ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin ukrainians trapped in the besieged city of sumi, try to leave off the russia agrees to assist via red cross bosses that take some residents away with while the bombardment is put on pause. but the evacuation of the city failed to materialize as fighting continues on the escape, or also coming up. poland offers to put a fighter jet at the disposal of the united states, which could make them available to the ukrainian military. but the pentagon says

the plan is not tenable. and the united states vans russian oil imports. president joe biden says he vote subsidized rushes, bought on ukraine. but europe still depends on ma supposed. ah, and really mohammed welcome to the program. the humanitarian crisis in ukraine continues to get worse. attempts to evacuate people from 5 ukrainian cities did not materialize. russia agreed to set up humanitarian corridors, but ukraine claims that russian troops are shelling the route, leading away from the city of mario pole. some residents of the northern city of fumey have managed to flee on tuesday, the cranes government shed this video, showing red cross bosses evacuating people before the i ended among the ukrainians,

evacuated while many foreign nationals who also reside in ukraine. and despite the growing detto ukraine's army says that it has managed to stow the advance of brushing forces, which are suffering major setbacks leaving as fast as they can. people fled the northeastern city of sumi, trying to get out before nightfall when a cease fire ends. the night before airstrikes hit residential buildings and a power plant. local authorities said 21 people were killed. dr. further west people fleeing the city of air pin close to the capital key is crossing a damaged bridge that russian troops have repeatedly fired on as civilians tried to get across. heartbreaking good byes, as many of the men split up from their families to go back and fight

others helping those unable to make the journey by themselves. who are you yearly yearly? you know we are fleeing, he will her. she is barely walking, but we are doing our best. thank you. that is good that we could cross the bridge. bombs are exploding over there. quite attending of european is totally damaged. she'll just the civil move, actually silla, meanwhile in the capital president followed the meal zalinski refusing to flee the video message to his people, trying to prepare them for the days to come. viciously with snow is falling. this is spring, coding. galas, the war is the same as spring severe, but it will be all right, so the money we will win anyway. military analysts say the russian onslaught will

likely get worse in the coming days. russian forces are increasingly turning to shelling civilian areas and infrastructure while their tanks and troops are bogged down outside key cities. in the port city of odessa, residents are mounting barricades in front of the beloved opera house. so far the city hasn't been head. but if the experience of the last several days is any guide, anyone who stays behind should be prepared for the worst. and d w. nick connelly has more on the situation in keith for now in downtown keep where i am now this to that, christy. there's still heating, there's still a mobile phone network, so that makes life bearable. there are different, more people here than you would think to on the streets pretty empty. apart from journalists and soldiers, and the occasional person working at all during pursuit market. we were out in the suburb today, not far from it being slightly from the south in an area where the local turturro

defense forces are preparing for rational where they've blown up bridges, where they have tried to kind of block the roads in a way to prevent tanks moving across that pre way that the russians are going to build pontoon bridges to try and overwhelm the attempt to stop this happening. it was kind of extraordinary to see the kind of range of people now in uniform bearing arms. you had someone who usually takes high school kids on mountain hiking trips. you had people, you had people who work managing soup markets. all these people are now suddenly in boots in uniforms, with a gun on their shoulder. checkpoints, trying to look for russia, sleeper agents or to stop looting happening. and it's kind of extraordinary theme to people who would in normal life and never come across each other. now, suddenly, united by this danger to their homes. the pentagon says an offer by poland put its entire fleet of m. i g. 29. find to jets at the disposal of the united states is not tenable. also unveiled the plan off to ukraine made

a plea for health and its fight against russian forces. ukrainian pilots have already been trained to flight the jets, but the pentagon says the prospect of just leaving a us native base in germany to fly into as space contested by russia is concerning . the deputies nato expert. terry schultz has more on the significance of this proposed deal. poland has announced it's willing to hand over. it's mig 2092 to the united states. we don't know yet whether the united states is prepared to take them even though we do know this has been under discussion for days. us secretary of state tony blinking confirmed that over the weekend. so we know that this has been something that poland and the united states have been discussing, and of course we hear from ukraine daily that they need more fighter aircraft. of course, they'd really like a no fly zone, but that's not not in the works at the moment. so we need to see whether this happens as i understand at the polish government, would then expect the united states to take over any of the roles that the megs are

playing at the moment because once they leave. so this is really a deal in the works and we're seeing the negotiation sort of play out in public. so there are a lot of, of, of pieces still in the, it's still in play here. terry shells reporting for us from brussels. well, you, as president joe biden has announced a ban on russian oil imports in response to the invasion of ukraine. the move comes as the united states struggles with rising fuel prices and inflation. the u. s. impulse only a small percentage of its oil from russia. but the van could, is expected to push a oil prices even higher. president biden said that it was defending the price defending it was. it was the price of defending freedom. today i'm announcing united states is targeting the main artery of russia economy. we're banning all in ports of russian oil and gas energy. that means russian oil will no longer be

