ah, ah ah, this is dw news coming to line from berlin, new hope for diplomacy to resolve the crisis over ukraine. u. s. president joe biden agrees in principal to a summit with russian president vladimir putin. after efforts by francis amanda, one the com to deescalate tension, also coming up with jazz of her and were thrilled to be back together. tears of joy, a welcome back tourists. after 2 years of tough restrictions, we meet some of the families reuniting at the airport. and beijing closes a winter olympics over shattered by the pandemic politics and doping scandals

surrounding of brush and skating storm. ah. hello m terry martin. good to have you with us. us president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin had accepted a proposal in principle to hold a summit aimed at diffusing tensions over ukraine. that's according to the office of french president minor, will not call who held lengthy phone calls with putin on sunday. white l says the talks won't happen if russia invades ukraine. something moscow says it has no intention of doing. despite movement on the diplomatic front, russia, and been a roost or continuing military drills that were supposed to end on sunday. russia extending military maneuvers with belarus near the ukrainian border to the

united states. it's a sign that moscow is showing no interest in deescalate, in the crisis. despite that french president emanuel mac cross raised hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough, he spoke to vladimir putin on sunday in 2 phone calls that lasted almost 3 hours. he said, the russian president agreed on the need to favor a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis. and to do everything to achieve one. but the u. s. is skeptical. secretary of state antony blinkin maintains that russia is on the verge of invading ukraine is all logic. everything we're seeing tells us that the decision we believe present hooton's may to, to invade is moving forward. we've seen that with of provocations created by the russians are separate his forces over the weekend, false flag operations. now the news suggest this morning that the quote unquote exercises russia was engaged in belarus with 30000 russian forces that were

supposed to end this weekend will now continue the weekend of mixed messages and power plays was paralleled by memorial events in key of commemorating the victims of the might on square protests in 2014 and on this day there was a turn in the history. the people who died here are our heroes. and we have to remember them. the theme done with it, but for the purpose, we need to remember that people gave their lives for ukraine and for our european future, we need to respect and to love it. back then dozens were killed during protests that ousted ukraine's pro russian president. 8 years later that people here dont want to see more conflict. let's bring in our corresponding mathias bullying and now he joins us from cremmit tossed in eastern ukraine when 2 years you've been

traveling around the front line in east in ukraine. tell us what you've seen selling has intensified in all these villages around the and around the line and for many people that was a shock because the last past few years has been have been occasion of shelling or occasional gunfire. but most of the time, people could live their lives quietly there. and this has changed during the day and especially during the night people here now shelling, it's not very clear where this is targeted as often it just flies into nowhere. but it also hits the villages and towns along the border. so the tensions are high and the people are afraid of being hit by something. but here's how is ukraine responding to the shelling in that part of the country?

that's a good question. the ukranian army maintains that they are restrained there, they are restrained from, from firing back, that they will only fire back if their own security. the security of the soldiers is under threat by these showings, and that there will refrain. of course, the other side says something different. it's very hard to verify at this point. the o. s. c emission has are fixated showings on both sides. there is a chance of talks between joe biden and vladimir putin later this week, as i'm sure you know, do you get the impression that ukrainians believe a diplomatic solution is still possible? i think many people year hope for some kind of a peaceful solution. however, of course, the biggest problem is that any solution that might satisfy porch in a would give him let that would be one that gives them leverage over ukraine,

and that is something most ukrainians are not ready to accept any a signature by a ukrainian official by a ukrainian president under a document that says that ukraine or refuses to join the nato or that ukraine will agree on the reintegration of these territories on moscow's terms that would give them a say in the national politics would be usually unpopular and might, would have to fear to be ousted by the people. so the bottom line here for most ukrainians is very clear that the sovereignty and the future trajectory, ah, a path of, of ukraine are not up for negotiations. and that makes it extremely difficult because everything that we have seen that has also been proposed maybe by, by other, by negotiate is from the west as a possible compromise. what exactly touch on these issues. and so that makes it very, very difficult to find

a way out here tear. thank you very much. that was our report about his spelling of their in crime task, eastern ukraine. let's get the latest now from russia analyst and d. w, correspond, constantine, egret. he joins me from tallying in estonia, constantino, the russian and u. s. presidents are reportedly willing to meet for talks on the escalating the crisis. do you believe a diplomatic solution is still possible? do you think that president putin wants that? i think that what present put once now is international attention and that he's guessing and secondly, he wants to continue to pressure. oh, the west to pressure. you cried. i think what martinos that from carma doors is very relevant. hootin doesn't believe that to grain is a sovereign state and that you gradient to have their own national interest at all . and i think that he still thinks the west can do something about. and in this respect, one fear of that maybe you granules will have over this meeting with vitamin

