ah, ah ah, this is dated. the news live for berlin as war rages in ukraine. there are 1st glimmers of hope, ukraine and russia. a great peace talks, even as moscow's troops draw closer to keep fuel depos come under attack. and the may, the mere says the city is in circle, we'll get the latest from our correspondence in you credit. the european union sharpens it's response to the war, funding weapons for you, grant, closing a test based to russia and banning some prob, for him like media hurting with his nuclear forces on alert. meanwhile,

the russian leader is wyoming western sanctions. but the u. s. says he's manufacturing threats, and germany says the war marks a turning point in history channel. the olaf schultz announced a massive upgrade of berlin's military capability and plans to cut germany's dependence on russian energy supplies. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? where begin with 1st hopes for dialogue over the war in ukraine, president vladimir lensky office says it would hold negotiations with russian officials at the border. with bela bruce. russia says, talks have not yet begun, but the 2 sides are arriving at the location being while fighting continues on the grounded ukraine. russian forces have attacked fuel dippers, and there are reports of explore since outside the capitol keys. the mayor says the

city is encircled by russian troops, but they remain some 30 kilometers from the centre battles are still going on around other population centers for more, let's bring in date of the correspond. nick connelly who's in vanessia in western g, cried nick. the ukranian side, as announced that the negotiations have already begun, but the russian foreign ministry has denied that. do we know for sure what is happening and bushy as a way to write it over the last few days. we don't have any conclusive information either way. that's been the same way in terms of the actual fighting weather in jail. it's on the ground and see during war there since ships. so no side really giving a full picture. it is important that this is even happening at all. and it's happening without precondition that's being seen as a victory for ukraine because the russians basically were pushing for the brain to turn up and find what essentially amounts to capitulation. they see demilitarize in allowing rochelle way influence over there in general politics and busy allowing

rushed to kind of my brains to micro, strictly government. but us for these talks, i'm not very confident there's actually going to be much to them. we've heard as much from volume lensky says he's not impressed. or you're convinced because this could just be attracted by rust a wind. some time we've seen russian troops, russian tanks getting stuck on roads in ukraine, stuck while invading ukraine because they basically haven't caught up with a few slides. so this could be just a little bit of tech to kinda glad him approach. and he did the same just before this invasion where you entered to mental microphones that he was open some big summit. there would be a meeting between foreign ministers. and then before those meetings didn't happen, he sent his tanks rolling over the border. so not much truck during ukraine, the russians are playing fairly. and i think it's just important to stop for a minute and just think how crazy the situation is. they're going to be meeting at the board next, which noble nuclear power station on the border region. ukraine beller is, is, it's like something out of our kind of fantasy noble russian troops control the

nuclear power station, which is the world's biggest nuclear incident at 60 kilometers from ki, if there are any fighting the huge risks to some millions of fact. but now these 2 countries are meeting at the border next to nuclear. disaster zone is just an indication of what extraordinary kind of search you're on right now. give us a sense of how the people feeling in ukraine. do they have hope for these piece talks or given the brutality of the last 4 days? they just focus more on fighting to defend their country at this point? i think it's definitely more of the last year. i think ukrainian have been very cheered by seeing how well, how well the ukraine is holding up against the russian army, especially on the western weapons down to tank massage that have been brought to bring from the u. s. u k. seems to be pretty effective and they definitely slow down the rest of the month. you read when you read russian miniature, unless they seem pretty shocked at how slow this is going. they thought they could

just have some kind of blitz and get to kid within a day or 2. and then the ukranian government in taxol, fleeing out of q. if that hasn't happened, and lots of russian troops being taken prisoner, lots of these tanks, images everywhere on social media here of destroyed tanks and also lots of ukrainians. i was just in a youth center today where you had a dozen young people with hundreds making camouflage, knitting, collecting food and equipment for the troops. it also refugees heading west from here. so if, if region was trying to demoralize ukrainians, it seems like the chief just the nic. dr. fallen again, nerves are, i guess a constant for the people, but just quickly on nights the most nervous times during an invasion. definitely. and we've been spending a lot of our time in bomb raid shelters, in this case where we are in just this blocks cellar. and just to give you a bit of insight, the reason why i'm sitting here in the living room in front of

