horse from the heart of brazil starts march 9th on d, w. ah ah, this is the w is life burned in russia. sees is its 1st major ukrainian city of cason firms, the government headquarters up the port city is in the hands of invading troops. despite the loss, president vladimir savanski urges ukrainians to persevere and says russia will pay for what it's done. also on the program, more than a 1000000 civilians have not fled to ukraine and the u. s. warnings. this is just the beginning. bringing the latest from the border with romania when long queues

and people are trying to escape the fight. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. russia has captured its 1st major ukrainian city. its force is now occupied, the administration building in cason. despite this, ukraine says its troops are still in the area fighting for control of the port city of about 250000 people. the cities of car here, mario paul, and the capital kiva also under attack. despite the loss is ukrainian president followed him. is it asking, used a televised address to promise that russia would be made to pay, to rebuild his country. ha, go home. these defiant residents of multiple standing up to russian soldiers after their city was taken. ah,

russian troops have also taken control of the regional government building in the key black sea port of his son. according to the regions governor, one resident record of the moment he opened his cousins to see a russian tank in the street. they're turning people to stared, sight shooting at the pier, hear the sounds they think they should stroke recording before some troops room ahead. he crane 2nd largest city cock eve is still holding out. but rushes. bombardment has left its streets in ruins and dozens of civilians dead further to the east. the port city of mario paul is surrounded. after hours of shelling, cut off water and power in cave, present zalinski remains defiant. would the will name nancy sleep should be wherever they go,

they will be destroyed for they will not have come here. they will not have food and they will not have one quiet moment to will. the occupiers will receive only one thing from ukrainians, resistance stuff vs resistance loves the the such resistance that they will forever remember that we don't give up what is ours. but russia's increasing attacks ascending more and more people fleeing for their lives. with the majority arriving here in poland, the un says more than 1000000 refugees have fled ukraine in just a week. back and keep those who remain have been taking refuge in the cities metro stations for days. they don't know how long they'll have to spend down here or what will happen when their food finally runs out as join date of your correspondent mathias, bullying her. who's in the viv and the west of you cried welcome mathias and what's happening there? yeah, yes we've it's, it's still quiet. this place is are quite far from all the front lines. there is no,

there are no attacks. there is they are arid alarms, but nothing came down yet on the city. and so life goes on here, pretty much not as usual, but shops are open, people can buy food and or other necessities. there's fuel and just everything. but the only thing that is really different is that a lot of refugees are now in the city eyes. one of the bottlenecks forego coming to europe. the polish border is very close to here, just over 50 kilometers and other cities. of course, having trouble a comment to accommodate and her feet or these people. that's the most the biggest problem here at the moment and a hair song. and we talk about besetti there to russian. a troops appear to have claimed, even though that the man says that they're still fighting these,

these conflicting reports. what are you hearing? i've talked to several residents of care on to day. um they have said that there was still fighting last night or gunfire heard, but during the day it's calm. i'm rushing tanks are indeed in the city. they have set up checkpoints in the city. that's what we know. few people go out now because they so considered a dangerous situation, but there are also reports from the city administration. these residents have called the local administration, or who have said them that they were still working under ukrainian or administration under ukrainian rule and talk seem to be going on between the occupying forces and the administration about a humanitarian corridor. are right now at the moment it seems, it's calm, the russians are in the city. they are controlling major parts of the city. but

it's not yet fully occupied, in the sense that the russians would rule this city and was, it's significant, it's, it's, it's a port city. i understand it, support city. it's the 1st big city you and counter if you move from crimea, this is where these troops have come from to woods, the in a, in a lands or westwards in the direction of odessa. now her son is the 1st one, then there will be a 2nd one that's called michel i. if we are hearing that fighting is going on there . and just then after this, after mc alive, they, if, if they manage to go past mc alive or control mc alive, there will be already very close to odessa. and it seems that the fight or they did, the goal of the russian army is odessa. this is a very important port city, much more important than hassan as a port city, but also important as an economic hub. and it,

we hear that gunboats have um, or military ships have, are, are, are at the seaside in front of odessa. and there is of he is that the next assault will be on this city that's much bigger than his own. right. and as we're hearing about more cities being more heavily attacked, are we seeing a change in russian tactics? that seems to be the case. i think what we have now figured out what many tracks was i figured out is that the image, initial aim of the russians were to move in fast. oh, and shock and a shock. and oh, and then a basically, a get the ukranian government to surrender. and vance fast and key, if this has not worked out, they are stalled in front of cuba. it's heavy fighting is going on there. and it seems that they are increasing not only their military hardware that they're bringing in, but also the attacks on the ship cities. and that includes shelling of civilian her

