stop the fighting. evil possessed 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 when they were preparing for it. from on this, we tend to dr. charles castro, at us nuclear safety expo involved in the containment of the damage at the fukushima plant after us hit by a cinema wife, dr. casper. thanks for your time. can we 1st up with your reaction when you 1st heard that europe's largest nuclear power plant had been hit by russian fire? well, anthony, of course, a virus barrett and certainly at any nuclear plant, undergo plans are designed for severe fires and have countermeasures and 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 any where near 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 extremely robust. so the concern would be for spent, you'll damage this unit, i think unit one, it would been reported to buyers nearby was shut down and 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 plants, 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, i'll be right to be skate in this scenario. a military force firing on a nuclear plant. well, obviously this is unprecedented. a situation that we will reap the, the for this situation. and i saw you remember the focus she, mckay's actually the earth attack that plant the ocean and the ground attack that nuclear plant in through shima generally was contained by severe tsunami and earthquakes. the attack that plan was contained to an area somewhere around 80 kilometer or less for that plant where there was some amount of contamination in the facility. the bulk of the contamination and radiation was contained within the facility, and there were no deaths due to the new killer 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. i know what types need to be stopped in 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 good. now the war in g crime is in its 2nd wake and president flooded. 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 of youth crime. 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 what is he gets a lobby and russian soldiers and offices are acting bravely like true heroes, our troops fight with persistence and full understanding that their cause is right spool. and when you minute pull out with we with you. 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 the shooting. you hear the sounds i think i should stop recording before some troops room and while in the east ukraine 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 keith, president zalinski urged western nations to impose a no fly zone over ukraine. he warned that europe is in danger. if the country falls, it shall as nothing. if we fall, god forbid hollywood next will be luck. via home in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, valley, and then they will go to the berlin wall. portia, if that would, would, when the t w's clear sunni. 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, were spite 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 belarus were over. he said quote, ukraine does not have the result needs yet. there are decisions only on the organization of humanitarian corridors. 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 tranny and civilians are bearing the brunt of the military bombardment. in places like the besieged city of maddie, oo pole. on e, france, southern coast. another shell hits murray. 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 to her house was hit by a shell. she's still in shock as she's taken by ambulance to a makeshift hospital. but sometimes help comes to late. doctors were 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 medical escalates be 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 also wanted to go with this applies will be move in to talk to the boy that you 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 flayed can now apply for temporary protected status and residency permits throughout the you. millions more are expected to follow. the measure is meant ace pressure on member states that border ukraine. here is the french interior minister talking about the move. it does so that he, before has he been 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 may seem 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 war,

home to their families and friends. thousands of kilometres way a small town in eastern 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 open in the league. i don't suppose yet. i don't know what's happening and why our youngest being sent over that. and why didn't videos of young russian prisoners of war 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 whoa, whoa,

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, as i, the anguish of audit. douglas, valentina melanie cova, is the long saving 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 watching rationally. but 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 wool. you thought it might 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 later 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 belarus 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 it's european counterpart effectively rules. russians men's team out of this year's world cup competition and the women out of this is european

championships. russia's football bosses said in a step statement, they will demand of the international court of arbitration for sport that russia be restored to all football tournaments. that's all the nice, phenomenal coverage on the russian evasion of ukraine can be found at the website at d, w dot com. i'm anthony. how'd in berlin for me? and the team here, thanks for watching with some are driven by merciless greed. others are fighting the destruction again when the invaders came to present that they should be done in the next 2 days to get from and is trying to destroy the indigenous people with a large scale burton project. blend grabbers are exploiting. b, amazon, rain, forest. indigenous peoples are now bravely opposing them because it's not only the

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i'm nick mechanic line. welcome to this special edition of dw sports. for the 1st time in recent memory, we are seeing the likes of fever. you eva, and other giants crumble under global pressure to take a united front. russian teams are banned from competition. sports events are moved or canceled altogether. sponsorships across all sports and divisions are ended. these are some of the outcome so far as the international sports community moves to further isolate russia. for 15 years german football club shall co, played with the logo of russia's state owned energy company, gas prom on their shirts. now the partnership worth $9000000.00 euros a year to the club was abruptly cut short and players strode out in altered jerseys for the 1st time on saturday. across the wonders league as 1st and 2nd tears clubs and fans denounced president vladimir putin and his militaries invasion of ukraine

. please for peace could be seen around the grounds. and all games were preceded by a moment of silence. similar sentiments were expressed across the sporting landscape around the world. formula one abandoned, the russian grown pre scheduled for september in saatchi while allowing russian drivers to compete under a neutral flag this season. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin himself a black belt. jude oka has been stripped of his title as honorary president of the international judo federation. the most senior official position he held in the world of sports and european footballs governing body. you a 1st stripped st. petersburg gas. prom arina of the hosting rights for this years . champions league final like shelter you a for has also decided to cut ties with gas prom. the energy giant was one of the organisations key sponsors since 2012. the partnership were 40000000 years a year had previously already attracted criticism. russia is being told clearly

that at present it is unwelcome in the world of sports. one of the 1st athletes to openly condemn vladimir putin aggression in ukraine was bloodiest love yet as if it's just weeks ago. you may have seen his face and his call for peace during the winter olympics in beijing. he's the ukranian skeleton athlete who put his no war message out there after one of his runs at the games. as russia was amassing nearly 200000 troops on his country's borders, that he's let the ask of it. joyce be now from north west ukraine. welcome to d. w. at the i a c and china both said the athletes shouldn't protest, but you did. so anyway, tell us about that moment. i will not fall. it's brought us in quality quote, because they're not mentioned any other country. i just mentioned my country and

