are currently trying to leave the country because of these rumors. there are reports that there are, there's a huge demand for flights to leave the country, especially to countries where there is no visa measures for russian. so that, that, that they could actually stay there. anyone wants actually many one way flights as well, and i'm hearing this from friends who are trying to find a way out. of course not everyone as i was saying. and as people wait to figure out what's happening, of course the sanctions are biting as well. so one person was telling me they had around $10000.00 in savings to try to leave the country. now that money is worth $5000.00, and that's getting worse and worse, of course, as the ruble is in free fall as well. everything so, ah, russia course one and emily, sherwin, thank you and you're watching the w a special coverage of russia's war and ukraine . and he is a little summary of the top news. this are ukranian. officials say russian forces

sees is zapora z, a nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country, which produces about one quarter of ukraine's energy. russia troops launched an attack on the facility overnight leading to a fire at the plant, which is also europe's largest ukrainian emergency services managed to put on the fire and secure nuclear safety. the head of the international atomic energy agency has confirmed that there has been no radioactive leak. russian troops are in control of the sites, but ukrainian staff continue to operate the plot. and following the attack, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski again called for a no fly zone to be imposed over his country. yet each of us dorsey de delivery. i sell the world's lead as was shaka, the got the united kingdom is calling for an emergency un security council meeting to you to this attack of the sky and the international atomic energy agency is launching an investigation by the center for emergencies. it is gone in full 247

response mode. we need immediate toughening of sanctions against the country. the nuclear terrorist. we need immediate closure of the sky of ukraine, is the only guarantee that russia, at least, will not strike with rockets and bombs talking nuclear plants. the i've out woman will at the name of the alarm is lensky speaking van for more on now joined by the darby is terry shows that nato headquarters in brussels or tara present zalinski. there are, again calling for no fly zone over ukraine. how likely is that you know, there's a lot of admiration for president zalinski here at nato headquarters and in capitols along with admiration for the bravery of the ukrainian citizens fighting back against the russian on slut. at the same time, nato leaders genuinely don't believe that a no fly zone would de escalate this crisis. they point out that it, you know, at some stage, a nato plane would have to shoot down

a russian plane. and that would lead to world war 3. people are worried, they say that they try to explain to the, to their ukrainian counterparts, that this would not be good for ukraine at the same time. you know, many of these leaders are speaking quite frequently to president zalinski, and i'm sure those are very uncomfortable conversations because he does seem to truly believe that this would be a way to save his country. and at the moment, this is just not something nato, a seriously considering. then he also suggested, or this conflict in ukraine could spread to surrounding countries. or those concerns mean are taken seriously at night or there. absolutely, they are. you've seen the nato has reinforced its own eastern flank, the baltic countries, poland, romania, bulgaria. all of them have extra troops coming from the united states coming from germany, extra equipment. so that's what they're doing to protect their own territory. but there's also increasing concern about other countries, moldova and georgia, there along the borders with ukraine, where russia, in fact,

has stationed troops already. and some of these in some of these regions in trans ne street they've, you know, occupied a couple of regions in georgia and there is concern now, and we're hearing this more in recent days, from nato officials off the record that russia could push forward over the borders with ukraine and try to meet up these troops that are stationed in other countries . so there's a lot of concern both about the fact that he may miss make a mistake and actually touch a nato country. but also that he may try to take over more territory in these vulnerable neighbors. a terry, one more question, do you get the impression that nato is ready to counter any threat to its territory? as zalinski has indicated, certainly, nato feels that it is ready to counter any russian threat to nato territory. it has stationed more troops, there, more equipment, and it has tens of thousands of troops that could be brought to the ready if necessary. in this $40000.00 strong nato rapid reaction force of which they've only

