ah, ah ah, this is d w news coming to live from berlin. russia steps up to it's a tax on ukraine, cities, airstrikes hit the tv tower and keep knocking help broadcast and killing several people. russian troops and tanks are reported and other key cities, but ukrainian forces continue to mount a defense. we'll hear from our correspondents on the ground. also coming in dictators do not pay a price for their aggression. they caused more chaos. in his 1st state of the union

address you as president joe biden bows to punish vladimir putin for attacking ukraine and says, western allies are united against russia. plus, he was safe in the e. u. now he's going home to fight. we meet ukrainian, willing to risk everything to defend his country. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian forces are intensifying their attacks on ukraine's main cities. russia claims it has taken control of cas on a city and ukraine south. the governor says there are there, the governor there says it's completely surrounded by russian troops elsewhere. russian paratroopers have reportedly landed in ukraine, 2nd biggest city hockey, and the mayor of the port city. mario poll says it's under constant bombardment. russia has warned residents to flee as it as it plans further airstrikes such as

those seen in recent decks. a russian missile strikes a tv tower in cave. in her cave, a government building goes up in flames. both attacks killed people. russia is ramping up its assault on ukraine as a 60 kilometer long, russian convoy of armored vehicles closes in on the capital. thousands of ukrainians still desperately trying to flee. though, staying behind a facing the horrors of war in washington. when we had a fight at 5 am, is the color the be the most? we were retreating and near us a meter away from me. it was

a mine blue of my friend's arms and legs, little green and white. i tried to save him. i pulled him away, but he didn't make it jojo to move them. oh no, sir. philip follows why you're warmer ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has asked nato to set up a no fly zone and has also applied to join the european union. are fighting processes exclusively just for our land and for our freedom alicia diesel and might the fatty mcdonough, that's all alike. cities of our country are now blocked forward. we are facing the problem also him to be or equal members of europe. eod josh, i believe thank good to day me. we book some weekly are showing everybody. that's exactly what we are used to do. prove that you are with us. so

when i do prove it, you will not let us go. it was an impassioned plea for help. as the political discussions continue, the ukranian fighting spirit remains strong. are corresponding mathias pulling a join just now from western ukraine. but he has reports are coming in that the russia that russia has taken control over the city of cason. what more can you tell us? here what we've seen is pictures from russian or off russian tanks in this city center, of course on earth. that means the railway station and other administrative and administrative buildings arm. so it's clear that that russian tongues are or were in the city center of harrison and the city has been fought about for many times. in the past few days,

a russian soldiers entering and being repelled several times. it's one of the bigger cities in ukraine, and it would be probably if the russia would, could take it and hold it. it would be probably the 1st big city in ukraine to completely fall under russian control. there are other cities that are and circles and where russian troops have entered. but russia has still not a contract, not a got control over any big city in ukraine. well, in the countries main city in the capital, kia far, we saw the television tower there. the broadcasting tower destroyed, essentially a massive column of russian troops and weaponry is on the outskirts of cube. is the capital capable of repelling an attack by a force like that mathias? until now the capital has done ah, quite well in defending itself. because it has been the main target of russian

troops for days now. and so fire or the attacks have been repelled, is hard to say, i don't have the information to say what the ukranian side still has there in air to defend the capital. and it's also hard to say how the russians would attack what they're going to do are these, the we've seen these pick is of this 60 kilometer long time column approaching the capital. but we don't know what that meant for. it's also quite possible that the, that russia wouldn't even try to invade the capital, but to cut it off of all supplies and wait for us to surrender, to put it on to siege our, which would be of course, a terrible humanitarian, a situation. and a bit, but we still don't know what we know is of course that it, when it goes to street fighting and fighting of a block for block in houses. the attacking army is always in a worse position. so damn lots of scenarios. there's also the scenario of a of

a mass bombardment as we are seem to be seeing it now from hark. if the 2nd biggest city, i'm all of them look pretty grim with a key of can or whether the ukrainian forces can withstand that such an attack or not. is hard to say now, but what we're seeing is that they're doing much better than me. and everybody thought in the beginning and that the russians are doing much worse than this invasion seems to have been planned quite poorly so far. for the invasion has been under way for a week now. and the russians are clearly escalating their assault. do you are, are ukrainians bracing for a full out attack now with a lot more violence than we've seen up to date? very hard to expect anything else at the moment. we've seen the escalation, we've also seen the readiness of the russian troops to shallow. for example, residential quarters, we see people fleeing from the cities,

they don't flee for nothing. they have been staying there when the war began. it's not that they didn't know that a war was starting, but they have seen the escalation. they have seen the jaya humanitarian situation and they're seeing the possibility of a much more ugly. and i'm costly and, and a war and much more suffering. i don't think there are any illusions left at the moment. there were tears. i know you're in western ukraine. we can see people outside still walking around cars going down the streets. ah, what is life like? there are what is access to basic supplies for example. yeah, leave is one of the places where a lot of refugees have arrived. um, you can see that you would, for example, the apartment, it's where i'm staying, it's an apartment that's usually rented out for tourists. and all the places in

