yes, well social media channel c w dot com slash 77. ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. an appeal for the escalation at the munich security conference. we call on or sharon to do or to serve on withdraw its forces from the borders of ukraine. later, tv install versus moscow to stop its preparations for war. but is it listening? russia skipped the conference for the 1st time in decades builds up its horses. ukraine. tensions also escalating within a few grains borders. a self declared leader of

a russian back separatist enclave tells people there to evacuated to russia. he denies his accusations that it is shelling the territory and deadly storms batter, northern europe and britain is bearing the brunt record wins. rip the roof, often arena in london. ah, alone. well, come by monica jones. good to have you with us. the ukraine crisis dominated the agenda at the morning session of the munich security conference, as russian troops continued to mass on ukraine's orders western leaders stress in message of unity in the face of a possible russian invasion. in every stage, one theme was clear that europe is currently facing the largest military build up since the end of the cold war multiple claims. in his speech,

nato secretary general against chop stock barrack warrant that moscow is making demands. nato cannot fulfill. he called on russia to withdraw its forces and commit to a peaceful solution. we call owner shall to do what it says and withdraw its forces from the borders of ukraine. this will be an unimportant 1st step towards a peaceful solution. it is not too late for russia to change course to step back from the brink. stop preparing for war, and start working for a peaceful solution. on location of the munich security conference as r d w t political editor, mikayla kirchner, mckayla. we her from the munich security conferences several times that no one there in the west. once will with russia. how far that is naija willing to go to

protect ukraine? nater weren't protecting crane military. it's empty, isn't a member, and the whole prospect of ukraine becoming a member was never on the table. and that's the great frustration, particularly of german sansa when i saw it, it says it simply cannot be that there could potentially be a war in europe over an issue that was certainly not going to rise for at least a generation because ukraine doesn't fulfill the basic requirement, it actually has an active conflict. that means it cannot join nato even if it wants to. and even if nato opened, it still was an act of the invited it, which simply will not happen at this point in time. an interesting question that was raised to day is whether sweden or norway, or part of europe, but it are not part of nato would now potentially be able to join in the insulting back said, well listen, there's an open door. it's up to those countries to decide. so what this is really about is not necessarily ukraine simply,

but about the right for countries to choose, at which alliance they want to belong to. and to start russia from creating a sphere of influence. right, and of course, her german chancellor will love shots wessa also speaking in munich, just about an hour ago emphasizing the importance of diplomacy. but without being naive about it, let's listen in europe once again, faces the sweat to the hall and the risk has by no means been averted of making the bug reserves, nevada, as it dominates public debate, even global challenges such as the pandemic and the fight against climate change of fading into the back ground and get his layer gently require a reasonable means. well, back to mikaela who's $90.00, chief political editor on location there. mckayla you are listening to the whole speech from the german chancellor and the following q and a. what tone did to chancellor showed, so strike well,

essentially he wants to explore every diplomatic avenue and that echo is, what's the commission president you commission present was a lion said also what came out harris, who is currently on stage is saying that yes, those that diplomacy will continue, but they are seeing what they are seeing and that points towards a potential immediate entry into ukrainian territory come out of harris. the u. s. vice president reported that she's getting reports that there were attempts of sewing confusion of creating a pretext for such an invasion as we speak. so we see all of those leaders who were also in a joint conference call with us president biden. just less than 24 hours ago, he was sending the clear signal step back from the brink of brink, it is or else. and kamala harris said that there will be unprecedented sanctions. yes, they will hurt both sides, also the west. but as it was put by,

it was left on the line, the commission president. it could destroy the economic future of russia. so very sharp wording here, a very, very tough stand off and a big question mark in the air. what the next move from the russian side will be it feels very cold jolla at the moment. absolutely dw chief political editor, mckayla cooper, they're reporting from the security conference. thank you. meanwhile in ukraine, moscow backed separatists running the regional have begun evacuating civilians to russia. they've accused ukraine of artillery shelling and they're now calling for larger mobilization with care of denies any attack saying it's villages near the separatist control areas have been under bombardment. on friday, the separatist leader in one of ukraine's breakaway regions, was telling people to evacuate the area and had for russia, claiming ukraine was planning an attack within a day in what appears to be a further escalation. the self proclaimed head of that in that people's republic

made a call to arms the way of the miracle. but my whole on fellow country men who are in reserve to come to the military commissary ats. to day i signed a decree on general novelization woman. good girl, i appeal to all the men of the republic who are able to hold weapons in their hands to stand up for their families, that children wives and mothers law together we will achieve the desired and necessary victory for all of us. we will protect on baths and all russian people this and a large scale evacuation of the rebel controlled area. look like the prisoner for conflict and a new russian invasion of ukraine. women, children, and the elderly were among the 1st to be evacuated from the nets, packed into buses, headed for rushes, neighboring roast of region. but keith has denied the separatists claims of aggression stressing instead a diplomatic route to

