no trump made that aid conditional on zalinski is digging up dirt on jo biden's family as russia mass troops around ukraine last year. so lansky asked the west for more military assistance. his pleas for help continued, even as the bomb started falling on his country. and as it became increasingly clear that moscow was intent on regime change, which meant taking out the head of state in the capital, key of or as the lansky called himself, the servant of the people. this is d, w. news life from berlin. let me recap. the latest developments for you russian forces are pressing in on ukraine's at capital on day 2 of a full scale invasion. the medicare says the cities entered a defense if phase and ukrainian military vehicles are entering it to protect it from approaching true. oh, in sounding in the city and other cities around the country, pumping people to take shelter in metro stations. those have been reports of

clashes in and around give after russia bombarded the 50 missiles overnight, ukraine's government says at least $137.00 of its soldiers and civilians have been killed. russian president vladimir putin, the claims he's willing to negotiate after ukraine's vladimir to lensky res possibility of his country adopting mutual status. it's not clear whether president putin is planning to seriously engage in such talks really do what that's joint the w corresponding, nick connelly on the line he was in care of and like so many others has been forced to flee a welcome. nick, can you tell us where you are and what's going on? so we've just been heading south west and trying to keep away from side to kind of unclear fighting the geography kind of to try to predict where things that happened . and basically just chose the direction that seem to be the least likely. so

fighting, so we're heading to which is kinda towards the end. but even though we've seen lots of tanks, green tanks, heading towards kids to join that fight. we've seen worse than playing with us lots people on the roads, lines outside dental stations who can trying to reach that college and checkpoints during the weekend. kind of see that kind of sometimes being piled up each other in flux kind of local speech services. we are just in the 1st hours and there's trying to kind of get a grip on where they're going to be, where the price is gonna come. so what's gonna be expected? and people who stayed in the capital, they just hoping for the best or preparing for an actual invasion is no longer an impossibility. i mean, people have to divide maybe stage and move it to the suburbs to maybe

the weekend. how somewhere, anywhere away from obvious targets, like government buildings or translations to try and target the place you can send to the point to the great ministration places well being time from there you can office building smoke because people trying to move 1st and then again they face another nights in shelters or in metro station like they have already this kind of to terrify him. the science which i was on will be able to tell where the searching is coming from. seeing the central savage to really pulling yesterday as a result of michelle's stephanie, a very soft movie situation. one which i guess for the weeks this is good. but

anything or really expect the funding presence that i'm still in the country. how dangerous is the situation for him? so he said he believes that he is target number one. the goal discretion is to do the tick tensions likes to configure and then kind of play with these because he and for us and then install return kind of pocket to ship its own money, its own favorites to bleed ukraine and to then agree some kind of deal that's to have the claim coming down to russia and not just not meeting neutral but also fall close in terms of iteration to our so to say, but right now done to performance civic countries. so that the real world, very aggressive rhetoric and we had a most as they can get it this year and told me about demilitarize, notifying you claims by the best i see to kind of damage to my,

the craving, some kind of not few states without even bothering to actually explain what, how they see that why they would explain, but it's just a kind of claim that turn out that to try and create something justification to this presumably last time. and we're, so we're not super, not going out on the streets and also why they're just doing this is a country wide rush for me. it's supposed to say that without making the case, it seems why this is obsolete. and a lot of people are leaving, not just the cities, but the country as well. one of the main routes out work and now the main root is straight west out of towards leave, which is the still in the polish border base. you today some of the main roads leading west. i was liking, fighting for potentially even worse and tanks and you know me just within about 15

kilometers of that main. all 3, leading out and given the number of people out about very, very no traffic jams. people stop frowns and you can imagine beings being stuck in traffic. and stacy park moved to a 1000000 shooting and even take foreign company. we didn't know much come to buy, you know, be able to move it right because you actually had lots people trying to travel further away. not fighting for the south in terrain. pretty difficult with roads going in the villages. but we just being paid off to out just about to come out between villages. endless, endless lines the vehicles old trying to find a way out. now people are like home. i've been pretty stroke. give them a have difficulties and even find fuel level and know where to go and how to get people panic or wait or push ahead and cues the patrol station,

