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hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian troops are continuing their advance on the ukrainian capital. kia satellite images appear to show a convoy of military vehicles stretching more than 60 kilometers just north of the city. the convoy includes hundreds armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery. it was reported to be about 25 kilometers from korea. the convoy appears far larger than in similar satellite images. taken a day earlier. air raid sirens have been heard in the capital worth. city streets are empty due to an ongoing curfew. on monday, russian forces bombarded ukraine's 2nd biggest city car keep destroying dozens of residential buildings. ukraine authority say at least 9 people have been killed in the ongoing attack. ah,

in an slot in her chief, a city with 1500000 residents. ukraine says russia targeted residential buildings with volleys of rockets. the people in the 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. i think today russian forces brutally attacked harkey 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 our keith. we have so much as it may have 6 children

at home and a wife or 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. it's our land that we have to defend. we camped back down on as were you? you thought ukraine is also inviting foreigners to fight for the country as it braces for a new phase in the war. d. w. correspond mathias bellinger is in central ukraine on his way to live. oh, good to see mathias. we just saw harrowing pictures from ukraine. second biggest city car came. what are you here about the situation there? yeah, there is. the city has been shelves and a lot of residential quarters have been shelves. her. that's what we're hearing their pictures on the line or with dead bodies and are all the damage that has been

done. rockets hitting, hitting apartments and, and it seems to be very dire. fighting, i think has been going on for a long time there and her. it's one of the, the worst places in this war so far. the very worst place in this was over. but he has what can you tell us about the situation in the rest of the country? our russian troops continuing their advance yet is heavy fighting every where, where the russian troops have entered and they have made some territorial gains. however, resistance is also fierce and a lot of ukrainians, as we've seen. it also are joining the army or the amended territorial defense, the there, the amateur battalions that are supporting the army. and just so far, what we see is that, of course, russia has more troops has more military equipment and is advancing. but it's not advancing as fast as they might have hoped. and at the moment the ukrainians

withstand very well. but rush has also not deployed. many of their troops now talks took place yesterday between ukrainian or russian representatives. did those talks achieve anything mathias? they did not, and nobody expected them to, but they have to go on foot for of course there's no side would, would, would reject these talks at this stage. but i mean, the logic is very clear. a country invades another one and then it offers talks after 5 days. what can they offer? do they offer to withdraw or? sorry, we came here and made a mistake. we are going now. no, that's not what they came for. they did not make us abstain. clever, they re iterated their demands that had they had placed before the war. and that have led to this incursion of a demilitarization as they call it, of ukraine. our country under attack will of course more dim demilitarize unless it surrenders,

and that's absolutely not the mood in either in the government nor the army, nor the population. we saw in our ford how many ukrainian civilians are joining the fight. tell us more about how that works. is that military handing out weapons to anyone? yeah, we've seen that in some places in key. if the military has handed out weapons to the population, to meet the invaders if they come to the city. but they're also more orderly, a ways to join the, the forces, if you are not a conscript, if you don't are not enlisted in the army, you can enlist in the army as a, as a person who has it, who meets the requirements in terms of physical strength and health and, and everything. but there are also ways to join other parts. there is the so called the territorial defense battalions. these are people who are less trained militarily and who are not supposed to go to the frontline to fight,

but to support in the hinterland they might be standing at road blocks, for example, on a securing a strategic places. they also have of like a very basic, but very, very basic military training. they might know how to use a gun, what they don't usually know anything about military tactics or so. and their, their job is to keep, keep but to, to free the resources of the army to keep the just somebody passed. and he said, glory to ukraine and dare to, to support the army in these ways. and he has thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspond mathias billing, other reporting from central, your ukraine. united nations says more than half a 1000000 people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. and the agency says that that number could rise to 4000000 in the coming weeks. many people have headed

west into neighboring poland, where they're being given 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 for them. it was we are so grateful to the polish people who are helping ukraine putting is a sick man. something is wrong with him. his. if he were smart, he wouldn't have begun the war in the 1st place. we're living the 21st century and

i spoke. 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 is i'm willing and 8 to help. i'm mostly, most poland is well prepared for this stream of people. for weeks they've been following government orders to set up an aide centers like this one called ukranian

house. it is now a welcome camp is in the mail 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 balance is up. no flag we did bundle movies punishment just with of dollars more as raging just to 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. spring and chris meltzer here, he's a senior spokesperson with the u. n. a u. n. refugee agency, the you and hcr. a joins me from shutoff, near the polish border with ukraine. thanks for taking time to talk with us. chris described for us, the refugee situation in and around ukraine. what are that not changing the

last day. so we still have these as long, long lines of cars on the border crossing points 1520 kilometers, and more. the people are still waiting by freezing temperatures, by the way, in the cars for 3040 is sometimes up to 50 hours and even more. so the, the people are coming and you mentioned the bigger, more than 500000 m. meanwhile, we have to estimate, it's probably more than 600000 student loan yesterday reported 330000 refugees from ukraine. has europe ever seen anything like this since the 2nd world war? well, i don't think so. of course everybody remembers the situation 30 years ago with organs. but these, these 500550600000 people were talking about this is within 5 days. so this is really a situation, this is unprecedented,

at least for the part of our generation right now. but we also see so much so much . so darren t in so much too much help so much support here. that is also actually a great time for this generation. so you're seeing a lot of support there where you are in poland. but of course, there are many, many people displaced with in ukraine itself, or the refugees, they're getting the support they need. well we, you and hcr. we are still there and we will not please. we have about 120 staff members ukraine. we have to do that, things we call quarterly, i can flip back saving math blanket. jerry can monthly hygiene, women diapers varying costing. and we also twine to, to put protection. so to find accommodations. but of

course we're talking about, i said, 120 staff members were talking about the situation with 42000000 inhabitants in the country. and we are terribly under. we have only 9 percent of the need that you wanted to asian. so that by it is very limited. unfortunately. what are you expecting in the days ahead, chris? well, you have mentioned the 4000000 figures. nobody really knows how many people will come, but they are still coming and still very cold. the people who are coming like it was the hall, mainly women and children. i for young women changing babies on the, on the frozen ground. they had no other choice off and people are coming as pedestrians over the over the border. so the situation for many of the people who really desperate, especially since they know that they have left behind last once,

then ukraine. and i'm afraid these people will need help for a long time. chris, thank you very much for talking with this was chris mensa, senior spokes person for the you and hcr. you are watching d. w news. just a quick recap of what's happening in ukraine on the ground today. russian troops are continuing their advance on the ukrainian capital, key of satellite images of peer to show a convoy of military vehicles stretching more than 60 kilometers long. just north of the city air raid sirens sounded in the capitol early on tuesday morning. of course, you can always get all the latest news and information any time you want on line our, our website is d w dot com. you can also go and get all the latest information from our, from our social media feeds as well on twitter and of course,

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