ah, ah, this is the w news line from by name ukraine's president calls for tougher sanctions against russia. i made fears of a full scale invasion join, part of a potent done the few. i know a lot of news and, and he says europe's future security is being decided in you crate. the country calls on reserve this. i'm prepared to declare a state of emergency also on the program residents. li parts of easton ukraine. the separatist shelling continues the w visit to village court in the crossfire on our way. distinguished representatives. the beginning

of a large scale war in ukraine will be the end of the world order, as we know it. ukraine foreign minister makes an urgent appeal at the un calling on the international community to take swift action against russia. ah, i'm phil. gail, welcome to the program. the leaders of poland. unless you, i do say you cried should be granted. european union, a candidate status because of the security challenges in faces from russia. the 3 leaders issued a joint declaration following talks in keith, 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. germany has now committed to holton its approval process. cranium present

valadez and had ski warned that russia's actions in east and ukraine would, would impact the whole of europe, india, he labor please. 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, we have coordinated our efforts on how to count rach washer and how to de escalate the situation to live with that were switching out the w correspondence. mathias brinninger is covering developments from a village close to the line between ukrainian and separate is held territory where fighting has intensified over recent days. and he joins a son now. oh welcome mathias, what's going on there? so i am now in chrome at all. that's the administrative capital of the donnette

screeching region. well, the, all these administrative units have evacuated to after done yet, was occupied by these are self proclaimed really republics in 2014. we can see here, behind me, a peep. people have come with ukrainian frat flags to support or their country in the response to this a, to this escalation. and to the recognition of these self proclaimed republics. um the situation at the border in the village is just along the line of the the contact line where the 2 sides stand up face each other is dire. people have been a shelled for several days. now, in some villages these shells, they hit right into the center of the village. sometimes you just hear them somewhere. you don't know where they are. it's a very, very difficult situation and people there are scared. i have taken

a look at some of them. it is quiet at the moment a good time to leave for 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. some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs pregnant, but it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is a seller patrol is pablo. 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. won't. children were in class. others have damaged people's homes. luckily no one has been heard 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 went. we fix the pipe twice already. we came last week yesterday and today we're here again. well, 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 mc her ankle 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 to move further away until it becomes clear with the latest news from moscow and cleave me. no, i don't know what to think now. yes. i do not yet understand anything. put on i don't even know what to do next. it takes just a few minutes and this shelly begins again. can we go back to him? a tier said putting it under that mathias as as attention to escalate. reservists of being cold up to do what whether

ukrainian army has been fighting for 8 years. and many people have been at the front lines during these 8 years and hop, some combat experienced. but even if they're not in active duty now they are listed as reservists, and they are being cold, of course, to reinforce the existing army this existing a military forces m d, the, the, the fear is that this conflict might escalate, might might escalate into something a to a large scale war and then the, the, the now active military a constructs they will only be enough. so all these people on are being called back into the positions where they have trained and fort before. okay. to they spent another a busy day with lots of announcements being made. we'll hear from the ukranian president followed me as zalinski and then we'll come back to you. as we mentioned

was not so very important to see germany's decision to put north stream to on hold . next, it's important to fully stop this project. yeah. which is a weapon is a weapon that's already being used against the ukraine and but the whole of europe, the key europe term mathias. i've let me ask you that talking about that gas pipeline project, which green at germany and russia, that was one of a number of sanctions that was announced has been announced by the european union and countries around the world. so how does where mister zalinski and i feel about the support he's getting from the international community overall, the ukranian government has been relieved that so many that sanctions have been implemented swiftly. um salons, gath criticized the western partners before for not doing enough not doing enough to deter russia. he would have liked the,

some of the sanctions to come into effect before russia did something. and this recognition of these republics is in fact a step into the country when the russian army will deploy our forces. officially, the have been russian soldiers before in these republics. but now officially bring forces into these republics. and this is seen as an official incursion of ukraine's ended, and he would have liked the deterrence to be stronger, to maybe have prevented this. however, this is over now. um he is now calling for a robust response or by the western allies. the 1st steps have been made and am, but what he says, what rick ukraine really needs now is guarantees security guarantees. so this is just the 1st step of from, from the ukranian perspective and days. hope that this that the western allies will stay firm and will escalate tensions if russia escalades to situation. thank you

for that, mrs. belinda in easton, ukraine. leo, in general assembly has been meeting to address this crisis. ukraine's foreign minister called of ludovic proteins, actions a threat to the world order, and urge the international community to take action to deter russia. secretary general and tony cherish, describe the situation as an extraordinary crisis. we meet indecisive, the most serious global peace and security crises in recent years. and certainly in my time, a secretary general. all these facing a moment of burial, i truly hoped be to not come and get mo, from dw corresponded of a salad in washington, a welcome oliver. at what influence has the un been able to exert over this crisis? it is complicated fill because we really have to differentiate here between the general assembly, which is holding a meeting today and the security council because only the latter can reach

a legally binding resolution. the general assembly, when they reach, reach a conclusion that would only half a symbolic character of the problem is russia, which is currently chairing the security council, has veto rides. so that in and of itself is a big problem for the united nations coming to terms with a crisis that involves russia. obviously, also, the structure of the united nations has been criticized over the last years. and which of course is shaped by the world war to order so many see it as quite our data. they have been reformed plans they have not been implemented. and of course, that leads to the situation that critics also called the united nations in the current situation, at least, which involves a country that has veto rides as a toothless tiger. right. and so what does ukraine want from the un? well they would of course like to see a resolution clearly and if not, then at least putting their topic on the world stage. and that is the realistic

expectation here. ukrainian foreign minister certainly like today, being on the same page with the secretary general of the united nations gutierrez, when he said, and warned really the world of devastating, potentially devastating global consequences of a full scale invasion of ukraine that would lead to millions of refugees and quote unquote scale and severity of need unseen in many years. so deborah, definitely a grim picture that the secretary general drew here today. another game for ukraine would be to show the world what the russian rhetoric is about. we've seen some very controversial remarks over the last days in the security council. and also that leads to very critical voices of western leaders, such as a german foreign minister on alina, balbo cru accused russia of lying on which are the other countries that we should be watching on for what china certainly. 2 is worth keeping an eye on. first

of all, china has veto rights. and then in addition, has close strengths with russia. so with 2 countries with me to rides in that body, it certainly is a difficult situation. they have a common enemy and advisory, which is the united states. they both are vocal against a further nate to extension towards eastern europe. china has similar geopolitical interests, if you will. they consider tire taiwan, chinese territory. on the other hand, they have also said that ukraine is a sovereign country and that that needs to be respected and they have a big interest in economic interest in europe. so it's a fine line, china's working on walking on in fact, and it will be very interesting to see how they move on from there. thank you for that. i'll have a solid in washington dc is reminded that top store is at best our and ukraine's a president by law dimansky has worn about the future of european security is at

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