on d w ah ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin. germany says russia is war on ukraine. has brought an end, an era of peace to an end in a wide ranging speech. transel all of shawl says it's time to get tough to defend freedom in europe. he calls for vastly strengthen military and energy security. this comes as russia orders, it forces to step up the advance on ukraine. moscow hits airfields and fuel facilities, including a pipeline near hawk here in the east. ah,

a mike look who welcome to the program, a turning point in the history of our continent. that's how chancellor olo sholtes described russia's war against ukraine. speaking to a special session of parliament, the german liter announced a raft of policy changes that would have been unthinkable just days ago. germany will drastically strengthen its military and moved quickly to eliminate its reliance on russian energy exports. he put the blame squarely on russian president vladimir putin, who he said had brought decades of peaceful coexistence to an end here, some of what he said. the president putin pie about keeps talking about inviolable . security like auditing. but that's what he's actually doing is using weapons,

try to bring part of the continent under his power. this will have an impact on the rest of europe as well. permanent security in europe is not possible with russia they ab puts in, is endangering this and to we need to not mince i words, you know, i was hold on. we thought tackling the challenge that these times have made of us with a cool head, resolutely play for there are 5 approaches that we want to take your most of your firstly of. that's why we need to support ukraine and it's our desperate needs. and also on recent weeks and months, we have done this as much as we can written with the attack on ukraine. we find ourselves in a new age in kia in hot give odessa, multiple people are not just defending their homeland. they are fighting for liberty and democracy for values that we share with them.

i'm joined now by our chief political editor, michelle yellow, cliff nameesha, yellow, or chancellor. all of shawl to speech to day was a signal for paradigm shift in germany, foreign security and defense policy. would you call this historic? yes it is. and basically what we've seen of the past 24 hours is a more of a paradigm shift in german particular defense of policy and security policy than we've seen in the past 24 years. it's quite easily a true a certainty if this 100000000000 extra package on defense spending, which would actually require change in the journal constitution, will go ahead. but that is the intention of the current government. a very broad, echoing support here in german parliament. and in essence of what all i saw it's has announced it today is something at donald trump, that former u. s. president. it failed to get germany to agree to the fund commitment of 2

percent plus defense spending in the future, starting 202-4800 1000000000 on top of extra defense and germany also a on saturday evening. all sorts announced that he would deliver weapons directly to ukraine. so that's quite something at an m p. 's. he is still rubbing the eyes and ears, and particularly at when we look at that defense aspect. here's what would have. so it's hard to say this we are, we will set up a special fund before the german armed forces and i am grateful to german finance minister, lynn, not for his support to nurse that one is also widely ones. 12022 german budget will have 100000000000 euros earmarked for this as a one off this money will be used for investment in the german armed forces.

we have added london yard from now on year for year. more than 2 percent of our g d . p will be invested in defense mikaela, it bears repeating some of those numbers. the german chancellor announced the creation of, of 100000000000 euro fun for the armed forces in the allocation of more than 2 percent of the yearly g. d. p. for the defense budget. on top of the fact that germany is now resolved to send weapons to ukraine, it would not be an overstatement to say that this is a tectonic shift in german politics. what else do you make of this? absolutely, actually i spoke to m p. 's. now in the opposition of anglo michael's conservative party, they said we never dared to ask for this. after all, they were in government with the social democrats at the party of olaf. so it's in the past. and during the medical years, this would have been simply inconceivable. and now it's truly happened overnight

sparked by the russian aggression in ukraine. also we heard from all of so it's quite clearly calling out vladimir putin saying that in rasa to tolerance, democracy would in the end prevail. and there's a market differentiation between rossa and vladimir putin here and more. the sanctions are targeted against vladimir putin. this is seen as vladimir putin's will, and not russ's war with an appeal to the russian people and to actually stand in for peace speaking. you mentioned anglo miracle cd you, they are now of course the opposition. what were the reactions from the opposition to this shift and to specifically this speech lashley quite a bit of it is something that is and now lead a fleet h mats stood in for in the past. had he offered support and broad support. he said he was willing to carry this. ed will also be a joint resolution pos today by the german parliament across the board. not

including the deaf party, but at this is the broadest possible coalition. going beyond the government parties here in germany, parliament. and there's just one small cabinet and that is on the spending that would mean a 100000000000 and new debt. there will be some pushback from the conservatives, but overall, a paradigm shift here in germany, a clear signal that germany seen as 2 courses in the past criticize of the past couple of days of simply not acting decisively, not standing in particular on defense times when it has completely changed. it's outlook, it's strategic outlook, and it is certainly willing to spend the money where would have so it's put those woods chief political editor, michelle yellow cook than many thanks. mikaela. well, holding out in ukraine, president vladimir zalinski has said rushes, military assault verges on genocide. and he's called for russia to be stripped of

its seat on the un security council. moscow's forces targeted civilian infrastructure overnight, including gas pipelines as they stepped up, efforts to push further into ukraine. chaos at an oil depot involves each of just outside of give emergency services battled to the early morning. after russian rocket fire destroyed the facility, it is one of the many targets of russian fire overnight. ah, sadness will let us go. that night was heartily. what did they do? this is revenge. yes. but people rose to defend their state. and they, the russian army showed their real face. this is terror. when they are going to bomb our ukrainian cities, even more, they are going to kill our children, even more insidiously. this of this is evil. luckily to day, their little russia has confirmed it destroyed what it called,

