toy d w ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. pace talks over the ukraine conflict, even as war rages on. kevin, moscow agree to meet and negotiate as dave battle for control of ukraine's biggest cities. we'll get the latest in just a moment. also coming up the e, you expand its response to the war, funding weapons for ukraine, closing its airspace to russia, and banning some pro criminal and media and a desperate exodus from their homeland. hundreds of thousands, flea ukraine,

most hating for poland will meet some of those who reach safety. ah, i'm jarrett ray, thank you very much for your company. there are reports that peace talks between ukraine in russia due to start on monday morning. it's understood that the 2 sides have been arriving at a location somewhere on ukraine's border with biller bruce ukraine's president followed me as the lensky has said, though, that he doesn't hold out much hope of the breakthrough on the ground. russian forces are trying to push deeper into ukraine and there's been no late up in the fighting. the mayor of ki, if earlier said that the capital was surrounded, but he then retracted his statement. battles are still going on around other cities . weapons of war at a children's playground in khaki,

as 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 reconnaissance vehicles is left smoldering as ukrainian soldiers drive the russian army back out of ukraine. second 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. it's 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's got the ukrainian and russian delegations as we'll meet without any preconditions. holden, frankly speaking, i do not really believe in the outcome of the meeting, yet those of you to visit betsy's official. 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. lets speak now to dmitri out petrovich in washington dc. he's the leading cybersecurity expert, who in 2016, revealed russian intelligence agencies, hacking of the us democratic national committee, the russian born us citizen. welcome to d w. it's great to have you with us in a tweet that you posted back in mid december,

you accurately predicted that russia would invade ukraine quote, some time this winter, in which way did you join the dots that so many other people didn't? well, i just looked at the fact that the russians were advertising really for many years, their concerns about ukraine joining nato, their concerns about nato infrastructure being placed into ukraine and the fact that they had built the largest invasion for the europe is seen. and i'm an almost 55 years, was a clear indication to me that they were going to use that and was going to be very, very difficult for present, couldn't to back down without losing face. now the war has started as being fierce resistance, as we just heard, peace talks are scheduled, but vladimir putin has raised the prospect of nuclear escalation. what are your views on where this is all headed? well, you know, the one thing i've been really surprised by how incompetent lee,

the russians have waged this invasion, it's almost textbook example of what not to do. and they seem to have been convinced that the ukrainians were not going to put up any resistance that they could literally with relatively few units. just walk into key of and take it. of course that did not happen. the cranes put up a pretty fierce fight in all the areas that they've encountered, particularly in the north and in key itself. and what you're now seeing is the russians shift their tactics at this point. they've really not engaged most of their forces that they've assembled, particularly in a north. there's only been may be 4 or 5 battalion tactical groups that have moved into ukraine from the noise. and they've encountered a fierce resistance. of course. now you are seeing these huge call on the 1000 plus vehicles that you would expect to see an invasion force that would try to surround, give, and then invade the city. we've also not seen much tactical bomber ation been used . not a whole lot of artillery, not virtually no electronic warfare be used even though the russians have all those

units on the board of ukraine. so i think that they're now going to shift tactics and realized that the quick victory of ukrainians, just caving and surrendering is not going to work in that they're going to need to really fight this war. and unfortunately, a lot of civilians i think are going to die in this upcoming conflict. i just want to pick on something you just said, and you said that there hasn't been a lot of electronic warfare being used. is that going to change, given that we've seen global powers flap, all these sanctions on to russia, we'll put in, you present, you would presume fusion would want to react to this. and cyber warfare might be something obvious leave. yeah, i'm very concerned about potential for escalation beyond ukraine. the fact that matter is that europe has surprised latimer prudent. he thought that germany would not be strong on sanctions given the dependency on on gas. and chancellor shoals has been extremely strong and very,

very good. and confronted the russians on this, i think that was unexpected in moscow. and now they will retaliate, i think, in cyberspace and with other economic measures, including potentially with controls and exports of critical materials potentially even on energy. i'd like to get your opinion on what's come out of europe these last few days. i'm going to quote, international relations and was samuel romani on twitter. he posted vladimir putin has killed swedish neutrality and german pacifism in a single weekend. what's your take on that? i fully agree, it's been astonishing to see europe, so united, so strong in some ways even further ahead than the u. s. says on implemented sanctions driving towards the swift ban of russian banks. even switzerland has come out the neutral switzerland and, and said that what the russians are doing are, isn't acceptable. so really, the whole world is uniting to confront russia. weisel lay them diplomatically and economically. i think the russian economy is in, for

