speeches yesterday, and i the one a party that demonstratively never caught up was that right wing party, the a f d. and in terms of the left leaning party, the lincoln, we've heard some booth and catcalls when those numbers started coming out about defense spending. nonetheless, the consensus is broad, the mainstream parties are all essentially now aligned on this idea that democracy must be vigilantly defended. the big challenge now will degree be to bring citizens along because in fact, the chancellor and the other speakers acknowledge. this is a wrenching moment for a german public that had to leave germany could be perhaps a big switzerland, largely new 12 piece, a ball having good commercial relations with everyone. and that essentially this is a wake up call. that her attitude is changing, but it's a painful journey and it will take leadership to bring the citizens a likely to declare our chief political correspondent. thank you very much,

belinda. and here's a recap now of our main story. ukraine and russia have started the 1st talks since rushes invasion. now in its 5th day, ukraine said it would be pushing for a cease far. and the withdrawal of russian troops from its territory. the discussions are being hosted by bell roofs in this room near the ukrainian border. ukraine's delegation includes the defense minister and the deputy foreign minister . meanwhile, ukrainians have been forced to take shelter. as the russian invasion continues, the government says it's still in control of all major cities, but pressure is growing on the strategic port of mario bull. here on hartley afer, i've also endured heavy attacks. ukraine says more than 350 civilians have been killed and was in last pictures now of the situation in the ukrainian capital. she flies these like pictures may suggest com,

but many people are still seeking cover in shelters and underground train stations . a general curfew kept people inside until monday morning, but many still fear an attack on the city is imminent, and they're staying indoors. u. s. officials said on sunday, the better route was preparing to sent soldiers into ukraine to support russia attack. and we'll bring you more on this as soon as we get it. let's get the latest now from dw correspondence funding for john on the ground. she is in western ukraine in the city of mount etzky. funny. how has the situation developed in ukraine overnight? every one is on the edge very in the western part of ukraine, but even hear sirens went off again in the middle of the night. people wondering what to do, go to the bunker. does it even make sense to go to the bunker every day? is a feeling of were, are you really safe right now? but the shelling at least stopped for

a few hours in the series of her keith and keith, but they started again and just before dollars. so people they, especially in ki frighten, and the capital city. i didn't have it where their intense fighting that there are own going between ukrainian forces and between your russian forces. people who live in these big cities i specially concert and very, just not just for one. how those, that negotiations, i going to go on today between a ukrainian delegation and the russian dedication, what consequences that, that's going to mean a for ukraine, but also simply a people are panicking at this point regardless, which part of ukraine you are, but especially in the east on, in a northern and in the southern part of ukraine, because those spots are intensely a bombed and have been experienced in stance. shelling over the course of the past few days since this full case invasion started last week on thursday. from a new new satellite images show,

a russian military conway outside keys. it was nearly 5 kilometers a law that suggests a major sold a could be imminent is keith prepared to defend itself. president zalinski in fact, just announced that he's going to release prisoners with any military experienced with any experience to go to the front line and fight. now already a few days ago, he said anyone was able to all the gun police, you are a issue, a gun and make sure that you help the ukrainian forces. so here you have it, of course, said the ukrainian government of course, is very much aware of the fact that they are inferior compared to the russian truth . a comes to the quantity of the soldiers, the quantity of equipment. at the same time that russia and force that isa and circling a many parts of the ukrainian border, and his invading on many parts from bella, ruth, and from russia. they are facing a very, i resistant population years. so not just a military force, but also

a lot of civilian to up, by the way, just across from here, a signing up to be drafted, even the ones who are supposedly to be drafted anyhow. but they don't even want to wait for that phone call. they want to go to the front by the want to fight, and they want to defend their country. funnel also getting reports many on social media of food shortages, supermarket markets with empty shelves of what can you tell us? indeed a lot of supermarkets and the ones who are still open, actually i have a problem providing a just enough for everyone. but that doesn't mean that people do not have access to food, at least when it comes to your places for like, for example, like this one, but we are right now, a people are donating whatever they can for those who arrive your id, piece in town, really displays people, but they also donate for people who live in this town. for example, elderly people who have no access to anything anymore. they're variety of cells

