activists from it as your workers there we've heard reports of protection, steamy nationals on and on a journalist as well. so there's also a lot of misinformation that rumor spread about people who are now ukrainian nationals coming here which tend to be non say so. but nevertheless, other people, some people believing did of course, one of my son to that the polish ukrainian, a border. thank you very much was and a quick correction. now of course, united asian says more than 830000 people have now fled ukraine, not 830, as i said previously. but ukraine is home to thousands of international students as well. many of them are attempted to evacuate and return to their homes. countries that some are struggling to leave saying they faced hostility from ukrainian border guards who blocked their exit. d. w met some students from india who managed to make it home. these parents are waiting anxiously for flight,

bringing their sons and daughters home from ukraine. it's been a tough week for them. brought that up in the past 3 or 4 days. we were very stressed. we couldn't eat properly. my wife was depressed with them. but now i am thanking the lord that my son is finally coming back home to his country and not by 21 year old plant. cheap young with a is also here excitedly waiting for her brother to return. she and her brother was separated at the ukrainian border and she made it back to india just the day before . she still shudders when she thinks of the time she spent at the border. there was no place to stand, no place till breed. abbey was suffocating. leave a clang, b, we're fighting, we were shouting, we are doing everything. she describes the experience as hell. as the flight land and passengers arrived rattie spots, her brother those who had returned home consider themselves lucky. the situation is, what is it really, really bad?

and like, there are gun fighting's on yours, on people offending losing the by sports in that yours. those who arrived here today have brought relief to their families. but thousands of fellow students are still stranded. like gentle folks who has not been able to get a flight to india. he managed to cross the border into romania where he has been caught up in a sports complex. is like lots of gloria more than $200.00. 0 yeah. and there's lots of centers here and he never says there's, there's like more than $200.00 plus i think this is 10 more slides even where the more sooner or more easier or more convenient. gentle also mentioned that the border guards are getting preferential treatment ukrainians from india. he is not the only one seen this. some students claimed they were thrashed at the border. some indian students had alleged hostility, harassment, and rates of them at the borders by the ukrainian security forces. they say that

india decision to abstain from the u. n. war against russia could be the reason. they're saying that the indian didn't do the sides between russia, ukraine, and you are there studies in their leases to us be opened, the order over one to do are to 40 minister and on 4th. are you getting in folders? they're both the opener older, but now their ordeal is over. they are glad to have reached home safely. they are now hoping and praying for the safety of their friends, still stuck in ukraine or at the borders. the parents meanwhile, are thrilled to have their children back, some welcoming them with hugs, others with deals. meanwhile, ukrainians living abroad are watching with horror as warren golf. their country may have been involved in organizing peace rallies in recent days. to w met up with one young ukrainian who was helping to build support for their cause

in the german capital berlin, 18 year old bladder as a ukrainian living in berlin. she's a student and an actress. oh, some of not. his family remained trapped in a big ukrainian city. she does not want us to name to protect their safety. m many got to think of it in my father and sister. my whole family is still in ukraine. we're very big family. so goes to every one of my 4 hands, my mother hit on my my boyfriend. my current planner is part of a grassroots ukrainian initiative in berlin wisher they have mobilized thousands of people for their course. on sunday, hundreds of thousands turned out on to the streets of berlin, protesting the war,

flatter, and her friends organized one of the rallies. oh, i, after their protests, the group meets in this bar to organize space. medusa is a hot spot for eastern europeans in berlin. to a vic, margate, your next rally needs to be planned, but it's also a place where everybody from the group can release their stress equal. that's when we would oh. 6 together they follow the news and comfort each other. sometimes as i felt, i made a still feel guilty that i am not there with them right now. sometimes i just wonder chris everything in my home because if i can or do anything to save my i save my parents, save my friends. i'm just like i'm, we're doing the demonstrations but feel i feel so powerless and yeah,

i can do anything and it just one of the strong for them. and i hope that would contribute in what he say. and what a to is the strong enough for them to few it because oh, my strength comes from them. when i say that i'm gonna come out and scream at the top of my lungs every day. and i'm going to stand until i know that the people i love are safe than i actually mean it. oh. and so they sing for peace, for their friends, for their loved ones in ukraine. oh, and for that country. oh, he wasn't, he w,

