i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as possib
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of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city s zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence mis