Of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, there were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called � russian terrorists�. Lets speak to dr marina miron who is a post doctoral researcher at the War Studies Department at the Kings College university of london. Thank you for coming on the programme. Talk to me a little bit about the Air Defence System that will give your zelensky is prioritising here. What is the situation as far as know right now in ukraine . 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So the idea is to weaken the Ukrainian Armed forces and of course, without electricity, you cannot maintain equipment, you cannot produce ammunition or groans. That is the idea and that is preparing the ground for an expected russian offensive which should be happening any time soon, end of may, perhaps june. Any time soon, end of may, perhaps june. ~ ,. Any time soon, end of may, perhaps june. ~ ,. , any time soon, end of may, perhaps june. ~ ,. , june. Thank you very much for coming on the programme. Thereve been developments in Ceasefire Negotiations between israel and hamas with both sides continuing to review proposals. Egyptian mediators have arrived in israel and local media are reporting theres been notable progress in finding common ground. In gaza itself, the hamas run Health Agency says at least 50 people have been killed in israeli attacks over the past 2a hours. On saturday, people searched through the rubble of rafah, trying to recover what they could, after two houses were struck in the Southern Gaza city. The bbc has learnt that british troops could be deployed on the ground in gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route. Aid would be delivered from cyprus on large ships before being transferred onto trucks and smaller landing craft. The floating causeway is expected to be several hundred metres long and anchored firmly into the sand. The United States has decided not to put american boots on the ground. 0ur diplomatic Correspondentjames Landale has more from jerusalem. Some aid is getting into gaza by land. Trucks carrying food, water and medical supplies. Some aid is being dropped by air, but the United Nations says it is nowhere near enough to help the people of gaza who, it says, are facing famine. So there are plans for aid to come by sea. The us army is building floating platforms like this off the coast, where aid will be taken off ships and put into trucks. Us military vessels to include the Usns Benavidez have begun to construct the initial stages of the temporary pier and causeway at sea. That floating causeway is expected to be anchored on the beach somewhere near here, where Israeli Forces will secure a distribution area. The us says there will be no american boots on the ground. So the uk is considering whether British Forces should drive the trucks along the causeway that may look Something Like this. But that would mean British Forces being put in harms way on the beaches of gaza, so called wet boots on the ground, potentially at risk from hamas fighters. The trouble with these sorts of operations is you always enter spaces that are unpredictable. You go to places you wouldnt want to go and things happen. So you have to be prepared for the worst case, so youve got to secure the area. British forces could be deployed from this uk air base in cyprus, but, as of now, it is just an option. There has been no decision and it is yet to pass the prime ministers desk. The mod refused to comment. Chris parry is a former Senior Officer in the royal navy and nato. He explained how this might work. What we have to imagine is the coastline at gaza doesnt have any port facilities, and so, if anybody can remember what d day was like we had piers pontoons that lead from deep water into the shallow zone and also the shore. What this is called by The Americans is called joint logistics over the shore, jlots. It is essentially a floating pier and it enables you to put heavy trucks and other loads ashore from ships that can only go into deep water. During the construction of this pontoon pier people are going to stay in rfa cardigan bay, which is a 15,000 Tonne Auxiliary Ship that works for the royal navy. I think we have heard already that a third party is going to be driving these trucks, and i suspect the interface would best be served by an arab country rather than any british troops going ashore. I suspect we are going to be limited to doing what is offshore and the Truck Driving and all the other things are best placed amongst those who are understand the local culture and can deal with it. Earlier i spoke to retired Us Army Lieutenant general, Mark Schwartz about the operation to get the aid in gaza. I think the level of Coalition Coordination to this point has been superb, obviously, the uk, france and the United States, to build this floating pier to have another major avenue of aid coming into the country, into the gaza strip is great. The challenge is going to be as chris pointed out, getting it from the pier to the point of need. I agree, ideally, you will see, whether it is palestinian or the Kingdom Ofjordan or egypt providing those Transport Drivers to help enable the aid to the point of need. Lets look at the wider military state of play, specifically at rafah. What is your assessment of where we are . Last week, with the activation of two Reserve Brigades that i believe the intent of those two brigades are going to be backfilling two of the more capable active duty brigades that are currently in gaza, to free them up to start rafah operations. I think, i dont know if it is days, but certainly weeks, as you mentioned, the fact that there have been some concerted dialogue on negotiations as recently as yesterday, and with the egyptian delegation in israel, we had seen that before, but thats positive, and that will potentially delay if any type of agreement is made. Clearly, both conventional and special Operations Forces within the Israeli Defence forces are preparing and doing theirfinal planning and preparations for an eventual invasion of rafah. What is your understanding of the need to do this . Is there intelligence that the final resting command of hamas is definitely there . I think the consensus we have seen being reported is that there is certainly a pretty significant number of militants, i think the estimate ive seen, at least reported in the press, is anywhere from four or five battalions. Certainly, whatever is remaining of the Senior Leadership, to include the Senior Leadership of the hamas