w with this is d w. news lines from berlin tonight, a dangerous escalation in the crisis over ukraine. you as president biden says he expects russia to invade within days. he accuses moscow of misleading the world, sending more troops to the border, or claiming to pull back its forces. meanwhile, russia uses the west of fanning the flames. also coming up in the program, parts of northern europe slammed by your storm. we smashed through the window of the commuter ferry. the german city of humbug plus

a dream ends in tears. at the whimper, winter olympics and beijing, russian figure skater camila by the ever comes forth in the women singles event. after falling on the ice. the athlete who had tested positive for a band substance is now out of the olympics. ah, i'm here until thanks for joining us. there is no sign of de escalation in the crisis over ukraine. u. s. president joe biden said he thinks a russian invasion will take place any day now. moscow immediately fired back, accusing the u. s. of fuel intentions. russia continues to deny any invasion plans and says it is withdrawing some troops from the border with ukraine. in this government held village and eastern ukraine, a kindergarten hit by

a shell. ukrainian and weston leaders believe it was struck by pro russian forces. no children were injured, but the kindergarten teacher said it was a closed call. no, here. living with him due to my, his, his navarro, children were having breakfast at the time and were planning to have lessons in that room at 9 a. m, according to their schedule, shows luckily the children were not heard. only the employees were shell shocked to western observers. believe the shelling may have been a false flag operation by rush, a prompt, a counter attack. that separate just accused ukrainian government forces of opening fire as well. you as president joe biden believes the russian invasion will take place any day. now how high a drought move worker number one number to read the believe that they are gay ball. why got braces average this is william. every

indication we have with a fact that a un security council meeting us secretary of state antony, blinking, warned russia was already manufacturing for vacation to justify an attack. you, when you said you was, when did you, this could be a violent event. that rush will bring on ukraine. or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. moscow has already accused ukraine of committing genocide in the eastern done best region, and labeled the false claims as hysteria authorities over nobody seeks any excuses for hostile elections. we said we do not have an intention to do this. 4 days russia said its troops or withdrawing from areas near the border with ukraine, but the west police moscow has a mass, some $150000.00 soldiers around its neighbor. the conflict is far from over.

for more of this, i'm joined by glen deason is a professor at the university of southeastern norway, an editor at the website, russia in global affairs. welcome to the w. all right, let's look at this from the russian perspective. if the country is not going to invade, why doesn't pull its troops back? all russia doesn't want any war, but it is necessary for russia to hold some military pressure in order to have diplomatic success. so this is easier for the course moments to make sure that the west abandon the means agreement and also to get these pan, you're being secured the agreements which moscow once. so keep in mind that most go demand has demanded this pioneer p security agreement. now, for 30 years and the west has been able to ignore russia because this week, and instead simply just expand nato, then that the expense of russian security. so the way russia is that they need to

have some military strength behind this diplomacy. otherwise, the diplomacy will not go anywhere. all right, so apparently we're looking at a case of course of diplomacy right here. but at the same time, violence is still flaring in the don't bass region and the west is accusing moscow of implementing some type of false flag operation. now whether it was a false flag or not, does russian need a false flag as a pretext for an incursion? no, i don't think they would need a flag. i mean the government to keep the shell a don't boss quite frequently. so i don't think it would be necessary to stage anything also, and it's, it's uncertain what, what, what the purpose will. because for russia, the main objective it has is to deter 2 things. one would be the 3rd key from trying to take back on bus by force and the 2nd also to terminate from positioning a system close to the russian border. so. so i think that the,

the main objective there for, in, in, in the bus is simply to, to keep the pressure there. because the main concern is that, that, that the west does not pushing keep to implement the means agreement. so, and obviously the u. s. is seeking to undermine or seem to undermine the instagram and trying to re negotiated. and this is done by putting sanctions on russia pumping weapons into ukraine. so i think it, most of it's important to keep the military pressure on to make sure it will not stand the stand down. and therefore this is necessary in order for the means agreements to be effectively revived. all right, will both sides of it have loggerheads for years. now. can there really be a political solution to the stand off and if so, what is it? well, then least the way most goes is that the solution should be based on existing agreement . keep in mind that that means the agreement is actually approved by all the

parties that was relevant to this case. also approved by the united nations in terms of giving russia security guarantees. what it asks for is effectively existing agreements. that is all the agreements from 9099 to 499, although with the countries agreed not to expand their security at the expense of others. so the principle, indivisible, security, and they go russia finding out about 1997 made their explicit that made or should not place from permanent combat troops in new member states. so what brought the thing is that the fact that they don't have to abide by disagreements, which is argue that nato has ignored over the past years. because, because, because russia has been there we. so this is why this is why i think it would have to be based on existing agreements, the math and the re negotiations. again, this is what the russians have sent us. i read line. so yes it's it's,

