oh this is dw news live from berlin, living with the threat of war, ukrainians rally for unity in the face of russian aggression. their president, appeals for calm as western nations warn and invasion may be imminent. also coming up germany reelected president frank files, or if stein mire, wins a 2nd term with the backing of the coal governing coalition and a special electoral assembly in his acceptance speech. sty, myra says, he will fight for democracy.

ah, a marion. evan steen, welcome. the latest diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine have so far failed to ease tensions. on saturday, the u. s. and russian president spoke for an hour on the phone afterwards. joe biden, warren, that russia would face swift and severe costs if it invaded ukraine. or meanwhile, ukrainians have rallied to support their government, which is calling for calm, even as many foreign nationals leave the country. a shoe of unity and ukraine's capital. the brave faces here, though belied growing fears about to rush an attack on their country. here we must, are we afraid would probably yes, i feel the anxiety inside me like by them. others are already plotting their escape

. if i'm years old, we will try to real pick them evelyn, to prepare all documents and making plans for their children to regulate them in countries ukrainian forces training near the black sea. these are been warfare exercises, hence the kind of unrest they are preparing for. president to lensky, however, cold for calm heads to prevail. the best friend for enemies, that is penny in our country. and all this information that tells only for benny doesn't help us during an hour long phone call on saturday. you as president joe biden warned vladimir putin of swift and severe costs. if russia does invade,

perkins team accused the u. s. of unprecedented hysteria. the u. s. is taught diplomat antonie blinking also spoke with his russian counterpart on our call for minister labranz said that, ugh, russians are working on a response to the paper that we sent to moscow. more than 2 weeks ago, proposing concrete areas for discussion. it remains to be seen of they'll fall through on that, but if they do, we'll be ready to engage on sunday contingency plans turned real u. s. staff at the organization for security and economic cooperation based in the rebel held city of donnette, were packing up and heading home. just the latest group to decide that the risk of all i wore is now 2 great. the night of stay, it says that russia could invade ukraine quote at any day now. and my create

a surprise pretext for an attack. but moscow denies any such plans and as called the commons hysteria. this comes as more than 100000 russian troops have been moved to positions close to the border with ukraine. and russia has now sent another 30000 soldiers to belarus. next week the russian navy is due to conduct exercises along the ukrainian coast. for more, we can speak to journalist thomas vigour that he specializes an international defense and security policy. welcome to the w. biden's national security advisor jack sullivan has said that russia could invade ukraine any day. now, do you believe that an attack is imminent? oh, we don't know this for sure, and i doubt anyone outside the kremlin will know what we know. what everybody can see is that the military hardware that the troops are in place to do this. so it's

possible, but was it imminent we control or for it's part the kremlin has been saying that it has absolutely no intention of invading ukraine. and what it's doing is merely carrying out military drills. how credible is this explanation? well, it's difficult to judge when we see the drilled so reports today that additional aircraft for close health support grown converts board is arriving in barrels. it's a lot more than you would need for exercises hold. so you see a lot of hardware arriving. but the troops with her it didn't later, which also support the idea. this is not an exercise, is as preparing for new rate. we've also been hearing a russia announced that it will be carrying out naval maneuver is a,

with more than $140.00 war ships. one is russia trying to achieve here? well, we have to see where all these maneuvers take place. it's not only in the black sea, it's in the mediterranean, it's in the north sea. today there was an announcement of naval roads in the bar and see as well as this makes clear. this is not only about ukraine, maybe it's not even the 1st place about crane. it's about the demand from russia that come and architecture, the security art architecture in europe must be renegotiated. and i think it, ukraine is one part of it, but not the whole picture. and now speaking about ukraine, just how prepared is the country to defend itself in the event of a russian invasion. well, we have seen the influx of military hardware from the us,

from the u. k, from the baltic states. but this is all minor equipment. what the ukraine is lacking is air defense, sophisticated air defense, long range, air defense, and what has been delivered as anti tank weapons and also today or this weekend stinger and yeah, croft equipment. but this is only short range equipment. the problem is that the west can deliver, or some countries can deliver as equipment and the ukrainians and know how to use it. but when we talk about complicated complex air defense systems like patriot, this was would mean training. this would mean time, and there is no time to do this. so this remains the minor weak point for ukrainian army. that was journalist thomas. ve gold many thanks. indeed for all of your in

science. you're welcome. all right, let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. dozens of migrants have been rescued off the coast of italy after attempting to cross the mediterranean sea in dangerous conditions. they were picked up by coast guard rescue vessels and arrived on the island of lincoln do them. however, several people are still on accounted for. hundreds of women in the indian state of karachi have been protesting against a ban on wearing. he jobs in educational institutions. the protest come after a number of government runs schools in the region barge. students wearing the garment from entering classrooms. demonstrators have condemned the man as dis empowerment of muslim women. police and ontario have moved into clear and to rest of the remaining protesters, blocking a major bridge. crossing between the united states and canada. truckers have been