there are, are now people from, from key of are the parts of the country are, are now living in these places. they're long queues at the polish border that belong cues for days. um, so the situation is, of course difficult. we've also a, we, we're seeing people sending their for days in the cold. um, there is, there are still supplies their shops, a shop still. so daily goods, of course, everything that's not necessary for survival, everything that's not every shop that's not selling. a groceries is closed, but so, so far, grosses are there been some supermarkets all also empty, especially the bigger ones where people go to stockpile. big amounts of food are people here are prepared for more. the city. how so far a been sped off. any major hom made major a shelling or, or, or anything out there. no. is no fighting going on near here at the moment, but it's probably the center of the humanitarian crisis that ukraine are facing and

that, that the most important as capered from cray mathias. thank you so much. d. w mathias spelling other in western you for and we can now talk to circa pet. her cough he is a former da, the minister of justice for european integration for the ukrainian government. he joins me from kiya. mr. pathos. gov. thank you. first of all, for being with us, you've decided to stay in the ukrainian capital. describe the situation there for us. no, it's been, it's been again a nervous nights, not much. oh, anything happening in key f? yesterday there was this big strike of the t tower. we expect more strikes coming today and later on we're seeing, you know, russians losing the battle on the ground and change in the tactics of

attacking the infrastructure within the cities and doing the indiscriminate shelling. so while, while the see if he remains on the phone control of, of the ukrainian administration and, and non forces, we are prepared where we're, we're awaiting pretty much an attack on all the civilians. it's just a matter of time and matter of who gets lucky and who is not so lucky. as you know, a russian military convoy some say it's 60 kilometers long is approaching kiya. how much does that worry you and your fellow citizens looked at since that he couldn't move much for the last 24 hours or even more and the end of this hard to tell what's going on. but the footage that we've seen, and i've seen from, you know, the soldiers that were already taken, it seems that the russian army has no treaty changed much since ninety's or even

earlier. so they were not organized at all they have and you know, they took people by surprise and, and some of them didn't even know that they were they going or what, what, what is their odd, what is their target? so i think that was partly, there is no supply lines ready for this big campaign. and i, we've seen, you know, russian tanks just getting lost in ukraine and, and looking for no going around the country asking for directions and, and trying to get some food, a full in. also, we're seeing a russian soldiers, you know, just leaving their tanks to leave in their, their detachments. some of them are, you know, or many of them are, you know, 1920 you old voice who were, you know, who just signed a contract and didn't, didn't want of, you know, fight with you. trying didn't want to be aggressor, aggressors, but we're just fooled into that and, and they trying to, you know, you know, get out of this as soon as possible. so i think it's

a combination of the low moral these organization, you know, bad planning and the, and all that together is, is the reason why the column this huge column is moving anywhere. ok. now you were dealing very much with trying to get ukraine into the european union. that was your official job in the government. among other things, president zalinski is asking that you now to accept you crane as a member state, do you see any prospect for expedited accession for ukraine to the eve? look, i'm still do that just in a different capacity. it's not a matter of the president or, or a government, it's the matter of or the people do. and i would clearly see people conceding, they fight for the future, for the independence, and for the right of a choice to, to, to choose to become a free european nation. so i'm, i'm doing the same thing just like, you know,

4040000000 of ukrainians are doing every day, both of now before and after that. so it's not a decision that is macon by someone in the government. it's what the people ones am . i think it's there for the people to give the signal from the ear that they are heard. they are supported. they, they are parts of the european family, ukrainian and russian officials have held talks as you know, to, and the conflict. and so far, there's been a result from those talks or what, what needs to happen to stop this war i think it's honestly, after, after watching all that, i think it's a complete look, you know, complete a lockdown and st. and stopping of all economic activity. the financial activity in russia who's in doesn't care about the lives of his soldiers. he already know, we already have thousands of dead russian soldiers here. he doesn't really care

about them. or what he cares is, is about his influence. and the only way to stop him is just physically make it impossible for russians to go on. and so i think that's the only thing, not just sanctions, but creevy much close the countries stop the country from functioning, make it in the middle ages. ah, middle age is kingdom where no, no no, no commitment. no, there are no communication. no modern technology, no ability to wage. busy war, i think that's the only way, and that would make russian people think about it twice, whether they need a crazily to like that said, hey hedrick, off the former deputy minister of justice for european integration for the ukrainian government. thank you very much for taking time to talk with us. thank you. you as president joe biden has bound to make russian president vladimir putin pay of high price for what he called an unprovoked attack on ukraine in his per

