ah ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. russian forces close in on chia satellite images show a 60 kilometer long convoy just north of the city. ukrainian forces have managed to fend off russian attacks on the capital so far. also coming up rockets, brain, down on keith, ukraine's 2nd largest city is bombarded as russia adults seizure tactics. authorities say almost a dozen residents have been killed and hundreds inch and

a neighborly welcome people in eastern poland organized to help clean co ukrainians and give them a ride, a hot meal and a place to stay. ah hello em, terry martin, thanks for joining us. russian troops are continuing their advance on the ukrainian capital. kia satellite images appear to show a convoy of military beak will stretching more than 60 kilometers long just north of the city. the convoy includes hundreds of armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery. it was reported to be about 25 kilometers problem. kiya ukrainian forces have held off earlier attacks by russian forces near the capital destroying several russian vehicles close to the city center. air raid sirens had been sounding in keith in recent hours. on monday,

russian forces bombarded ukraine's 2nd biggest city khaki. if destroying dozens of residential buildings, the crane authorities say several residents have been killed in the ongoing attack . ah, in an slot in her chief city with 1500000 residents. ukraine says russia targeted residential buildings with volleys of rocket people, and 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 is he to day russian forces brutally attacked har. keep using rockets and 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 the city leg. moscow denies the accusations ever more civilians are joining the fight to push back russian troops from har keith. we have much as it may have 6 children at home and a wife or i'm from kirk eve. 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 vehicle. but finally, they understood, gosh, it's our land that we have to defend. we can't back down from as well. you new political ukraine is also inviting foreigners to fight for the country as it braces for a new phase in the war. what's bring in maria a day or here a day about here, a resident in car kiva. maria, thanks for being with us, sir. thanks for joining us on these very difficult circumstances. how are things looking in khaki? bright now?

hello. thank you for having miss today. the night was great to come in the morning . we've got to report that the grad shalon started. so again, this morning to residential building destroyed by russian system grants. and then about 2 am here. i've heard wary loud explosion, very close to where i leave. so, and it may definitely, it turned out that the russian rocket got into the building of the regional administration demand administrative building. and we just did just in the center of the seat on the main square across of the universe that day and near as many residential building as well. no military at all. now we're just looking at some of the pictures of that explosion you described that would appear to have happen just

a short while ago. is that right? yes, it happened exactly almost less than an hour ago, and there was a major explosion. and the why is this building is so symbolic is because it's not flat on top of the and already in 2014 russian forces try to get control over our kids and they have food rush and black on that. we'll do so. and that's why you know this, this has a symbolic meaning also for your brain, for food in who wants to put you on the need. but it won't happen. but now what he is doing, he is actually having people here residency. and of course, the just because you know, under the shelling that goes on every hour, there is no cost to deal with the food supply for medical supplies for any kind of assistance. are you planning to stay in car? keep maria. yes,

i do plan to stay because so this is my home and i want to defend it as much as i can. so given any how that might be needed to people, and i don't know, volunteering given medical aid because you know, at our men are now fighting on the street. so there's a rush and that is that route on the outskirts. so yesterday that in the day before, they were taken from the 3 sites and now they reveal and we have the reports of that death among children and that assumption horrible. and that is why we are here ready to fight to go to the last because we have no other option, it's our home and we wanted to find it. what about basic supplies? do you have access to essentially like food in water or people they're able to get by well, it's already running. we are, we are running out of supplies. so yesterday there will be lines in front of the

shops with supermarket, small supermarket, brad keel, because already almost nothing less. and you can only get away from what is left and the bread is you can buy on the one log in for one source. and so basically in the cell and continuous and it looks like that's what i have in mind. so they, they saw fit that will be located because there will be all possibility for supplies and medical supply. what is more important? and that is why the, on the edge of the miniature and crisis and international, minnesota and organizations that urgently begin a supply and, and on the, on the russian at that with what does need, it was essential. how are people in car keep dealing with this

