ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. ukraine begins evacuating civilians after russia agrees to set up humanitarian corridors. video shows buses moving people out of sunni, which has suffered under an intense russian bombardment. but ukraine's government accuses the russian military of breaking a cease fire agreement elsewhere. we meet the women helping ukraine's war effort. many have fled their homes and left loved ones behind, but they're doing all they can to support soldiers on the front line. and ukraine's cultural heritage under threats, museums and galleries,

scrambled to protect their collections with a rush and attack has already caused significant damage. ah, i'm see me so much condra. it's good to have you with us. the united nation says 2000000 people have now fled the war in ukraine, but many are still trapped in cities under siege by russian forces. ukraine is accusing russia of violating a cease fire agreement to help people escape the southern city of multiple, but elsewhere. evacuations have started. ukraine's government shared this video, which it says shows people being bused to out of the north eastern city of sumi. the people on board are said to include students from india and china. sunni has been subject to an intense rushing bombardment. local authority, say an error strike killed at least 21 people over night. despite and or night as

air strikes and shelling the ukrainian military says that rush as advance has slowed significantly. ah, it's almost 2 weeks since russia invaded ukraine. but the capital still stands. the anthem, now a morning ritual. oh, wild russian shelling continues to leave its scars on you crane. like here it may keep battle ground of hawk eve. the people fight on, ah, go home. they chant standing just meters away from it armed adversaries. i did not know which in the game, speaking from keith where he is about to remain ukrainian, president flooded me as the landscape said, that piece was possible when you look mobile to michael worried blood. so we will

talk. we will insist on negotiations in so we find a way to tell our people on the road. this is how we will come to peace lead them don't, will keep central station the exodus to west in ukraine and beyond continues . levine, mass said the city is buckling under the pressure, struggling to feed the hundreds of 1000 seeking refuge and dealing with the hundreds of thousands more who passed through the city before traveling on 2 of the countries. certainly then as of today, levine has become the refuge fall 200000 people who moved to levine, hiding from bombardments and rocky strikes lined up. so i want to appeal to all international organizations to help what we need your support. we will what we need,

your direct participation here in levine, right? you will just, you would ukrainian officials speak of a slowing russian advance, but as the shelling continues on, civilian casualties rise. the horrors of this war remains. devastatingly clear. des alexander phenomena is in love. if in western ukraine where many who are fleeing the war are heading, i, alexandra, we heard in that report there that the city is buckling under the pressure with so many people arriving. are there enough resources to provide for all these people? well, with more and more people arriving here, and if we have to say that it is becoming increasingly difficult for the authorities to provide the refugees with what they needed that only medicine food. but it is 1st and foremost

a safe place to stay. and according to the mayor of the city, the city is slowly stretched to being stretched to its limits. even sad that in the near future they are not going to have enough for places to stay for those refugees . and i met a number of people here who told me that they don't have actually a place to stay to night. that is why many of them are heading to the railway station and we are standing right in front of it. when you can see behind me may be still long lines of people trying to get on a train to the polish board, or they want to get to safety. but of course, there are also worried whether they will be able to return today to ukraine. any time soon, alexander, can you tell us what some of the people who are arriving there are telling you about what they have witnessed? well, we have been hearing a heartbreaking stories or some of them really difficult to stomach. we met 2 students. one of them is originally from are you paul?

and her mom is still there without any access to water, electricity, or medicine. and she told us that she doesn't know whether her mom is still alive. i met 2 other women or both of them from har keith. they told us holly, they were seeking shelter in their basement to hide from a, from a russian artillery. they escaped us, but one of them told me that her mom is again, still there. she decided to stay to not leave for apartment and people here. people we met our warring sea sick about her, the loved ones that they left behind amid all of this, alexander we are, we are hearing that evacuations are under way in sumi and air pin. ukraine says evacuations from my you poll, which you mentioned were suspended due to shelling. what more can you tell us about that? well,

what i can or needs to tell you is that it is very difficult to verify any information with regard to the so called humanitarian corridors. we saw footage this morning showing a convoy leading to me. we show we also so footage, showing people being evacuated from a pin. however, we are hearing those reports from the ukraine in sources. dad to the russian side, allegedly open fire on people trying to get out of them are you pull, we cannot verify. i cannot verify this information from where i am standing right now. however, we have to stress that it would be not the 1st time human rights watch is looking into reports about russian forces, assaulting civilians and, and, and civilian infrastructure. and people here really dis, distrust anything that the russian government is saying and promising. our correspondent, alexander phenomena reporting there for us from the vic. thank you very much.

