[000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news line from the russian forces sees ukraine's largest nuclear power plant. an early morning attack, kill several people, and sparks of fire as an on site training facility. officials const confirmed, there's been no radiation. the ukraine says russia is risking a major nuclear accident. also on the program. russian forces battle for control of more ukrainian cities after taking the strategic port, of course on the black sea,

ukraine's leaders urge people to defend the country any way they can. as russia restricts access to independent news media including d, w, it's parliament approved new measures to suppress information about the war and women and children fleeing the war alone as men stay behind to fight, we report from sla vacuous border with ukraine. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. brushing forces of seize control of europe's largest nuclear power plant. it's a pretty g at separate easier and ukraine's a se. ukraine says russian troops, 5 shells of the plant overnight killing several people, and sparking a fire at a training building authority. se reactors were not damaged and that no radioactive material was released. well, leaders have condemned brushes. attack on the plant, saying it risk

a major nuclear disaster. the largest nuclear power plant in europe seized by russian forces a relief to many. only a training building was set on fire and the fighting and ukrainian emergency services were able to extinguish the blades. so 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. ukrainian authority said several people died in the fire. keith blamed the fire on russian projectiles or assist keith and the russian tanks knew what they were shelling they were aiming directly at the station. this is tara, on an unprecedented level, or we like immediate toughening of sanctions against luxury having the nichoela

terrorist, we need immediate closure of the sky of u craver. this is the only guarantee that russia, at least, will not strike with rockets involvement, targeting mutual plans yet from the ivy out boom boom will ottoman of the but nato allies were quick to rule out establishing a no fly zone once again. or they, they were united in condemnation of the russian attack. while the attack on ukraine's largest nuclear power plants is just one indication of how serious a fighting has begun has become the d. w. william glue croft can tell us more diary, wholly easy, especially the civilians and cities around the country. they're facing aerial bombardment and shelling by russian forces. and we can see that on the map behind me at the the have a latest look up the fighting. it shows where ukrainian and russian forces are most heavily engaged on the ground and were russian force are trying to make more headway now,

much of that is in the south here. they're trying to move out west and east from the south, trying to connect with their forces into the east. now that could eventually at least cut off ukrainian forces in the east, if not completely split the country into 2, between west and east east. now in the north, we're seeing more fighting as russian troops are trying to encircle the capital of ki from multiple directions. it's very slow going for russian forces we've been hearing about some of supply issues. fuel shorted as these kinds of things and slowing down a very, very intense rush in advance. but it's very important to say that what, what you see here is not necessarily russian control of any kind of territory that would require a lot more troops and resources than they actually have, especially when they're at the same time trying to make advances further into the country, so this is where the fighting is most taking place. and there's another threat that

i'd like to talk to you about that we just heard in that report. and that is the nuclear power plants. let's show you more closely what exactly that looks like. ukraine gets 50 percent of its electricity from nuclear power and they're coming from 15 reactors at 4 different locations around the country. now we also have the tr noble area. that was the 1986 meltdown. that's been a disaster zone since then. it's still on inhabited. now the reactors in the west so far appear to be pretty safe because there's not a lot of russian troop activity happening there. some air strikes in the region, but nothing too, too intense, as we've been seeing in the eastern and southern parts. and that is where you've heard is happening with the russian attack, especially here on as upper anesha. this reactor here, the largest one in europe, that is what came under attack in the overnight hours. now what we're hearing is

that nothing actually has a dangerously happened there yet. the, the international atomic energy agency and ukrainian authorities are saying that although a russian shell hit that reactor, it didn't add or hit the, the area to say didn't actually affect any of the reactor. we can see here. now what this looks like about a 120 kilometer south from the city itself, of the same name as about 700000 people who live in this, in this city. just north of the upper need shut nuclear power plant. now everything is said to be under control, we are told that ukrainian authorities are in control of the nuclear power plant itself. but we are also told that it's russian forces that are in control of the plant itself and the area around it. so even if ukrainians are in at the control panel, it's still a very, very uncertain situation. now, as we said, the i e, a,

