round other population centers, weapons of war at a children's playground in khaki, has all of these images uploaded to social media, purportedly show russian soldiers, healthy person filming, since they are shooting at houses. but they run into fierce resistance. a trail of russian recognizance vehicles is left smouldering as ukrainian soldiers drive the russian army back out of ukraine's 2nd largest city. the regional governor says khaki is back under ukrainian control the capital key if is also putting up a fight while explosion after explosion goes off near the heart of the city. a war just outside the window. many fleet to subway stations when they hear air raid sirens, it was my family. i moved to our relatives place chris. they are closer to the metro station. and there is

a better opportunity to run down the metro station itself is heavy bomb been take place in the east apartment buildings in ruins, a gas pipeline, and an oil depot in flames. in an effort to stop the destruction, ukraine's president agrees to peace talks. the land is still green. scott, the ukrainian and russian delegations will meet without any preconditions as wilderness. frankly speaking, i do not really believe in the outcome of the meeting young those of you to visit betsy's will station. meanwhile, new satellite images show a convoy of hundreds of russian military vehicles approaching the capital. a sign that the fighting there may become even more intense. for more now, let's bring in d. w. correspond mateus building a. who's in the phoenix? yeah. excuse me. in weston, ukraine. mathias hi there at what can you tell us about the situation on the ground

of his our so here is no easy way to sir. the situation is rather calm because our it's quite far now right now it's quite far from the, from the front line and her, we don't have fights here or tags approaching. but we have frequent air raids. so um we are in and out of the basement of the building and are we are we are hiding but we also see days and there, there is a traces of the war in everyday life. for example, most shops are closed. only those that sell food and, and pharmacies are open, everything else is closed. then also people are engaging in activities to

support the army. for example, there are places where people can donate her clothes, mattresses, food as well for the army as well as for refugees. and there are many refugees here . so there is quite a few bit of tension year in the air as well. although we're not as hard hit as other places. ok. 90th, lots of tension. and as you have just said, they're now president. the lensky isn't expressing very high hopes for these talks that are due to take place. somewhere on the bellow reporter, that's with russia. of course. what can we reasonably expect from these negotiation? while the have been negotiations for months now, where, why russia was quietly building up its not quietly actually also very visibly a building up its army around the borders of ukraine and attacked the,

the country out of the blue. without any pretext, there was always the fear that they would create some kind of the pretext. they didn't even do that. so trust in russia is understandably very low. now we have the impression or we can say that the war has not gone so far as russia had expected aid. the offensives are stark, they meet with fierce resistance from the ukrainians. and the best guess would be that these negotiations are about winning time for russia. from the russian side, it's not very logical to build up an army for a month with the purpose of attacking a country openly, basically displaying its power, then attacking. and after 3 days, rethinking and offering some other kind of

a kind of for solution. so either russia things, they have already pressured ukraine enough into agreeing to their terms, which is not the case from the ukrainian perspective, or they're just winning time. but he has burning a correspondent in west and ukraine. thank you. mathias with european union is to finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to ukraine for the very 1st time. european commission president also to live on the lion says the block is also closing it is based to russian aircraft and will ban some state own media. she announced new sanctions targeting the regime of bell russian president, alexander lucas shanker, for supporting rushes action about the lion says this is a significant development. and she explained why as the war in ukraine rages on and ukrainian bravely for their country. european union steps up once more its

support for ukraine and the sanctions against the aggression 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 for more, let's bring in a d. w correspondent, band lee, good in brussels band, high or the e. u is sending weapons to ukraine. could you explain why this decision is so historic? both the boost of falling and the u. s. shifting into war gear now, it's the 1st time that you is actually buying weapons and ammunition for 3rd country, which is not member of the you, they are will, they will spend 450000000 euros in a 1st torch. there are 6000000000 in this budget,

it's called the piece budget actually. and it was meant for peacekeeping forces in africa elsewhere. now they will use the money to buy arms. so this is really a turnaround in history because the european union always had, we are peace project and now it's in involved into well, some want in the war. a big turnaround, as you say about the e. u is also imposing fresh sanctions. how much by today have they aim, especially at the financial sector of russia? the u targets the russian national bank and its assets and currency reserves. the u once more or less to freeze all business of this bank and also some other banks which are connected, wire swift, to the international community and know hindered from doing business. and this shall lead to the, in the ability of let me put in the russian president to finance his voice. so the

economy in russia is supposed to suffer a lot. and it's not quite clear which impact this will have on the economy in europe, in the was also closing the air space for all russian flights. and also kicking out some media outlets and the icing on the cake. as you can see, that is that the russian oligarchs can not fly their private jets anymore from moscow to nice to enter the luxuries yachts. bentley, good in brussels, thank you. band will. russian president vladimir putin has put his so called deterrence forces, including nuclear armed forces on high alert in a video distributed by the kremlin pollutants, said nato powers have made aggressive statements towards russia. he also pointed to economic sanctions that will cut off thanks from international transactions, as we just heard from van to get money and put in is blaming the west for that

