ah, ah ah, this is d w. news live from berkeley. far europe's largest nuclear plant. these apple asia nuclear power plant was attacked by russian forces. the ones nuclear agency has warned of severe danger if the plants reactors were hit. but the local official, say, nuclear safety has been secured also on the program. for the 1st time since it invaded ukraine, russia has seized a major city. the mayor of his song confirms that the black sea port is in the hands of invading troops. president, the lot of miss lent he says,

russia will pay for what it has done by ah m. anthony howard walk into the program. radiation level set, europe's largest nuclear plant in ukraine, remain unchanged after fire broke out there following shilling by the russian military. local officials say nuclear safety has been secured at the site. the separation facility, which produces a quarter of ukraine's energy needs, came under attack by russian forces. emergency crews have now been able to access the site. continuing ration gunfire initially prevented them from breaching the fire. president for la mesa lensky is accused russia of trying to repeat the chernobyl disaster saying, the incident underscored, the need to stop the fighting. hugo, missouri with europe must wake up. now. europe's largest nuclear power plant is on

fire right now, or russian tank fire or nuclear units. these are tanks equipped with thermal images, so they know where they're shooting. they were preparing for it. from on this we tend to adopt a child's castro, u. s. nuclear safety expo involved in the containment of the damage at the fukushima plant after us hit by a cinema wife. doctor castro, thanks for your time. can we 1st start with your reaction? when you 1st heard that europe's largest nuclear power plant had been hit by russian fire. well, anthony, of course of fire is very concerned in any nuclear plant, undergo plans are designed for severe buyers and have counter major than operators are trained to talk about a fire situation. with that said, just how delicate is the infrastructure around a nuclear nuclear plant. when you consider an armament going off, is there anywhere near a power plant that, that, that is safe to say?

well, the plants are robust. we've designed with containment buildings. and also that plants are designed for aircraft attack and, and extremely robust. so the concern would be for spent, you'll damage this unit, i think unit one, it would been reported the fires nearby was shut down, it was undergoing refueling at the time. so you say that there is a code for an aircraft attack just how much can a nuclear power plant take in terms of explosions? well, if any of these nuclear power plants are robust with many, many meters of solid concrete, and a rebar and containment structures to contain any radiation that that might be released inside the plant. that said, are we right to be scared?

in this scenario, a military force firing on a nuclear plant. well, obviously this is unprecedented. a situation that we will read that, that for this situation and, and i say, you know, remember the focus she, mckay's, actually the earth attack that plant the ocean and the ground attack that nuclear plant in through your shima generally was contained by severe tsunami and earthquakes. the attack that plan it was contained to an area somewhere around a ometer or less for that plant where there was some about contamination in the facility. the bulk of the contamination radiation was contained within the facility and there were no deaths due to the nuclear release. the you in what still converged russian forces to stop the attacks on the plant as

a man of 38 years experience in this field. what do you say? yes, of course on all attacks need to be stopped and operators need to be allowed to do their job to recover the reactors and shut them down and safely shut them down and contain all radiation. so they need to be allowed to use their procedures that they have and on the facility are designed to contain any radiation. nicholas safety experts. dr. charles castro. thanks so much for your time. bye, gary. now the war in ye, crime is in its 2nd wake, and president flood of miss lensky. has urged his people to keep up the resistance . that's as russia intensifies its attacks on major cities, the mayor of the black sea port of hassan confirmed that russian troops have indeed taken the city. it's the 1st major urban centre, the full since russian forces began their invasion if you'd cry. and it comes,

as russian troops continued to attack, the outskirts of the ukrainian capital devastation on the outskirts of cave. as the invasion of ukraine drags into its 2nd week, russia has intensified its attacks on major cities across the country. with russian forces advancing in the east and south president vladimir putin claimed that the so called special military operation is going to plan as he gets, although the russian soldiers and officers are acting bravely like true heroes. our troops fight with persistence and full understanding that their cause is right spool and when you minute produce, we will do in the south, russian troops have taken control of the key black sea port of her son. according to the regions governor, one resident recorded the moment, he opened his curtains to see a russian tank in the street. they're turning people to steer inside,

shooting the beer, hear the sounds. i think i should stroke recording before something troops room ahead. while in the east you crane 2nd largest city car cave is still standing despite russian advances. but heavy bombardment has let buildings and ruins and dozens of civilians dead. with no relief from the fighting on the outskirts of keys, president zalinski urged western nations to impose and no fly zone over ukraine. he warned that europe is in danger. if the country falls, it shall us. nothing. if we fall, daughter forbid, hollywood. next will be latvia. i'm in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, value, and then they will go to the berlin wall. portia, if that would, when the t w is close to me. but a 2nd round of talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators has met with some