that they want to be in my country. and i want to piece for people who lives in my country. and mindy, you're back home now and you'll get it out of bomb shelters. and you could even be asked to fight. have you heard anything yet? and they do explain for you is what the situation is like where you are now i am, it's now for moment on the play button to your exposure, but i hear it that morning. good yesterday evening. so it's absolutely terrible. see what i see. and i spoke with my friends around the rain and it's, it's terrible situation like rush, no ducks, kids that civilians it's, it's terrible. it's terrible. is it? our old family isn't your current suffering now because of this invasion and i hope

it will and sure that's understandable. have you been spoken to about joining forces to help find? is that been a discussion you've had yet? i want to buy a new experience. you know, it's interesting and not a professional sold or i'm professional of that. and so i fight on my lot for, and i fired on my way to support their growth community. that's it. that's the most important point. you are, of course, an athlete. and you were one of the athletes who was demanding that russia and better roost be suspended from competition. i mean, despite the international paralympics committee is decision, very little is actually change for russian athletes. what did you think when you heard the news is unacceptable. it's very important to mention that russian audits not only you know, need to explore, but the big sports also like going to quite

a bit. they all are members of military ration, you know, to so they have straight connection to, to the war. what we have now, secondly, lacks invention of the brain. it's away the bridge in the need to chapters. and they said they should have strong sanction. but now it looks like nothing's changed for them and they're ready to compete on their national park in june than in big games. and also like as we know, ok, let's face it was a country in some way, some side, those are view. so i like they use was as propaganda. i already got a lot of messages from russia and i showed one of them in instagram my in so russian or to reach me, a leg, get bombed in my house. so they, they, mine's are already in propaganda. and it should be suspended from from the sport.

thank you for that, but so to stay safe. thank you for talking to us. and since we talked a lot is love, hear us give it to the international paralympic committee, has indeed band russian and bell russian athletes and competing at the paralympics . previously the i p. c. had said competitors from the 2 countries would take part as neutrals. however, it has changed that decision a day before the beijing games we do to start with athletes already in china to take part for both the world governing body for suspended russian teams from all competitions. the decision bands, russia from the upcoming world cup playoffs, the women's heroes and the men's well cup. here is a look at a frantic few days in world football. as fever was convinced to take a stand. russia hosted the last men's world cup in 2018 russian president vladimir putin and fif of us johnny infant tino acted like best

friends. even then many in football were uncomfortable with russia hosting a world cup falling. it's 2014 annexation of crimea. now, after the invasion of ukraine through russia, out of this year's tournament, and qatar in november and december, has become the big topic for the globe's biggest sport. even if russia had not even qualified yet for condemns, as well. the use of force by russia, ukraine, violence is never a solution fee for initially said russia could no longer hold any international matches at home with neutral venues used without any fans. no russian flags or anthems would be permitted. and the national team would be known as football, union of russia, rather than russia. but this was not enough of a punishment for the invasion of ukraine, according to poland, sweden, and the check republic. those nations were future or potential opponents for the

russians in marches. playoffs for katara, after consultations with our players on the polish national team, the decision was made that it does not matter in what location we do not want to play against russia. and this way, we want to show our protest against putin's aggression against ukraine, located england followed suit in saying they would not play russia for the foreseeable future. this all gave fee for no real wiggle room when it came to russia, playing at the world cup with the international olympic committee, also adding to the pressure despite infantry nos close bond with putin, he's been left with little choice. let's get a global view now from the group global athlete. kara donovan is a former world champion kickboxer and now speaking to speaking to and for world class athletes around the world. thank you very much for joining us and welcome to the show. we're seeing some unprecedented decisions concerning how reluctant global

sports has been in the past to punish russia. is it too little too late in your life? yeah, i think like, while there's been a huge amanda statements coming from different sports federations, i think 1st of all, we have to look at the plot. the detail says i like the lympics, for example, on one day they really did possible because they happened to actually sanction their limpid committees of russia and bella roost. and so we need to any go further and it's definitely late in the day. and we have to see more sciences starting with the bombing of oxy in russia, or from russia and batteries in the pilot. the game started this week. some save all that. this is part of sports washing machine. could you tell us what that is exactly, and how it works? why? well, sports washing is certainly another you concept. it is used by a lot of our talk, tard, terry, and regimes to cover up. for example,

human rights abuses and i know spacing. lympics, par lympics has been widely criticized for the use of sports washing. and sports has been an enormous part of russia's political agenda, both domestically and internationally. and so that's why we are calling on the various functions almosha i'm by the way because they will use these games. they will use sport to cover up to cover up on just actions at home. and to use this as part of their agenda. and it's something that we are seeing more and more of because the likes of sports, the i o c particular they've been complicit in this. they've been very, very happy to sit by and allow these types of countries use forward for all the wrong reasons. you say they've been complicit. do you think it's natural sporting bodies? have i see live from this? do you think they will act differently when they host countries in the future? it, you know, it's hard to answer that question. as part of me, that's

a little optimistic, but i have heard people say that this is a huge. there's been a huge change. now when we see all these boards, federations come out with statements like they have with severe sanctions. and we have to recognize that's not true, this is only the start. what i do think the fact that there has been so much public pressure, a lot of the pressure is compromise leads. and that has forced a small piece of change. and i would be very hopeful that these are going to grow from this and just put more and more pressure on for variations to make sure that they don't get away with this kero donovan from after the lead group global athlete . thank you so much for joining us. that's all from me in the sports team here in berlin for more check out our website, d, w dot com, forward slash sports. we leave you with images of solidarity across the different european football leagues. do take care. ah.

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