deployed a few 100 at this point. so certainly, nato has been back filling its own capabilities just in case and, you know, at the same time, you really don't hear that leaders think that putin would gamble. this would actually touch nato territory. and still, we've seen so many things in this attack on ukraine that nobody thought made sense rationally. so nobody is taking anything for granted anymore, and they will be continuing to discuss how to additionally reinforce nato's own eastern flank. did obviously one and a terry shots schultz there at nato headquarters. thank you very much. nato secretary general and shows mag is about to address the press roughly at the top of the on. we're going to bring that to you live here on the w news. numerous cities in ukraine remain under heavy bombardment with so father black see portal

craft song is the only major urban center to full since russia began its invasion more than a week ago, ukraine and the u. s. have accused russia of deliberately hitting civilian targets during its attacks. meanwhile, civilians all over the country remained strong and their 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 get one of the rubric 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 water, the knocker. and while it still com and live eve devastation elsewhere could give an indication of what could come. this is what the outskirts of key of look like. where the 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

guest? 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 . all, and when you minute produce, we will do all 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 pole. there is no water or electricity in the depths of winter to the east, ukraine's 2nd largest city has he, if is still standing, despite russia's advances. but heavy bombardment has left buildings and ruins and dozens of civilian deaths. shall noth, nothing. if we full go to forbid valuable, next will be luck via home. in lithuania is stony on georgia, moldova, poland, value, and then they will go to the berlin wall. poyser is dark mode,

it will need the doorbell, lindquist, to me. a 2nd round of talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators has met with some progress as the 2 sides agree to establish humanitarian corridors in some areas. for those resident. yes ma'am, i could not get the escape. any such corridors could provide some desperately needed respite. and i joined bow correspondent, mathias bellinger, his invasion of western ukraine. the tears intense fighting continues. where did things stand across the country wide? 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 or your poll is and so could we don't have a lot of news from there because the city is mostly cut off and you communication as well as electricity and a 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 or we have so we are seeing people coming in still from harkey of 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, what are you hearing from the capital? keep people there 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 russians might try to and circle give and lay siege to the city. so far, they have not managed to enter the city or at least not deeply. they have entered and then were ford back fighting continues in the northern and north eastern northwestern 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

a city that the ukrainian forces will try to defend, very hard a lot of our forces as we understand that have been brought into position there in a before the war. it's, of course, the most likely a target of a russian attack. it's been since the beginning, so of course, this is a very crucial moment for the capitol. now ukraine and russia and held another on to 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 paul. and hark, if we, we know now hear from their energies that are they are still ways out of the city.

but of course, the city has been mostly cut off from, from many roofs in and out of the city. and there is a need of course of a to supply the city with humanitarian goods. i mean, but he has bellinger, they're reporting from the beef in western ukraine. thank you much. yes. germany's chance olaf shaw says we emphasized that nato troops will not take part of the war, new crime saying this would only bring further escalation today shows visited the armed forces operations command to discuss future actions to protect eastern nato countries. germany recently reversed the longstanding principle of not sending or selling weapons to conflict areas. it's also now committed to upping military spending. b hasn't missed tired, we are not part of the military conflict that is happening death. and we won't be. this one's fairly, it is absolutely clear to us that nato and its members will not take part in this

war. on gloats, at the same time, we'll do everything in our means to facilitate developments in ukraine that lead to a cease fire. and the withdrawal of troops and buffalo for bluntness are knocked him up, took the top. now, joining us now from philo, zenia berlin, as the ws political correspond, nina has a, in a, what it shows say today, what was the overall measure message? well, this was all of shouts is official introductory visit to this is special unit here . that essentially organizes all of the bonus for the german armies. missions at home and abroad. he hastened to say that this was a trip that had long been planned, so it did not come as a result of a recent events. but he stressed that it was, of course, a very fitting time for him to be here and to thank the german soldiers because he

