starts march 4th on d w. ah, this is d w years life from but then more civilian casualties has russia steps up its attacks on ukrainian cities, buildings, and car? here for a blaze after renewed bombardment and russia claims control the port city of cas. and though ukraine denies it saying that fighting that he's continuing also on the program, on the 800000 people who fled the war ukraine and the you any warning, but this is just the beginning, more help and more money will be needed to deal with the scale of the crisis as

hundreds of thousands of play, a few return to fight, you mean to ukrainian willing to risk everything to defend his country. and german chancellor all shots makes his 1st official visit to israel, a country trying to support ukrainian jews while keeping relations with the kremlin intact. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. russian forces or intensifying attacks on ukraine's major cities as president putin's war enters the 7th day. russian forces claim to have taken control of the port city of cas and close to the crimea in ukraine south. however, a ukrainian official dispute this claim saying fighting for the city is still ongoing. further to the east, the poor city of mario park is under heavy attack. quoting the cities man, voices,

news agencies as russian forces are actively preventing civilians from evacuating. and maria pulls water supply has been cut off. you crave 2nd city khaki of is to day are being shelled again and keeps man's war that russian troops are moving closer to the capital. ukraine says dozens of civilians have been killed by russian airstrikes over recent days. numb from shock, this woman sits just 2 meters away from a dead body. one of a number killed in rushes, sustained attacks on hockey, ukraine, 2nd largest city, near vehicles been received, we've been showed 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 knowingly bloomer 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. 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 care of 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, a miss i'll hit the city's tv tower,

killing at least 5 people. it's harry's close to bobbin. yeah. a memorial sight 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 us 20 debris correspondent, nick conley, who's in the village in weston ukraine. welcome, nick. let's start with his a 60 kilometer russian military, a convoy that was spotted yesterday advancing on cave. what's the lights? he said well, as with all these facts and figures, we're hearing this. we have to be quite careful because on the, on both sides there is a military attempt to kind of sell your respective line a successful. there are various kinds of government laws banning reporting on

what's happening. but it is a big column of military hardware heading that way. it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of more progressive yesterday. actually in kind of hand to hand fighting the claims are doing very well. and there is an endless stream of images on social media or destroyed russian tanks. remember that the u. s. and the u. k. supplied and to check missiles, javelins and a lot more coming from other countries. now they are proving to be very, very successful in destroying that russian tanks and vehicles. so the russians seem to be moving over to tactical, just aerial bombardment. the kinds of things where you can't, doesn't have much in the way of offers to basically destroy civilian infrastructure, attack, heating facility and teaching plants, electricity, water, numerical, basically, to make the military price so high that maybe that would then put pressure on ukraine's government to capitulate or at least to accommodate some of those pretty extraordinary aggressive demands that russia has made that i'd like to talk about

the possibility of further talks. next, we've had 6 hours a couple of days ago. the future looks in doubt so nick will hear from ukraine's a foreign minister, dimitra cool labor, and then we'll come back to you. want to see i'm going to do size rushes, demands remain the same as putin announced in his address before the war started, where he basically declared the war on the new design. now we are ready for talks for diplomacy, but we are not ready to accept any russian ultimatums at all. when new talk will take place is on at the moment in the, in the middle. ok, so next, commonly no one knows when these talks will resume, but people are bound to ask what can be achieved in good faith. if shells are still raining down on the country and indeed that's very hard to see what can be achieved . and i mean, just as a consignment,

it's kind of something that has gone down to just the quite how externally this war is that those negotiations happening and prepare the 15 next job on the power station that goes town. when no one is listen, 6, this is kind of fiction stuff and that's where the border of ukraine and these totes going on. i think about the texas is about knowing the side wanting to be accused of not being open to discussion. so the russians tend to be delegation to a better russian city, where the russian, where the refrain, story refused to go, but the others helping russia ukraine. and they basically wanted to create senior pictures for the cameras. the ukraine debate were willing to negotiate, were willing to stop the ukraine, the just being maximum of the month and the other way around. now the grains of the i've seen that and engaging without much hope or progress, neither side, yet really willing to me, major confessions. and so you can put that kind of clear, why should ukraine now given to these pretty far reaching the month, it has to be room in russia to mon,