pollutant with the mediation of macro. i think that put ms. k to b officer. he knows the good cop bad cop routine that micro and biden. and i'm trying to play from that with him and he is probably prepared. well then on the other hand, i think the last few days actually showed that he's trying to protract russia without crossing some kind of red line up to which everything is lawson. diplomacy with the west is over and the only sanctions remain. so i suppose it will not be a meeting that will produce any kind of solution, but it will be a meeting that will oh for some time. hold on the history. cause 10. thank you so much for your inside. that was russia analyst and dw correspond. konstantin aga say, look at some of the other stories making headlines today. credit suisse is facing

allegations, had managed hundreds of millions of dollars from clients tied to criminal activities. among them, suspected war criminals, autocrats and drug dealers. the claims come from a cross border media investigation. it evaluated information from an insider's data league. credit suisse rejects the allegations, join president, professor stein my up begins a 3 day visit of senegal. today he's due to meet these sonic least counterpart before attending an economic summit. his visit is also expected to focus on establishing local covered 19 vaccine production facilities and the security situation in the wider cell region. a failed nigerian air strike as killed and wounded several children in a village, neighboring new share. that's according to a local governor. officials in asia or say the attack was a mistake and was targeting armed gangs near the border between the 2 countries. i'm curious, military says it's investigating the incident for so australians,

it's been more than 2 years now since they've seen family and friends from abroad. now, australia has reopened its borders to international visitors as it eases its tough corona virus controls. fully vaccinated arrivals to most states will no longer need to quarantine for weeks and hotels journalists, daniella robertson was at sydney's international airport to capture some emotional ryan author. and during some of the strictest private border world in the world, a rally a has begun its final plan out of the pandemic. true as the now welcome back into the country often really to he's a relief, the family and friends torn apart by separation. any fully vaccinated, international traveler from all over the globe will now be allowed to enter was threat, meaning migrants with family members can be reunited in temporary visa holders can travel freely. more than 50 international plots will land across the capital cities in the 1st 24 hours and able to be ready, been filled with joy as people fly into the airport and straight into the black one

. i. ready have does it hurt and we're thrilled to be back together. close daily home and i'm very happy to be bad. yeah. it's excited to be out here now. so excited to i mean, oh and then headed homes, my family and friends, all the babies that have been long, i have event for the last see, the only state or territory international travel is aunt committed to enter is western australia which brings down it's hard border on much 3 old international arrivals, we're required to have quoted related documents like vaccination certificates, and to proof of a negative tate. this is expected to be a major bruce to the tourism industry that was free pandemic with worth more than 70000000000 euros to the economy. tourism also a pivotal factor in many businesses to survive the country known for locking people in and out of the country. now has a new message. welcome back. but these grand opening will take some time to help

the tourism industry get back on their feet with operators for bearing for a slow stream of arrivals rather than a huge, huge block sold a month. overall. this is being seen as a positive, stiff and one that has been welcomed by all those who have over the last 2 years. mr. pivotal life moments due to the strict order rules. now that the hot water has come down, the overall sentiment is one of relief and celebration journalist daniela robertson, they're reporting from sidney airport or snell. and after 2 weeks and hundreds of metals, the beijing winter olympics have ended with the pageantry of the closing ceremony. the games finished and a snowflake theme extravaganza. the birds nest stadium, pandemic restrictions had kept athletes officials, they're in the media and a tight bubble during the games which featured remarkable performances hand controversy. organizers focus next on paris for the 2024 summer games. before that, here's a look back at some of the beijing games highs and lows. oh,

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 nation's human rights record was put under international scrutiny. their treatment of wicker muslims prompted countries like the u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boycott, china responded by having a bigger 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 i, you see her must be given the or political or neutrality of it, or 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 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 winner games provided plenty of sporting highlights and historic achievements. you're watching dw news from berlin. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at t w. thanks. waterproof sun are driven by merciless greed, others fighting the destruction land grabbers are exploiting the amazon rain forest indigenous peoples upon out briefly opposing them to report from the heart of brazil starts march 9th on d. w for.