chinese president, she jan paying has reportedly called for maximum restraint in ukraine. she was speaking at a virtual summit where the french president in manuel nicole and german chancellor, olaf shots the state broadcaster cctv reported she as saying that china was quote, pained to see the flames of war re ignited in europe. it's one of the strongest statements to emerge from china since the russian invasion, but beijing and so far, abstained from voting against russia at the un, and has refused to condemn the attack. welcome on building from say the security. we can speak now to our dw brussels correspond at jack parrot. for more on the story hijacked. tell us more about that. the significance of this meeting with china will is an important one. certainly firstly that we're seeing this sort of re unification of the franco german access with the chancellor left shows and the french president minute micron. choosing this sort of 3 way conversation like they

had with bite in the last 48 hours as well. the u. s. president, the only understanding that we have so far is from chinese state media that is telling us that she's been paying the chinese presidents and the situation is worrying also said that they're concerned about it spinning out of control. and though that he called on france and germany to increase efforts to reduce the effect of the sanctions that the europeans and the americans are putting on on international markets and supply chains as well. so it was an interesting phone call, an interesting time to do it, but also well, she's in being said that there needs to be this maximum restraint. what we haven't understood is who that comment was directed towards was that was that directed towards the kremlin, and the russian president vladimir putin were obviously, china does have some sway the 2 sides consider themselves partners independent partners. if so, jack can explain to us what china us interests in this conflict are and what germany and france are hoping that china will do for ukraine here. well,

i think what the german and french leaders would have wanted is so much stronger statements coming out of beijing, condemning the war and condemning the invasion in ukraine by the russians. that is extremely unlikely to happen. however, the, the chinese foreign minister, wine ye, just about a week ago said that the, the russia, china relationship was rock solid. and you'll remember the sort of the beijing winter olympics at the beginning of february, russian president vladimir putin went there. and he and she's in ping sign this sort of massive communicate document of all the ways in which they cooperate with one another. i don't think anybody is expecting the chinese to really come out with this firm condemnation or to exert any real pressure. but we do know that the chinese are sending humanitarian aid into ukraine to try and support some of the people that have been displaced by this conflicts. the question is, what, where do we go from here? it looks like as, as much as the sort of statements are coming out, they want restraint. they want no conflict. that doesn't look like this school between

a french president manual micron and owner shows. and she's in pink. really has, has moved anything too far. see me to be honest. he did you brussels correspondent jack perez speaking to us there. thank you very much. now to some other developments in the conflict, russian president vladimir putin has denied reports that constrict you conscripted soldiers are being forced to fight in ukraine, saying the army only consists of professional soldiers. last week, russia introduced a new law to suppress reporting about the war and describes its invasion of ukraine as a special military operation. like yours, maggie, the japanese government has announced additional sanctions against russia over its invasion of ukraine. the measures include a ban on exports of oil, refining equipment, and asset freezes on 20 individuals. sanctions have also been announced against russia's allied bella, bruce, food, and cuba president has condemned the sanctions imposed on russia by countries around the world. in a statement,

miguel diaz cannetta appeared to defend moscow's position that russia was forced to attack ukraine over a perceived security threat. but he said helena will continue to plead for a serious, constructive and realist solution to the conflict with the boy. i will not be those you all across ukraine. ordinary people have signed up to help the war effort. many of them are far from home after fleeing the russian invasion to cities further west for many women that met leaving their loved ones behind to fight dw is fighting for char, met a group of women in the city of chin. if seek in between nights and a bomb shelter, they are spending their days volunteering to support soldiers on the front lines one do at a time. these women here had very normal lives before the russian invasion. some of them teachers, i t specialists, their weapons for peace, bread as much as i know what it's like to be hungry, it's very important to fit all this. even those who do not know will all ukrainians

here. but if, if this has to be, i think the breath shall feed soldiers, men and women at the front line, mcdahl if jenko spearheads, the team of 30 volunteers says that redmond's cousin, us home love something we can share with you later. 120 people share these house already. it was built for 80 by marta and various donors 5 years ago to help survivors of domestic violence. she know, accommodates internally displaced women and children. marina just arrived the 2 children from key after 4 days on the road. the voters scared a lot of kids for either in the basement or in a garage, tears all the time. all a countries been killed and destroyed, white, easily issued. she must eat, though she's not hungry, concerned about her sister who is stealing key. the shelter was located in chattanooga sea in western ukraine still relatively safe,