the military. they should be great. you have to make totally bundle direct attacks and a so called a d not cation, whatever that means the russians haven't made much attempt to explain that basically, russia cleaning the ukraine. democratically illegitimate. i need to be replaced without election by some method about using as a new can you give us an idea of what day to day life is like for people as this war rages? it really depends what part of the country you're in. so i'm hearing that even the far west, near the border with tones and the european. so europe in union nato, so far they haven't been much in the way of attacks on places like leave. and it is actually become offensive for people fleeing from other parts of the country. transportation is filled with people arriving here. then trying to get into cause had to that polish border. 6 block. it's austin, operating some parts to the last but can phase and can see all of the menu and there is a curfew here before that we will play it for the instances closer to the action

and then we were in and out of the cellar of aero star in coming on of a couple of hours the you couldn't get a decent asleep because that will cause constantly, that anxiety and those foreign. but the re so much, much, much worse. get people from left without the trinity, without our people dying in the homes being you know, coming, falling victim to bomb schooling on residential areas. now mary paul, basically the surrounded both sides except the sea. people really wondering where are they going to get food, where they're going to get supplies. and as you not report to meet the russians, not allowing su, military court or not allowing civilians leave sitting, getting extraordinary desperate that the people it isn't very big. i think the most important thing, but actually for now is that mobile phone networks also lots of people still have access to information and outside world is still able to check up on their family. their friends stuck down in the key of metro 100 meters below ground. they still have that sense of being able to see and find out what's going on around them. i think as soon as those mobile phone networks blocked,

as is to be expected as everyone here expect stop. and i think that will really make people a lot more anxious, a little worried about their survival a day to day basis. ok. thank you for that. stay safe and nic conley and leave was not a mere putin's strategy and his ultimate objective remained a mystery. but it does save the evasion of you cried is not going according to plan, despite the kremlin having one of the largest miniatures in the world. a d. w's with him glue, croft has the details about what window. thanks very much. yeah, we just heard from nick, communications are still up. ukraine still has some amount of air defense as possible. let's remember that couldn't deploy nearly 200000 troops, ukraine's borders. now we can see about how those troops are currently being used. if we can get on the wall here, the map of kiev and of the entire country, we can look at the latest of what we can at least put together where the battle

lines are, where the front lines are. now we see this convoy here. that's what we've been talking about these last couple days, possibly as much as 65 kilometers coming from the north that's coming from beller roost. ukraine's northern border satellite image is showing its heading towards keep slow going. it's grown over the days now takes a lot of time to move. this amount of armor takes gas supplies. you've got to feed the people there. but it's slowly moving to keep where russian forces appear to be holding still on the northern side of the city, pressing and offensive from the north, and coming in from the eastern part of keep hoping to actually in circle the city. and if it's able to do that, it's going to be a very, very bloody, very, very difficult time for both civilians and ukrainian troops in that city. as they've so far done a fairly decent job. i'll be it with heavy heavy losses, but a decent job, a holding those defensive positions on the north of the city. now,

that is how we're seeing kiev at the moment. now if we can look at the country over all, or we can see where these battle lines are, what russian forces appear to be doing where it's making the most amount of progress i'll be, it's slow, maybe even slower than some russian military planners are hoping for is coming up from the south. they came from crimea where russia has annexed illegally since 2014 . they pushed in to southern ukraine, hoping to connect with forces in the east. if they can do that, they would cut off ukrainian troops and have them trapped in the east, making it very difficult to fight back more offenses. in the western part, you can see behind me just the amount of damage that's been done, it is unknown. fill just how much more it's going to be like this and how much water is going to get ok. william grew cross to thank you for them. with alex on

the shabba served us ukraine's ambassador to austria until a year ago he joined me from keith and we talked about the situation for civilians in the credit capital. they feel safe right now in ukraine. this time also does come to close from time to time to time. there are a couple of hours for people rush to the bank, so i'm running back and forth. i say ok, so this is what so i went to to buy food food for the 1st time in 4 days. a lot of people are very polite and small grocery, most of the class and some food still there. ok. so some semblance of normality,

military analysts seem to be agree that rushes, making slow progress than would be expected. why do you think that is how you define law progress? we have this but the most formidable army in the world for after 7 days. claims. then the based on one big city of 21. so i would say it's absolute so august army, it's cumulation of russian army received. russian soldiers has seen more no sense whatsoever. and why think they're losing face to face, fight the only times when they are willing they just press the button and sell the residential area in the big see, this is barbaric, this is cowardly. but this is what they do with

a level. this is what they mean. it's not the 1st time that they're doing this. you believe russian soldiers that demoralized? absolutely, this war has no one for us. if this war has no pushing pulling for him, because he won't win here, these people on our way any kind of government should install any government that would be it would be worse. less absolutely. we just a week ago we were divided into russian a nationalist international. now we're spending as wow, now the most, the people who are the most russian or no. whoa whoa. so did this is all about the ukranian people, whatever their language, old old standing together. and yet we have the ukranian president, i'm saying,

