boy, d, w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin, ukraine's president warns of an assault on kias. he says russia will attempt to storm the capital overnight, but defies the threat and stays in the city. the reports of explosions and artillery fire getting closer to the center. also on the show rushes veto power on display of un security council as it blocks a resolution condemning its vision. but it's left to diplomatically isolated as

china of stains. ah, i'm mommy and isa. welcome to the show. there are reports of clashes and parts of the ukrainian capital key. if just hours after president viola emerge, lensky warned russia would start a major assault overnight. the ukrainian army says it repelled an attack on one of the main roads leading to the center. fighting is also raging and other parts of the country, though us defense officials believe russia has encountered more resistance than it expected. here, zalinski miles gazette in i've said i have to say absolutely openly to night. we more difficult in the day. many of our state cities are under attack. by the means . nothing to rel. now yeah, avenue to night the enemy will use all its forces to break out offences in a vile, tough, and in humane way to night. they will attempt to storm us. explosions were heard

throughout the day across the ukrainian capital. many residents have taken shelter for the night. the government says it's handed out thousands of guns to ordinary citizens and is urging them to build petro bobs to resist the northern outskirts of kiff. the front lines in the russian assault on ukraine's capital volunteers have taken up arms to defend the city. but without heavy defensive weapons, there's only so much they can do. if not enough, a lot of schools don't get that. if not enough and not, not a film for them, i need, this is something thought they've outnumbered and outgunned, but refusing to quit ukraine's cabinet, sent a message of encouragement on social media. well, of all was but event thought the president is here. we're all here. he's good, our military or wide citizens of society are here. we do,

we're all here defending our independence, our country. and it will remain so slow, much glory to our men and women defenders some glory to ukraine. flow green are off . many of those who aren't picking up arms or taking refuge in the cities metro old is them way. it's safer under ground from a show i even woke up today with the news that there was shelling in the central area so they can even target our house. are you on so it's safer, underground. but more property also the shelter in our building is not as deep underground as the metro station, but i put a little national put in for those who want to get out of the city, find roads choked with vehicles, some out of gas or abandoned by those who continued on foot,

the situation at key of central train station doesn't look much better. oh, to live with them since we've been trying all day since this morning. as you can see here, it's unrealistic. there's lots of as a dog we can't fit, we're going back to say we don't go with them. we have to push through. but how are we supposed to do that with a child? the dog is scared, is dangerous. we won't go. and honestly, i don't have the energy to wait for the next one. i just don't. but even getting out of here is no guarantee of safety. many men of fighting age who make it to the border, are being turned back by the ukrainian military and told to report to the front lines. for the latest developments, i'm joined by d. w. political correspondent, simon young. simon, there's reports of an imminent storming of the capital key of what can you tell us about that? well, it's clear that this russian advance continues apace. and as you say, there's reports now serious fighting,

even in downtown parts of kia. with the latest report saying that russian troops of attacked an army base on a central avenue. now, of course, as possible from this distance to verify any of this, but the ukrainian side is saying that they are managed to repel that attack. but anyway, it's a sign that things are getting much closer to the center of the capitol. we've also had reports in the last hours of more fighting, more missile strikes in the environs over key. if a ways they're fighting around one of the electricity and generating stations there, but also she's a loss to the south. it does seem to that the russian forces are now in circling slowly at least the, the capital. and who knows what they'll do after that they see they say that they've taken control of the a key hosted mel an air field. and they've also been fighting at the virus fil

airport as well. so as we heard president zalinski saying he believes a full assault on a kia could well be launched tonight. and it's certainly coming. and what about the ukranian civilians? how are they responding to this military action? yeah, i mean, it seems that you know, there's a sort of dual reality for many civilians at the moment. we've seen these images are very huge traffic jams as people try to get out cars lined up down the roads to the west from, from key and, and of course thousands of people now crossing the border or as many of them trying to so harrowing stories. we've heard of men of fighting age being turned back on the ukranian authorities. now that this mobilization order has been signed by president serenity, but you've got vaccine of departure and on the other hand,

many ukrainians trying to carry on with their daily lives just as sleeping in the metro stations as we saw in that report and are, you know, hiding in the basement by day, they're inspecting the damage from missile strikes against residential buildings. but they're also doing things like getting on public transport, which is amazingly still operating in many of the cities. and they're driving their cause around, in some cases in a past columns of tanks. so they're real disjointed reality for many civilians. i think now putin has offered to set up peace talks with ukraine to we know what he's looking for at this point. well, the stated objectives of vladimir putin are all demilitarization of ukraine and, and removal of the car. governments is pretty hard to see how that can be the basis for peace talks. but none the less you right, both the moscow and kia are talking about peace talks. what i've mainly been talking about so far is where they might be held. the russians reported to have said they will send a delegation of senior officials to the bell. russian capital means,

