ah, ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, ukraine's president welcomes western sanctions against russia. i made friends of a full scale invasion, joined by the leaders of parliament. and the few idea of them is the bad excuse at europe's future. security is being decided in ukraine, as the country calls up reserves and prepares to declare a state of emergency. also on the program that it's lee parts of east and ukraine. a separatist shelling continues d, w, visits a village caught in the crossfire, and this is the beginning of

a russian invasion of ukraine. u. s. president joe biden announce his new sanctions against russia as a growing list of countries condemned moscow's recognition of ukraine separatist regions. ah, i'm fil gail. 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 talks in care. i also called on the international community to impose robust sanctions against russia, including measures targeting the north stream to gas pipeline between russia and germany. the germany has now committed to halting its approval process. ukrainian president vladimir savanski warned that russia's actions in easton,

ukraine would 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 effort on how to counteract russia and how to de escalate the situation of how to live with that was fiction. yeah, let's go straight to d. w correspondent, nick connelly in can you welcome at nick? so what else did president lance we have to say where he replied to russia's, vladimir putin who yesterday bessy called on ukraine to recognize russian sovereignty of alex crimea. and to basic 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 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 this was basically will just russian bluff. and now you get a sense that they really are preparing for a scenario in which russian troops will cross the front lines. maybe in dan basil cross, you cranes borders with russia. and so real change a c shift there and a real can change in tone. and you mentioned a dumbass over in the east. what's happening all along that line of contacts, excuse 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 this. people spending a long time in it, 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 their peace. and some have found a way 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 what and is the call being hated. they being called upon to report for duty to military institutions, their regiments, m a 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 it under clumps away. there are russian troops or long 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 that people are following that core, 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 will 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 i 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 americans comment yesterday where he said that russia supported those separatist regions in their claims to the entirety of the don't yet go hunts regions. important. remember that septic will. they control the big cities in most population. they only control about a 3rd of the territory of those regions. so if russia support so separates in their claims, the in charge. that reason you could have a scenario which though separatists try to cross the front lines the base have been stuck since 2015 tries take more charity 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 under 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. nick from economy in care. well, let's take a closer look now the fighting in east in ukraine, which is intensified over recent days at the w correspondence, mathias pulling a file. this report from a village close to the line between ukrainian and sappers is to help 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 disorder lipp at least then i'm the whole night. is that some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. did the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs, but none of them, it was just too cold. downstairs

a seller is a seller, but those people 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 damp 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 nearby. she would like her to move further away until it becomes clear with the latest news from moscow. incl you've me? no, i don't know what to think now. yes, i do not yet understand. you being put on. i don't even know what to do

next. to takes just a few minutes and the shelley begins again. but he is pulling her reporting while the russian military buildup along ukraine's board is appears to be continuing images from a you a satellite company, a said to show an enlarged bass in southern bell rose just a few 100 kilometers from the ukrainian capital. keith 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 later announced the borders of the 2 republics, include the ukrainian held territories, not just the rebel held areas, nor was it but his knell we recognize of their genius and hans people's republics. which means we have recognized all the founding documents, including the constitution. and the constitution defines the board, us off the don yeske and hans regions at the time when they were part of ukraine. nobody mc again, you will if the civil crane in response u. s. president joe biden accused the russian leda of setting up a russian 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 to 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. a christine pasadena is had of geo politics that the american public policy think tank the german martial fund. welcome to d w. i one, the, do you expect that the recent acceleration of his crisis to end in russia launching a full scale invasion of ukraine? that's a very reasonable possibility. right now, we're trying to see how far that could go. russia has scalable over

a 150000 troops that could move into ukraine. this is an incredible number. and when you look at the declarations, as we just heard about, not only the people which are public's and their current status, but then tire regions around them. the rest of the old last could be considered by russia. now, as those territories in need of defense and support, that would indicate that the russian troops could start pushing the existing battle line and moving more into ukraine directly. how far that offensive goes? it's not quite clear the russia has also put certain demands on ukraine that are fairly unreasonable to accept and recognize the, the republic, the annexation of crimea, but also to formally denounce its bid to join nato as well as to de miller, a top demilitarize ukraine. there is absolutely no way that the key of government

is going to demilitarize eyes. ukraine has received significant support from the u . k, from the u. s. from turkey and other allies in order to defend itself against russian aggression. and it would not give up without a fight. and if the demand from moscow or that ukraine becomes a de miller to rise area, clear, really, this is not going to stop just in. don't ask and look, hans, can we have really significant reasons to fear an escalation? so let's look at the weapons that the, the west are prepared to use at this stage. sanctions, i just like to read you this quote from russia dumbasses to the u. s. responding to those new sanctions from the u, the u. k, the u. s. and germany. he said it is hard to imagine that there is a person in washington who expects russia to revise its foreign policy under threat of restrictions. and kristin, bessie, i one to have economic sanctions ever managed to stop an eminent military offensive

