for destruction of the nation this week on d. w. mm hm. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight ukraine cities besieged and bombarded as russian forces keep up the attack. apartments and houses have been destroyed even as at moscow denies targeting civilians. there are more bombs falling in key. mario pole is surrounded and russians are in control of the port city. carson, also coming up tonight, oppression forces attacked and seized ukraine's largest nuclear power plant. last

night, atomic observers say there's been no radiation released. ukraine says russia could easily trigger another chernobyl and the other casualty of this more rush is parliament outlawing criticism of the military. independent russian news channels are shutting down. and now international outlets including d, w. news are being blocked. ah, i'm break off. it's good to have you with us tonight. cities across ukraine are coming under, continued russian attack authorities, in the port of mario poll, saying the city of surrounded and running out of food. another poured city care sun is already under russian control. meanwhile, the capital key has reported renewed missiles strikes some hitting residential areas, and despite the destruction, moscow continues to deny that it is targeting civilians. the aftermath of

a russian artillery attack on the outskirts of keith, the family who lived here clearly escaped with their lives. now they watched their home go up in flames. it didn't come to me. i was opening the fridge and it fell on me. i could barely get out. my wife was in another room. she broke the window and got out as well. before we went to the cellar, but it was burning. so we went to our neighbors. in a village further to the west of kias, the people in this van were not so lucky. witnesses say they were killed by russian forces passing through. lawrence, vicky coleclo, when the convoy was driving him, one person went outside and he was shot, a local medic and his son tried to take him to the hospital, but they didn't let them and we lost 3 people. no one wants to pick them up from the car because well,

there might be explosives inside. they were so good. practica were furniture good, good. key of itself has suffered massive damage under russian bombardment. security forces here are preparing for a possible ground assault. satellite images show a large russian convoy just outside the city in the occupied city of melli topple to the south of the country. russian soldiers were handing out food. it's the 2nd city in ukraine said to be under the invaders control after have sung ukrainian officials say the cities of mc alive and mario poll have repelled the tax so far. military analysts say the russians are trying to establish a southeastern corridor between the crimean peninsula and the lou ganske region. if russia's plan works, it would mean ukrainian forces like this tank unit, in lieu, ganske would be encircled on 3 sides. but spirits here are still high

with went into the m o when not allowing the enemy to advance and we're defending our infantry. we won't allow it to be destroyed. we're back in them up, gun, his sweat as infantry blood, as we say. the lithia group, pencil, ukraine is hanging on but seems to be losing ground. and the cost in human life rises every day. well, ukraine says that it barely avoided they were d. o active disaster, it will have its nuclear power plants on friday. russian forces seized control of europe's largest nuclear power plant and supper reach up in ukraine's se ukraine says that russian troops fired shells at the plant, killing several people in sparking a fire at a training building. authorities said the reactors were not damaged and that no radioactive material was released to world leaders. they've condemned the attack.

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 place. 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 for tv. ukrainian authority said several people died in the fire. keith blamed the file on russian projectiles or seascape. then the russian tanks knew what they were shelling, they were aiming directly at the station. this is tara, on an unprecedented level, or when my immediate toughening of sanctions against luxury having the nichoela terrorist, we need immediate closure of this guy of ukraine ever met is the only guarantee

that russia, at least, will not strike with rockets involvement, targeting nuclear plants. yet the other woman 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, where the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to day following that attack on that ukrainian nuclear power plant. here's the u. s. bastard to the un linda thomas greenfield. by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power. at great risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine,

and europe. well, from war now, i'm joined from vienna by gow har mu hunch a nova. she is a nuclear non proliferation 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. i well it's, it's certainly dangerous to the shooting at the nuclear power plant and to have a fight that and goodness, the building itself does not imply it was 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 plants. that's 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 mechanical plans and, and the war is ongoing and rush is showing no signs of stopping or turning back. and so yes it's, it's in 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. 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, vdr, 1000 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 situational meltdown. so, so every plan would have a backup 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 got to talking about so, so that's, that's important to keep in mind that it's not just hitting the reactive building, but it's destroying the backup 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 wants to 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 to cut off electricity supply to that site. any, any, anything else that could cause a fire or somehow open up the spent fuel on and pleased to offer outrageous? yeah, it makes us realize how close of the 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. well, they don't. the secretary general you in stoughton burge have rejected ukraine's call for a no fly zone over the country, saying that would risk direct conflict between nato and russia, and that it could spark a war across all of europe. we have only to strengthen our turns on the fence line

in the air, and i see allies from north american europe have sent thousands more troops to the east and part of the alliance. we are deploying the nato response force for the 1st time. and we have over a 130 yet at high alert and over 200 ships from the high north to the mediterranean. we will continue to do what it takes to protect them, defend every inch of nato tight authority nato. he said the offensive alarms our court paused, is to keep our 30 nations safe. we are not part of this conflict. and we have responsibility to ensure it thus not escalate and spread beyond ukraine. because not would be even more devastating and more dangerous. with even more human suffering,

nato is not seeking a war with russia. also today, ukraine's president zalinski gave a live video address to people that anti war marches in cities across europe. i want you to listen to what he told the crowns to linda. yeah, this 3rd minute i would like to dedicate to you that all the little the people of europe near mulkey, i would like to call on you, not to be silent. i would like you to come out on to the streets in and civil hort, ukraine with it, support our efforts and supports our fight vehicle. because if ukraine will not stand euro, it will not stand at all at the ronald, if we will full, you will full feature in the last of please don't, don't be silent. anybody who do not turn a blind eye on this, don't come out and support ukraine as much as you can save it all yet showing up by

there. but this overall dw reporter, a conscience like siena was in frankfurt. germany were anti war protestors gathered to hear that address from the ukrainian crust. hundreds of people gathered here in the center of frankfort, the financial hub of germany behind me, where as clean was set up and ukrainian president vladimir zalinski made an emotional speech urging europeans to stand together with ukrainian people. he appealed to them to support the country against the russian war on the country. he urged the people who were listening to him intently across different cities, including frankfort, vienna, paris frog. do not turn their backs to the ukrainian people, do not be silent. he also observed minutes of silence of people who have died in the war. the country men who are at the front lines and he also dedicated

a minute for the people off europe. he said, if you crean worn stand, you are a foreign stand. the crowd cheered, and they were people who are emotional here with that speech, i spoke to some of them. this is europe and we as europeans, no matter where we are from, we need to show our support, our respect that i hope that the 3 to us also more people in germany and all over the world to take action and to everything they can. and her facilities to do for the ukraine and people seen and his eyes and his words, the t neat sir solidarity and the strengths from all of europe. presidents, lensky hoff. to magnify the momentum which is building in ukraine support. it was d, w. a concha succeeded the reporting from frankfurt germany. the 2022 winter paralympic games are now underway. they followed that traditional ceremony at the birds nest

stadium and beijing that did not include russia and bell roost. ukraine's athletes, however, they received a warm welcome and some of them gestured their defiance in the wake of the russian invasion on thursday, the international paralympic committee bell to pressure and band at russia and deliveries from competing the games. one until march 30 stephen beardsley of mentioned he w business days have a good weekend everybody. i so i'm just kinda, i work that time and in the end is a meet you. i'm not allotted to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this smokey's reliance on the what's your story. ready i mean like.