says, essentially this is what is keeping us safe. and this is, this can be stressed enough that the german army is needed more than ever. he also of course, reiterated again that he is strongly supports his own idea of or increasing defense spending that he announced on sunday. which a baffled lots of people, essentially marking this turn around point in german foreign and security policy, where are an additional 100000000000 euros are going to go into defense spending over the next couple of years. now this was of course, a message that was welcomed here by the army. now, soldiers here on the ground are saying that the mood is getting increasingly tense and will have shots in his statement earlier said that, and this is the situation that we're taking very seriously. but he reiterated like we heard from brussels earlier, that nato is not going to get involved into this conflict. but of course, that the german army, together with all its allies, neatest, a, send,

a strong signal of cause of deterrence also. so that nater doesn't get pulled into this conflict. so he also talked about the risks and coming from the attack on nuclear plants in ukraine. he was asked about that, and he said that he had a phone call with presidency lensky from ukraine this morning where they both tried and gather as much information as possible to see just where the risk was. and they are decided to collect the information together. and eventually came to the conclusion that attack on the nuclear plant was for now merely one on an administrative building. so for now, there is no bigger risk coming from that attack. at least that's what germany's role in this conflict a bit more. some of suggested that germany could act as a mediator between you, current and russia, on the other hand, decided to send a weapons to ukraine and is clearly a support to you. right. is that fantasy that germany could, could become

a mediator? yeah. you know, gad, if you'd asked me last wednesday, i would have said, well, of course that is exactly what they're trying to do. all are shorts was a, the last leader of ave western government who actually sat down with lady mer putin and talked to him for 5 hours and tried to persuade him and not to invade ukraine. essentially, that's what we're hearing. but of course, since last thursday, everything has changed and germany has now left its position of neutrality or of with a special relationship that they used to be famous for, or where they had close ties to russia in terms of business ties, but also political ties. there were friendships between politicians, all of this is a thing of the past, even if it was only last wednesday and last thursday. and when things really changed. so at the moment, germany has positioned itself firmly as an in solid charity of ukraine and firmly

in the circle of nato, and is sending this very strong message that whatever happens to another nato country, germany will be there to help defend nato territory. so at the moment and of course, behind the scenes, politicians are still trying to call people that lay no, from her more peaceful days. and they're trying to find a political solution. but at the same time, we're also hearing that putin can't be reached. and at that, there's very little optimism here amongst german politicians. are political correspondent, nina hossa, they're reporting. thank you nina. the winter paralympics are starting to during bridging, without athletes from russia. and bill arose on tuesday. the international paralympic committee said athletes from russia blues could take part a so called neutral under the parallel, big flag, but the organization bout international pressure and it should have fullborne 71

member russian contingent is already in bridging. meanwhile, those rustic russian government has introduced drastic new measures to clamp down on descent as opposition to the wall is growing among russians. on friday morning, parliament passed legislation banning the spread of information critical of russia's war or russia. military violations could carry up to 15 years in prison, free speech advocates warning that this will dramatically increase censorship. early other countries, media watchdog restricted access to d, w, and several other international news websites earlier this week for popular eco moscow radio station and the independent dust tv channel also shut down that sir. brandy w, russia, correspondent, emily sherwin on this normally best in moscow. but since the kremlin shocked on our bureau that revoked accreditation for all our colleagues and journalists,

they're working from berlin is good to have you in the studio for a change. ok, so let's talk about this new legislation by the russian parliament housing. if you could this, this was very drastic, it essentially means that all criticism can be silenced and the fear that already existed, you know, even before this war in russian society is being solidified. so even this, just last week, the media watchdog and russia was warning that media outlets in russia can only use official sources to report about of what they're calling a special operation. they also were telling critical media outlets that they can't call a war a war, but that they should be referring to it as a special operation. now it seems with this new law, which means up to 15 years in prison, essentially for any thing that that veers off the official line. that essentially makes critical media impossible. i know a lot of foreign colleagues as well. foreign journalists are thinking whether it's even safe for them to stay in the country. learners as well. well,

