minister has been in moscow on saturday. putin met naftali bennett and they talked for over two hours. the details have not been made public. israel has offered to mediate between moscow and kyiv. live now to jerusalem and mediate between moscow and kyiv. live now tojerusalem and our correspondent tom bateman. there was a very specific plea from volodymyr zelensky that mr bennett should negotiate. what is the israeli government saying? he negotiate. what is the israeli government saying?- negotiate. what is the israeli government saying? negotiate. what is the israeli covernment sa inc? . ., government saying? he had asked for that mediation, government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that negotiation - government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that negotiation by i that mediation, that negotiation by naftali bennett, the israeli prime minister. i have to say news of his trip to moscow, flying out early on
to pick up arms and fight she spoke to us a short time ago. every day we see more and more people arriving here in ukraine carrying whatever little possessions they can with their children and i spoke to a young man today he was about 20 years old. he said he had a from kyiv and he had driven his mother to the polish border and he said she didn t want to leave but she knew that she had to because things could get really bad and they do expect the situation here to get from bad to worse. he said he said goodbye to his mother and said i m a film director, i ve never picked up a gun before, i ve never thought before, i ve never had any kind of military training and yet i m now finding myself in a position where i m going to have to go and join some kind of patrol group or do some kind of training to defend my nation and this is, really, the story of so many families here in ukraine. families have been torn apart.
allowing hundreds of thousands of residents to flee mariupol and the nearby city of volnovakha. but continuted fighting has meant they couldn t leave. meanwhile, president putin has warned that, any country imposing a no fly zone over ukraine, will be considered to have joined the war. ukrainian negotiators say they ll hold a third round of talks with russia on monday. but in the capital, kyiv, fears of a russian israeli s president has held talks with president putin but in the capital kyiv, fears of a russian advanceis capital kyiv, fears of a russian advance is still high. significant bombardments have hit. our international correspondent orla guerin reports. this is the reality of russia s invasion. yevgen is watching his family home go up in flames in the town of irpin, 16 miles from kyiv. no military targets here.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. russia resumes its offensive in southern ukraine, after a failed ceasefire attempt to allow the evacuation of civilians from the city of mariupol. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don t know if i will hear them again. sorry. hundreds of people flee the town of irpin north west of the capital kyiv, as it comes under heavy bombarment by russian forces trying to break through.
of them have their pets. they re taking just what they can carry, and they re rushing for the buses to try and get out of here and try and get to safety. we won t let the enemy take ukraine, he vows. do you feel let down by nato? i am not sure. i think, look, we count on them, we still think that the chance is not missing yet. overhead, the russian threat. the capital is just half an hour down the road danger closing in every day. this video appears to show a russian helicopter shot down north of kyiv, one small victory for ukraine against a powerful enemy. orla guerin, bbc news, irpin. a rally has been taking place