is that they go not saw, gets the ah, military infrastructure used for a disinformation and spread of propaganda without specifically staining one is going to happen. so we did not know where the strike would eventually go. and it went straight into the city, you know, in the middle of the city and 5 people die because of that. so i mean, they are using this new strategy of scaring the people trying to destabilize the government and force it into capitulation. and what about the situation on the ground? you know, there are reports of a military brush and military convoy that is 60 kilometers long this about 40 miles . that is quickly approaching key. is that going to be a game changer for the capital city? now of course i've been looking at that also from the news. it's definitely not advancing quickly. it's been that for at least you know, 24 hours since it's got other got stock got logistical problems well for any other

reasons they've not been advancing. so the key of in, so inside, i'm in the city itself is relatively quiet. would you hear sirens? sometimes people sleep in the shelters, but otherwise it's fully under control. the government, it's not encircled. so we know, i mean supplies are that leave some of the shops open so you can buy food or medicines. but of course, i mean we are preparing for the worst yesterday. your president zalinski signed an official request for ukraine to join the european union. want you to take a listen to what he had to say about that. people are very much motivated, very much. we are fighting that much for our run, for our freedoms, for life, for life, and what was your life were boring for fighting for survival of life. and this is the highest of our no device. what am which, but we are fighting to be equal members of

europe. i believe that to day we wait and we are showing everybody. that's exactly what we are. use your opinion is going to been much stronger with that. so that's for sure. with that you, you train, someone is going to be lonely lens. lensky, he is calling for a fast track membership. in your opinion, how realistic is that? ah, i think that's, that was the unfortunate time ah, for ukraine, by the high time for europe to make this decision and make it quickly to show the solidarity in unity with ukraine, which is defending york in valleys which is defined in the whole the continent. and i followed the debate in the european parliament, and i think everybody was united in recognizing that this is the turning point in

the history. this is something that united europe and gave it to purpose of rush attacking the whole way of life in europe. so i do believe that of course, some technicalities which will take time where not a perfect democracy. we do have a certain flows, but we do need a clear signal from the european union that we belong to the european family. this was not pronounced today. ah, by was full of on de leon, but we now on this on plate left it and then we can talk about this specific stakes to the tape and later on. and from what i've gathered in the survey to the parents, i'm very positive and i think that's what, what will sure are everyone here are all the people around the country who are fighting in russian invasion in their, in their streets, in the villages, in their, in their towns what a mr pedro nava. are you saying that e membership is a necessary psychological boost that ukraine needs?

i mean i'm wondering how would suddenly becoming a member of the european union right now help ukraine in it's more with russia. yeah, no, let me take you back to 2013 where at the, in, in, in the last our, our former president a mr. young called which declined to sign an association agreement. aah! with the e. u. under the pressure from russia. and when the popular people went to streets, to protest that russia send our troops to crimea and, and told us as a pretext, saying that, well, you see this are a neo nazi people who are, who are richer folks who are joined in europe. and in this way, threatening the russians because in russia, so late, the 1st occupation in 2014 started because of our decision about our future with the europe. no, russia has been quicker even. i mean, they're going further because they see how quickly you train progresses towards the

integration with you and, and, and, and these threatens that because what they were really afraid of is a prosperous european democratic ukraine because that will send a wrong signal to the domestic population because they're used to being told that, you know, they're much better than in, you know, ukrainians. so therefore, i mean this whole discussion and the whole situation. goals about the values about the choice, and we do need a clear signal to, to do sure that it's for you train people to understand that they are, are or herds in youth or a, that their sole is not on paper. and it's an, or will be taken with, you know, even if we're not talking about immediate membership, you certainly can't deny that the european union has been changed dramatically by it's association with ukraine. and by this invasion, the e u commission president to day said that for the 1st time ever,

