terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp 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 with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. 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. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve
Requires very tough resistance from the ukrainians, which so far seems to be putting it up, but it comes at a high cost. the ukrainians aren t quite ready for their offensive. they ve got a lot of western kit has already arrived, but there is a lot more to come, and what is to come, and what the ukrainians are training on, will be much more suitable for offensives, presumably, at a more optimal time, offensives, presumably, at a more optimaltime, in offensives, presumably, at a more optimal time, in late spring, when the ground has hardened and you can move. i think a lot depends on that. assuming that they can absorb what the russians are throwing at them at the russians are throwing at them at the moment, i think the west, western countries, concluded at the start of this year that somehow, ukraine has got to be helped to obtain a real breakthrough in land warfare, that is the only way that russia might be persuaded to agree a