getting messages from people who have family, friends, work colleagues in ukraine. jonathan is in wales, he says my wife s cousin and family are in the south of ukraine, we have offered her and her family safe haven in our home in neath. there is reams of paperwork to get visas, i am now planning to drive to the ukraine border with poland to bring them here to safety. actually, let s show you that live shot of gridlock in kyiv. any moment now, actually, of trafficjams as people flee the ukrainian capital. we are going to talk now to general sir richard shirreff, a former deputy supreme commander of nato europe, author of war with europe and manager of a risk management company. thank you very much for talking to us. what do you think is president putin s plan? i talking to us. what do you think is president putin s plan? talking to us. what do you think is president putin s plan? i very much fear his plan president putin s plan? i very much fear his plan is president putin s plan?
far, we don t see any carrying out his plans. well, so far, we don t see any military l carrying out his plans. well, so| far, we don t see any military at our border. we are part of nato, we are part of the eu. in nato, we have article v, which says an attack on one is an attack on all, so if any of the nato countries are attacked, it is going to be attacking nato as such and i think it is too big a fight for putin to take, even if he threatens, but, of course, we have to prepare and we also have to prepare for the aggression going on in ukraine, going even further. we are almost exactly the same kilometres distance from kyiv than berlin, for example, so it is equally detrimental to europe. that equally detrimental to europe. at some point today, if it hasn t happened already, you or the president of estonia will speak with
thank you, general sir richard us. thank you, general sir richard shirreff, a former deputy supreme commander of nato in europe. this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. russia has invaded ukraine. missiles have struck key targets in the capital and the east of ukraine and there are reports of several deaths. president putin of russia issues this warning to the world. translation: whoever tries to interfere with us, - or threaten our country, should know that russia s response will be immediate and lead to such consequences that have never been experienced in history. it will be difficult, it will be tough it will be difficult, it will be tough but the fact is we are on our land, tough but the fact is we are on our land. it tough but the fact is we are on our land. it is tough but the fact is we are on our land. it is our tough but the fact is we are on our land, it is our country and we will defend, land, it is our country and we will
message me on social media. joe says, i m spending the morning trying to reach friends and former colleagues in ukraine, desperately worried about them. this viewer says, my stepmother is from ukraine, she was due to fly back to kyiv three weeks ago, but we talked her out of it. all her family are there, she has told them to take her car and all her money to get essentials for the family who need it. she is devastated, and i have no idea what to say to her. you can contact us on social media. we are going to speak now to a conservative mp, tobias ellwood, chair of the uk defence select committee. good morning to you. what is your response to what president putin has done overnight? weill. is your response to what president putin has done overnight? well, it s not surprising. putin has done overnight? well, it s not surprising, he putin has done overnight? well, it s not surprising, he has putin has done overnight? well, it s not surprising, he has been - putin has done overnight?
they need to ramp up sanctions. we want to see properly executed sanctions that really hurt. thus far, we have seen a pretty pathetic dribble of sanctions, particularly from the uk, so sanctions have got to really hurt, and if they hurt us as well, that is a pain we have to accept now that we are facing an existential crisis, and we have to find ways of making russia call a halt to it. the other thing that must happen, as an alliance, is properly effective defence of the alliance, and so night now should be mobilising its forces, it should be ramping up its capabilities, it should be deploying significant land, air and should be deploying significant land, airand maritime should be deploying significant land, air and maritime forces to eastern europe to defend the eastern european flank. because we need to send a seriously powerful message thus far, but absolutely no further, because these being could develop a dynamic of its own, and if russia impacts in any way on nato, that is