it applies to anyone spreading information, foreigners included and, and also, social media posts could be included. so essentially, anyone posting about the war criticizing the war, spreading any information about the war or online at all on facebook, on instagram and so on, could face, you know, quite a drastic punishment. and we've seen that before as well, that these laws can be applied to social media as well. well, it basically this band is there to, to stop descent inside the country. we're getting different the different picture here in the west. how big is the potential for descent in the country right now? well, it's hard to know because of course, it's hard to trust poles. at the moment there has been an official poll from a government pollster, which says at around 66 percent are in favor of this war,

an independent experts that i've been talking to put that number at more like 50 percent, which is still pretty high. and it shows you that a lot of people do turn to official sources of information, especially in times when they're afraid when they're on shore. people start watching state tv. and of course the line there is that russia is liberating ukraine from the neo nazis. and that this is a non violent operation, almost, you know, where they're not hitting civilian targets at all. so that's the, the current line there. and i've heard from, of, you know, people that i'm talking to on the ground of friends as well, who are saying that they can't actually talk to their parents about this anymore because there's a huge generational divide, of course, in how people consume media. people who are younger, consumed media, more online, others, older people often watch state tv. so people are saying, i can't talk to my parents anymore because they are, they're saying that everyone in the west is not sees. they're saying, you know, don't, don't be a traitor and, and, and so on. so really quite upsetting things that you're hearing from,

from russians on the ground as well about that. so that it, it, russia, made it more difficult to get uncensored a information a right now, but how can get people in russia is still possible to get uncensored information, but it's more difficult on exactly at the moment. it's so possible. russia does, of course, have the possibility to cut its own internet off from the world wide web. experts are saying that that's still quite unlikely and could be technically difficult, but that's a danger. people are using a vpn services, which means that they can essentially hide their i p addresses and pretend they're in a different country in order to access information that would be blocked within russia . so they can access critical media outlets. you are mentioning that, you know, mendoza was being blocked a critical media that the b, b, c, d, w many others as well. but it's an effort and you know, the question is whether people will continue to, to try to find information,

especially in a situation where they're confused and upset anyway. that's a danger. and people are using telegram messaging services as well to get their channels on there with news as well. but it's getting, it's getting harder and harder and i expect that to continue as well. in the coming days. let's talk about the room is that martial law could be introduced in russia. is that realistic and the hardwood russian public react to that? i would say that at this point, almost anything is realistic when it comes to repressive measures within the country. you know, we've seen repressive measures how i think anything is possible. ah, we don't know what the introduction of martial law would mean in practice. apparently there's quite a broad range of measures that could be introduced, but it could mean border closures, mobilization and a huge you know, even more censorship essentially. and a lot of people are currently trying to leave the country because of these rumors,

odd of their reports that there are, there's a huge demand for flights to leave the country, especially to countries where there is no visa measures for russian. so that, that, that they could actually stay there any 100 so many one way flights as well. and i'm hearing this from friends who are trying to find a way out. of course, not everyone as i was saying. and as people wait to figure out what's happening, of course the sanctions are biting as well. so one person was telling me they had around $10000.00 in savings to try to leave the country. now that money is worth $5000.00 and that's getting worse and worse, of course, as the ruble is in free fall as well. many things ah, russia course one on emily, sherwin that thank you. you watching t w's. and here's a summary of the latest developments in the war and ukraine. russian forces have seized these up arisia nuclear power plant. that's responsible for about

a quarter of you friends, entity russian troops attack the facility overnight leading to a fire of the compound that's now been extinguished. the head of the international atomic energy agency has confirmed that there is no radiation. that's all special coverage off the war and ukraine on gout l 1st in berlin. i'll have more just a few minutes out to talk off the hour. but before that, let's give a moment to those who amid all those this suffering, try to create some beauty o, watching pictures from poland border with your insurer . ah

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ah ah, this is the w news lie from berlin. ukraine says russian forces have seized its largest nuclear power plant. that's often early morning attack on the side caused the fire to break out as an adjacent training facility. that fire is now out, and officials have confirmed, there was no sign of a radiation. russian forces are battling for control of more ukraine. we can't ukrainian cities after taking the strategic for the city of carson on the black sea .