ah ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. the fire, europe's largest nuclear plant in ukraine is now out. the supple reach. he had nuclear power plant was attacked by russian forces. the new ends nuclear agency has warned up severe danger of the plants. reactors were hit. but local officials say the plant has been safely secured. and russia sees, is a major city residence in the black sea port of cas on far seen lining up for bread

as they prepare for life under occupation. ah, illinois, terry martin, good. have you with us, you cranes, state emergency service. it says a fire at europe's largest nuclear plant has now been put out the fire at the supper. richie of facility began after it came under attack by russian forces. local officials say the nuclear plant has been safely secured and that radiation levels remain unchanged. the facility produces a quarter of ukraine's energy needs. resident followed up near zalinski has accused russia of trying to repeat the chan noble disaster saying the incident underscore the need to stop the fighting. usually we will, if there's an explosion you, that's the end for every one of the and for europe, your would have to be evacuated more than only urgent action by europe can stop.

the russian troops do not allow the death of europe from a catastrophe at a nuclear power plant. small, let's bring in dr. charles casto. he's a us nuclear safety expert who is involved in containing the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan. dr. customer, thanks for being with us. tell us what went through your mind when you heard that this ukrainian nuclear power plant was on fire. well obviously, terry, that's a very troubling situation. there is no rational reason for attack on a nuclear power plant. tell us how dangerous it is to have a war being fought near a nuclear power plant. well obviously is that situation is troubling. however, as you've seen with the state media talking about that it's stable, the operators are able to deal with the types of situations we plan for the situations in the, in the design of the plan is very robust. nevertheless,

that is not a challenge that you want to present to anyone to any operator, any new facility anywhere. what exactly do you have to watch out for me if the tanks are firing even if, if they're not targeting the plant itself, but somewhere near it. if a shell hits the nuclear power plant, what could happen? the most troubling situation would likely be with the spent fuel that, that stored in the facility. and that spent fuel is contained, it has the containment structure around it. but nevertheless, is the part of the client and part of the fuel system that you will have to worry about. and we saw in the super seem a case where they actually the earth attack human nuclear plant, that the operators were able to maintain safety of the spent fuel facility. is there any international? sorry, go ahead. so the reactors of the very well very robust thinking pain deep in the

plant and it would be difficult to have us to have a serious release. however, that's a something we always are concerned with. the spent fuel pools are somewhat more concerning. and as i said that we have been shown demonstrated that we can protect spent fuels. is there any international safety protocol for something like this for nuclear power plants in conflict owns b. i. e a has a response center, the department of energy, the nuclear regulatory commission, the united states, and many other agencies. and they have been activated to monitor situation. and there is remote monitoring of the radiation levels to be able to determine the severity of the accident or the concern that we have in ukraine. but it's not such that when, when fighting is happening around a nuclear power plant,

it's not that they shut it down. yes, typically what would happen is i as if it was a hurricane or so soon, army, prior to that the plants would be shut down and safely secured at that point mentally. then what you have left is the fuel itself with would be protected, but the plan itself would likely be shut down or would be shut down by the loss of extra power outside the facility. the plants are all likely shut down and secured. now, many people, not just in ukraine, of many people are scared about this situation with ukraine's nuclear power plant being in the middle of a war zone. should they be concerned? well, you should be concerned the, the, the, the likelihood of a, it depends on the magnitude of any attack that might occur. the n, as i said,

it's very extremely robust of plants extremely robust and and mostly it would be a area as we saw it, sharon ogle and fukushima would be an area around the plant that would be most susceptible to damage. however, after fukushima and after turnover, we learned a lot of lessons from those accidents and word many countermeasures, or we can take to minimize the amount of radiation release from a reactor regardless of the accident that might occur. dr. casso, thank you very much. that was dr. charles casto, he's a us nuclear safety expert during while the mayor of the black sea port of cason has confirmed that russian troops have indeed taken that city. it's the 1st major urban centered to fall since russian forces began their invasion of ukraine more than a week ago. that 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. but as he gets a lot, the russian soldiers and offices are acting bravely, like true heroes. our troops fight with persistence and full understanding that that cause is right spool. and when you minute pull out, as we would 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 stared, sight shooting. you hear the sounds

