ah, ah ah, this is the w news life from berlin. ukraine calls for immediate admission to the european union. president vladimir savanski delivers an emotional address to the european parliament, receives a standing ovation at his request, still faces big hurdles. also on the program. satellite images show a massive combo russian army military vehicles, just north of the capital and closing it. brutal assault on ukraine, 2nd largest city car from russian asked dr. hits the city center, leaving death and destruction in each way. more than half

a 1000000 people have flagged the war polish volunteers are helping with transport, food and shelter, that some african and asian refugee say they're being kept out in the comp. ah. 2 i'm from gay, a welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir savanski has addressed a special session of the european parliament as it debated russia's invasion of his country. and i'm emotional speech delivered from keith. president savanski described recent attacks on ukrainian cities and accused russia of targeting children. and he repeated his appeal for his country's immediate membership of the e. u, saying the block would be stronger with ukraine in it. what am was we're fighting process is to lose it just for our land and for out read him.

judgment issue dis, local and might the family in santa that's all like cities of our country are now blocked. little nobody lived in this is going to enter and intervene without freedom and country. i believe, you mean every square up 2 days, no matter what it's called. it's going to be cold as well to day freedom square in every city of our country on this, on my. nobody is going to break us. see where strong, where you train years. well, david mcallister is an emmy pay with a center, right. european people's party grouping and the european parliament also chairs the parliament's committee on foreign affairs are welcome to d. w. could we start with your reactions 1st of all, to present zalinski? so speech today. ah, the plenary debate here in brussels has just finish and it was

a very emotional plenary debate, remarkable speeches by president savanski also by the speak of the golf narada, missus defense shook and across party lines. every piece made clear that we stand in full solidarity with ukraine in these very dark hours of our european history. okay, and i, so you're, you're wearing the ukraine, a national colors on your, the pal that does that mean that you support president landscape application for his country to join the a you immediately it is the goal of ukraine to join the european union. this goal has been implemented into the ukranian constitution in 2018 article 49. the treaty of european union is very clear. any country in europe which adheres to our values can apply to join our european union. of course, this is a medium and long term process because in the end, a country has to go through the accession negotiations and in the end has to

fulfill all the very ambitious judicial financial, economic, and political criteria. but today, our message was, ukraine is a european nation. ukraine is interested in having a close as possible relationship of european union. ukraine wants to join the european union, and we are standing in solidarity with ukraine because ukrainians are not any fighting for democracy. the rule of law and their own liberty, but also fighting for european values which are under attack now in kiff. but until we discuss concrete issues about starting an e u membership, accession process, which will take a longer time. let's in the meantime also focus on how we can better integrate this country into our e u single market. and with the cooperation and association agreement of 2014, i think we have a solid grounds to work on this. okay, so just to be clear, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says please let us join the

e u because we are being bombed by russia. your responses. we welcome your application. there's a process, please wait, your turn. the european parliament will adopt the resolution tonight, or we will call on the institutions to work on preparing the conditions for a e. u. application of ukraine. we have to go through a certain procedure. this applies to any country in europe, but i think the speakers across the different party lines were very clear that we support ukraine in the european perspective. was the u. s. the u right to overturn its bar on normal budget funds being used for military operations and agreeing, 500000000 euros in arms and other aid for ukraine. well, this is the 1st time that the european union is doing this 500000000 euros from the

european piece facility. i think it is remarkable that the member states decided to do business such a short period of time. but we are at a watershed moment. this is a very, very challenging time. this is the out of truth and that's why i welcome about the european union has taken this decision to support ukraine in its heroic fight against russian aggression to what else should be a you do to prove that you are with us as the ukranian president asked the european union has shown so majority and we will continue to show solidarity just 2 weeks ago, we adopted a new michael financial assistance package of 1200000000 euros in total. we have now supported ukraine with 17000000000 euros. the in union will support you can with the equipment that isn't self defensive equipment. you just mentioned,

we are ready to support ukraine, large scale economically financially. and also as regards to very dire humanitarian situation, which is now building up, not only in our neighboring in, are you members states or navy, moldova, but also ukraine on the ground. we will show solidarity with you can because this is not only attack on ukraine, this is an attack the way we live, how we want to organize ourselves in europe and in an atmosphere in an environment of democracy, liberty, and the rule of law. thank you so much for joining us. david mcallister, chair of the european parliament committee on foreign affairs or presence landscape, accused moscow of committing war crimes. after more missiles struck ukraine's 2nd largest city khaki, rockets at the city center and other civilian sites in the 2nd day of sustained bombing. and the government and keith says, russian forces have hit the cities tv town,