the director general of that organization, my o grossi, he called the situation unprecedented. he also stressed that there's been so far, no release of radiation, and the monitoring systems are functional and he's offered to actually personally go to tr noble to meet with ukrainian and russian officials to negotiate a deal that would protect the power plants from further fighting and further attacks more on this from the executive director of a 3 and a center for disarmament to non proliferation. and i know so cobra. welcome to d w. what's your assessment? how dangerous was the separation incident and thank you for having me and then stuff. an incident that is dangerous on many levels because it happens for the 1st time in a country where we do have operating nuclear facilities, nuclear plants, we never had

a war. city show military action where we had a conventional nuclear power plants. having said that, what we know about the current situation is something that probably says release some of the fears then mother, worse furious on those who follow 1st, what we know is that the project and fighting that was there. he is a silly and that is not area. so it is on the side of the all nuclear plan, but it is away from the reactor. the fire was down and the reactor actually, the nuclear power plant has 6 reactors, only one of them currently upgrades,

and none of the fire or the projectiles heat in reactor, they'll rating one out here that it operates normally and there was no release on fridays and is the possibility of war, part of the safety planning that goes into the construction of nuclear power plants . i didn't say that that it goes into the construction of thousands in terms of the war operation is unprecedented situation. but we also learn from the novel accident and castro fee from fukushima. this to be put additional never safety matter for crisis city. and the reactor at the zachary's a nuclear power plant, where in these incident happen over night,

he's one of the reactors. first of all is different from to know the actor. even if we do have a city somewhere with direct fire or 1st of all, and it has a container on which it can produce them even a plane crash. and 2nd, it has a built in safety features. the whole stock reactor. them probably could be a lucy lisa for the asian, but it will not be on the scale of her normal by any means. but it is dangerous to do or a military conflict around that facility. because for the safety of reactors, he also need to have a constant pumping water to cool the reactor. so that doesn't go critical. the water at this point is what important in supply i'm

interrupted then then anything else. so that's where we are in terms of the assessment of what could go wrong. but obviously people never planned for nuclear power plants to operate in conflict. understood. and of course, the fear that we as, as, as non nuclear scientists have, is that a nuclear power plant like separate asia, could be used as a weapon. did st. you seem to be say, it's a possibility, but it would not be the catastrophic event that people are talking about. yes, there is a big difference between a weapon and nuclear power. now there is no comparison in terms of the impact that it, even though we're all worried about possible release of radiation.

but we live to at least our through to novel catastrophe and for more recently fukushima meltdown. so what we could conceivably have made is something closer to focus in rather than an event that would be result over use of nuclear weapons. god forbid that we also should be cognizant of the fact that the ukrainian operators and stuff works on the cloud are they, are they, i have full control of the reactor in operations. any situation goes or to read further, they should be able to shut down area and prevent any release from east. so thank you for providing that sort of reassurance at elena socco from the field,

a center for disarmament, a non proliferation my pleasure. a number of ukrainian cities remained under heavy bombardment, the black sea port of care. so on this so far, the only major urban centers to fall under russian control center star service invasion. more than a week ago, crane accusers, russia have deliberately targeting civilians structures. meanwhile, people around the country appear determined to resist the 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 for 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. 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 offices 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 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 deaths. and shall noth nothing if we full go to forbid valuable

. next will be luck via home. in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, value, and then they will go to the berlin wall. jolla is dark mode with when the the doorbell leans close 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 who has not, i could not yet escape any such corridors, could provide some desperately needed respite as go to ukraine then and joined d. w correspondent. but his bullying her and that live in western that ukraine. welcome with yes. and what's the latest? yeah, there has been fighting and again in these hotspots that we've also seen some of it in these reports are,

are you opposed to being surrounded but mostly cut off communication? we also hearing electricity and water being cut. there are the situation, of course, is quite worrying and is one of the places where a humanitarian corridor to bring in a human a tarion relief would be really needed. and today i have also spoken to people who have fled hargrove and other places of ukraine. um it's very in this situation is, is, is very bad. a lot of places have been bombed, have been, have been destroyed, towns around hard kiff and also the city center of hoc. if people have been telling me that they have been, there were really scared, they were sitting in their apartments or in the bomb shelters. and we're really scared with everything that came down the city center of hard cuz of course, has been destroyed quite badly. fighting is also going on around here in the suburbs of key if it doesn't seem that the of line has moved a lot,