975 military targets in the campaign so far. but many of its rockets have landed in civilian areas, killing and maiming bystanders. the kremlin also dispatched a delegation to minsk and neighboring bella roost to open peace talks. but ukrainian president zalinski rejected the site due to bellow, rissa support of the russian campaign even by athens. just that is why we now see not minsk, let's look at any other cities. maybe the meeting venue. of course we want peace. we want an end to the war. i think. ok, genuinely, they live with any other city would suit us. as long as it is in a country from whose territory missiles do not attack us only, only in this way can negotiations be honest with them, and they can really end the war. images digna, like when she biting here and kiev civilians continue to seek shelter in the cities, subway stations. there's little hope it seems for a quick end to the fighting. noah will cross now to dw,

correspond into any fashion who's in helmand, nit ski in western ukraine. funny, we've just heard that a russian delegation has arrived. and belew, supposedly to offer talks with ukrainian officials. how is this going down in ukraine and what's the government's response is not going down as an offer or even as an a genuine offer, but rather as a call to surrender presidency. lensky accuses by ruth, of basically being complicit, helping russian forces to invade ukraine from the northern, the border. and also just shortly after the so called offer was made by russia, the president of bella, ruth pointed out it zalinski doesn't appear at that negotiation table. then this country's going to lose it, state you. it's still an offer even combined with the threat. they are clearly not negotiation is all about if you enter what actually the ending or the conclusion of

that is quite open. and so as a result of presidents lensky decided to reject that offer. but at the same time also made clear that this country is very much open to negotiation, but simply not in belarus. in fact, a few days ago, he offered last meat and sit down in poland in warsaw, no common day nor reaction there from russia. there is a huge concern here in ukraine, though that this may be, of course, is understood by russia. this rejection. all right, then we're just going to keep bonding your country more. so people are really worried. what's going to happen next in ukraine? let's talk about what's happening actually on the ground. at this point. it looks very com where you are, how are things generally looking today where you are and what you've been hearing about to other parts of the country. it may look calm, but actually it's not a lot of internally displaced. people arrive here in hammond etzky, which is one of the biggest towns in west in ukraine. at the same time, people who live here, i getting to read, getting ready to leave or on themselves,

and help the ukrainian troops. now there was a much more critical situation though compared to what's happening here in the capital seating keith overnight, there was a shall in critical infrastructure, a gas and oil. i was or facilities where hit also in the north eastern part of cuba battles between ukrainian forces and russian forces that they are dressed in a, in a sub type a manner. so basically, apparently they had, you crania a military clue, so on and that street fight is actually the main cause to an keith right now as people are under curfew. but so despite the curve you, i still trying to make it out of keep trying to leave, bring their families to safety. so a lot of chaos there and very important to point out there is a massive fighting going on right now in a car give also in the eastern part of ukraine. so a lot of

a lot of people are on the edge and ukraine as a shelling, as air strikes me too, and strikes continue to hit ukraine. funny, some roughly 96 hours in this is solve our people faring in ukraine or they eager for peace talks or given the brutality of the last 4 days. or they resolved to defend their country and fight. of course, if you ask people who are on the ground, everyone, everyone would love to have their peaceful country back. even though, if you look back at history for the past years, this country was at war in the perspective of so many here, because of the unresolved issue in the eastern part in the don't bus region. but i'm still impressed. i have to say i by the unity that so many people display your in fact, just behind me, you may see people donating food. others are trying to help filling up sign back in case there is the breed falling of from, from any drone or anything. and that may come down here and falling on the people,

so everyone is trying to help via donation or by simply arming themselves, women man. and to basically give that message or spread that message. they're not going to give up on their country. they're not going to give up on the sovereignty on the freedom of ukraine. they're ready to fight, they're ready to resist. so it's a incredible display of people supporting each other in every way to motivate actually each other to, to, to stay and fight. while others, of course, are very much panicking and are trying to leave, try to leave across the border to romania, across the border to poland and hungary for example. it's a funny flush are in heaven in sky many, many facts watching dw news. here's a quick recap. of what's happening in ukraine on the ground. russia has a leash. the wave of attacks as its invasion of ukraine enters. it's for the day. it's targeted airfields in fuel facilities,

including an oil depot outside the capitol. keith, moscow's advance has been slowed by fierce resistance. don't forget there's a complete coverage of russia's war against you train on our website, d, w dot com as well as on twitter and instagram as well. at d. w. news, i'm michael oke and thanks for watching more news at the top of the app. ah, son are driven by merciless greed and others fighting the destruction land grabbers are exploiting, the amazon ring forced peoples for now briefly opposing them to a report on the heart of brazil stuart's march 9th on d. w. ah.