ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, fierce fighting is taking place on multiple fronts. one day after russia started a war against ukraine, thousands of people have been killed as ukrainian forces that tried to repel the invasion president of a lot of the lands. he says he's staying put in here despite being the number one target of the attack. tens of thousands of civilians of fleeing major cities while those who remain sake shelter. the commission of all nuclear power plant is among the targets that have now fallen to russian forces. and a, you later is

a great and new sanctions on russia, but they hold back on implementing the toughest measure demanded by ukraine. history of the shares written whose choice to make it totally unjustifiable war on ukraine. full of love, russia, weaker than the rest of the world, stronger. more sanctions to from washington by the u. s. has ruled out military intervention in ukraine. ah, i'm rebecca written, welcome to the program. fierce fighting is taking place on multiple frances ukraine battles of full scale russian invasion. one day, after it started, the ukrainian government says at least $137.00 people have been killed and hundreds wounded. after russia launched an air see land attack in the early hours of

thursday morning in the capitol cave, many residents having a sleepless night, hunker down wherever they could find shelter. new explosions have been reported in the city. in the past hour. earlier president vladimir zalinski said europe site is being decided in his country and called for harsh sanctions to punish moscow. he's ordered a full military mobilization of ukraine's armed forces to counter the attack. your destination wishing to do i am grateful to all those who are saving lives now and helping to maintain order. what are mostly the enemy is striking not only military targets as it claims, but also civilians. only their killing people and turning peaceful cities into military targets. this is despicable and will never be forgiven. he nicoli may board it for a much of more on the latest situation. their data in simon young joins me now. simon, as lensky,

they're claiming civilians are being targeted. this is moving now quite fast, really getting reports of explosions in the capital. bring us up to speed it. yeah, that's right. well it, i mean it's a, it's a very dynamic picture, but it's pretty clear the russian aggression is moving fast and is moving deep into ukrainian territory it towards the capital we hear of heavy fighting around key of itself. as you said, it just in the last half hour or so, reports of explosions over key of with some people reporting that a ukrainian anti aircraft missiles are being launched. so you're a fight back of so of sorts from the ukrainians. it's suggested extraordinary scenes around ukraine in these days with people crowding into a metro stations deep on the ground. kevin, also in talk even other cities,

you know, trying to escape this. we've also seen significant refugee flows into neighboring countries. thousands of people streaming across the border, of course, traffic jams as people try to flee from care of itself. you know, there's a real sense that this, this invasion is now coming to, to ahead in the next or in the next date. we're seeing her life pictures of central key that's looking calm despite those reports. what do we say? what reports are we getting in? what do we see happening in the next few hours a day? yeah, i mean, it's hard to say, of course you do get this very, very picture. you get an extremely calm, central square in my don't square there in the center of key of where a lot of viewers will remember, you know, demonstrations and moving things down. the years a, what scenes are we going to see right there in the heart of kia in the coming hours and days? who knows? but as i say, there is

a sense that the battle is coming to kiev and from reports we've had the speculation, i suppose it is from the ukrainian military. they say they believe that the russian strategy will be to encircle kia, but also to cut you crate off from its black sea coast that pushing across from the don bass. areas that are occupied by separatists right across to odessa and towards a more, dover, is essentially making it impossible for ukraine to receive any support from the black sea. where, of course, russia also has a large number of worship stationed there. but in terms of the russian push, it's coming from the east, from the south of ukraine, also from the nor still. so, you know, this operation is still in full swing. and even if we see a relatively calm picture there and key of don't be fooled. there's a lot going on away from the cameras there. another incredibly tense night there in

ukraine and in the capital sun and thank you. we'll talk to you a bit later in the program. a you ladies have a great to impose new sanctions on russia over its invasion of ukraine. the details were hammered out at an emergency summit in brussels, in the e says they were designed to bite. we will hold the kremlin accountable. the package of massive and targeted sanctions, european leaders approved to night, clearly demonstrates that it will have maximum impact on the russian economy and the political elite. and it is build a 5 pillars the 1st that the financial sector. second, the energy sector. the 3rd is the transport sector force, our export controls and the ban of export financing. and finally, visa policy and has come straight to brussels. now i d, w, correspond burt reagan is standing by forest burnt,

a 2nd round of sanctions. how much further do they go? these sanctions are designed to be as painful as possible is that the commission president, they are targeting 70 percent of the banking sector in russia and the bang shall be cut off of 2 from access to international markets. all foreign capital shall leave russia, and in this way, the commissioner hopes to bring the economy in russia in the mid or long term to its knees. undoubtedly that a swift banking system wasn't part of their sanctions, as it thought, as it was asked to hope to be yes. with the bill, stay in place. the leaders agreed because they needed actually to pay their bills for energy, for gas and oil imports. and this is sector is not to target yet, but it can, these sanctions can be void and the 3rd step or that's also be said to do in

