ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night, the world united in its condemnation of vladimir putin to work today at the un. a 141 countries voted to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. calling for an immediate withdrawal. the russian forces, the resolution revealing that the kremlin now has very few friends. also coming up french president emanuel mac, ron calls the russian invasion of ukraine. a new era for europe is announcing a boost in french defense spend an civilian casualties mount as russia steps up its

attacks on ukrainian cities. russia claiming that it now has control of the black sea port city of pearsall. ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world, it's good to have you with us on this wednesday, we begin with much of the world against the war of russian president vladimir putin today, the united nations general assembly adopted a non binding resolution demanding that russia immediately stopped using force against ukraine, and that it withdrawal its military from the country. the historic resolution won the support of a $141.00 countries, only 5 countries voted against it. now, before the vote, ukraine's ambassador to the un accused russia of seeking to commit genocide in his

country. and he called on the world to stand together against moscow's aggression. here is un secretary general antonio gutierrez speaking after that booked the general assembly. as spoken, a secretary gentle, it is my duty to stand by these resolution and be guided by its call. the message of the general assembly is loud and clear. and though steal it is in ukraine now. silence the guns now opened the door to dialogue and diplomacy. no. the 3030 integrity and so for entity of ukraine must be respected in line with you and chart that we don't have a moment to lose the brutal effects of the conflict airplane to see. but as where does the situation nice with the people ukraine right now, it's threats to get much, much worse. the thinking clock is a time, but i'm also deeply concerned with its potential consequences for regional global

peace and security. and the wolf, struggling to recover from coffee to those resolution reflects a central truce the world once an end to the 3 men does human suffering in ukraine? the same truce was clearing the rapid mobilization of funds for our life saving humanitarian operations in ukraine and neighboring countries. our global fresh appeal was met with record generosity. i'm deeply grateful to donors for their supports. without funding in hand will be able to scale up to delivery vital medical and dental supplies, foods safe drinking, water, shelter, and protection. look in your head. i will continue to do everything in my power to contribute to an immediate cessation of hostilities and urgent negotiations for peace. people in ukraine desperately need peace, and people around the world. the mandate. thank you very much. that was the

secretary general here at the big table with me now is our chief international richard walker richards. good to see you. you know, we don't have emergency sessions of the un general assembly every day. so put this vote in context force. yeah, i mean that, in fact they've only happens. i think this is the 11th occasion, that they've happened at all since the united nations was founded. well, what's happened here? this is really the 1st kind of barometer of really global opinion on russia's invasion of ukraine. that is taking place is the invasion began last week. and this took place after the un security council, a few days ago, held a vote on a similar resolution, a vote which russia managed to block using its veto power on the un security council. now the general assembly is different. there is no veto power there. but for a resolution like this to pass

a 2 thirds majority verse were quite well that was exceeded with the vote here. but i think what was most interesting is not necessarily the number of countries voting for this resolution. not only that, but how few countries voted with russia. there were some, there were only 5 votes on russia's side. russians own vote. belarus, which is a party to this conflict because russian troops have been invading ukraine from belarus in the north, north korea, eritrea and syria. so all countries that are beholden in one way or another to russia. so although, as you just mentioned, rightly this is not binding. so decisions by the un general assembly do not force russia to take some action or another, which technically it would have to if the security council had voted against it. still, the degree of isolation is very, very striking, and that has to have an impact. and also the human we itself to issue

a judgment on russia's behavior. but when you look at these, the 4 other countries that voted against the resolution, you could say, you know, we can judge russia by the company, it keeps at the un. what will i think? what's also equally interesting is some of the countries that you would have expected to vote with russia that didn't go to go and do that. so for instance, cuba abstained in this. they didn't vote against russia, but abstained. now just think about it. just a few weeks ago, the russians were in, in a move that was interpreted by some as, as just to provocation. some by some taken seriously. russia was saying, well, why do we station weapons in cuba and see what the americans think of that drawing a comparison to as they see it. nato encroaching in that sort of sphere of influence in eastern europe. so a country that's close enough to russia for russia to say, well,

