[000:00:00;00] hey, this is the w news life from burn ukraine's president welcomes western sanctions against russia. i made fairs of a full scale invasion, joined by the leaders of poll within the few. wayner vall, dameon savanski, says europe's future security is being decided in ukraine as the country calls up reservists and prepares to declare a state of emergency. also on the program. residents free parts of easton ukraine as separate as shelly continues. d w. visit's village

caught in the crossfire and this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. u. s. president joe biden announces and announce is new sanctions against russia as a growing list of countries condemned moscow's recognition of ukraine separatist states. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program, the leaders of poland and lithuania, se ukraine should be granted. european union candidate status because of the security challenges it faces from russia. the 3 leaders issued a joint declaration following talking care. they also called on the international community to impose robust sanctions against russia, including matchless targeting the north stream to gas pipeline, between russia and germany. germany has already committed to halting the approval

process of the pipeline. ukrainian president vladimir savanski, that russia's actions in easton, ukraine will impact the whole of europe. dedira he lay replaced. we had substantial discussions on wishes, actions regarding security. and we are confident that the future of european security is being decided now here in ukraine, unless we have coordinated our efforts on how to count rach washer and how to deescalate the situation to live with them. with switching as ghostwriter, date of new correspondent nick connelly in cave. welcome at nick. so what else did president lance, we have to say, what he replied to russia's, let him imputing who yesterday base he called on ukraine to recognize russian sovereignty of alex crimea. and to better give up on its aspiration, join nato, he said ukraine needed security guarantees and they needed them. now, i don't think there's much else he has safe. and i think the really important take

away from all this is that ukraine's leadership is now on board with what the warnings would be a hearing from washington for london, other capitals in europe, in the last few weeks. this is now a very situation serious situation that an invasion is potentially imminent. previously they had kind of down played those warnings from the west and said that this was basically will just russian bluff. and now you get a sense that they really are preparing for scenario in which russian troops will cross the front lines. maybe in don basil cross, you cranes borders with russia. and so real change to see shift there and a real can change in tone on you mentioned don barza over in the east. what's happening along that line of contacts, a fuse me line of contact in eastern ukraine where governments and separate his forces a clashing situation is pretty bad, it's almost brave and he's comparable with situation in 20142015. when that warren is ukraine was at its high point, you have thousands people left without electricity without a gas, without a water because of damage, critical infrastructure,

and even 1015 clumps away from those front lines. shelling is reaching people and civilians are being caught up in all of this. people spending a long time in a, in the sellers or an area shelters. really pacey, unable to go about their daily business for fear of being caught in the crossfire and lots of people who may be thought that they had kind of made that piece. and some have found a weight of living in that region. and given the level of violence that they were having to deal with up till this most recent uptake an hourly thinking about whether it's time to pack my bags and go, i'm reserve is being called up to do wot and is the cold being hated. they been called upon to report for duty to military institutions, their regiments, m, for now they're not being sent to the east or anywhere because that's the main problem, right? ukraine does not know where this potential tech could come from, their russian troops and belarus to the north of where i am here and keep his 100 limits away. there are russian troops all along ukraine's northern nissan borders in annex crimea. and don't bass, it's pretty difficult to kind of work out the geography. it seems like people are

following that cold, but it is a very different thing from a full mobilization of all men, 181855. that would be a much bigger move. one that probably would cause panic among the population. these people who already have military experience and for whom this was probably not be unexpected. turn of events, right? and you, you've, you've mentioned the, this, that, this, the, the cold up here i and that the change of tone from, from care. so what is that, what is prompted that was at the fact that those soldiers have now gone back into the east of ukraine. i think the big, big turning point was that im impressions comment yesterday where he said that rushes to ported the separatist regions in their claims to the entirety of the done yet glue hans regions important. remember that septic will, they control the big cities, the most population. they only control about a 3rd of the territory of those regions. so if russia supports those separates in their claims, the entire to that reason you could have a scenario in which those separatists try to cross the front lines of base have

