believe he will stop at that. but despite tens of thousands of russian troops on ukraine s borders, both its western allies and russian neighbours still talk of a diplomatic way through, but with differing views of who s to blame. translation: i ll leave | the direct verbal assaults against us unanswered. now it s important to focus on how to avoid war and how to force ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against donetsk and lu ha nsk. if we need to fight, we will fight. if we need to be peaceful, we will be peaceful. volunteers for ukraine s homeland security no strangers to russian attacks on their country now preparing to protect their families, their country, they say if that s what it takes. mark lobel, bbc news.
ukrainians stand in demonstrations of unity and lean more towards europe and the west, and last night s speech by vladimir putin will do no different. there have been some people peacefully protesting yesterday in kyiv, some from donetsk. 400 miles away. the professional football team of donetsk are based here in kyiv now because of what is happening there. they talk about being scared. 0ne journalist talked about how this would resolve her desire to fight. 0ne former mp accused vladimir putin of quoting history books he had written himself. there have been for some days worries about what has been happening in the east, hundreds of thousands of russian passports have been given out, moscow has been accused by the west of trying to create a false for an invasion. russian troops now moving into those occupied territories means that one avenue out of this crisis, seen by the west and by moscow of the minsk
two breakaway regions of ukraine donetsk and luhansk and said ukraine had no history of being a true nation . russian tanks and armoured vehicles have been spotted in donetsk. our correspondent mark lobel has the latest developments. this is how independence looks in the rebel republics now recognised by russia. but president putin s provocative move has been condemned by the west as a clear breach of international rules. the question is whether these columns of military vehicles spotted hours later on the outskirts of donetsk are a worrying sign of bigger things to come elsewhere in ukraine, with its sovereignty under threat. translation: we are waiting for clear and effective steps i of support from our partners. it is very important to see now who our real friends and partners are. the uk prime minister,
now it s important to focus on how to avoid war and how to force ukraine to stop the shelling and provocations against donetsk and lu ha nsk. if we need to fight, we will fight. if we need to be peaceful, we will be peaceful. volunteers for ukraine s homeland security, no strangers to russian attacks on their country, preparing to protect their families, their country, they say. if that s what it takes. mark lobel, bbc news. in a moment we ll get the latest from westminster with adam fleming. first let s speak to our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. good morning. what is their reaction to what has happened there? well. to what has happened there? well, look, if the to what has happened there? well, look, if the last to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight years - to what has happened there? well, look, if the last eight years of - look, if the last eight years of russian aggression have taught us anyt
asked to be responsible if they are ill. i will be finding out what the latest changes mean for workers here at this brewery in stoke. hundreds of flood warnings remain in place, a day after storm franklin battered large areas of the uk with strong winds and heavy rain. and there is further heavy rain to come today as a band of rain per she south eastwards accompanied by some gusty winds and over the areas we don t necessarily want fair rain. his first match back after being denied entry to australia is a winning one for novak djokovic in what s set to be a significant week for the world number one in dubai. it s tuesday the 22nd of february. our main story. borisjohnson will chair an emergency meeting in half an hour to discuss immediate sanctions on russia. it comes after the russian president vladimir putin formally recognised two breakaway regions of ukraine and ordered his troops to enter. tanks and armoured vehicles have been spotted in one of the areas donetsk. our correspon