quarters and of a civilian institutions and of the civil civilian population. um, possibly in order to scare the people and to lower morale. this issue is at least what people are, are guessing what, what this is about, what is clear is that civilian casualties and, and injuries are, are, are really mounting. and a lot of, of, of, of, of apartment blocks and, and a quarters are being destroyed at the moment, especially in hark. if less. so in keith, but the outskirts of key, if we've also seen some pretty bad footage about, about 9 blocks being completely destroyed. ok, thank you for that matter which is willinger in the western ukraine. a week ago, russian president vladimir putin and made clear that the nearly 200000 troops seed

master ukraine's boarders were there to invade. he launched air attacks around the country and ordered his troops to move in. william glue, croft has more on the last week's events. and it has been quite a devastating week. there been the 3 main staging areas that became invasion points . let's look at where things stood before russian forces moved in. if we can have the map of the country, as it looked just a week ago, you remember that in 2014 putin took over and then illegally annexed all of the crimea peninsula. now russia has had a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting close to the west as a threat to that base. and that's why he took it. in the same year, he backed separatists in the largely russian speaking eastern part of don bus to take over much of that area. now the conflict hasn't been solved since,

and there's been at least 13000 lives lost in the fighting, just with eastern russian backed separatists. and it's these points along with the north, from their ally ballers. and of course, russia itself that he used to stage his troops, and that is where they've moved in from this is a week later we still see crimea, we still see the eastern region of don bus and russian force having moved up based on the latest information that we have, but ukrainians have been fighting very hard and bitterly to slow down russian advances. they've been doing a lot better than many have been expecting, including to the surprise of russia's own military planners. it seems, but through the sheer numbers that russia can put into this fight, they have been making slow progress. we see a land bridge. now what appears had been created between the southern forces and the eastern forces that might risk trapping ukrainian forces in the east. and as we

were just hearing earlier, russian forces have taken the 1st major city her song here in the south. and it looks like from multiple points, there are now inching towards encircling the capital of key. at least that's what it looks like. the aim is going to be now when we're looking at these maps, let's keep in mind, this is an extremely fluid and extremely dangerous situation. whatever ground russia does hold or appears to be holding can hardly be say, it's hardly be said, it's safe for them. it means leaving troops and supplies in place if they really want to fully occupied these areas, which at the same time is difficult cuz i want to keep advancing. so there's only so much russia can do. now there's one more danger i want to show you very quickly . you've probably heard about fighting near the trend. noble disaster sight which remains uninhabitable since the $986.00 meltdown there. that's up here in the north, north of ki, of near the border with bowers. but ukraine also has 15 operational nuclear reactors at 4 different sites. you can see them all around the country here. that's

about a total of ukraine's a half of ukraine's electricity in total comes from these 4 sites. now the ones in the northwest, they're so far pretty safe. we just heard from our colleague mathias in levine. there's no real fighting there yet, but in the south, we're hearing reports that russian troops can be a may be at least 35 kilometers from some of these a reactors which includes the largest nuclear reactor in all of europe. now this could pose a danger, not only to ukraine, but the entire region. so far. ukraine's energy authority says that they are still in control of all of these reactors. and they're operating normally the international atomic energy agency, which insures global nuclear safety, has called on russia to avoid going anywhere near these nuclear reactors. but nuclear watchdogs are none. the less extremely concerned about the safety of these plants and the potential for a radioactive release. if attacked, and i would of course, have consequences far beyond ukraine. arter william,

thank you so much for that, william glue, croft now. the un refugee agency says a number of people flee. ukraine has now passed a 1000000 making the fastest exodus of refugees this century. most having towards poland, but neighboring countries like romania, i'm old dover, also taking people in but summer having to wait longer than others to cross to safety. as d w correspondent, a funny for shaw observed at a port rodney on the romanian border. finally, here, thousands are pouring towards the ukrainian border with romania as word spreads of the tale. back of refugees at the polish crossing with harrowing image is still in their minds and few items in their hands. they arrive at the last checkpoint to safety oksana and her kids needed 4 days to get here from keep on her mind what's ahead. they're going to look for work she car because i need to provide for