been stuck since 2015 tristate mortality either with russian soldiers at their side . or at least behind them, giving them support. so that definitely seems like an escalation and attempt to basically raise the stakes and put ukraine on the more pressure. and that 70 scenario that the government yankee of thinks could possibly now be on the called in the next few days. thank you. next in economy in care let's take a closer look now at that fighting in easton ukraine which has intensified over recent days. i did doubly correspondent mathias bullying her file. this report from a village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. it is quiet at the moment a good time to leave the days now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the villages in ukrainian government control territory and is being shared by separatists from the other side. you know, yellow, diesel deliberately and then up the whole night,

forgot that some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. did you? the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs pregnant because it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is a seller, proposed bottom half of the village has already left the others are terrified. shells of come down, right in the center of the village. one shall hit the school yard while children were in clos. others have damaged people's homes. luckily, no one has been hurt so far, but the constant stress has taken its toll. electricity and gas have been cut off. now gas workers have come to patch up some of the damage or they, when we fix the pipe twice already we came last week yesterday and today we're here again will because quite far away from the artillery positions of the other side, there are 15 kilometers between here and the front line,

which is just the range of this artillery that they are using people who have not experienced this kind of fighting, even during the worst times a few years ago. lena mccord encore and her neighbors have tried to make the most out of the cold and dumped cellar. but the effect of the electric heater is limited. she is in and out of the basement constantly those days. but i need to go up now to take some stuff to my daughters place. she is finally leaving with her kids at least to a place to buy. she would like her to move further away until it becomes clear with the latest news from moscow. incl you've me i don't know what to think now.

yes, i do not yet understand. even put on i don't even know what to do next. it takes just a few minutes and the shelling begins again. well, the russian military build up along ukraine's borders appears to be continuing. a images from a u. s. satellite company said to show an enlarged bass in southern bella ruse, just a few 100 kilometers from the ukrainian capital. u. s. president joe biden says, russia's invasion of ukraine has already begun. russian troops are on the move, their heading towards ukraine's east and border as fighting between ukrainian and separatist forces continues far away from the frontline,

the upper house of the russian parliament voted to authorize the use of force outside russia's borders. they also approved vladimir putin's recognition of the don yet, and lou henson people's republics as independent states. but the russian president didn't stop there. he lay to renounce the borders of the 2 republics. include the ukrainian held territories, not just the rebel held areas, nor was it, but his nell, we recognized that donates. and hans people's republics, which means we have recognized all the founding documents, including the constitution. and the constitution defines the boarders off the don. yes. and hands regions at the time when they were part of ukraine. nobody mc gun, you believe the civil crane? in response, u. s. president joe biden accused the russian leda of setting up a russia now to take more territory by force. this is the beginning of

a russian invasion of ukraine, as he indicated and asked permission to be able do from his duma. so let began to so i'm going to began to impose sanctions a response. far beyond the steps we and our allies and partners implemented in 2014 the us satellite company has released new images that claim to show military vehicles messing in southern belarus. even as western nations coordinate a unified response, many fear a full scale attack on ukraine is still part of russia's plans. as care often date of there's a russian, the fafsa, unless a constantine the exit to joins us from the few ania, welcome constantine. so a vladimir protein has recognized all of dan ask ad dynette and lou hans as independent, even though ukraine still holds 2 thirds of that territory. so where does that leave the ukranian government?

while it leaves it in a very dangerous place, because whenever they usually recognize republics, entities oft russia under the treaty that most gonna watch a lot of full military held in theory and practice, russian troops will be there. so i suppose we are looking towards an attempt to basically enlarge what is the fact to rush and present them yesterday put in said that he expects skia to negotiate with the next can. with order is to settle the standing issue is also demand that announces does analysis that the 3 now story, not upon nato membership operation that recognizes crimea the russian character and that demilitarize, which really sounds like, you know,

and into war thing like something like out of their side treaty of 1919. it's evident that none of these demands will be fulfilled. and that probably will lead to mr. put in saying, well, i gave a child i gave, they didn't listen to me. so we have to protect the states that oscar roger section . i suppose that is at least one of the scenario. and the perception outside russia is that mister putin has total control that. but are there dissenting opinions to his vision in a greater russia? well to, i would have been the most the top most in demand expect if i knew that in the world probably today. but i don't like neither do you or anyone else. it seems. judging by the footage from the russian security council meeting the day before yesterday, in which essentially this decision we're thinking that there are no dissenting. and the only descent we hear is from individuals, people riding their blogs and protesting and