a resolution. what type of duty i reiterate that the military and political leadership of ukraine do not plan and are not conducting offensive operations in ukraine's east. the only option that is acceptable to us is the political and diplomatic one. and according to keep it, it's the separatists to have up that attacks shelling homes like this on the front line in lou hunt's local say the separatists attacks have increased new rule. so rower em recently, it has been quiet. and then the last 2 days, every now and then they shoot voter rocher. there have been incidents in don ets could to a car bomb exploded in the heart of the city on friday evening. the reported owner, the head of the separatists military was not inside at the time. this just days after the us and its allies warned about potential false flag pretexts for an

invasion by russia. russia's president vladimir putin, meanwhile, is overseeing military drills in neighboring bella, luce, while world leaders meet immunity security conference to discuss the crisis as diplomacy and war. hang in the balance and dw correspondent fanny for shar join says, now from keir for funny. so we just heard in the report a pro russian separatist and isa ukraine ordered a general mobilization to counter what they claim increased ukrainian aggression. how significant is this? it is a drastic rise. intention, it is significant just how significant really depends on how you crane is going to react to that announcement. now, all of this, what's playing out today or in these ours is a prelude, of course. what was happening during the past 2 days. this massive opposite of

violence in the eastern part of ukraine across that line, dividing ukrainian forces and the separatists both boss blaming each other to be the origin of that shelling. what is a sign of concern for people here actually on the ground in key of that president zalinski is on the way to the security conference in munich. josh, right now, he wants to be back today, but people are really wonder, what's the situation going to be look like in a crane when he returns? indeed, especially as he was present, joe biden said that he's convinced that of letting me put in has decided to attack ukraine, including its capital key. if, what's the reaction there? the officer reaction there was no reaction right away after the statement of us president biden bought the reaction yesterday, and it still holds or maintained by the government. is that each still do not expect a large, massive escalation with russia. there's only a very low probability,

probability for that. the defense minister said yesterday in parliament. now, it really depends on how the next hours are going to continue. is this the room for political negotiation? is there c, c, a room for de escalation, a lot really hangs in the balance right now. it's really hard to say. but if you look at the numbers here, of course, they are tens of thousands of troops, ukrainian troops in the eastern part of ukraine, but total number of troops in ukraine would $100000.00. so of course the troops in the base is surrounding keith and other parts of ukraine. so it's not like if there is an invasion that everybody hopes is not going to happen. if it's not like nobody could respond, but people really hope it's not going to get that fall and that there is still room for the gauge negotiation and de escalation in the situation. thank you so much funny fashion. they're reporting from key if and he has a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. canadian police say they've arrested more than

a 100 protesters who have been blocking traffic in the capitol ottawa for 3 weeks demonstrators. angry about cov, 19, restrictions have paralyzed parts of the city. a crisis prompted prime minister just intruder to enact emergency powers. wildfires are still spreading in northern arjun tina, after burning more than 6000 west kilometers over the past week. emergency teams are fighting more than a dozen the blazes that are destroying farmland and ravaging a major national park. the region has suffered months of drought and high temperatures. rescue is increase have saved to 2 people who are stranded inside a burning ferry for more than 15 hours. so for hundreds have been rescued from the ship, which caught fire while traveling between greece and italy. some 290 passengers and crew were initially aboard 11 people are still unaccounted for. at least 9 people have been killed as a 2nd. major storm swept through northern europe on friday. strong winds have

uprooted trees, damage buildings, and re to have it with transportation across the continent. here in germany, a motorist was killed up to his cow was struck by a fallen tree. the storm has hit the u. k, particularly heart, causing at least 3 deaths and leaving over 100000 homes with our power authorities . i've issued the 1st ever read weather warning, calling on citizens to stay indoors braving the stormy sea. despite warnings to stay indoors, some people in brighton on england, south coast, remain drawn to the forces of nature. storm unit is the 2nd major storm this week and its sweeping across northern europe with record breaking gusts of nearly 200 kilometers an hour causing power outages for tens of thousands of people. or thirties in the u. k issued a rare red warning for parts of southern england,

including london was sections of the o 2 arena roof were ripped off by the storm. so the message to long energy loss to this office has to be read whether we stay angels still view. this is the worst only by student 3 decades sporting polio inadvertently put ourselves in the hallway and over, you know, those numerous flights were cancelled, and of 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. it's quiet annoyance, but i've been able to figure out why it worked out quite a while because i was able to spend a little more time with my system before i had to back up. i'll try to make my way . if i have to take a taxi just went out to germany, france and the netherlands also issued severe weather warnings, storm units is likely to cause even more havoc than its predecessor did just days

earlier. you're watching dw news from berlin up next dw reporter goes to cyprus to see if a ghost town could be the key to restoring peace on the island. and we'll be back up with more news coming up at the top of the hour till then. thanks for joining us . for the music security conference. 2022. and the question over what rossa will do next in ukraine is overshadowing all the tools? see those tools are about the pandemic security in the saw hail region the indo pacific but also the iran nuclear deal. but russia really is on everybody's mind. media security.