ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin for the 1st time since it invaded ukraine. russia has seized a major city, the mayor of hare san confirming that the black sea port city is now in the hands of invading troops. gradient president zalinski saying russia will pay you for what he has done. also coming up to night, ukraine and russia hold a 2nd round of talks, humanitarian cor doors may be in the works. plus the human refugee agency says over 1000000 people have fled ukraine since the war broke out will go to slovakia,

where women and children are confronting the reality of leaving their homes behind . ah, i bring gov is good to have you with us on this thursday in when we begin with no progress in ending the war, but perhaps help for the civilians called in the crossfire representatives from ukraine and russia met to day on the bell roofs polish border for a 2nd round of talks, ukraine asked for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to allow aid to get in and for refugees to get out of the country. this came just hours after the mayor of the city of harrison confirmed that russian troops have taken over the southern port city. this is the 1st major city to fall since russian forces began invading ukraine one week ago.

ha, so home, these defiant residents of multiple a standing up to russian soldiers after their city was taken. russian troops have also taken control of the regional government building in the key black sea port of has san 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 steer and sight shooting in the pier. hear the sounds. i think i should stroke recording before some troops room hand. he crane 2nd lodge, a 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 morrow paul is surrounded after hours of shelling, cut off water and power in keith present zalinski remains defiant. would

the will. nina's h leave should be wherever they go, they will be destroyed fault. they will not have com here. they will not have food and they will not have one quiet moment to willie. the occupiers will receive only one thing from ukrainians, resistance vs resistance. as of 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 keith, those 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. we want to go now to the ukranian capital. my 1st guest is alexandra murphy. chuck, she's

a human rights lawyer. it's good to have you on the program. we know that the situation is going from bad to worse. what is a normal day looking like right now where you are? i mean, keith has a day, it looks like a different for different people because all of us find your own way home to be useful in this situation and hard to provide their own input to the general struggle against the russians invasion. like for me, i work in the room, i done so yes, you should use and we provide or help for several directions. we. we, that you mentioned were crimes. we provide logistical assistance for people who need some, who have some needs and to connect them with that concrete initiatives. we work with international communities and do a lot of other things. let me ask you on example,

you say that you are collecting evidence of possible more crimes. do you expect to give that evidence that your organization is collecting to the i c. c? yes, for sure. it is. a prosecutor of international criminal court have already requested or ukrainians to send evidence or to, to him directly regardless of the language. and he provides a special context for 47424 is the evidence or to sent. so we're now to peer video testimonial or for weakness to who, who, who are preserved is a target li, shelling of civilian objects and civilian populations. and it will be our 1st and mission. and alexander, if you could, can you tell me what, what is in these video testimonies?

i mean, what are people saying they have experienced we have a severe methodology. we ask only question. we sure like who in line with the international humanitarian law. so we don't to ask about feelings of the people or the emotions. so in this video they said. a how their house is, where just to wait and then near this house is a when the military will get that all. and it's my we can qualify that is a deliberately, a target in this to be an object in order to provide a more civilian casualties. and grow the family in the population. and alexander, have you seen these, these video testimonies yourself? have you seen them? i'm not responsible for analyzing this video testimonial. we have a decentralized initiatives and then a different will and tiers are responsible for the own part to work. but i so there

are 4 things, video, evidence of them. and they said target li attacks just to be an object and from human rights point of view. and from human being point of view, it's awful. i mean, when you hear these reports of civilian targets being hit by these air strikes, the what goes through your mind. they the lakeland suck, they posted it. you don't know. you bring a language that they couldn't open the premium facebook and read what people who experienced such kind of behavior a feeling and thoughts. it's, it's easy i in the spirit c i n, n a z z i in very different emotions. alexandra monte joke, joining us from the ukrainian capital key. we appreciate your time and we wish you all the best you're doing very important work. alexander,

thank you. thank you. crane? russia have reportedly made progress on establishing humanitarian corridors for civilians. caught in the fighting an advisor to ukrainian president zalinski tweedy . that a 2nd round face to face talks and bell roofs were over. he said, and i'm quoting here, ukraine does not have the results that he needs. yet there are decisions, but only of the organization of humanitarian cor doors. here that the 2 sides have agreed to keep talking. we're here at the table with me as our chief international richard walker. he's been following these talks. so rich, what, what came out of these talks would be there in the middle of a were and they're talking, they've agreed to keep talking. yeah. well in fact, this time it does appear that something concrete has come out. we hear this from, from statements from both sides that they've agreed on, on this idea of humanitarian corridors, to enable people supposedly to get to safety from the areas that are under attack.