progress as the 2 sides agreed to establish humanitarian corridors in some areas. for those residents who have not or cannot escape any such corridors could provide some desperately needed respite. the crime and russia have reportedly made progress on establishing humanitarian corridors for civilians. caught in the fighting, an advisor to ukrainian president lensky twisted that a 2nd round of face to face talks in deliveries were over. he said, quote, ukraine does not have the result it needs yet. there are decisions only on the organization of humanitarian cargoes. he added that the 2 sides also agreed to keep talking after some for sip civilians rather in areas targeted by russian forces, those humanitarian cargoes come to light. a training and civilians are bearing the

brunt of the military bombardment. in places like the besieged city of mighty opal on e, france, southern coast, another shell hits marie you pull as medics wait for the next call. but with phone services knocked out in parts of the city, they don't always know where to go. often they go door to door searching for anyone injured and in need of treatment. here they find an elderly woman and her house was hit by a shell. she still in shock as she's taken by ambulance to a makeshift hospital. but sometimes help comes to late doctors. we're unable to save a 16 year old boy, struck by a bomb that exploded on a football field. far away from the fighting, a plane carrying medical supplies has arrived in the polish capital,

warsaw the world health organization has sent 36 tons of aid, including surgical materials to treat a 1000 people. if the military go pick escalates, we're going to see many, many more really vulnerable people who are already late, who will need a lot of what. but 1st, the cargo will have to be transported by road to places where the 8 is urgently needed. so i think i'll go back to go with this applies will be move in to talk to the board. that would be great. and then further the support, they affected our system. that means it will likely be days before the medical shipments reach frontline cities in murray, you, paul, which is under siege by russian forces and cut off. it's already too late. the european union has a great to give emergency temporary protection to refugees fleeing 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 major is meant to ace pressure on member states that border you crime. and here is the french interior minister talking about the moon. it does so that is you before see been if eligible persons will thus be able to benefit from a protective status, similar to that of a refugee up 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. now, as russia is a vast country, the war in ukraine, my sane far away for russians living in remote areas like siberia, but videos appearing on social media, showing young russian recruits captured by ukrainian forces, bringing the realities of wool home to their families and friends. thousands of

kilometers way. a small town and east in siberia, almost 5000 kilometers from ukraine. but the war has already arrived here. this is the home town of puzzle. a young russian soldier captured in ukraine. the baby c visited his friends and family. the yes was again, those are like yeah, i've been crying the past 2 days. won't make like a completion of opened with a legal will. i don't support it. i don't know what's happening and why our youngest being sent over that. i've been why didn't videos of young russian prisoners of war are everywhere on social media. this unverified footage shows a captive soldier who is given food and tea and allowed a phone call with his mother. and more and more videos like this are spreading russian soldiers who say they had no idea they were heading off to war. well, you know, as it is in even dusty, we see that especially the young recruits,

often appear confused about if they weren't told about the nature of their deployment, their morale and their motivation, a low, the logistics aren't working as well as even the west expected them to be as often as the years i, the anguish of audit water is douglas. valentina melanie cova is the long 7 chair woman of the russian committee of soldiers. mothers concerned parents reach out to her in moscow asking where their sons i, she's worried that the number of coals will drastically increase. what you rationally with this is a terrible war. there are many dad and many prisoners on by. he cranium and russian sides. we have to convince the warmongers, especially russia to declare humanitarian sci fi, say we can bring home the prisoners of war. you, that it may be the media. the people in this small east siberian town say they had no idea that pavel is in ukraine. his aunt has one wish over the ring back our boys

sport, and the wind to paralympics to to begin light of friday in beijing will take place without athletes from russia and believers. the international paralympic committee has banned parallel paints from those 2 countries from competing. that's a reversal of its earlier decision. on tuesday, the i p c had said, athletes from russia and deliveries could take part a so called neutrals under the paralympic flag. but the organization bowed to growing international pressure to issue a full band, a $71.00 member russian contingent is already in beijing. the russian football federation or union rather meanwhile, says it will file an international legal appeal against the decision to ban russian teams from global competition that banned from football's world governing body fever and its european counterpart effectively rules russians, men's team out of this, he is world cup competition and the women out of this is european championships. russia's football bosses said in a step, the statement they will demand of the international court of arbitration for sport

that russia be restored to all football tournaments. that's all the news for now. more coverage on the russian evasion of ukraine can be found at the website at d, w dot com. i'm anthony, how it in berlin for me and the team here. thanks for watching. not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day and in depth look at current news, events analyzed by experts and critical thinkers. this is the weekdays on d w.