[000:00:00;00] ah, this is d, w. news live from burly 1st diplomatic. pushed to prevent a russian invasion, a few crime. prussia extends military drills, but joins caused for more talks to avoid war. as western leaders coordinate efforts to get moscow to pull back from the brink, also coming up us, vice president, pamela harris, rats up a major international security conference with a warning that war in europe remains a real possibility. and beijing closes the winter olympics,

overshadowed by pandemic restrictions, and the doping scandal surrounding of russian star skater. ah, m anthony howard, welcome to the program. there are hopes of a breakthrough in the crisis of ukraine as russia, ukraine, and the whist join calls for more talks to stave off a conflict. russia is extending military drills in bella, bruce, but france says moscow has confirmed plans to withdraw troops. once the exercises end in a new diplomatic pushed france french president, her manuel mccall spoke at length with vladimir putin on sunday. in a statement microns office said both laid is agreed on the need to favor a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis and to do everything to achieve one. a

call and person also reportedly agreed to work towards a cease fire in easton ukraine, where russian back separatists have re ignited a simmering conflict. on the lookout as shells fall on ukraine's eastern front government forces say they have been ordered to show restraint on the trust me right now, we don't respond to that file because we're all says 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 vote 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's coin. i am a civilian, i'm not a soldier. i'm shocked. say more and i know that the civilians who live here in permanently feel this fear. christina la humanoid, civilly luther, a fear that is our brooding lives as the crisis intensifies residents of ukraine, separatist regions, boarded trains, and buses bound for russia. gazelle, 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 beller as that were scheduled to and sunday. the exercises include nuclear capable missiles. nato has joined the u. s. in warning that russia is planning a, quote,

full fledged attack against ukraine. meanwhile, new satellite imagery has emerged which purports to show new, develop new deployments rather of russian equipment and troops near the border with you crime. the images have been released by mac saw technologies, a private u. s. company, which has been tracking the build up of russian forces. the company says the new activity appears to indicate an increased state of military readiness, said lightfoot, as i get to be independently verified. and joined now by leon fix, resident fellow at the german marshall fund in washington, and an expert on european security. welcome to you. burden and micron. seem to have agreed to arrange a summit. what do you think the russian president wants from that? at this late stage, this suddenly a last minute ditch by the front president to try to prevent military escalation

and especially election advance on you quain. these, this agreement can be interpreted in 2 ways. it can be either a serious interest by the washing president in such a summit and in you can secure to go in peace or can be interpreted as a instrument to pretend willingness for dialogue while at the same time continue with totally actions the last time the fund president spoke with the wash and president, he got the promise that tubes would withdraw and bella was something which did not happen. so there was question mark to what extent the statement of this talk between the 2 president actually signaled a willingness thought. the escalation for moscow on the ground, we can see the country, you can see continuous military build up. be on a few days ago, you can watered an article titled, what if russia winds?

what do you think of russian incursion and victory in their eyes would look like? yes indeed. my colleague miko convention. i try to look what is, what if washer wins in ukraine and what should be the response of europe and the united states to that, how the landscaping will change and washing victor. we can come in various ways that can either imply a military victory in new quain, which means the military victory over the ukrainian army can apply a petition of the country, but also as suggested by the us administration in washington. it can also imply inducing with him change of the government of overflow in kiev with a more pro washing government. so don't cook the various forms without military incursion. we could also see attempts to destabilize the claim, to disinformation, and to

a cyber campaigns. as we have already seen in the last week. so there are different ways that moscow could perceive. but what a certainly concerning the she is gold of the military, both on ukraine's fathers, which is reason to fear the worst. with that victory would come a cost if the west you not to impose sanctions on russia just how bad will it get for russia and how quickly those sanctions and did a serious sanctions package compared to the sanctions that were put into place in 2014 after the annexation of crimea, and that the stipulation of if you claim the sanctions as was communicated, would start at a very high level. and they would probably include sanctions against washing banks, which would be one of the most far reaching measures. and germany has also communicated that not going to would be on the table. washer has significant with funds build up after 20142015,

which it hopes will buffer the impact of sanctions. and then the actual impact also depends on the state of question retaliation. so the wash and budget, the economy very much depends on the export of oil and gas to europe and other countries. so if i decide to use all the gas as a political to, to retaliate against western sanctions, that might also in consequence how moscow's economic interests from the gentleman marshall fund in washington the, on a fixed many thanks. thank you. of the us, vice president, pamela harris, has borne that war in europe remains a real possibility. she was speaking as the munich security conference george of a close, the gathering brought together western leaders and you, christ president. but russia sent a representative for the 1st time since 1991 on its last day of the

conference shifted for goes to europe and its role in the crisis unfolding on ukraine's border. new council presidential michelle sunday. the views of many in the block and janet suassa offer an olive branch while russia and ducks missile test intern tenuous to m as troops with ladies and gentlemen, one thing is certain, if there is further military aggression, we really, we act with massive sanctions. and 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 upholding shared 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 bloody mir putin can still be persuaded to step back from the brink of war. ah sport now and the winter olympics have ended with the closing ceremony in by jing after 2 weeks and hundreds of metals, the controversy surrounding the event, human rights and diving among them. it all gave way to pageantry the games finished in

a snowflake themed extravaganza at the birds nest stadium and image restrictions had kit, athletes and officials, and the media in a taught bubble. and we look now back at some of the games highs and lows. ha, 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 builder and cove. it didn't make it any easier. the host nations human rights record was put under international scrutiny. their treatment of rigor, muslims prompted countries like the u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boycott, china responded by having a weaker athlete light. the olympic flay. sticking to the script. international olympic committee, president, thomas bah, cited his know, politics pledge, the position or for the, the,

or you see her must be given the or 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. russia's 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 and well for the teenager, away from the politics and controversy. china hauled in a record 9 gold medals. 2 went to freestyle skier, eileen, go. 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 winner games provided plenty of sporting highlights and historic achievements. sunday action in the bonus league, a saw a real goldfish. the 2nd place dockman thrashed a struggling glove box 6 nill in the so called battle of the brushes, and with dormant captain mock of royce, running wild against his former club. it was a case of when it rains, it pours. ah, dornan looked to keep pace behind lunatic. a leader's byron as they hosted the other. bruce yeah. for munching. glad back on a rainy night at acknowledge you now park, but these fans were in for

a treat. dornan came out flying with captain michael royce making one known that 26 minutes. the former glad back man has been known to enjoy going against his former employers. danielle mal endeavor, the lead shortly after malin finished off a royce through bought by squeezing it under yann's armour royce, assisted yet another, as he slipped the ball to marius wolf, who fired his shot off the cross bar. and in to make it 3 now use to fun coco test to pass into the nat from close range to make it for. and who else? but marco royce to provide the assist, magnificent royce, added the 5th just before full time. he kept off his fantastic evening with 2 goals, and a hattrick of assists admiration wrapped up the victory from the penalty spy. 6 neil: the final score with captain marco royce reigning on,

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