towards february 25th on d w. ah, ah ah, this is d w. news line from berlin. russia face is down worldwide condemnation of its escalation of the crisis in ukraine. the white house calls it an invasion. can germany hulsey controversial north stream to gas pipeline project, calling russian recognition of separatist territories in easton, ukraine. west is also imposing a raft of other sanctions. meanwhile, vladimir putin says, russian soldiers have gone into tonight's gun. the hans,

as peacekeepers rest dismisses the claim as a pretext for a full scale invasion. ah, i'm sure gale welcome to the program or rushes. escalation of the crisis over ukraine has bought a flood of condemnation from western leaders. president putin's decision to recognize, to break away regents of easton ukraine as independent states as also prompted punitive sanctions. the toughest at this stage is likely to be germany's decision to hold the key a north stream to gas pipeline project. this has been built to bring russian gas to europe, but still needs they go ahead from german regulators, which chancellor shawls now says has been suspended indefinitely. yes, this pipeline was set to bring russian natural gas straight to germany's doorstep via the baltic sea. now the north stream to project has become

a tool in germany's efforts to punish russia's aggression in ukraine. after president putin recognized the 2 separatist regions in the countries east. as independent states shop, it has been the sketches i've asked, the german economy ministry today to withdraw the report on the analysis of energy supply guarantees from the german energy regulator. it sounds technical, but it's the required procedure. so there can be no certification of the pipeline. now if it's zoomed without the certification nodes dream to comp become operational, come not since i got this been between r t shoals, his announcement is just part of broader efforts to sanction russia over its latest move. you ministers met on tuesday morning to discuss joint measures with european commission head ursula on the line announcing by a twitter that a 1st packet of sanctions would be put together by day's end. but for now, the holding of the pipeline remains, the most significant step taken in response to russia's latest escalation is get

more on the german response than from the deed of his chief political editor, mckayla kirk, not welcome mckayla. so finally, a chancellor shows how so uttered the words nord stream to an done something absolute is pulled the plug on it. he will smother that project in german bureaucracy, which is the so way to keep it from going online for a pretty long time. he's making its subjects to a new and energy strategic analysis. so that will take some time and key the he also said that what just happened will play a huge role in that translator. that means rosser clearly is not to be trusted. and what does that mean? in european and german energy security, he so try to avoid saying nordstrom to even when he was standing next to joe biden, the u. s. president. he wouldn't say it outright, even when biden said he would ensure that this project does not go ahead. if russia crosses that border and not because not mentioning it was his entry tickets into

talks, he went to moscow last week. i was able to go with him on that trip. and there he also was still trying to avoid going to deep in the issue of north string too, which is so important for russia and now to no avail. he's pulled the plug on it for now. so it's it, lots of criticism of the chancellor for his reluctance to discuss it specifically. but as you say, it's important to russia, but it's also important to, to germany as well. so it's what a brave decision yes. and no. actually the full capacity of no string tune that fuss pipeline that is connecting russet. are you with germany? it's not actually on full throttle and capacity. and the real issue is that the storage here in germany in europe was low and the rush is only delivering by the book. it is not delivering anything, it doesn't absolutely have to buy a contract. and, and this is really the big question where the europe can afford to spend

a winter without more rawson gas, will russia now stick to its contracts? and, but we've heard from brussels that the you for now is confident that yes it can. but we're also already hearing, there are big fees and consumers will feel this in europe, that energy prices will go through the roof. so the last a few weeks and the deed months, we've seen all this diplomacy, international heads of government going in and out of the of the kremlin. it appears to have been for nothing. it appears so it didn't stop what and certainly washington is now calling an out, right? invasion by the u. s. is now using that term. and the big question is, can it still be contained in some shape or form and how hard are the sanctions going to be that are now drawn up? there seems to be a sense, i was at need security conference this weekend. the americans will already going a step further. 5 there also quite a few,

a members of congress in particular from the republics that of republicans who had called for sanctions preemptive sanctions to avoid a vladimir putin even taking it this far. so i think there will be a lot of soul searching done with a sanctioned student have started earlier. they are arriving now. they did not deliver in the sense of avoiding a full on escalation. and the big question now is how much longer key of will hold out not giving russia a pretext for open fighting. meanwhile we've, we've had lots of western allies that germany united saying the rest on the shoulder to shoulder with ukraine. yet, let me quote, it does seem to have a maneuver the mo, but it was kind of predictable that when you, when the usa, they stand side by side with ukraine. and this is also something the cranium president, the lensky criticize at the new security conference. it's words,