left or trying to believe across the border or close to here is the romania border close meaning about a 3 hour drive, but at least closer than going towards a pool and which is about 1012 hour drive right now. everybody's trying to pitch in here and trying to support each other is incredible. and very impressive to me to see that in this very, very volatile time for ukraine, for a security, but the possible implications, of course, for the rest of the world. people he on the ground are not hiding in the apartment . they're coming out to try to support each other. and they want to motivate each other that they are going to win this very, very terrible fight that's going on right now, over the sovereignty of their own country. in terms of morale of the population, there are some strong signals of solidarity, whether ukrainian people coming out of europe on sunday, from germany, or the use anymore weapons to hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across europe, calling for an ent rushing aggression. how is that being received?

in the ukraine one short answer finally, or that's the route that i've, who's here quite often today. finally, there's more arriving. i'm even speaking here about 450000000 increase of defense budget for the european union to, to, to provide weapons, military gear for you crave for the very 1st time you history. also, i, nato's had shot amber just announced that more is coming. more military support is coming from nato. but you also have the voices of the said, why actually just now, why don't even the forty's full scale invasion started last week and many others also saying how about sending european troops here, natal? sure. but of course, you all know that this is going to likely be an even bigger confrontation. just imagine there were a russian, a troop spacing, a u. s. troops. this is definitely something out. it seems very much conceivable at this point. but of course a with people bearing to branch in ukraine for then everything is important no

matter what price, as long as they have this feeling that there is really support coming and not just verse, but actually that the words of the west and allies, among them are put in action for the support of the ukrainian civilians, especially finally, we've talked about the peace talks that are happening today is giving people at ordinary people on the street that in your, in ukraine any hope just to hope that maybe during that time or initiation is ongoing, maybe there's a pause in fighting or having said that, no, actually of people here on the ground that he's the ones i've been speaking to say . they don't believe this is going to bring any change. because after all this negotiation is taking place. while this country is being bombed by russia, while i aggression increases, why people are dying and are being injured, by the hope at least given the fact that this a negotiation is to take place after all,

the ukrainian delegation is also arrived represented by the ukrainian defense minister and also the advisor to the president on the also the russians are they now at least this little hope. ok, so there is a, a door open for to talk to talk to each other to listen to each other. and to somehow use that very small chance that there still is to avert an even a big escalation here. the deeply implications, not just for ukraine, but really when it comes to the piece and the security architecture of the whole world. the w corresponded funny for child reporting from western ukraine. thank you . funny 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 correspondence, mathias bellingham met. some of the volunteers helping refugees and soldiers in the

city of in its south west of cave. they bring everything they can spare clothes, food money, as refugees, move west and soldiers east towards the front. here in vincent century, 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 and sorting donation. new paul in the last year. so 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 a alarms are frequent but like everywhere in the country, people here have been under shock since russia attacked. now every one 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. yeah, no more just get there. don't. mom brought the icon to her 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. little shy unless it's not only about donating goods . many also contribute that time making come, a flashing 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 husband, brother, sister, or in natalia's case, a 19 year old son as it is. 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. you guys being active is also a way for many here to deal with their worries. let's brain lawrence eric's from the international committee of the red cross is covering ukraine from the i. c r c headquarters in geneva and joins us from there for what's the red cross assessment offer humanitarian situation in ukraine right now. well, the assessment is related to all the calls that we we receive from,

from people inside the country from to go outside of the country. we try to get in touch with, with their family members with their relatives. and what we hear 1st of all, is that like a lot of people try to find shows are they, they went in the, in the shelter and maybe 2 days, 3 days ago. they are still there. they, they went there with little supplies and now they are running out the food they are running out of what they are. so these are like, you may just region need. we already identified, of course, like we keep it on the road with the current restrictions that we can expect also that people will be looking for shelter. so these are the most urgent need. of course health care will be. we'd be a major of major importance and finally for the like mental health care because many people are already like face use of conflict. now with new wave of displacement or violence, we can imagine that people we do will. so for even more even deeper mental

health issues, do you have all the necessarily means that you need in place both in ukraine and maybe also in bordering countries? so da da, she has, she has been working in ukraine for over 8 years now. we have like a big team in the country. we've about 600 people working at working with us. we are like, specific activities in the eastern part of the country. and now of course like the needs are absolutely like, tremendous. they are exploding all around the country. so of course it's changing. of course, that means we used to ask for specific needs will have to be reallocated, but there will be a lot of new needs that we are still assisting. and we need to find adequate way to respond to those needs. well, ukraine has also author redcross to help with returning bodies of russian soldiers killed in the war to their families,

