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 couple reasons. one, russia is not a super power rushes in 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 hook 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. old paradigms don't really fit. as you mentioned, we're looking at a new order within europe. and what we're seeing slowly, and this is, 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. united nation says more than 660000 people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began with the majority crossing over into poland. but some ukrainians are traveling in the other direction. men and men who were out of harm's way, returning to defend their homeland dw mark much sunder report. shamiqua train station is no place to stay. those who can keep on going inland and away from the border. not these men, they are heading in the other direction. oh, i'm not risking anything a month on the road. you need all jack

a mom. how could i live with myself and to stay here in a switch to play? sergei has a wife and 2 daughters and ukraine, leaving his job in poland and returning home to ukraine to fight was not a hard choice for him. not all but i was just in shock. mow my yard, you not so which us door more? my family was home, my wife called me when you and i could hear the bombings over the phone says telephone or your girl transcript on the ball with coach whiskers. he has a bullet proof vest and 2 helmets organized by his friends. i asked him if he thinks they are going to keep him safe. let you know though not all sicker, i am going to put it on and i'm going to shoot russians until i find out a job watching you. tough talk to cope with the situation. sir gays scared, he tells us who would be on the platform. the train to warsaw is expected. any minutes? here we meet katerina. she just arrived from ukraine in my city. i have mother and

grandmother and they're, they're probably coming to here. my father trained to defend us. well, i wasn't proud of him and of course and worries like most ukrainian men. her father had to stay and fight. the 21 year old is moved by the volunteers returning to ukraine to join her father's ranks. i admire their etiquette and courage, like us said, they're going from other countries to our country to defend it and that's admirable . their time has come together with his comrades. sergei makes his way to the bus. he doesn't know if he will ever come back. but for now, there is only one thing on his mind defending the homeland from the russian invasion and was crossover too much sanda. he is standing by for us at the police ukrainian border and sham. michelle max,

you filed that report, we just saw that ukrainians returning to their country to fight an extraordinary story. tell us more by terry. so we heard some really, i'm moving in some really desperate accounts and we were falling this people on their way to the bus. in the report, you just saw everybody who got on that bus essentially knows that they're going through a very dangerous situation. and it's not just men who go to fight last spoke to a number of women, one of them, a lady who is working in cyprus, decided now to return to the train. she's afraid, but she has 2 children, 2 daughters in you train. she said they need their mamma, and she told me she has no idea if she'll ever made it back. so she's well aware that this may be her last trip to ukraine on the same situation with the men who

decide to go to fight. some of them have military background most don't. so again, we guy, we just shown the report he's a forklift driver, was working and pause, not in poland. and he says he has to go back. he has to fight this war. nobody else is doing it. who is going to help save his children, save his families. so they all know that they're getting into a very, very dangerous situation with if you'll, nobody else is going to fight this fight for them. they have there been hurling scenes there at the border where you are and of course, at the border of other neighboring countries, you countries neighboring ukraine. describe the situation, max for us, where you are today, what's going on in and around that station. right. so we're had the same as the train station, this is the 1st point eventually for trains coming from ukraine, interpol. and, um, let's give you a little on the set the scene

a little bit. let's try to can pan around and show you what the situation is. you're on the ground right now. it's still relatively full, but to keep in mind that 2 trains came here last night carrying roughly 2500 people each. so 5000. so it's not too crowded in terms of that people who come here. they are welcomed with reception. you can see like hot soup being handed out here. this is not a place to state, but this is a place where people come to where people can catch some breath and ideally leave. so transport is being organized to other places in poland or in europe. but still some people find themselves in a situation where they don't know where to go. they don't have relatives in ukraine or they don't have relatives in poland. they have no place to turn to, so some people end up here find themselves stuck at the train station for many days . cuz for some of these people at this place is as good as any other. napoleon has been very welcoming to ukrainian refugees. that's not in the case with refugees

from other countries in the past. what makes this situation different? much right, so i'm talking to polish people here on the ground. they're telling me they, they feel a sense of injustice. they feel a sense of urgency because there was a war going on at their doorstep. so they want to help these people and take them in. and this is something that we've seen. yeah, very clearly over the last couple of days with volunteers donating. helping with y'all. commendation helping with receiving people and, and transporting people. but it seems like that not everybody is equally welcome, one way or another. last, if there has been, we have heard of some attacks taking place here in this town where