but fighting is certainly severe and, and, and a ongoing right. a glimmer of good, good news. if i can put it that way, is that ukrainian and russian representatives do appear to have agreed a humanitarian corridors for people to leave the country, our people, they're taking that news well, it's badly, it's, it's badly needed. a military corridors are badly needed, but let's be careful. they have agreed in principle to establish those. there are no specific agreements on where they will be and when and how they will operate or this is going to be figured out in the future. but for now, we don't know that yet, of course people, especially, of course, in these places, if they get the news, they need these corridors. and it's interesting just just watching that the strings behind you, which i do appear quite at quiet though. we have seen people so sort of going about that their normal business it's,

it's easy to get the idea that the whole country as it more but clearly it's a very patchy business. yeah, i've been to the way railway station earlier where refugees keep arriving from all parts of the country. not only from car give and key of the most earth fort over places, or are you poor, but also from other places where war has not yet hit. but people are expecting things to happen. they're odessa, for example, in the south and also the eastern town of nipple, which is i'm one of the major industrial hobbs as well. um, so people all over the country are, are, are, are scared. most of the fighting is happening in the north, in the east and in the south. this part west in ukraine and center ukraine is relatively untouched. if you don't count the refugees coming in the difficulties and providing them with shelter and food. but, but they're, they're there and, and to have also been arrayed. but basically these areas have been less targeted

and the city here and leaf is operating normally shops, not all shops are open, of course, but like basic necessities. you can buy stuff in the stores and, and public transport is running and the telephone, internet's electricity, everything. there is, of course, some pressure on the people here as well. people have also enlisted for, for, for, for the army. there is a curfew. people cannot be out on the street in the evening. there's also a, it's also forbidden to set uncle a, for example, in the streets of normal life has been affected, but it's not what we are seeing from the eastern and southern part of the country. thank you. for that mrs. which is a bullying innovation in weston ukraine. of a people in front line cities, i like maria paul, the situation is worsening and for some agreements to create humanitarian corridors,

to escape come to light. a next report contain some disturbing images. 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 any one injured and in need of treatment. here they find an elderly woman and 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. 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 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 for gently needed. so i think i'll go back to go with this applies will be move in to talk to the boy that will 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. or nato secretary general against dalton. burke has insisted that their lions is not part of this conflict, and he's not seeking war with russia. however, he did say the alliance is on high alert and ready to defend member states,

which doesn't, which do not include ukraine. he was speaking following a special summit of aligns foreign ministers in brussels. we have only to strengthen our returns on the fence or lamb in the air and at sea. i'll oz from north america and europe have sent thousands more troops to the east. and part of the alarms we are deploying the nato response force for the 1st farm. and we have over funded, i'm 30 yes. at high alert, an over 200 ships from the har, north to the mediterranean. we will continue to do what it takes to protect and defend every inch of natal, totally. ne theresa. the offensive alarms, or cor pause, is to keep our 3rd nations safe. we are not part of this conflict and we have

a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate on spread beyond ukraine. because that would be even more devastating and more dangerous. with even more human suffering, nato is not seeking a war with russia that's got more on that meeting from t. w correspondent, attorney shelters at nato headquarters in brussels. welcome, theresa. what, what else did the nato secretary general have to stay? or while i was listening to the secretary general, i was actually thinking about how this monologue would be heard in key of an in the other ukranian cities where people are pleading day after day for nato to enforce a no fly zone. and so the secretary general made clear as he has on previous occasions that this is just not going to happen. that in fact, no nato ally has an appetite to be engaged in a war with russia, which is what would happen if it, if it needed to enforce a no fly zone,

to close the air space over ukraine. and he said, in fact, not just that, that this would engage nato allies with russia, but that it would not make it safer for ukraine that this would not help ukraine in its self defense. so if, if i were the ukrainians, i would not be taking any solace from, from what we're hearing out of nato headquarters today. and that's actually what i was thinking. as i listened to the secretary general, that nato territory will be defended. but there is very little that it's willing to do at this point to help ukraine as an alliance of 30 nations. as you say, you crave, has repeatedly accused the west of having blood on its hands. if it stands bye and watches this invasion. talker through our individual nature member countries, however, are dealing with this that's the only way that countries have been willing to help you. crane on a bilateral basis. and i mean, this has been going on for years. the united states has been helping train ukrainian. the ukranian military nato itself has been, has had trust. funds has had to help, has tried to help you,

