from the heart of brazil stuart's march 9th on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. evacuations of to crane front line cities are postponed as russian forces resumed the offensive, after violating a temporary cease fire. and the bombing continues elsewhere with russian forces attempting to surround the capital. keith and the 2nd largest city of parties also coming up families torn apart with all ukrainian men. between 18 and 60 required to stay and fight at their side, teenagers even younger than 18, were choosing to join the resistance. we hear from some of the many ukrainian

children playing the war, bringing with them trauma and fear. ah, i went to crap, welcome to the program, plans to evacuate civilians, civilians from 2 besieged, cities and ukraine have been dealt a blow with russian troops continuing their shelling despite a temporary cease fire agreement. earlier moscow had announced a 5 hour halt to its attacks and villanova and the strategic port city of maria pole residence there have been left without water and power after being surrounded by russian forces. meanwhile, protests have broken out in russian health song. ah, cousin is ukraine. protest is gather in the major city to full to russian

forces, shouting in defiance of the soldiers occupying the city. many others on the move, an endless line of cars outside the capitol cave, as civilians attempts to escape the russian advance. for thousands more of forced to flee through the wreckage on foot, carrying only what they can throughout at all, a battle of narratives is being waged as both sides release images, claiming military victories. the russian ministry of defense shows what it coals destroyed, ukrainian tanks and russian ama advancing near keith. while ukraine released this video, apparently from a drone, allegedly showing a russian helicopter being shot down. this battle of claim and counter claim had seen both sides blame each other for the collapse of promised

humanitarian corridors. after days of relentless shelling in the key port city of mario pulled, russia said on saturday morning, it would stop firing and allow civilians to flee from the area to the nearby city of val enough co. but just hours later, ukraine's deputy prime minister complained that russia wasn't respecting the partial cease file. it was neither did the thing was, you know, from 9 o'clock in the morning on march 5th, we had a preliminary agreement that we will create to humanitarian corridors, bona vaca and mario full yackel. so i note the fact that russia has violated its agreements even with the red cross and has not complied with its commitments, mal and the shelling the city of villa, nova europe studio, mr. val navarra rushes, defense, ministry, blame to ukraine for the sci fi, as collapse on saturday evening, it confirmed that russia had resumed offensive actions on maria po for those

civilians still trapped in the city. the war of words is irrelevant compared to the real human cost of the ongoing conflict. a boy just 18 months old hit by shelling. doctors could not save his life. oh, get more now from mathias burning or he joins us from keith. but he has, you've actually just arrived back to the capital. what's the situation there now in comparison to when you left a week ago, the streets are really very emptying here. now it's a, it's an iraqi city. it's a almost a ghost town. you see very few people on the streets. i've probably seen more journalists on the streets than citizens to day. that's only a slight exaggeration. m a. there are days food in the supermarkets. we've been to a supermarket. it's quite well stocked. actually, some shelves are empty, but most of the things are still there and

a life is still possible in this city. we are not seeing the city that has not been heavily bombed so far. at least the inner part of the city is entirely different story in the outskirts, especially to the north. ah, but just so far. yes, but it's a lot more empty than it used to be. know a week ago, people were preparing to flee the city. they were long, long traffic jams out of the city. and her there was a very nervous atmosphere. now it seems more calm, more prepared, also defiant. and we see a lot more military in the streets, wrote blocks preparations for a possible attack. how do people there seem to be responding to this, this in between that there seems, seems to be right now as, as we were hearing that russian forces have stalled, in their advance towards and around keepers that giving people a sense of hope or dread of what's to come well, 1st of all,

it's a relief that they, that these fights have stalled, and that they are still a few kilometers away from the city center. people in general and ukraine here in cuban and other places are in all of their forces that they have been able to, to block the, although not to keep them out. but to block the russian forces, who were trying to enter the city will march towards ki from the 1st moment. basically, they have advanced to the outskirts of keys in the 2nd or 3rd day. and that's where they are still standing. so there is a lot of motivation here in ukraine and keith to, to, to continue the fight. and people are happy with the performance of their army. so far they are celebrating every tank or, or helicopter that shut down every russian tank or helicopter. but of course,

there is fear these, these fights are not that far from key of and most people we don't know the numbers, but a lot of people have left the city. others are mostly sitting at home. you don't see people go about their daily lives as they used to be. that is, of course, the key for sure that he has burning are there for us in if thanks very much for the latest. israel's prime minister, nestali bennett, is in moscow to day for talks with russian president vladimir putin about the war. let's go right now to war. correspond natania kramer, who's in tel aviv, tanya, what more do you know about this meeting? yes, this news broke and came really as a surprise or some time ago that are these ready prime minister enough? tell you bennett actually left this morning to travel to moscow and to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. now this is in itself already unused because

