britain s prime minister borisjohnson dismisses threats to his leadership as the row over lockdown parties in downing street continues. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there will be a fresh attempt to establish another humanitarian corridor later. ukraine s deputy prime minister says if all goes to plan, evacuations will begin midday local time. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s as
to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s assault is intensifying. the dangers are clear. despite the destruction, some residents are determined to stay. we are going to fight. to fight as long as it is needed for the victory. fresh attempts are being made to get civilians out of mariupol. 100,000 people are still thought to be trapped there. ukraine s deputy prime minister says the evacuation will only succeed with the help of the un.
expanding military support to kyiv by giving poland tanks to replace those warsaw is sending to ukraine. we re also looking more at what we can do to backfill in countries such as poland who may want to send heavier weaponry to defend help defend the ukrainians. and the ukrainian president has welcomed another uk commitment. translation: i am grateful to our british friends - for the important symbolic decision announced today to return the embassy to kyiv. the united kingdom became the 215t country to return a diplomatic mission to our capital, and this shows that we re not the only ones who believe in the victory of life over death. russia has, for the first time, admitted that at least one crew member died when its black sea flagship moskva sank last week. 27 others are unaccounted for. ukraine says it struck the vessel with missiles. moscow has blamed
translation: un right now just observes what is happening in mariupol, and if the world unites and demands that this evacuation happens, only then it can happen. to try to halt the fighting, the head of the un will travel to moscow on tuesday for talks with president putin before going to kyiv to meet president zelensky on thursday. there is a mood of urgency. these satellite images are said to show a second mass grave on the outskirts of mariupol. this family, who ve made it to safety, say they walked for five days to escape the conflict. translation: we will never forget what happened. - we cannot. but we need to keep our spirits up and raise our children. russia says it has captured an arms depot in the kharkiv region, containing thousands of tonnes of ammunition. the uk says it s considering
the sinking on a fire. there s claim and counterclaim. but president zelensky says the attack on ukraine is only the beginning, and that russia intends to invade other countries. simon jones, bbc news. we can cross live to the capi9tal kyiv and our correspondent there, joe inwood. let s talk about the prospects for that humanitarian corridor to get people out of mariupol. we know there have been numerous attempts at humanitarian corridors in ukraine during this war, some have worked, many haven t, so what are the prospects for the efforts today? i think hope more than expectation is the mantra. it should be starting right about now that people should be gathering, women, children, older people, but whether they are we don t know. it is difficult to get information out of mariupol at the moment. it is getting a little easier to get some snippets of what is happening but we will find out