this starts march 4th on d w ah ah, this is dw used live from berlin, rockets, rain down on civilians in khaki, ukraine's the sick in the city is bombarded as russia adopt siege tactics. authority say dozens of residents have been killed and hundreds injured. also coming up turkey bands warship from strategic waterways, blocking access to the black sea for russian vessels. and korea criticizes the invasion bot says it wants to stay on good terms. we've both russia and ukraine,

plus the naturally welcome people in east and poland organized to hopefully ukrainians and give them a ride, a hot meal, and a place to step. ah, i am jared. read welcome russian forces ne ukraine's 2nd biggest city khaki had been bombarding residential areas. videos from residents show rocket garages, landing on a pop and block san authority. say at least 9 people have been killed. ukrainian troops managed to repel and attack on khaki by russian ground forces on the weekend . but these latest rocket attacks showed the city remains under constant trish ah, in an slot in her chief city with 1500000 residents. ukraine says russia

target a residential buildings with volleys of rocket people in a maternity ward forced to flee to a bomb shelter. a very ukraine's president has condemned the bombardment calling for it to be brought before an international tribunal. or he today, russian forces brutally attacked her cave using rockets, clearly a war crime, peaceful, city, peaceful residential areas, no military facilities, dozens of eye, witness records prove this was not a mistake, but the deliberate destruction of people, the russians knew where they were shooting with history lead moscow denies the accusations ever more civilians are joining the fight to push back russian troops from har. keith was we're the much as it may have 6 children at home and a wife. i'm from car cave. the day before yesterday i decided to take up arms and

protect my city. and yes, i knew when i made my decision, of course, my wife and my 10 year old son cried my eyes thought they tried to stop me from joining the fighters equal but finally they understood that it's our land that we have to defend. we camped back down on as were you thought. ukraine is also inviting foreigners to fight for the country as it braces for a new phase in the war. jonathan katz is a senior fellow with the american global policy think tank the german marshal fan. he joins me from washington dc. welcome to d. w sir. i'd like to get your thoughts on where things stand now, because most observers thought russia would quickly overrun ukraine, but that hasn't happened. what's your sense of the situation? yeah, i mean we're really in a period of continuous escalation and despite the desires

to see russia de escalate, move its troops out, even the conversations that happened today between ukrainians and russians. i think there isn't, at least in washington, many who feel like this is, is going to end anytime soon. in fact, only an escalation. and when you see the types of weapons being used indiscriminately in ukraine, by the russian army and military, you have to be concerned about how this is going to play out with over $500000.00 plus refugees right now. you know, hundreds of thousands more displaced internally, more people being killed on a daily basis. and mr. put, not willing to back down. this is headed for a collision course with the united states and nato, as we see this, this really this disaster unfold. now you're saying more escalation casualties, refugees, i just want to read you something that cybersecurity expert, dimitri, i'll pair of it told me yesterday he said russia didn't expect such resistance from

ukraine. and he said that the invasion roches invasions strategy so far is quite a textbook example of what not to do, what's your view on moscow's strategy? now ukrainians have been valiant and in, in there you know, the, the international community in particular partners of ukraine or raleigh to support them. and certainly they have inflicted a great deal of damage and pushback they're fighting for their country and, and that support for them as needed. but when you look at what russia is doing get now militarily, because they're such a large, military sophisticated military, they can keep this up for as long as they want, despite the casualties. and what you're not seeing in russia is any news reporting about what's happening to their own troops. and so, mister putin is not only tried to control, imagine externally, but doing it internally, which then gives them

a free hand to continue this war against ukraine. and so even if you look at their military strategy and you say it's not working, one has to be concerned that mister putin, as designs and, and i think many people believe that the only design for him is to take over ukraine, is going to use every arsenal, and every piece of weaponry to take back ukraine. that's the strategy. and so i'm more worried about the death and destruction in this process and an unwillingness for mr. brewton to taken off rap whether he's winning or losing. let's talk a little bit more about vladimir putin because the e, u and nato have come together over the past couple of days. germany in particular, in quite unprecedented unpredicted ways to impose severe sanctions on russia. do you think this kind of resoluteness has caught fusion by surprise? absolutely. and you can see it right now in the russian economy with the ruble tanking. i think that, you know, he was forewarned by president biden,

that there be severe economic consequences. i think what mister bruton didn't didn't really think would come to fruition is the unity of the trans atlantic community. you've seen a wholesale change in german policy in terms of arming ukraine. you've seen the e u step up really to become the superpower, that it, that it has wanted to, to be in terms of security. and so right now you have tremendous will and effort of the trans atlantic community. and i think mr. brewton really thought that he could break, break that unity, that's not the case. but the next couple of days will really be critical. because as you can see, as, as the humanitarian situation changes on the ground, as the fighting becomes more dangerous, more difficult, more destructive, there will have to be a choice at some point for nato and europe. together in the united states to thinking about how they're going to stop further bloodshed. jonathan cuts with the

