to the ukrainians in their fight forfreedom. as the refugee crisis on ukraine s borders grows, the british government announced it will relax restrictions for those coming to the uk. the decision on russian athletes competing at the winter paralympics will be made today. the international paralympic committee will announce if russia are to be banned later this morning. the games begin on friday. as war in ukraine pushes global wheat and fuel costs to record levels, food prices here are rising at their quickest rate in nearly a decade. what could unfolding global events mean for pushing up prices here? good morning. some folk to watch out for this morning, particularly across south west england and south wales. some folk to watch out for. brighterskies wales. some folk to watch out for. brighter skies across the north of scotland. all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s wednesday the 2nd of march. russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine s second city
captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, i m victor blackwell, welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m alisyn camerota. deadly strikes are taking out key facilities in ukraine as russia intensifies its attacks. today, a television tower in ukraine s capital city, kyiv, was hit. people were killed, and the ministry of internal affairs says the broadcasts are off the air. russian military officials warn they are going to target more buildings in kyiv, including ukraine s state security agency and a main information and operation center. they re urging ukrainians near those buildings to leave. a heavy fighting continues in and around ukraine s second largest city, kharkiv, according to a senior u.s. defense official. a russian air strike blew up a government building there,
people are fighting for their own homeland. it s a beatable thing. joey: we talk about patriotism and it becomes a political to get this country. this is what patriotism is, is it not? katie: it shows how important it is to be part of your country and it shows the crucial aspect of having an armed citizenry that knows how to defend territory. it is interesting to watch a government handout semi automatic rifles to ukrainians to fight back. i m glad we have a second amendment here. joey: just to close it out, give us your reaction of these amazing things. aishah: i hope everyone is watching in america. i hope getting a lesson in patriotism. i was talking with secretary rice about this moment that we are in right now as a nation where we are questioning ourselves. we are doubting ourselves, who we are and where were going. there is a lot of fighting and politics like you mentioned. she said something to me. at the end of the day the
russians over something they have been talking about for years, we chose to ignore it more importanty population there. you know, thing that so disturbing on one hand we ll not send our forces to fight. but we re urging ukrainians to die pointlessly in a fight they can t win. we re going to create a far worseume humanitarian disaster if this does not stop. trey: thank you for joining us. coming up we re live at pentagon, for latest insights there. as coverage of the war in ukraine continues next on sunday night in america.
ben schofield, bbc news. as we have been saying this money we are trying to bring you up to date with the very latest situation in ukraine. we can speak now to the bbc s security correspondent frank gardner, who ll be with us throughout the morning. you are going to talk about the latest developments and explained the situation. we latest developments and explained the situation. latest developments and explained the situation. ~ ., ., , ., the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. the situation. we are into phase two of theirs- most the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the first the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the first week, - of theirs. most of the first week, we have seen is very strong ukrainian resistance. the russians have been pulling their punches, which will sound strange. already horrendous casualties. f