e u funds are being used to buy and deliver military equipment for a country that is under attack. now, could you have imagined this just one week ago of cause this con, i was to rise to many countries, but we were, we've been advocating that for a long time, and it's not only europe in our own, and it like switzerland and sweden, you know, still be neutral countries, something that they've, you know, been, been their policy for, for many, many years. and, and i'm in germany, no re re shaped, it's military budget are because of that and said, it's the end of their special relations with russia. i think what happened is europe just woke up in the recent days and i mean, i'm happy to see how quickly i know the things progress. because i mean, no one could have imagined that this harsh sanctions and change of policies will

happen over night almost. and i think the reason why this is happening is because of the ukrainians or bravely fighting back russians. i mean, they expected a beautiful, a war of several hours and that is over and then they would, would have dealt with any, you know, problems in the international stage. because we're fighting, you know, the 6th day, i think there was enough time for europe to think ripping their policies and look again at their future and see how they are endangered by russia. and in this way, of course, i think weaver weaver accelerated, the political changes in the whole continent. sir, her, her true cough. we appreciate your time and your insights to night and stay safe. thank you. thank you. u. s. in european intelligence and say that russia's military did not expect the ukrainian military to put up such a strong resistance. now military analysts say that they are worried that the

setback and the public embarrassment attached to it may compel russian president vladimir putin to opt for even deadlier measures. he w william blue cross picks up that part of the story. now. yet let's remember that potent deployed nearly 200000 troops to ukraine's 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 bella 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 key right now, they haven't budged much since russian forces 1st started of salting the capital. we see russian forces having pretty much control of the northern parts of this city . there have 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 gates of the city, it's unclear for how long ukrainian defenses can hold out. they are heavily out match. 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. 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. william, thank you. though i'm joined now by doctor ruth dear man, she is a lecturer at king's college in london at the department of more studies. her focus is post soviet security doctor. it's good to have you on the program. let me get your take on what we're seeing here. the satellite images of this 40 mile long convoy of russian tanks, trucks and artillery. basically at the doorsteps of key. what do you make of

that? it's, i mean, in some ways i think what we seeing now late starting to look worryingly like the, the conflicts in chechnya in the 99 says where the, the russian government's really dealt with. with secessionist in chechnya by attempting to destroy the capital fit can i say very much that this is what they're now planning. having failed in their initial attempt to achieve equip victory. what do you think that's what we're looking at here is, is a failure. mean, are we talking about a ukrainian military that is much stronger than, than we expected or are we talking about a russian military that is or that was and is less prepared than we

expected? i think both of those things, and i certainly think everything we saying indicate that the russian government wasn't prepared for the level of resistance that it's encountered either from the ukrainian military or from ordinary civilians. which i find surprising because i'm really not sure what they expected. i mean, it was what many of us expected, something like this happened. and we can see actually that give me no, go ahead, go ahead. i'm sorry i was so we can, we can see an indication that they were expecting this to be as much faster than it has been in the fact that over the weekend, the, the russian news agency, our a nova listed up a long article that oversee been written with the expectation that russia would already have been victorious and it was the house at the end of the conflict. and what was going to happen next when they realized they hadn't won the conflict, they took it down again, but that's fine. i think that they are expecting

a much quicker and easier than it has been. well, how the this looks like just a weekend of this conflict. this looks like a major mis reading and miss judgment of not only the russian military, but also of the ukrainian military. how is it possible that the entire world has gotten the reading on this so wrong? i am not sure that the entire world has got the reading on this wrong, but i certainly think that the person himself appears to have got it badly wrong. which surprises me because of course, you would expect him to, to know about ukraine and to know the history of ukraine and to know that they were very unlikely simply to accept an invasion. it's a speaker perhaps to his disconnection from, from what's going on around him. do you think that's what we're seeing now because

there's been more commentators in the last 2448 hours voicing concerns about vladimir putin and state of mind. are you concerned that he has become tethered from reality, particularly when we're talking about military operations? it's very difficult to tell. and of course, one of the reasons why it is very difficult to tell you is that he is so isolated in many ways. i mean, we've all seen the picture of wooten talking, not just 2 liters like macro, but also to his own ministers sitting long distance away from them at the end of these big tables. and that speaks to a general sense. i think that he has been quite isolated physically, but also in especially during the panoramic and later. and certainly there's a question about whether he's getting the, the poor ellis here that slice that which enable him to make better decisions. and