a possible war. this is definitely minority in russia. the russian government funded public opinion poll organization feel just unveiled there. it's reported pulling results, which say that up to 80 percent, 78 percent of russell support. mr. put infections. we can very 5 because when i said this fully organization, the spelling center is very close to the front of, but we don't see any sign of massive protests yet. and so what do you think the kremlin next move will be? well, my suspicion is that the glenn is going to play around this is shark territory. i would say that maybe because of the geographic brick facility, but don't ask and have a blessed to the crime. it may be something like an assault on se, and ukraine is planned with, with an attempt to create a land bridge from the russian territory do the crimea. but now feel really all

options are on the table. anything is possible. unpredictability, as we know, is put the main weapon and he's so far i've been playing. it's due to the full extent and just to thank you for that. konstantin w. russian offense, analyst konstantin, exit was conflict has left relations between ukraine and russia at the lowest point for years. a care is recalled. it's on basset from moscow and he's considering cutting all diplomatic ties. wasn't that long ago that ukraine had a pro russia president 8 years ago, vladimir putin had a friend in t f. president victor yang coverage. having pro russia president was very important for russia man that a lot of the forms look installed. it meant that any union with the west would not be possible. and in 2013, when young coverage refused to sign an association agreement for closer ties to the

e. u. the people rebelled. scores died, hundreds were injured in the might on revolution. yona coverage was ousted and a new pro you government formed the kremlin, answered back with tanks and annexed ukraine's crimean peninsula. moscow also through its support behind separatists in the pro russia don baths region war broke out as the 2 eastern provinces done yet so nuanced declared independence. european leaders brought the 2 sites together for the minced peace accords. but the war ground to a stalemate, a development far from the battlefield, also spiked tensions. in june 2015, russia announced the north stream to gas pipeline. it's route under the baltic sea would bypass ukraine,

meaning kiev would lose billions in transit fees. another turning point in 2019 with vladimir zalinski as ukraine's president. he vowed to restore the don bass region and renewed calls for nato membership. he bought lead the many leaders hints slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking constantly about membership of the alliance. because this rescued connect you to russia's reaction most of them, but that was a red line for moscow orchard to work on nuclear. no one thought that if you grange reg, such threats for russia, we create similar threats for herself. what at the, at the sure. robert also concluded it was one of pollutants justification for the russian troop build up around ukraine's borders. but unlike 8 years ago, you crane is a battle harden nation that's vowed to resist. or german foreign minister on the

letter back has been meeting with a french counterpart. i hear she is addressing the ukraine issue and germany's response to that the mass under as the german government. it was also very important for us to show at the national level that for a free sovereign and democratic ukraine, we are ready to accept economic consequences. your fortune in cove peace and freedom in europe. have no price tag, ha, ha, been kind price it. that's why we decided to stop the certification of nord stream to, to stop. well, let's take a closer look at germany latest news in this escalated crisis with the company's chief international editor richard walker. welcome richard. let's start with the on the letter. bare box comments that what did you make of that statement yet? well, will fill it. she was standing, that was her friend. can you tell your who's in berlin? they were stressing that they've been absolutely daily consultations for

a long time now and even took part in today's german cabinet cabinet reaching so real side of just how closely germany and france coordinating on this. and that was cause of bad books. message is unity on the one hand with allies such as fronts in the west of the west, in the lines. but also a determination of purpose that germany is really determined to stand by ukraine. even if that comes at some cost, that she was referring to that with the north street to quite climb as some characteristically strong language from alina babel. she's only been in office a couple of months so far, but she's really beginning to make a name for itself as somebody who speaks very plainly, especially towards, towards russia in the context of this crisis. and even at one stage, even cooling of vladimir putin are getting as close as you can in public, the cooling plasma, preach and a lawyer. but at the same time, she was stressing that germany does want to leave the window. she put it to

diplomacy open that i think it's also interesting to look at what all of shorts. john chancellor been saying in the last 24 as well. so he's been doing the ran from german television. said this in one tv interview. let's take a look at a clip. i think it's quite interesting when you sit there long enough enough to, if you look back far enough in history, you will find many borders that were different back then. if we reopen discussion on all of them, we will face a very troubled times and that is why we must urgently return to this principle. state sovereignty is respected borders and not violated. putin in his parliament have decided its breach of international law cannot and will not accept. richard walker is germany still an active role in trying to resolve this crisis. yeah, i think very much so phil, and i think what you heard from all of sholtes who's trying to put in in more accessible language? what all of these talk in recent months, there's been a lot of talk about ukraine sovereignty and its territorial integrity. sounds like,