and that around the so called corridors. then you would have temporary cease fires around those corridors to enable people to, to move out. but as you just quoted, as a lead skis advisor, who's part of the delegation from the ukranian side, expressing disappointment despite that achievement because what they really wanted . and what he was saying going into this is, is that he wants an immediate cease fire and the withdrawal of rushes troops from ukraine. and there's actually no indication whatsoever that the, the russians or any kind of point of can considering doing that in singles or to see one of the russian delegates who was, who was that the statement that he made. he's a member of the duma, the russian parliament and saying that there will be a 3rd round of talks in upcoming days and, and talking about at some point it may be necessary to go to the 2 different

countries parliament to take documents for ratification. because raises a lot of questions, but essentially, i think there will be a lot of question marks about what that really means. and if that is anything really serious. because of course, we see what's actually going on in ukraine, and that is an increase in the violence that russia is a mission. were you surprised to hear that there has been some progress made on these humanitarian corridors? when today, you know, we're getting more and more reports of civilian targets being it by russian, which is why i think that is going to be of course, in, in anything that a politician says. of course you have to compare reality to what they say in a war, especially were of this kind and then even more so. and i think it's interesting to look at what let me push. i was saying also today because he has held another meeting with his security council. now i'm sure a lot of us remember some of these meetings he's been having with his top team recently where he meets them in a vast chamber in the kremlin. well,

this time he was sitting at a desk and speaking to them over a video conference. so not even anyone else was in the room. it showed maybe even a greater sort of sense of isolation around to put in the president now. and he was saying in this, in this call that was televised, that the military operations are going to plan, praising russian soldiers as heroes. but of course, what we know from what we've been seeing of the last week in a day that this conference of this conflict has been going on. this invasion has been going on. in fact, it does appear that the russians have been having some setbacks. and there are a few things that putin said, which did sort of point towards that accusing the ukrainians of using civilians as human shields are trying to put the blame for the fact. there are large numbers of civilian casualties on the ukrainians. the target of the invasion and also talking

about giving compensation to the, to the families of fallen russian soldiers also indicating there that he's aware that actually there's been a significant number of casualties. the russians are talking about just on the 500 other estimates suggest a lot, many, many more than that. so vladimir putin showing every intention of, of keeping going one at the same time, seeming to indicate that he's aware the things not going exactly. is he going to, you know, i read to that it was offering with is equal to details and us dollars in that ballpark. and another interesting development today, there was a phone call between a man, one micro and vladimir putin, the lease a sort of back holes, team claiming the putin request is requested this call. it was another call. it went to 90 minutes according to the french side. so that, i mean, that's the 2nd call this week between them that's gone to that length of time. and the french read out of this call saying that putin told my call that

the conflict will continue until the end, unless negotiations met his terms. and until the end, well, he then went on to say that the goal is the neutralization and disarmament of ukraine. essentially the interpretation of these, this language, the fusion is used around this, has been regime change in your crime. and either long term occupation, perhaps annexation by the russians or installation of a sort of puppet government. also telling, i think just one last thing that to take out of putins coal with his security council. he said, i will never abandon my conviction, the russians and ukrainians are one people. this also pointing to this idea of a kind of a historical mission that he feels that he has to achieve here of bringing ukraine and russia together. because it's highly questionable whether the ukrainians have

