ah, ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. western leaders step up there, diplomatic drive to i've had a rush, an invasion of ukraine. russia extends joint military drills about moscow tells franz it's planning to withdraw its forces from its name about believers. more high level talks are scheduled in the next few hours. us vice president, come out of harris, wraps up the major international security conference with the warning that war in europe remains a real possibility on the b gene close as

a wind power olympics, overshadowed by pandemic restrictions and the doping scandals around in russian staff. ah, i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. western leaders i intensify in diplomatic efforts to head off the ration invasion of ukraine. and there are hopes of the break through russia is extend in joint military drills with ally on neighbor bella was a front says it's precedent him on all my crawl. i've been told moscow is planning to withdraw troops from values. once those exercises are over, the leaders of the us, france and germany, do to hold more talks in the next few hours. we'll discuss e. c spy and eastern ukraine, where russian backed separatist, i re ignited a simmering conflict bomb the look out as shells fall on ukraine's eastern front.

government forces say they have been ordered to show restraint. and they trust me right now, we don't respond to their fire because we're all so shooting at us now at the command, post commando, unusable to live. our commanders don't allow us to file and we are following orders even if there is a wish to respond. but if the board of deutsch, because the enemy is waiting for us to shoot back the mortgage and the police, but if there is no political agreement, things will get resolved. with military power. ukraine's interior minister came under fire while visiting soldiers in the east. he was later brought to safety with navy school we. i'm a civilian, i'm not

a soldier. i'm shocked. say more and i know that the civilians who live here permanently feel this fear steal my noise. it's eluded. a fear that is uprooting lives as the crisis intensifies residents of ukraine. separate regions, boarded trains, and buses bound for russia. oscars. oh my husband said go away. take the kids and go to school. their physical and psychological health is more important than anything else. meanwhile, russia has extended joint military drills with belarus that we're scheduled to and sunday. the exercises include nuclear capable missiles. nato has joined the us in warning that russia is planning 8 quote, full fledged attack against ukraine. d, w. 's nick connelly joins me now from k. i fellow named aaliyah. russia said it is

extend and military exercises in bella rouge. but now we're hearing for me manuel, my chromed at rush hour plans to withdraw south like conflicting messages here. what that is all mean for you? green will definitely. there is a sense that eminem, nicole has, we're shown that he's capable to wishful thinking. here he came to visits, recruiting in moscow just a week ago, and basically a brief to press off with that. he had resolved this conflict, and there were basically a roadmap to get out of this and what was found himself being contradicted by the criminal spokesperson. pretty soon after saying that none of the things that he had claim to have achieved were actually in place of actually making a deal with france didn't make much of a sense because the real important blair, and this is the u. s. so there's a sense that this might be the same. eminem, a call, spent over an hour on the phone with them which day talking about for the talks, meeting between our foreign ministers, but no sense that this is really going to change the kremlin thinking. in the short

term, those russian troops, 30000 estimates to be in belarus, beyond the end of exercises that were scheduled for today is a real threat ukraine because delores and ukraine chef a 1000 close to border. so a 1000 for the kilometers that ukraine has to prepare for potential russian intervention on spreading their results as thinly. so something that is causing cause is will concern here, give and out of the fighting in east in ukraine has also escalades that in recent days. what is the leads as you're hearing from this separatist areas where we've seen those images of civilians being evacuated by the pro russian separatist to russia? there is some debate as to how mass, how big that is. some suggestions, this is more media and what kind of a game to try and create a sense of impending war rather than a genuinely kind of mass event. but still people are leaving. and men in between age of 1855 are being called upon to register for military service. dan duffy, there has been a huge optic in fighting there in recent days,

we'll enough in the past months where we had russia masking, their troops on ukraine's borders. the actual front line in don't bass, where was been going on for a is, was surprisingly quite a now, as if at the, at the, you know, the, the flick of a switch. suddenly that has erupted and we saw a kindergartens being hit on the ukraine controlled side. people having to flee to bunkers, an air raid shelter. so real sense of tension then, what all is going on today. ukraine is commemorating the victims of the my dan protest in 2014. what's been happening? well, just where i'm here on my don square. we've had people day come, lay flowers and candles. and basically just remember that often very personal connections to this major event that basically started ukraine off on its path of going towards europe, antonio, back to russia, back then when ukrainians went out to demonstrate kostas to europe, and eventually set there for russian present packing. we saw russia annex crimea and support those rebels in easton ukraine. and we talked people here. now they say

