ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. ukraine says russian forces have seized its largest nuclear power plant. that's after an early morning attack on the side that caused the fire to break out as an adjacent training facility. that fire is now out, and officials have confirmed there is no sign of any radiation leak. nato condemns process. russia attack on the nuclear side, the head of a special summit of the alliances, foreign ministers, us secretary of state antony,

blinking message to moscow. heading into talks, if conflict comes, we are ready. blast the women and children fleeing the war alone as the men stayed back to fight. we report from this vacuum border with you crank and russia restricts access to independent news outlets including d. w, as it's parliament approves measures to suppress information about the oh lou, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? ukrainian officials say russian forces have seized the job hosea nuclear power plant. in the southeast of the country, responsible for about a quarter of ukraine's energy production. russian troops launched an attack on the facility overnight leading to a fire at

a training facility on the grounds. but not the reactor building, the complex is europe's largest nuclear power plant. your current state emergency service says it managed to put out the blaze and secure nuclear safety. authorities say that radiation levels remain unchanged. raphael grossey from the international atomic energy agency address the situation at the plant earlier. it's important to say that all the safety systems of the 6 reactors at the plant where not affect it at all. and that there has been no release of radioactive material. i have indicated to both the russian federation and the ukraine. my availability and disposition to travel to ch are novel as soon as possible so that these 7 crucial pillars are never again compromised. the chief of the i a speaking there

with me on the studio is our chief political correspond, melinda, crime, belinda, what did you make of this statement? well, 1st of all, he was at great pains to assure the public that the situation at jeopardy is currently under control. that no safety systems were affected, that the fire had broken out in a training facility rather than in a reactor. and had been brought under control by the fire brigade that works at the site. he also told us that of the 6 water reactors which are there and they make it, by the way, the biggest nuclear facility in europe, as i think you said it's a pressurized water. reactor of russian design considered a relatively safe design. he said that of those 6 reactors, only one is actually an operation and it is only at 60 percent operation. and he said that there was no additional radioactive material detected following this

fire following this incident, and that his safety experts are in very close consultation, both with the ukrainian government authorities and with the nuclear regulator in ukraine. so, so far, so good. and yet he also had a very stern warning indirectly addressed to russia. he said, we have the 7 principles that are essential to main safety tain safety at nuclear installations. the 1st one is the in viability of the physical integrity of the plat. and he said, all of our member countries and russia is a very important member of the i. e, a sign up to these principles. and yet the, the physical integrity was violated here. so a very clear critique directed at russia, which is why is making this extraordinary officer author to travel to the center of a conflict zone. to meet with the russian federation,

which is in physical control of the area and ukrainian authorities. because the cranial staff is still is still the staff that's running the control room. the current president lensky has compared this to china. bill is that comparison justified? this is a safer plant than chernobyl, but it's also a bigger plat than chair noble. and of course, the chair noble accident occurred under very different circumstances that was not an attack on the plant, but a fire that began and got out of control and led to one meltdown. so the circumstances are quite different, but the point here is that an incident at a nuclear facility, whether it is in a reactor or not, is always great because of the proximity to reactors and director general grossey of the international atomic energy agency. made that clear, saying this is

a very severe situ, a very grave situation that we are monitoring intensely. we are in close, close consultations with all who are concerned, and it's, he's, he's a regulator, he's not a politician. so his words were measured and under stated in a way, and yet he's making it clear that he does indeed view this as very serious indeed, certainly very grove situation. and then a credit to flip good to thank you very much. numerous cities are under heavy bombardment by russia, but still remain under ukrainian control the black sea port, of course, on this, the only major urban centers of full since russia began its invasion. more than a week ago, ukraine and the u. s. accused russia of deliberately hitting civilian targets during its attacks. meanwhile, civilians all over the country strengthened there is resolve to fight back valley all over ukraine. people are getting ready to fight latitude in live eve. those

with combat experience. teach those who have never held a gun before. i yeah. for one of those ruby thoughtful, i came here to get some understanding of what to do, how to defend myself and how to survive if the enemy comes for war of the not rigor . and while it still com and live eve devastation elsewhere could give an indication of what could come. this is what the outskirts of keith look like. with russian forces advancing in the east and south president vladimir putin claimed that his so called special military operation is going to plan what is his get hold of 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 pull out this, we will do in the south, russian troops and that tanks have taken control of the key black sea port of how

