ah, ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, ukraine declares the state of emergency is fears grow. russia could launch a full scale invasion. it comes amid new u. s. warnings that russian forces along ukraine's borders are poised to attack ukraine's president says the future of european security is at stake. also on the show. residents, flea parts of eastern ukraine as separate as shelling continues. dw visits,

village caught in the crossfire. distinguished representatives. the beginning of a large scale war in ukraine will be the end of the world order. as we know it. ukraine's foreign minister makes an urgent appeal after you when calling on the international community to take swift action against russia and a show of solidarity for country in crisis. europe's capitals light up in the yellow and blue of ukraine. ah, a michael ok, welcome. a senior us defense official has warned that russian president vladimir putin is as ready as he can be to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. that's based on assessments of true positions along ukraine's border. and just moments ago,

the leaders of to shepherdess regions in eastern ukraine asked bruton for help repelling so called aggression from the ukrainian army. meanwhile, ukraine has called up reservists and has declared a state of emergency as the country braces for potential war a wreath for the armed forces on defender of the fatherland day. in putin's version of history laid out in a speech this week. that fatherland includes ukraine. while the russian leader wade his next move, russian military vehicles were on the move near the border with rebel healthdesk. but the leader of the breakaway region insists no troops have crossed over from russia. kiev meanwhile, was preparing for the worst. a state of emergency was declared reservists put on notice and ukrainians in russia. urge to leave that there was the news of western sanctions against russian interests, but ukraine's precedent vala

d. me of zelinski indicated they didn't go far enough. but she graham unable that she focused for eliciting further steps to strengthen the pressure of sanctions. that if it's important that germany has decided to interrupt its ed certification of nordstrom to that step should be irreversible miss. to stop this project from being used as a weapon. year is roy. germany has so far halted the approval process for the controversial gas pipeline that would bring russian gas to europe. but on wednesday, berlin said germany could do without rush and gas if necessary. new european union sanctions have also come into force targeting hundreds of russian lawmakers, freezing their e u asset, and banning them from travelling to the block for the city. i'm grateful for you in new york, the un general assembly heard dire warnings about the international consequences of a war. ukraine is foreign minister, cold bloody me. putin's actions

a threat to the world order, and urge the international community to take action to deter russia does not plan. you and the secretary general antonio. good terrorist described the situation as an extraordinary crisis. we meet in the face of the most serious global peace and security crisis in recent years. and certainly in my time a secretary general overall is facing a moment of burial. i truly hope it would not come. only one man knows whether that moment will come. with a 150000 troops ready to make a move at any time the world is now on tenterhooks. i spoke to d. w. 's oliver salad in washington about that report from u. s. defense officials saying that russian forces could launch an invasion at any hour. u. s. according to this report, believes that the russian troops on already for that full scale invasion that the u

. s. has been warning about for a several days and weeks now. are saying that near a 100 percent of the forces of russian forces are in place now to move in a further beyond that separatist controlled area in the don bess. and that this could happen at any hour. now other reports say that this could take until 48 hours . now the big question of course, is we don't know at what vladimir putin really wants to do. how far will he eventually go? will he really cross that line? will he take the rest of those self declared states? republics? low hands can don't answer. only go even further either way. it's pretty certain that he might face very fierce resistance. they're of the okay. of the ukranian troops. always stay with me. uh for moment the you and yet you, the un general assembly meant to day on ukraine. and there were some more stark warnings including from the us. if russia continues down this path, it could,

according to our estimates, create a new refugee crisis. one of the largest facing the world to day, with as many as 5000000 more people displaced by rushes, war of choice, and putting pressure on ukraine's neighbors. words of concern there oliver, but does the un have any power to influence this conflict? one way or the other was certainly the power of the united nations. there is quite limited because don't forget that it was shaped by and after the 2nd world war and it needs a resolution really to move forward. and only this, the united nations security council can reach a binding resolution. here today was the meeting of the general assembly. and then the next problem is, of course, that russia is part of that conflict. and russia is not only cheering the security council, but it also holds a v to ride. china also holds a v to ride, which is more

