ok, zhanna bezpiatchuk, thank you so much for— people. 0k, zhanna bezpiatchuk, thank you so much forzpiatchuk, | thank you so much for the update, thank you so much for the update, thank you. the british prime minister has received a questionnaire from the metropolitan police as part of the inquiry into parties at downing street and whitehall during the covid lockdowns. number ten said borisjohnson would respond as required. police are sending the questionnaire by email to more than 50 people. the met said the questionnaires will ask what happened and "must be answered truthfully". our politics reporter matt cole has more on this now. matt, took us through the applications of the sending of this questionnaire. well, these are questionnaires which carry the same kind of weight as if somebody is being interviewed by the police under caution, so they are serious documents. they all went out yesterday, we understand, to at least 50 people. and those who have received them have now seven days to fill them in and get them back to the police as part of the operation, the police as part of t

zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, kyiv.the european union says it will begin shipping arms to ukraine — the first time in its history it has supplied arms in a conflict. ros atkins looks at how western military aid for ukraine has escalated, including a historic policy shift from germany. ukraine needs help. it has done for months, as russia sent more and more troops to the border, ukraine was receiving more and more military aid from the west. overall, the us has given $2.5 billion worth since 2014, and as the ukraine military has doubled in size, it has been fighting as well against separatists in eastern ukraine but thursday night brought something new. and faced with russia's invasion, ukraine needs more help. that won't be troops as president biden has made clear. we have no intention of fighting russia. but this weekend the west escalated its military support. first the americans released a further $350 million and other countries offered more as well. the uk, france, poland, turkey, belgium, and crucially, germany. t

zhanna bezpiatchuk is from bbc ukrainian. that president putin and president macron of france of course have now had a telephone call, this is in continuing efforts for the diplomatic solution to be found to de—escalate tension in the area. apparently, president macron told president putin in the call that sincere dialogue was not compatible with escalation and they continued their discussion on conditions for stability and security in europe. these news is just coming into us now about the outcome of that phone call between president macron and president putin and we will bring more of them as soon we get them. zhanna bezpiatchuk is from bbc ukrainian. she's been telling me how people there have been reacting to the threat of a russian invasion. first of all, it is important to say that for the moment, there are no visible signs of panic, neither in kyiv nor in other major cities which might be the targets of the possible russian invasion. this is on the one hand but on the other hand ukrainians do understand that this time

zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, kyiv.ince thursday. 0ur europe correspondent, mark lowen, is in south—eastern poland near its border with ukraine. a chain of solidarity from poland to ukraine. near the border, the donations kept coming. everything europe's new refugees would need, given by poles from across the country, volunteers like kamila stunned at what is happening to their neighbours. i'm really touched. i don't have words in my mouth to explain how much happier i am to see all of my citizens, all of my, all the polish people who want to help, the whole country try to help. we really want to do what we can. loaded up and bound for the border, many of the supplies to be picked up by transport from the other side. we followed as they wound their way through the forests of eastern poland, land which decades ago saw russian occupation and the price paid for liberation. they had to off—load before the border for lack of space at the crossing. from a sports hall to a store house, everything is sorted by volunteers old an

zhanna bezpiatchuk is from bbc ukrainian — she's been telling me how people there have been reactingon. first of all, it is important to say that for the moment, there are no visible signs of panic, neither in kyiv nor in other major cities which might be the targets of the possible russian invasion. this is on the one hand but on the other hand ukrainians do understand that this time probably they face the largest threat ever in their new history of independence after the collapse of the soviet union. in practice, it can be compared to, you know, with the situation when somebody faces someone who feels very deeply offended and wants to take revenge. so, russia obviously feels offended by nato�*s expansion eastwards and the promise of open—door politics, policies for ukraine in the future so ukraine might become a member of the alliance in the future. i think this gives the understanding to ukrainians that this is a very dangerous situation, that if the other side which feels offended, like russia, the kremlin, putin, the leader of russia, is not restricted by moral commitments and t

zhanna bezpiatchuk is from bbc ukrainian we've heard that life is continuing as normal in the citiescase? what i hear from the people what i hearfrom the people in ukraine are that there are no signs of panic, not in kyiv or anywhere. but on the other hand, many people, especially people that have small kids, older parents, disabled relatives, they are worried. they started developing individual action plans in the event of a war. for example, one of my friends yesterday told me that she is going to move to her parents house in the west of ukraine if kyiv is attacked from the air. ukrainian also started considering a very particular possible scenario, and what to do in that particular scenario with their own lives. this is important, but overall, you know, to explain to you how people feel in ukraine in this situation i can give you a simple comparison. imagine that somebody has a very aggressive neighbour, and this neighbour comes very close to your house, comes very close to you and says, you know, i need to exercise my gun in front of your house, but i will do it next to your fenc

zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, kyiv.e bbc news, talking movies reports from the berlin film festival. hello from berlin, i'm tom brock and welcome to talking movies. in today's programme, highlights of the berlin film festival which, despite numerous challenges posed by covid-19, numerous challenges posed by covid—19, forged ahead as a full in—person event. among the stars who made it to the german capital, britain emma thompson, a film portraying an older woman's sexual awakening. we sat down to talk to her. also the festival movies that were creating a buzz including the catalan language drama that won the top prize. it’s catalan language drama that won the tap prize-— the top prize. it's so shiny! and bollywood _ the top prize. it's so shiny! and bollywood came - the top prize. it's so shiny! and bollywood came to - the top prize. it's so shiny! i and bollywood came to berlin with the impelling tale of a mumbai brothel madame fighting for the rights of prostitutes. also an experimental film showed inside a sanitarian

our correspondent, zhanna bezpiatchuk has visited one centre handing out weapons in the capital kyiv.embers of - parliament managed to impose martial law. afterwards theyjoined the line—up for guns. as far as i know, all the 100 members of ukrainian parliament took up arms and adjoining different military defence units now. it was carried the weight of an invasion endlessly.— of an invasion endlessly. yellow armbands _ of an invasion endlessly. yellow armbands marked _ of an invasion endlessly. yellow armbands marked this - of an invasion endlessly. yellow armbands marked this man i of an invasion endlessly. yellow armbands marked this man out| of an invasion endlessly. yellow l armbands marked this man out as volunteer fighters. they come from all walks of life, from artists and lawyers to sportsmen. but whatever their background, they will all be expected to patrol the city under martial law. translation: there are people with military experience of vectoring is, and then there are people who swap their pens or keyboards for guns. i know what a huge potential ukrainians have the reb