but unsurprisingly, the route crane. the inside was not keen on that, given that the invasion is in part, been launched from better russian territory. other places are now being talked about, like a war, saw like budapest, i have to say, i think really this talk of peace talks at this point is a bit of a distraction. because, you know, clearly the fighting is still going on on the ground. but eventually cause talking will have to start again, as you said, how would zalinski submits a piece talks where he would it be assumed to not be the head of the country any more. so confusing situation? certainly for him at this point, simon young did put a correspondent, thanks for joining us. russia has vetoed a draft un security council resolution that condemned its invasion of ukraine and called on moscow to withdraw troops immediately. 11 countries on the 15 member council voted in favor while india, china, and the united arab emirates,

abstained on humans. so give us over 11 votes in favor, one vote against the 3 extensions. it was the result. everyone is expecting russia blocking criticism of its invasion. i'm not surprised that russia voted against russia is keen on continuing. it's not the style course of action to be us also slammed russia for it's rita secured. you can the tell this resolution, but you cannot the tell our voices. you cannot be tell the truth. you cannot veto our principles, you cannot veto the ukrainian people best. but moscow's representative said the resolution was one sided or so slow as a sculptor, a dog. okay. what was left out was the way that the ukranian authorities, with the encouragement of their western patrons consistently and cynically shut the responsibility to imprint the minsk agreement, the linchpin of which was

a direct dialogue with the residence of the countries east. while the resolution may have been doomed from the start to ukraine and its allies, there was a small glimmer of hope. they say, china's abstention demonstrated just how isolated russia is on the international stage. your father and join are by d. w, corresponding oliver salad. washington. all over the u. s. propose this resolution knowing full well that russia was going to veto it. so why did they go through with it? let's talk about the un for a moment. i mean, because the 2 main bodies here, the security council and the general assembly, i think it's important to differentiate only the 1st of one of the 2 can come to a legally binding resolution. the security council and russia has veto powers there . as you just explained also. so it's of course, a nonstarter a to go in there and ask russia to vote for resolution basically condemning its own

actions there. but what you could see there is how isolated russia really is. and you mentioned v 11 of 15, a member countries voting in favor of a condemnation. so you see a large part really says that this is wrong. what russia is doing. they are china abstained, very important because the 2 countries rush and china have closed their ranks in recent months, united emeralds in india. so the next step here is going to move this forward to the general assembly where there are 193 member states. there's no veto, but then also of course, no legally binding resolution to sort of a roll call there. the u. s. is set to impose more sanctions on russia. do we have any details on that yet? at after, there's been a lot of criticism, all of the sanctions, not only by the u. s, but of course, by the western partners and allies as well that there are weak that there are ineffective. a russia has a mass, huge financially reserves, a leading up to this invasion here. we know that swift,

of course is not included. we've been talking about that for hours now. and thanks to germany in part. so the u. s. today joined the european union and sanctioning president vladimir putin himself as well as foreign minister oliver and members of the russian national security council. who might have had enough time of course, as well to secure their foreign assets. so the calls for sanctions of the swift financial system are getting louder here in the united states. and we're talking about the u. s. here, which over the past few years has been incredibly divided on so many issues, especially as it comes to foreign policy. so are the democrats, republicans somewhat unified in the response to the russian invasion now? yeah, interestingly, when it comes to condemning russia and, and the invasion of ukraine, both parties really do speak with one voice. and as you know, that's very rare a currently the c pack is under way, that's a conservative convention. and the air of course, are all the most most prominent figures of the republican party speaking there. of

course, you hear criticism, you, you hear that biden is too weak, that he eventually enabled russia to invade ukraine and, but of course they're also campaigning. we shouldn't forget that it's the year of the mid terms. so essentially they're saying the sanctions are too weak. and then there's one former u. s. president who also offered his opinion and he said that it wouldn't have happened under his presidency. and he also called vladimir putin a genius. donald trump assume we're talking about their oliver salad in washington dc. thank you for that analysis. and the world of sports is also reacting to russia's invasion of ukraine formula. one has canceled the russian grand prix scheduled for the end of september. the russian brown, pri has been a fixture of the racing calendar for a number of years formula. one made a deal with the country back in 2011 f. one driver,

sebastian vento had declared his intention to boycott event. if it went ahead, saying it would be wrong to stage a race in russia, under the current circumstances and tennis player andre roo blood has joined a number of russian public figures. speaking out against vladimir putin attack on ukraine after a match and do by on friday, rub live, wrote the words, no war please, on a broadcasters camera. and see that right here. since thursday, a number of prominent television personalities, musicians, and athletes within russia have also issued public statements on social media condemning invasion. if you you're watching dw news life from berlin. our business bulletin is next with a look at the economic fall out of the russian attack on ukraine. that's going to be followed by tomorrow today. that's our science magazine. don't forget, you can always get the latest on our website. that's d,

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