more life starts february 16th on d, w ah, this is d, w. news ally from berlin. the risk is high. the threat in media. that's a tough us officials with leaders warning about a potential russian invasion of ukraine. the by didn't administration is urging americans to leave ukraine now saying there will be no rescue if hostilities begin . also coming up france bands, freedom convoys as hundreds of protesters opposing krona virus restrictions, head for parents, driven by what's happening in canada. and she wound the winter olympics with

a record breaking performance, but after a doping controversy, this 15 year old russian figure skater, now wait to hear, if she'll be allowed back on the ice, ah, and warm welcome to the viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. the risk is now high enough, the threat is immediate enough. that's how us national security advisor, jake sullivan, characterized a potential russian invasion of ukraine. the biden administration has not presented specific evidence of an imminent invasion and was clear that it does not know if one will happen, but with russian troops. war gaming within range of its smaller neighbour western allies are more concerned that ever that the window of attack is now more

activity on all sides of the ukraine crisis. russia's ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in savannah to pull bay on the black sea. in the russian annexed crimean peninsula. they're here taking part in large scale landing drills. the situation makes many ukrainians uneasy. it's not a pleasant feeling. believe me, to understand that you and circled by the russian troops from bella, wish 1000 kilometers more than 1000 from the east. and the last couple of days, sir, russia actually close to the entire a z o c. and the, the particles to blake seed actually exists. graham ports to the black sea. the united states wanted citizens out of harm's way immediately. president joe

biden has urged all americans to leave ukraine. if a russian attack on ukraine precedes it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force with virtually no notice communications to arrange. a departure could be severed and commercial. transit halted, while civilians pack up security forces are coming in the other direction. around a 1000 us soldiers arrived in poland to add to the $4000.00 service members already stationed there. and on romania as black sea coast, a 1000 strong strike. 4th rolled in from a u. s. bass and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military build up, which he called unjustified. so the combination old

military buildup frequently rhetoric ah, a track record of using force against neighbors, of course, thought to reason for her being a cedars are concerned and her being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if her there once again, the used force against a ukraine, although the u. s. hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine, it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. i'm joined now from brussels by our nato, corresponded terry shult. terri, though, bitin whitehouse seems to believe at this point that outright conflict is where this crisis is likely heading. or they sharing the intelligence behind their thinking with the nato alex, they are michael. the vitamin ministration has been very careful throughout this

crisis to bring allies along. i'm to make certain that no, when considered this, like the trump administration, where things were taken, decisions were taken without the european and nato allies. so what we saw last night was nato ambassadors called into a special meeting at 7 p. m. to learn more about this intelligence that was coming out of washington. and, and then michael, we saw something quite alarming to, to me because this is something we had not seen european governments do. and that is that they started advising their citizens to leave. the european union had said specifically in european governments individually, that they did not see a reason to do that at this point than yesterday. we saw country by country this advice coming out just like the united states advised it. citizens get out of ukraine as soon as possible. no, this was definitely a change with this new intelligence. of course, we saw the nato secretary general in our report there,

welcoming us troops. romania nato is ratcheting up its military posture in allied countries at border ukraine. how much concern is there that any russian military action could spread beyond ukraine's borders? there's a lot of concern because there are not just a russian troops building up along ukraine's borders. russia has sent more military assets, troops, tanks, and other resources into beller ruse than has been seen since the end of the cold war. and of course, there are nato allies that border beller roost as well. so nato is, is very concerned not just about, of course, the obvious destabilizing factor of, of a potential incursion into ukraine. but then it could come further that it could come right up to nato's borders and all the effects of an invasion of people fleeing just the, the obvious insecurity, the, the allies bordering ukraine and bella. ruth will feel, and that's nato's job, to try to deter such an attack from happening,

but also just to reassure the allies there that whatever happens nato is there to back them up on the border. indeed, at terry. i'm curious, the usaa president is scheduled to talk to vladimir putin by phone today. what can we expect from that call? i think with the new alarm that is being shown about what vladimir putin is capable of doing analysts say you know, time and again, we don't know what he is planning, but i think biden will say, look, this is your last chance you really need to, to reconsider this i, when we don't know the exact reasons why they are ringing the alarm bells. but obviously, president biden will remind vladimir putin of the high cost of invading ukraine, of taking further military actions against countries on nato's border. i think that this is going to be a conversation that is extremely stark. they've given warnings to mock to moscow

