ah, ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, russia, attack civilian infrastructure as an invasion of ukraine and has it's 4th day. moscow's forces blow off the gas pipeline and oil death in the countries east. creating what the government warns could be an environmental catastrophe. in the capital key, residents spend the 3rd night under ground, vowing to resist. also on the show, germany does an about face and agrees to send weapons to support ukraine's defense and a significant policy shift jobs that will actually approve the delivery of antique

tang weapons. and miss isles shaw, it's called roches action. a turning point in history that threatens the world would have and protests held in cities worldwide to stand up against the invasion and russia itself. authorities detain hundreds who dead to sent against vladimir putin will oh, mm i manuscripts, mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. russia has unleashed a wave of attacks targeting at fields and fuel facilities in what appears to be the next phase of its invasion. russian forces blew up a pipeline near. ha, he's in the east authorities say the blast could cause an environmental catastrophe . ukraine's pipeline operate operator says it hasn't affected supply of us. comes a, some rush and forces were seen entering the city. russian troops have been ordered

to advance in ukraine from all directions. and we can cross now to our correspondent furniture who's in carmel nit ski in a western ukraine. fanny, tell us about the nights, how were things? how are things looking where you are this morning? we are a 1000000 ski and people are nervous. you really sleep on alerts. there is a military or bi airbase, nearby military warehouses that been striked a during the past couple of days. not tonight though, so our people are starting their morning as the curve. you just ended at 7 am local time and try to go about their day as much. this is possible, but a lot of into internally displaced. people from keith and other parts of ukraine, arrived here in hamlin sky, about a 3 hour drive to our romania. but again, also people who lithia very much nervous in the trying to consider a plan out of ukraine as

a tens of thousands already have left the country. can you give us a sense of what's happening in keith and new trends capital? there wasn't this major shelling, in fact the people unfortunately bracing for even expecting but they an oil terminal was attacked 50 kilometers outside of the city center. so this is still in all blast in that state. and there was some a fighting going on in the north eastern part of keith, a longer different people that you referred to as saboteurs. this could be people are dressed in ukrainian military uniforms, but actually they are russians. but all around compared to other nights, it was relatively calm in keith. and people are actually hoping, even though they're bracing for another day in keith and in other parts of ukraine as things are going to advance in the interest of the ukrainian forces. now we do here, however,

just right now that the russian troops are advancing how to give and that apparently russian soldiers are right now on the ground in the city of hockey. if so, nothing is nothing is far from over right now in ukraine. in fact, this escalation is made you invasion is started in 4 days ago on a thursday and ukraine just started and people are bracing for more to come. you are talking about, i've seen many people on the, on the news, but many are still staying dealing with what's going on. can you give us an idea how people are coping with having to hide on the ground with being faced by, by the sound of these explosions? how are they dealing with it definitely puts an emotional, a mental strain on them. i mean, this is going on for weeks now, even before this invasion started, their way, the messages that there is a imminent threat people need to deal with this summer mentally. but on the other hand, also they try to stay united and motivate each other. in fact,

those people who stay, they say, okay, i'm not just going to stay at home or stay in a shelter, but actually i'm going to take up an arm, man, women, different generation, and defend my country. they are there people who want to resist that want to fight . and this is something that president zalinski also underlined in his appearances and social media that everyone is really needed to fight the russian troops again. others of course, are panicking their long lines at gasoline stations, the supermarkets, the few that are open in major cities. also i have huge crowds of people in front of them. so it's a mix of panic, but also a mood of resistance among ukrainians. here they hope also with the help of the western allies that this entire invasion can be still won against russia. but of course, nobody knows, as we know of the russian troops are so much superior in terms of numbers, in terms of military gear. in terms of being able to invade his country by all on

old fronds, spies on sea air and, and violence. so it is of very how should i say i on equal or uneven a fight here to say so between russia and ukraine. all right, any touch on can that nit skin the west of ukraine. thanks. i much and ukraine is doing its best to repel the russian attack by training civilians to fight support from the u. s. and of the nation members is also bolster national defenses. but few believe the ukraine is a match for it's much larger neighbor and taking active and reserve troops together keep control on more than $1000000.00 men and women. russia, meanwhile, has more than 3000000 ukraine has less than 2 and a half 1000 tanks compared to russia's 13000 and in the air. ukraine has just 67 attack aircraft, in contrast to russia's 1500. now in

a major shift and foreign policy, germany has agreed to support ukraine with weapons as it resists rushes, invading forces. now berlin, back tracked on a long running ban on weapons, exports towards zones, and says it will now send anti tank weapons and missiles. the policy shift brings germany into line with other western allies supplying alms to ukraine. the decision came off to chancellor will have shaw. it's met leaders from poland and lithuania, to discuss tough sanctions against russia. head of the main thing, holland's prime minister was highly critical of germany, saying berlin's previous decision to only send 5000 helmets to ukraine. was a joke. job. and i'm joined now by d. w as chief political correspondent, melinda crane. good morning, melinda. now this is a major, you turn for the german government. what was it that finally pushed it to change