extended coverage on the situation in ukraine. russian forces are intensifying the attacks on ukraine's main cities. as president vladimir put his war, enters its 7 stay russian force his claim to have taken control of the port city of cason in ukraine's south. that's close to crimea. ukrainian official disputed that claim saying fighting for the city was still going on. further to the east, the port city of mario pope is under heavy attack. your grand 2nd city hockey is to day, again being shelled and the mayor of keefe vitale clinical wants that russia is gathering troops closer and closer to the capitol. ukraine says dozens of residents have been killed in russia's latest air strikes in recent days. numb from shock. this woman sits just 2 meters away from a dead body. one of a number killed in brushes, sustained attacks on hockey,

ukraine, 2nd largest city, nazaburundi little spoon, recei. we've been shelved by russians. we are all scared. why us? why us regular people? russia has continued to bomb both residential areas and administrative buildings in the city. a local hospital has also been damaged during the blue limit. broder, we had injured people in the hospital. the basement served as a bomb shelter. people were hiding here from the shelling of the so called peacemakers. let's put it like that. ah, emergency services in the city of their high tamya spent the early hours of wednesday morning trying to control raging fires. local authorities say

a russian air strike hit the city, which is west of the capital cave. in cave itself, people are desperately trying to leave. they continue to flock to the central station as they try to escape the capital on tuesday evening and miss, i'll hit the city's t v tower killing at least 5 people. the tower is close to bobbin yar a memorial site to one of the biggest single massacres of jews during the holocaust . oh, this is a country under attack with no one really sure when or how it blend. oh, i'm good. i joined on the phone by andre, or tune up fees, the head of the russian international affairs council. that's

a moscow based think tank that was founded by the various russian institutions, including the foreign ministry. you are one of russia most respected foreign policy experts tell us who has advised the russian president to invade ukraine and why? well, i don't think i cannot answer the question. i can only argue that i don't think that diplomats, the foreign ministry, or the think tanks advised him to do that. because to the best of my knowledge, all the experts at mon, respectful, think tanks conceited. these operation to be inconceivable. we did our cost benefit analysis and i think all of us maybe, with very few exceptions, concluded if you, even if we put all the ethical considerations aside, we all concluded that russia has a lot to lose, but not much to gain. even if the minister operation is successful. okay,

then i'll ask you another killer question. what does putin want? but he claims to be met, dean is if occasion or early in, which means that the nationalist courses should be somehow much in la la terry's home, the political scene. apparently he would like to cream to ignite the independence of the republic. so little guns can republics, and i think that the ideal decision solution for the term then would be to reset the ukrainian state culture completely. so let's talk about the, the russian state apparatus is how controversial is this war? can you give us a feeling about whether there's large support inside the state inside the government for to teens will well,

let me say so that they say that in my view, of course, people who are dealing with comic and financial issues within the government should assess the implication of this military ration they should have a clear understanding of sanctions and what sanctions might mean for the russian economy for the russian financial system. but as we hear from put in and the leaders in the russian government, they argued that sanctions are on their way to go. that it really doesn't matter what russia can do or what it will not do. sanctions will be the year because the, the west is hostile to russia, once relates to disappear from the map of the world. so there's a lot of talk about the only docs and how the sanctions are targeted also to those

very, very rich russians who may or may not be connected to flooding me to teen. tell us about their influence and whether the sanctions on then will actually have an effect. well, i think that the effect is controversial. of course, some people close to their actually the ship will be targeted to and will suffer actually they already is suffering because the changes in the exchange rate losing a lot of money already. but on the other end, i think what happens with oligarchs is that the sanction helps the russian leadership to re nationalize the economically of the country. because that many of these people tried to position themselves as citizens of the world. and kind of, you know, independent economic actors about right now seems to the prosecutor in the

west. they will have to get back to the cabin for support and protection. so way you know what goes on right now might help the rational leadership to counsel a day to the economic elite of the counter on the coming is anyone around to teen is in a co who could be brave enough to contradict the president? i don't think so, i think that we saw the meeting or the security council. i think the unanimous in support and the present and besides, you know, for the time being, if you look at the opinion polls, you'll find out that the majority of russians saw also support the actions of the government in the ukraine. because the belief is that it's not a war against ukraine. it's an operation to liberate the people from

the evil rest and influence. so, but how, how long will ordinary russians by this theory and except to be sanctioned and punished for a war that as i understand many of them didn't want in the 1st place? well, we don't know. we do not know how strong the support is and what is needed to bring this down. i can suspect that it's about the length of the operation. it's about the collateral damage inflicted by the ration. it's about the price that has to pay for that.