.f ukraine's conflict zones. they say they have nowhere to go, no food and no water and are fearing for their lives. they have sent a desperate plea to the indian government to help save them. let's just show you some of that video. translator: in order to go i we will need to exit the hostel. there are snipers outside everywhere. every 30 minutes to one hour there is shelling and air strikes. it is freezing outside. sub—zero temperatures outside. how do we step out when it is freezing outside? we have been requesting the indian government to rescue us from here. we fear we will die here, we will die if we step out. please help us, government of india. we don't have food or access to water. please help us. and mahtab raza, who you just saw now, spoke to me earlier from his hostel in sumy. right now the situation is not good. from sumy we are very far from the eastern side. we are in ukraine, sumy, the eastern part of ukraine. sumy is the eastern part of ukraine. we are in a hostel right

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.r, this morning, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov met his ukrainian counterpart for talks in turkey. they're the highest—level diplomatic contacts between the two countries since the war began. afterwards, mr lavrov said moscow wanted ukraine to remain neutral as a country. ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kuleba said both sides agreed to try to find a solution to the humanitarian crisis, but insisted that ukraine would never agree to russia's demands to surrender. the discussions have been taking place in antalya, from where our correspondent tom bateman sent this report. russia's foreign minister swept into antalya raising some slim hopes at least. these are the highest—level talks so far, as the civilian suffering in ukraine only worsens. also here today, his ukrainian counterpart. he was welcomed by turkey's top diplomat, the host of these talks, but any chance of peace will take more than a warm embrace. the discussions were behind closed doors, the first time the two had

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.ard has crashed in guangxi province in southern china. there's no reports of any survivors. the china eastern airlines boeing 737 was flying from kunming to guangzhou when it rapidly lost height and broke apart, crashing into a mountain forest. rescue workers are at the scene. the chinese president, xijinping, has ordered an immediate investigation to determine the cause. china eastern airlines has reportedly grounded all its 737 planes. stephen mcdonnel has more from beijing. what has really shocked people in this country which normally has a very good safety record has been this image of a passenger jet plummeting vertically towards the ground. now there's been a clip of this that has been shared on social media and the information on the flight tracking that would appear to corroborate this footage to show that is indeed what happened to the plane. rescue teams that battled to get to this remote mountain area say that the plane, when it hit the ground, was completely obliterated, st

our report from kyiv correspondence james waterhouse.s illuminate lutsk in the north—west, leaving at least four people dead, and ivano—frankivsk in the south—west. both strategic strikes on air bases, say moscow. remember that ao—mile long russian convoy north—west of kyiv? for days, it had been stuck, but according to the latest satellite images, thousands of armoured vehicles and troops are thought to have spread out, taking with them heavy artillery to surrounding towns. and what ukrainian military chiefs think that means is russia is preparing to mount a full—scale attack on kyiv. just this morning, there was a missile strike to the east of the city. six people were injured after this impact in baryshivka. for those who can, they continue to try and escape the fighting in the capital. for those who can't, or choose not to leave, many are elderly. this is a queue for this local authority building, which is giving out clothing and meals. many are nervous, and some are struggling because younger relatives have already left the city. tr

we will be speaking in around 30 minutes time to james waterhouse, our correspondent base their with higher right now on international markets. $130 a barrel for brent when i last looked. we will talk about that next here on news. stay with us. hello. east—west differences in our weather across the uk for another day on wednesday. on tuesday, it's western areas that saw some rain. another weather front moving in on wednesday with wind and rain, butanother one that will weaken considerably as it attempts to move further east across the uk. low pressure on the scene now, and the flow of air around that coming in from the south. so it is milder — but it feels mildest where you're staying dry and seeing some occasional sunshine, more especially in the east for wednesday. it's western areas where the cloud and rain gradually moving in. this is where we'll have the strongest winds, as well. many will start the day dry, no frost out there, there'll be some sunny spells around, but quite quickly in the morning, it'll be turning wetter through northern ireland. some of this rain will be heavy

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. now to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who's in kyiv. here in lviv, people can go for a walk and buy a coffee and even sit down outside and try to forget about the conflict, what can people do where you are in kyiv? i’m the conflict, what can people do where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets _ where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets and - where you are in kyiv? i'm going to look down in the streets and there | look down in the streets and there is no curfew right now but if i was to walk over there where before the invasion that there were lots of bustling restaurants and cafe is, fashion designers, they are all shut, apart from maybe a few brave kiosks selling coffee, and every once in awhile we will spot a coffee shop that is still open and it is usually full with people trying to recreate what they knew before. this is

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. that's how it looks across the country.raine, to speak to murat sahin from the united nations children's fund, unicef. welcome to bbc news. we noticed even just days into this invasion that your new executive director had criticised what she said were attacks on hospitals, orphanages, kindergartens and schools. unicef of course has condemned, like many others around the world, the attack on the maternity and children's hospital yesterday. have you any new details that you are able to share with us? it is horrifying to see children born in basements of hospitals, horrifying to see children left in houses and basements without access to water and electricity in this cold. we are connected with our partners, we have a network of 20,000 doctors and nurses across ukraine, we are receiving hundreds of calls and messages every minute. we are bringing in supplies, essential medicine kits, we are bringing in supplies, sending them to kyiv, sending them on the way to mariupol. the difficulty is to stop this crisis now. children need

