towards march nights on d, w ah, ah, ah, this is the w news coming to you live from berlin, russia and ukraine to hold peace tops as vladimir putin war rages on the go. shaders for the 2 countries are due to me today, while the battle for control of ukraine's biggest cities continues. russian troops have been seen closing in on the capital. key of we'll hear the latest from our correspondence. also coming up that you expands its response to the war, funding weapons for ukraine, closing. it's aerospace to russia and batting some bro, clement, kremlin media and rallies for peace and cities around the world. here in berlin,

more than a $100000.00, turn out demanding an end to rushes. a hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. peace talks between ukraine and russia are due to start on monday morning, as russia's invasion of its neighbour enters it's 5th day. the 2 sides are expected to meet at a location on ukraine's border with bella, rus ukraine's. president ballade him is zalinski said he does not expect to break through, but was willing to take every chance to end the war, which ukraine says has so far killed more than 350 civilians. meanwhile, russian forces are continuing their assault. a large contingent of troops and tanks has been seen advancing towards the capital key up. while there are reports of

fighting on the streets of ukraine's 2nd biggest city caught keefe weapons of war at a children's playground in khaki. as all of these images uploaded to social media, purportedly show russian soldiers of the person filming, since they are shooting at houses to nothing 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 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 being 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 was, will meet without any preconditions jordan is, frankly speaking, i do not really believe in the outcome of the meeting, yet 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. let's get the very latest from dw correspondent, funny fought char. she's in western ukraine in the city of kaminski. funny,

how has the situation developed in ukraine overnight? not really for the better. in fact, there were several attacks on the city of ki, from the city of had keith. he's a major cities. of course, this is where we have seen the increase of a violence of shelling over the past few days. ever since his full scale invasion began last week on thursday. now it is really unclear is going to continue, but everyone, especially key of his bracing from major as sold as the, with the, amid the fact that there, there is, there is sure and there are by the ukrainian president that he's going to try to negotiate that there is this a talk possibly even this morning at the ukranian about our ocean border trying to bring about at least some sort of a ceasefire. but the situation is very tense also. here actually were we are right now, 3 hours a west of a keep a sirens blaring yes to night. and so really i really preparing to go to the bunker

again. no explosions may hurt, however. oh and no reports about that. but there they are, military unit units nearby. and what we can see actually coming to our position here today. lot of families packed up early this morning trying to flee the country towards romania. while there are, there is an influx of refugees here, 200 in ski, from kia, from many other parts of ukraine. solicitation is a chaotic actually at this point. it is panic nervousness, but also the hope that maybe if there really is a talk to day, at least so on the pause can be achieved. funny, we're looking at her. we've seen some satellite images showing a massive russian military convoy just outside of cuba. this congress about 5 kilometers long. this suggests that a major assault could be eminent, as you mentioned, how is kia preparing to defend itself? it's incredible the way people here on the ground. troy holly were trying to unite

over the course of the past few days. in fact, just in front of me, i see people signing up to be drafted voluntarily before they actually get that phone call to go to the front line. others are, again, are donating blood and trying to help the way they can. so if you ask an ordinary ukrainian deal will tell you, yes, we are prepared because we are motivated. of course, if you look at the numbers, russian troops versus ukrainian troops, russian troops are superior compared to 2 of the ukrainian defense at the same time . however, you also have to look at the fact that so far, at least russia did not succeed, to occupy any major city and did not go beyond that line in the dawn bus. they occupy via the self proclaimed republics of your hands and don't yet, but no further progress actually has been made other than of course of the increase of attacks in so many parts of ukraine. what about the humanitarian situation? they're funny, we're seeing reports on social media,

food shortages supermarkets with empty shells. what can you tell us? we witness that ourselves. obviously i, we are factored in the weight in that way to that. of course, we also need to get a food and very basic basic, just like any one else. and yes, it empty shelves, but there's still a basic things available. depends on which supermarket you go to, where you actually live, how many supermarkets open, and that the best really right now is for everyone to a stalk up on certain things. certain items given could be that there is a, a blackout may be inside. that means no electricity, no access to internet. so it means a people are trying to actually without overly panicking really because then would be even longer lives. but in a way, everyone here is bracing just to be prepared, especially those who cannot go, who cannot leave across the board. that he's, of course, especially mer, between 18 and 60 years old, who have to stay day are not allowed to leave ukraine,

but also people who simply do not have a car or enough gasoline to leave ukraine and bring their families and themselves to a safe region thanks very much for now. our correspondent, funny patch, other in western ukraine will ukrainian civilians have been pitching in to resist the russian invasion with their lives turned upside down. ordinary ukrainians are getting involved in collecting donations and gathering supplies for the army. dw corresponded mathias booting us, met some of the volunteers, helping refugees and soldiers in the city of vin. it's sir southwest of kent. they bring everything they can spare clothes, food money as refugees, move west and soldiers east to it's the front here and vincent center ukraine. people are organizing aid for both on

natalia who doesn't want to give her last name. leave the youth center in peace time. she's used to organizing outings and summer cams now at war, she's busy directing volunteers in sorting donation. new paul in the last year. i never imagined i'd be doing any of this. i'm learning all the time. we are improving our work every minute. we are getting there before the should the minutes and center ukraine has so far been bad. heavy fighting or the air 8 alarms are frequent but like everywhere in the country, people here have been under shock since russia attacked. now everyone was to contribute. a wave of solidarity is running through society. natalia is out and about her on the clock. the nightly curfew is the only time she's not on site

no more just to get there. don't. mom brought the icon to the home and doing nothing and just waiting bush. i'm also definitely not leaving. this is our home that we love, homer and we're not going anywhere. la, shy, unless it's not only about $2900.00 goods, many also contribute that time making come a large and it's for the army. green and brown clothes are separated from the donations and cut into pieces. the rest is a lot of handy work. the ukrainian army has been at war for 8 years, still lacking many basic items, including protective equipment and many here have somebody at the front, a husband, brother, sister, or in natalia's case, a 19 year old son. as of us. okay. yeah. awesome. and we are in touch, i can talk to him once a day. it's those few minutes that i'm waiting for all day let you go to the war of

being active is also a way for many here to deal with their worries. the european union has decided to finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to ukraine. it's the 1st time and you history that it is sending weapons to a country under attack. european commission president ursula founder alliance says the block is also closing its air space to russian aircraft and will ban state owned media channels, russia today and sporting. she also announced new sanctions targeting the regime of beverage and leader, alexander lucas jenko, for supporting russia's invasion. here's how fonder lion explain the significance of these letters. developments as the war in ukraine rages on and ukrainian psych 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. well, hundreds of thousands of people have protested against the russian invasion in cities around the world. here in berlin, a huge rally took place at the landmark banburg gate. there were big demonstrations also in paris, madrid, and a string of other capitals. people have also been attempting to protest in dozens of russian cities, but they've been met by a police crackdown. the monitoring group says at least 2000 people were detained. standing up against vladimir putin war 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 was it it can't be any worse were 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 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 killing people, killing children. i wish i could do more. 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 having 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 voice is a protest. quickly, muffled, ah,

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