a bookshelf is because i can't stand outside with lights with a camera light or in the window without locals being worried that i'm trying to give some kind of signal that i'm a kind of sleeper agent, and it will sound like something from a novel, but this is real. these kind of cases have been found just today. there been reports of russian agents trying to destroy a re dos sites about 10 clients tomorrow. and now lots of shooting that i can't verify that, but it doesn't just get the big patent to go very know very distrusting of strangers. but overall, not panicking and fairly cheered right now by where this is going. and you know, the ability to green army, to actually sit this out and to make russia think twice about whether this is actually going to work out a w correspondent, commonly and western new crime. thanks so much. russian forces, meeting stiff resistance as they attempt to push further into you crime. the may of keith says the capital is holding its defensive lines and there on russian troops in the city itself. and after reports of heavy fighting in eastern khaki,

if the regional government says ukrainian forces have to re taken full control of the city masses, latest attacks have targeted civilian infrastructure as well as the military chaos at an oil depot. and both c give just outside of key of emergency services battled to the early morning after russian rocket fire destroyed the facility. just one of the many targets of russian fire overnight. janice village, a score that night was hartfield. what did they do? this is revenge gas for people rose to defend their state. and thee, the russian army showed their real face. this is terror, little when they are going to bomb or ukrainian cities even more and they're going to kill our children, even more insidiously. michelle, this is evil, naturally did they say law. russia has confirmed it destroyed what he called 975

military targets in the campaign so far. but many of its rockets have landed in civilian areas, killing and maiming bystanders. here and she of civilians continued to seek shelter in the city subway stations. there's little hope it seems for a quick end to the fighting. the european union is to finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to ukraine for the 1st time. well, european commission president, us lafond line, says the block is also closing. it's a space to rush an aircraft and will ban some state and media. she announced new sanctions also targeting the bridge, shame of belarus in later, alexander lucas shanker, for supporting rushes action from the line says the latest action is a significant develop as the war in ukraine. rage is on and ukrainians. i bravely for that country. european union steps up once more its support for ukraine

and the sanctions against the aggressor, aggressor that is put in russia. for the 1st time ever. the european union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack. this is a watershed moment from all that's bringing doubly correspondent bentley, get in brussels bent the a you ascending weapons to ukraine or a decision of historic proportions. yes, indeed. taboos are falling here and the you is shifting into food or gear now, for the 1st time, a 3rd country will get 450000000 euros to buy weapons and ammunition. and this money comes out of a so called peace facility because the peace project europe actually bonded to support with that money peacekeepers in africa and elsewhere. but now this money is shifted to words. ukraine, 6000000000 euros in this budget. this is really

a historic step and unprecedented, but the ones to show resolve and says the situation is so we cannot act differently . the e was also imposing fresh sanctions. how much bite did we think they're going to have? the you is aiming at the entire financial sector of russia now they want to triple the whole sector and come to go after the vol, chest of vladimir putin, the russian president actually. and all assets in foreign countries are held by the russian national bank froze. now, half of the assets of the total assets of the bank are not available any more in this should be a real blow to the russian state budget. and they use hoping that so financing the war will be much more difficult. and also other banks in russia, targeted by kicking them out of swift messaging and banking system.

not all banks, but a couple of things are kicked out and they use hoping that this will not effect that european economies so much. but this has to be seen, and this can be, or the hope is that this will actually alter the cause of putin and put into elite and moscow. and on top of it, there's also the band for air travel to russia, and also the oligarchy. and to put an elite cannot fly now, the private jets from moscow to nice to enter the luxurious yachts. maybe this will be in the end to the trick significant day in brussels band reagan. thank you. or meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has put his de terrence forces, including nuclear armed forces on high alert video distributed by the kremlin food and said nato powers had made aggressive statements towards russia. he also pointed

to economic sanctions that will cut off russian banks from international transactions i put in is blaming the west for his decision to put rushes in. clear forces on a lit was really, really rigid. not only our western countries taking unfriendly economic steps against our country. and the, i mean the illegal sanctions that everyone knows about very well and that sort of the top officials of leading nato countries. those are also making aggressive statement about our country. therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff is to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. because women to a special mode of combat, duty, des, they doubly correspondent emily, sherwin is he, in berlin from moscow off to russia, withdrew her journalistic accreditation. good to have you here under any

circumstances, emily, what we've just heard the words, the move is this a song that brewton is rattled? well, we don't know. it does seem judging from what military experts in russia are saying that this military operation is taking quite a bit longer than russia expected. but i think these words from putin, you know, are clear sign that he wants the west to keep out. and he ordered footings rather rushes to turns forces to be placed on stand by. and, and he said that that was because nato leaders were expressions expressing aggression towards russia. so this is kind of him throwing russia's weight around, showing that it's an important power on the world stage. and actually we've heard that nuclear threat veiled nuclear threat are not so veiled before already a few days earlier. he also talked about consequences that you've never faced in your history. if you metal can. i have kind of aggressive. i'm addressing the west . so i think he's kind of trying to say ukraine is our sphere of influence. keep