federal kind of severity. and they're kind of say some people in some way, keeping calm and dealing with directions there. they can. thank you so much for letting us know what's going on. do try and stay say thank you for the economy and can and just outside. yeah, i should say, what a vladimir person stated reasons for this invasion is the suppose a danger of the nato military alliance coming to close to russian territory. now, his invasion has spurred nato to reinforce its operations in the east. the alliance is dominated militarily by the united states. of course, that includes $21.00 european countries. so if you take a look at it, european borders, we see the northern countries of estonia and latvia, border russia, while lithuania borders, rushes ally bell roofs. it is true deployments in estonia and that very small with just over a 1000 in each while reinforcements from germany recently landed in lithuania.

poland has just over 6000 nato troops at the moment and member states on the southeastern flank of a smaller garrisons. the u. s is sending thousands more troops of the alliance built its numbers along its easton edge. let's hear from nato secretary general against dalton burke who has been speaking to the press. we are deploying elements of the nato response force online at c, and in the year to further strengthen our poster and to respond quickly to end the contingency united states, canada and european allies have deployed a 1000 or more troops to the eastern part of the lines we have over hundreds, jess, alert operating in over 30 different locations on over

100 on the 20 ships from the high north to the mentoring, including the strong carrier groups as go straight to at nato headquarters and join d. w correspondent, attorney schultz, who was the at that press conference. so welcome, terry. one of the points that a mister salter burger made in his opening remarks, he's talking about a new normal for european security. what else stood out for you that what we heard from secretary general stilton burke to day is that nato has decided to activate. it's nato response force. this is it's very high readiness. rapid response force for the 1st time for purposes of collective defense, it's been used for a natural disasters and to present to protect public events. but this is the 1st time these forces are going to be used, sent to the eastern flank for deterrence and reassurance purposes. now secretary

general suttonberg did not tell us exactly how many troops were going to be used, or exactly where they be going. and from, from which garrison's they'd be coming, but we would expect to see this in, in the next very few days because that's the purpose of the rapid response for. so i think we'll be seeing some movement very soon. and we've heard over reason, days at this, this invasion has, in fact a united nato allies are more than ever. yes, that's what nato will tell you. and that in fact is also what i hear behind the scenes. and you'll often hear a lot of grumbling about the united states, for example, coming in and, and telling nato what it's doing and acting like that's consultations. you don't hear that this time in part because they've been so open about the intelligence that they've shared. and remember, there was some skepticism leveled at at the united states with these reports that the invasion was going to happen on february 16th or then on february 21st these different dates. but in fact, it did happen and, and the allies have said many of them that they're very grateful to have been

brought along with all of this information as horrible as it was. and as horrible as it is unfolding. now. everyone knew what was in store, and there is a lot of unity in this decision to, to, to deploy the rapid response force will be yet another indication of how all the allies are, are pulling together because there will be multiple countries that will be sending forces into this, this new spearhead team that will be going out a criticism of nato is that it is effectively standing by wild ukraine is being attacked. ukraine, of course, not being a nato country. the secretary general in his speech talked about data continuing to support a you crime. so to prompt, you could just let us know what nato is doing in terms of support for you crime. yeah, unfortunately for ukraine, this turns out to be a lot of moral support at the moment. there have been years of training you cleaning ukrainian armed forces and also funding reforms and, and upgrading their defenses. but it is still come to these,

these terrible days that we're seeing now in nato has helped ukraine with its cyber resilience. and that will go on. but once again, i think that what's dominating the situation for all of us are these horrible pictures that we're seeing unfolding now from all across the country. so even at this moment though, you do see allies saying that they will be sending more contributions, including of defensive weapons to ukraine. i can't explain how they're going to get this equipment into the country safely and into the hands of of ukrainians. but you do still see contributions being announced, but at the moment from from nato side, when it talks about reinforcements, reassurance and deterrence, it is talking about putting those resources on its own territory in the baltic states in poland, in other countries along the eastern flank, watching the press conference as i did as it happened, live it, it struck me that in the questions, one of the only questions that the secretary general addressed directly was about