decision. was really, really, this is not only our western countries taking unfriendly economic steps against our country and i mean the illegal sanctions that everyone knows about very well. what the top officials of leading nato countries. those are also making aggressive statements about our country. the scene, therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff. but to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. but it goes with me to a special mode of combat. duty. bdc or hundreds of thousands of people have protested the russian invasion in cities around the world . here in berlin, there was a huge rally at the landmark brandenburg gate. there were big demonstrations also in paris, madrid, and the string of either capitals,

where police mostly left people alone to match up. that's not something we can say about the protests that happened in dozens of russian cities and monitoring group. this is at least 2000 people were detained. 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 inspired chance followed by action from security forces, often in riot gear. ah, 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 where,

meanwhile, burning with pride, their national anthem played outside the russian embassy in 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 co workers. put in this bond in my country, which is ukraine. is the 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 saved. 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 curtis. she rock 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 and footballs. world governing body has condemned russia. the 1st is russia will host new matches and will have to play as the russian football union, but it stopped short of expelling russia from the world. cup fif is decision, follows the refusal of poland, sweden and the czech republic to play russia, even with russia playing quote home, it matches on neutral territory and without spectators. it's unclear whether other teams will be willing to play england for one says it will not play russia. you're watching dw news,

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out. a long term report from the heart of brazil, start to march 9th on d. w. stay up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program on line d, w dot com highlights. ah, i'm michael ok. welcome to this special edition of d. w. news. focusing on a landmark appearance by the german chancellor. oh, love shalt, in which he talked of a turning point in history, showed sam has been speaking in an exceptional sunday, sitting of the german parliament, the bundis dog, called in re wants to russia's invasion of you craft. you know, it's

a raft of policy changes that would have been unthinkable just days ago. germany will drastically strengthen its military value at a cost of a 100000000000 euros, a longstanding policy of not sending weapons to war. a zones is also being rivers and berlin will move quickly to reduce its dependence on russian energy exports. sholtes, head harsh words were vladimir putin christ. he says the russian leader has ended decades of peaceful co existence, cold bloodedly, for one reason, joined now by our chief political correspondent, belinda crane. melinda, today was a clearly historic as a sea change, some would say, in germany's defense in foreign policies. absolutely. as the chancellor put it, we are in a new world. we woke up on february 24th in a new world. and he said basically that this attack on ukraine is

an attack on the entire security order that essentially helped european countries and maintain of relatively peaceful and stable co existence in the entire post world war 2 era. he says that that attack, which obviously goes far beyond this present moment, requires a commensurate response. and those changes that you mentioned weapons exports or to ukraine to a conflict zone, which has long been seen as a prohibition including under german law harsh sanctions on russia. and a quantum leap in defense spending. this represents a dizzying departure from what was essentially long a postwar consensus that germany would essentially tie its own hands militarily and absolutely prioritize diplomacy and dialogue. and the reason for

that, you could say, is that germany learned the lessons of the 2nd world war and war of aggression that it initiated to. well, it essentially felt that military might was off limits as a tool of foreign policy. we are seeing that change, and i have to say it truly is a watershed for me over 30 years of reporting on germany. i've heard many politicians professed that this country is going to take greater responsibility that it's going to commit more to defense. that it's going to play a more active leadership role in common european security policy. but never so concrete, never so impassioned, and never so defiant in never. so emotional watershed moment is what you said. and i think we've been hearing that word throughout the day. this is a radical departure just that just the weapons export that you mentioned a how much support does the government have in doing this? and what kind of response did the german chancellor get when he laid out his should

be essentially new military defense policy. we'll hear that in a moment when we hear the speech really quite massive applause when he was talking also about this decision to ship weapons to ukraine. good listeners will also hear some booze and some push back on some of the sections that dealt with defense policy. but those are essentially coming from the party groups on the very left and right of the political spectrum. otherwise, a very broad consensus that this is the right thing to do at this moment. as our viewers will hear, chancellor schultz was very keen to make sure that he specified this is vladimir putin's war and not the war of the russian people. why do you think that he was, it was so critical for him to make that point. indeed, for me, this isn't one of the must moving parts of the speech. and in fact, again, our viewers will be able to see a standing ovation from many parts of the buddhist talk when he directly

