make up your own mind. ah, d, w made for mines ah, ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a dangerous escalation in the crisis over ukraine. you as president biden says he expects russia to invade within days. he uses moscow of misleading the world. so the more troops to the border while claiming to while claiming to pull its forces back. meanwhile, russia accuses the u. s. a. fanning the flames. also coming up a dream ends in tears at the winter olympics and beijing, russian figure,

civic skater, camilla a, comes forth in the women, singles event after falling on the ice. the athlete who had tested positive for band substance previously is now out of the olympics. attribute had been paid to a veteran of the 1940 berlin airlift was just died. or were you air force higher pilot deal? halverson became famous for dropping candy from his plane to children below. we look back on a person forever linked to one of the german capitals, most iconic moments. ah, maryland, thanks for joining us. there is no sign of de escalation in the crisis over ukraine . us present, joe biden said he thinks a russian invasion will take place any day. now. moscow immediately fired back accusing the u. s. a fueling tensions. russia continues to deny any invasion plans

and says it is withdrawn, withdrawing some troops from the border with ukraine. in this government held village and eastern ukraine, a kindergarten hit by a shell, ukrainian and western leaders believe it was struck by pro russian forces. no children were injured, but the kindergarten teacher said it was a close call. no. yeah, uh huh. you little women do to ma his mclaughlin. children were having breakfast at the time and we're planning to have lessons in that room at 9 a. m, according to the schedule, shows luckily the children were not heard. only the employees were shell shocked by western observers. believe the shelling may have been a false flag operation by rush, a prompt, a counter attack, but 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 2,

you have to believe that they are a wide operation. every indication we have with attack at a un security council meeting you as a secretary of state antony blinking, warned russia was already manufacturing for vacation to justify an attack you, when you said you was, when you this could be a violent event that russia will blame 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 don best region, and labeled the false claims as hysteria authorities over. nobody seeks any excuses for hostile elections. we sit, we will not have an intention to do this. 4 days russia said its troops,

i withdrawing from areas near the border with ukraine. but the west police moscow has a mass, some 150000 soldiers around its neighbor. the conflict is far from over. for more of this, i'm joined by glen decent, 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 us to uphold some military pressure in order to diplomatic success. so this is easier, for course, diplomacy to make sure that the abandoned uminski agreement and also to get these pan, you're being secured the agreement switch masika once. so keep in mind that moscow, the man has demanded this pioneer p security agreements. now,

for 30 years and the west has been able to ignore russia because this week, and instead simply just expand nato then at 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. i don't boss quite frequently, so i don't think it will 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 is to deter 2 things. one would be the 3rd key from trying to

take back to us by force and the 2nd also to turn it off 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 push, keep to implement the means agreement. so, and obviously the u. s. is seeking to undermine, seem to undermine the means because we've been trying to re negotiated. and this is done by putting sanctions in 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 music 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, what is the way moscow says that the solution should be based on existing agreement? keep in mind that that means 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 90909499, although with the countries agreed not to expand their security at the expense of others. so the principle, indivisible, security and the nato, russia finding out about 1997, made it very explicit that nato should not place it's a permanent combat troops in new member states. so what brought the thing is that the fact that the needle has to abide by these agreements, which is argue that nato has ignored over the past years because, well, the codes 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, on that side, i guess. all right, that was glen deason. thank you for bringing us your expertise. thank you. is looking at some other stories making headlines around the world. and i hope you as judge has ruled that former president, donald trump testify in a new york court, a 3 year investigation into the trump organization as uncovered significant evidence of possible fraud is 2 eldest children, vanka and donald junior must also testify. police and canada have worn protesters occupying central ottawa. that action to clear them from the capital is quote, eminent to protest. leaders have already been arrested truckers demonstrating against vaccine mandates have been camped out in downtown ottawa for nearly 3 weeks.