a little bit more ambivalent and that conflict. but critics have been saying that the u. n. and especially in this conflict here, is more of a toothless tiger. what does the ukraine want from the u. n? well, it would ideally want a resolution, but if not, then at least bring that topic to the world stage. and that's what we've seen here today. ukrainian foreign minister collaborate the united nations warned of an end of the international order as we know it. and then in the united nation security, secretary general, excuse me, antonio gutierrez, one of the devastating global consequences of a full scale invasion, really unseen in many years is what he said. but then again, also we need to keep in mind that it needs a resolution here and one that we don't have and very unlikely that we're going to see one. and what is russia saying? well, russia has delivered

a very contentious appearance here today with the russian ambassador vasily in. 3 the bend zia, he called, or he talked about blatant genocide in the don best region, something that the german chancellor will of short a few days ago already dubbed as nonsense. and you also accuse secretary general good terrace taking sides with ukraine. the west is standing united, we can see that right now of russia cannot be trusted as more or less. the general take the u. s. a ambassador to the united nations today linda thomas greenfield, talked of unprovoked violations of the international law. and so oliver's salad in washington dc. many thanks, oliver. let's take a closer look now at the fighting in eastern ukraine which has intensified over recent days. d. w correspondent mathias bellinger filed this report from the village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. 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, much cl additional deliberately and then up the whole night. some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. dicky, the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs, is pregnant because it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is the seller, put lowest half of the village has already left. the others are terrified shows have come down right in the center of the village. one shall have the schoolyard. woe, 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 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 micro 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 daughter's 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 and clear of me. no, 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. to takes just a few minutes and the shelling begins again in an act of solidarity with the people of ukraine. their brenda gave here in berlin has been lit up in the colors of the ukrainian flag cities mer, francisco gifts. i said the german capital is sending a clear message from

a free city to a free and sovereign ukraine. other european cities such as perish and london are also taking part in the initiative. let's go straight to the brand burg gate. we're our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. is standing by for us, sir thomas. we can see the brandenburg gate lit up in the colors of ukraine's flag . tell us more about what's behind that move. well, essentially, you mentioned it already, but it's a sign of solidarity coming directly from berlin's mer, francisca giff. i in a sign of support towards ukraine at a very difficult time now, and whereas some people have welcomed this move, especially those who consider it an important signal. in one of berlin's most important symbols. they have already been signs of criticism as well. the most prominent criticism coming actually from ukraine's ambassador to germany,

who called it a delayed symbolic gesture, unstressed that what actually ukraine needed from germany is not necessarily signs like these, but defensive weapons, multimillion aid, and also stronger sanctions on russia. so you can see that although this is such an unimportant gesture, it has not necessarily come down well among ukrainian officials, especially the ukrainian ambassador to germany. well, that leads to my 2nd question, which is, what is the german public generally saying about germany's actions in the face of this crisis? one thing that to probably ukraine's ambassador will not get is that those defensive weapons sent from germany to ukraine. not only has the german government, the german chancellor olive shows the german for a minister in up our book time and time again rejected that idea. but one of the arguments that they have said to reject that idea is that in this particular point,

they are supported by the german public. and that's something that you clearly see not only now in new polls, but also you have seen them in previous polls as well. so that one clear element and when germans are asked what exactly they want in a career situation around 43 percent stated, according to a new poll that they would like sanction, specifically, financial sanctions to be imposed on russia. what's interesting this, in this particular case is that a majority of german, when they asked about these financial sanction, said they didn't want to have to pay higher prices on goods because of those sanction. so this clearly gives you an idea of what germans believe in the current situation. so again, a rejection of sending defensive weapons to ukraine, which has been a clear policy in germany for a very long time. and one supported by a majority of germans at the same time, 43 percent stressing that they would like to see sanctions similar to the ones that we have already seen put in place in particular, financial or economic sanctions. d w's, thomas sparrow. many thanks,

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