german marshal fun, really appreciate your insights. they thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines related to the war in ukraine. the united states is expelling 12 russian u. n. diplomats accusing them of being spies, rushes un ambassador vaseline had been told a session of the of the security council about the move, calling it a hostile step. but he later refused to specify whether he was among those told to leave really clearly the international criminal court in the high will launch an investigation on the situation in ukraine following russia's invasion. the chief prosecutor said there was a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. russia does not recognize the court's authority. and western sanctions tree good by the invasion of ukraine have sent the rubel

plummeting. the currency fill, 30 percent in value, often moves to cut off rushes, access to foreign exchange rations scrambled to withdraw money from cash machines. the country central bank doubled its key interest rate to prop up. the currency or turkey has announced that it is blocking warships from the key boss firth undone nell strength prohibiting access for russian naval vessel to the black sea. the montero convention of 1936 gives turkey the right to bar war ships of quote belligerent countries. from the 2 straits, several russian war ships have sailed through the straits in the past weeks. ukraine last week asked turkey to close the waterways. and his red chip type odo on the took his president mon through. so this miss in, in, we are determined to use the authority given to us by the montero convention regarding the marine traffic in straits to prevent an escalation of the crisis loma

cut out in the that as we boys said, we are in favor of respecting ukraine sovereignty political unity and territorial integrity you're still in was in don't jonas priscilla. we see rushes attack on ukraine as unacceptable and appreciate the fight of the ukrainian people and administration. they're all good and where the image ideally talked to reduce turkeys president her to one there. and earlier dw correspondent dorian joins, gave us his assessment of the turkish decision to block warships from passing through the straits. well, i think is taking a lot of people by surprise. i mean turkey sincerely, the outbreak of tension between ukraine and russia has been very careful not to take sides. and particularly as its role as gatekeeper into the black sea when she cherishes that role very him as very important not over the last few days, it does appear to be a change in turkey stance. took his president jeff,

taper one on friday to scribe russia's invasion of ukrainians on acceptable over the we can, the ukrainian ambassador in turkey call for turkey to close the straits to russian warships. the turkish sher forum in some ever travel shore has been very keen to say this is an aimed just at russia about all the black sea nations and on black sea nations will not be allowed to enter. that includes nato, but what impact is, will have on washer itself, is unclear because in the run up to its invasion, it had rush through 6 warships and a submarine through the turkey straight ahead of its operations. now to russia has another 4 ships and all waiting, according to pause to enter through the is stumble straight to the black sea. what will happen to those ships is unclear, but are undoubtedly this will be seen as a major blow to russia both strategically, militarily and diplomatically. story, and joins in his danville there. well, the un high commissioner for refugees says more than 500000 ukrainians,

have fled their countries since the fighting began. and the agency is planning for up to 4000000 in the coming weeks. most ukrainians, fleeing the fighting of so far headed west into neighboring poland, where they found a warm welcome. they've just arrived at the pajamas. she'll train station in poland . more and more trains are bringing refugees from the neighboring war zone in ukraine. this is the last stop for the train from live. mostly we see women, children, and the elderly exit. the train, ukrainian men between 18 and 60 who are fit for military service, are currently not allowed to leave the country. why it is heartily very hard, especially for little children, but somehow we did it and we're here now. i am glad for the children, but i am very worried about the family members who decided to stay in ukraine prevents with us. we are so grateful to the polish people who are helping ukraine, putting as a sick man. something is wrong with him is if he were smart,

he wouldn't have begun the warren, the 1st place. we're living the 21st century. nesbit, i teach you. things are busy at the train station, but helpful people are everywhere. please make room for the travelers who are about to arrive from ukraine. please move aside. volunteers give the refugees food and every day items they might find useful. in the main hall cots have been unfolded so the ukrainians can rest and possibly spend the night outside the station, volunteers offer the newcomers a free ride to the next city. they take them to kind of each a cracow or even berlin young people. i can give 3 people a ride, for example, a woman and 2 children. i am willing and able to help. almost poland

is well prepared for the stream of people. for weeks they've been following government orders to set up aid centers like this one called ukrainian house. it is now a welcome camp ish nemo. when you call, if these people have no family to take care of them, we register them when they arrive at the meeting point, which is out of the government has arranged for transportation. i suppose that they can stay here for the night, or as long as they want to go all over the galaxies up north flag. we did a bundle moving funds, vintage also of dollars more as raging just a few kilometers away. people here are fully aware of this, for many sympathy for the refugees is mixed with the fear of what might come next. and sport is also meeting to isolate russia, football's world and european governing bodies. 5th annual. i have suspended russian teams from all competitions. the move effectively benz rossa from the 2022

will come viva had already said raso would have to place matches on neutral ground without spectators bought. poland suite in the czech republic and england then said they would not play russia. business news is up next on d, w. there is of course, complete coverage of the war in ukraine on our website. he told me don't comp. i'm jarrett grade stateroom. sh her i'm scared that i think that's hard and in the end is a me you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back her. are you familiar with this smokey's reliance of the what's your story and he wasn't.