firefighters and argentina are struggling to control a mass of wildfire that's raged across more than half a 1000000 acres of land in the southern province of corn warranties. the blaze has been fueled by an unprecedented drought and has called serious environmental and economic damage. so far, no human casualties have been reported. parts of the brazilian city of metropolis have been ordered to evacuate after more rain and vacuum head, sorry of more rain in the forecast. the death toll from mudslides are and flooding are this week, have risen to more than a 100 with doesn't still missing. the regional governor said poor urban planning contribute to the disaster caused by the heaviest rainfall seen in nearly a century. digging through the debris for yet another day, this man believes his sister might still be trapped beneath the mud

from la for me to them in my thoughts, disturb, my sister's family is still missing and her home was here. it's been 2 days since the landslides, the chances of finding her life. i slim and i did it. there's nobody here i've been here since 5 am. i don't see any firefighters to help me, but we're not going to give up with help with or without help. we'll keep going. many residents of the resort town of patropolis are still searching for loved ones as they prepare to bury them more than $100.00 dead. many fleeing the devastation left by the landslides taking as many of their belongings with them as they can. on tuesday, more than 20 centimeters of rain fell on patropolis in just 3 hours. the city is nestled in the mountains above rio de janeiro to day the trail of

destruction that the avalanche of mud caused is still clearly visible. houses and cars were swept away with la la la. it was right by my house. unfortunately, now it's impossible to live here. it's very tragic with me. this man just like hundreds of other people, has to leave his home. and those who are able to stay face an uncertain future in a region that has seen similar catastrophes in the past. at the beijing winter olympics, russian figures gator camila. oliver had a heartbreaking performance during the women's frisco. competition on thursday. on the other stumbled and fell several times during her routine could not recover a composure performance meant, she finished in 4th place and in tears. the 15 year old had been in the lead in women's figure skating and was favorite to win gold. but it was unsure if she would have been able to receive a medal after she tested positive for

a band substance. johnson green from the w sports is of course, at the beijing winter olympics. here's what he had to say about camila valeria was disappointing day on the ice. camilla valley ava was in floods of tears after her performance sat inconsolable in the result very desperately trying to process what just happened to her. we can only imagine the pressure huge the challenge. 15 year old states from russia was taken to the ice, of course, under a cloud only allowed to compete, oscar support, court ruled it would be wrong to stop her from doing so because of how young age. but after a week of drama, the following revelations failed drug test in december, that pressure finally took its toll dogs to revoke that right valley eva, look so one steady, one sure of herself, she found twice she tumbled more. this is not by the aber, we've been used to seeing, and to be honest, it was painful to watch. just tell the facing with a gold medal in the team events, her name whether she even receives that metal remains to be seen. the medal

ceremony for that event is on hold until heads open cases. hey, don't info guilty or not. this has been a sorry, saw go around with a 15 year old girl, but she's center u. s. air force pilot gail halverson, famous for his wool and the berlin airlift, as died at the age of 101. just 3 years after fellow service men dropped bombs on the german capital, halverson helped keep berliners from starving, it was nicknamed the candy bomber. he was a beloved figure in postwar berlin, and kept coming back for special events. gill halverson, one berliners hearts for giving them candy when they didn't have much of anything at all. halverson was a u. s. air force pilot during the berlin airlift from 1948 to 1949. when the soviets blockaded west berlin, the u. s. air lifted vital supplies to

a city that it had been at war with only 3 years before there did quite for the halverson himself. later said he had mixed feelings about the mission. bershard dropped, but his attitude changed and he even started giving his own candy rations to children. eventually dropping the sweets by parachute from the air. good picture of it. and i am the one the startled. yeah. when they didn't bag i gave little gama. i had to sit for them and they got so excited. i promised to draw it enough for everybody to this. and so i started dropping chocolate. american confectioners sent me all a county we could draw. and the berlin airlift helped change germans attitudes toward the united states. there war time enemy elverson became a lifelong ambassador for german american friendship. his name will live on a berlin park dedicated in his honor. that's all for now. up next,

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