back home in russia. then the how has the red cross responded to that appeal? can you help repatriate those bodies? so we are aware of this request and there is a confidential dialogue that is taking place currently with the party. ok. they're also international law to protect civilians in a war based on the geneva conventions. just talk us through those rules of war and do you see them being upheld by both sides? well, we remind all the parties that they have the most respect civilians. they most respect essential infrastructure is super. dan infrastructure is so we constantly, we are in constant dialogue with the parties and we constantly remind them of those obligations. lawrence eric's there from the international committee of the red cross. thank you very much. thank you. i have

a quick update for you. other piece talks between russia and ukraine that were planned for today. and we can tell you that the russians ukrainian delegations have now begun those talks at the border between ukraine and a better ruse. european union countries have also launched a huge logistical operation to deal with a hundreds of thousands of ukrainians who have so far fled their homeland long choose of forbes at border crossings as people seek safety european commission president, also a funder line promised e u countries would welcome them with open arms. most of the refugees are heading for poland, who w correspondence marks some those at a shelter at the border and sent us this report. exhausted, but happy to have made it to poland for natalia cooks and her son even an opportunity to finally rest. their group left ukraine with the 1st alarm and only got her. now. i'm not scared about sammy and 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 re cry ran as a yeah. no. because a separate, a separate entity i, he wanted to caesar, husband always call him and i say i wanted to be with you. the 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 upon new hey session. we have very concerned about everything that's happening. this is great injustice, and i think everyone should help causative of the implement that joseph,

eric and frances are also need of help. the nigerian 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 border guards. there was a lot of this confusion going on. there were actual, had to like beg people to like goes into the border. so we could find a way to escape. well of course racism discrimination. no one listen to was gone. of course can color and everything. back inside of guinea, kewpie jenko was waiting for his wife to reunite with him and his son. ilya, 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 is now helping other people with her at the borders. yeah. william hall and trying to calm them down and offering her course so they can keep warm when you figure the wireless massena. together they

plan to carry on to latvia and then perhaps to england. just far enough, away from the war of that report, filed buddy w, chris from max sunday who is not standing by at the polish ukrainian border max. what's the situation with refugees where you are right now? my dad, that's a very busy morning here at the train station and shamelessly watertown are close to the post ukrainian border. this is the trade station here, which would be the point. the 1st point of entry for many of the refugees coming from ukraine crossing from live to, to poland. and a lot of these people who are here today have been on the been on the, on the road for, for, for multiple days. so they were in a very exact exhausted state here, but people are he actually providing some assistance? you can see there are volunteers here, providing food and, and other items and,

and also people are here helping out with further transportation to get people to on, on the road to their next locations where they're going to actually have spoken to a lot of people who have just cross the border. what are they telling you? right, so the situation on the other side of the border is still very, very difficult on. if you look at the car trusting. so we're looking at a 20 to 30 kilometers of traffic jams, people who are trying to cross the border by car, the train service people, the train service between a train and pony is also on a very irregular basis. so people are really on the move and we're hearing that as many as 250000 people are on the road from live chew opponents here at the moment and there are major hold up. people are spending camping out, spending the nights out the cold with insufficient with lack of water,

lack of food, and yet just just trying to trying to make it. and from what we're hearing, the situation is becoming a bit versa of the last them last hours and days cuz people really spent days on the road now. and there is also a situation where people have told us that there is a panic. just some sort of altercations at the border on the ukrainian side. but procedures have been put in place to make crossing that bought it easier for you finance. are they being offered help to travel onwards? right, so um the polish authorities at the moment are not actually asking for any sort of documentation. that's what we're hearing. so you don't need a passport, they'll, they're letting anybody in, on the polish side, on the ukrainian side, they are at keeping men in a fading age between 18 and 60, to serve in the, in the military. but you can actually go to poland and people are not really being

registered here at the moment. the polish government has said they'll take as many and as they can, as if now we're looking at a number of roughly 250000 people. as i said, another 250000 probably on the road here, but there is a system, there is a system in place and it's largely based on volunteers, but also the money to party. the fire brigade is here that the military service room to try and organize buses to bring people to other parts of poland and even the 2 other parts of europe. and the embassies are also on the scene. and some of the refugee shelters that we've been to refresh enough representatives from the embassies of fox, for example, or on from angola and other nations, had that are trying to bring their citizens home. you've mentioned hundreds of thousands more messages expected in the coming days. do you think that poland can keep up a base level of this level of influx of refugees?