state of the union address. biden said, western countries were standing united in the face of russian aggression and pledged that the united states would defend its nato allies. but he again said that us forces would not get involved in the fighting in ukraine, which is not a nato member. instead bite and promised more sanctions against russia, targeting its oligarchy. and he closed us air space to russian aircraft. matter is part of what biden had to say. put, let his attack on ukraine was premeditated, and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide his at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well, but put was wrong. we are ready, we are united and that's what we did. we stayed united, we prepare extensively and carefully. we spent months building coalitions of other

fredy, levine, nations in europe, and the americans to, for america to the asian and african continents. to confront putin, like many of you, i spent countless hours unifying near our european allies. we shared with the world in advance. what we knew put was planning, and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression to bring in tyson barker. here he is with the german council on foreign relations here in berlin. tyson, president biden devoted the 1st part of his address to russia's invasion of ukraine . what's your take on the speech? well, i think a, 1st of all, it's quite unique that a president starts with the foreign policy issue in traditionally that comes in the 2nd half of the speech. it tends to be much more domestic. so clearly this is on a both of members of congress, their minds, and the american people's minds. what he tried to do was frame a,

basically the themes of his presidency with him. this conflict to say that this is about democracy's versus autocracies. and democracies are superior, and that there is broad bipartisan consensus within the united states to support ukraine. you saw that in the audience with many ukrainian flags, many standing ovations, including for the ambassador who was present. and that, that bipartisan consensus actually extends much more broadly to other themes than, than sometimes the american people realize including things like china infrastructure and the unity agenda, which he wrapped up on help. biden vowed to counter putin's aggression in ukraine. how is he doing it? well, you know, he started by reminding sir, the american people about what has been done so far and much of it has been quite unique. he talked about, 1st of all, spending countless hours, fortune unity within the alliance, which is true. you know, they have released call logs that show that there have been hundreds of calls at

the top levels with european allies to build a trans atlantic unity around sanctions around cost around in, within nato. and he talked about this new a couple of new features of a u. s. policy. one being of the disclosure. deterrence through disclosure, you know, basically fighting russian disinformation and fall slag operations by releasing up what would have previously been classified intelligence. and the 2nd that he mentioned was a, you know, a broad array of sanctioned, specifically on russia. central bank, which has, as in his words, rendered this a 650000000000 dollar war fund that russia has built over the past decade worthless . so he talked about a lot of these things that have happened in the past. now what can't didn't come and of course, those have all been quite remarkable. what didn't come with some major announcement about what comes next. he talked about closing russian aerospace that's already happened in europe. clearly, europe is a much more important space for air traffic from russia than,

than the united states. he talked about going after oligarchy. again, most of their assets are in europe, and then he did talk about this effort to release a 60000000 barrels barrels of oil, 30000000 barrels of which will come from the united states. but it wasn't a, the kind of speech that you had from all of sholtes over the weekend that represented a c change in u. s. policy. now, many have been comparing the ukraine, russia conflict, or to the cold war that this is returning us to the cold war era. is that what you're seeing, tyson? is that how you read it? or do you see the beginning of a different world order altogether? taking shape i don't think it's, it's returned the cold war for a couple of reasons. one, russia is not a super power. russia's extremely diminished power. it doesn't have the kind of ideological throw weight. it doesn't have the economic throw away that the soviet

union have. and it doesn't have the, the geopolitical reach that the soviet union have had. but i would also dispute that it's a cold war. we're talking about a hot, we're in european territory. so this is a, something that's happening right now. all paradigms don't really fit, as you mentioned, we're looking at a new order within europe. and what we're seeing slowly and mrs is, is quite sad for the russian people who don't necessarily know or support what is happening. what putin is doing is the extraction of russia from the global economy . and that's going to have massive impacts on the lives that they've become used to specifically over the past 20 years. tyson, thank you very much, your insights. that was tyson barker with the german council on foreign relations. thank you. the effects of the russian invasion of ukraine are being felt the world over, including in the united states were many russian. americans are watching events and worrying dw,

correspond in us. paul has been talking to people in the neighbourhood of new york city, known as little a desa over 3000000 americans identify his russian around 600000 live in new york city, the largest russian population in the us. this is little odessa, named after the ukrainian city home to people from across the former soviet union. officially, it's brighton beach, but you see and hear a lot of russian the war and ukraine is very present in the hearts and minds of every one here. yet it's difficult to find russians. we're happy to talk to us by her very birth of evelyn to you know, so that is mercer and she very sure from you, sir. and across from ourselves or not affordable and deliver fair if it's very rare to birth. many russians worry that speaking on