it's economic support. some are delivering weapons, some nato countries. but what he said he really needed was security guarantees, ideally a timeline to join nato. now him joining nato. his country dominated wasn't on the cards anyway, because since the annexation of crimea, it doesn't fulfill the root legal requirement even to join nato. it already has a conflict. nato does not import conflicts into what is the defense packed and, but he really wanted more and he knew he was not going to get that. so when it comes down to it, he's pretty much on his own all the we're ready hearing talk of britain, for instance, delivering more weapons. they call them defensive weapons. but in the end, and you can have a legal argument, west difference, mikaela cookie debris, she political added to thank will. poland is preparing for the possibility of mass arrivals of refugees from a neighboring ukraine. polish government says up to a 1000000 displaced people could seek shelter under setting up reception sensors.

some ukraine is already making my way into the country. after a 10 hour drive from kias irina gover yucca is ready to unpack her suitcases at this monastery in the polish city of seamus. it's just 10 kilometers from the ukrainian border. she came here with her 2 daughters as well as her brother and sister. irina doesn't want her children to experience the horrors of war. glaylock and well i received a message from my daughter's school. robin chang, yes. it said the basement was ready with running water, food toys, and blankets. you say that the children could be safe there for 5 days. if anything happened, give me a lot of them. that's when i realized how serious the situation is. she also said to ship to the city of irina's, worried about an attack by russian troops. so she sought shelter at the monastery.

at 1st they plan to stay a week, hoping that it will be possible to return home soon. the city has a school for its ukrainian minority. if russia does invade ukraine arena, will be able to register her daughters at the school from it. wow. oh yeah. oh wow. oh, the schools principal puter, sitka, and all the teachers here speak both polish and ukranian. golda is the media meeting up. it would definitely be easy to communicate with these children. i think we'll get it up. it should do and i think it would certainly be a substitute for their homeland la mancha languages. thousands

of ukrainians live in seamus and over a 1000000 now live in poland. many fled to their western neighbor after war broke out and don't boss. and so far they been welcome. as mostly low wage workers, the new wave of migrants has led to mixed reactions, especially due to their history of conflict. when love, they killed us before i have no love for them. but if they need help, we have to help them close to home. because everyone's afraid of this war because we don't know what impact it will have. it could lead to an influx of migrants to poland and other countries. try our last funding. i wouldn't offer them a room, but i'd give them some food object and i live alone. so i'd be afraid to some of you, i often go to the ukrainian dentist because his prices are good and i've never been disappointed that. but i can't say to day whether i'll help them any more because you did that irina gover yucca hopes and won't be war for

a wave of refugees. she views her own trip to poland as a type of life insurance plans to hopefully she'll gladly buy health insurance before car insurance and hope we don't need it. you call it 1st of all, but she's coming here is like insurance for our children. the hope of the nation. you thank you, but we really hope that we don't need this insurance medical but now he rena intends to stay in poland until she is certain that it's safe to return home. let's explore that issue with it. roswell. voucher, corsica. he was a former polish foreign minister and is now a member of the european parliament. welcome to d w. i should the e u. be following poland laid on preparing to take in ukrainian. refugees, as, as a russian invasion, becomes more likely i'll answer your question,

but let me just correct what the previous speaker said. it's not true that you can't extend nature membership to divide the country. after all, when germany joined nature, germany was a divided country. the real reason is that whereas others were prepared to go to war with russia to defend with germany. we are not prepared to go to war with russia to defend ukraine. and that's why ukraine may have to be fighting alone. i will on that point you believe that just will, will, will bill without and they will come to my question since you as a didn't question, but it's quite interesting. so do you believe that nato should admit ukraine now and then go to war on its behalf? it's a red herring ray harry ludovic. yes, it is. i wasn't the nato summit in 2008 when ukraine applied and the application was rejected. and nothing has happened since then to bring you quite an even an

inch closer to membership. and the chunks of germany said that on his watch, he would veto such a membership. okay, so that's clear. that's no issue is that president putin, once you crying, he doesn't regard ukraine as an independent country. right. and i wonder that as a former a soviet satellites, thanks. i wonder how threatened poland feels about these latest moves? well, we still invited the same out west germans found about to be on the front line. well, it's not a good thing to be on the front line you live in fear on, you know, today in germany, it's not just wanted to call position in its history, surrounded exclusively by friends and allies. a russia and ukraine. and neighbors might still be each other, not

