ah, ah ah, this is deed of your news live from berlin, germany advises citizens to leave ukraine. the foreign ministry says germans should check whether their presence in that country is essential and if not to leave, as soon as possible is comes as the united states warns russia that it rep warns that russia could invade ukraine at any time. a glitter rowdy or back on the red carpet at berlin's international film festival fairly now. all eyes are on the live screenings and who will win the golden there?

ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. germany has warned against travel to ukraine and told its nationals to leave the country following fears that russia is planning an imminent invasion. german foreign minister and elena bear box said that the crisis was escalating while on a trip to egypt. she told journalists that she and nato allies were still working on a diplomatic solution. germany is the latest country to issue a travel warning to the region in recent days. there is the german foreign minister . what shall we? we'll keep our embassy in kiev open, but reduced the entire diplomatic staff there. that includes the 2nd employees of our partners and the chairman teachers abroad on family members will also leave the country. not our concierge general and annette sky set up in 2014 will be temporarily relocated to live in the foreign office. also a she's

a travel warning germans who are there are urged to consider leaving the country on . and let's bring in d. w. cheap international. richard walker for more. welcome, richard. you watch the whole press conference. can you walk us through the more with their box it? yeah, well, i mean, a babel described the situation in ukraine at the moment and around ukraine as precarious and emphasized that rather than the de escalation, that western powers have been trying to achieve. in recent weeks of diplomacy, really intense shuttle diplomacy going on. rather, the opposite has been taking place and she referred specifically to exercises russian exercises involving 30000 troops that have been taking place or just begun recently in belarus, to the north of ukraine. also there naval exercises taking place in the black sea to the south. you will have russian troops a mass to the east. so really ukraine surrounded on 3 sides by varying degrees of

russian military activity. bab, box comments, i think also chimed in with what we've been hearing it from the united states of the last 24 hours. really dire warnings coming from the u. s. administration that the military action by the russian side could be imminent. and this is essentially what is driving this decision by, by the germans now, following many other countries that have been making similar announcements. saying that they're going to keep the embassy open, but reduce the head count there. and then gene germans who are in ukraine to consider whether it really is essential that that and what about the timing of this announcement? why, why now? yeah. well, it's really what we've seen in the last 24 hours is a ramping up of the warnings from the american side. there was a video conference that took place between joe biden, u. s. president, and all of the german chancellor and many other european leaders. the head of nato, the 2 presidents of the european union as well,

where they talked to yesterday. i think that message coming clearly from the americans as well. and also the americans have been even more direct that warning to us. it isn't in ukraine, essentially saying that it's up to them to get out of ukraine before any potential military action. and that the americans would not come in and rescue anybody who was left behind. that hasn't been quite that level of warning from the german side, leaving it up to individuals to decide whether they think is essential to stay there. but certainly kind of following the same sort of directions. and just briefly, if you don't mind, i know you can provide a yes or no answer, but does all this mean an invasion is likely around the corner? well, i think one point that an official point is out recently in a briefing was that it, you have to differentiate between capabilities and intentions and sometimes intentions. you really can't tell, especially when i talk about the kremlin, when you're talking about vladimir putin, he holds his cards close to his chest,

but was clear from the western analysis. is that the capability to manage an invasion? is that right now? and that is what is causing the sense of alarm. ok. richard walker. deed of use chief international inter. thanks for that insight. of course, moscow denies having any plans to invade ukraine, but with more than 100000 troops station near the border and a ramp up and military drills tension or reaching fever, pitch. american president joe barton, is you to speak with russia's president vladimir putin later today. in the hope of averting all our war more activity on all sides of the ukraine crisis. russia, ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in savannah to pull bay on the black sea in the russian annex crimean peninsula. there 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, 1000 kilometers for more than 1000. from the east and the last couple of days, sir, russia actually closed the entire as o. c. and the, the part of the black sea actually exists ukrainian 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 rush an attack on ukraine proceeds, 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 force 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 buildup, which he called unjustified. so the combination old military buildup, threatening rhetoric, ah, a track record of using force against neighbors. of course, that's the reason for being a cedars are concerned and are being vigilant and ready also to ah, react if they're once again use force against the 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. and for more on this, we are going to go straight to ukraine to be joined by the w, correspond mathias billing or in the capital give mathias germany as we just heard . joining the list of country, telling us citizens to leave ukraine as soon as possible, or the germans, they're likely to evacuate. well, the foreign minister has said, who is going to evacuate from the government, run organizations? that means the embassy will a withdraw all non essential staff, families, et cetera. so will the german organizations, the economic corporation, they will also withdraw stuff. some wood was stayed, but a many of them will be withdrawn and all the companies will go through the same

