once 2022 here. auntie deline. ah ah! this is dw news live from berlin. the u. s. president now convinced that russia will invade ukraine. we have reasonably, the russian forces are planning to attend to attack crane. in the coming week. the coming days. that warning after another day of high level talks with western allies . but as joe biden still believe, diplomacy has a chance to look at the latest from washington. moscow, meanwhile denies planning an evasion as it prepares,

the testers ballistic missiles. at the same time shelling and explosions are reported in ukraine. separate is controlled east plus deadly storms. batter, northern europe, and britain is bearing the brunt of it. record winds rip the roof off of a giant stadium in london. ah, i'm aaron tilton. it's good to have you with us. you as president joe biden says that he's convinced that russian president vladimir putin has decided to further invade ukraine. he said, washington had substantial intelligence to back the claim by didn't gave the warning after a call with leaders of major u. s. allies. we have reasonably, the russian forces are planned into an intend to attack ukraine in the coming week . the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital keith,

a city of 2800000 innocent people make no mistake. if russia pursues his plans, it will be responsible for catastrophic and needless or of choice. united states and our allies are prepared to defend every inch of nato territory from any threat to our collective security as well. we also will not send troops in to fight in ukraine, or we will continue to support ukrainian people. so does joe biden still see any room for a diplomatic solution to the crisis? here's wash. d w's washing correspondence, stuff, and siemens with the answer. well, i think is that washington is still hopeful. americans are still hopeful, and the white house is still hopeful if there is a meeting scheduled for next week between anthony blink and secretary of state and a russian foreign minister. so gay lover off this is supposed to be happening at the end of the week. 24th of february, apparently, but the president made really clear that if,

of course russia also 4 and let me put an offer for an invasion into ukraine before this meeting happens then. and he is potentially right with his assessment. that is letting me put in already made his mind up on a invasion and on an attack on ukraine, and that him a promise he has no chance. however, i think so far as of now everybody wants to actively here in the united states. he in washing the probably also in european capitals div diplomacy still a chance d w stuff in simon's there with his view from washington. the kremlin says russian president vladimir putin will personally oversee military drills, ukrainian border on saturday. drills that will also involve nuclear capable. missiles, meanwhile, an eastern ukraine must go back separatists have begun evacuating civilians to russia, claiming that ukrainian army is planning in attack. ah,

warning to the people of de nets that it's time to go after the heads of the septic regions announced evacuation plans with a dimple, gray in the wood, the president of ukraine, the lat, amir zalinski. no. soon ordered the military to go on the offensive implemented plan to invade that done yet, and no honest people's republics, territory filters new. as of today, february 18th, a mass centralized evacuation of the population to the russian federation has been organized. women, children, and the elderly are among the 1st to be evacuated, packed on the buses, bound for rushes, neighboring roster of region, despite yet again deny any plan. military action author belie reiterate that the military and political leadership of ukraine doesn't plan and are not conducting offensive operations in ukraine's east. the only option for the occupation of the people and territory that is acceptable to us is the political and diplomatic one. it will addition i going to give it's the separatists of up their attacks and it's

homes like these on their side of the front line, lou. hence that have been caught in the firing line. local say, shelling has escalated lately. what's written in your new book recently it has been quiet and then the last 2 days, every now and then they shoot every now and then they shoot lots less than a $100.00 worth of dr. rubacheck. the da nets to has seen increased attacks, a car bomb was detonated in the heart of the city on friday evening. the reported owner, the head of the separatist regions military was not inside of the time. the explosion comes just days of us and his allies warned about potential false flag attacks by russia for president putin. the solution to the current crisis lies with kevin. just to lose was you a key hockey of needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of dumbass and agree on political military, economic and humanitarian measures that and the conflict and the sooner this

happens the better. but unfortunately, right now, we are seeing the opposite and aggravation of the situation and don best to them. but with kevin, its allies still warning of impending russian invasion. the escalation appears a distant prospect. he was government, his warning that russia could use the fighting an eastern ukraine as a pretext to launch invasion. so is that the major concern now for the ukrainian government? here's the w's economy in kia with more definitely, and we've heard in recent days, notice from vladimir putin, bruce from other russian officials, at the word genocide being used key of being accused by russian or decision makers out of committee. jesse against its own citizens in eastern ukraine or of using weaponry of shelling the separatist regions and of affecting m civilians that something that has really come up and been really pushed by the official russian

line in recent days. reports of mass graves are of victims. the wolf from earlier in the conflict being found and now legal case being made. so the real feeling here is that this is a cause and an attempt to find a cause for war to basic. you have an excuse to carry out to preventive strike. he gates ukraine and the line being but ukraine is trying to take these regions back with force and that russia would have to come to those separate his age prevent that happening. so definitely sense now hearing key of that, this is turning to what to phase. that off to the current diplomatic, doing a throwing of recent weeks. this is definitely now more dangerous situation. while many young cranium sl, urine for peace and stability, are also uncertain about how to respond to a russian invasion. if it happens, should they fight for their homeland feed up his family for char reports from kiev . boys nod this a very ordinary afternoon in the life of timothy and yellow slough, except nothing has been ordinary for the 2 friends growing up in a country dealing with constant conflict with its neighbour,