a good place to be and i agree. right? so, so just, just to be clear, you regard poland as being on the front line of any future conflict with russia. well, remember russian troops in duluth and they are threatening key if you lose. so 3 of our neighbors, ha ha. and tara is composed of countries which might be fighting one another soon. after months of avoiding the subject line shows us today stop the note stream to gas pipeline project with russia. your country has been demanding this for a long time. are you satisfied with this german response? i was a 2007 unit security conference.

this was a piece of selfishness that you did your political interest of the entire european union and a lot of the european union in particular. i hope that people who signed in to this project literally sank it in to see a lesson on. i agree. thanks so much for joining us now. you've made your position very clear, right as well for us, of course, great member of the european parliament and former polish foreign minister. and you're more on the german position than from ralph stagnant, who is a member of the german parliament for chancellor shows his social democrats. he also sits on the parliaments of foreign affairs committee. welcome to d. w. who will the chancellor's decision to hold no stream to her ball, russia or germany? well, it is part of the sanction sanctions that were agreed upon where the eyes and the

aim is to hurt the rushing. so i hadn't to let them think over what they did yesterday and come back to the diplomatic table and respects an internal national law that doesn't go without getting hurt or else everybody knows. right. do you expect that? so what do you think will will hold president putin's advance? what will make him reverse this decision? because this isn't going to do, is it well know what we have seen? that's the only possibility we have is to talk on diplomatic terms and to react with economic sanctions that he sees that he doesn't have anything to gain her with his actions. there is no military solution to the problem. and therefore, we have to have patients in terms of our diplomatic efforts and as long as we stick

together with our allies in the european union with our transit, many partners, the chances are good. that when we divide ourselves, we have more problems to reach anything. are you crying now once germany to do more than just shutting down north street, it wants germany to send weapons as well which the german government has said that it will not do. should it reconsider that position? no, not at all. if you say that there is no military solution to the problem than i don't think it's the right way to send weapons into the tension region and besides germany or hasn't been to send robinson to retention regions anyway. and on the other hand, we have supported the train more than any other country has in terms of economic out in terms of political support. and i don't think there is any good in the sending weapons into the region. you crank cannot win

a military conflict with the russians, and europe should not see committed. terry conflict in any by any means. right? so when ukraine says what it wants from germany, it's not just a warm words, but weapon as well. you say germany knows better. no, i would say we support you very much as you could see by billions of other economic 8 we have given to the ukraine and by standing close together with the allies in terms of the sanction package, we just put together to bring russia to come back to the negotiation table. thank you so much for joining us. ra, a stagnant social, have member of the gym. thank you. president putin has described russia's presence in easton, ukraine as a peacekeeping mission. ukraine's presidents as his country will not give up a territory on his calling for international support. western governments of

condemned russia's recognition of the breakaway territories and dismissed mister burton's peacekeeping claim as a pretext to invite the rest of ukraine unmarked military vehicles already been seen in the east. troops mobilize in the dead of night. early on tuesday, columns of military vehicles was spotted approaching the outskirts of the netscape, the capital of one of 2 separatist regions of east and ukraine. what no insignia were visible. the vehicles appeared just hours after russian president vladimir putin ordered russian troops to deploy the way to the with the move represents a significant escalation. but moscow is calling it a peacekeeping operation. weekly. we only hours before put in recognized the separatist regions as independent states. but before you took us, it was a historic moment with just a few strokes of his pen rushes. leda made a diplomatic solution to the crisis more difficult than ever with

today when using it as for those who seize power in care of and holding on to it, we demand that they stop military operations immediately. otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of bloodshed will be fully on their conscience. agreement asian on the streets of rebel held on yet a small group of people was seen celebrating the announcement ukraine's president called an emergency session of his security council and made a renewed plea for tough sanctions on oscar. not sure, but man, if not, we expect clear and effect to support from our partners or will now look closely to see who our true friends and partners are and who will continue to try and scare off the russian federation with mere words, little or dogs. it a legacy or see school for the ukraine says it will not give up its territories and