but fearing the worst preparations are in place. what used to be a gym has become a makeshift bomb shelter during the night. moments of comfort much needed for every one. in another room volunteers suing ukrainian flax in high demand. now the patches for soldiers to stop the bleeding times of war. highlight the importance of women. marta says it said all that the mush at that said might he do this because her have to dirt women do the same as man. i'll will women odd the front line, our women fight and also die. i follow women drive trucks and looked flower and them was m a water. so love rosa memorial leaving you. praying with her 2 children is not an option. she says she cannot leave her husband or her country behind and she will be needed here to once the war is over. domestic violence will be on the rise. she says, just like in 2014, when fighting began in easton,

ukrainian up and then apply it on there enough to listen. but what they learned enough people to kill, to be aggressive. and very often when they're a town home, the don't receive rehabilitation from the government. now let their anger out on their wives and children. several of allison cannot imagine what will happen after this, for i am shown as a war, the facility, 89. no one can, but every one hopes for peace with we've been looking there at how women are helping the war, african ukraine, women and children also make up the majority of the 2000000 who have already fled the conflict. we want to take a closer look now at their plight, and we can speak to anita about the up. she's the deputy executive director at u. n . women, and she's joining us to speak about this topic. thank you very much for being with us. you are and d, w. how does the situation of women in this war differ from that of men?

well, 1st had a very basic level. the men are constructed and are fighting, but women are the ones who are taking the children, their families, and flea. so in this conflict, as in any other conflict, women and children end up burying the disproportionate burden off the crisis. well they, those who are fleeing in particular are at risk of becoming victims of violence and exploitation. and this conflict in many others. as you said, what measures need to be put in place to ensure that they are protected when humanitarian aid is given, it must be given with gender lens because it is very important that the particular exigencies of situations that women find themselves and are taken into account for example, it's really important to ensure that we are thinking about women's physical needs,

which is not something that necessarily comes immediately to the mind of an ordinary humanitarian worker. so you need to think about what needs women may have, particularly in their care giving function that may require different physical infrastructure, different kinds of provisions, different hours of service, all of those need to be taught through through agenda length. if we look at the situation facing both women who are a staying to healthy effort and those who are fling, what worries you most? well, the thing that, of course, worries us the most is the fact that there is no peace yet. that is the overwhelming worry at this stage that the fighting continues, that there is conflict that there are more depths. but it to your specific question on what worries us is. there is a huge and only displeased population now. and we will have to make sure that they

can live in a way that is dignified and humane in the midst of this crisis. and for those who are fleeing, yes, countries are opening up and giving them temporary residency. but how are they going to cleave new lives for themselves in these new environments? and as we've already discuss, it's not only in ukraine that women and girls are finding themselves in situations of war, crisis conflict. where are you particularly concerned about their conditions? i wish i could say there was one place where i was less than some than others. the fact is, the disproportionate, in fact, of crises on women is seen in every single crisis. whether you're looking at women and te gray women in afghanistan, women, and haiti, and it doesn't matter what the nature of the does. austell of the crisis is whether the crisis comes out of war conflict or a climate time. it shows no disaster. the impact on women,

partly because poverty is so deeply feminist is always worse than it is on other segments of the population. anita about the speaking to us, the un women's deputy executive director. thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today. since the start of russia's invasion, ukraine's museums galleries and cultural institutions have been scrambling to protect their collections. many have shipped pieces a broad, but that is becoming increasingly difficult. heavy shelling has already caused considerable damage, so museum workers are staying behind to save what is left. a nation's heritage packed up in boxes. the andre shipped it's kim national museum, and levine is ukraine's largest art museum. it stores have been closed since the russian invasion began. the museum already survived world war 2. but whether it will survive this one unscathed is unclear. it's extensive collections are being

packed away into the seller, the rabbi and but the worker, he, you know, it's so bitter for my soul. if your book we just spoke with you, sometimes tears are coming for your to reach that. i'm telling the truth is good because a lot of work has been put in here by our staff in boxes and it takes time energy. and when you do something good, you feel pleasure. liver. to do to day, you see empty walls, your choice. this makes you feel better for you. the sad shay was so sad user, so the burglar trouble, you know, we didn't believe it till the last minute that this could happen, but it did me sheesh many of the cities sculptures have been carefully cloaked in foam wrap. may be a futile attempt to protect them, but better than doing nothing at all with gold, you may regret not a linear muscle. we are well aware that we're not able to protect them from direct impact of abundance of but from any light damage that may occur. brookie from

