And ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment has been damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Its attacks such as these that have led to more us aid to ukraine. The United States has outlined what will be included in a 6 billion package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 billion commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following 6 months of delays. The package will focus on air defence and includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and Artillery Ammunition. Whats not included are the new Patriot Air Defence Batteries, which ukraines president zelensky says are critical. The us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. The outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. If putin prevails in ukraine, the Security Consequences would be grave and global. Europe would face a Security Threat it hasnt seen in our lifetimes. As President Biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. If the kremlin gets its way, if putins war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. A little earlier i spoke to ivan verstyuk, a journalist based in kyiv. I started by asking him about the latest attacks by russia as well as reports of Drone Attacks by ukraine on an oil refinery in southern russia. Its pretty clear that russians are hurrying up to increase pressure on Ukrainian Energy infrastructure before new air Defence Systems and new supplies for air defence get installed. So russians are using this period of time to do the rest of their plans to our energy system. So its going to be harder for ukrainian business and the population to survive this year of war. In this way russians want to make ukrainians more thinking about, maybe we should sign a Peace Agreement or something, because our Energy Infrastructure is so badly damaged. And with ukrainian drones targeting russian Oil Refineries in some of the Western Region of that country, this is also very important because those two Oil Refineries are directly involved in Russian Military logistics and resupplying Russian Troops in Eastern Ukraine with all kinds of fuel. So this direct military target, and whats also important is that we know well that vladimir putin, the russian leader, mostly doesnt pay any attention to russian economic crisis or any western economic sanctions. To him, this is not a priority. But the only Economic Indicator that he pays attention to is inflation and price growth. That he pays attention and im sorry to cut you off. That he pays attention i know our time is going to run out shortly. I just wanted to ask you about this us Military Aid Package for ukraine. I just want to ask you about the reaction there when the us announced it was not going to send these Patriot Air Defence Batteries to ukraine as part of this package, whats the reaction there . 0verall, despite having problems with getting more patriot systems to ukraine, all of our weapons are going to be resupplied with this recent us assistance package anti tank weapons, anti aircraft weapons, all kinds of artillery. So people generally now feel much easier because the general expectation is the russians will belong another big advance in may orjune. Thats why theyre concentrating their Military Personnel and also firepower, mostly in Eastern Ukraine. So that change the new supply line. It changes the mood of people who now feel substantially safer, expecting of whats going to be happening next. And also, its really important to resupply our troops, especially in Eastern Ukraine, where the intensity of fighting is the highest among all of it. That was a journalist speaking to me from kyiv. Thereve been developments in Ceasefire Negotiations between israel and hamas with both sides continuing to review proposals. Egyptian mediators have arrived in israel and local media are reporting theres been notable progress in finding common ground. In gaza itself, the hamas run Health Agency says at least 50 people have been killed in israeli attacks over the past 2a hours. This was the scene in rafah on friday night. 0ur diplomatic Correspondentjames Landale is following the developments from jerusalem. He began by telling me about plans being discussed for british troops to go to gaza to help deliver humanitarian assistance via the sea. Well, this week, catherine, the American DefenceDepartment Gave a long briefing to media in america about how this new maritime aid corridor would work but there was a big hole in the plans and that is because the United States has made it very clear they are not going to put us boots on the ground in gaza. They are not going to drive those aid trucks off the Landing Craft onto the Floating Pontoon or causeway when it is established and onto the beach into a secure zone on the beach in gaza. So, someone is going to have to do that. The americans said an Unnamed Third Party would do it. They said it would be a significant partner of the United States, a nation, not some private military company. My understanding is that one option being considered by the British Government is that british troops would drive those trucks. I should be very clear no decision has been made, the issue hasnt yet reached the prime ministers desk. The mod is not commenting, nor is the israeli army. But, the british are being very closely involved in this operation� s planning from the very beginning, both in America Headquarters in florida and also in cyprus. A british ship is going to be used as a dormitory for hundreds of American ServiceMen And Women involved and even the British Hydrographic Office has been giving detailed information to planners about the nature of gazas shoreline. So, it is a possibility, it is an option. The British Forces will drive those trucks onto the beach in gaza in harms way but it is just an option, no decision has been taken. The former head of the palestinian desk at israels ministry for strategic affairs, kobi michael gave me his assessment on the progress of the ceasefire talks. Im a bit sceptical about any progress. It looks like the leadership of hamas in the gaza strip still believe that the time works in favour of them, and not only the time but the us and the entire International Community by pressuring israel and criticising israel, i assume they have no real incentive for them to make some further concessions with regard to the negotiation. I hope im wrong in my assessment. But i believe that the main goal of hamas is to survive and to remain the sovereign power in the gaza strip in the days after the war. This would be the ultimate victory for them. And therefore, they intend to keep hostages as a sort of insurance policy, and even if there will be a sort of appeal, they will not release all of the hostages. What is your assessment of the role that the possible invasion of rafah has had on these talks . Has it cast a shadow over the talks and should the offensive happen, how will it impact any mediation . I think that the offensive by itself is not enough in order to create the impact or the required impact on hamas leadership in gaza. In order to create such an impact and in order to increase the probability for a more successful negotiation, we have to add to the Military Offensive two additional pressures. The first one is the pressure on qatar, and this is a pressure that only the us can create, because qatar has the most significant leverage over hamas. The second pressure is to create an alternative, the replacement for hamas on the ground immediately, at least in the northern part of the gaza strip, in a way