ah, ah ah, this is, did all the news lie from berlin? israel launches diplomatic efforts to become a mediator between russia and ukraine. that's as russian forces resumed their offensive after a failed evacuation effort in south eastern ukraine. and in the occupied city of kirsten residents take to the streets to protest against the russian troops. also coming up the number of ukrainian refugees fleeing the fighting is expected to hit one and a half 1000000. today. the majority of that number have been arriving in poland.

we'll hear from an expert about the human cost of russian expansionism. ah. hello monica johnson. berlin, thanks for joining israeli prime minister natalie bennett, has held face to face talks with russian president vladimir putin as he seeks to become a mediator in the conflict with ukraine. the meeting came after plans to evacuate civilians from 2 besieged cities, and se, and ukraine failed with both sides, blaming the other for not adhering to a temporary cease fire agreement. russian forces have now resumed their attacks against several key cities. meanwhile, in russian health care sun, ukrainians have taken to the streets in a show of defiance, against the occupiers. ah, cosen is ukraine. protestors gather in the 1st major city to full to russian

forces, shouting in defiance of the soldiers occupying that city. many others on the move and endless line of cars outside the capital 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 nick cave. 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 maria pole, 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 ceasefire. nicholas 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. long a vaca 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 and the shelling the city of villa. nova europe studia. mr. val navaho 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, did i miss mattie a spelling i is joining us now from key? if mattie has tell us about the situation there. yeah, i think as you can see behind me, there are very few people on the streets now in key. if her there has been fighting in the northern suburbs or on the northern fringes of the capital for 10 days now, almost from the beginning of the war, russian troops have moved onto kia from bella rose and from russia, from north east and north west. and are they, i have tried to and circle the city however, they have been fought back by the ukrainian military. and this is pretty much where

it stands at the moment. some of the sites where the fighting is happening now, are also some of them where it was happening in the beginning, many people have left the capital now it's a bit, there are much less people here. others prefer to sit at home as much as they can. you can, you don't see the usual life here. however, survival is not an or not a problem here in the city this. there, the supermarkets are stocked electricity and water is running. so if we don't see these human italian, a problems that we see in other cities that are under attack, my fear pressure is of cause there and fear. what will happen? right? i mean, if you just mentioned about the humanitarian catastrophe that we've also just seen this report, the ceasefire a now mary, you poll collapsed, but now there seems to be help for another monetary corridor out of the city of a chief in the east. what more do you know about that?

i don't really know about about that, but sir, forgive has has been open for the past few days. trains was still running. i was at the, at the station or in leave that and western ukraine where many refugees arrived and, and po and, and, and her trains from her keep were arriving there. her keep was, are surrounded at briefly, but then it seems that a parts are open. so the problem in harkey is that the city is constantly sheldon. many people cannot leave because they feel it's too dangerous to leave. there are but the humanitarian situation is not as bad as in mary. you are poor. however, of course, her people are not leaving for no reason. it's a very, very, a hot place that's very hard to say live and to stay now. right. did at least mathias bellinger. they're reporting for us in care for mathias, thank you so much attention to continue to grow between moscow and the

west to germany is looking to israel to help lower the temperature on saturday. chancellor will, i shall toasted israel prime minister naphtali bennett in berlin. it's the 2nd time this week, the 2 leaders met after shells visited jerusalem on wednesday to discuss a diplomatic resolution to the crisis. bennett has offered to act as a mediator with israel, maintaining good relations with both russia and ukraine. bennet surprised many when he on saturday became the 1st world leader to meet face to face with lighting, a put in since he launched the invasion. that visit was followed by talks with ukrainian president vladimir soleski. and for more on that, let's bring in a detail. they have political correspondent, benjamin are the rest of the group. benjamin germany and israel share a very special relationship. i think one can say that, but 2 meetings are for the country's political leaders within just a few days. that is unusual. what do we know about the meeting between chancellor shoals and naphtali bennett,

and what kind of joint efforts could we be looking at in order to end this war is indeed a special relationship. and that's what both leaders also underlying to when all of shaws went to israel earlier this week for the 1st time was german chancellor. the talk that they held there was of course sure to there was no press conference after it. there was a press release. it was a chat on twitter by the spokesperson of the german government at around 1 40 in the morning saying that both of them remain will remain in close contact and that the common goal remains to end this war as quickly as possible. they spoke for one and a half hours for 90 minutes. and of course germany is looking towards israel if they can play a mediating role. because as you said already, israel plays in important actor in this way because it has both warm relations with keith. and also with moscow, but it's of course difficult for them also because on one side, they have

