now, i ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin tonight, the world united in its condemnation of vladimir putin to moore, to day 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 the kremlin now has very few friends. also coming up french president emanuel micron calls the russian invasion of ukraine. a new era for europe is announcing a boost in defense spending and civilian casualties mount as russia steps of its

attacks on ukrainian cities, russia claiming it now a house control of the black sea port, city of harrison. ah, i bring gov. 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 russia immediately stop using force against ukraine, and that it withdraw its military from the country. the historic resolution won the support of a $141.00 countries. only 5 countries voted against it before the vote ukrainian ambassador to the un accused russia of seeking this to commit genocide in his country. and you call them the world to stand together against moscow's aggressions

. here's the un secretary general antonio good taylor speaking after the vote. the general assembly as spoken a secretary general. it is my duty to stand by these resolution and be guided by it's called the message of the general assembly is law then clears. and those steel with his ukraine now silenced the guns now opened the door to dialogue and diplomacy. no. the teddy thought 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 bad as the situation is for the people in ukraine right now, it's threatened to get much, much worse. thinking clock is a time bomb. looking ahead, 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 member that was the main secretary general here at the big table with me now is our chief international or the richard walker richards. good to see, you know, we don't have emergency sessions of the un general assembly every day. so this vote in context force. yeah, i mean the, 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. invasion of ukraine 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 were required. 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 was, 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, or 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. never 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 were 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 in 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. rich. what do you make about the position of china? because it was just a few weeks ago we were reported on this new alliance, this relationship between china and russia that has the 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 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 un security council. and i think this, this cast an interesting light on china's 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 rushes 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, a territorial integrity can kind of sound like a little 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 way? saying, well, you know, we're all for territorial integrity and explicitly saying this also a place, a ukraine, and yet sort of supporting russia on these big strategic questions surrounding nato . so china's position, looking definitely quite awkward at the moment. all right, it over years she from the national average for giving us valuable context around this important to you in general assembly resolution today. richard. thank you. friends, president emmanuel micron and said the russian invasion of ukraine is the beginning

of a new era for europe in an address to the french nation. i crohn said he plans to step up investment in defense vending for france and the european union. the president also warned that the war in ukraine will hit the french economy hard in adding that this is the price for freedom and democracy armor did. earlier we asked you w correspondence, sonya felony car in paris for her take on macaroni speech. what stood out for me in that speech was that, you know, he started really by making a distinction between a russian president and, and the general population. you know, you really call this invasion of ukraine proteins war. and he said that, you know, frost stands with all russians who are against this war in ukraine. that is a pretty powerful message. i thought also you know, he needed to point to kind of saying that despite everything that had happened, the invasion and his own feel diplomatic efforts, he was going to keep communication channels open with president not to be put him

not last week. present macro became one of the 1st western leaders to actually speak with beauty after the invasion of fame. traditions here made it very clear that that call was made or the after close consultations with the ukrainian presidents and in ski. and they said it was meant as a clear message to moscow to kind of immediately seize military operations on. and of course the card a big point that mcgraw and meet today that you, that you mentioned was the kind of economic and social consequences really calling this invasion a wake up call for europe to kind of boost its central lines when it comes to issues like energy and defense, and honestly comic issues and really ream itself off. russian gas is equal to there was sonya found the car reporting for paris as the warrant ukraine enters its 2nd week. russian forces or intensifying attacks on the countries main cities. russia today said that it had taken control of the black sea port, city of harrison, a ukrainian official as disputed their claim saying,

fighting for the city continues further to the east, the cities of car keith and marya polar, under heavy attack, mario poles, mayor, according to reuters says that russian forces are actively preventing civilians from leaving and that mario poles, water supply has been cut off. and in the capitol, keep the mayor warning that russia is gathering troops. and encircling the capital grain says 2000 people had been killed in russian airstrikes over recent days. and a national reunion this ukrainian man embraces his family for the 1st time since they were separated by a russian miss ow! strike on keith. his wife and children had stepped out of their apartment, 9 nights before the capitalist tv tower was hit, but on the soda shouted ran quickly, which it was very scary. my youngest son ran and shouted faster,

faster webbing shot, but not going to make it. and we came here to the shelter. now he's afraid to got side and can start crying. my oldest son shouted any sleep shouted mom, we have to go to the shelter. people have been sheltering and caves metro stations for days. the young and old pets and he named alike. they don't know how long they'll have to spend down here or what will happen when their food runs out above ground, the invasion, continuous shelling and straight fighting between ukrainians and russian paratroopers have left. he crane, 2nd largest city pa, cave in ruins. hundreds of fear dead in the port city of mary paul. after a 15 hour long russian bombardments and russia says it has taken full control of

his son in the country south. one resident recorded the moment, he opened his curtains to see a russian tank in the strait. they're turning people just inside the shooting. you hear the sounds i think they should stroke recording before something. shoot through my hand. as air raid sirens blair out across cave. the battle for the hot of ukraine continues. when russia invaded ukraine, experts worried that cyber attackers would wreak havoc, but that hasn't happened yet. ukraine's defense council says that the number of cyber attacks that number has gone up significantly with hackers targeting critical infrastructure and the energy grid. but it's less than what was expected. internet giants, which is microsoft, have also helped repel attackers. you all hackers around the world,

including the anonymous collective, have declared cyber war on russia. they're taking aim and russian government networks. the russian oligarch, rowman the brother chance confirm that he will sell english premier league club. chelsea abramivitch bought the club back in 2003 and sell of a wave of foreign billionaires. snapping up teams is investment. he's been accused of having close ties to vladimir putin. and he could become the target of economic sanctions that are aimed at his wealth. and his property you're watching the w news line from berlin in a moment. stephen beardsley has more on how war and sanctions are affecting the world of business. stay tuned. he'll be right back. i'll see you tomorrow. for now . i'm going to leave you with these photographs from a week of war in ukraine, through

shlou, where i can from, we had to fight for athlete breath and was born and raised in the military dictator . she put a line to the channel. and if you newspapers, when efficient information as a journey, i had work on the history of many countries and their problems are always the same . 40 social inequality, a lack of the freedom of the press.