course watch nice on d, w. ah ah, [000:00:00;00] ah . sustainable news lying from berlin russian troops close in on key on the 2nd day of lat, amir potent war against you create thousands are seeking shelter and metro stations as loud explosions are reported across the capital. ordinary civilians are taking up arms as tens of thousands of others flee the country. and even leaders agree unprecedented sanctions moving to freeze the assets of russian. president fulton,

and foreign minister love rob. but they hold back on cutting russia off from global bank transactions. ah, i'm to call for a late to our viewers on p b. s in the united states and around the globe. welcome to the program. it is day 2 of the war in ukraine, and a lot has happened since europe and the world woke up to a new reality. tonight will take you through the latest developments and talk to our team of correspondence to give you the full picture. but let's begin with a recap of the latest developments. russian forces are pressing in closer to ukraine's capital keith, the mayor says the several loud explosions have been heard across the capital and military vehicles are positioned in key areas to guard against approaching, approaching troops. meanwhile,

thousands of civilians have sought shelter in metro stations as russian forces advance, the government says it has handed out thousands of guns and is urging ordinary citizens to resist. ukraine's government says at least $137.00 of its soldiers and civilians have been killed across the country. he w. a correspondent, nick connolly joins us now. he was in key of and like so many others has been forced to flee. the good to see you and go to see that you're safe. most of all you've spent all day on the road. where are you now? and what did you see along the way? so i mean been, it's a which is the regional capital, about $200.00 coaxes south west of kit. but it took us almost 10 hours to get here because all the roads just jam packed with people trying to get out. either heading west towards the polish you border, which is also kind of a dangerous route that runs along your transport batteries. and there's been

reports fighting along that road. we headed more south west, but basically huge qs. people trying to get fuel. people trying to stuck up on food and on cash. huge lines of the gm's. people not really panicking. yes. very urgent . you trying to get out, but you don't get people writing their voices. you didn't see people cussing. lines for fuel keeping come within the kind of broader sense of urgency to go. we woke up in this morning. i spent a night from rachel to under our office and something that most people had done the same. everyone i think is now seen those pictures of families with little kids on picnic blanket in the metro station is trying to distract that. kids from the kind of openness situation getting used to the sounds of those sirens. it is a token you reality be going into. i didn't expect to december to come this far. all these months of tensions without me approaching, bringing his troops, the board of most people had convinced himself that this was

a bluff. and they just didn't want to believe that he was actually willing to go through that all the wonder. it's an incredible picture. your painting there. now, tens of thousands of people much like you are on the move, but many others have stayed in cave. are they just hoping for the best? do they simply not have a place to goal or the means to leave? or are they really preparing to fight? i think you'll find all of those kinds of stories. i mean, the, even the point where i am now and be in touch, this is normally lived in by someone who has left for their country house because they were worried about threats that have been, even in this provincial town. areas are going off. people working out whether there is bomb shelter is in terms of leaving. yes, obviously the wealthy people have more options and have a plan b have the cash to maybe go to europe. and you have seen lots of kind of wealthy people based on their cause, travelling out. but also there are people who want to stay and fight. and as you mentioned that the government handing out machine guns to people,

willing to use them. i munition and telling them to stay put and fight. i think actually lots of least few in the russian lots are still the russian military experts been quite surprised how successful the crating on me has been holding by russian involves. i think they had assumed that this would be a walk over and you can tell me would basically disintegrate the same way they did in 2014. whereas it was able to basically grab crimea with little in the way of resistance. that's not the case. this time and high numbers of russian casualties being claimed by the ukraine side. obviously there is an element of propaganda that we will not find out the true figures for quite some time. but it definitely seems like even those ukraine troops now within 20 kilometers of grants, capital key of to try to get there are some tanks. russian special forces coming from helicopters have managed to that, evolved for now. and now there are ukraine tanks on the street to keep mat leakage go. the former books team will champion with his brother, also at the front lines that are trying to kind of show that no one is running away