we could just put weapons there, abstained in this vote. venezuela is also a country that russia had framed like that saying, well, why don't we put weapons venezuela? venezuela didn't even vote at all in this, in the, in this vote. also interesting in the un security council. a few days ago, the united arab emirates was one of the fence sitters so it abstained alongside china and india. in the vote today, it voted against russia. so really interesting to kind of drill down on, on which countries did what in, on this occasion. and in most cases, the news is bad for russia. richer. what do you make about the position of china? because it was just a few weeks ago, we were reporting on this new alliance, this relationship between china and russia that has no limits. yeah. so i think we can call it an alliance. and in fact, china said recently they're not allies, but they are strategic partners. but it's true, there's been a lot of focus on that in recent years,

but increasingly in recent weeks. so you remember vladimir putin was in beijing just a few weeks ago at the beginning of the winter olympics held a big meeting with she, jim paying, put out this huge statement of, of kind of common purpose between russia and china. and here we have china and now abstaining in this not voting with russia and it did the same thing in the u. s . security council. and i think this, this cast an interesting light on china position here because china, in recent weeks since, you know, this conflict really started to heat up, has made clear that it supports russia on many of its kind of big strategic questions and complaints towards the west particularly russia demand that nato never not expand any further. china supports that and has said that very vocally. but on the other hand, china has also said that it stands by its commitments to the idea of sovereignty of, of states, territorial integrity and territorial integrity can kind of sound like

a busy diplomatic jargon. but all it simply means is, one country can't just sort of bite off other bits of another country can't march in and cross its borders. well, can china keep having it both ways saying, well, you know, we're all for territorial integrity and explicitly saying this also applies to ukraine. and yet sort of supporting russia on these big, strategic questions surrounding nato. so, chinese position, looking definitely quite awkward at the moment. all right, it over years she from the national i had a rich walker giving us valuable context around this important to you in general assembly resolution today. richard. thank you. o fritz president emmanuel macaroni had said that the russian invasion of ukraine is the beginning of a new era for europe in an address to the french nation macaroni said he plans to step up investment in defense spending. not only for france,

but also the european union. the president also warned that the warrant ukraine will hit the french economy hard, adding that this is the price for freedom and democracy. of more of that, i'm join l by sonia phone, the car. she's our correspondence in paris, it's good to see you. sonya macaroni bracing for the economic shock that is about to hit france through these economic sanctions against russia. he calls this the price of freedom. did he sell that successfully to the french people with the speech? well, i think of what stood out for me in that speech was that, you know, he started really by making a distinction between the russian president and the general population. you know, you really call this invasion of ukraine puddings war and he said that, you know, france stands with all russians who are against this war in ukraine. that was a pretty powerful message. i thought also, you know,

he needed to point to kind of said that despite everything that had happened, the invasion and his own fail diplomatic efforts, he was going to keep communication chance open with president not to be a put him. now last week, present macro became one of the 1st western leaders to actually speak with beauty. after the invasion of french officials here made it very clear that the call was made or the articles consultations with the ukrainian presidents and in ski. and they said it was meant as a clear message to moscow to kind of immediately seized military operations. and of course, the card a big point that micro on me today that you, that you mentioned was the kind of economic and social consequences really calling this envision a wake up call for europe to kind of boost its central lines when it comes to issues like energy and defense and also comic issues and really when itself off russian gas is equal to give us an idea. sonya, of how the ukraine crisis puts macaroni under pressure in french politics. and his

good relationship with vladimir putin was unable to stop russia from invading you. great. that's right. i mean, i think micro really positioned himself as the leader to speak to christy putting, you know, what, he's suggesting the had some kind of a chemistry there. you know, the spoke for nearly 6 hours at the kremlin, if you remember, before that invasion happened in like an ostrich attempt to kind of let the more. but you're right, i mean, you know those efforts field, but i have to say that those, that fia hasn't really hurt macro domestically. and the seal actually say that what this episode shows is that macro is actually took a high risk gamble and kind of got it wrong. but the say, you know, he can hardly be faulted for having tried unto the end to defuse the crisis. and, and kind of, you know, d escalated to, to dialogue and diplomacy. and i think this is a feeling that is fairly widespread in funds here. 2 days ago we had all which