any intention of feeling part of his family. if you, once he's been conducting an invasion of this level of brutality, even if you are a brother, it's hard to want to be together. when your brothers shooting you, richard walker, thank you. a week ago, the reasons behind russia's massing of nearly 200000 troops on ukraine's borders became undeniable. president putin watched air attacks around the country and ordered his troops to move it. he w. william blue croft has more on the events of the past week from a bustling country to a war zone has been quite a week in ukraine. now, we saw the 3 major staging areas that became invasion points. let's look where things stood before the invasion half. and you'll remember that in 2014 putin took over and then illegally annexed the crimea peninsula. now russia has had

a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting closer to the west as a threat to that base, which is partly what motivated him to annex the entire peninsula. he also backed separatists in the largely russian speaking part of the don bus region to take that area. now this is where russian forces have been staging their troops as well as from the north. the in rushes, ally beller, isn't. of course, russian forces in russia proper it self and is from these 3 points that russian troops came in and we can have a look now where things went from last week to this week. now we see where these troops have moved in from, as we were talking about from the north east and the south. now ukrainian resistance has been fierce and has been slowing down. russian advances moving into the country. but we have seen some progress by russian forces. like here we see

a land bridge between crimea, ann maria, pull going up into the eastern part of the country. and if they can succeed in holding this land bridge, it means that the south and the east will be connected by russian forces. and it has the risk of trapping ukrainian troops into the eastern part of the country. also, we're hearing earlier about them capturing care song, the one of the only major city so far that russia has been able to take. now it's very important to note that of course, what we mean when we see these kinds of images is not that russia full control of these areas. it's a very delicate, very dangerous, very fluid situation. if russia really wants to occupy these areas, it requires a lot of troops require supplies, it requires fuel, it requires logistics. at the same time, it seems that russia wants to keep pushing into the country. that's can be very, very difficult for russia to do. so let's be careful,

we talk about what exactly crew controls, what now, there's another danger here. the other danger is, of course, nuclear energy. now, we've already heard reports. you've probably heard about trend noble. how that is the decommissioned nuclear disaster site, which has been uninhabitable since 1986 when that reactor they are melted down. that is already in russian hands. but ukraine also has a 15 operational reactors at 4 different sites all around the country, providing the country with half of its total electricity. now the ones in the north west, there hasn't been a lot of fighting there yet. so those are probably, at least for now, relatively safe. but the ones in the south, including the largest nuclear reactor in all of europe, could be vulnerable by some reports. there are russian forces just 35 kilometers from them. now, so far, ukraine's energy authority says they are still in control of these plants and they are 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 still watch dogs are extremely concerned about the safety these plants as a potential for a radioactive release, if any of them come under fire, which would of course, have consequences, not just for ukraine, but for the whole region. was des william glue croft there. as we mentioned earlier, the you in refugee agency now says the number of people fleeing ukraine has passed . the 1000000 mark while most are heading to poland. other neighboring countries are also taking in people desperate to escape russia's attack the w's. tessa vault reports tonight from the slovakian border with ukraine division and am a co border crossing point in the very east of slovakia. more and more refugees from ukraine are arriving here. mostly women and children, as well as old people, able bodied men must stay and fight in ukraine. provide here at the border crossing

between ukraine and so vakio behind me he is the gate with thousands have arrived in the last few days around 30000 is what people have been telling me here and they arrive hungry. many of them having slept and days, and obviously they had to leave their loved ones behind father's son's husbands. but he, they are welcomed by great solidarity helpers. have set up a few tense here so that the refugees can take a deep breath after their arrival. just like alice script, nick, she fled the worn ukraine with her 2 children. it's really great to feel the same amount of kindness. i met on the border and here and every, every 10 mean is volunteers came here, come here and save us. what do we need? but for now we need to have anything we need it's safety and want some food.

the other refugees are also relieved to have made it across the border. but they are very concerned about their families at home. and this 15 year old says that instead of fleeing, he would rather confront the russian aggressor. i think if you're someone give me a gum, i'll say him, you're cramped up. take a fight for processing for i was in cuz i need to fight for 3rd, our country outside people are queueing to be registered by the slovak authorities, volunteers hand out hot drinks, groceries and some medicines is needed. no vol injury. that's good because till now no, he had really, really fuel through problems to, to solve. and so, i mean people are more hogwash can than, than injuries with their homeland at war and an uncertain future ahead of them.