situation? or are they able to find shelter in the city to be safe? well, we have metro underground is us as a shelter. so i know many families will spend their days as nice waste with their children. also, people hide in the basement and we have a special ed in the residential area which are being hit by russian grad systematically. so they spend their whole day to no, not going be able to come out of the basement. like sit them there for days with the children, look there and others who can fight with arms. they go to the defense units and then also go patrol the streets and participate as much as they can. and then in pushing back russian troops out of the seats when they try to come in. are you thank you very much. that was maria. dia, a resident in car. keith,

thanks for talking with the stay for stay safe. thank you. or for more, let's cross over to our correspondent fanny font shaw, who is joins us from in need to be funny. tell us what the situation is like where you are this morning did are waking up to day number 6 of this full scale invasion . we spent with all of our neighbors and part of the night in the bunker as the air, right, serene, went off again. people are on edge. they are nervous, was to happen today. and of course, the increasingly concerned also about supplying a just food, but very basics. gas, electricity, it's b i, it's march 1st, but it's very cold during the middle of winter. and ukraine and people are really wondering just how long those supply chains can be kept open. so yes, even though i'm in the west and part of ukraine, that so far was more or less

a space from a bigger attacks. but they're also a miniature warehouses, an important military airport in the a by 100 lensky. that was, shall during the past couple of they. so people have very much aware is just a matter of time. unfortunately, that they're also in this town are being threatened by a, by a potential artillery, but potential misses that we have seen a hit. so many pots of ukraine already, residential areas. we just heard of what's happening hot keep it's every the hodge wrenching a to know that it's, it's, it's, it's not just a bond that full doubt, but did those bond entire change of supply to help? those who have been hurt injured are being made almost impossible to function. so very critical moments in ukraine also here her. i am right now in hamilton ski, invest in ukraine. now satellite images, honey, they appear to show a convoy of military vehicles stretching more than 60 kilometers long just north of

the city or people there were you are aware of that and how if so how they dealing with this knowledge yes, russian military is basically just regrouping right now, an attack on keith is imminent, and people are very much aware of that. in fact, some of them have started to prepare molotov cocktails. really, it sounds very desperate in this situation. how do you confront the russian military with molotov cocktails? but at the same time, if you add up just how motivated people i, key of those who still stay in that city despite the threat that so imminent, that also tells you that people are ready to defend their country. now, president lensky decided yesterday to release prisoners who are able to join the military, able to fight already a few days ago he said any one was able to hold an arb should get a gun. so a lot of guns have been issued here, of course is a concern or some local citizens the thinks can go out of control in any i mean, many waste right now and a key i can take over many places

a so far the situation and key f is relatively calm, there was few simon's going off of the night. but our colleagues are our local colleagues who are still in the city are reporting that at least they had a few hours of sleep. however, they're very, very nervous about what's to happen today. as this bulk of russian troops is basically almost encircling this, this entire city. and he's ready to strike funny we, i was just speaking to us, a resident of ha heath, which is under, under bombardment right now. and access to basic supplies like food and water, essential items is now becoming very restricted. what's the situation with the central supplies where you are it's definitely better so far. he just sorting that reports from hockey. if that the you basically a granted one a piece of bread per individual, it's not the case here yet. if you go into supermarket, you'll still find a very basic thing said depending on also of course in which one is to pull it to

you are. and how many supermarkets i opened the was who have been to yes, we have seen those empty shelves. but we still had the impression that at least the very basics can still be guaranteed. now this can change any time, of course, if they are more attacks, a, be it of a on, on surrounding a places in the area here. and not just the military warehouses and the military air base that i pointed out. but if those missiles that are coming actually all the way from barrios to here of are we are right now when they are going to destroy very critical infrastructure that is needed to actually keep the supply chain so open. so people are worried even though wants to still get their bread and get their even their vegetables in a supermarket today. just how long that's going to happen. as a result, lot of people stuck up on food and panic starts to set in. and also people who are here in this well so far was a relatively comp town of packing up and they are leaving the trying to leave across the board. it's romania and try to bring their, their,