showed that about maybe 60 percent of respondents to believable view of macross. hanley off the ukraine classes. so i think this, if anything has actually the maintenance image and as, as, as a statesman at a time when, what doesn't cons looking for, you know, a state pass correspondence zone. you found the car in paris. appreciate your reporting and your insights, tonight's on your thank you. thank you. as the war in ukraine enters its 2nd week, russian forces are intensifying attacks on the countries main cities, russia. today's said that it had taken control of the black sea port city of harrison, ukrainian official has disputed that claim saying that fighting for the city continues now further to the east. the port city of mario pole is under heavy attack. the city's mayor, according to reuters, is saying that russian forces are actively preventing civilians from leaving that

mario holds. water supply has been cut off ukraine's 2nd largest city r. keith is being shelled for a 3rd day in a row and in the capitol. keep the mayor warning that russia is gathering troops, trying to encircle the capital. city grains, as dozens of civilians have been killed in russian air strikes over recent days. numb from shock. this woman sits just to meet is away from a dead body. one of a number killed in russia's sustained attacks on hockey, ukraine's 2nd largest city, missouri kills recei. we've been shelved by russians. we are all scad. 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, running late 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. ah, emergency services in the city of their hi, tim year, 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,

a mis 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 and my next guest is eulissa better. yas, go, she is a member of the ukrainian parliament for president zalinski is party and for safety reasons. we are not disclosing her location. miss jessica, it's good to have you on the program. we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. we have been in this week or more now for one week. exactly. it's been a week of horror for many people in ukraine. talk to me about what's going through

your mind tonight as the 2nd week begins. well honestly, i feel pretty exhausted and best for it because around one hour ago when i was calling my dad who is now in a central key, if there was an explosion near the train station where there was a rec, at tag that it was very loud and this is the reality that i live with and millions of ukrainians and living with it's one of the members of my team or whose parents and. 5 grandparents are in one of the villages in the northeast from ki, if more closer to bells. they are just sitting in the shelter like 11 week and all the villages around are destroyed. and now we are living in the mode when we just need to survive, but not everyone has even access to water and you know,

to keep seeing. and to ment, seen and to federal. and you know, this is such basic things that we could never imagine that could happen to us that incentive for century we won't be able to have some water for example, but this is what is happening and it's very scary. and the same time i feel that and they're inspired by ukrainians, but the price is very high at a day. and it's a i know that this is going to be hard for everyone and the way you describe it, i mean, it really brings it home about what you've lost in just the last 7 days. there are reports to night that the russian military ismael encircling the major cities of ukraine, and that includes the capital cave. how much longer can ukrainians withstand

the russian invasion? i'm sure. well those stand till the and we are very strong. but that pain that comes with the, with this is also very high and that anger that we, we have, we love so much our land and we want to defend it. but how can we accept that someone wants to, to kill us or to kill our country? or to kill a town, it's treat infrastructure, they don't have values, you know they, it's act civilians, the children, and also you know, what's happening to nobody. so what they are doing also to the own soldiers of. 5 it's, it's a, it's, it's very hard to believe it's very far from humanity. but i'm sure that our flight is a fight when we're, we'll all of us. we already entered the new faith in humanity when we're going to

fight with that piece. and we will do that and we will reach that, you know, you say that ukrainians are united, but president zalinski pointed out in a speech to day that even before russia began this war, there, there had been divisions within ukrainian society. those haven't gone away have while unsure that any divisions, political divisions that we had before our gun. because right now we have very much united and no matter where the, from the presidential foreign to or from the opposition. and everyone is just doing what they can do. someone is fighting with a gun. someone is helping money serenade. someone is working with international partners. someone is volunteering, it does matter. all of us are in the same shoes and we're helping a child that really helping ukraine. member of the ukrainian parliament v elisa

victor yesco. we appreciate your time. we appreciate you sharing your story. we certainly wish you and, and everyone there in ukraine, all the best. thank you. thank you. we're here, we're more headlines and the latest from this war, hundreds of civilians are defending europe's largest nuclear power plant from russian troops. a video in social media shows civilian built roadblocks around the plant in the southeast of ukraine. russia claimed this week to have taken the town, but ukraine has denied that he was president ger bye and says that the united states and its allies are united in the face of russia's aggression in ukraine. in his 1st state of the union address, you as president said that ukraine's fight is an inspiration to the world and that russian president vladimir putin, is now more isolated than ever ages of the jailed kremlin critic,