a group of presumably who against when after activists in germany, went after there also been reports of attacks and some indian nationals. and also journalists, and we've been approached by people here on the ground who have told me actually rumors they've been hearing on the internet for example, that some of the refugees allegedly, they believe or not refugees from the, from the train that came from villa loose syrian refugees, these kinds of stories are complete nonsense and they have, they have been debunked and some of the misinformation has been spread now about gradient or people coming from you train, conducting or committing crimes. here on the police has come out julie and say that there is nothing that they cannot confirm any of it, but there seems to also be that kind of sentiment among people. and which is

a us is pretty much based on racism. thanks. thank you very much. that was d, w, corresponded much sunday at the police ukrainian border. let's take a look at the situation on the ground in ukraine itself in the week since the invasion started, the rush military has attack cities across the country. russian forces claim to have taken control of cason in ukraine, south close to crimea. further to the east, the port city of marie opal is under heavy attack. ukraine 2nd city car heath has been under sustained bombardment and russian paratroopers have reportedly landed there in the capital key at the main tv tower, and nearby holocaust memorial were hit by russian missa or some analysis. now let's bring in former british general sir chris devereaux. thanks for joining us. general . it's de 7 of the invasion. the russians seem to be stepping up their assault. do

you think we're about to see a major escalation in fighting? good morning. i think that's possible. i think the most likely scenario is an increase in the bloody fight for, for control of the cities. and i'm basing that on an assumption that the cranes will continue to fight. and i think they're fighting much harder than which is expected. a top us of defense, official general says that the, that a large russian military con boy heading towards the capital of kia appears to have stalled. can you offer any explanation for that and why don't the ukrainians attacking it? well, i think you know what, we're all speculate the thing and it won't be till after this is over that we really understand with confidence why that convoy is as it is. but my, my guess is, i think we underestimate just how much there just to effort is required to move in

on the convoy of that size and a distance. it's 150 miles a kilometer, sorry, from the us border to here and, and just moving that distance with a large force is logistic challenging. and it starts with the russians. don't have massive amounts of transport vehicles. they tend to rely on rail, which is not available to them in ukraine yet so. so i think it's, it's still full logistic reasons. it's also still no doubt because there has been ukrainian resistance. why are they attacking it more? i suspect we're not necessarily seeing all the attacks that are going on, but there are also will be a degree of, of support to that conway. and i think it will not be easy to cause massive disruption. well, several western countries and the e u decided in recent days that they'll be sending military equipment more military

equipment to ukraine. can this still make a difference for ukraine? oh, sure. the challenge, of course, is to get that military equipment into the hands of ukraine soldiers, even if you can get it to the border. it's not a simple thing to get it into the into the right place. but, but my assumption is that the cranes are working very hard at that. and for sure, it is evidence that the military supplies that have already been delivered in particular, anti aircraft weapons and anti tank weapons are damaging those russian forces. i spoke to a former ukranian government official just a short while ago, and he suggested that the morale of the russian forces is declining. do you get the feeling that the heart and minds of russian troops are really in this fight against

ukraine? a very much doubt they are. my expectation is that a lot of those russian soldiers will be very surprised to find themselves in ukraine. they would have been told that they would go on next size and not that they were going to will. and they will be very surprised to see themselves fighting against their slavic brothers and cousins so, and they're obviously not winning easily either. so the combination of all, i think will make morale in, in the russian forces in ukraine right now. very, less general. let me ask you final question, how do you see this war playing out? well, i think there are a range of scenarios that the most dangerous isn't we're thinking about it's, it's, you know, that we are effectively in world war 3. we just haven't realized it yet. i don't think that's the most likely scenario. i think that what, what happens is alone fights for control of the cities from the russian forces