this is just more of the same that now ukraine's desire to join close to nature and the eu has once again brought rushing threats of force against ukraine out and the for them. this is just all just episodes of one long story of their attempts to grow closer with with europe and the west. nec connelly many thanks. the u. s. vice president carmella harris. i want that war in europe remains a real possibility. she was speaking at a 3 day minute skita conference as a drew to a close, the gathering brought together western leaders and was attended by ukraine's president, but russia since no representative for the 1st time since 1991. delegates stressed out a massive sanctions packages, being prepared in the event that russia, das invaded green on its last day. the conference shifted focus to europe and its role in the crisis unfolding on ukraine's board. council presidential,

michelle summed up the views of many in the block, janet was offer and the leave branch, while russia and dick's missile test intern to use to m. s. troops. but ladies and gentlemen, one thing is certain, if there is further military aggression, we really, we are with massive sanctions. and the just for russia must be and will be severe. but let's be french. it will be also a, just for us, in europe. losing our prize europe seems willing to pay if russia does attack ukraine, because the threat from moscow has not caused division in the alliance. michelle stressed, but cemented unity and unity of purpose. the youth foreign policy chief added in contrast to countries like russia and china, which were undermining democracy and watering down human rights must realize that

the main tar did is not about defending western values is not about defending the west, but of holding shed principles that on to been come on security and promote collective goals. the conference was a show of western resolve, but not off dialogue with russia, which was absent for the 1st time in decades. the hope is that vladimir putin can still be persuaded to step back from the brink of war. let's look got some more stories making headlines around the wild britons. queen elizabeth has tested positive for corbet. 19. buckingham palace says the monarch has mouse symptoms and will continue with light duties. a queen met her son, prince charles, just days before he tested positive for the virus earlier this month. so then the security forces have fire tear gas. i protest as demonstrating against

the last 2 of us military cool, several where wounded thousands rallied in a capital hot soon carrying a post. as of people killed june, we sent rallies that told from to renshaw, rain, start to get flash, flash and landslides and brazil has risen above 150 rescue workers and residents of the mountain city of metropolis, some 70 kilometers, and all the rio de janeiro i still sessions for scores of people who remain missing the ones olympics in v gene have signed off with a traditional closing ceremony. the organizer said they were happy with how the games had been staged amid the pandemic. but there was no mention of the dupe in issues or other controversies that have played the event. yes, a recap of the past 2 weeks. why fire works lit up the night sky in beijing to mark the start of the 2022 winter olympics. china's government spent billions

in the build up and cove. it didn't make it any easier. the host nations human rights record was put under international scrutiny. their treatment of where muslims prompted countries like the u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boy, china responded by having a bigger athlete. light the olympic flame. sticking to the script. international olympic committee president, thomas bah, cited his know, politics, pledge, the ear, her position or for the the i, you see. her must be given the a political or neutrality of it. we are not her commenting on her political. her issues. however, organizers did comment on this display from ukraine. instead of calling it political, the i o. c described it as

a call for peace on the sporting front rushes 15 year old figure skater, camilla valley ava dominated headlines due to testing positive for a band substance. but due to being a minor, while the eva was allowed to continue competing, which didn't end well for the teenager. away from the politics and controversy. china hauled in a record 9 gold medals. 2 went to freestyle skier, eileen gue francesco free day, and germany's bobsled team had an unforgettable showing in beijing. but when it comes to the best of the best, out doing all nations was norway. the norwegians topped the metals table with a record 16 golds for more than the successful germans. despite the hiccups here and there, the beijing winter games provided plenty of sporting highlights and historic

achievements. from on the final day of the winter olympics and basie in 5 years. chris, my joint, sas, hello 5 in out of china presents itself us the host of the games. well, i mean, a china definitely am proof that it could pull off. am organizing our winter games, drink to pandemic. i'm the olympic bible. the safety concept stayed intact and also presented itself as a winter sport nation. i mean, they were winning a record number of gold medals. however, and politically, i think this game was overshadowed by the diplomatic boycott. and to also am, it did not really represent the yahoo olympic spirit. i mean the slogan was together for she had future. but many observers say that and the olympics actually revealed the rising gap between china and the west. you mentioned that they bloom optic voice chords that are happened. do you think chime i cared about that in any

way? yes ha, do i mean to the outside they basically am yam did not seem to care, but i think they really do care about the image. they want to present a more lovable image that they want to also gain in terms of soft power. and in that regard, they clearly failed and am, there are several reasons for that, and one is also media, not only the political boycott, but also the young. i'm isolated country. i mean, of course we're on a pandemic. however, am many athletes. many coaches were really also yet upheld by the, by the safety concept because it was really very strict here in the am city for example. and there was no connection to the m f. m. population towards the game system. ok, no euphoria. so it was really a very surreal of winter games. ok, vaviante, crestmarc invasion. thank you. that's all for

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