well, i'm ready to talk, we have both sides ready to talk. although no one seems to know when these talks will actually happen. what is there to compromise on, on each side? well, you see russia started this war with certain conditions for certain mass, the mass where basically if we brain season exist. so the current government issued to be replaced with the, with whatever a restaurant reserves the right. so hold on to the cation with the russian terms, but it doesn't sound like something on which ukraine would ever be willing to compromise. no, the vacation means that russia reserves the right to remove physically, whatever it doesn't like. and you brain are the only thing where i

personally see some possibility of compromise it, but it seems like a reality that he will just, they don't think he's, he'll. busy keep killing ukraine. well, oh, and is that how you think this will end this conflict? i think little when just for the question is at what price? because because as i said, we are our lamp on our ground. russians see no point in fighting rush. i'm see, know, getting killed a right now every 2nd home as the classical. so even if god forbid most for some testing scenario, they would. so for a moment prevail, people will start shooting in their backs,

right? will they already you? they will be more, you know, it's not going to happen. your grade is not going to give up all international sanctions, which appears to be by saying that economic sanctions and the e u has even broken as, as several of its own rules and funded to go to ukraine. have you been pleased by the international reaction to this, or is that more that you won't i have been pleased. i think it's the, 1st of all, it's a matter of decency what the world with happens to a free democratic nation just for being a free and democratic. and it's a the decency to impose sanctions as possible. but what i'm really overwhelmed with is how many people just take those trees and speak out in support of you. today. i saw

a president for speaking together, addressing ukraine and showing support. i haven't seen anything by john leadership yet so, so there seem to be the absolute just graceful letter from the mayor approach to the pharmacy in russia, who basically says, well, we are we, we are disagreeing on certain things. we are sad, but we came to cooperate together, right. it was a sign 1st of all or germany for it was so germany, thank you so much for joining us, your training diplomatic, alexander shabba. thank you. ok, let me bring you some more headlines from this war in ukraine will start in the united states where president biden says his country and its allies stand united in

the face of russia's aggression towards ukraine and his 1st state of the union address law makers. mr. biden said the ukrainians fight was an inspiration to the world. and that to russian president vladimir putin was now more isolated than ever . united jails kremlin critic alexander valley has called on russians to stage daily protests against the invasion. in a statement on facebook, he urged russians to fight for peace and to not be afraid of going to jail in the valley is a country's most prominent opposition figure and has millions of russian follows on social media. following public criticism, b u k says it has not relaxed immigration rules for ukrainians fleeing this invasion. at least 100000 people with close family ties will now be allowed to enter the country. you'll have the right to stay for 12 months, but we'll still have to pass security checks of united nations refugee agency says that europe will soon face its largest refugee crisis a century. while over 800000 people have already fled to ukraine for neighboring

countries. and millions more likely to follow. i will look at some footage taken by d. w, near the polish border, which shows kilometers of traffic back up in the ukraine. there with that weight stretching into days. most of the people leaving our women and children as men between 18 and 60, are required to stay in ukraine and fight. the vast majority of refugees are having for poland, which the un says is taken in more than $400.00. 50000 people. hungry has taken in one 115008 mo dover at 100. excuse me, mulder over 80000 and remaining 45000 slovakia which as a narrow border with ukraine has taken in 67000 people. those numbers, of course, are not exact and are likely to rise substantially. other countries, farther afield, have said that they will waive their usual immigration restrictions. the trickle of people have said has reached germany, while other countries are drawing up plans to deal with

a search in new arrivals. meanwhile, there are potentially millions of internally displaced people fleeing from the east near the russian border. a long running dispute between pro russia separatists, backed by russian forces, than ukrainian troops had already uprooted hundreds of thousands before this war started on it. let's take a closer look at the refugee situation with undress, fun of vice and burke, who is head of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies, emergency operations a here in europe. he joins us from the hungarian capital, budapest, a welcome to d, w. m is the i, c r c. now actively dealing with the outflow from russia's war in ukraine. thank you, phil. we, the national societies in the neighboring countries are the ones responding now to the elk flow are mostly and we see stacking staggering numbers. i mean, you, you, as you mentioned, likely to, to rise. we see a lot of people with links,