out of this conflict. for the 1st one, russian authorities have admitted that russian soldiers have indeed been killed in this invasion. what does that to us? i think that's quite a change in the narrative, or it could signal a change in the narrative state tv. so far has kind of been talking about a very much emphasizing the fact that russian forces were not hitting civilian infrastructure at all. and i heard one show they were talking about scalpel like accuracy. they're just hitting military infrastructure, no civilians, it's almost the perfect operation. now we've heard the ministry of defense come out and say that there are casualties. they haven't said that they're the exact numbers of casualties, which i think is interesting. but they did say that they're far lower than on the other side on the ukrainian side. so you a vague statement today was the 1st time also we heard that they also admitted that one general had been killed. but this could become a real problem. i think

a p r problem with this operation for russia going forward. because there's quite a bit of opposition against this war. any way you know, we've seen today again, anti war protests, almost 2000 people were arrested in very cities across the country. other people who believe the state t v narrative have believe this is going to be a short and victorious war. but if the body bags start arriving back in russia, that could be no real issue. i think for the kremlin lips were brought a question about the motion, russia correct down hard, or maybe your outlets and social media as you've witnessed your so what does the media landscape in russia look life? well it's, it's been strange watching the coverage of this actually because, you know, for example, today i got a, a push notification from state media saying in hot kiff, which we talked about before in the, in the eastern part of ukraine. russian forces have entered that was a critical media outlet, and then the state state media outlet that said,

soldiers have voluntarily laid down their arms in hard keep. so you're getting kind of these parallel narratives about this war. and in, at the same time, in, within russia there's been quite a crackdown on critical media and also on internet freedom on social media as well . the media last week was told that they're only allowed to use russian official sources when reporting about this conflict. 10 a media outlets received a warning and were told to delete of information articles that called this operation and a war and an invasion. and to day the general's prosecutor's office said that any one who am offers financial or other help for foreign government organizations. foreign organizations could be considered a, you know, to be committing treason, which could mean that they can face up to 20 years in prison. and there's been a precedent of a journalist, well known journalist being hit with that accusations, i think that could really affect journalists as well. and meanwhile, facebook has been slowed down and other social media outlets. i think we're going

to see um quite a crackdown on the the media sphere information sphere, the internet and social media in the coming days and weeks. great to get to your insights and knowledge. after 4 and a half years in moscow, emily shewn could to get a chance to talk a turning point in the history of our continent. that's our chancellor, olaf short described russia's war against ukraine. speaking to a special session of parliament, the german leader announced a raster raft of policy changes rather 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 bought decades of peacefully co existence to an end german chancellor old shelf is moving the country away from his traditional path, admits defense and security policy. to a tougher, more direct,

one shackled bytes 1st and 2nd world war history. germany has been hesitant to involve itself in conflict, but short says, this is a new era. dixie casela cut us this war is a catastrophe for ukraine. but this war will also turn out to be a catastrophe for russia. russia has done the unthinkable bringing the most aggressive military assault to europe since world war 2, at the special session of the room to serve shelter announced germany ascending $1000.00 anti tank weapons. and 500 surface to air missiles directly to ukraine, instead of using a 3rd party. it will also invest $100000000000.00 euros in a special military fine. and after years of pushing against cars from the us to invest more in natal, shelton out that's happening too high to national defense spending to more than 2

percent of germany's economic output per year. president put in, president putin should not under estimate our determination to defend every square meter of our alliances territory together with our allies. is leyden. we are cutting off russian banks and state companies from financing. if we are preventing the export of future technology to russia, we are focusing on the oligarchs and their assets in the u. z. germany and its allies hold to these tough multi lateral sanctions. will force russia to retreat and bring peace. that to you, me. the united nations refugee agency says more than 300000 people have fled ye grain. more than a 150000 of crossed into neighboring poland. people are still facing enormous cues

waiting to get across, arrive, exhausted, and in need of shelter after long journeys. most are women and children, men aged 18 to 60, told to stay behind and fight. well, they doubly corresponded max and a standing by at the polish ukrainian board and max, tell us how things are looking where you are. right. the situation here, the polish ukrainian border seems a somewhat under control for now, but you can really tell being here on the ground that the situation is slowly changing and more people are coming. or the polish prime minister today said that 200000 people from ukraine have made their way to poland. so for that's roughly a $100000.00 more than yesterday. so in the beginning of the last couple of days we are most people who would arrive here would be people who have some sort of connections to, to pull in to would have a family members or a relatives or friends living here and would have a place to turn to now,

