[000:00:00;00] hey, ah ah, this is d w. news my from bird that germany backs down and agrees to deliver weapons to you, crime. in a significant policy shift chancellor, all off schultz back sending rocket propelled grenades, schultz and nato allies will also consider tougher sanctions against russia. that is, he cried, prepares for another night and a bombardment from russian artillery and apartment block in keith south as a direct rocket strike. but he, friends,

president says his forces are still in control of the capital and the russian invasion since, tens of thousands of families playing across the border into neighboring countries with some men, forced to turn back and defend their homeland. ah m. anthony? how'd welcome germany has back down on an initial refusal to send weapons to support ukraine as it battles the russian invasion. berlin has now grayed to deliver $400.00 rocket propelled grenades via a 3rd country. the policy shift brings germany into line with other western allies supplying weapons to ukraine. earlier. chancellor of schultz met latest from poland and that you any to discuss imposing tougher sanctions against russia. on top of measures already announced by the european union and the united states, bolstering the nato. a military presence in several

e. u countries is also on the table. with me is the w. political correspondent, thomas spare thomas, welcome reports that germany is approving the delivery of 400 rocket launchers to ukraine, barbara the country. it seems a small step, but significant. it is very significant indeed because it marks a change in direction for germany. germany for a long time had actually opposed the delivery of defensive weapons to ukraine. there were several arguments to actually have that opinion here in germany. one of them, for example, germany is on belligerent history. another one that germany did not believe that those deliveries would actually help any diplomatic efforts. but it's obvious now that with diplomatic efforts having failed and with the invasion underway, germany also had to rethink its policy towards ukraine, specifically on this particular nation. now i think germany is not changing policy completely by using 3rd countries. and it say, particularly the netherlands,

for example. what is happening in germany is sending them in directly to ukraine. so it's not a full change of policy, but it is certainly a very significant one, because until now germany had clearly opposed sending any defensive weapons to ukraine until now, for example, germany has only approved sending 5000 helmets to ukraine, which in fact were delivered only this friday, so this gives you a clear sense of why this is very important from a german perspective. and by the way, also from a ukrainian perspective because you crate had time and time again, put pressure on germany to change course and send defense weapons. and here they are changing course. there's also an indication that germany could join other countries in supporting a band on russia from the swift financial system. what's their stance on that now? and again, this is a significant change from a german perspective because germany had opposed or at least was reluctant to support other countries in banning russia from best swift financial system. in

particular, because germany believe there would still be significant collateral damages for the german economy. if germany approved this, where we've heard now, both from germany's foreign minister and economy minister is that they're looking into ways in which germany can approve this ban on swift from a targeted in a targeted way in a targeted way essentially means that they could reduce this collateral damage as much as possible, while at the same time working hand in hand with all other european union countries that have supported the idea of banning russia from the swift financial system. we're also hearing thomas, the 1st groups of people fleeing from the board to ukraine are arriving here in germany to we know yet in what number. all this is another important element of this whole crisis. the hundreds of thousands of, of people leaving ukraine fleeing from, from the war. we've already heard, for example, from the united nations that over a 100000 have fled ukraine. we've heard also that if the war continues,

if the war intensifies, they're expecting up to 4000000 people to leave you creating the specific german case. obviously those numbers are much smaller. germany is not a border country with the ukraine, but the 1st families have indeed arrived in germany, specifically at the german polish border, local officials. they're saying that they're expecting around 10000 people in berlin. also the 1st families have arrived. this basically means that germany, as well as other european union countries, is also preparing for the arrival of people who are fleeing from the war in ukraine as a lot happening. thomas spur, thanks for bringing up today. when he crime is preparing for another night on the bombardment from russian artillery, there has been little respite in 3 days of fighting. as the cranium military resists. russian assaults authorities are urging citizens to defend the capital. keith and the army says it has repelled an assault on a military base to the south. president vladimir zalinski says his forces are still

holding heave. russia has launched a barrage of cruise missiles and rockets. an early morning, mrs. strike on a residential block in give here's the moment of impact from inside one of the apartment where russia says it's only targeting military facilities. ukrainian officials call this a cynical attack on civilian infrastructure. no debts have yet been reported, but for some, it was very close was only when we go was a direct hit into the living room. we were lucky to escape because we were in the kitchen. my wife and our older child had their legs broken, watch, the younger one was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i'm looking for him now and that's why many civilians are sheltering and basements or fleeing