and a gradual wearing down of the of the russian economy. hopefully to the point at which the pushing regime collapses. sir chris debrel, former british general, thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today. thank you. my pleasure now to some of the other headlines related to the war in ukraine. the u. k. has relaxed its immigration rules for ukrainians, fleeing russia's invasion. that's after public criticism, at least a $100000.00 ukrainians with close family ties will be allowed to enter. the country will have the right to stay for 12 months, but we'll still have to pass security checks. ty, ones president has urged the world's democracy not to turn a blind eye to military aggression. sy, in when also pledged to donate a month's salary to ukraine relief efforts. tensions are high between taiwan and his neighbor, china, which considers the island

a breakaway province and has bowed reunification. several hollywood movies, including the latest batman release, have been pulled from russian theaters at least 3 film studios said the releases were on paul's. europe's to premier khan and menace film festivals have also said russia delegations are not well me? well german chancellor, olive schultz is in israel for his inaugural visit, but the trip is likely to be overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine schultz. his visit comes as his israeli counterpart, prime minister, natalia bennett, has been struggling to, to balance his countries relations with key of and moscow. according to reports, ukrainian president laudermill zalinski has raised the possibility of israel hosting negotiations. between the 2 signs or political correspondent, julius saw deli, is following sholtes,

his visit to israel. julia, why is ola sholtes in israel while europe's own house is burning? now this was a pre planned trip. it was already organized and it was actually now shortened because of the situation ongoing in ukraine. it was meant to be a longer trip that would go to israel, but also to the palestinian territories and to jordan. but his had, it has been made shorter shots will only be in israel for under 24 hours. but the fact that he still decided to go underlines the importance of the relationship between germany and israel. for the german government is a relationship that has strengthened and become ever stronger since after world war 2. it's a relationship that is very dear to the hearts of many german chancellor. as it was for angle, america is expected to still keep on going as a good and valued relationship with all of shots. that's why he still decided to go

now is really prime minister enough tale bennett has apparently offered to mediate in the conflict between ukraine and russia. ukraine's president has signaled his readiness to work with israel on that path, which is not clear about russia's position. what do you see as the prospects for his, for the offer of natalie bennett, to be mediator being accepted by both parties, where we've seen that of the ukranian side had explicitly asked israel and bennett to act as a mediator. they had asked numerous times and the israel seems to have taken that on board a israel has offered that to russia. it still hasn't been accepted as an offer. and now we haven't seen any developments in terms of whether that will take place or not. now israel is in a special position, we could say it is a trying to maintain a certain neutrality between the 2 countries. it has close ties with both. if we

look at, for example, russia, russia is involved in syria, which is a neighboring country to israel. and israel has had to maintain a relationship with russia in relation to syria. israel has carried out airstrikes in syria, and that was only possible because russia gave the go ahead was okay with that. and putting has told a syria not to use air missiles against israel. so that is certainly an important relationship that israel could use in terms of negotiating between the 2 countries . i just want to mention to our viewers that if you're just joining us, we're covering all of sholtes is visit to israel. we hope to get some live pictures from a press conference between the german chancellor and the israeli prime minister. any time we might be cutting away to that press conference live with me in the studio, is julia saudi from our political or political correspond? truly, germany is still pushing,

getting back to ukraine conflict. germany is still pushing for a diplomatic solution in this conflict, despite having decided just passed this past sunday to send weapons to ukraine. that was a big watershed moment for german, for an insecurity policy. tell us more about what shots is government is still doing on the diplomatic front to resolve this conflict on germany was indeed one of the countries pushing more strongly for a diploma, sienna, diplomatic solution before the conflict. and it came as a big watershed moment that they did decide to act so strongly against russia, with sanctions, with blocking the gas pipeline north stream to that doesn't mean that germany is ready to pull the plug forever or definitively on its relations with russia. there is still hope that this conflict can be brought to an end quickly, but it's also in germany's interest not to want to escalate the conflict outside of

the borders of ukraine. russia has put on high alert it's nuclear arsenal, and there is some fear that russia might want to move further in europe, maybe against countries that are within nato or the european union. and that is something that left the german chancellor himself has said needs to be avoided at all costs. and that's also why there are really trying to push for a solution that is peaceful, diplomatic. and also with dialog, i mentioned the decision on sunday that germany made was to deliver weapons to ukraine. this was a big turn around, a 180 degree, turn around and in german policy, up until that point. germany had declined to send weapons to ukraine. it argued that it is a german tradition not to send weapons into conflict. sounds all along with that