demonstrating for weeks against coven, 19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions. the ambassador bridge remains closed to traffic. will german president from voters dine? mire has been elected for a 2nd term in office? his re election was something of a foregone conclusion. as he had the support of the parties in germany's governing coalition and the mainstream opposition parties been due to the coven 19 restrictions in place, the ceremony, it was far from conventional is still a fist. i declare thus let dr. stein, my aunt, i am, has received the required majority hope and has thereby been elected when the president of the federal republic of germany, the vehicle german president for a 2nd term. but compared to 5 years ago, thankful to shine my as reelection looked a little different. it didn't take place in the parliamentary chamber,

but in the halls outside, where the voiding was organized this year, because of colbert 19 and stain my a 2nd term begins and turbulent times as a warren that russia could trigger a war at any time. nicolas with young and this cannot be disputed. agatha, there is a risk of a military conflict of a war in eastern europe her on russia, bears the responsibility for this and was once russians troop deployment cannot be misunderstood. it is a threat to ukraine and it should be seen as that goes on. but people there have a right to live without fear and threats. a right to self determination and sovereignty of that the semblance of, of no country in the world has the right to destroy this dust or stone and to whoever tries to do. so we will answer decisively unfold ones, alicia,

niche, diet, my, you're about to continue strengthening democracy in germany, seeing that growing unrest during the pan them, it showed the need to defend it. about then, andy, of what are those who open wounds, who spread hatred and lies during these distressing times of the pandemic? or not. who talk about coven dictatorship and don't even stop at threats and violence against policewoman nurses or mayors to their my say, i am here. i and i will stay. it's been here. is blither is valid us german president. i will not shy away from the debate because without discussion there can be no democracy, but there is a red line and it stops at hate and violence hasn't provoked when diesel quarterly jemison gartner didn't love them. more than a 1400 people took part in the vote, members of parliament and representatives of germany, 16 states. the result was never in doubt with most mainstream parties backing

cheyenne myers reelection. he will now represent germany for another 5 years, addressing the tensions in europe's east. the consequences of the pandemic, and what he called the biggest issue of our time climate change. offer more on the reelection of the german president. i'm joined in the studio now find a w chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. melinda. very good to see you. so we just heard a few short excerpts of a sty myers except in speech, and it was rather sharpened, quite a political 1 may even say, how unusual is that? indeed, he's sometimes said to be a bland communicator, but he defied those critics and gave what i think was one of the strongest speeches of his career. and the office of the president is also often said to be largely ceremonial, but in fact as head of state, he does represent germany abroad. and he made it clear in this speech that he does

take that role very seriously. so his overarching theme was challenges and threats to democracy. and he used it to essentially say to listeners both at home and abroad, that he is clearly on the side of those who are fighting for democracy. he also sent very clear messages, both to president putin and to germany's allies, to put in, he said, do not underestimate the strength of democracy's. andy said president putin loosened the noose around the throat of ukraine. strong words, indeed, and to allies. he said it is because of you and dado, the germany is stable to day and we absolutely take seriously our commitments and obligations to our allies. and that is a message many of germany's allies have been hoping to hear. eager to hear for the past 6 weeks, where there's sometimes

a sense that germany hasn't done all it could to indicate it's solidarity with its allies. melinda crane, our chief, political correspondent, always great to hear all of your insights. thank you. ah, well heavy snowfall at the beijing olympics led to some delays to sundays program, but swift gear of market watermark would not be denied as he won gold in the giant slalom, uttermost victory gave switzerland a 3rd alpine seeing gold of the games he led after the 1st run and hung on to triumph the 2nd time around. it was a 24 year olds, 1st olympic gold medal on sundays, early buddhist, like a game is over endorsement, have put themselves back in the title race with a comfortable went over it. when you on berlin, that leaves them 6 points behind byron, after the league, leaders suffered a for too long to bonham. on saturday,

3rd place they were cruising beach stood guard by the same score. glad back beat oxford. frankfurt lost a voice for fryeburg, drew with minds and furred beat hand to berlin, and friday leipzig, made cologne and hoffen heim, against beulah felt, is currently underway. ear up to date, now i'm dw news, a marion i haven't seen from me and the entire team in berlin. thanks for watching stories that probably over information. they provide opinions. they want to express g w on facebook and twitter up to date and to in touch. follow us dogs far more intelligent than most people think. psychology professor john really has.