many refugees are crossing the border to slovakia. envision in m e k, and that report filed by our reported has of alter. she joins me now from a border crossing between slovakia and ukraine. it's good to see tanza. unfortunately under these circumstances. what are people telling you about their journey to the border crossing where you are? now every story of this is individual that what we hear from the people here is that a lot of families have come from western ukraine. so they basically decided as parents that they want to get their kids out of the country. so the dad and the mother put them in the car, they come here, but then at the border, they have to say good bye to the father because obviously the man can't leave the country. so they are very emotional scenes here at the border crossing with the man staying behind and the women and children moving on. but

a lot of men also want to stay in ukraine because they want to fight and defend their country than we spoke to other families who've come all the way from the eastern part of ukraine. a lot of people actually try to cross the border through poland, some even when to hungry. and this is sort of their last alternative and the last measure where it actually finally worked. what they all say is once they get here there, there's a sigh of relief. everyone's happy to have made it and to finally be in safety here . yeah, we can only imagine what it must be like there for the the wives and mothers, the children every to say good bye to the father's husband's, not knowing if they will ever see each other. again, the border crossings. how are they organized just to deal with this influx of people? it is actually brilliantly organized. he, i have to say, i saw a lot of and she owes wants people to make it through the crossing,

which is just behind me here. they are welcomed with hot tea water. there's food, there's tense that are, he said there are generators running so people can charge their phones to keep in contact with the relatives, their sim cards being handed out. so they can stay in contact and met one guy who told me it's actually spring break at the moment in silver care. so he took the whole family, they got into the car, they came here and now he's volunteering for the white cross. so there's a lot of sympathy for the neighboring country, and yeah, a lot of people want to help and also on, in, on a governmental level people want to help. so they have now decided to grant temporary asylum to people forget here or the ukrainians who want tube and to ask for asylum will be granted that and that means they also have health insurance and they have a work permit. so that might help them in the months to come and it hasn't, there, of course takes maybe some of the red tape out of this. but what did these people

expect to me now that they cross the border? what happens next for them? i mean, a lot of people have and they have relatives here, the ties between ukraine and so vakio a quite tight and you see quite emotional scenes of families with tis and eyes because they have finally found that relative that was in ukraine. and now here the coffee, they find each other and they can help each other now to go to a safer place. so lot of people don't actually stay here at the camp, but they keep moving. and there are others who don't know anyone, and they can apply for commendation their over 400 families. hands of acute, already signed up to rent out their room, well, give it out for free or even an entire flats. so this is an option that of see life as it was for all of the people here has now ended, and they will have to figure out how to deal with it in the next few weeks, maybe months. yeah, i'm sure that people are still under shock. think just

a week ago, week and a half ago they were leading their normal lives. did of ease teso vault reporting from the border between slovakia and ukraine to 9 tenths of thinking and is testable saying the european union has agreed to give emergency temporary protection to refugees who are fleeing the war in ukraine? it means that the more than a 1000000 people who have fled can now apply for temporary protected status and residency permits throughout the you. millions more are expected to follow. the measure is meant to ease pressure on member states which border ukraine. here is the french interior minister speaking earlier today. it does so that is you before, has he been eligible persons will thus be able to benefit from a protective status similar to that of a refugee europe, in any country of the european union, for a renewable period. of one year is this unanimous decision reflects the full commitment of the european union to the solidarity that we owe to the ukrainian

people. in the face of this unjustifiable war of the german car maker volkswagen has halted. it's russia business, making it the latest in a series of major companies to respond to sanctions imposed over russia's war with ukraine dimer and b, m w, or also quitting the russian market, german business leaders. it said the sanctions effectively amount to a full embargo in the russian city of deluca ve w's assembly lines will soon be standing still. normally the group produces polos to guanine or sco to rapids, but there aren't and production. now. normally $4000.00 people to be working at v debbie's facilities in russia, including gallagher and usually nov. garad for v w producers scotto brandon cars. the photo and group has also stopped all exports to russia, subsidiary. portia ship $6000.00 cars to russia alone last year. v w blames the

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