militant wing are believed to be hiding among the population there as well. I certainly understand the operational necessity to go in, and, you know, i am glad to see finally you are seeing these temporary camps being stood up in and around rafah and khan younis as well to try and move as many of the population that is feasible before operations commence. In an attempt to save his political career, scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, has invited the leaders of other parties to talks in an attempt to find � common ground�. He reportedly wrote to the leaders on friday night. Mr yousaf is insisting he will not resign despite the tumultuous week. Here� s a quick recap of what� s happened. The crisis began when humza yousaf who leads the Scottish National party ended its Governing Coalition with the Scottish Greens. Both parties are pro scottish independence. There� d been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap Climate Targets and gender policy issues. Theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a Minority Government but he faces a Confidence Vote in his leadership and all the main scottish parties say they will vote against him. There is also expected to be a Confidence Vote in his government. There� s the possibility that a former snp member ash regan who defected to another nationalist party could save mr yousaf. But that� s highly uncertain. The big picture in all of this is that the position of the Scottish National party is weakening with uk elections due. And that also has implications for the likelihood of scottish independence. For our uk viewers, we will have more on this story later this hour. This all started when humza yousaf ended the Power Sharing Agreement with the greens on thursday. A lot has happened since then. Without the Scottish Greens in government, humza yousaf leads a Minority Government and now he potentially faces these two faults of no confidence next week. That is one on himself and one in his government. The arithmetic is very tight. He will need the support of at least one opposition msp if he is to survive and that of course means he needs all of his own msps in the snp as well. He has written to all of the Party Leaders asking them for talks on where they can find common ground. In the letter, he called for constructive contributions while acknowledging strong feelings remain in the lead up strong feelings remain in the lead up to next week� s votes. And the responses are starting to come in. First, let� s look at the prounion parties who it is very unlikely that the snp would be able to get a deal with. Douglas rose who is the leader of the scottish conservatives tabled in the motion of no confidence in humza yousaf and he has written back to him. At night, he said that humza yousaf has prioritised his campaign for independence above the real concerns of the scottish public. And that he should accept his time in office is over. And should resign as First Minister. Definitely no deal there. Scottish labour tabled the No Confidence Motion in the scottish government. Today, they have said that this letter they have received from humza yousaf is an act of desperation and the government is chaotic and incompetent and a case of not if, when humza yousaf goes, but wayne and they want a General Election at holyrood. The lib dems said they will set out their position tomorrow. 0f said they will set out their position tomorrow. Of the Pro Independence parties, somewhat ironically, he is reaching out to the green party who he dumped, but they are sore and said they cannot trust him and their position has not changed since receiving the letter. Humza yousaf said yesterday he did not mean to upset our anger the Scottish Green Party and there are a lot of issues where they share common ground. His only other Potential Lifeline is the msp ash rating, that is the party led by the former First Minister, that is led by the former First Minister alex salmon. She stood for a Leader Of The Snp against humza yousaf before leaving. She set out a number of conditions. But if humza yousaf makes concessions to her . At that Rock The Boat elsewhere . If he loses the vote in himself, he is not legally bound to reside but you can imagine the political pressure he will be under. We heard from an msp in his own party today saying he would have to step down if he lost the vote. He is trying to reclaim the vote. He is trying to reclaim the narrative, we expect a raft of Policy Announcement this week to try and shore up some support ahead of those votes. A quick update for you a british man seriously injured in a shark attack in the caribbean has been named. 64 year old peter smith from hertfordshire was attacked off the north coast of tobago, close to the shore in courland bay. He suffered multiple injuries and has had surgery to reattach some of his fingers. Officials on the island say the man is stable and expected to recover. Seven beaches were closed to allow the coast guard to investigate. Now it� s time for a look at today� s sport hello from the bbc sport centre liverpool� s hopes of staying in the premier League Title Race have suffered another blow after being held to a two all draw with west ham united. Jarred bowen put the hammers ahead just before half time. Liverpool roared back in the second half, left back Andy Robertson equalising soon after the interval an own goalfrom hammers keeper Alphonse Areola saw the visitors take the lead. But they couldn� t hold on to it. Player of the match bowen picked out Michail Antonio to earn west ham a point. But it was a result that wasn� t of much help to either team� s ambitions. It� s not a great day for liverpool fc. Oh, my god, we were unlucky, obviously, unlucky too often most of the time, maybe we know it� s not right to claim anything else. Again, let� s recover and then we go again. There� s plenty more action taking place on saturday. We� re into the second half of the 3pm local time games. Fulham host in form crystal palace. The art one goal up. Sheffield united will be relegated if they lost at newcastle. 2 1 there. Man united, 0 0 burnley wolves, 1 0 luton. Wolves, 2 0 luton. A win would take luton out of the bottom three. There� s a huge night ahead, in the women� S Champions League at a sold out stamford bridge. Chelsea hold a 1 0 lead over barcelona going into the second leg of their semi final. Although emma hayes will leave at the end of the season to take charge of the us national team, she says her players would give 100 per cent whether that was the case or