a rude awakening in the coming days. their stock market will probably crash dramatically once it actually reopens. and they're going to be completely isolated, which in a way makes things even worse for the ukrainians. because that will mean the battery will really have nothing to lose and will have to finish this. the prosecution of this campaign, which will be very, very tragic for the people that cybersecurity expert dmitri outage. thank you very much for your time. thank you. well, one of the key factors of ukraine's continued resistance to the russian onslaught has been the population's support for its army. their backing can be in the form of things like donating money or volunteering labor. our next report revisits a factory that spin repurposed the production line at a brewery in live lilwalla. but instead of ale, molotov cocktails are being mixed. ukraine's defense ministry is urging citizens to

prepare the homemade weapons. this with shelves at this brewery are stocked with anti prudent merchandise. the idea to contribute to the war effort came from an employee who took part in ukraine's 2014 revolution, says the owner we are doing this because someone has to do with we have skills. we have been through 2014, a sweet revolution the my thumb, where we had to make an usa model cocktails, many ukrainians, diplomats and international groups have fled here from the capital. keith. it's one of ukraine's main cultural hubs. and though it's far from the russian border, there is still a strong sense of duty. all could all live as an am i, there should be no bloodshed with what they're doing now is beyond war. we're young,

it's a war of terror. it is impossible to describe hook supply of a lot of friends in other places and the stories they tell me a simply horrific. it is a horror that must be stopped up and up here. if all else fails, he says they will use everything they have to stop the invasion and the international community is also raising its voice in the ukraine conflict. the un security council has called for a red emergency meeting of the 193 men. the general assembly on monday, 11 of the council 15 members voted to back the resolution with russia voting no. and china, india and the united arab emirates abstaining. because the vote was procedural, russia could not use it sweetheart. the us and its allies of the you in the russia is isolated because of its invasion of ukraine is the 1st time in decade. and the european union is to finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment,

t d to ukraine for the very 1st time, commission president ursula on the line says the block is also closing its s by 2 russian aircraft and will ban thumb, state and media see now new sanctions targeting the regime of bill ruthie and leader alexander lucas shanker. for supporting brushes, invasion fund alliance is the latest action is a significant development. and she explained why as the war in ukraine rages on and ukrainian. so i bravely for that 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. and the e u is organizing a huge logistical operation to deal with hundreds of thousands of ukrainians

fleeing their homeland commission. president ursula on the line who we just saw a moment ago was she says the block opens h. people with open arms. huge queues have formed as people try to leave. most of the refugees are hitting for poland. we have this report now from our correspondence max sander, who's at the border exhausted, but happy to have made it to poland. for natalia cook's and her son, yvonne, an opportunity to finally rest, their group left ukraine with the 1st alarm and only got her now. i'm not scared about simeon, my son might skate ice care about my, my husband, my parents. natalia tells her husband how to stay behind. he may have to fight into of course my son ray cry ran as a yeah, no, because his separate a separate and i he wanted to caesar hard about all this,

call him and i say i wanted to be with you. a former warehouse now serves as a provisionary shelter, a safe haven for those who don't have anywhere to go. there is no shortage of donations including food diapers, and blankets. most of it is handled by volunteers. people from all over poland and even abroad are pitching into help with rides, out of town, and even places to sleep apart. new fun. okay. yes. session. we have very concerned about everything that's happening. this is great injustice and i think everyone should help cause the building implement that. joseph eric and frances are also need of help in a during students barely made it across the board. they tell us, this is not the only report of africans having been sent to the back of the queue or ukrainian bordered arts. there was a lot of this confusion going on. there were actually had to like beg people to like take us into the border. so we could find a way to escape. well, of course racism discrimination. no one listens was gone,

of course can color and everything. back inside of gainey keep jenko is waiting for his wife to reunite with him and his son ilia. eat to us. mary clark. treat for me for his mother, the trip isn't over yet. she is still stuck at the border after a night out in the court. mamma, those are graham. his mother is also under huge stress, but she is holding up. she is very strong. she's now helping other people with her at the border of william paula and trying to call them down highway and offering her course so they can keep warm. so when you feel good about it's machine you, together, they plan to carry on to lot via and then perhaps to england, just far enough away from the war. and finally, here in berlin, more than 100000 people joined to rally for peace in ukraine. the turnout far exceeded the numbers organizes were hoping for. the gathering was one of many held in cities around the world, calling for an end to the war press groups,

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