decision along with that. and else channels made a number of other groundbreaking announcements regarding the funding for german military. for the bonus, for a $100000000000.00 euro special fund of plus increasing the the bonus fairs, annual budget. so while we're waiting for this press conference between between the german chancellor and the israeli prime minister, talked to us a bit, julie about the significance of this move in german foreign and security policy that was now on sunday. as this was something that a few days before it was announced, was unthinkable for most analysts, but also for people in germany's political world. before it came to this, the positions in germany were quite clear in terms of its position towards nato. especially coming from certain parties that are part of the coalition government

see the greens who were in favor of improving germany's military. there have been complaints that germany's military is not properly funded, not properly equipped, but to overall increased military spending to the degree that we've seen now was something that wasn't really in the cards. it wasn't really in the government contract that was signed by the parties in the coalition government. and that is a sign of how big the actions by russia in, in our, and how germany has decided to really take a strong stance. the policy on not delivering arms to areas in conflict was very, very much felt within the parties in government. and the decision to overthrow that and go ahead with the deliveries is, is also really something that was hard to expect in a different situation. say where this julia,

we hope to come back to you. we're hoping to bring our viewers the lie press conference from israel with the german chancellor who is currently visiting israel on his inaugural visit as, as chancellor. but before that, let's catch up our viewers on what's happening in ukraine. of course we're following that very closely. you're watching d. w. news from berlin. i'm terry martin in ukraine. russian forces are continuing their attacks on ukraine's main cities. the russia claims it has taken control of the city of cas on and ukraine, south. the governor of that city says it is completely surrounded elsewhere. a government building was ablaze in the 2nd city, the 2nd largest city in ukraine, called hockey, which has come under days of air strikes, authority, se russian paratroopers have also landed there. they say more than 20 people have been killed and a 100 injured in hoc heave. in recent years. and the mayor of the port city of mario poll says it is under constant bombardment. now

a russian missile strikes a tv tower in cave in ha, keith, 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, washington will not be. we had a fight at 5 a. m. is the color, the be the most. we were retreating and near us. a meter away from me. a mine blue of my friend's arms and legs. little green,

the wife. i tried to save him. i pulled him away, but he didn't make it. yeah, your demo or no, so, so, so right, you're warmer ukraine's president valona me as a lensky has asked nato to set up a no fly zone and has also applied to join the european union. michelle, we are fighting processes in just for our land. and for our freedom alicia, dis, local and might the fact is that all the light cities of our country are now blocked forward. we are facing look around and also to be equal members of europe. ers, i believe that 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. she will do prove it. you will not let us go.

it was an impassioned plea for help. as the political discussions continue, the ukrainian fighting spirit remains strong or correspond mathias billing a join just now from western ukraine. mathias 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 as 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 the russian tongues are or were in the city center of pearson 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 are and where russian troops have entered, but russia has still not control, not for got control of any big city in your train. 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 pictures 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 to surrender, to put it on de cj r, which would be of course, you could terrible humanitarian, her situation and her but, but we still don't know what we know is of course, but 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 are whether 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 men. 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 on 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 dia, humanitarian situation, and they're seeing the possibility of a much more ugly and costly and, and a war and much more suffering. i don't think there are any illusions left at the moment though. it is a, 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 now people from, from key of are the parts of the country 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, those shops though, 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 far groceries i there, but some supermarkets, all also empty, especially the bigger ones, where people go to stockpile big amounts of food. people here are prepared for more . the city. how so far? i've been sped off. any major hom made me job a shelling or, or, or anything else than is no fighting going on. mia 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 capers from cray mathias. thank you so much. d. w mathias spelling other in western you for joan chance will of schultz is in israel for his inaugural visit, but the trip is likely to be overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine. schultz is visit comes as his israeli counterpart, prime minister, enough tale bennett has been struggling to balance his countries relations with keith and moscow. according to reports, ukrainian president laudermill zalinski has raised the possibility of israel posting negotiations between the 2 saw our political correspondent, julia saw deli, is following shots, his visit to israel. julia, what sort of expectations do you have for this, for this visit? well, obviously, la, some other of the topics that would have normally been discussed between the 2 countries are definitely going to be overshadowed by the war that russia waged