my children. and my husband stayed to defend his country. you know, men of fighting age between 18 and 60, have to stay there also many none. ukrainians who want to lead students migrant workers? about half a 1000000 according to you and estimates. hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing for their lives, heading west for the border. now all these people from across ukraine are running from the same thing. but are they all getting the same treatments? i've met flat from heavily bon pat keith, a student from egypt. he says he's growing frustrated about being made to wait in freezing temperatures while ukrainians are led through the lay. let us only pers, of to like, oh, it's hundreds of coons, we will was i can say anything or this. what's that we are humans also like visit us any bishop care more about us. i've met says he has already been to live if,

but was not let through at the border with pool and there we are far away from other countries as the same situation. swore also on us. i don't think we should be for them to live. oh, don't look right. his friend also from egypt disagree. this way. i feel a world's is people. they have no home to go. and actually we have home we have is are to, we can go now like you see, but they don't have any list to those officials here do not want to talk on camera about why there are 2 lines, one for foreigners, one for ukrainians. but they tell us, their goal is to maintain con, here. there is concern that the situation might get out of control as more refugees take the alternative route to romania. we are not allowed to firm i've met and his friend crossed the border. but after a few hours, they do, just like thousands of others. finally to safety. law reporter filed by d. w. 's are funny for shar,

who joins us from near the border with romania and moldova. welcome funny. and let's start with some of the schumann stories that people are telling you, what are you hearing and there so many individual stories fell in fact just between his life reporting said he doing here in char nifty, 50 kilometers away from the romanian border. it's really hard to even just digest what we hear seriously. that is some people need 4 days at least if not even more, to make it all the way from how to keep or from keep all the way here. some of them went already to leave but couldn't get through, they say, and now they're trying to cross the romania border again. others feel guilty of leaving people behind their grandparents. for example, one young a student a told me that she is really feeling agony for her grandparents rained in northern part of this country without heating, without a medical supplies. and she just cannot leave ukraine while, as she doesn't feel like that her grandparents are safe. so some people are in

a way stranded here. many others cannot even stay here because they're not enough a hotel. so any free rooms at this point and the ones that are, are super, super, very, very expensive in fact. so you see and hear very different accounts as people arrive here. but of course, many of them who made a t, i just tried to leave exit this country. and somehow i bring a little bit of a piece for the children, especially. and what they have been through over of the past week and give them a little bit of a pause wherever that next destination may be, as they're crossing the border to romania under for the 2 cures of people trying to get out of the country just watching your report, it looks like a brown queue on one side, under white crew, on the other. what justification, oh arsenic giving for apparently giving preference to one over the other official say has nothing to do with skin color,

but basically the passport you carry, they said a sitter, they put a system in place for ukrainians and none ukrainians to maintain. com. they actually claimed that a couple of days ago, some foreigners, indians, they claim we cannot verify this independently. whether this is true. but they say that these foreigners were trying to cross the border violently because they were soon edge so full of harrowing experiences from how to keep from where they came apparently that he just wanted to leave. so after that incident, the officials told us at the, at the border that day i stablished is to line system. now, a definitely provokes different reactions from foreigners saw that we listened to. they at the board a said definitely feel treated like 2nd class. how is it possible that they have to wait there while others ukrainian so just passing through what? again, other foreigners who have spoken to said in a way they can understand because the ukrainians do not have a home to go to why they who entered the country ukraine let's say

a few years ago at least have their origin original destination. even though it's not clear how they are going to get back to, for example, edge, syria, egypt, and from all a to all the other countries that the originally from. so it's really mixed emotions. they at the border and not just see over the romania border, but also of course, be af sienna in images and, and, and videos. but also from hearing from our reports at the border there that really it is a contents in at the board as people are trying to exit a very horrible situation in ukraine. and it cannot be fast enough for them. obviously also given a the, the, the climate right now it's winter, it is cold and people are just simply tired. they want to leave i thank you for that funny for shaw reporting off on very up border with western you crime. thank you. that are growing reports that russia is attacking civilian

residential areas of the country. like these apartment builders in khaki, a several civilians died in this attack. russia continues to say it's only targeting military installations. international criminal court says it is looking into whether russian forces have committed war crimes. the w's investigative unit has also been gathering a physical evidence of attacks on civilian target, and it paints a grim picture of the conflict. the w investigative reporter, louise sanders is an expert on security, terrorism and war crimes joins us not welcome louis. so just walk us through some of the material you've collected and what a white might indicate that war crimes have been committed for the past couple of days, we been looking into an attack on a regional administrative building in the heart of card keith. to be precise at freedom square. now that attack left 6 people dead in dozens more wounded. now if