i mean, it really depends on so from now there we've really seen there's been like this is our poor of, of, of support by the polish people for their ukrainian names. there's also a larger ukranian community here in poland that are also helping everybody's pitching in and the government is also determined to help push the prime minister yesterday put out a message that he was he was he was moved and he was very happy of the support by, by the polish people for, for the neighbors and that job, everything that they can hearing that they are expecting a close to 1000000. perhaps even even more people coming and from, for we heard whole, it is determined 30 to help these refugees and, but at a later point, of course, they will have to, we'll have to see how the, how the whole coordination works on the ground. because the situation is developing very, very fast dw corresponded max son of a reporting from the ukranian polish border. thank you. max. while

hundreds of thousands of people have protested against the russian invasion and cities around the world here in berlin de rallied at the landmark. brandon, but gates on sunday, big demonstrations also in paris, madrid, and a string of all the capitals. people have also been attempting to protest in dozens of russian cities, but they've been met by police cracked down. a 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,

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 county, which is ukraine. is the killing people killing children? i wish i could do my. but coming in towing are 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 telling us for the past 8 years. such support for ukraine was also found in cities as varied as paris. oh, her beal in courtesy, 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. oh. up until last week we thought it's carnival season right now. one of the highlights in germany is the traditional rose monday parade in the city of cologne. but the much loved event has been cancelled due to the war in its place. a

piece of instruction is being held today and i'm now joined by to w, correspond correspondence. a conscious santa who is in cologne, covering that story for us or what's happening in cologne. right now today. yes, as the behind me, thousands of people are rallying here in what is a b 's march that takes place of or italy you said as a traditional laws monday, march what he has been going wanted today as a protest, a solid solid id off a ukrainian a national for the people of ukraine and against the russians walk on euclid. i spoke to the organizers a while ago and they said i was, and celebration cannot go together. so they are a mocking this out of moment with people having like gods against

russian president vladimir putin against the aggression of russia. i also, i spoke to a few, a ukrainian students earlier were not able to reach to their loved ones are back in ukraine and they're very worried. but they're also very emotional that so many people have turned up uh in this body to day. and they are standing in solidarity with the ukranian people normally that the periods are a big deal. how are people feeling? the mood is really samba. you can i hear a dog ah, music here, which is all about the these and, and the was on the moon. is that not that of celebration, but of somberness of medium and the wars and demand. uh, people audio out with their families. it's sunny today. they're out gadding black dogs are in support of your brain and valleys like this. i always you know,

that the ones that are taking place around the world are, john, are to generate public obedient. i also have a question on the governments around the world. i do do more, i do, a lot of the guys is to mitigate the crisis. thank you very much or conscious of santa that in cologne for us. let's have a quick recap of our main story. ukraine and russia have started the 1st talk since russia invasion. now in its 5th day, ukraine said it would be pushing for a cease fire, the withdrawal of russian troops from its territory. the discussions are being hosted by bella roost in this room. every ukrainian border ukraine's delegation includes the defense minister and the deputy foreign minister. meanwhile, ukrainians have been forced to take shelter again as the russian invasion continues . the government says it's still in control of all major cities,

but pressure is drawing on the strategic port of mario pole here. and you have also endured heavy attacks. ukraine says more than $350.00 civilians have been killed so far. a russian president vladimir putin has put his countries deterrence forces that includes its nuclear weapon systems on high alert. in a video from the kremlin hooton's set natal palace had made aggressive statements tools, russia also pointed to economic sanctions that will cut off russian banks from international transactions was really believe you were visited. not only are western countries taking unfriendly economic steps against our country with the timing, the illegal sanctions that everyone knows about very well and what the top officials of leading nato countries. those are also making aggressive statements about our country, e, v. c. therefore, i order the.