course on alms deliveries to ukraine? absolutely, it's nothing short of a small revolution in the german security policy. germany had been resisting the pressure to send weapons on the basis of a law that reflects this country's very long prohibition on delivering weapons to conflict zones. that, in turn is a reflection of lessons learned from world war 2. which of course, was a war of aggression that germany itself initiated. so the prohibition included a taboo on german weapons being delivered to a country where they could be used against russian soldiers in particular because of the suffering that germany had inflicted there during the 2nd world war. until now, the view in berlin has been that diplomacy is the tool of choice, and the commercial relations will bring moderation on russia's part. but there has been increasing recognition that these assumptions are unrealistic,

not to say naive. and in fact, pressure had been mounting across the political spectrum to revisit this issue. and now in the face of valiant fighting by the ukrainian forces, who as you said, are vastly outnumbered and, and outmanned. germany has essentially beginning been looking increasingly you could say passes and particularly given the fact that this country is a major weapons export and that its weapons often do indirectly find their way to conflict zones. so in the face of all that, the leading ministers from all of the coalition parties did meet yesterday. and afterwards, chancellor schultz sent out the decision by tweet saying that it is our duty to support ukraine to the best of our ability in defending against proteins. invading

army and we see this moment as a major turning point. okay, so what kind of weapons this germany intent to supply and how will actually get them to the ukranian army? good question since, so ukraine is now already a conflict on germany is going to be delivering a 1000 anti tank weapons and 500 stinger surface to air missiles to ukraine. and a clue that will also include are these deliveries will also include 14 armoured vehicles and fuel that we transported via coolant, which is of course a nato ally. also, germany is going to be sending or in our also $400.00 anti tank weapons that are currently stockpiled in the netherlands, but were produced largely from german parts will be sent via the netherlands. and a number of old howitzers that were actually produced in eastern germany during the cold war are going to be delivered to ukraine from estonia. austonia had been

pressing for weeks to send those weapons, and in fact, had met resistance from germany until now. so as you see, they're going the different channels. germany's prohibition basically extended to any weapons that include a number of german parts. it was entitled to pro a bit their shipment to pro a to forbid their shipment even if those weapons were on other countries territory . okay, that's briefly talk about swift because this is another big deal as happened, the global payments network, you leaders were lining up to ban russia from swift. germany wasn't willing, but now it has a has agreed was the pressure on chance that would have shouts just finally to great in the end notes to join in with the out that you countries, you know, interestingly enough, germany was the last hold out on this one which obviously is an awkward position for europe's biggest and economy. a very wealthy country,

of course. but the concern here was not only on the part of chancellor schultz, in fact, germany's foreign minister on elaine a better buck, a member of the green party. and otherwise, an outspoken advocate, for example, of german support for ukraine. she had said that she was very concerned that a blanket exclusion from swift could wind up causing massive collateral damage not only to the german economy because of course, financial transactions. when they are cut off, it hurts both sides. not only russia, but also for example, that it could hurt the payments that germany makes to civil society groups in russia, which are also foreign currency payments that have to be transferred via that swift system. but apparently, there was a lot of effort now putting in to put into making these sections very targeted, that they will affect only particular payments, particular russian bags. and that seems to have made them palatable for germany.

melanie crane t w's chief political correspondent. thank you so much. now, the russian invasion of ukraine has sent tens of thousands of people playing the home since thursday. huge crowds have been waiting a train station to travel to the border and cross into neighboring countries. he seems from to live in west and ukraine, show the fear and frustration. there is not enough space on the trains to carry everyone to safety men. a forced to say good bye to their families, as they're not allowed to leave, because they've been pulled up to fight. and many of the refugees all headed to poland. and i'll report to monica. she read sca has sent us this report, the polish ukrainian border and medica and southeastern poland. since russian forces invaded ukraine around a 100000, people have crossed the border seeking refuge. they say there are long lines of cars trying to enter poland. many of the new arrivals are met by friends and

relatives on the polish side, including oksana, turbo, vent girl. she and her family have a grueling 30 hour journey behind them. most of them villages global. i didn't even know we lived near military airport, luna? because in the morning we heard sirens from leach with my mother immediately hidden a bomb shelter. my parents stayed in ukraine serrano, a book, and my brother to this book he's serving in the army. i know they were able to leave the bomb shelter to school. but you never know now if maybe they'll have to hide again today. anyways, i'm just i'm really worried. we're good with what is wrong with anya also had to leave her loved ones behind. her mother is not allowed to leave ukraine because she works for the military. the 17 year old is still in shock,

but will certain to so little. i was afraid that people would trample me that i'm trying to cross the border stuff, but it is now i believe that things will go well, why is clear? but i fear for my family and for ukraine, i don't know what will happen and i'm afraid. hell subsidy, listen. many volunteers are helping the exhausted refugees on the polish side of the border. they can get a warm meal here. and poland, border guards say they're ready to meet this unprecedented challenge in our history history of volleyball. they got a fit 1st situation in disco, we brought more and more stuff. all the carbons which can be open on the border crossing points are open. what we did today in the morning.