obviously to the us for the family and friends are coming out. i think we will see a shift in profile as we go forward. so that a lot of people who have come out in the last couple of days with lee ahead of conflict. now we'll see people in conflict conflict as it's happening and that could very much change to profile for people coming out. the red cross is active inside ukraine and on the borders and the neighboring countries. for sure. just to give you a picture in ukraine, i want to underline, that's what's happening, which we don't really necessarily have a day to day overview. we see activity by individual volunteers, volunteer groups, and branches are helping when they can and how they can and what the means. they have delivering help and hope as we say. and that's, that's what we do on the borders. you see a lot of the, all of the national scientists, red cross national scientists in the neighboring countries mounting massive operations due to support. ok. so at the moment it's, it's being dealt with a locally where we haven't seen appeals from the, the i c,

r. i c r c a globally or indeed the un h c r. so it just seem at this the can, can we take it from that at the moment? this is under control. no, absolutely not. i mean, so, so you can ask your 1st question. i mean, the national scientists are responding and we're, we're doing a lot inside and outside ukraine. the international retros movement launched an appeal yesterday for 250000000, and that's preliminary. so, so now we're looking at how this will, how to go further to scale as the situation developed. and that 250000000 is to get started in supporting the membership and ukraine, red cross in mounting and scaling up in operation. so absolutely not, i mean, under control in the sense of responding to immediate needs as much as we can and scaling up. but the scenarios are not looking good. right? so, local societies are dealing with it, money being raised, but we also have a national government. we have the, the government of poland doing what it can. we also have the european union being

aware and doing what it says. it can quite a different situation to what we witnessed a baby 2015 when there were a massive flows of refugees into the european union. yet i think from, from where we sit, of course, the starting point should always be the same. people have the right to receive support and help and apply for asylum and, and so forth when they are vulnerable. so in the essence, in that shouldn't be any different. now, in this case, of course, ukrainians have visa freedom into european union sort of starting point. this is in that sense, a little different, but the bottom line is that the border control procedures for ukraine and non ukrainians should be aligned. or we have foreign students asylum seekers. refugees in ukraine, migrants including undocumented, at all authorities here needs to find ways to, to assist. and in a way that puts their safety and well being at that center. so, and also needs to be a priority to,

to on verbal people see ukraine. you mentioned the long queues, that is a problem. we need to get those who are have special needs and more of what abilities to, to get to the border and across the border for their, for their safety. that's very clear. thank you so much for joining us. address or phone eisenberg from the i see i see in europe. so united nicer, more than 830000 people have fled ukraine since the invasion began with majority crossing into poland. but sun ukrainians are travelling in the other direction. are men who were out of harm's way or returning to defend their homeland. they w mcsaunder reports shamika, the 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. um, would you need all jack your mom?

how could i live with myself and stay here in a scratch 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. nor dog will i was just in shock. mow my yard, you not to which us door more. my family was home, my wife called me when you and i could hear the bombings over the phone for stella . for now. your girl, she's got on the ball with us with he has a bullet proof vest and 2 helmets organized by his friends. i ask him if he thinks they are going to keep him safe. let you know though not with the girl, i am going to put it on and i'm going to shoot russians until i find out my job watching you. tough talk to cope with the situation. sir. gaze 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, of prison, 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 wrecks. i admire their etiquette and courage because 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's only one thing on his mind defending the homeland from the russian invasion . well i d. w correspondent,

a mac xander filed that report and he joins us now from mash. i michel a close to the polish ukrainian border. welcome max. at what else? have you seen that at the border? right, so here on the ground to show you some train station, which is the main entry point for anybody we from ukraine to point by now by train are coming from the border town of live on the inside of the situation is still quite busy here and continuously quite busy a week, almost a week after the beginning of the invasion. let's see if we can give you a little look around here to set the scene a bit. this place is busy. as i was saying, a lot of people come through here probably tens of thousands by now, but they are being received. they are volunteers here on site, handing out food, helping with the coordination of transport. there are a lot of volunteers here, like such as this man with this sign. you can see usually are volunteers to come in

on their free time to help people and to help them get to another place and pull it away from, from, from the border town. there are many organizations here on site. well, there we saw boy scouts hanging out pizza, and some organizations even donating sim cards, for example, which is important because a lot of people come here. it's not really a place, not really a plan for their next steps. so convocation is really important for them. um, with that being said, this is also a place where some people get stranded because they have no idea what to do next. especially those who do not have any connections here in poland. we don't have any family or friends. so this place may be as good as any other for them. right. the opponent has previously been reluctant to taking refugees. affleck boys in syria and afghanistan for instance. so what's brought about there's a parent shift in policy and mindset.

that's a very difficult question to answer on.