i think i should stroke recording before some troops room ahead. 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 cave, president zalinski urged western nations to impose and no fly zone over ukraine. he warned that europe is in danger if the country falls into the last lesson. if we full go to forbid hollywood, next will be latvia. i'm in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, value, and then they will go to the berlin wall, toys, if that woodland, the b, w, is clear 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. dw correspondent mathias bellinger is in ukraine, his and live in western ukraine. but he has how are people reacting to the news? first of all of that fire, the nuclear power plant, are they worried? of course, people are worried about the news of the, of the, of the try of that in power plant or ukraine is we're the 1st country that has experienced a nuclear meltdown. a did the chernobyl plant is just 100 kilometers north of kia that exploded in 1986. and people do remember this. so definitely they are a big worries about that. the news they are, we're,

we're shocking for the past few days. people have gathered around that power plant to protect it. people unarmed people, a blocking the roads to that power plant in the case that somebody would come there yesterday. shelling was reported from these places from these road blocks that, that people have um, they haven't set up road blocks. they have been standing there with their bodies to protect the, the, the power plan. so and then they moved her the barricades in, in a, on the roads, but mostly like vehicles and am. and yeah, yeah, this is of course shocking people. i've been aware of this risk for some time. but here, sir, give us the situation. if it's the latest on the situation in ukraine, where things stand this morning, lots of things going on. am i as every day, maria, hope all is still and circled and are under siege. and key is a tax on key of our being our, our,

our ongoing in the suburbs of key of and there is the fear that russia might try to lay siege on that capital as well. that's the news this morning. what about people fleeing their homes? i understand that there may a, over a 1000000 people have left the country, but there are, there must be a tremendous amount of displaced people within ukraine. of course there are a lot many people who have fled their home towns and are now travelling either towards the western border or to the woods, the southern borders so that the borders with poland, slovakia, hungary, and romania. i'm many people have left the country as you said, mostly women and children because men are prevented from leaving the country under most martial law so that many men or families who do not want to split up our remaining inside the country in the safe areas for example here and leave where i

am now, which is one of the main escape routes out of the country to it's poland. now ukraine or russia held another round of talks yesterday they agreed on humanitarian corridors for people to leave. tell us about us. it's e monetary encourages them there for people to leave, but they also to bring in supplies into the cities, to feed the civilian population, to her, the medication, and all these humanitarian needs. there is, for example, i, i haven't seen any very specific a ideas or, or plans to, to establish these corridors. i think go, the main thing is that they have agreed on establishing them at all. but for a city like marie opal, for example, that has been under siege 1st quite some time. now this one is, of course something that's very important and a we do, the electricity is shut off there. heating is shut off there and no supplies coming

into the city. so this is of course, a very dire situation for this city. and a corridor is extremely bad, is badly needed. but here, thank you so much. mathias billing uh there are corresponded in libby. well, as mentioned, russia and ukraine have agreed to set up saved corridors, tobacco citizens and deliver humanitarian aid. but for some people in areas targeted by russian forces, those corridors are coming to late. ukrainian civilians are bearing the brunt of the military bombardment in places like the besieged city of mario, all on ukraine, southern coast. another shall hits murray. you pull as medics wait for their 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. 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 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 already who 8 who with neat locals, 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 with this applies will be move in to talk to the boy

that you great. and then further the so for 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 in while the exit is of people fleeing the war continues, the people leaving are mainly women and children, as most ukrainian men are staying behind to fight. most of them are obliged to stay behind. poland is receiving the biggest number of refugees, but other neighboring countries are also taking in people desperate to escape russia's assault w's. tess about reports from the slovakian border with ukraine. a roof over their heads. even if it's just a tent and a hot meal here, indecent limits crystal vakio, they found shelter from the attacks of the rush.