hands you don't want to lie was on the other hand, you don't want your kids to go through that by the and then we decided to tell the truth and we said that, so we'll leave them because i give this morning turned out to be a dangerous place and we want them to be safe and we think that the war will start . and it was a very, very hard conversation with the kids. and we received of course, a lot of questions. main of them, which was like will daddy go to war? and the answer was, i don't know, and i was still don't know what will happen in the next 24 hours. and i think that's harder sparked. and we have heard in this show that on ukrainian television, i mean citizens are being given directions on how to make molotov cocktails. but the idea of defending himself against a russian invasion have you been considering taking up arms yourselves or do you

know people who have yes, so basically this morning, a draft then general ross was announced and time going to be drafted sooner or later, which means i have to go and defend my country. and so now i'm just thinking of how to make sure how to protect 1st, how to protect my family and make sure that they in a safe place no matter what happens. and so then of course i like, i will do it and i will have to do it. i've never shots a gun in my life before. i never hold a gun in my and, but i think if you want our kids still live at bright future in ukraine as a country, we need to learn it and we need to do it and all my friends and all my may say things the same and this is what have to be done with this is what is going right now. and basically, 18000 gallons were given away to population. and the mayor of you just write like

minutes ago announced that defy the big fight for keel. he's going to play take place quite some. so despite never having a shot, a gun in your life, you are willing to take up arms. and in doing that, do you feel like you have the necessary backing from other governments from the west in that ukraine might actually be successful? so i feel i personally, i think i'm very thankful for all the support that ukraine receives. and i think that a lot is done on one hand, but on the other hand, i think that this work and have a lot more consequences and a lot worse consequences than independence of ukraine. and i think that this aggression is the big european problem and a lot more could be done and should be done in the other one, not to me. it's like we should have been stopped it before it started. but now i

think it's our common responsibility in ukrainian, i'll sanction trains do ever send to make it sol as fast as possible because every 2nd or like we lose a can be transformed in the life of humor and her in this case, innocent human. and so if you are off fighting, what are your plans for your family in the near future? well, i want, i just want my kids so know as least late as less as possible about the war. and i just want them to be safe. and i hope that missiles never come to the city and they will just, they will just you and stay here until it's all over and my and i will do ever some possible doing whatever fight in, if needed to make it happen. and to make this war and as fast as possible, kind tomatoes,

jenko in western ukraine. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us during this difficult time. we really appreciate you coming on to the show. thank you. thank you. and european leaders have agreed to impose new sanctions on russia over its war on ukraine. but they held back from cutting russia from the global swift payment system. after resistance from some countries including germany, european commission, president, ortho, the funder lion says the agreed measures would have a major impact on russia's economy. we will hold the kremlin accountable. the package of massive and targeted sanctions. european lead is approved to night, clearly demonstrates that it will have maximum impact on the russian economy and the political elite. and it is built off 5 pillars the 1st that the financial sector. second, the energy sector, the 3rd is the transport sector forth, our export controls and the ban of export financing. and finally,

visa policy. so let's go to d. w correspondent, marina strauss in brussels for the latest. marina ursula funder lion, they're saying the you will hold the kremlin accountable. but does anyone in brussels seriously think the sanctions will be enough to stop vladimir putin? the many leaders clearly think so and will be heard yesterday of the press conferences. and also when you li, just express the emsella in front of the pest. they said these are the harsh sanctions we've ever taken when it comes to, to russia. and they will clearly feel address, i will feeling vladimir putin, the russian president, will feel it, the amos to who could ruin rush to the russian economy and to isolate russia economically and also politically. but of course, the fact, for example, that you just have not got as far as to exclude russia from the swift financial transaction system has also a met,

a lot of criticism from some you leaders. for example, poland said this is just not possible. and we know you've talked about this on to show earlier that for example, germany and italy, we're against the exclusion from the swiss transaction system and said, we still have to have some leverage in case pollution even goes further. and obviously this meets a lot of criticism here in brussels as well because some leaders say, how much further can he go? the situation in crime in key if in, in ukraine is really harsh. and so yes, there is a lot of criticism and there's also doubt that the sanctions will really go far enough. marina understand, the german foreign minister and alina burbock has just spoken in the last hour. i want to play a clip of what she had to say. let's take a listen. just being told, we don't have the clip. in fact, sorry about the marina i. instead i'm going to ask you more about this latest round

of sanctions. i've, you've mentioned that it's stopped short of what many analysts argue would hurt moscow the most. that's cutting russia off from the global inter banking systems. swift. ah, why is that? can you tell us bit more about why germany and italy are so reluctant to take that move. their certainly economical interests, for example, is germany is very dependent on russian oil. and of course they pay the oil via the swift system. so this is one of the major issues and some elitist yesterday also said that or today in the early morning hours, that's even the sanctions that were taken now. and that will be adopted later by foreign ministers will also affect your european economy because in a global word, russian and you economies are really like, intertwined. and let me also tell you a bit about what germany's foreign minister on alina babel said, because she confirmed that the russian president vladimir, who she and also his foreign minister said,

love will be on the sanctions list. that's something that was said publicly for the 1st time by her and also by the austrian foreign minister, alexander schellenberg. and they both said that this is a 1st that the russian leader is targeted directly. and they think that this will help because he and his foreign minister level are the ones responsible for the, the current situation in ukraine. of course, there are also critics who say it doesn't really help the freezing opinions assets in the you, because his wealth is to spreads over multiple companies and all the gar. so you don't really target him if you freeze his assets. but this is a step that will be taken. it's a step that certainly also highly symbolical. ok bear block. they're saying they will, ice help isolate the russia review internationally. of course us president joe biden