accused, as russia of tearing up the men's road map to peace was taken to ab ukraine than to where we joined d. w correspondent, nick connelly in case of wealth neck. and what have you been hearing from dan at scandal husk? well, different situation there is very tense, has been for the past few days, a real uptake in fighting. they're taking the locals back to the worst times in that dumbass conflict. in 2014, 2015, a 1000 people without water without power because of damage to critical infrastructure. soldiers being killed and civilians wounded lots of images of people in bomb shelters, hiding some now thinking about whether it's time to leave that frontline zone and move a bit further away from those front lines. but also the biggest fear that we will see russia not only sending its troops to the rebel held there is the, the thing that began yesterday night. but also that we would see them crossing the front line. because those separatist areas claim basically the entirety of the diets, gallow hunts regions, most of which are under government control and

a key of control. and if they make good on that promise, that would have to see huge amounts fighting and lots of people civilians involved in what are very densely populated areas. ok, i stay with us. nik i'm going to take a closer look at those breakaway regions that the russians now recognize as an independent state. and then we'll come back to reminders of war are everywhere in done yet. and new hunts. the 2 provinces lie an eastern ukraine, on the border with russia. both declared independence after the revolution in 2014, which most in the region did not support separatists voted to join russia and have fought ukrainian forces for control ever since. around 4000000 people live in what's called the don bass region. it's known for heavy industry and coal mining, and it's large, russian, and russian speaking population. in the main city done yet. banners read,

we are russian. moscow has handed out hundreds of thousands of russian passports, but life is tough caught in the middle. many who can have left most pensioners are stuck, others fight ukraine estimates. there are about 35000 separatist troops and accuses moscow a filling up their ranks with russian soldiers in 2015 a ceasefire. signed in minsk, helped, and little scale fighting. but the conflict has dragged on, leaving more than 14000 people dead. back to nick connelly and give mic a tell us about more about how ukrainians are reacting to the satellite just moved by russia. i think there was

a huge shock at that speech by vladimir putin yesterday, which is basically an hour long tirade about historical injustices. he says the russia has suffered not only from the west since the collapse of the soviet union. but also prior to that, by the communist sees a busy lennon had created ukraine in its present form that bessie, everything ukraine has in the way of industry in terms of resources was all down to russian and soviet investment in ukraine. the basically, if you can, wants to leave russia's fear of infants needs to give all that up and basically become at full, independent state are much smaller part of its current territory. am crazy, really unexpected or little elements about talking about water prices for domestic households in ukraine, talking about various in factories that have gone bankrupt. so kind of a story that the present russia feels the need to talk about these things a, on the prime time talking to russian citizens. and the main focus was his last sentence was basically a pretty open threat to ukraine. that he said that if basically ukraine doesn't get its troops out of him, government hold could territory, or then any kind of escalation violence could leave to

a much bigger war. and that he said would be fully the responsibility of what he called the regime hearing key of right. and i'm sort of want another fear for the government must therefore be that's well will it just and that done, it's gonna and landscape. is this going to lead to something wider across ukraine? i think it's a very brave analyst to try will try and give you any kind of concrete answer on that seemed like all the options on the table. and particularly that extraordinary spectacle, we had yesterday of putin with his top security officials and what looked like a kind of strict teacher giving his ministers a, talking to them all having to kind of give their lines and support this decision. looking all pretty nervous, fluffing their lines. it's one of the advisors, even by mistake, talking about annexing these regions. rather recognizing was independence at all. these options seemingly still on the table, russia might include donates kalonski in its own church as it has done with russia . and they still talk of maybe attempts to try and link a russia proper with an ex crimea overland bridge to take more ukrainian, churchy,

to be able to get crimea. it's a very nervous time here. it doesn't seem like vladimir putin has to basically, you know, decide these things in discussion with anyone except his own conscience. this is a man who now believes this is about his historical mission, his place in history books and as of see a very scary place for ukrainians to be in. no, i for now an economy in k, if thank you so much. does western governments prepare a new sanctions against russia? european footballs, governing body. you wafer is hearing is facing criticism for saying it has no plans to move the champions league final from st. petersburg, russian president vladimir putin. welcome to you, a for boss alexander scheffer at to st. petersburg after the russian city was chosen this host 3 years ago. where if he says it's monitoring the train situation, but he's not planning to change the venue chair of the british parliament. so for the 1st committee described, the decision was shameful, and added that you a for, is providing come to a violent dictatorship. a set you up to date are more well news at the top of

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