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This is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm yalda hakim. our top stories... russia expands its attacks in ukraine as three more cities are targeted. in dnipro, officials say a shoe factory and kindergarten were struck. russia says it hit military airfields, including in the northwest the city of lutsk. ukraine say the attack killed two. life on the front line for ukrainian forces, fighting to defend the country's second largest city kharkiv. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you have not been

Seen in comparison to other cities where we have seen tens of thousands of people trying to get to safety. so in dnipro, people are pretty shaken by what happened overnight. our kyiv correspondent james waterhousejoins me now. we james waterhouse joins me now. just hearing theri was we just hearing there from sarah who was saying that the people in dnipro thought it was safe, there were many people going there. but in fact nowhere in ukraine is safe right now. ., ., ~ now. you are right. i think the tide of fiiihtin now. you are right. i think the tide of fighting is _ now. you are right. i th...

From lviv in ukraine, where russian forces appear to be widening their assault on the country, on this, day 16 of the war. overnight, president zelensky rejected claims by russia that ukraine was developing chemical weapons. so, what is the state of the russian advance? here's the latest data showing the positions of russian forces, getting ever closer to the capital kyiv. overnight strikes took place at military airfields in lutsk and ivano—frankivsk, and on the city of dnipro. the uk's ministry of defence says russian forces are making limited progress, but they would go for a renewed offe...

Of this morning. the air raid sirens went off at about 4:30am this morning here in dnipro. they rang out for more than three hours, which is extremely unusual. we have been hearing sirens every single day since this war began and people have got used to scrambling to their basements and to their bunkers, if they have them. but until now, there hasn't been any actual danger to the city because we understand that has been missiles and things flying over and the air raid sirens just detecting that. but this time, there was a direct strike. what we understand from the authorities is that what was ...

You have ivano—frankivsk in the west, you have lutsk in the north—west. there are 2.5 million people who find themselves as refugees, and counting, in this war. the majority of them have been moving west towards where you are in lviv mostly, before going on to borders with neighbouring countries like moldova, romania and poland. and this will be causing a lot of worry to people, seeing the now targeting of cities in that area in this way. the claim from moscow is that it this way. the claim from moscow is thatitis this way. the claim from moscow is that it is very much strategic. but what ...