process deciding who was stay. many people will bring their families out. so expect many people to return, at least temporarily to jamie that does not mean that everybody will be out. some people also want to stay, but i expect many people to leave. and do you have any indication of how the ukrainians feel when they hear that all is western countries are telling their nationals to leave? well, many upside that they feel left behind. this is not the 1st time that embassies are evacuating or are considering evacuating. but this time, of course, is real and the list of embassies is growing and that adds to a sense of urgency here. ukrainians. i have made their preparations, many of them stockpiled some food, but are not in panic. many also have resolved to do anything they can to defend their country. and everybody i have spoken to so far has sad,

if it comes to that point, that russia will, in weight, will be on our own. ok thinking t w's that has been a reporting for us from the ukrainian capital kiff. return to culture. now it is the 1st weekend at this year's berlin international film festival, which is once again being held in person. people have been flocking to cinemas around the german capital to see the films and competition for the golden bear. 7 of them were directed by women. our reporter stacy begins. takes a look at the curtain went down a week, one's race to win. the golden bear, strong, complex feminity came into focus. director ursula meyer let a cast on an exploration of various forms of violence inflicted by women on to other women. in the french film, the line violence is silent, verbal,

and physical. often in cinema, you have men doing most of the violence actually and women who of ireland tend more to be teenage girls. so we thought, why not have it all for an adult woman who is violent just as is without it being associated to say drugs or prostitution. the line is the story of 3 sisters who all handle abuse by their mother differently. the own death portrayed by stephanie blancho attacks her mother and is slapped with a restraining order. barriers are imposed ignored, and then accepted as the main character moves towards healing her inner and outer wounds. ah grove of gems is a ra, look at the collective pain experienced by the families of mexico,

the missing and murdered. it's a feature film 1st for writer and director, natalia lopez, j. r. though the story centers on 3 women who are pulled into the underbelly of rural life for me are the characters, art and all the women, especially i one somehow blake, the different dimensions of the same person. a psychological drama shows hope through sadness and the importance of empathy. id 4 is who if get out there, the necessity off the at identified yourself with the other, i think is something that it's that we were lacking off and we need to construct again the berlin allah, showcasing 18 films. buying for gold and silver bears, the winners will be announced on wednesday. and stacy barons who put that report together, joins us now from the red carpet down alongside literati, stacy, which films can you recommend for haitian?

hey, hey. well, there's 2 that i can recommend. so far, in addition to the ones that were just in the piece, the 1st one was like poetry. everybody said the same thing about it. it was a beautiful piece. it's called before now and then. and it's based in indonesia and the late 19th sixty's after the dutch have left. and the main character is a woman named nana. and she is striving to, you know, find herself and find her voice. and it's very old fashion, patriarchal society and indonesia. and she finds her support in an unlikely person, her husband's mistress. so that's new factor. i've been on things and yet, so it was just going through that. and the music is one of the best characters in the film. and there's also a german director and the competition. i address jason at this time he has chosen a very political story. are here. can you tell us about that?

yes. yes, it's a political story, but it's humorist, it's sad. it's happy. it has all of these great alum elements is called ravia against george w bush, and this is a shortly after the terror attacks of 9112001. and her son is believed to be a terrorist and he's whooped up by the american government, sent to quinton. m. obey and this very ordinary woman, you know, who has her kids and her husband, the community she looks out for has to go against the united states government in order to free her son and this character. she is fantastic because she is an ordinary woman. but she's very like wily, she's like that friend who doesn't really know what's happening, but somehow turns the situation into her favor. she's very funny a moment you want to shaker, but you always want to route for her. so those are the 2 films that i've really enjoyed today. okay,

i think i wanna see that one as well as tv stacy vivian's reporting for us looking forward to hearing more from the con days or course watching d. w. news live from berlin. armand expire, sir. thanks for watching. ah, stories that people the world over the information. they provide the opinions they want to express. d, w on facebook and twitter, up to date and in touch. follow us. one of mankind's oldest ambitions could be within reach or what if it really is possible to reverse aging.