crane improve its military infrastructure. and you've seen countries send bilateral assistance now, but to simply the ukrainian say it isn't enough. and if you think about the fact that you can't fly in supplies, resupply is a huge problem. perhaps some of the military equipment that they had now has been either damaged or destroyed. and there are very few ways that you can get anything new, any resupply, even if it's committed to the ukrainians it, i mean the, basically, the only way you can do this is, is by land now through poland. and certainly that is happening along with humanitarian aid, but the ukrainians are saying it's simply not enough. and that's also what we're hearing in an intelligence briefing that i, that i just received from a senior western intelligence official. they're very worried about the resupply. the ukrainians are fighting back more better than anyone anticipated, but simply at some point their supplies are going to run out. right. the fear of course is that russia will not stop to ukraine. how seriously is making of those

concerns? that is a serious concern in its being taken ever more seriously as though we saw the french president a manual con, speak with putin yesterday and come out of that conversation, saying he is not willing to pull. but to pull back his troops and things are going to get much worse. and so now we're also hearing that say, officials are taking more seriously putin's threats to, to expand, to, to retake more space. that was part of the soviet union. you're looking at countries like moldova, georgia, where you already have russian troops stationed in small areas like they were helping in eastern ukraine and those rebel held territories. and there's real concern in moldova, for example, that russia may try to come in and meet up with those troops, a couple of 1000 of them, their stations currently in moldova. and so, yes, they are taking that very seriously as, as there seems to be nothing that is going to deter, uh, vladimir putin. thank you for that to terry d. w correspondent,

atari shows at night. headquarters of the past week has st. german chancellor, olaf shall sober turn several major longstanding policies. he suspended the north stream to gas pipeline, boosted the military budget and sent weapons to ukraine. but there is a step he is not prepared to take sending troops to fight, as he might clear on a visit to a military base near berlin. war raging in europe and german troops sent to the fed nato's borders. i am either to run around it all off sholtes may have expected that his 1st visit to army command would come under different circumstances. the pre planning meeting was dominated by roches attack on ukraine and fears of an escalation. afterwards, the german chancellor appealed for cam. as, as cons, 50 as fear, it is very important that we keep a cool head, that we are very clear and decisive and remain cautious. that is our task,

that there is no expansion of this conflict beyond ukraine. uber deal craner now skipped shots again, ruled out sending forces to ukraine's defense as the strong village club. it is absolutely clear to us that there will be no neat or military involvement in this conflict given thought d w is nina has or was there now the new demons, chancellor also reiterated again that nater will not engage directly in putin's war against ukraine. and that germany is still working towards finding political and diplomatic solutions for this war. but it seems that germany has also now understood that there is also no way around effective military deterrents. the week began with shultz, breaking with decades of german foreign policy, announcing a 100000000000 euro package to upgrade the army,

and the delivery of weapons to ukraine. their flag in complex glena. i'm fighting though supplies are reported to include thousands of portable missile defense systems left over from the former, each german army, 3 decades ago. officials in berlin wouldn't be drawn on the details. and also we need to speak with my can't confirm what kind of weapons or equipment they are. i can confirm, however, that on the part of the armed forces, only material that is safe will be sent. before he left, the bundeswehr command, schultz paid tribute to soldiers killed in afghanistan, a moment to reflect on the cost of war. after a historic week for germany and the world. will there be an ongoing protest against this war inside russia? another government has introduced new laws to clamped down on descent. on friday morning, russia's parliament,

duma passed legislation banning the spread of information critical of his war or of russia's military forces, violations which can carry prison terms of up to 15 years. free speech advocates i . censorship has already increased the countries media watchdog has restricted access to d, w and to other international media websites and the popular radio station echo moscow. i mean, independent tv channel does to have closed down well, d, w, a rush correspond emily sherman's normally based in moscow, but has be working here in berlin since the cramming closed down our bureau there and revoke to adjourn this accreditation of welcome to the studio. emily, this will start with this legislation significant. yeah, i think significant, this is an attempt to fully silence all criticism and to kind of solidify the fear that i think already existed even before the military invasion that we're seeing now. because there's been, you know, quite a bit of