before. and i think that, you know, the starkest wording possible will be coming today in this phone call later today, we'll be waiting to hear terry sholtes in brussels. many thanks. as always let's take a look now at some of the other stories making a world news at this hour in mir and more families are awaiting the release of love ones after the hunter announced it would pardon over 800 prisoners to mark the country's union day. mir and moore has been in turmoil since last year's qu, with more than 1500 protesters killed during a military crackdown and over 12000 restaurant. according canada, says, authorities may remove protesting truckers who have blocked the busiest border crossing with the u. s. it says the truckers must leave the ambassador bridge by saturday evening, days of demonstrations against vaccine mandates for drivers have paralyzed cross border trade. and the truckers protest in canada has sparked

a copycat action in french. thousands of protesters are heading for parish in so called freedom comp, which the city has ban demonstrations. shang, the risk to public order is too high. but opponents of crone of irish restrictions are determined to reach the capital. french police are preparing for anything. as convoys of demonstrators descend on paris, members of the self styled freedom convoys are hoping to blockade roads in the capital to protest against coven measures. many have been inspired by similar truck protests in canada, which have shut down central ottawa and cut off border crossings into the us. but the french convoys a made up of a range of vehicles driven by citizens who are fed up with francis covered restrictions. this, you know what a full i'm here to defend all of our freedoms. and i'm especially against the vaccine policy, of course, on all q archives,

whatever they all plan on. i'm out there, douglas fed up with a dictatorship faith imposed on his the 2 years. and it's important to support people in this movement. while frances vaccine past is a common source of anger, demonstrate as represent a mix of causes, rising energy prices or another major issue, an echo of the yellow vest to protests that rocked the country in 2018 and 19 with presidential elections only a few months away the french government has expressed some sympathy with protesters, but it doesn't want the movement hijacked by political opponents. the government also eased restrictions further on friday, announcing that masks will no longer be required indoors from the end of february. but for many making the long drive towards paris, it's too little, too late. now done under the australian government has officially listed co,

allah's as endangered. the native marsupials are fighting to survive. bush fires, land clearance, and drought. australia's biggest conservation group fears that there may be fewer than 50000 quality left in the wild. it was the defining image of australia's bush fires in 2019 a koala encircled by flames. before a quick thinking bystander comes to the rescue. thousands of callers were caught up in that year's devastating fire season. left homeless or treated for dehydration and burns. it was a clarion call for action will get that honey advertised fires. i asked my scientific experts to really examine whether the qual, as listing, as you said on the endangered spaces list needed to live up a notch. and today's announcement is that it has,

which is all about priority conservation for this extraordinary, massive hill. on top of the fires, the creatures are threatened by disease. half the population has chlamydia, growing towns and cities who have eaten away at the habitat. the endangered classification means they get more protection under planning laws, conservationist c, it's critical. we taken in over 810000 animals and well, over 10000 of those are corollas. they're a very specialized creature and an animal that is unfortunately under unprecedented threat. last month, the government announced $43000000.00 euros and additional funding to protect them . we're investing in the world leading science in looking after our kuala populations. and we are also investing heavily in education. so ensure not only the public can understand how they can care, but also importantly, veterinarians,

right across the country. environmental groups have well come the endangered species recognition. but they accused the government of ignoring a decade of warnings. nonetheless, the whole less will now be a turning point for these iconic creatures. the international olympic committee says it's confident the controversy around russian figure skater, camilla billy eva, will be resolved before she is due to compete again on tuesday. on friday, olympic anti doping official said the 15 year old had previously tested positive for band substance that could stop reclaiming a gold medal for a dazzling performance on monday and keep her off the ice for the rest of the games . foster a stunning jump on the ice, a crashing fall into controversy. on monday, camilla valley eva became the 1st woman to land, a quadruple jump at the olympics, helping her team when gold. on friday, the international testing agency announced that she had previously tested positive

for a band hot medication that could potentially increase endurance. but it's not clear the 15 year old will be held responsible, according to sports journalist and doping expert high o sep, out. if it comes to get, get a decision about if she is guilty or not, you have to consider that maybe she didn't know about it. she at green's camila ever might be a victim of her own to rush rushes olympic committee is standing by valley ava. and her asking why it took weeks for a swedish laboratory to deliver the results of a test taken on december 25. russian politicians are also backing the stars skater saying she should hold her head high. had you said that i want to say to camilla, we stand with you because none of this change is my attitude towards her. and i think that's just as true from millions of fans to me. camella valley ava is the

best in the world, and type of foreman's program is 2nd to none of them. he's bullying as he would giving you them good and say value of his faith will be settled in a case being considered by the court of arbitration for sport. the outcome will decide whether she can return to the ice in beijing for the individual figure skating event, for which she is a gold medal favorite. up next sports life, there's more news in 45 minutes. this is d. w with literature invites us to see people in particular, i to see myself as the kid by and the string and grown up world may only objective whenever it is to sure where to find beautiful. dw books on youtube. in the battle against cove in the oma

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