hi, ah ah, this is dw news life 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 is now in rush in hand. ukrainian president to lensky, saying that russia will pay for what it has done. also coming up tonight, ukraine and russia. hold a 2nd round of talks. she man, it's harry and corridors for civilians. caught in the crossfire. they may be in the works, plus the you in refugee agency says over $1000000.00 people have fled ukraine since

the war broke out. we'll go to slovakia where women and children are confronting the reality of leaving their homes behalf. ah, i break off to our viewers watching on p b. s. in the united states into all of you around the world. it's good to have you with this on this thursday, and we begin with no progress in ending the war, but perhaps help for the civilians. who are 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 is just hours after the mayor of the city of hare san 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 last week. ha ha, go home these to find residence 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 his son. according to the regions governor, one resident recorded the moment, he opened his cousins to see a russian tank in the street. they're turning people to steward site, shooting in the peer to hear the sounds they think they should stroke recording before sun shoots 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 morrow paul is surrounded after hours of shelling, cut of water and power in keith. present, zalinski remains defiant. would the will ne, message leave should the wherever they go, they will be destroyed, fault, they will not have come here. they will not have food and they will not have one quiet moment to willie. the occupies will receive only one thing from ukrainians, resistance stuff, vs resistance, as of the such resistance that they will forever remember that we don't give out 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 in keith, those who remain have been taking refuge in the city's 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. where we want to go now to

the ukranian capital. my 1st guest is alexandra murphy, trucks. the human rights lawyer is 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 so different for different people because all of us a find your own way. how to be useful in this is creation of to provide their own input and choose a general struggle against russians. invasion, like for me, i work in the over my done and you should use and we provide 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, alexandra, 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 4474224, is that evidence or to send? so we have a test and one yes or for weakness who, who, who are preserved is there target charlotte 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 very 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, how is it, how says where, just to wait. and that near this house is a when know me that, that it was just 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 go to panic in the population. and alexander, have you seen these, these video testimonies yourself? have you seen them? i'm not responsible for and the light in this video testimonial, we have a decentralized initiatives and in

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 attached to be an object and from human rights point of view. and from human being point of view, it's all full. i mean, when you hear these reports of civilian targets being hit by these air strikes, what goes through your mind? they z lakeland shock. they posted it. you don't know. you bring a language that way. it will just opens a premium facebook and read what people who experienced such kind of behavior a feeling and thoughts is izzy. i in the spirit z i n, n a z z i in very different emotions, alexandra monte job 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. ukrainian russia have reportedly made progress on establishing humanitarian corridors for civilians. caught in the fighting an advisor to ukrainian president zelinski. we did that a 2nd round of face to face talks and bill roost were over. he said that i'm quoting here, ukraine does not have the results that it needs. yet there are decisions only on the organization of humanitarian corridor and quote, the idea that the 2 sides have agreed to keep talking. we're here at the table with me as our chief international, either richard walker. he's been following these talks. so richard, what did, what came out of these talks to be there in the middle of a war 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. and 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, what he was saying going into this is, is that he wants an immediate cease and the withdrawal of russian troops from ukraine, and there's actually no indication whatsoever that the, the russians or any kind of point of kind of considering doing that. it's got 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 it 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 hit by russian force . well i, 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 war of this kind. then even more so, and i think it's interesting to look at what vladimir putin was saying also today because he has held another meeting with his security council. now i'm sure

a lot of you is we're a member 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 the desk and speaking to them over a video conference. so not even anyone else was in the room. even showing maybe even the greatest 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 the 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 come for this conflict has been going on that 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. so trying to put the blame for the fact that there are large numbers

of civilian casualties on the ukrainians, the target of the invasion. and also talking about giving compet listen to this to the families of fallen. russian soldiers also indicating their 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 from 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 that things not going. exactly. is he going to, you know, i read to that he was offering with is equal to $50000.00 us dollars. isn't someone in that ballpark yet? 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 that 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 protein told my code 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, the goal is the neutralization and disarmament of ukraine. essentially the interpretation of these, this language, the pushing is used around this has been regime change in your crime. and i, the 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 call 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 where the ukrainians have any intention of feeling parts of his family. if you, once he's been conducting an invasion of this level of brutality, even if you are brother, it's hard to a want to be together when you're of brothers shooting, richard walker. thank you. a week ago, the reasons behind russia's massing of nearly 200000 troops on ukraine's borders became clear and undeniable. president boot and launched air attacks around the country and ordered his troops to move in. the w. william glue croft has more now 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 happened. you'll

remember that in 2014, put and 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. 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 cities 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 has 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 who 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 tra noble how that is the decommissioned nuclear disaster site, which has been uninhabitable since 1986 when that reactor there 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 summer for its there are russian forces just 35 kilometers,