. as is the case with presence lensky and his government who are in place, and as they say, ready to fight and to keep, keep going without fear of russia somehow speaking them away. exactly. we've seen a very defiant, ukrainian president, right. he posted a video of his cabinet out on the streets. how dangerous is the situation for him right now? do you think? i think he definitely is a target. he has said of himself that he considers him to be himself to be talking number one. and we had had some pretty extraordinarily aggressive rhetoric from the russian side just to this offensive started in the middle. the night. you remember the u. n. was talking about this issue in new york and rush it into that for the negotiations would happen. and then it turned out to be ship laugh they sent those weapons across the border, and at the same time said, the talk would be to demilitarized, and they say the notify ukraine to basically branding cranes entirely to ship neo nazis radicals that can't be dealt with it or not people, russia can do a deal with,

obviously they're not providing any examples or any evidence of that claim, but they're just trying to tell them by that association. and there's a sense that russia wants to get rid of this democratically elected government in ukraine install puppets of their own choosing. and then, you know, basically put ukraine and more dependent position in the same way. the better route is and prevent ukraine making choices that take it further away from mosca. and he doesn't want to let that happen. of course, the w nick connelly. thank you very much and you and your team please stay safe. one of letting me put in state reasons for this invasion is this. suppose it danger of the nato military alliance coming too close to russian territory. now, his invasion has fort nato to re enforce its operations in the east. the alliance is dominated militarily by the us and includes $21.00 european countries. if we take a look at its european borders,

we see that the northern countries of estonia and latvia border russia while. 7 lithuania borders. russia's allied beller bruce nato's troop deployment in estonia and lot via our 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, have smaller garrisons, the u. s. as sending thousands more troops as the lines builds its numbers along its eastern flank. and let's hear now from nato secretary general and sultan burg, who's been speaking to the press today? no dollars activated over the fence bounce on the us. it is sold. we are deploying elements over the nato response force, own law at sea, on india, to further strength mo,

poster on to respond quickly to in the contingency. let's talk the more about this with d. w corresponded nato expert, terry shoulds, who was at that press conference in brussels. terry, what did he in stoughton berg have to say about nato troop deployment to the eastern part of the alliance? what secretary general soldier berg was describing, there is something that's happening for the 1st time in nato history today. and that is that some of the elements of the rapid response force, these are the, the troops that have been ready to respond to any emergency most quickly. are now going to be deployed to the eastern flank. he did not give us any idea about exactly how many troops that would be where they'd be going or where they'd be taken from. but suffice to say that their job is to move there quickly. so i would expect we'll be seeing some movements in the next several days. and now these trips have been used in the past for things like helping protect the olympics, being used in natural disasters. but this is the 1st time they're going to be used

for their real original purpose, and that is to be used in collective defense to shore up the, the reassurance and deterrence on the eastern flank of nato territory. he also spoke about a new normal for european security. what does that entail for nato? i think this is a message both to the kremlin and to european citizens, nato set citizens of nato countries. and that is due to president putin. he's he saying to, to him, look what you wanted was for us to pull back from, from your borders. but the aggression that you've shown has made it necessary for us to reinforce, to send thousands more troops than ever would have been there without these actions that you've taken. so mister putin, if you're going to continue this aggression which we of course have seen it raised just beyond, beyond anybody's previous expectations with this assault on ukraine. now you are going to get the normal that we are staying on those borders. he's also perhaps

letting european citizens know that they are going to have to sustain a higher level of instability. everyone is going to have to get used to the fact that we just don't know exactly what russia is going to be doing. it has thrown all the international rules out the window with crossing the border yet again and taking territory that doesn't belong to it. so i think this is just a warning to everyone that we're going to have to live with a level of instability on european territory for some time to come. terry, you've just received an intelligence briefing from a western official. what's the assessment of how things are going for ukraine? what can you tell us? well, a lot of what i heard nick describing earlier is also what i heard here tonight. and that is that actually the assessment of how the ukrainian forces are doing is better than it was 24 hours ago. when, as our viewers might remember, i was told that key of could be in circled within as little as 24 hours. that would mean by tonight and it even could fall within the next couple of days. now

officials are saying that the ukrainians are fighting back much more strong strongly than was expected. and they're able to use some of this lethal equipment that ally centered in recent months and years to, for example, shut, shoot down russian plains, russian jets, russian, a fighter jets. and so they are actually gaining ground again as of last night, i was told that the ukrainian airspeed was basically controlled by russia. that's no longer true. it's now described as contested. now the, the assessment is still that president putin wants to take over the entire country of ukraine. so no one's thinking that this is going to end soon. and this official says that ukraine is definitely going to be needing reinforcements of ammunition and of weapons. and a lot of humanitarian aid, so the assessment is still very, very dire. it's going to be a long, bloody fight, no matter which way. it goes. terry sholtes and brussels, thank you very much. as russian forces