altogether streaming towards ukraine's western borders. 100000 have crossed into poland this week as they seek a safe haven in the you. the president wants the regional block to go one further and fast truck ukraine's membership, removing the iraqi of them at dr. later, residential buildings destroyed by misses and artillery of the final argument for the world to join us in stopping this occupational invasion. i say it is frankly as possible. look, the ukrainian people deserve and have the right to get membership of the european union ultimately. so let's say this would be the main evidence of support for our country, and it didn't get nothing but even still, his forces claimed their repelling the russian advance. moscow says it's launching missiles from both the air and see the 2 countries fighting a propaganda battle as the war rages on. will they join now by daria roman then go . she's an aide worker in easton,

ukraine very tells way you are at the moment and do you feel safe? good evening. well, yes, simon, me pro right now it's a big seating eastern part of ukraine, but the road here was yeah, pretty tough. we left slow fiance today, 1st aiming to go to harkey, where our driver came from just a couple of hours ago and then they couldn't go back because the street was blocked like the main street connecting slice. and harker was blocked by russian tanks. so we had to make a u turn after that we were driving a lot through then yet school blessed entering had new pro region. and then there were so many checkpoints, and military vehicles. and we were standing in traffic jam or more than 3 hours when we were we seeing the pro. so yeah, it was a tough travel. 3. russia says it's only targeting military infrastructure. you're on the ground. do you see that is the case. is that what you're saying?

this is not the case. this is a lie. russia targeting hospitals, kindergarten. so it's targeting just normal places and areas where people live, but it's nothing you i've been working and on bus for some time where for example, shelling all kindergarten and school started already a weeks ago. and in general, 8 years ago. and those reports from here that, that their apartment buildings show. there are definitely true. don't you? voted ms. lewinsky was a committee and then a business. and now he's the president. do you feel now? he is the leader that you need to help people behind him. did i see him as the right leader for the situation? well, let's see. he didn't freed the country. he stayed with people. he is what it seems to me. he's doing. he's best. i personally vote for him,

i just didn't vote and ukraine in general, but to me seems like he's definitely a great leader and, and it's, it's a very good time that it's, it's a great re queen and people that he's the president right now and not for example, russian, marian, that, you know, corbett, who just left the country as soon as it became tough. so, when to lensky is calling people into the straits to essentially defend their country. do you think they're going to follow? are there enough people to stay in thought to give you a chance to we well, definitely what i saw when we were driving today's that there are so many people there. so many men who were, who are kind of like local people living in small villages and towns and they kind of dress up into a military close and they're joining this forces off yet to the territorial forces of ukraine, which is not the cranium official military. so it's just made up of sound by some

volunteers who want to defend their district. they're telling their ctm their country. there's definitely a huge wave of patriotism going. going on right now. it's just people who want to defend their homes and their country from the invaders or women in coat. thanks so much. thank you. will people in cave are facing a choice of whether to flee or to stay? those who cannot leave my scramble to find shelter when russian attacks begin and take below the city. there's already built system of tunnels. the metro with another night of air rates ahead. the people who give head to the metro gives underground public transport system is now a network of bomb shelters. for days now, people have come here to seek refuge from russian rockets and bombs. and i was waiting for

a bus to evacuate me. our company had organized our evacuation and rented a bus to pick us up. but now the bus can't enter the capital. i stayed at another station 1st and now have moved here. to service bomb shelters is exactly what the on the ground system was designed for. it was built after world war 2, when the soviet union feared a nuclear war. the deepest station is more than 100 meters under the surface. it's very safe here. i think. i don't know whether it really is, but at least it feel safe here. after the russian attacks began, many people fled the city, but some are refusing to leave i will

give his beam protect it. though i come down here to wait until it's safe to go out . i have no other plans. i trust our army and i trust that it will end. well. i have no desire to leave here or you crane about it's a particular irony that the 1st time the shelters are being used is under an attack, ordered from moscow, the former soviet capital that once ordered this underground network to be built. when russia and youth of a more, i'm joined by ego course of his and investigative journalist from ukraine, fixed security reasons, we won't reveal the exact location ego 3 days into this invasion. tell me about your experience so far. i haven't seen any direct fighting myself, but durham and explosions. are there was some gunfire, not far from my building. last night of locals. think that us us special operations

forces were involved in every one. ah, who has family or will not everyone, but many people have families have fled the city and i moved the west. some of stayed behind many of joy, territorial defense units. everyone's a common determined if nervous and the people are just bracing for the worse than hoping for the best. you talk about hearing the sounds of the russian military. they're bigger and better equipped than you. do you believe you can withstand this russian attack? yes, i think i can, the past 2 days have shown that the russians have not been as effective as we, as many experts could have predicted. they've made blunders. ukraine has made surprising, has managed to inflict surprisingly heavy losses on them and obviously the, the ukrainians have much higher morale because they're fighting for their, their existence. whereas the russians seem to be mostly very young. people who are

born after food can came into power and many of them the p a does really the p, o w's captured by a crane are saying that they were just told they were heading towards exercises when they were ordered to invade. and then they found themselves just thrown into an invasion with what you couldn't i do think he has it. yes sir, you go. you ok. you prince president is edging civilians to battle russian troops with self made molotov cocktails. what i do plan to do i'm planet, stay and report and do my job. i want to make sure the world sees all of this and what happens here and i will, that's my focus. i am not planning to get into combat unless i or my friends were colleagues or directly threatened. i think my role is to report the news and show the truth. do you think the people who are choosing to stay and fight ego? are they the few, or are there many,

how many people are prepared to stay and take up arms against the russian army? i've heard of various estimates that her tens of thousands, 5 join territorial defense units. i can't get from that right now, but i for it is quite a lot of people and their people are joining in droves. there was a pole that dab showed that about half of ukraine want with good stay and fight or support the military in some way. ego cause of i wish you luck and thank you for your time. thank you very much. russian president vladimir putin has repeated a call to ukrainian soldiers to surrender. also making baseless allegations against the ukrainian government. you should also, but i share once again, i appeal to the service men of the armed forces of ukraine. you'll notice them do not allow no not cease to use your children, your wives and elderly, good as human shields. take power into your own hands. it seems that they will be

easier for us to come to an agreement than with this gang of luck at excel, neo nazis who settled in cliff and took the entire ukrainian people hostage this against, you know, i'm joined now by pavel falcon. now he's an analyst. specializing in the russian military and based in moscow. welcome back to j. w. pavel putin's calculations seems to have been that his forces would secure a swift and clear victory from what you see. is this going to plan well, it's so well known and often repeated in the american military, especially that the best finest military plans go to rubbish as soon as you meet the enemy in the field because the enemy has his own plans. so that's exactly what's happening. lou, this be even decisive right now. it's not too early a bit to say the russian france, the 1st seems to be a bit off schedule though,

the russians are still have the initiative that for sure. and the opinions are just pushing back there, resisting, but the russians have the initiative and can use it was the summer, especially for a boy, is that ukrainian military and political structures are somehow still holding. and you premium resistance is still organized. actually, the pent again generals believe that in 72 hours, 3 days, the ukrainian organized resistance would collapse, and then it would be maybe guerrilla warfare. so they are providing actually weapons before the war broke out. weapons that can be used by guerrillas, shoulder launched as thinkers and javel and other such anti tank weapons. but the opinion, the military, their staffs, are still working. it's an organized resistance, and that's not good. that's not good at all for the russian strategic plans to take

over ukraine and rewrite their constitution, rewrite everything. because if there's continued and maybe even successful, organized resistance that will raise the morale of their cranium, soldiers and population. and they will be harder for russia to operate. and actually if it drags on it could be a war of attrition that russia can actually the end loose puzzle. they're incredible words to, to hear that, but the brush, my, lose this for if they're coming up with a change of plan now, which is being spoken of that they going to now broaden the offensive in ukraine. what does that mean for the situation on the ground? well i think it really began with a kind of hybrid warfare and with every one of expecting, i mean special forces, white forces, barrett, troopers penetrating in not the real,

a classical things that russia merger good of. not the way we are say 5 being in syria where they liberated syrian cities by turning them into piles of rubble. a. so if a vague, the most likely they'll take the or a thing more seriously, more russian style and be more aggressive in using heavy weaponry. and that's not good, of course, for it to break the morale of the ukrainians, apparently. and still, when this conference, very russia and leadership is not ready to compromise and withdraw. though, of course they hoped it would be swift, especially that the swift victory would mean that the less than a sanctions machine was the most likely to lose its face. if it's all over, but if it's not all over and if there's continued resistance and organized resistance, the west also change instead of just punishing russia. they'll begin sending real