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. let's return to the spring statement.us. it's better than expected but nowhere near enough. you're right, we're not in normal times. we are standing on the precipice of a personal—finance catastrophe. the chancellor is now the only person with the tools in order to pull it back. the biggest price rides energy hits on the 1st of april, and so, i think whatever it was named, whether he wanted to call it a budget or a spring statement, this was a moment that he had to step up and help people. he has helped to an extent, but not the extent that is needed. you are so talking recently and said don't be beguiled by the narrative that this is all about ukraine. to what extent do you think the chancellor is trying to rely on ukraine to explain the situation? it's interesting because of making that statement, must be careful not to shift this to a narrative blame, because then you can say look at the terrible suffering of the people in ukraine, we're all going to have to tighten our belts to help them. he did interestingly say that

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.a ke let's take you live to new york now where the un security council is holding an emergency meeting and we can go live to listen to the united states representative to the un talking at this emergency meeting called after the attack on the nuclear facility. to called after the attack on the nuclear facility.— called after the attack on the nuclear facility. to my russian counterparts. _ nuclear facility. to my russian counterparts, this _ nuclear facility. to my russian counterparts, this council- nuclear facility. to my russian i counterparts, this council needs answers. we need to hear you say this won't happen again as a uk colleague just this won't happen again as a uk colleaguejust stated. this won't happen again as a uk colleague just stated. we call on you to withdraw your troops and weaponry from ukraine. we call on you to respect ukraine's borders, its people and the un charter. we call on you to respect your own troops enough not to send them into unjust war. 0r on a suici

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. let's join our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse.to this conflict and the devastation gets more and more intense every day. exactly what done it right. i think we have phases if we can put it like that this conflict. we have had the trauma of those missiles first landing in cities across kyiv, the fiat when you saw those armoured columns of russian vehicles and soldiers moving across the border. until that point, they had been bursting borders with 150,000 or estimated russian troops. that always rule, looming was then eventually realised and we have seen advancesin eventually realised and we have seen advances in the north, south and east and now today we are realising the human cost and its numerical form. we are seeing more than 2 million people now being false to leave their country. we are seeing people staying put here. the adrenaline has won. they are now processing what is happening. they are now realising how their country changed forever. that said, here, defences are holding. in cities to the south, defences are holding th

we're joined now by our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. e capital this morning? as ever, the picture in one _ the capital this morning? as ever, the picture in one place _ the capital this morning? as ever, the picture in one place might- the capital this morning? as ever, the picture in one place might not| the picture in one place might not be the same somewhere else. we had a strange conversation over breakfast and were in agreement no one heard sirens in the small hours, which is different from other mornings, but you have to go to the outskirts of the city, where we are seeing images, sadly familiar, of a hollowed out, burning, images, sadly familiar, ofa hollowed out, burning, residential building hit by a missile. the authorities say at least two are known to have been killed. this is the sign of broader fighting to the west of the city in particular, across another region as well as the city. russia is accused of trying to target supply and humanitarian roots which until now had been operating in a westward direction where people ha

james waterhouse with that analysis on the situation in mariupol. james was reporting from kyiv. try to independently verify the claims coming out of mariupol. the train station is to my right, it's a building in which i spoke to a volunteer who said there were six or seven trains leaving from lviv and going across the border to get people to better safety in poland and i am speaking to you from a humanitarian hub where people can get free lunch and water and pause for a few moments before they either get on a train or on one of the buses. they don't have to pay for this, of the buses. they don't have to pay forthis, it of the buses. they don't have to pay for this, it is a way for them to catch their breath as they might have spent two days escaping the front lines in eastern ukraine. steve mcandrew is the head of emergency operations for the international federation of the red cross in ukraine how are things going today? we are working hard, we have a large group that has arrived at the train station and we are looking at over 3 million people estimated to have left ukraine and

ukrainian commanders say russia seems to preparing for a large scale assault. 0ur kyiv correspondent james waterhouseia's buildup of the capital's outskirts. if you ask uk defence officials, they are thought to be more than ten miles away. we do know there is heavy fighting a half—hour drive from here in a north—westerly direction, around the towns there. some people are able to get out but it is the spreading out of that armoured convoy which is adding to worries that russia is preparing to mount a much larger attack on the capital, but one of many things which is hard to compute in this conflict is what is going to happen next. of course we are seeing a continuation of cities being surrounded, certainly with kharkiv in the east and mariupol in the south—east where conditions are increasingly desperate for people there, but it is not clear what russia is planning for the capital. it is obviously its ultimate prize in this so—called special military operation but there is speculation, would vladimir putin really want to bombard the city? it is of course already happening in residential areas on the o