camera might make things difficult for their families. back home, people from other exited countries, though are more forthcoming. i can't sleep. i can stand didn't. i can comfortable. he know my family, me. my friends, everybody. reliable crane day am 40. no bye, dear goodie. no, just mom. no bye. dear good. use it for each and yet, or i thinks they have russian friends who ah no one is defending with russia during i don't see how is possible. um it just nobody believes the lives in america. we have, we have free media, we know the reality. well, all that put in the saying, as a nonsense, the overwhelming feelings in little odessa, our grief and anger, about what is happening. 4500 miles away. germany's foreign minister

and atlanta bow box says rushes attack on ukraine is also an attack on the rules based international order for global security speaking and an emergency session of the un general assembly in new york. she said, russia had been lying about his intentions toward ukraine, and she said that when it comes to war or peace, countries could not simply stand by and remain neutral. last us war is one of aggression. and it's based on life. this war is not only about ukraine, not only about europe, but about all of us. russia as war marks, the dawn of a new era. it's a watershed moment. it requires each and every one of us to take a firm and responsible decision. and to take a side book. well, meanwhile, german chancellor schultz is in israel for his inaugural,

our trip to that country. but the trip is likely to be over shouted by the conflict in ukraine shots. his visit comes as his israeli counterpart, prime minister, enough tale bennett, has been careful in his reaction to the conflict as he balances relations with both kia and moscow. according to reports are ukrainian present. laudermill. zalinski has raised the possibility of israel hosting negotiations between the 2 sides or for more now, i'm joined by a d. w of political corresponded nina hossa. nina, this is shorts. his 1st trip to israel, as chancellor of course, has been there many times before. but as we heard no report there, this visit is being overshadowed by events in ukraine tells us more. well, of course it is,

and actually it wasn't clear whether he was going to go rise until the last minute . so the journalists were already sitting on the plane waiting for him to arrive or not. and they had been warned that this trip might still get cancelled. but then we'll have short stress that it is vital that germany doesn't lose sight of other important issues worldwide. and especially that he has to go to strategically important partners like israel. and we all know that germany has a tremendous historical responsibility towards that country. so we'll have so we mustn't forget, he's only been in office for some 80 or days. and he's facing that massive, massive war and lots of other potential tensions in the region. so he said it would have sent a very, very bad sign if he hadn't gone. but of course he cut his trip. he was originally going to go also to the palestinian areas and jordan and he's not doing that. but he said it is vital that he introduces himself officially in israel. ok,

an important or a special relationship in the between germany and israel. so an important trip for a long shot, the is really prime minister of tale bennett, he offered to mediate in the conflict between russia and ukraine. he extended this offer on sunday. is there any prospect of that offer being taken up? well, he offered it to both president zalinski on friday and then a phone call it letting me put in on sunday. we don't know how the kremlin reacted, but of course israel is one of the few countries that has a good relationship with both countries with both ukraine and russia. but that puts israel also in a difficult position, and israel is highly dependent. also on a good balanced relationship with russia when it comes to its own conflicts with neighboring countries, like syria where the russians play an extremely important role. and so israel is

also very careful in its wording when it comes to condemning and the ongoing events in russia they have done so, but they came very late and it is very, there's a lot at stake also for israel. so whether or not they would benefit from that mediating role they, they could stand to lose a lot more if those negotiations failed. for example, why are they actually going to start? so this is a very tricky one for them. as we saw on sunday, germany reversed it's policy on delivering weapons directly to ukraine. so it is now involved in that, in that process, which is quite a sea change for german, for an insecurity policy. but at the same time, germany has still not giving up on diplomacy, of course, with respect to ukraine. what is germany doing diplomatically itself and trying to resolve this crisis? it is a dizzying turn around terry. i don't think we can stress that enough to just see

all of germany's principles that for decades, word true being overthrown, like that. and all have sides announcing this massive boost in defense spending. so this is something that we can't underestimate and this is also a big sign for the fact that here in berlin, politicians are getting increasingly nervous, which is why they're also stressing that everything must be done to de escalate, to help deescalate all actual stresses again and again that he believes that germany's position to try and a her dialogue and try and stay in touch with sliding me put in just until the last minute was the right thing to do. and they're still saying that now in my, my, my call is talking to vladimir putin and gemini, still tries to keep all channels of communication going. because of course, it's easy for an american president far away in washington to say that vladimir

putin is a russian dictator. it's not very easy when you can't change the geography here in europe, and there is a tangible feeling here in political berlin that german politicians are highly nervous. nina, thank you so much. our political correspondent, nina hudson, and this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. i'm terry marty. terry marty terry martin, if you're just joining us, you are watching expense, special extended coverage of russia's invasion of ukraine. just a quick recap of what's happening. their russian forces are continuing their attacks on ukraine's main cities. russia claims of his taking control of the city of kasan in ukraine, south the governor there says the city is completely surrounded. airstrikes have hit buildings and infrastructure in urban areas in the capital kia, including its tv tower. elsewhere russian paratroopers have reportedly landed in

the 2nd biggest city hockey, which has been devastated by days of air.