their families through safety. is there any hope funny among the people you're talking to there, that a diplomatic solution could be found in this conflict? because we do have ukraine and russia finally sitting down at the negotiating to actually we're talking about this very question with our neighbors a yesterday in the bunker. and they said they would like to have this a glimpse of hope. but at the same time, if this country is being bombed, why so called negotiation take place? they don't really hope that's going to be any time soon. now what we do know, of course, that after this of yeah, meeting between russian ukrainian delegation that ended with all to break through so far. we know that the 2nd round is supposed to take place. it's unclear when, but the people here on the ground, they're actually calling on the allies in the western allies to say, please help us please us in terms of military, please help us in terms of humanitarian aid. and please help us to bring an answer

to, to, to this, to this war, to this a full scale invasion. so people don't really have a high hopes when he comes to negotiations with the aggressor, as they say, a via, via bella roost. they rather put their faith into or whatever is to come from the west valley. thank you very much. that was our corresponded funny fetch, other in western ukraine the 1st emergency united nations general assembly session in decades opened with a minute silence for those killed in ukraine. wasn't a 100 nations, have signed up to speak out about russia's invasion at the session, which continues to day. un secretary general antonio deter, spoke of a moment of truth for humanity. a minute of silence. to mourn those killed and rushes days long ground and air attack on ukraine.

then, nation after nation took to the podium condemning president vladimir putin war and his decision spot to put russian nuclear forces on high alert to excellence. we are facing a treasure before ukraine, but also major regional cries, is it potentially disastrous implications for us all? yesterday, russian nuclear forces would boots on high alerts. these is a chilling developments. the mere idea of a nuclear conflict. he simply inconceivable award the scale seemed inconceivable. just days before the invasion, ukraine's envoy to the un spoke passionately about civilian suffering in his country, and warned that global peace is at stake. if your grand does not survive invention, if you survive, international peace will not survive. if ukraine does not survive, the united nations will not survive. have no illusions. russia's envoy accused the

media of creating fake news about what putin calls a special military operation and blamed ukraine for causing the war by mistreating russians quarters and break away regions that it was a horrible gross. this definitely persuaded us that we could no longer ignore the suffering to people in don boss. the leaders of breakaway regents turned to us for military support. monday's emergency session and the un general assembly lays the groundwork for resolution members will vote on later in the week. in part, it demands russia immediately stops its attack and withdraws all troops from ukraine backing the international criminal court and the hey launch an investigation on the situation in ukraine following russia's invasion. the chief prosecutor kareem khan says there is reasonable basis to believe that alleged war, crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the attack. neither of the 2 countries, neither russia nor ukraine, are members of the i,

c. c. but ukraine has accepted its jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court's authority at all. meanwhile, amnesty international and human rights watch have both accused russia of using cluster munitions and vacuum homes on civilian weapons are banned under the geneva convention. but moscow is not part of that international treaty. our chief, political correspondent, under crane joined us in the studio, melinda, i know that you covered the balkan wars and the in suing war crimes trials. i also know that you studied international law and are very well versed on this subject. do you think we could see an indictment in the hague against russian president vladimir putin or the officers who are in fact committing crimes on his orders. normally you begin with those who are on the ground and then

followed the chain of command upward. and yes, i do. if we look, for example, at these latest reports of the probable use of cluster bombs in hockey, if, or if we look at an cluster, bon confirmed on february 25th in against a kindergarten and nurse 3 in the town of kirk tica in. so me a blast then, and that's been confirmed by amnesty, then these are absolutely violations that could be pursued by the international criminal court. but there are others as well. for example, russian forces have boasted of eliminating combatants in some of the places they've fought, including at the airport outside of kia. if you don't simply eliminate combatants. you are required by the laws of war by the haig conventions, to take the prisoner and give them certain kinds of treatment. so there is real reason to believe that war crimes are being committed here. at the same time,

