ah, ah ah, this is dw news, live it from berlin. tonight, a close call with a radioactive nightmare. russian forces have attacked and seized ukraine's largest nuclear power. plant grain to several people, died after shilling and fighting ignited a fire at the power plant. the atomic watched all confirming there has been no radiation leak. ukraine warning, russia could trigger another chernobyl. also coming up, you create ukrainians training to fight as russian forces advance, ukraine accusing russian troops of targeting residential areas and the other

casualty of the invasion, rushes parliament to outlaws, criticism of the countries military, independent, russian news channels are shutting down. and now international news outlets including dw news, our block plus the women and children fleeing the war alone. as men stayed behind defiance. we'll meet some of those who are arriving in slovakia is border with you creek ah i'm bring. gov is good to have you with us on this friday. ukraine says it barely avoided a radioactive disaster. it will have its nuclear power plants. today. russian forces seized control of europe's largest nuclear power plant and separate caea in ukraine's. se crane says russian troops fired shells at the plant overnight killing

several people in sparking a fire at the training building. authorities say the reactors were not damaged and that no radioactive material was released. world leaders have condemned the attack . saying it risks 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 in 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 where not affect it at all. and that there has been no release of radioactive fatigue. ukrainian authority said several people died in the fire. keith blamed the fire on russian projectiles or

seascape than 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 drunk driving. 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 involves targeting nuclear plants. here 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. all day they were united in condemnation of the russian attack. while the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to day following russia's attack at europe's biggest nuclear power plant in ukraine, here is the u. s. ambassador to the un lynda. thomas greenfield. by the grace of god the world narrowly avert it, a new killer catastrophe. last night,

we all waited to excel as we watch the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. well, for more now i am joined from vienna by gow har. will hunt should know, but she is a nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament specialist. it's good to have you on the program. you know, we just heard the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe. how dangerous was this incident last night? i think it had me. oh well it's, it's certainly dangerous to do the shooting at the, at the nuclear power plant to have a find that in goodness the leads to building itself does not imply. it was a, a training facility. so it's hard to say,

just how close we were to india. catastrophe, but it's in imperative that russia stops attacking nuclear power plants in ukraine . yet you say, nuclear power plant says because there are several other power plants in ukraine. you should people not only in ukraine, but all of us here in europe and around the world, should we still be on high alert? i think i think yes, it's not clear what the goals russian horses were pursuing in firing at the nuclear power plant facility. whether that was deliberately targeted or it was caught in the fire that was generally happening around around the power plant. but as you said, there are several new piano plans and, and the war is ongoing. and russia showing no signs of stopping or 20 back. and so, yes it's, it's an, a sort of cause of serious concern. and do we know what kind of safety protocols

there or for these nuclear power plant? for example, if russian forces were able to take out a large part of the electricity grid in ukraine with these nuclear power plants, do they have their own generators so that they can continue generating power to cool the fuel rods inside the reactors? yes, so as, as i said, it's important to keep the reactor core. cool, because even if the emergency shut down is activated and the operations are shut down, the core continues to be very hot and these are pretty large reactors is b r 1000 and generating electricity a lot of heat. so, so the core will continue to be hot and it's important to, to keep it cool. otherwise we're looking at situation now down on so every plan would have a backup interest to supply supply source. and so if the main line is shot

and then the back of the shop and yes, this is, this is the, the best to talking about so, so that's, that's important to keep in mind that it's not just hitting the reactor building, but it's destroying the back of power supply that will be truly the cause or are very interesting situation and, and another vulnerability of the power plant is the spent fuel on. so once you take the reactor, once you take the spent fuel out of the reactor, cool, it's still very hot and very radioactive and it needs to spend some time cooling down at the site. what you don't want is again, the cut off electricity supply to that side. any, any, anything else that could cause a fire or somehow opened up to the spent fuel aunt and pleased to offer outrageous? yeah, makes us realize how close of a call we had last night and you create nuclear nonproliferation expert are watching over joining us from vienna. we appreciate your time and your insights

