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sally lockwood, sky news, lviv, in western ukraine. let's turn to other news now. schools in england are to be asked to ensure that they're working weeks are at least 32 and a half hours long, by september next year. the requirement is going to be published in the schools white paper, which aims to see nine out of ten students leaving primary school. having reached the expected standards in numeracy literacy. >> remember, in 2008 and nine, that was the financial crash in crisis that led to us having to tighten our belts, and of course, get the economy back on his feet. thank don us we were able to do it, because when we got the pandemic, we've had to strand 400 billion to make sure that peoples businesses are protected. if you look at the settlement of just got, it's an additional seven billion by 2024, 25. four billion of that -- >> it's effectively restoring public funding to 2010 levels. you've got a lost decade, effectively, haven't you? -- for comprehensive -- >> also, as i just, explained we had to get through the financial crisis -- >> on the backs of state

sally lockwood, sky news, lviv, in western ukraine. >> we're now joined by -- in warsaw yesterday. grateful for your time on sky news this morning. i don't know about you, but that moment at the end of biden's speech, when he made those comments, i just thought to myself, putin is not going to be happy about this. crucially, he will capitalize on it. >> it did sound like a line promising regime change. -- we will continue to sanction russia, and the russian economy will definitely suffer. he did make a very clear, even using reference saying, at the start of the war, russian economy was 11th in the world. it's gonna go down to not stronger than being the 20th. he also addressed russian people directly. he said, you russian people -- that's not with you. this is not against yourself, we do not have an argument with russian people. you have suffered greatly during the second world war, you were brave people and we want you to know that we are happy to -- that we will be working with you. there were lots of references to -- the russian population, not bypassing the russian president.

skies sally lockwood reports. >> for evidence russian forces are getting closer to the capital, look no further than bomb departments and homes east of kyiv. six people were injured in the strike here, dozens more have lost simply, everything. newly-released images has shown russian advance on kyiv, once again, in the past 24 hours. u.s. satellite company maxar, say they captured troops actively firing artillery towards residential areas. and what is thought to be the first kidnap of an official, ukrainian authorities say the mayor of melitopol, has been abducted by russian troops. this cctv shows a man being led away by -- from the city's registry office. >> in melitopol, the invaders capture the mayor of the city, even for adolf, -- and the people of his community. obviously, this is a sign of the weakness of the invaders. they did not find any support in our land, although they counted on it. they have switched to a new stage of terror. >> while russia's attacks across the country are widening, the kremlin has a track record of using chemical weapons, and concern is growing that c

sally lockwood, sky news, lviv in western ukraine >> as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine, sanctions have been leveled agains russia those sanctions are affectin that country, but they may wel affect people living here to mps are warning. let's bring in the chair of th treasury committee, mel stride application report about that. -- good to have you with us on sk news tell us how those russia sanctions, in your opinion, ar affecting brits here >> the first point to make i that it's been extraordinarily united front put on by countries to resist russia wit sanctions. they are going to have a ver powerful effect on the putin regime, as we see inflation in unemployment going up, trading going down, shrinkage of the russian economy by up to 10% here at home, there ar negative consequences as well, particularly for lower incom households they have not been able to sav during the pandemic, compare to those who are better off. also, for those who energy and food costs make a higher proportion of thei expenditures, and for othe groups that's why it's really important, this afternoon, tha whe

. >>> we have seen in sally lockwood's report earlier at the top of the hour, the fears that chemical weapons could be deployed as part of this conflict. how likely is that? might it provoke a tougher military response from nato allies? well, joining me now is ralph, an independent consultant in chemical and biological weapons, arms control, and disarmament. good morning to you, mr. trap. >> good morning. >> do you think a chemical weapon attack in ukraine is inevitable? >> i hope the answer is no. at the moment, all we see is an increasing campaign from the russian side, accusations about what is happening in ukraine about the possibility of ukraine using chemical weapons against russia, but of course, the track record we have, both in terms of the possible use of chemical anythings by russia, it points in the other direction, so it is a possibility that this could cause indeed a false flag attack, a false flag enterprise, and that some people in the russian military are planning for such operations. >> what do we know about the russian capabilities here? we know certainly that they

to make it out of mariupol are now sharing their cities o devastation and survival sky news's sally lockwoodspok to one of them in lviv >> alina managed to escape five days ago. >> there are lots of people in mariupol, now, you cannot even imagine how many children ar there. they brought a six-day old and a three months old in th shelter, there are so many o them in the neighboring house, to little orphans became orphans, and watch their father dying and the neighbors took the men they are still in mariupol because they cannot leave. >> alina only learned he apartment had been bombed afte seeing this image online the fourth floor from the to was her home until a few day ago. >> my next guess also decide to leave that city with hi family, after their home was destroyed by the russians. joining us now is arturo shevchenko, he's a programmers escape the city mariupol t western ukraine on friday, wit his family mr. shevchenko, thank you fo making time to be with u tonight. i don't know what this mus meet feel like to you, looking at these images, hearing these stories of your home town, and your

sally lockwood was in lviv as the strikes took place. >> nowhere in ukraine is safe from russian aggression. moments after the sound of jets broke a peaceful afternoon in the western city of lviv. we watched flames ripped through a fuel depots, after two missiles struck. the attack fell just short of the cities television tower. it is not clear if this may have been the intended target. but it wasn't over. >> there is more strikes! can you see? >> soon after as we are preparing to go on air, behind us came the sound of more explosions. the second hit was a military depot on the outskirts of the city. the smoke billowing behind us, was broken the confidence that love is the city of sanctuary. >> this is a first strike honored populated civilian area. and a city that has offered a safety even for so many. a development for people who fled from on told horrors, and areas of the country. but perhaps not an instance -- when president biden, the leader of the free world, isn't far from here. just across the border over in poland. >> this is something few exist packed it here, but many feared. and

[end of translation] >> that's bringing skies sally lockwood, who's in lviv force of this morning. orning to you, sally. what do we know about the city council and this art school? >> yes, they're limited details at the moment, kimberly. this news just emerging. but of course, growing concern about the fate of civilians in this southern city of mariupol, which has been under siege know by the russian bombardment for more than two weeks. what we can tell you is that reports have emerged in the last hour that an art school has been bombed there. that was being used by around 400 residents, including women, children and the elderly, as a shelter. we understand that has been bombed overnight by russian offenses. there are no immediate reports of casualties, but of course, these are very early reports. we understand the building has been destroyed. of course, this comes after that horrific attack on a theater, housing more than 1000 civilians in the same city. for days on, rescuers are still unable to reach for so many of the people still trapped there. more than 1000 people still though

and correspondent sally lockwood spoke to one mother who managed to escape. >> the city of mariupol is almost totally destroyed. in its ashes, there are at least 100,000 people trapped, and trying to stay alive. but it's feared there could be far more than that. the city is surrounded, and the bombs drop day and night. escaping from here on foot is unfathomable but we met one family who did. >> they watched as we went to the checkpoint. >> a man and woman in the car. they were next to each other. and for so many days, they were in the car. walk down the street, and there was so much around us. it was scary. we look away from what we've seen with exploding becomes. >> the confusion is understanding. they have made it to the west of ukraine with the help of strangers. when they first escaped mariupol, days ago -- >> let's just take you straight across to brussels, as you can see there, the prime minister boris johnson, and the foreign secretary is arriving, here is what he has to say. >> should nato be prepared to act? >> i think the reality is that vladimir putin has already crossed the