some 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 ensures global nuclear safety has called on rush to avoid going anywhere near these nuclear reactors. but still watch dogs are extremely concerned about the safety, these plants, and the 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. it was d w. william blue cross reporting, they're here or more headlines from the war in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has discussed western sanctions in a call with saudi crown prince ma hm had been selman. now, according to kremlin sources, putin denounced the politicization of global energy supplies. russia is the 2nd largest exporter of crude oil behind saudi arabia. france has seized a super yachts linked to a russian oligarchy. the a more a vero, the is owned by a company with ties to igor such and he's head of the russian oil group ra,

sniffed french customs, sees the 85 meter long vessel at a shipyard near mar, say in accordance with ease sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle of the kremlin has long been cracking down on independent media in russia. censoring voice is critical of the government's issues when the were in ukraine began. authorities band media outlets from using terms such as attack or invasion to describe what is happening. we're now the latest casualty in the information war is the independent radio station echo of moscow. it says it's shutting down after being taken off the air over its coverage of the war, crackly and hissing. that's all that can be heard on the frequency that radio eco must please use to broadcast on for 30 years. it was the only national radio station,

not under the control of the kremlin echoes board of directors voted to liquidate the station. after russia media watchdog ordered its website, blocked gravel all over the way. we covered what the government calls a military special operation has led to this. the government is nervous and irritated. our editorial policies of the same as they were in the georgian, chechen or crimea war. she'll get a little bit of lunch from the food, so let each go. when you bring him, i'm surprised. i'm still surprised. nobody expected this. we still have a few more independent media, but i'm afraid they won't make it much longer than what 2050 these. it's not just eco must v that is coming under pressure of its coverage of the war in ukraine. rush us last independent television channel t v. rain has also been blocked due to what the russian government called deliberately, false information. this is nimble nickleby. now there was no previous notification,

they just blocked and only then we received the notification. the demands were so unclear, we don't understand what should be deleted. so we have to close the site. this insanity has to stop, read the headline on some leech, no newspapers until the copies were confiscated. pers, her, the solution of i think it's outrageous. i stopped you. those were the last of the free voices that have now been stifled with no roll of. i thought i would say probably say more than it's wanted that censorship. zora on tuesday, police and moscow detained to women and 5 children who wanted to lay flowers at the ukrainian embassy in their posters ret, no. to war. police allegedly threatened to strip the parents of custody with i'm with citizens are still finding ways to protest. no war is written on houses, bus stops balconies and elevators, but the words,

i quickly removed. well, as we mentioned earlier, the you had 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 aggression the w's, tessa vault reports tonight from the slovakian border with you green 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 to 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 stay in your car and take a fight for processing for you. 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 vor injury. that's good. so because till now louis had really, really fuel through problems to, to solve. and so i, people are more heartbroken 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. the ukrainian writer and photographer yevgeny bella ru sets is now trying or is not

rather trying to flee key for work as long focused on the most vulnerable members of ukrainian society. she's told the w news that she wants to stay and continue her work documenting the inhumanity of war. yes, kinney, avella. ruth, that's usually divides her time between keith and berlin. she's been in the ukrainian capital since december. now she's experiencing the russian invasion 1st hand. yet and you hear the sirens every day, several times a day is in there warnings of danger from the sky, hours, dental as, but it's never clear if the danger will really arrive or if it's just flying past her by flic abum unworthy. still you have to take shelter even sometimes. i'm reckless and don't go anywhere and just hope it passes over us. when i go out for a walk, the streets are completely empty. there's no one out. i. if i do see a bunch of people together, i know it's a line waiting in front of

a pharmacy. people wait for 5 or 6 hours in one of those lines to get the vitally important medicines they need for common. that is, in the best mister bellow, resets, had gone to keep this winter to research her next novel. her photography and writing have earned her international, the claim, and their greatly influenced by her work as a human rights activist. she tries to give a voice to those people in ukraine who have difficulty being heard, like the l g b t q community who faced a lot of discrimination in the country or members of the rama community living in desperate poverty on the outskirts of keith bello rou, sets wants to tell the truth with her photos and writing, and that includes trying to be clear eyed when it comes to her home country. reading yoga, and i will never stop being critical years in the land. but right now it's very difficult to stay critical because the bladder air. i'm shocked and in love with my

country read because i see how people are really trying to protect each other and support each other dimensions as ohio. good. how they're trying to oppose this unspeakable, cruel violence with some kindness with our nature here. and giggles is ethel. for her part. yes, jenny beller, resets is trying to counter the inhumanity of war by observing, documenting, listening to stories and writing them down. she says she intends to stay and key for the time being to be with her parents and her friends are coming up next on the day. russian missiles raining down on ukraine, the video that shows it all ah, [000:00:00;00]

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