we look at the c, c t tell t v footage, you can see that the if you go in frame by frame, you can see the projectile right before it hits the before impact. and we spoke to military experts with the help of military experts we were able to identify the projectile as a russian need, caliber cruise missile. now why is that important? well, cruise missiles, generally speaking, have multiple guidance systems as part of the system which suggest that this could have been a targeted attack. ok, and could this just have been a terrible mistake? it's unlikely we went through and mapped the area around freedom square to see if there were any military installations that could be considered legitimate military targets. and we couldn't find any, the only facilities that we found that were connected to the ukrainian armed forces was a hospital and a university and generally under international law and the rules of engagement.

these are considered off limits. and so what is, what is quite interesting is that we spoke to a residence in the area and witnesses who told us that they had heard 2 explosions . that morning, 18 o'clock, and 110 minutes later. now from previous investigations that we've conducted in syria, we've seen that russian armed forces target when they, when they attack a target twice, there's a lot of work that's been done to show that that shows intent. now, intent is often the hardest thing to prove when going after war crimes, and that'll probably be the largest challenge, especially in this case. but the early indications show that this particular example could be a war crime, right. and war crimes investigators are particularly interested in the weapons use . just talk us through what they can tell us will cluster bombs are a good example and there are indications that russian forces are using cluster

bombs in urban areas. now in this footage, you can see a cluster like explosions happening within a residential building. now we spoke to a military experts to identify what kind of attack was happening here. and they told us that this is most likely a cluster bomb. now the only other weapon it could have been would have shown larger explosions, closer to the surface of the building. now the problem with cluster bonds is that the indiscriminately harm civilians and enact devastation, especially in urban settings such as this one. and so when, when war crimes investigators, when they start seeing the use of cluster bombs in a conflict, it usually signals a sign that, you know, there's, there's quite possibly war crimes being committed here. and in this case, in ukraine, as there's also been a lot of talk about russia, alleged use of foam or barrick bombs, just explain what val, please. so the past couple of days, there's been

a lot of videos and images being shared on social media, showing the purported use of thermal buried bombs and launchers being taken by russian armed forces, 2 battlefields across ukraine. now we're still in the process of verifying this content and but early indications show that there could be credence behind the material. now the problem with thermal barrick weapons is that the, the off they take place in 2 stages. the 1st stage releases the chemical into the air, while the 2nd one releases an incendiary explosion, which effectively uses oxygen to maximum effect. now, why is this problematic? because these cuts out under the geneva conventions, these types of bombs are prohibited because they do not. they, they do not discriminate between combatants and civilians. and so what we've been seen across over the past week is that there's a growing, a use of prohibited weapons and the growing targeting of civilian areas. and this

is worrying side now. now, if this pattern continues to emerge in the coming days and weeks, this could be the impetus for war crimes, prosecutors to move forward with an indictment of the perpetrators. thank you for that to let us learn. sanders from d. w is investigative unit. many russians who live in other countries have spoken out against the war in ukraine, but some business owners say they're experiencing a backlash just for being russian. the other of a popular restaurant here in berlin is one of them. berlin's pastor neck restaurant for decades. it served russia specialties to a devoted clientele, but since russia invaded ukraine, there have been cancelled bookings despite this sign out front on the curve, we have a new dilemma. we never thought that there would be any disputes or problems with nationality. and under political statements problem and give us value. here we live

in a completely normal democratic country where we are in europe and war is for us. i have no words for it to upgrade to that. so the owner area kaplan is russian born, but has lived in berlin for 30 years. and his kitchen russians and ukrainians, worked side by side serving up forest herring and other rushing specialty. but some of his customers, tate have suddenly changed. somebody's pretty sharp here to for example, i have 2 types of beer here, russian and german. in the past, people only drank russian beer, but today they only drink german. that's understandable, but i just wanted to say that not all russians have the same opinion as i letter from my no creep which he feels shame for what his country is doing to its neighbor . i just thought it was a sharp as a russian. i don't feel like being russian now alia. hopes that soon people will sit side by side in his restaurant again, ukrainians, russians, and every one else to situ,

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