sun. they are also pressuring the port city of merrier poll. there's no water or electricity and the depths of winter to the east, ukraine's 2nd largest city. how he, if is still standing, despite russia's advances, but heavy bombardment has left buildings and ruins and dozens of civilian steps and she lost nothing. if we full, god forbid hollywood hill, next will be luck via home. in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, valley, and then they will go to the berlin wall voice duck boldwood will need the door. berlin's close to me. 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 could not get escape any such corridors,

could provide some desperately needed respite. hello, john bow corresponded mathias at bellinger. he's in these in a western ukraine. the tears intense fighting continues when things stand across the country. right? yeah, we've just heard the latest news or there are many hotspots at the moment. or hark if and key of remain some of the most of the worst attacked or, or a cities where we have the worst damage also to the civilian population. shelling is going on them. are your paul is and so could we don't have a lot of news from there because the city is mostly cut off any communication, as well as electricity and or gas supply. so this is, looks very dire there. here i am now at the, near the train station in leaf, and this is one of the places where many refugees arrive and we are hearing

a lot of a lot of very sad stories are we have so we are seeing people coming in still from har. give their trains evacuating people, but we also see that people fleeing from places that have so far not been attacked like me, brought in the east or odessa in the south where the russian army is advancing, and where people are afraid of, of fighting in odessa, people have said they could already hear some fighting, although it seems to be still quite far away from the city. so i'm fighting is intensifying across the country. it's a very dangerous situation, or for many people here. what is it, what are you hearing from the capital, keith, people that have been bracing for a full russian assault for days. yeah we've, we've seen fighting around in the suburbs of gear for quite some time now for, for, for many days almost almost since the beginning of this invasion and this,

it seems to be continuing. there is a warning by the authorities that the rush, my try to encircle, care of and lay siege to the city. so far, they have not managed to enter the city all at least not deeply. they have entered and we're ford back fighting continues in the northern and north east and north western suburbs of the city shelling of course of the city has also happened and is happening. so the situation is pretty much a, it's all a tile, but it has not shifted yet. in general, things are going on. it's still unclear what is happening. of course, this is the city that the ukrainian forces will try to defend, very hard a lot of our forces as we understand and have been brought into position there even before the war. it's, of course, the most likely a target of irrational attack. it's been since the beginning, so of course, this is a very crucial moment for the capitol. now ukraine and russia held another under

toss on on thursday. they agreed on humanitarian corridors for people to leave. tell us about those. there is a general agreement on humanitarian corridors that might be corridors for people to leave, or that might be a corridors to bring in supplies for food, for example, or medication. um, they are of course needed, especially in those cities that are on the siege, like marie or poor. and hark, if we, we know now here from the register they are still ways out of the city. but of course, this city has been mostly cut off from, from many routes in and out of the city. and there is a need of course of a to supply the city with humanitarian goods. i mean that he has willinger their reporting from the beef in western ukraine. thank you. mathias.

coming back to the major aspect today of the war and ukraine. ukraine and officials say russian forces have seized 3rd up was year nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country was that's responsible for about a quarter of ukraine's energy production. russian troops launched an attack on the facility overnight leading to a fire at a training facility on the grounds, but not at the reactive building. the complex is europe's largest nuclear power plant. grants, state emergency services at managed to put out the fire and secure nuclear safety authorities say that radiation levels remained unchanged or rougher grossey from the international atomic energy agency address the situation at the plant earlier. it's important to say that all the safety systems of the 6 reactors at the plant were not affect it at all. and that

there has been no release of radioactive material. i have indicated to both the russian federation and the ukraine. my availability and disposition to travel to ch are novel as soon as possible so that these 7 crucial pillars are never again compromised. that's got some background to that incident. are joining us now from vienna is go home and watch on over. she's a nuclear non proliferation and dis armand specialist. so given what we know so far, how dangerous was that incident? hi, well, this is an unprecedented situation. so the choice is, is we don't really know how dangerous this is, could get a general glossy pointed out. and you mentioned earlier that i was at a training facility not at the react to building itself so that sort of the good

news to the extent that they could use in this situation. so my husband with out and the reactor presumably is, is say all the reactor units and one must know that these are reactor units with built in safety systems, tested against high impact. so this is not close to panic yet, but certainly for very serious concern. this is for a moment to think about how dicey it is to have a war for nuclear problem. if a grenade from a tank or an artillery shell would hit the reactor building with the what would that lead to radiation leaks right away? not straight away from the reactor core is protected and then the new generation power plants and of course are tested for safety to withstand.