some sunshine. there will be a chilly wind and temperature is around 8 or 9 but at least the weather is forecast to brighten up for many of us. thank you. let s return to clive in kyiv clive, you ve been there more than ten days, it s a very different city now from when you arrived. yeah, ten days that has seen this world transformed and this vibrant, beautiful european city go into hiding, frankly. gone underground to avoid the missiles and bombs. these streets, full of life when i arrived, are now deserted. there are people who were dead but who were alive when i arrived last tuesday, men, women and children killed in this war across ukraine. there are now over i this war across ukraine. there are now overi million people who a week last tuesday were snug and comfortable in their homes in this land that they love who have now become refugees in other countries,
are closing on there, the giant convoy which effectively is the troops north of kyiv preparing for operations to circle the capital but we are looking at this trust coming in from the north east which is trying to poach the weather and it is taking days but they are getting there. the south where they have been advancing very quickly. some of the best russian forces in the south. they are the ones that engage the nuclear power station last night in the battle there. those are the ones pushing to 0desa and donbas which is where the majority of the ukrainian forces were in the south east before the war. the destruction of those forces is a huge rush and effort. they put a of effect there, trying to capture rates and destroying the ukrainian army. not a lot of reporting from that area but the fighting there is very tense. ii that area but the fighting there is very tense- very tense. if we look at the map one more very tense. if we look at the map one more time. very tense. if we loo
talk as to why they are important. same people seem to forget the geography completely and we do have things like helicopters but the things like helicopters but the thing is like you have got to get your fuel thing is like you have got to get yourfuel up and thing is like you have got to get your fuel up and that comes on tracks and they really go on roads so it is very important because kyiv is really the only river crossing the deeper where it is. there is a hydroelectric dam in the north which is probably the priority russian target by now to capture that. it is the only way across the river that cannot be five or six other bridges and then southbridge. there is a two objectives of the russians. 0therwise objectives of the russians. otherwise the forces are separated from each other. they can other but they cannot connect. and of course also in the south west the approaches held up there. the next 160 miles up so the russians have to capture the bridge. let s talk about the devasta
clutching a few bags with their possessions. a week last tuesday, we all hoped a war could be averted. i think it s safe to say that a week next tuesday, we will all still be praying for this war to end. that s it from me and the bbc team here in kyiv. i ll be back at 10pm, now on bbc one, time
them which were never here before and different experts say different things so someone will say this is a special sign for the russian army, the russian aggressors. some of them say this is just manipulation that wants to take away our attention because everyone in the city is trying to go and see it and it is just a small part of what we really have today. you re notjust dealing with information here, you are also assisting in trying to get the right information to people in kyiv as well. yes, wejust launched, the day before yesterday, we launched our news operations, still not at full scale, and care. where we tried to get real stories from the ground and different people who stay there and also those who left part of the family and moved here. or somewhere