getting stronger as those banks are getting weaker, but remember as well, the regulators say they are standing by, the europe and central bank, to offer much more liquidity and other assistance to stop this escalating. but also, because bigger banks are not overly reliant on bonds, for example, as silicon valley bank was, that is why it got into trouble because they can hold their bond portfolios for a much longer time, which reduces the risk essentially, they don t have to realise their losses, and that s another reason. at the bank of england is doing a check right now to make sure there aren t any smaller players who can also run into difficulty. into difficulty. 0k, as always, thank you into difficulty. 0k, as always, thank you for into difficulty. 0k, as always, thank you for your into difficulty. 0k, as always, thank you for your analysis. l the russian president, vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory
vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i m joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has conducted. this is the scene of a brutal invasion. and i am
were speaking, the offer from just to reiterate, when chris and i were speaking, the offerfrom ubs was to buy credit suisse for 1 billion us dollars. it s been reported by the financial times that the offer has been increased to 2 billion us dollars. we expect some sort of press conference from the swiss government and those involved within the coming hours. we ve been given no firm indication of what time, but we will of course bring that to you and any significant developments as we get them right here on bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last year s invasion. his visit under the cover of darkness has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from the capital, kyiv. vladimir putin arrived in mariupol by hel
that could be many, many multiples of that if the deal goes through. wow. i mean, certainly interesting times indeed. patrick reed, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. thank you. the russian president, vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last year s invasion. his visit, under cover of darknes, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. vladimir putin arrived in mariupol by helicopter, at least according to pictures broadcast by russian state television. then he drove himself into the city on what is thought to be his first known visit to parts of ukraine seized by russian forces after last year s invasion. in the dark streets, amid tight security,
uncompromising speech, a source close to the ukrainian president tells me tonight he thinks only more ukrainian victories on the battlefield will lead to peace talks. the sooner ukraine gets the weapons it needs, this source told me, the sooner this war will be over. jake, back to you. matthew chance in london, thank you very much. now to horrifying images from ukraine s southern port city of kherson where a strike killed five and injured at least a dozen. the shelling killed civilians in the middle of the street. others damaged a market, a kindergarten. sam, how are ukrainians there feeling as the one-year mark of this brutal war approaches? reporter: well, they re feeling a lot more robust than they did in those first few weeks of the war. a lot of the ground that the russians took so quickly has