before we run out of time, let me just ask you one question about the response from the west. you tweeted, and i'm quoting here, that you're not sure that using the language of total economic war is going to do anything but help russian governmental narratives. what do you mean with that? so in order for the russian government to, to prosecute this invasion successfully, ultimately they will rely on the russian public to support them to, to at least a minimal degree and the idea of aging ukraine. i don't think he's ever been teaching popular a month, russian to say the least. but if they can frame this, if the russian government can frame this as resistance to, to a, an attack on the west, an attack on russia by the west. then that's going to have a much better chance of success. so i think knocking about sanctions in terms of

what really can only help the russian government from a, a propaganda point to the dr. roof darren from kings college in london darkroom. and we appreciate your time and your valuable insights at this very critical and troubled time. thank you. thank you. diplomats walked out of a session of the un human rights council in geneva, switzerland. today, when russia's foreign minister survey level began speaking, ukraine's ambassador led diplomat out of the chamber to protest the russian invasion of ukraine. certain level of speech came after switzerland followed the european union in banding russian flights from its aerospace oliver all sought to justify his country's invasion by claiming that moscow was trying to protect ethnic russians and eastern ukraine from the government in keith. the

purpose of our action is to save these people by fulfilling our obligations as allies and to demilitarize and de knobs a phi ukraine, so that such a thing will never occur. again, this is particularly relevant in the light of the fact that this country is being dragged into nato, that the country is being flooded with offensive weapons. and this is a country which has openly made territorial claims against the right of russian federation and threatened to use force and to acquire a military nuclear capability, which i'm here. the big table now is the w's, emily sherwin. and she was our correspondent mosque allen to her accreditation, was revoked by the russian government in early february. we wish that she can be reporting for moscow, but if she can't, we're glad she's here. it's good to see you, emily. i want to talk about what we heard today from lever off the accusations,

1st of all, genocide, neo nazis in the government. also saying you've got a drug dealers also that are in the cabinet. there's no proof of india this. so what are we, what are we seeing here? well, lover of today was repeating, essentially the talking points that we've been hearing from vladimir putin himself in recent days and weeks. and they might seem kind of um, illogical or strange from the outside, but that is kind of the rhetoric that we've been hearing again. and again, i would just pick up on the d not suffocation idea, because it does sound very strange. and it is strange, but it makes sense from a russian point of view in the sense that the fight of the soviet fight against nazi germany. back in world war 2, which is known as the great patriotic war in russia, is almost a founding meth for russians and for russia. and that's also a founding myth that the kremlin and vladimir putin himself has been pushing in the

past few years. there's been these huge a victory day parades, which have been getting bigger and bigger every year, and also in recent constitutional reforms in 2020. there was even an addition there to the constitution that it's not permitted to diminish the achievements of veterans from the, from the 2nd world war. just just as an indication for that, you know, every and every family within russia has, you know, people who died in that war. so it's a really strong narrative. and that place is kind of russia against the nazis. so this is almost the perfect enemy. now right now, where's the logic go? no event volume is zalinski, the president of ukraine is himself jewish. well that then is just kind of irrelevant suddenly but, and it's, it doesn't make sense of course because the ukrainians were part of the soviet army fighting against the nazis as well. but i think it, it helps to kind of shroud this potentially problematic idea of fighting against

ukrainians in historic mission. you know, to, to write historical wrongs. you know, in the, in this myth, essentially the 2nd largest city in ukraine car. keith has a russian speaking majority. right. so how is the of the attack that's taking place there? how is that being presented then to the russians while the russian narrative has been very much, were liberating the ukrainians from the neo nazis. and they have repeated again and again that they will not be hitting civilian targets and that there will be not be civilian victims. that continues to be the narrative on state tv and from government officials. we heard it from lever off today as well. of course, when you see those pictures of hotkeys being bombed in the central square being hit by a missile. you know, with cars driving by, it's kind of hard to believe it. and as you say, there's a lot of kind of a logical statements. but within the narrative itself,