addressed the russian people saying, we command your bravery going out on the streets of demonstrating against this war . this is the war of putin, but we do not want to tear open old wounds and divisions with the russian people. and i say to you, liberty and human rights will prevail very moving. and in fact, the bonus tag, as i say, applauded loudly for that and so here we go. they get a focus. denton and colleague smith are going to court compatriots. if you don't want us to fit 24th of february 2022, marked a change in the history of continent in attacking ukraine. the russian president, putin song launched and or of aggression cold bloodedly. for one reason,

to stop the freedom of your crane and put it under its yoke. this goes against humanity. this goes against international law and there's nothing whatever that could justify this attack. quickly, buddha was really terrible. images we had been seeing from key of a desa a matter your pull, show the unscrupulous nurse of put in the shocking injustice, the pain of ukrainians. all touch us. very much good. hopefully. i know your father, exactly. you're going to see what our fellow countrymen and women are asking themselves for in the evenings. what concerns they have looking at what they're finding out from this world. many, remember our grandparents are great grandparents talking about the war and for

young people. it's impossible to imagine how can there be a war in europe now? smells. many of you have been expressing this outrage in berlin. we have experienced and ordered a break in everything. we have none until now. and that means that the world before this attack is not the same as the world before it. essentially, it's about the question of whether might, can great or laws, whether we can allow, put in to turn back the clock to the time of imperial powers of the 19th century, or whether we can draw a line in the sand and contain this doesn't that aiden is down to fall, this requires strength on our part. yes. if we want to show him

clear boundaries and yes, we want to diff, defend our democracy, our freedom, and our prosperity. and i am grateful to you will receive your doctor, president of the bundis tag for convening vis a special session. and i'm glad that i am able to speak to all of you. and i want to thank all of the leaders of elementary groups of all the different parties for supporting with convening of this special session of the bonus that ladies gentlemen in attacking ukraine put in, doesn't just want to eradicate a country from the wild mattel. he is destroying the european security structure that we have had since a final act of helsinki for nearly half a century. and in doing so, he is putting himself outside of the international community world wide trouble. we

have worked with france tools about child to get the you and scared to counsel, to name russian its attack as what it is, namely and infamous, your break of international law and order. and i believe we have summer success. what we have seen is that we are not alone in defending large piece, and we will continue to work for funding brought up towards achieving this. and i'm very grateful to my foreign minister verba, for what she has achieved thus far as well. in this regard, warmond and organs assigned as beatles. paul de la, it was only by using the emergency brake of vito a permanent member of security council that they could prevent this. that in itself is an outrage.

visit and putting the president putin global, keeps talking about inviolable security auditing. but up with what he's actually doing is using weapons to try to bring part of the continent under his power. and this will have an impact on the rest of europe as well. permanent security in europe is not possible with russia they are put in, is endangering this and to we need to not minutes or words in the household. and we are tackling the challenge that these times have made of us with a cool head, resolutely living room for. there are 5 approaches that we want to take. the original firstly of, that's what we need to support ukraine and it's our of desperate need. and also more recent weeks and months. we have done this as much as we can retina with the

attack on ukraine. we find ourselves in a new age in care of in hot give a d. s a multiple. people are not just defending their homeland. they are fighting for liberty and democracy for values that we share with them. let's zoom up laudermill. milton as democrat isn't as european use humans like we stand with you. we stand on the right side of history with i'm dollars of a president on thursday. president put in attacking ukraine, created a new reality. and this new reality requires a clear response. we have given this clear response, as you know, yesterday we decided that germany will deliver weapons to ukraine or so it can

defend itself. with plane and there was no other response possible to putins aggression. ladies and gentlemen, like our 2nd ones i'm mandate schools is to get hootin away from this path of our warring on ukraine. it is a disaster for ukraine, but it will prove to be a disaster for russia to remind them a do want to put together with the heads of state and government of the e. u. we have proved a raft of sanctions that are unprecedented. we are cutting export ration banks, and we are, and we are taking the oligarchy money away from them,

or we're focusing on where we can do that. and there will be sanctions placed on putin and all of those close to him. when it comes to visas for members of the government, obviously and also above we are gods johnson, that's with ult, excluding important russian banks. from swift. from the swift symptom, we decided on this yesterday. and we are going to take this significant step mom beyond missions, ball. let's not kid ourselves for a minute though. put it in will not change his course over night 0 flight. but hopefully, very soon, the russian leadership will feel what high price they will have to pay for this. in recent weeks, there's been a 30 percent limiting on the russian stock market. and that shows that our

sanctions are working. and we are perfectly happy to consider any other kind of sanction that we may put in place. and everything is on the table. on louis norbert to fargo. the question remains unable as to what will be hurt those responsible most the ones who are to blame and not the russian people then could you michigan also support because it wouldn't be because it was putin who chose this war, not the people of russia. and this is why we must say very clearly that this war is fortune's war the difference yours lavishly. and it's important for me to differentiate animals which door click as the reconciliation between.