. he's due to meet with nato allies. he's meeting with them in brussels. how worried is nato about russia going further to actually target one of the member countries? then the baltic states, for example, and also poland. you know, that we saw that on one of the maps earlier this year, a border with russia and of course for them that it's a very different feeling then will be half here in brussels or, or for example, in germany or in italy because they're so close to the russian border, and they feel this what they consider threats a publication from russia and nato. as far as we know, they don't think that russia will attack the baltic states and poland right now. but we've heard from my colleague terry schultz earlier that there are cyber attacks that could take place. and nader is preparing for these sort of cyber attacks and also the baltic states and poland are. but in these times we never know

we. we also thought that the russia would not attack ukraine would not attack a key of so nothing is impossible. that's right. everything on the table. we're gonna start with that update for us from brussels. thanks so much for taking the time. i want to turn now to china. it has come under pressure from western countries for so far, refusing to label rush of attack on ukraine as an invasion. us president joe white and said that any country that backed russia's invasion would be quote, stained by association. and in a news briefing this morning, the chinese foreign ministry, spokes person hit back saying the country who is reputation will be stained, is that which interfered in other nations internal affairs in the name of human rights. and which went on to wage worse. so let's find out more about what that means from a d w. washington bureau chief in as paul to joins me now from

d. c. in as we've seen and heard this from the chinese foreign ministry. is there any question about what country it was referring to now it was obviously referring to the united states and jo biden's remarks you just quoted. and he gave them, yes it in the white house. how was i was obvious, actually not obviously i was actually there when he gave a press conference and he was a long earlier by saying every on me every i haven't really seen and that would pardon me. sorry carry on. i just interrupted you. ok, so i'm talking about president biden's press conference yesterday in the white house and he made it pretty clear that any country was willing to support the invasion from russia into a ukraine would really feel like the, the backlash of that. so this is definitely kind of directed into this is

definitely directed to the united states, these remarks from china. so how our relations between china and the u. s. affected by this conflict? well, you know, china is in her an interesting position here on the one hand or they do support russia. maybe you remember the talks between she, she being and president vladimir butte put in envision just at the beginning of the olympics, they said nothing can interfere our friendship. we are standing close side by side or that is what china really promises russia. on the other hand, china really needs the european market and doesn't really have an interest in any like a harder or a deeper economical interruption there. so they are playing kind of both cards, but on the other hand, or they can kind of have a common enemy with russia. and this obviously is for you as a and they,

the chinese would do everything to weaken the global role. and then maybe as, as a 3rd point by the end of the day of china, supports russia now in russia, we'll get weaker over this conflict on conflict than china then, and sorry than russia is also more dependent on china. so china has kind of a couple of carts here in the game is by these international dimensions. how is the invasion of ukraine being discussed in the u. s. among the u. s. american public and in the media? certainly, surely there's a separate set of domestic concerns that play there. absolutely, you know, i mean, we always have to keep in mind that only a very few americans really know exactly where to find a ukraine on a map. they don't basically don't care so much about a europe any more. the cold war is over and there's much more concerned about the

influence and about the economical power of china at end. and that is, i think, very important to understand, especially for our european viewers. many americans never really experienced a war in their own country. and i, for example, talked with my father last night to obviously really followed the news very closely . he told me how he felt when he heard the sirens, and key of that reminded him of his own childhood. i'm a, grew up kind of in the eighty's in the midst of the cold war. so there was a constant fear of the break out of another world war, and this is all kind of stirred up in germany and in europe. and therefore the public is much more interested in this conflict. that's very different here. people here are mainly concerned about their own interests, and this all comes in a situation or when the united states is fear of facing a really of fears,

inflation, the gas prices are up, oak energy costs are up. and this is for many, the biggest concern that this whole crazed crisis and all the sanctions i implemented kind of will backfire and make their lives even harder. r d w. washington bureau he in as poll. thanks so much for that update. you're watching the w news if you're just joining us now. we are recapping the latest developments on the 2nd day of russia's invasion of ukraine kremlin officials, a president vladimir putin, is ready to send a delegation to bela ruth 4 talks with ukraine. that announcement was made as the e you revealed it will freeze personal assets linked to putin. the news comes as ukrainian forces continue to battle with russian troops on the edge of care of the streets of the capital remain largely deserted after another night of attacks that prompted many people to take shelter in underground metro stations. and apartment building was also partially destroyed over night and ukraine said it shot down to

russian missiles and a fighter jet.