of the state tv and within the narrative of the state of the government, it kind of has an inner logic of some sort. to do the research to read state of the you with human rights council meeting. he achieves the criminal ramping of its repression within russia. a meet your living example of that archer, but he is telling the truth. there isn't. well, the closure of, of d, w is bureau was part of, you know, a long standing crackdown i would say on the media. and we're seeing that continue of course now in war time, which perhaps makes sense in and of itself. but it's certainly a good excuse, and we're seeing just today, ah reports just now that too critical media outlets are being blocked within russian territory. t. v. rein, dorsey, and economically, both of which have been notoriously critical of the kremlin. other media outlets are no vague ozetta, a well known opposition paper saying to day that they were forced to

follow the demands of the government to not call this war war. and that they've decided to keep reporting and to follow those demands rather than stop reporting. and risk being closed down, which is what we're seeing now from those 2 other outlets. there's been a also slowdowns on facebook, twitter, social media. so it's, it's becoming harder and harder for people to get information. and also protests there. there's been a crackdown on anti war protests as well, and with the really sure what it's good to have you here in the studio with us. and it's good also to get your, your insight in the context that being a reporter provide. thank you. to raise chance are alive, sholtes met today with luxembourg prime minister here in berlin. the war in ukraine was very much on his mind. ticklish colleague. i would like to call

on the russian president, mr. to see all come back immediately to withdraw all troops from ukraine and will to enter into a dialogue blood shed must stop. vladimir putin is committing crimes on ukraine. our political correspondent in the hands of she is at the german chancellor here in berlin. and i asked her about those strong words that came from the chancellor today, who just a week ago was being accused of being invisible in this crisis. this is a remarkable and unprecedented a dizzying turn around. m for the german government in it stands towards russia. just a few days ago, a statement like that would have been inconceivable. gemini, was criticized for a very long time to stay silent on the topic. and they refused to deliver weapons. they stayed out of all the potential sanctions measures when tensions were already rising. and now, since russia's invasion, the german government really has done it,

has performed a $180.00 degree turn on its policy. olaf shuts their devon chancellor calls this putin's war. he says, the blood set must stop and he says that can be no to booze. any more, this must be sanctioned. this must be punished. now of course, they say something or where germany was late, and many people still criticize that. but this is also not a just a ukraine crisis, is the message here from the german government. this is potentially about defending something much bigger about european values. i was our correspondence. nina has a reporting there. the international criminal court in the hague shows. it is launching an investigation in to russia's role in its invasion of ukraine, that she prosecutor says. there is reasonable basis to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the invasion. neither of the 2 countries 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. if you are just joining us, here's a recap of the latest developments in vladimir putin's war in ukraine, ukraine's has 5 people were killed when russian air strikes targeted. keeps main tv tower. the attack knocked some channels off the air, the structure itself was left intact. a holocaust memorial site nearby was also hip . meanwhile, satellite images appear to show a 60 kilometer long convoy of russian military vehicles heading for keith. elsewhere in ukraine, the eastern city of car heat has been attacked from the air for a 2nd day. russian rockets struck a local government building in the central square and ukrainian president

zalinski to day urging the european union to prove that it is siding with ukraine in its war with russia. and to immediately make ukraine. a member of the e. u. you watch any w, stay tuned. the d w. per our continuing coverage of the war and you are with

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ah ah ah, this has dw news live from berlin almost one week into the invasion of ukraine. russia is upping its assaults on the countries main cities in the capital key bear strikes today, hit the main tv tower, knocking out some broadcast. and in the 2nd largest city car keefe and attack has left the death and destruction in its weight. also coming up tonight, let us in ukrainian president zalinski is emotional addressed today. received a standing ovation at the european parliament, his request for immediate e.