it's sabot and you see it, mister bennett is religious. he wouldn't travel on his habit to have been told, unless this is to preserve life. so that in itself is and usa, we've been told that his meeting or mister putin, and that this meeting has been coordinated also with the u. s. and other. a or weston allies. he's also traveling dare with one of his clothes, advisors, and ministers, a ukrainian born minister. who knows mr. hootin very well. now i'm standing here actually in television, there's a demonstration of protest against the russian president vladimir putin year. or to night now is well, has, in the past week or so are offered to are basically mediate between both sides because is by, keeps relatively good relations with russia and with ukraine. let's get into a little bit more cuz israel is in a delicate position with close relations to both countries and jewish populations

in both countries. so what exactly is israel's role here? well, is i has trying to keep somehow a balance between keeping a good relations or relations in itself with russia, as well as with ukraine. ah, we know that a prime minister, enough tardy bennett has to admit several phone calls already with the ukrainian president. mr. saloon ski and also with, ah, the russian president, putin as last time that was on wednesday. now this, you know, keeping the balance has also come yonder criticism in israel because, you know, people say may be as well, should be more overtly on the side of ukraine. now is where the house supports ukraine with humanitarian aid and has also on a cold it's support with them. but at the same time, prime minister ben, if you haven't heard him, really speaking out against the russian invasion,

where as i have to say the is really foreign minister yet, you know, pete has more harshly condemned the russian invasion last week. now this comes all you have to understand because of its own security interests. it has to keep a military military cooperation with russia, which is active in syria. and israel has to keep this alive somehow because israel eats actually are conducting airstrikes in syria. so, you know, is on says on the one hand is keeping good relations with both, that acts enables it also now to traveler to russia, and we have to wait and see what we will hear from this visit or later on. tanya kramer there with the latest from tel aviv, thanks very much. russia has clamped down harder on news and free speech. a sweeping new law pass on friday makes calling rushes invasion of ukraine, a quote war

a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. multiple news outlets and social media sites have halted operations in russia as a result, access to facebook, twitter or twitter, and deutsch of ellis website, have been blocked by authorities and the bbc bloomberg and german public broadcast or a id said they were suspending operations in russia vladimir, i suppose from the w, russia service joins me now from london. let him is going to see you. what is the reason that russia gave for blocking facebook and twitter? that was exactly reason you mentioned in your, in your commentary what the completion of rationale directed that facebook and twitter will use based on society based on community to spread so called facts of all ross and our mental spread false false information from the view from the point of view of the russian government, false information of all the russian military operation in the ukraine. so there was one block that it's important to mention that facebook and twitter of a lot,

meek, international platforms, international social media, independent from the russian state from the russian government, which were used to material like platforms for distributing independent information inside compressor. so it's facebook in 3 are gone from rasa . it's very narrow, very limited options for us in the public to get independent independent information from abroad. right. so what, what does that leave them? what options are there, or are russians just left with what the kremlin tell them? well, it's still possible to get independent information from, from independent sources. but it's a much more complicated than before because you need to deal with things like v p and so on. so no or not, everybody's ready to invest additional authority to get this information. basically the government has a very few grip and the public opinion and in the last hour and just read the news

from the very small city of golf, which is a tiny, tiny city in gloucester. border read the story here with a police or a that the audio offices, a very small provisional newspaper, accusing them of spreading fake news about the russian army countries k that the whole, the computers in the, even the cell phone. so if you don't stop and shutting down the website of the, the small independent newspaper, so it's another one, a decent, put a collection of many news outlets which basically being shut down and they're asking us to print flowers. in addition to this news clamp down, we've also seen it clamped on our protests. there have been anti war protests. can you give us a better sense of where russians stand on the war and their support for their government? well, is it mentioned already. there is no such work as war and there are some public work working. the warranty is prohibited. so it's like special minute deliberation, and the ordering of graham and the order of prison put in. so it's difficult to get

the real sense of what's, what's on what's on the public opinion. and the state made it courting some opinion polls. which thing that most of the populations supporting the government in, in the operation in the ukraine. but once again, it's governmental control media, it's government controls both. so you don't have the real fence of good of good what's going on inside the country. and then for me to leave the leaving and facebook and twitter sat down with on having the possibility to get in contact with the russians directly. so the, it's the options to get free information from inside the country as are going limited to plymouth, plymouth. it's more of a complicated picture that you paint for us about a massive boat. thank you very much for that. your cranium in between the ages of 18 and 60 are banned from leaving the country as they've been called up to

defend ukraine against hooton's army. that's creating dramatic scenes, a train stations where families are forced to say good bye. last embrace before she can board the train. he is staying behind and keith, to fight vladimir putin invasion as tearing apart thousands of families in ukraine . people at the station just want to get away away from the thousands of russian soldiers who want to take the ukrainian capital by force of a look at that of all human. i'm really worried about my 3 kids and i want to come back, but now i'm very scared of what you're good with. as desperation grows, so does the number of people willing to board a train? ah and while women children and the elderly get on their husbands, father's.