well, the kind of high for legion diplomatic language, but when you look at the reality on the ground of what's happening at the moment and put it in the way that she did, i think talking about you can't just read jewel borders willy nilly that that could open up the world. chaos. i think that's the message that he's really trying to hammer across. an interesting because we have to remember, this is a new government. it's only been in place for a couple of months. left shelters only been chance for a couple of months and there was a lot of curiosity in some concern internationally about how this new government would deal with this kind of crisis it. the social democratic party is traditionally has a view of itself as a bridge builder to russia, finding itself now in a situation where building those bridges is very, very difficult to justify a tool. so, and i think the move to the germans have made by moving quickly on, sanctioning north stream to has put some minds to rest among western allies. is going to be

a lot of focus going forward on japanese role as well. because remember, they have the chair g 7. so the grouping of 7 industrial westernized nations this year, that is going to be at the heart of further coordination between western powers. so a big role for germany going forward. thank you for that w chief international edison, richard walker. we'll take a look at some more stories making news around the world. now. you've got an author cleanser, look you've rub, shedra says he's relieved to be in germany for medical treatments after being tortured wanting these cuts in his home country. the writer was arrested in december and charged with insulting uganda. the president managed to flee 2 weeks ago after being released on bail or the 60 people that are dead after an explosion at market and the west african nation of athena. fossil blast was so powerful. it brought down nearby homes. investigator suspected happened in store selling

explosives and chemicals for minors and have detain. the authorities in hong kong, have an ards, compulsory covey 19 testing for all of the territories. $7400000.00 inhabitants next month. executive carry land, also extended strict social distancing measures. is that help from mainland china was required to tackle a record search in corona various cases, driven by the only crown variance. there has been half a year since international troops pulled out of afghanistan and the taliban seized power. many afghans who worked for foreign forces are still trying to escape b. u new is the miss regime. germany has held more than 10000 people leave, but thousands more remain. d, w has been talking with that one afghan, who worked for german angio and he's now living in fear a country road. somewhere in afghanistan. we can't disclose a country road somewhere in afghanistan. we can't disclose where this man is

stained to night or his identity for his own protection. i was one of the former local afghans staff. we implemented projects for germany and afghanistan for many years. since the collapse of afghanistan, we can't stay here any more. we are threatened by the taliban and we are afraid of them. immediately after the taliban seized power in august, they came looking for him. i wasn't home at the time, but my father was. they beat my father badly, and they tortured him and asked him to find me. they gave him a date by which time he had to find me. the family has been on the move ever since. the man worked on behalf of the german government at an end gio until 2014.

he's hoping for a visa to germany. he wrote to his former supervisor, but says he's received no answer. i always ask myself why i helped the germans and afghanistan. why did i work with an organization that doesn't care about us that has forgotten us in the media, they always said the leaders of germany and other countries support those who helped us in afghanistan. the german government says it has approved entry for more than 21000 people since may 2021. but only some have been able to leave afghanistan . original thousands are still waiting. many in hiding. this man also worked for the german army, mostly as a subcontractor, which means he's not eligible for a visa. he says the taliban are looking for him. how much was gordon london hall every day? people who worked for foreigners are being murdered on remote dirt roads law. we

have no idea what to do. the funky, what she brooklyn him back in germany, refugee writes groups accused the german authorities of inaction. yes, holiday. we demand immediate action from the new german government. the sluggish bureaucracy needs to end. whoever needs protection must be allowed to leave the controls. highs do of the german government declined to comment on camera. this man will not be returning to his family home any time soon. he just hopes that the german government will finally help him. quick line of sports on the worlds that number 3 men's tennis player alexander's ferret has been kicked out of the atp tournament in mexico. for unsportsmanlike conduct was followed a violent outburst at the conclusion of the germans that doubles, match, spare of use his racket, to repeatedly beat the umpire's chair. before the up. i had a chance to get out. he's also been penalized for verbal abuse, arguing

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