. the economic sanctions are going to put a cost on russia and will try to dissuade it to understand that it is about to embark on an irreversible course of action. i am skeptical about whether that is going to be enough. if you listen to put and speech on monday, the kind of civilization all time turning the language, he used to try to revert the world to the way that it was under the soviet union. and frankly, earlier, until the russian empire, that kind of desire is not going to be dissuaded by small economic or even significant economic sanctions. the la own, the question is, what is russia feature? and if russia wants to survive, for now, it has economic capital. but what is the long game and how does that and is russia willing to really, really break ties definitively? in many ways, what the west, they're making the fact that the west will not be unified. well, it's not going to stand by sanctions imposed significant sanction. and that they

can do what they want right now and how things in terms of the business world back to normal and not a very long time. it's up to the west to have the backbone to say this kind of 19th and early 20th century behavior is unacceptable. and we'll stand by it in the long term through these things. and so we will not see whether or not defective in the one week or one month to a timeframe. this really is something about the long term goal and making sure not to prove to russia that it's assumption that we are weak and that we will fooled in terms of our if we get to our own acknowledge benefit, for example, and full of cheaper energy. they think we won't, they think we won't hold out and that will just exempt their behavior and very clearly laid out there. thanks so much for that, christine benzine from the german model phone, wisconsin says lester relations between you kind of brush up the lowest to point

for years. a cave has recalled it's on boston from moscow and is considering cutting old diplomatic ties. it wasn't that long ago that you cried under pro russia president 8 years ago. vladimir putin had a friend in t at president victor yanna coach. having pro russia president was very important for ashate men that a lot of the forms were 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 you, the people rebelled. scores died, hundreds were injured in the might on revolution, jacobo 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 don yet, sc and 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 nord stream to gas pipeline. it's route under the baltic, c would bypass ukraine, meaning key f would lose billions in transit fees. another turning point in 2019 with vladimir zalinski as ukraine's president. he vowed to restore the don bath region and renewed calls for nato membership. see barclays that many leaders hints slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking constantly about membership of the alliance. because this risk is connected to russia's reaction,

most of them. but that was a red line for moscow orchard to walk on euclid. no one thought that if you crane create such threats for russia, we create similar threats for herself. what to do it for sure. well, but also calculate it was one of pollutants justification for the russian troop build up around ukraine's borders. but unlike 8 years ago, ukraine is a battle harden nation that's about to resist. or german foreign minister on elena burbock has been meeting with her french counterpart. and here she is addressing the ukraine issue and german his response to that, the math ones 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, haben kind price it. that's why we decided to stop the certification of nord stream too. well, let's take a closer look at germany's latest news in this escalating crisis with the w's chief international editor, richard walker. welcome, richard. i'm. 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 with 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. been cabinet reaching . so real side of just how closely germany and france coordinating on base. and that was caused by box messages, unity on the one hand with allies such as from 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 stream 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 puts it to diplomacy open that i think it's also seem to look at what all of shorts john chancellor has 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 that your sister long and not going not. 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.

after state sovereignty is respected borders and not violated. what putin in his parliament have decided is a breach of international law that we cannot and will not accept sir richard walker is germany still playing 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 schultz who is 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 leech and 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 shoals did, i think talking about you can't just redraw borders willy nilly that that could open up the world to 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. all of shelters only been charged for a couple of months and there was a lot of curiosity and some concern internationally about how this new government would deal with this kind of crisis. the social democratic party or shorts. his 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 street to has put some minds to rest among western allies. there's going to be a lot of focus going forward on germany's role as well. because remember, they have the chat, g 7. so the grouping of 7 industrialized westernized nations this year, that is going to be at the heart of the coordination between western power. so a big role for germany going forward. thank you for that. i d. w chief international edison, richard walker on 2nd look at small stories making news around the world. you've

got an over could cleanser, looking rob basha just says he's that believe to be in germany for medical treatment after being tortured, wanting police custody in this country. the writing was arrested in december and charged with insulting uganda. the president in managed to flee 2 weeks ago after being released on bail was ours is the west in the west african nation of mckinney foster. we're investigating a deadly explosion at an informal goals mining side. it's a one person's been detained and the black killed 60 people and brought down at nearby homes. investigators suspected happened at a market selling explosives and chemicals to minors. hong kong authorities finance compulsory cove, 19 testing for all of the territory. $7400000.00 inhabitants next month. chief executive carried ma'am also extended strict social distancing measures just had help from mainland china was required to tackle a record search. the corona barnes case is driven by the own, con, very has been half

a year since international troops pulled out of afghanistan and be taliban seized power. many afghans who worked for foreign forces are still trying to escape the news. the miss regime germany has helped more than 10000 people leave the thousands more remain. d. w has been talking to one afghan who's worked for a german angio and is now living in fear 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 fella 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 model is gotten london hot 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 with whoever needs protection must be allowed to leave the controls. highs due 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 that set you up to date. so world news of the top of a, our up next here on the debate made in germany, looking at the problem of inflation in the u. s. and you have a good with

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