against ukraine. and it is an important topic also, as you've said, because of these proposals for israel to and negotiate between the 2 countries. one issue there, there are expectations might be discussed, is germany's involvement in negotiations on nuclear in iran. and obviously israel has an interest in trying to hear what germany might bring forward in these negotiations and to discuss with germany what might happen in the future in these talks on iran's nuclear are meant. but yes, ukraine is definitely going to be the top topic today. and israel also has an interest in ukraine and also in russia because of the large jewish population. and these 2 countries, and there are up to 200000 people in ukraine who would have

a right to citizenship in israel. and obviously this is a concern for the country and a point that obviously makes israel in also partly involved in what's going on. talk to us a bit about germany is relations to israel. obviously as a result of the, of the holocaust. germany's role in 2nd world war there is a unique, it's a unique relationship. israel being an important partner for germany in many ways to process in the post war period of germany building up its relations with israel has been mistakingly cultivated. ah, how important is it for chancellor schultz that he but that he performs this visit and i suspect as there's a, it's an indication the fact that he's there during the war during this ukraine war . ah, this is an indication of just how important that is. it is an extremely important relationship for the german government, past and present. it was for a chancellor,

malcolm, and it seems like it's going to continue to be a fruitful and a good relationship. also with chancellor shots, we've seen a foreign minister on the lena bear book, travel to israel, and the palestinian territories. last month, it was an important visit. she visited memorial sites for the victims of the holocaust. she had meetings with her counterparts and it was a very touching visit for for her to she gave press conference is where she underlined how important the relationship is and how much israel is a prime partner for germany and how germany is committed to the defense of israel and committed to keeping this relationship alive and, and going further with it and the fact that yeah, as you said, shows is there. now, despite all that's going on, is clearly a sign that they do not. jermaine does not want to put aside this relationship.

even in times of crisis and that germany actually sees israel as a partner with whom to dialogue and to have a discourse on this. okay, we're going to cross straight over to israel. we're understand that the press conference between the israeli prime minister, enough tale bennett and the german chancellor over shoals is about to get under way . we are seeing the podium now where that pro scores is about to take place, the german, israeli, and you flags out there behind the podium, which i presume will ah, is where we'll see old off sholtes appearing in just a moment up there at the moment we and say, okay, let's listen in it meant funded by the chancellor of the federal republic of germany. after which we will take questions from the audience. cry, medicine of tele bennett. you are invited to begin your remarks. although near con flew but also by little shallow annisa mel from it all to behold,

the law galen will leave for the hut on the know them eat the new the me the your husband army the monkey. what i owe money gum somewhere to live a fill or cancelled or need to come earlier. thought she thought paula: 30 habash been ok. we're hearing probably israeli prime minister, enough tale bennett. we don't seem to have any resolution at the moment. ah, he is caressing the audience there. the home in haber room when the sisters of law lamar with so if you're just joining us and we were just looking at some live footage there from israel, the german chancellor of schultz is on his 1st official visit to israel as

chancellor and is joining the his is really the israeli prime minister, enough tale bennett, in a joint press conference right now. natalie bennet heads beginning that conference addressing the press and addressing the people is audience. they're in the room in israel. of course he's addressing them in hebrew and we apologize for not having a translation of that available for you. within the studio is julia sel. deli, are political correspondent. she's been following this visit very carefully. julia, this of course is not chancellor show. this is the 1st time to chantelle salts is visiting israel officially in his capacity is chancellor, but this is not his 1st time there. yes. and we've seen constant exchanges and trips on either side of the 2 countries. for example, we saw in january for memorial day to remember the holocaust,