shelling it unless you're shock waves, postcards and at small fragments or shrapnel about mac. well, we're just trying everything we can home for yet more than empty walls at the museum in live. as this new chapter of ukraine's history begins, hopefully and grief are constant companions. let me go with karen homestead from d. w culture with us for more on the story. hi, karen. nice to me. tell us exactly what is at risk here. what. how many sites are objects? are we talking about? well, the list is incredibly long. it would take far too long to talk about in this show because ukraine has about 300 at least 300 cultural sites of international relevance. starting with things like for instance, 7 unesco world heritage sites in places like a v or a v c that we heard about earlier. and for example,

in the capital key of like the site to push ask love to cave monastery and the famous st. sophia cathedral, both of those date back to the 11th century, so incredibly rich and long history. there are also countless other churches. so a wealth of icons and liturgical artifacts, sacred texts. but also things like pres, goes and, and mosaic that it's impossible to carry away. they, they're stuck in place so very much at risk. there are an awful lot of museums, but also entire cities really that are artistically very relevant. how to keep, for instance, is the birthplace of constructivism. odessa have the largest museum of 20th century avant garde art levine, very important in jewish history and sharing of also a cultural landmark. and there are also things that are very much, it was like archaeological fine, where it's not just damaged. that is the worry. it's also looting by russian troops

as, as there really is a huge fear that they're basically gonna try to sort of literally take over a lot of these objects. and of course, you also heard about the missile attack on the tv tower, which, which affected the bobbin. you are a holocaust memorial which is adjacent. and so there's really the full spectrum of ukrainian culture and identity that's under threat here. why are these sites these objects so important? well, really for the relationship to the rest of our, to of, of, of european and world culture the cave monastery. first of all is an active monastery. there are over a 100 monks actually actually resident there. and with the saints, a few cathedral, those are 2 really important sites of eastern orthodox christianity, which is of course, the predominant religion in russia and ukraine. and then also in much of eastern europe, both of those date back to the key of them. ruth empire. and i think it's really important for people to understand that this is where is where vladimir the great

at that time in 98 converted to christianity. so the, this places is places are the foundation of modern russia, modern ukraine, and modern bellows. so they're very interconnected, many works of ukrainian artists, or course hugely important for europe, shared art history. and i can just name a couple of names because remember, leave it to the very well known, fussy, or middle of alexander book myself, just to name a few. so there's an incredible amount of really shared history that speaks to european diversity and it's many traditions. what can the art world do to help? yeah, that's a tough one. museum officials are, are definitely crying out for help, but they're saying essentially that it's, it's, it's absolutely crucial to remind the world that this war will indeed have a global impact culturally speaking. and psychologically speaking, in terms of, of the illogical takeover that's happening. there is an attempt to one nation to really claim and eradicate another history. and they're urging institutions in the

west to inform people about the war to, to inform people about the country, ukraine in their talks and events, and to, to simply do things like play their music, read the books, discuss the books by ukrainian authors who've been writing about the war in ukraine that's already been going on for the past 8 years. so there are a lot of a lot of things to, to understand that ukraine is not just a province of russia. i think every attention that's paid to this culture specifically is going to help defend and define it's independence. karen homesick from d. w culture. thank you for bring us that story. pleasure to me. and the world of sports is continuing to show solidarity with ukraine after russia's invasion. at last night, the english premier league football match between tottenham and everton. the stadium was lit up in the blue and yellow of the ukrainian flack and minutes applause was also held before the game kicked off. images of the premier league

football stands together, campaign have been going out on its world feed. in response, china, which is a close ally of russia stop showing matches from england's tough link. here is a reminder now of our top headline. ukraine has started evacuating civilians via humanitarian corps doors. coordinated with brush up video appears to show buses leaving the northeastern city assuming but keith is accusing russian forces or breaking a cease fire agreement to let people out of money. you both coming up next on dw news asia. look at how the war in ukraine is resonating in south korea's presidential election race. and it's perhaps the most unlikely issue in south korea's election campaign. whether to decriminalize tattoo

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