cyber attacks. and he was asked whether there was a red line that would prompt the article 5 defense. and he actually addressed that quite directly. well, what he said is that we've never, we nato, in his words, that nato has never actually given opponents in exact idea about what would be the red line. because then they would, you know, perhaps stay just short of if this is something, of course that's, that's tactical. so cyber has been declared a war fighting domain by nato, which means that article fight could be declared if a, if a cyber attack were deemed to be so debilitating on a nato ally, that all countries would need to come to that allies defense. but it hasn't happened yet, and we don't know exactly what that red line would be. many countries have asked many journalists have asked, but we don't know because it hasn't happened yet. thank you, terry. it's very short sir, that nato headquarters in brussels. or

a you finance ministers have been meeting in paris today to discuss further sanctions against russia. germany is under increasing pressure to drop its opposition to cutting off rushes or access to the swift money transfer system is germany finance minister krista and then me today. we assess the economic consequences. we will have a discussion on how we can protect our people and our economies. there are of course, consequences out of the angie's sector, for example. but we are prepared reflector as a member of christian ledner. so f d p partner, he's a foreign policy spokes person and search sits on the german parliament's foreign affairs committee. welcome to d, w. a. perhaps you can explain to why, why, why germany is so opposed to cutting russia off from the global financial system.

good evening, mr. gale. i'm happy to be with you and it's a question of all part of what we can do on the banking system on swift. and we are now in the sanction line of cutting off all the excess of all the major banks of russia to our economy. and their personal sanctions on porting left off announced already and on several other people you know about the guys of a 300 people just were customized sanctioned. and also swift is on the discussion line right now. and i know that mister lind not announced that germany will not oppose sanction on cutting off russia of swift. but we all know that china today announced that they are back

russia also in security council. and perhaps they will back them economic lee as well. and they are trying to install another system next to swift. so it would be a wheel at sanctioning to get lift on or off for a while now. and i would personally, no matter of doubt. but at the end, we have to see what all the partners that's democracy about you and on the north american continent iq with us. ok. so just to be clear, christian linda has dropped his objection to using swifter as a weapon. perhaps you could explain what prompted that change when germany is a democracy as well. and we have a lot of traffic like condition might now be partners and sanctions will

prepare a half of all the conflict going on now in ukraine at the east and then also if you quinn and sauce, but at the end nobody was able to imagine that at the end, put in what, not just let troops into the region off to our on bus and low on the east of ukraine, but that the make a major attack also on kia, wanting to get off the government a landscape. ok, so extreme circumstances all cases that that seems fair enough. lot of a person has where you put a bank account. yeah, sorry, but your boss prepare for what we thought. what happened but not for that big impact. them then just started yesterday and the other person has said that he is

ready to send a delegation to the better route and capital for talks with president landscape after the training president raise a possibility of his country adopting a neutral status. we don't know now whether those talks will actually take place because it's been a lot of touring and flowing. but do you think anyone really can trust president putin in a negotiation? now i wouldn't trust him anymore because we tried all diplomatic channels to stop. that was getting in the beginning, but at the end we all see that it's lensky asked for a telephone call. it was denied. and now say blackmail by them that he has to deal with all his troops before any negotiations can commence and doing that in minsk and bella was, was dictated. question call on that doesn't seem fair. no,

i wouldn't do that. let's look at one of the likely outcomes of this current conflict, which is a possibility of millions of refugees arriving in europe from the crate arriving here in germany from ukraine. it's germany ready. what more can you be doing to get ready for this? well just have you all started to some counties to expect refugees coming by. we already know that yesterday where the 1000 watts we have to back to poland, hungary i mean yeah. slovakia was next to the west. a few crane nobody fleece. with that we, we have to expect that i know that you're not the are on stage already. we are in contact this international that cross committee opens nationwide costs present as