target, the capital cave and hundreds have already lost their lives, there are growing signs that the kremlin goal, nick connelly already hinted at. it is toppling the democratically elected government. the mayor of the capital has announced that the city is now quote, in defense mode. thousands of civilians have fled the city and those who remain are braced for a violent confrontation. oh, another terrifying star to the day and keith overnight, there was more destruction bombs, rain down, forcing residence to flee to safety in bunkers, metro stations and sellers packed with residence, grappling to come to terms with their new reality. it's hard but i'm holding on. we're waiting so nearby has caught fire and there

were many victims. and we were waiting until 7 o'clock in the morning in our apartment, in the car door in the bathroom until the end of curfew. so that we could come here . i work here. so i feel mostly tired and anxious. found strange. none of it feels real issue. i don't even know how to relate to it because i'm with above them. soldiers on the streets of central, keith and reports of gunfire near the government district and on the edge of the capital, an enemy aircraft, the ukrainian army claims they shot down. meanwhile, ukraine's president sent a message to russia. or she is still more the with it around to abuse russia. we'll have to talk to

a sooner or later talk about how to end the fighting and stop this invasion for the sooner the conversation begins was more well, the fewer losses there will be for russia itself. that oddly, some way i see. but in moscow repeated unfounded claims from the kremlin, suggest there is no end to russia's invasion in sight. so the aim of the operation was openly declared demilitarization and d, nuts of vacation, but the most good news we want, the ukrainian people, or as president putin said, all the people living in modern ukraine to have the opportunity to freely determined their future. destiny was of boardman, but for most ukrainians, the only future they are contemplating now is whether to remain in their homeland or to flee. european union leaders have agreed to impose new sanctions on russia over its war on ukraine, but they once again held back from cutting russia from the global swift payment

system. after resistance from some countries, including germany, speaking from brussels and foreign policy chief justice warren confirmed a russian asset freeze that will include russian president vladimir putin and his foreign minister sergey law. for off show a president, but didn't know for a minister of it, off out in the least of sanctioned people together was it remain new members, the duma, who are supporting dish aggression and also with rival members of the shoot russian security council. let's go now live to d. w correspondent by the next house in brussels for more lucky not. now the e. u is directly targeting putin, but does anyone there believe that that'll do much to stop him yourself barrel. the ears sad. she's diplomat. and that we saw the chest in this sound by said yes, this sir, will clearly change things because we, the,

you has never targeted the russian leader or to lot to higher level russian lead us before. and there's only 2 other world leaders that are targeted by youth sanctions, and that's the bella, russian, a leader, alexander lucas shanker and sierra bashar alice said. so this is highly symbolical and some say it remains highly symbolical and it won't have huge effects. now we're l i just gave a breast conference a little while ago here in brussels. and as a journalist, we asked, will this really have an effect? just poochie and as a foreign minister laugh or do they really have assets in the you that can be phrased because sometimes they are companies that are owned by leaders. and then you cannot directly target these companies because not directly linked with leaders . this could oppose a problem, but you separate? well,

the chief diplomat did not really reply to these questions and that's sometimes something that will have to be seen in the coming days and weeks if these sanctions will really have an effect on that new to g. now the, the sanctions wise blocking russia from the global enter a banking system. swift is considered the most effective option. but a number of countries including germany don't want to go down that path just yet. why is that? at germany made it very clear. there was also foreign minister and bab, look in brussels here this afternoon, and she told us that she considers swift or banding cutting russia off with not as the perfect solution since she is. she says that like a fanning puddings targeting russian bags is a much better solution. that's one of the sanctions that really disagreed on

targeting russian bangs taking away access to the us capital market. but of course, not everyone agrees with this assessment. for example, the former council president, a polish politician, donald tusk. tweet is a bit earlier today that the decision of germany and italy, you know, so hungry in france not to cut a fresh out from the swift system, is in acceptable. and this would have had a huge effect on russia, but other than over, so say that you don't know what will happen with the world economy if you cut russia off. and of course, germany has also economic interests. germany, it gets a lot if it's gas from russia. so this is also a problem when it comes to the, the swift decision. interesting discussions, a hand in the e u and here in germany, d. w is nothing else reporting from brussels. thank you so much. well, with the russian troops now,

