ukrainian s president has also suspended eleven pro russia political parties and ordered the broadcast of a single stream of television news. also in the programme exploring ways of boosting unity and morale and for those who ve chosen to stay in ukraine s capital. hello, welcome. the united nations says ten million people have now fled their homes because of what it calls the devastating war in ukraine. it comes as the authorities in the beseiged city of mariupol have accused russia of bombing a school where around 400 people were sheltering. there s no word yet on casualties. president volodymyr zelensky has described the russian blockade and bombardment of mariupol as terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. with all the developments, jonah fisher has this report.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. the number of refugees who ve fled their homes since the start of the war in ukraine reaches 10 million. everything is ruined and i don t know will stay my house in safety? i don t know when i can come back to ukraine. in ukraine, the bombardment continues russia bombs a school in mariupol where around 400 people were sheltering president zelensky says moscow has committed war crimes in the city. translation: to do this to - a peaceful city that the occupiers did to it is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come.
to look down on mariupol is to see the lie that is vladimir putin s liberation war. an important port city of a00,000, now a smoking ruin, with no clean water or power. from the local authorities come accounts of atrocities that we cannot independently verify. an art school that was sheltering 400, apparently destroyed from the air. in one part of town, it s claimed that advancing soldiers have forcibly taken thousands of ukrainians across the border into russia. translation: the besieged city. of mariupol will go down in history for the war crimes being committed. the terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be remembered for centuries to come. a staggering quarter of all ukrainians have been forced out of their homes during this war. about three million of those have left the country,
i can say, it s very nice, sunny weather today in lviv. many people are going outside for a walk in this local park. but underneath, there is still a very strong fear of war in this part of the country. and you can see the tension on people s faces all around. i talked to refugees in western ukraine and central ukraine recent days, and i heard from different people in different occasions, approximately the same words. it is not our life, evenif the same words. it is not our life, even if it is relatively safe here. although the city was already hit by russian ballistic missiles, an aircraft plant was hit here, but it is relatively safe and relatively comfortable for people. people want
that s the power of music. he claims it can stop russian tanks but certainly it does inspire ukrainians and they are looking for inspiration at this time of devastating war, now in its first month and no sign it s going to end any time soon. lyse doucet there outside the cathedral in ukraine. to the uk now, and the chancellor, rishi sunak, has promised to help people deal with the rising cost of living in his spring statement on wednesday, but warned that sanctions imposed on russia were not cost free. he s facing calls, including from more than 50 conservative backbench mps, to cut fuel duty. labour has backed that proposal, but urged the treasury to do more. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more. soaring fuel prices, inflation pushing up the cost of everyday items, energy bills and national insurance set to rise in april. the list of pressures currently hitting people s pockets. and the chancellor rishi sunak