a good relationship with kids, with many, asking israel to take a tougher stand against russia. but of course they're also have a military corporation in syria. so it's a difficult situation so many see israel to play. an important role is immediate to trial and this war is right as possible. delays benjamin others gruber, thank you so much. or the number of ukrainian refugees, flea the conflict, is expected to reach one and a half 1000000 to day. more than 800000 have cross into neighboring poland. there's been an outpouring of support from poles with many showing up to offer refugees places to stay, or jobs and saturday you a secretary of state. antony blinked and went to the border to discuss the crisis with his ukranian counterpart. and joining us now from jazz you fir, near the polish ukrainian border, is on the hop core. she is a former ukrainian member of parliament and an expert on russian expansionism and

hop co welcome to d w. welcome on the program. you were part of a delegation that met with you as secretary of state antony blinking on saturday. what's your take away from the talks there? i do believe that after our meeting was the stay secretary and congressional delegation, the u. s. as a guarantor of the beauty as memorandum and security, will provide more military assistance to ukraine immediately because we in ukraine armed forces, territorial defense, and 100000 of ukrainians. recently joined this as their volunteer. they action of armed forces of you claim. so i'm a message to stay tech that, that he was, ukraine is winning the bleeds creek afoot in, in ukraine, failed, and actually wouldn't last ukraine and actually the broadest which will be in russia against the dictator. so actually we add demanded from the u. s. leadership

to provide us more military assistance to a book press student as a war criminal to make this green corridors. i'm crying every day because i started this morning after taft discussions yesterday, reading news from lisa chance, which is in the eastern ukraine, from harkey from mary all boil. and you know that russians denied this green corridors. there is communitarian catastrophe. children, a key killed, killed by russians. so this is why we need the world wake up and help ukrainian nation to fight against us also, darian is so this was we do believe that americans saw you repeat in partners floyd or neighbors to your grant will help us. right. and of course, are all of this coincides again, we're certainly in an escalation of words for one there was intensifying on the ground. but let me put in now also talks about western sanctions. basically been

a declaration of war. how serious is this and what needs to happen to end the conflict at it's said that in 2014 western sanctions were not enough and instead of breast in body and we were, we loved him too. good to know. can see the rest as a week sight nordstrom to this this deal, but by that medical deal was also a piece quote you so this is why we need to offer sanction. we need. we need a ration oligarchs, and their kids to be deported from vest m capitals. they do not. and they don't have to enjoy western civilization because they are killers together, is put in, which are now killed ukrainian children. i'm a volunteer for last 10 years of national g little hospital in kia optima did, which was also born. and actually children now sitting in shelters was uncle

logical diseases. can you imagine these in 21st century? yeah, it's it, sir. it, sir? well, unimaginable, really under, at the same time you, you said that antony, blinking, we reported that as well. it said that ukraine can win this war, and that is also what your president of a lot of mister lensky. it seems to be convinced that ukraine can prevail or do you agree? you can ease already prevent this in 9 years of ration ongoing aggression. actually, we defended vest, the western civilization and our president compared to again the stand because some americans, the things that you can is against. and no, never, ever president is seeking in key of mayor of a city of the capital glitch corps and was his famous world now books. their brother is also in the fif president of ukraine. also they are all in keep defend

and i'm planning also. after all this for meetings to be back to ukraine to defend my country. so we until we win and victory is coming. so either west u. s. u. k u, germany helping us or you will be defeated to get of this dictator portion because ukrainians will survive. and you should help us because it's impossible to see how children, how kids a being was blood without today, my colleague asked me hanna code to find parents. because do new born kids, they have parents were killed. so we need to find family adopting this to kids. can you imagine this, this news? i've gotten every minute. so and i don't understand why the wall is keeping silent . why? there is no protection from sky on a, on a hook or there it's, it's, it's a horrible situation. the world is watching. we're reporting on it continuously. thank you so much for taking the time and talking to why you are what you need to

help are unique. yeah. well we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll do our best. how talking to us from issues in poland. thank you so much. stay safe. it watching dw news life from the lin more coming up at the top of the hour. thanks so much old. sometimes a seed is all you need to allow big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning pass like global ideas. we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing.