[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is day w. news live from berlin, germany changes course and agrees to send weapons to help you cried battle the russian invasion in a significant policy should. chancellor old off sholtes approves a major armaments delivery of rockets and miss odds showed schools. russians action a turning point in history, which threatens the world order. bad as ye crime prepares for another night on the bombardment from russian artillery and apartment block and keep suffers

a direct rocket strike, but ukraine's president says his forces are still in control of the capital and the russian invasion since tens of thousands of families flinging across the border into neighboring countries with some men forced to turn back to defend their homeland. ah, i'm anthony, i'll walk into the program. germany is back down on an initial refusal to send weapons to support ukraine as it battles the russian invasion. berlin has now agreed to a major armaments delivery, including anti tank weapons surface to air missiles and rocket propelled grenades. the policy shift brings germany into line with other western allies supplying weapons to ukraine. earlier, chancellor, olaf shalt met leaders from poland and lithuania 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 in the studio is political correspondent, thomas star, thomas, welcome the shift from germany here to the delivery of lethal weapons. how significant is this is has to be one of the most significant shifts in german foreign policy in years. what has happened? not only now, but this week in germany, you may remember the beginning of the week, the shift there was a germany had decided to hold or to freeze the north stream to gas pipeline, which links russia to germany that was already then a major change. and now you have this also a very significant change because germany had had a longstanding policy of not sending weapons to crisis zones because of its own

belligerent history because it believed that it could make deploy diplomacy more difficult. there were other reasons as well, but the fact that now the russian, the german government has confirmed that it is indeed sending weapons to ukraine both directly from its own bond as vast talks, but also in directly through countries like the netherlands or estonia is really a remarkable shift in foreign policy in germany, and quite a few things shifting as, as we speak. germany is also joining other countries in supporting targeted restrictions on russia's use of the swift financial system. what's changed in jim niece position the key word is targeted because for now, germany had also been buried, reluctant to support other countries in banning russia from the swift financial system because it believed that by doing so, there will be major collateral damage here in germany for businesses that work with russia awful gas deliveries that come from russia to germany. but now the change is

that they want to work in a way that they can have this targeted way of sanctioning russia in this regard. what that basically means is that they'll try and find ways in which of those lateral damages are reduced to a minimum, while at the same time, making sure that the band is implemented to the rush can be effected. we're also hearing that the 1st group of people flying the war in ukraine have arrived through poland and to here in germany, do we know yet how many people i can imagine this is actually another element of this whole conflict. so it's not only about sending weapons to ukraine or imposing more sanctions on russia. it's all about making sure that people who are fleeing the conflict in ukraine can be received. not only here in germany, but also in other countries. if you look at you and un estimates their numbers of people who might flee if the conflict continues, if the conflict wasn't, is a very, very high number. indeed, so far here in germany,

those numbers are more limited. so the border region between germany and poland, federal set of brandenburg has said that it is expecting up to 10000 people here in berlin. the 1st few families have also been registered numbers are still very low, but those numbers could increase. certainly, if the conflict wasn't that white preparations are also underway, not only here in germany, but also in countries like poland to make sure that people who flee the conflict in ukraine can also be accepted and taken in, in a humane way of political correspond. thomas barrow, thanks to doris. germany's you turn on restricting rushes access to the global payment system. swift pipes, the way for sanctions from the european union, ukrainian president of a lot of miss lensky said. it would have a huge impact on russia. nation to blow mother battles. our diplomats fought around the clock is to get all the countries of europe to agree on

a very strong unfair decision is to cut russia off from the international into bank system. my more we also have this important victory. hey emily. these are billions and billions of losses for russia. concrete price to pay for this vile invasion of our country as well. will ukraine is preparing for another night and a bombardment from the russian artillery. there's been little respite in 3 days of fighting, as the ukrainian military resists russian assaults. authorities are urging citizens to defend the capital cave, and the army says it has repelled an assault. on a military base to the south, president vladimir lensky says his forces are still holding keep. russia has launched a barrage of cruise missiles and rockets. ah, an early morning, mrs. strike on a residential block in key of 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 or was only one we'll 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. what 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 at the me of 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, is possible with the ukrainian people deserve and have the right to get membership of the european union ultimately. so let's say this will be the main evidence support for our country, and that is not great. still, his forces claim 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 all will be joined now by daria roman then. cuz 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 crowe right now it's a big sitting 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 bad because the street was blocked like the main street connecting slice. and harker was blocked by russian tanks. so we had to make you turn after that we are driving a lot through then. yes, call blessed entering 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 kindergartens 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 really great for you. green 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 holding 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 force as of yet to the territorial forces of ukraine, which is not the cranium official military. so it's just made off of some by some volunteers will 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. we have women in co, thanks so much. thank you. will people in keep facing

a tough choice of whether to flee or to stay? those who cannot leave must scramble to find shelter when russian attacks begin. the below the city there is a pretty 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 her a level give is being protected. well no, 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 key of or ukraine 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 ukraine were part of the same country 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 many explosions. there was some gunfire, not far from my building last night. locals think that special operations forces were involved everyone who has family or will not everyone, but many people have families have fled the city and moved west. so i'm, i stayed behind many of joy, territorial defense units. everyone's comment determined if nervous and people are

just bracing for the worst and hoping for the best you talk about hearing the sounds of the brushing military, the bigger and better equipped than you. do you believe he can withstand this russian attack? yes, i think i can, the past few days of showing that the russians have not been as effective as we many experts go to predicted they've made blunders. ukraine has made surprising what has managed to inflict surprisingly heavy losses on them. and obviously the, the ukrainians have much higher morale because they're fighting for their very existence. whereas the russian seems to be mostly very young people who are born after foot and came to power. and many of them, the w. p. o, w is captured by craner 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. so i do think he has a yes, sorry you go,

you'll get your friends. president is urging civilians to battle russian troops with self made molotov cocktails. what are you planning to do? i'm planet, stay an report i and do my job. i want to make sure the world sees all of this and what happens here and i, i will, that's my focus. i am not planning to get into combat unless i or my friends were colleagues are 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 joined, territorial defense units. i can't get from that right now, but i for it is quite a lot of people. the people are joining in droves. there was

a pole that dan showed that about half of ukraine want with good stay and fight or support the military in some way. legal cause of i wish you luck and thank you for your time. thank you very much. we ukraine is doing it's up most to repel the russian attack. civilians are being trained to fight support from nato and the us is also bolstered national defences. but on paper, ukraine is no match for it's bigger neighbor. taking active and reserve troops together, he can draw on more than $1000000.00 men and women. russia though, has more than $3000000.00 ukraine has less than 2 and a half 1000 tanks compared to russia's $13000.00. and in the year moscow has $1500.00 attack acreage. keith has just 67. i'm joined now by pavel folk. and now he's an analyst, specializing in the russian military and based in moscow. welcome back to the w.

pavel putin's calculation 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 decisive, right? now it's not to, are we a bit the, say the russian france, the 1st seems to be a bit off schedule though the russians are still have the image should have that issue for sure. and the opinions are just pushing back the resisting. but the russians have the initiative and can use it, wants to assemble, especially for a boeing is that ukrainian member military and political structures are somehow

still holding. and with 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 that to a weapons before the war broke out. weapons that can be used by guerrillas, shoulder washed, as thinkers and javel and other such anti tank weapons. but the premium 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 the korean soldiers and

population. and it will be harder for russia to operate. and actually if it drags on it could be a war of attrition that russia can actually in the and loose puzzle there. incredible words to to hear that. but the brush on my list is 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 with every one of expecting any special forces. white forces paratroopers penetrating in, not the real, a classical things that russia miniature good of, not the way we are say 5 being in syria where the 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 and 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 for russia and leadership is not ready to compromise and withdraw though, of course they hoped it would be swift, especially that a swift victory would mean that the less than a sanctions machine would most likely lose its pace. 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, what you sent, not overruled force to do a fighting state. papa falcon, our russian military analyst based in moscow. thanks so much for joining us. thank

you. russia is still seeing demonstrations against the invasion. despite a crackdown on descent. police in saint petersburg detained doesn't stirring a 3rd night of action. an independent monitoring group say over 3000 people have been detained since thursday. with already say the protest are legal because they will not approved in advance. that many people caught up in the invasion have fled to neighboring countries. tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees have fled since thursday. not surprisingly, most a heading to countries neighboring ukraine. they include a you members, poland, slovakia, hungry romania as well as non e u member. moldova as fighting worsens. these countries are now bracing for more refugees in the coming days. the train station in the polar city of tre, mitchell, 10 kilometers from ukraine, for many ukrainian refugees,

it's their 1st stop after crossing the border. these for children are having their 1st hot meal and 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. there were masses of people on the way which we took us towards the border and then walked with them. we didn't a long queue, you 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 terms. they had to get off the bus and walk the last 15 kilometers to the border. near louise, they heard explosions. it was terrible. there were rocket sign. so we came here with our passport. can we only have

a birth certificates we were left into poland is refugee. 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're 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 and more so i expect that up to 1000000 people could flee to the country and it promises that they will all be taken in which eman football has added its voice to the worldwide wave of condemnation of the russian invasion clubs,

plies and fans have joined forces to show their support viagra. an uncharacteristic still filled germany's typically boisterous soccer stadiums this weekend. german clubs opened their matches with moments of silence in solidarity with ukraine. following russia's invasion, the dea fell, which operates germany's top 2 leagues encouraged the action and sharply criticized the russian attack in a statement on thursday. in addition to the organized actions from clubs, fans called for peace and condemned to russian president vladimir putin. this condemnation was mirrored by uncut fun for who emblazoned their stadium with the message stop it, put in while lighting it up, ukrainian, blue and gold. those sports often serve as an escape from conflict. german soccer clubs. players and fans have shown that even if the games go on,

they can be used to help bring attention to ukraine. a poland will not play, they willed, come playoff with russia in moscow next month. the polish by munich stopped robert levin belsky tweeted that he could not imagine playing against russia at this time . sweden and the czech republic have taken the same stance while world football's governing body has not yet ruled out playing in russian. and before we leave you the sal, let's recap. the latest developments in the ukraine cross gemini has back down on refusing to st. arms to support you crime in a major policy shift. berlin will deliver anti tank rockets for nights and missiles . your friends military says it is repelled in assault by russian troops on an army base south of p if russian artillery is pounding ukrainian cities meanwhile, but president fella, miss zalinski says his forces are still holding the capital and more than 100000

refugees have arrived. in poland on to crossing ukraine's western and i have with that you're up to date this out. coming up ab culture program outs. 21 is up after a short break. and of course, there's complete coverage of russia's board against ukraine on our website to be found at d. w dot com, as well as on twitter and instagram to the handle. you need. he's at the d. w. news, i'm anthony. how'd in berlin? thanks. watch.

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