that will signal to the leadership of hamas and to the people of gaza that still support hamas, that hamas is not an option any more. Only by creating these three vectors or pressures simultaneously, i think there is a higher probability for a breakthrough in the negotiation. Scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, is insisting he will not resign despite a week of political turmoil. Heres a recap of whats been happening. The crisis began when humza yousaf who leads the Scottish National party ended its Governing Coalition with the scottish greens. Both parties are pro scottish independence. Thered been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap Climate Targets and gender policy issues. Theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a Minority Government but he faces two Confidence Votes, and all the main scottish parties have said they will vote against him. Theres the possibility that a former snp member ash regan, who has defected to another nationalist party could save mr yousaf. But thats highly uncertain. The big picture in all of this is that the position of the Scottish National party is weakening with uk elections due. And that also has implications for the likelihood of scottish independence. 0ur reporter Catrina Renton is in glasgow, and explains exactly how the First Minister has found himself in this position. This time last week, we were talking about the Scottish Green Party voting on whether or not they should remain in partnership with the snp. Some in the party, as you were saying, were unhappy with the Power Sharing Arrangement after the snp dropped a Climate Change target. There has also been issues about gender services for young people. In a twist, humza yousaf called in the green ministers on thursday and he told them the relationship was over so that is how he finds himself in this position fighting for his political life. He said he is confident he will win the Confidence Vote and he will not resign but he does face these two votes of confidence next week, one in himself and one in his government. As you were explaining in your introduction, the arithmetic in the Scottish Parliament is very tight. There are 63 snp msps, there are 65 opposition msps and there is the Presiding Officer who retains a neutral position. He has written to all of the Party Leaders asking them for talks on where they can find common ground. I think it is safe to say we can rule out any deals with the prounion parties, labour, conservatives and liberal democrats. But somewhat ironically, mr yousaf is now having to reach back out to the greens who he dumped on thursday but they are sore and they say they cant trust him after what happened. Mr yousaf said yesterday he didnt mean to upset or anger the scottish greens and that there are a lot of issues that both the snp and greens share. So that is one way he could remain in government if some of the seven scottish green msps were to change their tack and support him but that seems highly unlikely given the upset that was caused. His only other Potential Lifeline is the Alba Party Msp ash regan. She stood against humza yousaf for the leadership of the snp after the First MinisterNicola Sturgeon stood down. She set out a number of conditions. She set out a number of conditions. She makes those concessions to her conduct Rock The Boat elsewhere. If he loses the personal vote is not legally bound to resign that you can imagine there is political pressure on him. Now its time for a look at todays sport. Hello again. The world outside The Netherlands might not know too much about him yet, but arne slot, whos expected to the new manager of liverpool, gets a glowing hes replacing. Jurgen klopp says slot is a good coach, a good guy and someone who plays good football. Slot is set to move to anfield after a Compensation Deal Worth up to £91; million was agreed with dutch club feyenoord. Slot led feyenoord to the dutch title last season, and this year theyre set to finish second in their league having already won the dutch cup. Liverpools hopes of ending the klopp era with a league title took another blow this week with defeat at everton. They travel to west ham for todays early kick off. Pretty sure arsenal and city see it now as a two horse race. They might have to Say Something else publicly, but they dont expect for themselves to lose two games from now on, i dont think so. I dont expect them to do that. If they do it, we would be completely silly if we would then not be around. Heres a check on all of todays matches. Sheffield united will be relegated if they lose to newcastle, and could go down if they draw and other results go against them. They are ten points off Nottingham Forest in 17th with four games left. Theres a huge night ahead in the Womens Champions League at a sold out stamford bridge. Chelsea hold a 1 0 lead over barcelona going into the second leg of their semifinal. Emma hayes knows that despite having the advantage, its still a big task ahead of them. Barcelona can hurt you in so many different ways that, for us as a team, we have to be so, so mindful that you cant switch off for one single session. This is a game that is played in the head, first and foremost, and, you know, we know that we have to be perfect to be able to progress. In the nba play offs on friday Indiana Pacers seized a 2 1 lead in their best of seven series against the milwaukee bucks, while Minnesota Timberwolves will aim for a clean sweep in their series against the phoenix suns. The timberwolves won their latest game 126 109. And over in dallas, The Mavericks took a 2 1 lead in their first round Playoff Series against the la clippers. Luka doncic was The Mavericks star man with 22 points, ten rebounds and nine assists. Game four is set for sunday in dallas. And in the last half an hour or so, judd trump has been the latest player to make it into the quarter finals of the World Snooker championship. The 2019 champion trump resumed 11 5 up against tom ford, and duly wrapped up the match 13 frames to seven. In this mornings other second round match, Stephen Maguire leads shaun murphy by seven frames to four. In rugby union, it all comes down to today to decide the womens six nations. England play france in bordeaux at teatime. Its winner takes all. The red roses have not lost in the competition for 28 games, but their last defeat was away against france in 2018. The girls are really looking forward to just putting the performance out on the pitch, and the players that have not played in a hostile environment like this, its for the senior players to put their arm around, checking on them, and, you know, just remember to enjoy the moment however the moment is, because you dont know when its your last. Now, in golf, how about this from 23 year old american auston kim at Thejm Eagle La championship in california . Here she is at the 18th hole. Now earlier in the day, another american, alexa pano, had managed a hole in one on the par 312th. Not to be outdone, kim managed this. Herfirst hole in one, or ace as theyre known, at the 18th. Wonderful reaction. You can see what it means to her. Kim is tied fifth, seven shots behind leader australian grace kim. And thats all the sport for now. South africa is marking 30 years since the end of apartheid and the countrys first democratic elections. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is leading the main ceremony in pretoria, has said freedom day will unite the country in celebrating its democraticjourney. The events come at a difficult time for the governing African National