bearing down on ukraine's capital and can be easy to forget that not too long ago ukraine had a pro russian government. let's take a closer look at how relations between russia and ukraine deteriorated so quickly. 8 years ago, vladimir putin had a friend in t f. president. victor young coach having pro russia president was very important for russia land that a lot of the forms look installed. it meant that any union with the west would not be possible. and in 2013, when young coverage 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, jacobo 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 don. yet sc 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. in june 2015, russia announced the nordstrom to gas pipeline. it's root under the baltic, c would bypass ukraine, meaning kiev would lose billions in transit fees. another turning point in 2019 was blood, amir zalinski, as ukraine's president. he vowed to restore the don bath region and renewed calls for nato membership. e. bartley, many leaders hint slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking

constantly about membership of the alliance. because this risk is connected to russia's reaction, most of them, but that was a red line for moscow, portugal, or nuclear. no one thought that if you crane create such threats for russia, we create similar threats for herself. what to do it for sure. what bruce a couple root. it was one of proven justifications for the russian troop filled up around ukraine's borders. but unlike 8 years ago, you crane is a battle harden nation that's vowed to resist a sal brian constant sash decimal. she's an expert on european and trans atlantic foreign and security policy at brookings institution and she joined us from washington. now thank you so much for your time. many analysts thought russian president putin would not invade ukraine. we're now 36 hours in. were you surprised?

i'm afraid i was not some friends have been calling me up or writing to me saying that reminding me which obviously with all these events i had completely forgotten that i had learned about this. well before christmas. i have to tell you that i have been worried about this indeed for a long time. and when i read the criminal ends, to quote unquote draft treaties that they submitted to the u. s. a native repeated signature without changes a few days before christmas. i thought this is that there will be a war and it will not just be about your credit. so i was hoping it could be averted. but i, at no point in the past weeks had the impression good dialogue was getting anywhere . do you think the west has grossly underestimated to well, i think the west has been in a state of complacency and denial. i would say for at least

a decade. and certainly in the last days and weeks on, i think, you know, sometimes people believe what they have the strength to bear. and i think that with that how denial work. and so we are now i think discovering that it was necessary, important to take, put in at his work. i think we still need to do that and we're still not listening totally enough. and it's really harsh awakening. but the people are really suffering will know the ones who ought to be feeling sorry for the house. being shocked out of this denial, the people we ought to be feeling, sorry for is, is the people who are being killed in ukraine. i'm sorry, i'm angry and i kept trying to forgive me. understand you were talking about listening to started this invasion, saying that his country felt under threat under threat from the west and from nato . now,

more nato troops are strengthening the eastern flank. is this the right approach with him? you think? well, look again, my 1st concern is preventing human tragedy and ukraine. nothing else matters quite as much. and i'm not sure the putin is to start to terrible. we may now feel that we would like to punish him. and i believe the, the sanction with that are being opposed now will punish him and his inner circle. the risk i think is imposing further sanctions that will also would also punish the russian people. i think that that is a risk with that a beta, ron swift. the for, i frankly have very ambivalent feelings about but i do think that the exclusion of russian major russian box from international markets will have

a massive again we of course we owe it to our more vulnerable, smaller frontline need her member states to support them to send the reassurance, deterrence and offense. but again, we have a huge, a massive humanitarian crisis, and ukraine on our hands on something that will, is not been seen in europe at least since the use of worth of analogy. 90 part of which i covered as a journalist and which may exceed those just for comparison. in those years, germany took in 400000 refugees from yugoslavia. the predictions right now are for potentially 4000000 refugees leaving ukraine overall. right. consensus data? i'm really sorry. we'll have to leave it there because we're running out of time. she's an expert on european transit, linux for and security policy at brookings institution. thank you so much for spending some of your day with

d. w today. thank you very much for having me on the look. watching t w knows. and here's a recap of the story we are following. for here today, russian troops are closing in on ukraine's capital case, but are encountering resistance from ukraine's armed forces. prince government is also handing out thousands of guns to ordinary citizens, or the envelope ramirez, the landscape bowing to stay in the capital to coordinate the defense of the country dw, from berlin. i'll be back after just a short break to take you through the day. stay with ah,

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a good you behave exactly like said garcia. and the poison spread, bedrooms ah, less my, as you, with the great documentary series destruction of a nation starts march 4th on d. w. it is day to a war that until just yesterday was for many unimaginable and the scenes at the hour since the russian invasion of ukraine began. have left us bring to mind times that europe hoped to have long left behind metro stations turned into bomb shelters . civilians arming themselves to defend their country and heavy shelling and kiff and across ukraine. the facts on the ground and a measure is taken to contain them are moving fast and to night will take you