the british armed forces minister, james heappey says the escalating tension between ukraine and russia has reached a critical point. militarily, we re in a very worrying place. all of the conditions are set for russia to launch an attack on ukraine with no notice, and that s why the travel advice was changed on friday and has been communicated forcefully, as the government can to british citizens in ukraine over the weekend. but that s not to say that this is definitely going to happen. as the prime minister has said, we are at a criticaljuncture where the military threat is imminent. let s speak to our correspondent paul adams in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. does it feel like you are in a country on the verge of war? it still does not. it still feels like a country going about its business. there is a sense now that people are more aware, perhaps more concerned, more alarmed, the reports about embassies reducing their staff, shutting down, some airlines cancelling flights, all of thi
is preparing for war. american forces arrived in the region yesterday in a show of support to western allies. it s feared military action could come any day, and for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days, and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor, olaf scholz, will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and indeed there tense and indeed there are risks of the acceleration and risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question is this wednesday, this thursday, this friday,
goodbye to the rain, clear skies for a time before more rain comes in from the west with some hill snow. it will be a little bit milder by the end of the night and the start of the night in the west but it will still be cold in the east. tomorrow, weather front moves west to east, slow to clear the rain from the south of england, turning more shower in the north of scotland, then we are looking at dry weather and sunshine with top temperatures of 10 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. good morning. it is monday, i am victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office staff will be examined by a public inquiry into a faulty it system, which opens this morning. ukraine has called for a meeting with russia in the next 48 hours to try to avert war. we are at a criticaljuncture where the military threat is imminent but so too must there be real urgency for the diplomatic effort, and there are routes
nations and international community which is relevant to the level of the threat we all, notjust ukraine, face today because of russia s aggressive course. the people of ukraine need these actions by ukraine s strategic partners and international community. we are at a critical juncture international community. we are at a criticaljuncture in world history and our actions today to find it for decades to come. we all read history books, we all watched movies about the mistake politicians made in the run up to 1914 and 1939. about the feats of our grandparents and this catastrophic price in which fascism was defeated in europe. there is no greater task today than to not repeat the mistakes of the past. i do believe in the power of the free
if he s forced into some kind of a humiliating political retreat or, you know, an actual military retreat, it s going to be very hard for him. his whole persona is one of a strongman, and if a strongman isn t strong and actually, you know, faces defeat, i think that, you know, it s possible that somebody in that elite is going to move against him. 0k, and he d be replaced by what? in this world that you envisage where the criticaljuncture, where russia doesn t win president putin is weakened, what happens to him or who is he replaced by? well, it s hard to imagine that there s going to be another right wing dictator waiting in the wings that s going to be worse than him because he s got unlimited ambitions and he s been willing to use the most brutal means to do that. i think that, you know, if he is removed, they re going to come to some kind of a peace settlement that