with new threats nor overcoming them. as reports emerge of shelling in eastern ukraine, borisjohnson issues a new warning about the consquences of any russian invasion. if ukraine is invaded, and if ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, a country that has been free for a generation, with a proud history of elections. and a first medal at the winter olympics for team gb a silver in the men s curling losing to sweden in the final. good afternoon. around 190,000 homes are still without power after one of the worst storms to hit
drier and sunnier seeing some drier and sunnier moments. again, still relatively mild for this time of year. that s it. iwill mild for this time of year. that s it. i will be backjust before liz30pm. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm. counting the cost of storm eunice, three deaths and more than 190,000 homes across the uk still without power as the big clean up gets underway. the wind and the rain is hampering efforts to repair storm damage and to restore power to people s homes. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy says international rules protecting countries from attack are no longer working, amid fears of a russian invasion. translation: the security architecture translation: the security architecture of translation: the security architecture of our - translation: the security architecture of our world i translation: the security architecture of our world is | architecture of our world is obsolete, the rules that had been agreed upon years ago i no longer working. they
ukraine, tensions mount. residents being told to leave their homes by russian backed separatists to take refuge across the border. there are more incidents now shelling with ukrainian forces, the worst in years. the mood here in munich is grim. conferences like this are meant to accelerate diplomacy to resolve major world crises. but there is a growing pessimism that they can stop a conflict that could have massive consequences not just for ukraine, but for all of europe and far beyond. lyse doucet, bbc news, munich. we will be talking to her very shortly. vladimir putin has been overseeing russian military drills today, as tensions continue over a potential invasion of ukraine. these pictures of the training operations have been released by the russian ministry of defence. the kremlin says ballistic and cruise missiles were tested as part of annual strategic nuclear
track to make sure it is safe. plus, there are still weather warnings in place for strong winds covering most of southern england and southern wales. services may have to go slow too. continued problems here during the day. simonjones reporting. we bring you up to date with the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. there are the government figures. those are the latest figures on coronavirus in the uk. let s turn our attention now to the situation in ukraine. the prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine would see the destruction of a democratic state. speaking in the last hour at the annual munich security conference, borisjohnson said nato and its allies were united
there would be a protracted, violent, bloody insurgency with the loss of life for young russians as well as for ukrainians. and lysejoins us now from munich. is there a sense of inevitability that they will be a russian invasion? that they will be a russian invasion? ., ., ~ . invasion? the mood here in munich chanced invasion? the mood here in munich changed visibly invasion? the mood here in munich changed visibly even invasion? the mood here in munich changed visibly even from - invasion? the mood here in munich| changed visibly even from yesterday to today. yesterday, people were saying, there is still a chance, we have to keep the door open for diplomacy. today, there is a sharp intake of breath. they were all looking at the same intelligence, president biden has shared his intelligence within nato partners. we have all seen what there is to be seen, in effect as a lot of intelligence around. it is only president biden who has been coming out in public to basically, it is b