nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
for ukraine. war, it has to be a decisive period, for ukraine- for ukraine. 0rla guerin in kramatorsk, for ukraine. 0rla guerin in kramatorsk, thank - for ukraine. 0rla guerin in kramatorsk, thank you - for ukraine. 0rla guerin in l kramatorsk, thank you very for ukraine. 0rla guerin in - kramatorsk, thank you very much. 0ur eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford is in poland s capital warsaw. sarah, it was poland that saw thousands of ukrainian refugees fleeing ukraine in the early days and weeks, so, poland has had to deal with huge changes as well because of the numbers of people coming in as a result of this conflict, tell us about the situation now, how many ukrainians remain in poland, hoping eventually to return home? to return home? that s right, annita, millions to return home? that s right, annita, millions of to return home? that s right, j annita, millions of ukrainians crossing the border into poland as this war began and over the months that followed. i was
as i was driving into kyiv late at night a few weeks ago, yes, it is true that it is taking you through the fastest roads does not mean it is the safest road. without the technology they have in the palm of my hand with an iphone, i would not be able to do what we do. everybody member of the team we know where they are so if there is an explosion. we had a man in kramatorsk, he was delivering near the station. women and children waiting to move towards the west. this is the situation we face sometimes. there is no way we are going to help people all fighting hunger. when we went to bucha, we know there was mines all over and we found more troops near bucha