ukraine has also gone to the international court of justice on another matter, namely, the violation of its territorial integrity. the law on wars of aggression is somewhat more unclear. that would probably be a charge that we'd see in the international criminal court. but i think that the prosecutors decision to look into this is absolutely justified. and what it means, as i say, you try to chase that to treat that chain of command right back up to ladder being put in. and then ultimately he is further isolated. he can no longer travel if he ever leaves his country, he will be subject to arrest. that's the objective. and as we know, it happened to milosevic in the balkan. there's been a lot of discussion about whether or not the international community should or could intervene militarily in some form. of course, q crane is not a nato member. nato at this point says it has no intention of intervening. but we did see nato intervene in the balkan wars. mom. could there come

a point, belinda? do you think when nato might decide that the suffering of the people, the war crimes being committed are so severe that it needs to intervene here. strictly on the point of law, essentially, uh, there are 2 provisions under which force can be used. one is the right to self defense, which includes collective self defense. that would obviously be an easier matter if you crane were. in fact, a member of nato. ukraine is not a member of nato, therefore it becomes a little bit more difficult. the clearest path would be a un security council resolution. we're not going to get that. that by the way was what happened when iraq invaded kuwait, as you will remember, the un security council empowered other countries essentially to help get iraq out

of kuwait if it didn't leave voluntarily. that is a clearer legal position. but terry, that's the last side. the other side, of course, is simply pragmatism, reality, the adversary here is a nuclear armed power. i cannot imagine that nato would go up against russia under these circumstances when ukraine is not a member of nato, the legal situation is somewhat hazy and the reality is obviously very problematic. okay, so that's the, that's the legal aspect with respect to nato and the international criminal court. let's talk about the european union. we know that the ukraine would like to be a member of both nato and the european union. on on monday we saw the ukrainian president sign a formal application for you membership. how is that likely to be received in brussels? it's quite interesting. ursula found

a lie and the commission president has gone straight out in to the in public and said she supports this membership. and in fact, yesterday, a foreign minister bear book here in germany had a visit from her counterpart from slovenia. and he also gave a strong plea for this application to be considered. obviously, the idea here is if you can't bring ukraine into the nato fold, could you maybe at least bring them into the european union fold, which would afford some kind of protection. in fact, more protection now than we would have thought possible previously, the e u is offering ukraine 500000000 in weapons support for the 1st time. so that's quite a, an interesting aspect as to why this is clearly of interest to ukraine. on the other hand, the path to you membership is a long path, and it involves some of the same hurdles that you crane faces. these of the nato

countries that want to join the, you have to show that they have stable, transparent, non corrupt governments. that has been a longstanding problem in ukraine, definitely improvements in that area, but they're still a long way to go. so this is not a path that would happen quickly in germany. foreign minister did to say that yesterday. thank you very much, and i'm sure we'll be talking to you further. throughout the day, our chief political correspondent, melinda cray. united nation says more than 500000 people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. and the agency says that number could rise to 4000000 in the coming weeks. the majority of refugees, of soap are headed to poland. shelters have been set up along the border with ukraine. this report comes from fridge. m a shaw, where ordinary polish people are giving you arriving refugees 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 and 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 will point them. 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 war in the 1st place. we're living the 21st century. muscular teaching. 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 cut of each a cracow or even berlin. i can give 3 people a ride, for example, a woman and 2 children. i am willing and able to help. mostly, most poland is well prepared for this stream of people. for weeks they've been following government orders to set up aid centers like this one called ukranian house. it is now a welcome camp. isn't my own you cobra 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 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 sponge, is it just like a dollar 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. 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 is that not changed in the last days? 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, sometimes up to 50 hours and even more. so the,

the people are coming and you mentioned that they got more than 500000 m. meanwhile, we have to estimate, it's probably more than the sun, the thousands potent alone 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 all kinds. 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 derek 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. are the refugees, they're getting the support they need. well we, you and hcr. we are still there and we will. we have about 120 staff members and ukraine. we have distributed things. we call quarterly sleeping back sleeping math, blank kids, jerry can monthly hygiene women diapers, but very important thing. and we also try to, to good about protection. and 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. what we need 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 record, mainly women and children. i for young women changing baby 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

majority of ukrainian refugees.