it's not that much room for compromise on that side, i guess. all right, that was glen deason. thank you for bringing us your expertise. thank you. chris crisis will also be dominating the munich security conference, which gets underway on friday. you as president, kamala harris was among the 1st foreign representatives to arrive in germany for the 3 day event. the annual discussion form was launched at the height of the cold war. and this is the 1st, this is this year rather for the 1st time since 1991 that russia is sending no official delegation. and of course d, w, we're bringing you extensive coverage of those security talks in munich. here's a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. a u. s. judge has ruled that former president, donald trump, must testify in the new york court. a 3 year investigation into the trump organization hasn't covered significant evidence of possible fraud. is 2 eldest

children, evac and donald junior must also testify police in canada have warned protesters occupying central ottawa. that action to clear them from the capital is quote, eminent truckers demonstrating against vaccine mandates have been camped out in downtown auto for nearly 3 weeks. the movement has attracted far right extremists and inspired similar protests across canada and europe as well. the death toll from landslides in flood, and brazil has risen to over 100 people, with dozens more still missing. the stork city of patropolis in the hills above rio de janeiro had been particularly badly affected. after a giant mudslide swept through hillside, neighborhoods, firefighters and argentina are struggling to control a mass of wildfire. this reach across more than half a 1000000 acres of land in the southern province of it. rather in the southern province of korean days, the blaze is being fueled by an unprecedented drought. and as cause serious

environmental and economic damage. so far, no human casualties have been reported. at least 4 people have been killed as severe storms lash central europe, wind gusts of up to 181 kilometers per hour are being reported. gales, battery, northern germany have created chaos for transportation and knocked out power supplies. ah, a commuter, sorry, on the air. the river. close to hamburg. people here i used to stormy weather, but not to this. lucky me. no one here was seriously hurt. shipping for larger vessels has been suspended in many coastal areas, the northern germany west arm, elana had particularly heart rate traffic is also affected. many long distance trains in particular have been cancelled causing major problems for those traveling from hamburg, oberlin to munich, for example, was on

a for the sneeze. cancellations are precautionary measures because the safety of our passengers and employees is our top priority. we don't want trains being stuck on the open track in these weather conditions. i asked because making sure 30400 or 500 passengers on a train are safe as difficult, especially when the train has also cut off from the power supply over long. collapsing trees post the highest risk for motorists. several people were killed when their cars were hit in germany and neighboring countries like poland and the czech republic. emergency services advising people to stay at home if they can. because the next storm is hot on the heels of millennia and say nap as it's been called, could be even more destructive. at the bathing winter olympics, russian figure skater, camilla valley ever had a heartbreaking performance during the women's frisco. competition on thursday, on the other stumbled and fell several times during her routine and could not

recover her composure. the performance meant she finished in 4th place and in tears . the 15 year old had been in the lead in women's figure skating was favored to win gold. but it was unsure if she would have received a metal after she tested positive for a band substance. jonathan crane from d. w. sports was at the beijing winter olympics years what he had to say about camelia valley evers, disappointing day on the ice cream in the neighbor was in floods of tears after her performance sat inconsolable in the results area, desperately trying to process what it just happened to her we can only imagine the pressure this is hugely talented. 15 year old states from russia was under. she taken to the ice, of course i don't, pink cloud, only allowed to compete after sport court ruled. it will be wrong to stop her from doing so. because of how young age, but after a week of drama, following revelations, ref out, drugs testing december. that pressure finally took its toll. dogs seem to revolve

valera. valerie eva, look, i want to study so i wasn't sure of herself. she fell twice. she tumbled more. this was not the able weeping used to see to be honest, it was painful to was she still the facing with a gold medal in the team events, her name, or whether she even receives that metal remains to be seen. the metro ceremony for that event is on hold until i had to open case is heard on info guilty or not. this has been a sorry saga around with a 15 year old girl but its center. we turned to football. now, the 1st lake of the europa league knockout brown playoff took place on thursday with 2 german teams. taking part, dorman suffered a for to, to los at home to rangers. and they now have a big hill to climb in the 2nd leg in glasgow next week. cindy, other game r v light says you had better luck against rel, excuse me there. so see that coming from behind twice to secure a, to all draw. a cold war hero here in berlin has died at the age of

101 in the united states air force pilot galle haverton. or helen's rather became known as the candy bomber for his role in the 1948 berlin airlift. following the, so he blockade of west berlin, u. s. forces air lifted vital supplies to their former world war to enemy elverson, wrapped packages of candy, and drop them by parachute to children waiting below. there's not a camera in there. you're watching g w news. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. you as president joe biden has warned the threat of a rush, an invasion of ukraine remains very high. he chooses moscow of running a cold false flag operation by claiming to be withdrawing forces from the border region. well actually sending in more troops. that's all for now. up next our doc film, iran from above, looking at the plains of the east. there's plenty more war. there's analysis on and

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