in the southern city of odesa, waiting for the russians to come. translation: my husband stayed there to protect his country. - i m hoping the west will help us get out of this terrible situation, because right now, we are alone against the russian aggressor. many of those arriving here have no clear plan of where they will go. the moldovan government has set up 300 tents as emergency shelter for those crossing the border. there s still space here at the moment but the ukrainian city of odesa, less than 50 kilometres from here, is a key russian target and there is worry about a sudden influx of the fighting there develops. moldova tonight is home for thousands more mothers and children as a rift between nations splits families apart. lucy williamson, bbc news, palanca crossing, moldova.
life, even if we are safe, so we have to do something. these are scenes unimaginable to most in europe. they were unthinkable here, too, until now. but these women say sitting home doing nothing would be even scarier. it suddenly feels like this whole city has sprung into action. people are donating whatever they can, for soldiers and for those forced to flee here from the fighting, but also for if this strategic city comes under siege itself. and men and women are signing up for weapons, ready to fight against troops sent by president putin. he really believed that he can take ukraine and to make from ukraine, russia. it s fake and we don t believe in it and we re really angry. dnipro is already feeling the cost of this war,
to russia? and you are watching bbc news. hello. the weather through the remainder of the weekend is continuing on that fairly dry, settled theme. we ve got high pressure in charge of our weather. a bit more cloud pushing in and breeze across northern ireland and scotland but certainly, for england and wales, we ve had fairly clear skies on saturday and it s going to be a similar picture into sunday as well. here s is the satellite image. it shows the area of cloud out to the north west of the uk. this is a weather front which is just starting to move in. you can see the proximity of the isobars. there s some breezier weather across northern and western areas but as this front pushes its way eastwards, it bumps into a big area of high pressure, so it s tending to fizzle out through the day on sunday. certainly a chilly start, particularly for england and wales, with a touch of frost around.
an arrival from next door, but which is now another world. the overnight train from kyiv pulled into eastern poland today, carrying europe s neighbours, seeking safety from russia s bombs. it took us 52 hours to get here. kateryna leontieva and her daughter came from kharkiv, in eastern ukraine, as the missiles rained down on her city. how did it feel, having to leave your homes? i don t know yet. i m, yeah. like, tears arejust coming, you know? i think i didn t feel anything then, and i m starting to realise, yeah. but i hope it s just a short time trip and we will be back soon. the 19th century train station at przemysl is now a modern refugee reception centre. those arriving welcomed with open arms before travelling on around poland and europe. among them, irene and her children, her husband left
here now that nowhere in the capital is safe. and so much of kyiv now looks like this. still standing but bracing for impact. ukraine s embattled president volodymyr zelensky took to the deserted streets shooting a selfie video to reassure his people. a city of almost 3 million people turned ghost town. i am here, he said, and we will not lay down our arms. far from it we found ukrainians taking up arms, forming volunteer brigades to defend the city alongside the local police. this volunteer, who goes by the nickname molloy, said, i don t want to live in russia, and my brothers in arms don t want that either.