especially the outer hebrides where you will have severe gales this morning. in the west, heavy rain come again. in the east, it should brighten up. all the details throughout the programme. it's wednesday the 9th of march. the russian authorities have said they'll pause their bombardment of kyiv and four other cities so that civilians can leave. chernihiv, sumy, kharkiv and mariupol will all receive a temporary reprieve, according to a russian state news agency. it was due to start a couple of minutes ago. however, several previous ceasfires have not been honoured. overnight, air raid sirens and loud exlosions have been heard in kyiv, as russian forces continue to muster for an attack — and the ukrainians have vowed to "fight to the end". james reynolds has the latest details.