an hour and a bunch of things on behind. and we have to do that on your level because that was a thing that all the 27 members of the union have to do by themselves together. and i think that gosh, but actually germany, it's capable and will take refugees off. so you quite understood. thank you so much for joining us in explaining that to us, mr. lester. from the f d p. a foreign policy, as who speaks for foreign policy for the f t p. thank you. thank you very much. situational. the grounds is of course, at changing rapidly and it's difficult to confirm. so nice get moved from d. w reporter william blue cross on what we've been able to vote the piece together today. and thanks very much, it is indeed very complicated. there's of course,

been air attacks all around the country and major cities all around the country, but there's want to focus on the land war that is happening right now in major places all around the country. first, let's have the general map of ukraine. you know, ukraine between poland, belarus and russia, and over to the east, the separatist held part of ukraine. that's been that way since 2014. there are some key points here. let's get a closer look now where russian land forces are coming in from. we see them 1st coming in from the north for through rushes, ally, bella luce, the east, from russian bases, russia proper, itself, pushing in through that rushing back separatist zone in the don bas region. and of course, in the south here we have crimea. crimea is the ukrainian peninsula that russia in 2014 illegally annexed. there's been a naval base there for quite

a long time in russia's, using that as a point to go into points further south. now what exactly is happening in these areas? let's have a quick look. first of all, of course, the all eyes are on key if the capital of ukraine, the big prize for russia they're moving in from the north. we can see from the map how close key of is to beller is, is not a long drive for russian forces to get there. we've been hearing that there's fighting, at least in the northern part of the city, possibly moving into the city right now. and the defense ministry, the ukrainian defense ministry, has said that they want civilians there to stay indoors and prepare molotov cocktails for possibly fighting and fighting those russian forces as they come in. if the ukrainian military is not strong enough to do it on their own. now of course, then we have the east, this is where most ukrainian forces are because they've been fighting this insurgency, this rebel area, they've been fighting that since 2014. that's where most ukrainian forces are. and

that's where we see in at least 3 different major points. russian forces coming in from the east and also from the south from crimea. as i said, that we're that in russian naval base is. and we've been seeing amphibious landings reports of that from maria pull and even odessa, key strategic locations on ukraine's black sea coast. now one possibility here, one of the biggest fears is if the troops in the south and the east can link up, they may be able to cut off the ukrainian forces in the east, get them trapped there. so they wouldn't be able to help in the fight in points for the west, such as the capital. this is the very perilous situation that ukraine is facing right now. of course, ukraine outmatched on out gunned. but there's a lot, we don't know how long ukraine can withstand a russian attacks. of course, how much russia is willing to commit to this fight. and what exactly russia's end goals are, whether it's simply to give that separatist region over to the separatists in full,

fully as more so than in 2014, if they're looking to split the country entirely between east and west. and of course, if they want to do complete regime change and occupy the country entirely, very, very difficult to say, very difficult to say where the losses are right now. and of course very perilous in the days ahead at williams, blue cross. thank you so much. let me recap. the latest developments for you, a russian forces are pressing in on ukraine's capital on that day too. of a full scale invasion. the mass. as the cities enter, the defensive phase and ukrainian military vehicles are entering the capital to protect it from approaching troops. oh, a other cities prompting people to take shelter in metro stations have been reports of clashes in and around the city after russia bombarded it with missiles over cranes. government says at least $137.00 of its soldiers and civilians have been killed across the country. a russian president vladimir putin claims he's willing

to negotiate after ukraine's wagner is that i can raise the possibility of neutral status for his country. it's not however clear whether person routed is planning to engage seriously in such tours as get more on the russian side of things from d w corresponding to emily, sherwin who's out here in berlin from moscow bureau after russia withdrew her journalistic accreditation. welcome, emily. let's start with the calls from both sides for talks, who's saying want, well, there's been a bit of a back and forth to day. and it's kind of hard to tell whether these talks will actually take place or whether particular the kremlin is actually just kind of play acting. zalinski today said that he would be willing, the ukranian president, that he would be willing to talk about, perhaps, making ukraine a neutral country. surprisingly, the kremlin spokesperson reacted positively to that. and they said that that would