brussels. a sanction so far that have made little difference to the actual conflict that is going on. can sanctions actually be effective? well, these sanctions cannot effector the russian economy immediately. they will not alter the cause of events in the next hours or even days. this is admitted also by the leaders, but they hope that they can change the attitude of vladimir putin in the mid term or on the long term that has to be seen. now announcing our the sanctions, the commission president on the line stress, then nathan unity in fighting russian aggression. how much consensus is there among e states to their response to russia? i would say there was a great sense of unity to night during this discussions. and we realized that one of the leaders that war is back in europe, and we would not have thought about this, that this could be

a reality again. and there was a very somber mood in the room because there was also a video message of by a validated by mr. selene sky, the president of ukraine. and the, the, the leaders realized that he is actually fighting for his life for his nation as the fighting and key of goes on. yeah, i mean, earlier, not i at the exact message that you were talking to their dad. but earlier, president zalinski said that the, what the while the western response may be united, certainly had mixed messages and mixed response in ukraine. let's have a little listen to what he said a bit earlier. give it as much. oh yeah. and it, in all the many conversations i've had with other leaders today, i've heard several things. the 1st one is that were supported and ungrateful to every nation that helps ukraine in concrete ways. i'll eat, but there is a 2nd thing. we are alone in defending our nations in us, in the doorway, who is ready to fight with them. i don't see anybody chest nearby to dicky who

is ready to give you crane a guarantee of joining nato. everyone is afraid chest. she will yet quit his strong words. there then is the right, is ukraine alone in this find that it comes to the military. he is right. there are no military allies. a ukraine got some weapons from nato countries, but not very much. they are no soldiers from nate to or the you other allies on the ground. so the ukraine army is actually fighting alone. and this will not change all as have made it very clear to day that there will be no soldiers sent to ukraine on that. thank you very much. spent reagan in brussels, us president joe biden has also moved to punish russia with fresh sanctions, saying he's convinced peyton wants to overthrow ukraine's government in

a premeditated attack. barton has rolled out military invention intervention in ukraine rather, but he did affirm the u. s. military commitment to defending its nato allies in eastern europe. let's listen to some of what he had to say. aliya and pollutants, aggression against ukraine will end up costing russia dearly economically and strategically. we will make sure that food will be a pariah international stage. any nation, the countenance rushes naked aggression against ukraine, will be stained by association. the history of this or is written puente choice to make it totally unjustifiable war on ukraine will love love russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger liberty, democracy, human dignity. these are the forces far more powerful than fear and oppression. they can not be extinguished by tyrants,

like putin and his armies. they cannot be raised by people from people's hearts, and hopes, by any amount of violence and intimidation. they endure. i, li, i, thanks. i correspond all of his salad washington and asked him how much pain is on the way for russia. there, rebecca, there was a strong condemnation. you just heard prison bud and speak, a naked aggression that he called of russia's actions and prudence desire to re establish a soviet empire. those were prison biden's words earlier today, and that the russian actions you cannot go on answering. therefore, president biden unveiled a severe sanction packages he said at the core is blocking for more russian bangs completely off the u. s. financial markets. interestingly, the energy sector and also the financial system of swift were not targeted with those sanctions. also put in was not targeted directly, but president biden made clear that russia already feels the consequences of its

actions with the rubel at a story low the stock market in russia plunging. and then of course, in addition to that, and as a result of the sanctions that were presented today, russia will not have no access to u. s. finance markets also not to technology imports, which are very important for the russian economy with the ultimate goal of course to hurt pollutants in a circle, the economy and eventually to isolate russia. utilities on his janet speaking to us and little earlier, but 24 hours after putting declared war, the most high profile target that has fallen to russia so far as the decommissioned channel nuclear plant. the situation on the battlefield is fluid with reports that ukrainian troops have so far put up a more determined fight than putin expected. let's take a look at how the early hours of the invasion played out. with dawn

came, the bombs rush are attacked sites across ukraine. the russian troops that had been massing on the border for weeks started rolling in, recorded on surveillance cameras by ukraine's border police brushes, leda laramie, a putin announced the military operation in abroad. call some russian tv. he disparaged ukraine's democratically elected government and ukrainian soldiers to surrender. ukraine's president followed amir lansky introduced martial law. oh, and he made an emotional plea to russians. questions can. i'm addresses you the russian people as the ukranian citizen, bullied, we are separated by a border stretching more than 2000 kilometers. and right now there are 200000 of

your soldiers. there are with your leadership, has authorized them to move into the territory of another country. and this could mark the start of the major war on the european continent. now you can continue black smoke from a ukrainian military airport and to give in the east of the country. russia confirms that they bombed the site. housing block with hit and distraught residence were left grieving the 1st casualties in a new war. they did not want in the capital keefe cause jammed the roads as the residence tried to flee the city .