weapons. i mean tanks and heavy guns, maybe even jet fighters, helicopters, attack helicopters. i mean, when you send not through or forced to do a right, the state of falcon, our russian military analyst spiced in moscow. thanks so much for joining us. thank you. to some breaking news coming in now, and the german government says it will supply 1000 anti tank weapons and 500 stinger surface to weigh missiles directly to the ukraine. it's a significant policy shift. chancellor olive shelter earlier also agreed to allow the delivery of other weapons held by the netherlands and stunning more on that as it comes in. now, many of the people caught up in the invasion, had fled the neighboring countries. tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees have fled since thursday. not surprisingly, most are heading to countries neighboring e crye that include e g u members, poland, slovakia, angry romania as well as non a you member. moldova is fighting worsens. these countries are now bracing for more

refugees. in the coming days, the train station in the polish city of commercial 10 kilometers from ukraine for many ukrainian refugees. it's their 1st stop after crossing the border. these 4 children are having their 1st hot meal in 30 hours after traveling 450 kilometers through ukraine. their fathers weren't able to join them. they stayed behind to fight. the children are now waiting for their mothers to arrive, resent them on the day. they were masses of people on the way. we took a bus towards the border and then whooped. then we stood in a long que. suddenly we saw our cousins and we've been together since then. we waited a long time for the transport from the border. and now we're finally here. the way was hard and long because of traffic jams,

they had to get off the bus and walk the last 15 kilometers to the border near live . if they heard explosions. good. it was terrible that there were rockets sign. we came here with that passports, we only have a birth certificates. we were lessen to poland. as refugees, young yoshi, the polish authorities, have decided to let all ukrainians into the country. even those who have no passports, which are normally required to enter the e. u. at the train station, as well as in several reception centers, they are supported by volunteers and the military. the refugees are relieved to have escaped the war, but they are also worried about what they have left behind the events in their country. those who are not picked up here by friends or relatives are taken in by private individuals. the willingness to help is great. within a day of the russian invasion, 30000 refugees arrived in poland from ukraine. the government in warsaw expects

that up to 1000000 people could flee to the country, and it promises that they will all be taken in while you are gonna get any williams is the head of communications for the united nations high commissioner for refugees in geneva, switzerland welcome tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees have already arrived in poland. do we know how many more people are expected to leave you crime? well, as you can imagine, the situation is extremely fluid. and as of yesterday, we had accounted for 50000 refugees who had fled ukraine by this afternoon, it was a 150000, and the number continues to grow. i fear that there will be many, many more who are either on the move or will be on the mood for when security allows them to move more freely from ukraine. if it does come to the worse you talking about tens of thousands already and we were expecting many,

many more as you say. what are other countries doing to prepare for that eventuality? well, we are, we are planning within you and hcr for up to 4000000 people that would become refugees in the neighboring countries. this is, of course the contingency planning. we have no idea the number will be. ready smaller or larger at this point. but right now we're very grateful that all of the countries neighboring ukraine has kept their boarders open. and more than that, they have really provided all of the necessary food water, medical attention, as well as basic needs. and it's not just the government, it's also the local communities, they've really gone out of their way to even open up their own homes to families. really providing them creating food banks coming together to really show that they are welcome and that they, they are showing solidarity to the ukrainian just quickly. europe has never been

particularly unified over the topic of refugees. a, you witnessing a unifying effect in response to this aggression right now what we're saying is unconditional support and welcome and solidarity. certainly, we hope that that will continue, that the borders will remain open. and that obviously that will be able to mobilize even greater support in the coming days and weeks. it's very clear that agencies like you and hcr, will need to reinforce our existing staff capacity and supplies on the ground. you on the get any williams, head of communications for the human h e. r. thanks so much. thank you. these from the world. the sport as the poland will not play. they willed cut playoff with russia in moscow next month. according to the polish football federation, poland, and by munich, star rub, live in dusky tweeted, his support for the move saying he could not imagine playing against russia at this time. sweden and chick republic have taken the same stance while footballs will,

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