we had the president of the kinessa israeli parliament speak at the german boon. the stag in a very emotional speech, he burst out crying in the end because of the importance for someone like mickey levy to be speaking in the german parliament. he had said at the time a place where it was decided to exterminate jews in europe. and that is a sign of how alive the relationship is now today for something like that to happen . and for such a important symbol like that to be broadcast on. unimportant day like that. and we have seen relations between the 2 countries going on. now for the last 5060 years, so since after the war and on on all fronts they've been involved from the finance ministry with shots was involved in before 2 defense talks, but also to the top with previously chancellor american strongly committed to

germany's relationship with israel. to now all of shots, obviously this was not the initial trip that he had imagined. then they think that also germany hope to carry out in israel. but given the circumstances, it was still important for him to, to show up and be there. do you, do you know what exactly what is itinerary is there in israel, and i know that he's this is not the full sort of diplomatic visit in a formal visit that a transfer would undertake. because transfer shoals, of course, is very much preoccupied with the conflict in the war in ukraine. he has an urgent business to do with that. of course, no. mentioned the pandemic still going on. so we're gonna cut back to, to israel again, we're understand the press conference is still under way. let's see if we can get a live feed coming in from that joint press conference with the israeli prime

minister of tele bennett. and all of shoulder looks like no tele bennett is still somehow speaking. at this point, it would appear that he, i met, is gesturing to la schultz. this, let me so tell us what julie, what can we expect and on that visit, how long his shots going to be there? and what does he had to cut from his program? so he arrived last night in israel, and today he visited the memorial. a. yeah, but shame that commemorates the victims of the holocaust to where he had a guided tour of the memorial together with enough sally bennett. and now he had a talk with the israeli prime minister with his own offshore is on slow as out or a thing on them commercial on the subordinate. alright. the crushed the level of the spectrum. all the ticket. i'll bit talk and mama she little here see hooked up to have an audio signal battery in just

a moment. thank you mr. prime minister. his exit is exit from christina sholtes are invited to begin your am off. so for me here, it's very unhappy to be in israel. thank you for the very cordial welcome and the good consultation. we fat also am with the government. many coalition partners that's always important to have them included. it was very important to me personally, to visit israel during my term in office at the beginning. and despite the current situation in the world, i've decided to pay this was it now? and it was the right thing to do. it was equal, important to me to start my visit to jerusalem in yard fresh. i am on my visit there this morning, left a deep impression on me. and it once again made clear the historic responsibility. germany bears was the state of israel come from us and you can rely on it. germany

will continue to see, to be steadfast at israel, arnold, united, montana. apart from bilateral and regional issues. we did, of course, discuss primarily the russian invasion into our crane and the news coming from ukraine right now, says martin, dreadful. we are seriously concerned about how this conflict is going to develop. and this is why we need to do everything possible to try and effect the change in this situation. and let me call on everybody once again to stop fighting immediately, attacks against civil infrastructure and the civilian population needs to be stars . and obviously it is important to give diplomacy a great opportunity. i again am very grateful that both of us are going to do what we can and what is possible to make sure that talks between ukraine and russia will soon be long continued. but if you to our balance trellis is,

let me say that mr. bennett, i half talked to prime minister bennett miss something could be nuts and squeeze, decided that we are going to invite the whole of these rainy cabinet to berlin for government consultations. and i'm very happy that they're the prime minister, agreed to this invitation, and i'm really grateful that we've decided to initiate is to teach if dialogue between israel and germany, which is going to be a systematic and regular series of events which will be important for our relationship and generally very important. we also agree that we want to push forward with the idea of it and he is really german youth bar association. and we will try to make sure that our ministries can put in motion what needs to be done so that we can actually find that lies the efforts when we have our consultations.

and i would like to thank a prime minister bennett for his leadership in this which also contributes to the relationship between german industrial to continue to develop further. we also discussed the relationship between israel, the you, the you is the most important trade partner of israel. our corporation in research and science is something that both science benefit from and we would like to deepen this corporation. we have also exchange years on the corporate, mid twin israel palestinian authority where in recent months these really government has undertaken steps to improve this corporation and improve also the living conditions on site. let me know, in fact, to clear well point us in order to avoid renewed escalation, visible progress is important. even if at the moment we are not considering concrete piece negotiations, but i think on both sides, people have

a right to live, a dignified and safe life.