russia. they are 19 and 18. a rocket launcher and a ukrainian flags serve as decorations. both are patriotic, they say. but are they willing to defend ukraine? yes, sir, no more for i was thinking about this. i plan to join not the army, but volunteers because we have a very big volunteer force. those are like a volunteer sca cilla. timothy wants to go to the front line in a paramedics unit. unlike his friend paula gallagher, i ship shop which nice, i think if a big war starts, i will have to leave the country. but i don't want to do this, but i don't think i'll have any other alternative to hold on with our younger than we should my level. did you see them back in 2014 timothy, and yet, oh slough. where too young to understand the ukrainian revolution and the subsequent annexation of crimea by russia. today, they are old enough to join the army. what would you do in case of a wall, a much debated question among young ukrainians these days,

and there is no clear answer. according to one recent opinion poll, only about half of adults on the 30 would stay and resist. while the other half would move to another region or go abroad. and it's a collaboration on time who shasky, who carries out surveys among the generations, says the current aggression is forcing young people to make clear what kind of ukraine they want. a full to the degree to do with the absolute majority, even of younger generation. see you quinn is a part of european union. that is, i probably will, don't want to fight against russian army, but at the same time they love you, graham, and they won't leave an independent ukraine, timothy, and yet us love read a lot about the history of ukraine and russia these days to better understand what's next little itself. sure, so that the, recently, i was thinking that if we looked back on the russian empire and the soviet union times a fish, it appears that we would not find a single generation of young people in ukraine whose life was not ruined by russia

. done as well, and this is unfair, this furniture we do our best, so the next generation can do better morale, the more say show, oh, that's the renewable cleaners will aggression, you know, they don't know what will happen in the coming days between russia and ukraine. but they know what they want. a stable future is look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. canadian police say they've arrested more than 100 protesters who have been blocking traffic in the capitol. ottawa, for 3 weeks demonstrators, angry about cope at 19 restrictions have paralyzed parts of the city. the crisis prompted prime minister adjustment trudeau to act emergency powers wild fires are still spreading in northern argentina after burning more than 6000 square kilometers of the past week. emergency teams are fighting more than a dozen blazes that are destroying farmland and ravaging a major national park. the region has suffered months of drought and high temperatures. below,

we has detected the 1st case of wild polio virus in africa in more than 5 years. the stream is linked to one circulating in pakistan where the virus is endemic. holywood targets the nervous system, and can cause paralysis within hours. there is no cure, which can be prevented by vaccination. at least 9 people have been killed as fear storms, batter, northern europe. record breaking winds have disrupted transport and knocked out power supplies across the u. k. braving the stormy sea. despite warnings to stay indoors, some people in brighton on england south coast, remained drawn to the forces of nature. storage unit is the 2nd major storm this week, and it's sweeping across northern europe with record breaking gusts of nearly 200 kilometers an hour causing power outages for tens of thousands of people were thirties in the u. k issued a rare red warning for parts of southern england,

including london with sections of the o 2 arena roof were ripped off by this storm. so the message to longer that is lost in this office has to be read whether we stay indoors a store, you. this is the worst only based in 3 decades sprinkler inadvertently put ourselves in the hallway and i'll be outdoors. numerous flights were cancelled and the ones that did try to land in london heathrow, many ended up being diverted. train services were interrupted as well, leaving many passengers stranded, less quiet annoyance by i've been able to, well, it worked out quite well because i was able to spend a little more time with my system before i had it back up. i'll try to make my way if i have to take a taxi, just went out to germany, friends and the netherlands also issued severe weather warnings. storm eunice is likely to cause even more havoc than its predecessor did just days earlier.

authorities in brazil or warning that the death toll from the worse flooding in decades is still rising. at least 130 people have died and dozens more are still missing. mudslides have devastated the historic city of patropolis in the hills above rio de janeiro. hills of protest, willis swept away by massive rainfall in the city. residents are trying as best they can to remove the mud. in addition to the rising number of dead, hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. many have taken refuge in makeshift shelters in churches and schools. i left on the 1st day the rain started because i have 5 children and i live in an area considered to be high risk. in the meantime, further,

landslide warnings have been issued throughout the mountainous region of rio de janeiro where for toppling is located. rescuers are working around the clock or just will door him over. today we helped rescue a woman whose son told us that she still had 7 relatives buried under the rebel. well, i know that your body has authorities, warren, of dangerous, from damaged buildings, live electrical wires and fallen trees. several n g o have moved into the area with ambulances. they're helping with rescue work and organizing distribution points for basic supplies, such as water, powdered milk, and clothing. in the town center, the clean up is progressing slowly. but the areas at risk are still not habitable. many residents are still waiting to find a place to live until normal, be return i know where to go. i have relatives who could take me in,

but it's just going from one high risk area to another. more of the site before authority say the weather has not yet stabilized, and already accumulated in water could trigger landslides. that's all for now. world stories the week in reports is up next. and remember, there's more news and analysis on our website. that's d, w dot com. i'm here until berlin, thanks for watching. with some hard driven by merciless greed, others are fighting the destruction organic. when the invaders came to prove that they should have done the make take effect today, the government is trying to destroy the indigenous people with a large scale birthday with land grabbers or exploiting the damage.