oh ah ah ah, this is date of any news live from berlin, the self proclaimed ladies of ukraine, separatist regions, ask russia to send military support. it comes that made you u. s. warnings that russian force as opposed to attack. the crimes president says the future of european security is at stake with residents, flate parts of east and ukraine as separate as shelly continues. w, visits of village court in the crossfire and with 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 un calling on the international community to take swift action against russia. ah, i'm rebecca writ as welcome to the program. the self proclaimed ladies of the separatist forces in east in ukraine have asked russia for military support. the request could be used to justify russian intervention in territory currently held by key of satellite images show new troop deployments, new cranes border. and the us says russia has nearly all the military forces it needs in place to launch a full scale invasion. ukraine has called up reservists and declared a state of emergency as it prices for

a major war. a wreath for the armed forces on defender of the fatherland de, in putin's version of history laid out in a speech this week fest fatherland includes ukraine. while the russian leader wade his next move, russian military vehicles were on the move near the border with rebel held on yeske . but the leader of the breakaway region insists no troops have crossed over from russia. kia, meanwhile, was preparing for the worst state of emergency was declared reservists to notice and ukrainians in russia. urged to leave that there was the news of western sanctions against russian interest, but ukraine's precedent followed me of the landscape indicated they didn't go far enough. what she grandmother, she broke is fluoride is dissipating further steps to strengthen the pressure of sanctions at ease. it's important that germany has decided to interrupt its ed

certification of nordstrom to that step should be irreversible, necessary to stop this project from being used as the 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 russian gas if necessary. new european union sanctions have also come into force targeting hundreds of russian lawmakers, freezing their e u assets, and banning them from travelling to the block of willis city. i'm grateful for you in new york, the un general assembly heard dire warnings about the international consequences of a war. ukraine's foreign minister called vladimir putin's actions, a threat to the world order, and urged the international community to take action to deter russia does not plan . you and the secretary general antonio garish. describe the situation as an extraordinary crisis. we meet in the face of the most serious global abuse and

security crisis in recent years. and certainly in my time, a secretary general. all these facing the moment of perio. i truly hoped 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. and joining us as european security analyst leanna fix from washington d. c. lana. welcome to dw, thanks very much for your time. things seem to be moving quite quickly at the moment and give us your assessment, sir. given the recent developments, how likely is a full scale russian invasion of ukraine was evelyn hughes coming out of moscow and from the separatist republics, it seems that that a broader plan is put into play is an end. we little aspect of that. now, the demand of the sandwiches with publix to russia to support the militarily,

which gives washer and now the legal please text to intervene, which is very important in the washing context of for the washing of leadership to have these legal pretext. with every news, with every piece of information coming out, we need the likelihood for wash and military offensive towards ukraine is increasing. and this is now we the time frame probably of days, not off weeks on months. i was going to ask you about a time frame, but what, what targets are most likely, do you think, could we say an attempt to take the capital care? well, this is what you as intelligence sources has we have warned against. and i'm from a political perspective from both perspective of what would make sense to the rational leadership if they want to go in to ukraine. it would be certainly to install a government in you quain, that would be a poor washing government. so just keeping it to this have dictated republics,

does not seem to fit the aim to gain political control over ukraine as it has been laid out by the russian president in his speech. so that could certainly be a scenario which has to be considered seriously. how well prepared is ukraine's military in the event of an invasion? would they be heavily outnumbered by the russian military? yes, the russian military has just such a strong dominance on the, bought us off. you quain it is 70, according to us estimates 75 percent of wash us conventional forces and mast up at the bought it, not only in the eastern part. so they're both in quantity as well as the quantity. the euclidean army would be definitely outnumbered, and the week when president has tried to keep calm, not to make is population panic, but certainly needs to be pu ation. how the population should we act in case this proceeds, the way we all hope it doesn't. what are the options and i mean,

what about the west role of the us says it won't put boots on the ground. it's insisting it will not go into trying to support nato, of which you kind is, is not a member. they say that will remain in nato territory and to protect nato territory, how the west likely to react when the only reaction that the west has on the table is, sanctions, economic sanctions. some of those have already been put in place, but not the highest level of sanction that was discussed. so this will certainly be an immediate response to an invasion. but then further along the line questions will come up. what about being a ukrainian insurgency or ukrainian resistance, especially in the west of the country? so there will be many difficult decisions to make if the scenario for washing with the tele offensive comes to talk us through what, what it would look like. i mean, we don't want to speculate, but should russia invade ukraine?

full ground evasion. what does that look like? well, what we have to expect, certainly an air campaign from the wash inside. and as i said, the washing military is in such a military dominance, that ukrainian defense forces will quickly b, b number would quickly be outnumbered in a conventional scenario. what the, the, the, how exactly it will look like? depends on the strategic aim of the campaign. if it is here, or if it, or of a potential campaign, if it is kia or if it is cities in the east half p, especially now, it was mentioned by the ukrainian government as a city and a particular danger of suffering. and there was an attack or i, li, i, thanks. thank you very much for your assessment. european security analyst. thank

you. and i take a closer look now at the fighting in east and ukraine, which has intensified over recent days. they w correspond him at his billing at fall. 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 for days. now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the village is in ukrainian government control territory and is being showed by separatists from the other side. not severely disorderly, put. and we have been up the whole night is that some people are still in the 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, put lowest pool, half of the village has already left the others are terrified. shells of come down, right in the center of the village. one shall at the school yard. whoa,

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. 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 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 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 cleave me. no, i don't know what to think now. yes. i do not yet understand anything. i don't even know what to do next. it takes just a few minutes of the shelly begins again. ah ah,

this crisis has shattered relations between ukraine and russia. now at the lowest point in years, cave has recorded ambassador from moscow and is considering cutting old diplomatic ties. but it wasn't that long ago that ukraine had a pro russian president. 8 years ago. vladimir putin had a friend in t at president victor young, coach having pro russia president was very important for russia man that a lot of the forms installed it man that any union with the west would not be possible. and in 2013, when young coach 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. jacobi 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 bass region war broke out as the 2 eastern provinces danielle 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. and 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 bath region and renewed calls for nato membership. e. barclay,

the many leaders hints slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking constantly about membership of the alliance, because this risky connect you to russia's reaction amongst them. but that was a red line for moscow, which it will on nuclear, new to no one thought that if you crane create such threats for russia, we create similar threats for herself. what are the at the fuel whirlpool cyclical route? it was one of pollutants, justifications for the russian to build up around ukraine's borders. but unlike 8 years ago, ukraine is a battle hardened nation that's vowed to resist an act of solidarity with the people of ukraine. the brandenburg gate here in berlin has been lit up in the colors of the ukrainian flag. the cities mer francisco defies said the german capitalist, sending a clear message from a free city to

a free and sovereign ukraine. other european cities, such as paris and london, are also taking pot in the initiative it will change the date of the news that so news bulletin this out. i've got, there's lots more news analysis about this developing situation in ukraine and as well as much other news on our website, d, w dot com. i'm rebecca written, thanks for watching and we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner hotspot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off. we go to some tours driven by merciless korean others pushing the destruction against not only the in beaters came to

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