acceptable us porch and the american people will deal another powerful blow to put in for machines. this is a move that has strong bipartisan support for congress and i believe in the country . mergers of rally support have relo to support their ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing put over more, less. i'm joined by the deputies carrying that she moy, in washington dc. so kathleen, just walk us through what exactly this oil ban will mean? the ban aims to we can rash us economy even more and more. he lobbied and said that they want to keep pressure on president putin and m his war machine, and president biden said that he doesn't want to subsidize this war. am the thing is oil and gas exports are the backbone of fresh us economy and the revenue off of this business off guy isn't oil exports make half of the budget of the kremlin. so

this would be painful for russia and it will have an impact. that's what they hope on the money they need to keep this war ongoing. and now the administration has been involved in talks with the european allies on this for several weeks. biden's poke yesterday for 2 hours with a tensor shawls from germany. president mccaul from france and also with a prime minister johnson from the u. k. we know that the u. k. now is also going to ban oil imports from russia by the end of this year. and if germany and france will follow, that remains an answer. they are, of course, much more dependent on russian gas and oil. then the u. s. is there support for this in the united states? and how is that going to affect the american people? it is, of course, going to affect the american people heavily energy prices are already high, and old prices have already

a reason for 58 percent worldwide since the beginning of, of the year and gas prices. how and i have not reached an all time high. so a ban on the russian oil imports means that the prices are going to go even higher and they are going to stay painful high for the citizens m as so all these are will come in addition to, to an inflation we have right now, the highest inflation in the last 40 years in the united states. and let's not forget that this is also happening and an election year. the mid term elections are in november this year. and the democrats might lose support to because of the economics you to asia, the situation that republicans have already been criticizing for months counting. and she more speaking to wants from washington d. c. thank you, carlino. all the u. s. is a major oil and natural gas producer and not dependent on imports from russia. as

europe. the european union relies on imports for 90 percent of its gas supplies. 40 percent of its gas, and a quarter of its oil is supplied by russia. so it will take some time for the e to find alternative sources and reduce its ryans on russian energy imports without crippling it's economy. or here's a look of some of the other developments in the conflict credit rating agencies, fiche has downgraded russia's debt rating by 6 notches to see saying that the default is eminent. the ratings agency said sanctions and trade restrictions could undermine russia's willingness to service estate. western sanctions are throwing the countries financial markets into turmoil after an invasion of ukraine. mcdonalds is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in russia. the chain says it can no longer ignore the human suffering unfolding in ukraine itself. will

continue to get paid though, and more than $250.00 companies have suspended operations in russia. so far police in the russian city of st. petersburg have detained a group of women, protesting the invasion of ukraine. they were carrying science, criticising the death of russian soldiers. russia has passed tough penalties for those opposing the military. and in berlin, people observed international women's day, but many, he also used their time off to join a protest outside the russian embassy protest in support of ukraine and against the russian invasion, had become a daily occurrence in germany's capital. international women's day is a public holiday in berlin, but hundreds of people use their day off to gather outside the russian embassy near the brandenburg gate in the city center. they have one clear demand, stop the war in ukraine. accommodations. it was very, this is

a sad that i cannot go and i must say our generation is so lucky that we've never been confronted with things like this. at least not so close to us as her dad and i find it devastating and read through now, did i did not lie less. i feel sorry for people in russia who are being ruled by such an awful man, or that i can face repression just for expressing their opinions in where against putin, those causes ohio is what's happening in ukraine is disgusting. none does putting daddy luton is killing people, even children. it's horrible. it's the complete horror. it must stop him. the protest was joined by a member of the german government, agriculture minister, jem us, dimia of the greens. his party has long and consistently criticized russian domestic policies and germany's dependency on russian gas. my board,

i'm quite often vega to creek up. mm hm. feel this war didn't start on february the 24th. it began 8 years ago with the occupation of crimea league, where were we then, you know, this war began in eastern ukraine as the criminal separatists began their reign of terror. that what were we thinking? i, if we're honest, we thought a, well, he'll calm down here scott and those who are now saying, we were wrong about putin. well, the right way to say it is, i was wrong about you to not, we were wrong, which needs to be. the protest was organized by how are help a german iraqi angio set up to support women and girls who are often among the 1st victims of war and armed conflict po and the guy sta, or diana and women's rights pushing back against war mongering. deswartz go hand in hand to mentioned, i will need foreign policy that is led by human rights l e t. we want to transfer solidarity from the internet to the real world, to take to the streets, to use our right to free assembly and altogether to condemn putin the legal attack

on ukraine with all our strength with time. with allah, coffee become activists in berlin are planning further demonstrations against the russian attack on ukraine. protests are set to become an almost daily occurrence that says the w news lives from berlin. stick around for the latest business coming up next. a man with the memories of a woman ali from syria is born in a female body, forced into marriage, raped far from home, ali can finally become the person he's always wanting to be. i was born in berlin. starts march 30th on d, w. ah .