knocking out some broadcasts residents. there are bracing for an onslaught as russian troops advance the moment a missiles struck at the very heart of ca, keith. this is freedom square in the center of ukraine, 2nd largest city. now reduced to rubble. ukraine says russia has been targeting residential buildings in the city with rockets since monday. officials are accusing moscow of committing war crimes. which of obstacle are today? our enemy has started bombing, the city center of khaki and the residential areas of all that goes through all the clicking firing with grad systems and crews,

minnesota. they hit an administrative building in the central square. you know, we are counting the victims among the civilian population issue mark, so these are all crimes. our army is strong and we behold, compositions will nasa ottoman see, lemme see him up was easy. ah, sirens ring out across key iv as russian troops continue their advance on the ukrainian capital satellite images appear to show as 60 kilometer convoy of military vehicles close to the city. check points into key if have already been set up by ukrainian police and armed soldiers for a 2nd. it was like an ukraine's allies continue to condemn russia as they look on the sidelines. i'm very pleased with her shocked at peace in europe. allah's

condemn, the unjustified and brutal invasion of ukraine. the rush, a soul, is totally unacceptable. unacceptable. it is enabled by us, which makes ukrainian don't believe the kremlin is listening. as women and children continue to flee to countries like poland, perhaps dreaming of a better life. and if they can get back home on money and diva lives in car here and she told d w about her experience of these attacks today started from the shower in part by a grad ms file system and they go like solid target. then that's the residential area again, because we have a report that the multi story built in for. he rational the files and

rockets and then about a to be rational at the main administrative building which is situated on the central square. and there are university and also other build houses and the now we see what the consequences of that strikes are just devastating because of the building is completely ruined inside. so there are no results left. and that's why the soviet style building with the walls and also are there other built in that residential building, folks without any windows and there are damages the street is destroyed. so we don't the haven't yet numbers of the last us to learn. we have already yesterday. well, that's just concerned and the 2 children and one of the rocha seats,

the car where there was a family in their moments. so and today also, but they're all kept stalled. their administrative building nearby. no cars and people on the street. so they were not one about that kind of attack. my scott, he visited maria diva, but with the russian military, apparently making less progress than expected in the 1st week of this war. many on the list of what the situation may force president putin to adopt even deadlier measures. d w. william blue cross has more yet, let's remember that putin deployed nearly 200000 troops to your cranes borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet. but we might be seeing signs of that starting to change after light, fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favor. now you might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bellow,

roof that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troop transports these kinds of heavy armored heavy mechanize vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia we've been hearing appears to be struggling with those kinds of supply lines. but if we look at the battle lines of where things stand and keep right now, they haven't budged much since russian forces 1st started assaulting the capital. we see russian forces having pretty much control of the northern parts of the city . there have been of course, been attacks from the air,

but ukrainian troops have so far beaten back are held the line just north of the city. the city government says it's still in control there, but the russians, as you can see there at the gate of the city, it's unclear for how long ukrainian defenses can hold out. they are heavily out, and this seems to be the case all around the country were russian ground troops, they've, they've really not broken out much from where they are initial invasion point started in the north, in the east and in the south. and this is taken russian military planners a bit by surprise that might sound like good news for ukraine, but do not be fooled, but ukrainian resistance has been impressive, but it is come at a very steep cost. and for all the violence we've seen, russia still has a lot more firepower on the ground and from the air it can deploy. and it looks like it's gearing up to do just that. let's have a look at some of the development stuff. the last couple of days with that not you

know, cobol, who is head of research and analytics of the ukranian institute is an expert on the foreign policy, joins us from ukraine's western city of the if a welcome to d w. let's start with those reports of this russian convoy bearing down on the ukrainian capital. i'm how concerned are you by those reports? oh, well, as you and well, experts already knows that capital, if you train key, is one of the key goals. the freshman for duration this worth. so since the 1st day of the region, we have these convoys coming and coming with having tillery with multiple rocket launchers. we are with everything that you can imagine for a book from the north, for from the russia. so we as long as we have been before.