tonight. thank you. thank you. the number of ukrainian cities remain under heavy bombardment tonight. the mayor of maria poll says that the port city of surrounded and running out of food, another port city harrison, has become the 1st major urban centre to fall under russian control. ukraine accusing russia deliberately targeting civilian structures there. meanwhile, people around the country appeared, determined to resist the all over ukraine. people are getting ready to fight latitude in live if 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 war of 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 so lucky and 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 would 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. shall noth nothing if we full go to forbid hollywood hill. next will be locked via

home in lithuania, estonia, georgia, moldova, poland, value and then they will go to the berlin wall poyser. if duck woodward will need the door better, liens clear 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 was not a could not yet escape any such cart us could provide some desperately need it was might and from western ukraine, i'm joined now by maria cor panko. she is a resident of keven. she has fled to western ukraine. maria, it's good to have you on the program. i understand this morning. you were still in key. what was the situation there like ah, yeah,

originally i was not at foreign kias in give yourselves, dissertation is kind of regulated that you can call this way. well, ready? for is that you should advance because i understand zagan a stroll arms or course is the day keith, the falling price. we already noted, we broke their plans in which interest right now to play their olds with every single supportive system. but according to our forces, they already lost their own stand 1000 people though. so i don't think the assumption which can go according to plan in game it was predefined, like is still super scary because they steal a process, a lot of rockets to c t but there is also appeals. it protects us and you can hear it pretty well. the problem why we decided to flee at this moment on because we were located not far from keith. and it was a legs and most dangerous point. because all at text right now they are happening

near keith. no one led them in again to inside the key of but all these trends that go, you know, small village used to go around to city that wasn't completely destroyed. now like a lot of our friends, a we're located and they're still located in boucher and it was a how and it was live in how because there was a lot of trouble with try and in here and all of them were stopped. but people else the left here was out to the tracy. you was out he think without massey and al. so xavion shoot incidentally, and some people were not able to, you know, even get out of valence. they've been seeing his there was out to live without keeping without massey or like for they really listen to the right and what is your plan new the now that you're in western, you created the mean, are you going to stay put, or are you going to had further worst we are not lost right now where police i, i really hope says he's going to end still and we will be able to return to our

house. did we used to build for 10 years and our apartments honestly, it's worth we expecting. otherwise, we don't have any plans here. i'm looking at it right now. i plan to join volunteer sector it. we can, i can depart to europe, but my husband can and break in family substance if they want to wait on any price . so you know, we're going to see how you're going to stay. you're going to stay in crane with your husband. yeah, they want my best to protect my country because this is my land. i did super happy here, my business and all that stuff. and now my life is literally broken. so yeah, i want to try my best to, you know, bring back. that's what they, what i don't want to do part of europe. i want to stay here on my land. the really me ask you this morning when you heard the news about the attack on the nuclear power plant. last night, i mean,

a lot of people around the world were afraid that we were looking at another chernobyl of nuclear disaster. what went through your mind? i will be if it will happen, it will be even worse insured novels. you've done the sentence. sure. not a little happened as a whole air up and fired with russia, but i backed in graham lane, evolution doesn't care about trash in that though. mike, we see that sanctions, he doesn't care if people believe in a total disaster. he doesn't hear how many people are dying and here in our lives. i don't care about this as well. and so right now, is he like right now that the control over is, is clara clam to stake him over russia's. but the thing is that i believe that they on the standards is gone and you'll sound as well. so we will see how it is right now. but when the sense that they have no issue of that whole it back to your grade has no logic, no meaning, and no sense how we can speak about it. unfortunately,

we're out of time, but we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us and we wish you and your husband and your family all the best. we hope that you're able to stay say thank you. yeah, thank you waste and strong glycogen crane. well, the secretary general of nato in stoughton barry has rejected ukraine's cold for a no fly zone over the country, saying that would risk direct conflict between nato in russia and could spark a war across all of you. we have only to strengthen our turns on the fence, along in the air and at sea. i'll oz from north america and europe, how sent thousands more troops to the east and part of the alarms. we are deploying the nato response force for the 1st time. and we have over.