the people will talk to throughout the course of the day here who are arriving now appear to be people who are going to poland as the closest safe space. so to say with no real place to turn to or no real plan. but there is a lot of help here, as you can see, and we're at a parking lot close to polish border. and where volunteers are, handing out donations are here behind me, where they can get a hot meal, where there's some, some medical attention on the polish authorities have made sure to prepare for the situation. and i will have to wait and see time will tell them if for the coordination is going to be, is going to be good enough for when once the numbers really pick up what people here on the ground are expecting. next, the sheer volume of people is clearly an issue that can you spend expand on reports of problems on the ukrainian side, the people trying to leave the country. right, so the situation am or the other side of the border seems to be a very dire for the people who are stuck there. we're talking of

a long lines of cars naturally because everybody's trying to leave ukraine at once . and in addition to that, people are stuck, their traffic is moving very slowly. and that is also because ukrainian or a border of forces authorities conducting intense checks on people leaving that has to do with them. not wanting males in the fighting age between 18 and 60 to leave the country because there is conscription and they're expected to support the military service. but in addition to that, we've also heard some reports. we've talked to some people here who arrived here today, and there are some, some reports of foreigners am being discriminated against a particular african students. there have been multiple ports of them being taken off the train um to make place for you training nationals of them being sent back to the end of the line a to make to letter ukrainian nationals and at 1st so there seems to be also some, some sort of discrimination and that since that's happening at the border while people are trying to flee, they doubly correspond max and the polish ukrainian border. thanks so much.

hundreds of thousands of people had protested against the invasion in cities around the world. he in berlin demonstrated, converged on the land, voc brandenburg gate. they were big rallies also in paris, madrid, and a string of other capitals weigh police mostly left marches alone. in stark contrast with protests in dozens of russian cities, monitoring groups has at least 2000 people with a tight they were chanting no to war. in russia from st. petersburg to siberia, protesting their country's invasion of ukraine. and in so many places, the script was the same ah, inspired chance, followed by action from security forces, often in riot gear. i mean what?

it can't be any worse. we're the aggressor state and people are dying because of us . i'm ashamed. i haven't been able to live normally for several days. i'm burning with shame. oh ukrainians. well away from russia were meanwhile burning with pride. their national anthem played outside the russian embassy and berlin. and over at the brandenburg gate, police left more than $100000.00 people to chide vladimir putin and support ukrainians. it is our backyard. they are neighbors or brothers, or cousins or coworkers. put in this bond in my country, which is ukraine is killing people, killing children. i wish i could do my but coming in showing our solidarity, showing that we really want the people of ukraine to be say, the attack on ukraine is an attack on us on all our ideas, just like the ukrainians have been piling us for the past 8 years such support for

ukraine was also found in cities as varied as paris. oh, her beal in kurdish, iraq, santiago, chile. oh, and the lithuanian capital vilnius were ex pat bella. russians protested their country support for the invasion. also without police interference. but back inside russia, india caterine berg, east of the euro, mountains, the voices of protest quickly muffled. oh, the deadly corresponding thomas sparrow was at the protest. here in berlin, he sent us this assistance. tens of thousands of people got up to day right here in the center of berlin for a peace demonstration in support of ukraine and against vladimir putins actions.

there were all the people grandmothers, concerned about the current situation. also, families with younger children asking for politicians to do more to help children. it was also a very international approach, as with people from around the world showing their support. many people here were also asking the german government to do more, and many told us that they were happy that the german government had decided to reverse it. longstanding decision and is now willing to send defensive weapons to ukraine. come asperity. you're watching day. dablin is, let's re cap, the latest developments for you. russia and ukraine had the great to hold. hey, stokes, delegations i do to mate on grange board of with bella. luce vladimir putin has put rushes. nuclear forces on a lot. fighting continues as russian forces try to press deeper into he cried, but the mirror keeps is the capital is still holding out. and the european union is organizing a massive logistical operation to deal with hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fling. they hon. you're watching day w needs. don't forget, there is

a complete coverage of russia's war against ukraine on our website. that's to be found at d. w dot com as well as on twitter and instagram to the handle. the need is at the w news. i'm anthony. how'd in berlin this morning is coming up at the top of the hour for me and the team here in georgia? ah ah, with

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