alexey devonie 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 prison. volney is the country's most prominent opposition figure. he has millions of russian followers on social media. german, cesar o. shoulds is in israel. it's his 1st trip, as chancellor ended his being overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine speaking alongside prime minister of tale. bennett shoulds said that germany and israel will attempt to bring russia and ukraine together for talks aimed at ending the war. israel has been supporting ukrainian jews while also trying to maintain positive relations with the kremlin here as part of what chancellor schultz said earlier today. let me call on every body once again to stop fighting immediately,

attacks against civil infrastructure, the civilian population needs to be stopped listed. and obviously, it is important to give diplomacy a great opportunity again and very grateful that both of us again choose and do what we can and what is possible to make sure that talks between ukraine and russia. well, for the sooner the long continued or from the current chancellor to former chancellor gerhard schroeder, he is facing more and more political isolation for his failure to cut ties with russia. he has condemned the war, but he has not denounced the man behind it all. his long time bro manse, business friend vladimir pu, they're bro, men's goes back a long way. in 2004, the russian president vladimir putin was a guest at german chancellor gach, who had us 60th birthday party with

later that year they were all smiles again as showed a hosted protein at his home. putin showed up a suit case of good it was just left art as a do. hm. see, they got my each other. they got to like each other. they got to trust each other. the moving fees for throwing c. after school i left offers the friendship paid off, he landed a job with a controversial north stream pipeline project to bring russian gas direct to germany. then, and 2014 as russia and next crimea screwed. i celebrated his 70th birthday in saint petersburg with his friend flooding mia. despite growing unease at the former chancellor behavior, the drop offers kept coming opposed with russian oil for him. ross never followed should. i was now leaning into his russian lobbyist reputation. at the time he told the w,

the german russian relationship should be one of for it was housing corporation instead of confrontation. just last month should i was nominated to join the board of kremlin controlled gas pump. put in saying his praises. be sure it would be issued those to, to we can only rejoice almost with a little bit more mobile, but little, but other then put in, invaded ukraine, while other former european leaders with drops and russia promptly quit them. shrewder didn't calling only for russia to stop the war. he blamed both sides for mistakes. mate isn't quite old men and you don't me but mommy, it's just, i don't know how to describe it and it's shameful for our party, then this week shoot us own team resigned in protest. having failed to persuade him to cut ties with putin. now those positions it is own party and the opposition conservatives have had enough. we should also start kicking him out if he doesn't

move into next week because i don't see how we can sanction those companies. and we have a former chancellor working actually for them get hurt as a total embarrassment for my country, for germany. apart from him, having been the german shares before, everybody who, who still supports this regime, this dictatorship, this warlord called ruddy, me put in, has to face consequences. whatever should i now decides it is this relationship more than anything that will define his legacy? russian oligarch, roman abramivitch has confirmed that he will sell english for merely club chelsea. abramivitch bought the club back in 20 o 3. he set off a wave of 4 billionaires snapping up teams as investment. he's been accused of having close ties to vladimir putin and could become the target of sanctions. looking to target his wealth, to freeze his wealth possibly. and his property. you watch the w news. here's

a quick recap of what's happening in ukraine in the war in ukraine. the un general assembly has voted today overwhelmingly, on a resolution demanding that russian withdraw all of its troops from ukraine. it has denounced the invasion of the strongest terms. 141 countries voted in favor after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the day our coverage of the war in ukraine continues right after this thing with

ah ah, into the conflict zone with sebastian rushes, president putin has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal, by placing it on the higher left is the nato alliance. so credible, determine how real business spectra of a 3rd world war general. so richard sheriff, former deputy supreme commando of the nato alliance and my guest this week from london, a conflict zone. you have in 60 minutes, you will have d w o.

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a swimming instructor, you dish and now i teach children who don't to swim just what's your story? take part, share it on info, migrants dot net. ah. one week ago today, the russian invasion of ukraine began if the russian military expected a fast and furious victory. they misjudged the ukrainian, pushed back. russian forces, however, are now encircling key cities, including the capital key. more and more of the targets are civilian. today, the un general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn russia's war on ukraine and it did so with a warning if peace is not possible for the people of ukraine, peace will become impossible. everywhere i bring gulf.