kind of fit in with russian interests. russia has been talking about demilitarize in ukraine and also what they called the knots defying it as so they said yes, we'd be open for that. lucas shank of the beller, or sin leader, suggested minsk as a location for that. then you can came back and said as you want to do it in poland, in warsaw and then the kremlin said, well actually they kind of took a bit too long in their response. and now we see, you know, dangerous actions against our people again. so it's not really clear whether those talks will actually take place, and there's definitely a sense that russia doesn't really recognize zalinski government as legitimate. that's what we've been hearing again and again from the russian side. so it's hard to know what whether we're see any progress on. let's talk about sanctions because we all know what we are. russia is now or to which 3rd set of international sanctions since the beginning of thought relation jet. this is a country that is used to being isolated talker service but,

but the headlines of the sanctions as they're applied to, to russian and whether you think that they're a bay all going to be effective. well, the thing is that the narrative, as you say, this isn't the 1st round of sanctions that russia is facing. and the narrative for several years now has been these sanctions are making us stronger. now we're hearing, you know, with our economy stronger, we can deal with anything. the west throws at us were a besieged fortress. the west is against us. these talks of russ a phobia. the narrative now is that for that we've been hearing from vladimir putin that they, the west would have hit us with sanctions anyway. it doesn't actually matter that we, you know, have started this invasion because russia is too great and we need to be kept small by the west so that we don't become a threat. i think that these personal sanctions that are seemingly being imposed by the you against a said gay lover off and also vladimir putin himself and their unpleasant they will kind of hurt him in some sense. but i think presumably vladimir putin particularly

has been known, you know, to kind of put his money in lots of different, nice little pockets in, including in other people's bank accounts. as it was so hard to know what that will actually affect him. i think some of the sanctions that are being discussed at the and will actually affect the russian people quite significantly. of course, you know, you sanctions against trade and the energy sector will affect the economy overall, wages, real wages for people, you know, have been falling for several years. so i think that could hit people hard and there's also some measures. for example, there's been discussion of these bands for russian, so that would be cutting people off from communicating with the outside world, which i think is, you know, the opposite of what we should be wanting at this point. also, russia has been excluded from the council of europe, which means that russians no longer have legal recourse at the, the european human rights court, which actually was the last point of port of call,

essentially from any opposition activists in russia who want some form of justice so i think some of the signals that are being sent are kind of the wrong one, fusing right and choking of cutting it off from the rest of the world we've, we've, we're also hearing that the kremlin has impose its own what he calls partial restrictions on facebook? yes, absolutely. we don't know what those partial restrictions will mean yet. and there has been in the past, you know, kind of slow down, for example of twitter. so we might see something like that, of course, a partial restriction on facebook now, because it's part of one company means a partial restriction on what's up and instagram as well. so this is pretty significant. the media watchdog and russia says that this is in response to facebook, restricting and censoring the accounts of several russian state media outlets. but of course this, you know, timing, we can argue with that it's, it's hardly a coincidence, you know, kind of war, state of war. it's going to make criticism, communication harder. i think it will make it harder as well for people to organize

if they did want to protest which is already very difficult in russia. and it's not the only thing we've seen in the last few days. restricting media yesterday, there was a warning from the russian media watchdog as well. and saying that only official only information from a special russian, russian official sources can be published in the media. and they've also now banned several russian language media outlets in other countries. so you may see, you know, that as a source of information mean shut down and russia can, of course, cut its own internet off from, from the world wide web. they've been working, working that out for quite a while now. so i think we're going to see a little bit more on that front. i mean, i suppose you, this is to be expected because this is now part of the, the dictators playbook of pressure. people cut them off, cut off your internet, slow down the internet and then just shrink the pool of information from which we have control. i mean we've been see.