ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, civilians desperate to leave battered ukraine may have another chance. russia and ukraine agreed to a new cease fire that covers several cities. but key of accuses rush us forces of attacking previous escape routes. those who are pled cities under siege fear, the worst for others who have stayed behind people. there now have been left for dead, but they're hiding in basements with them. i can't even think about it. hundreds of thousands are heading west to the city of love. if and face tough choices about

where to go next plus poland offers to put its fighter just at the disposal of the united states that could then make them available to be craney and military. but the pentagon says the plan is not tenable. ah, i'm see me so misconduct. glad you could join us for another day, russia and ukraine have agreed to a cease fire to allow civilians to leave 6 cities. but it is unclear whether the safety of those routes can be guaranteed the mayor of one northeastern city. so me has said civilians have begun to leave in private cars. to me was hit overnight by russian shelling ukrainian officials released this video said to show a rescue underweighed a family home. the strike came only hours after a cease fire allowed the 1st of successful evacuation thousands of civilians trapped in the city. ukraine claims none of the other escape quarters worked and

accused russian troops of shelling. the route from the city of maria, ukraine's army says it still continues to hold the capital city. key of despite attacks nearby, as the russian invasion meets resistance, there are fears that they could step up their attacks on civilians serious it's the 1st successful humanitarian corridor, allowing desperate civilians to flee during a pause in the fighting. these convoys carried people from the north eastern city of summa, which is experienced heavy shelling in recent days. president vladimir lensky said it was just the start for the lunches of people are saved about humanitarian aid has been delivered. but this is just a small percentage of what we have to do, and what is expected of us. we already, humanitarian aid is ready and our transports are ready. well there further west. people fleeing the key f suburb of our pin, crossing

a damaged bridge that russian troops have repeatedly fired on as civilians tried to get across. heartbreaking goodbyes. as many of the men left 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 with you or her so 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. just the civil mover here. 0 military analysts say the onslaught will likely get worse in the coming days. russian forces are increasingly turning to shelling civilian areas and infrastructure. these air raid sirens in kiev warning people to stay indoors as the invasion entered its 14th day.

but as the dawn broke, the national anthem echoed through the streets a message of solidarity. ah, the show of resistance continues in carson. the 1st major city to fall under russian control in the port city of odessa, residents are erecting barricades in front of their beloved opera house. so far, the city hasn't been hit. but after seeing the scenes of destruction from other parts of the country, people here are preparing for the worst. let's get an update from the ground. now we can go to the capital kia to speak to our correspondent mathias filling out standing by for a fair mathias. the russia has agreed on

a cease fire and the opening of $66.00 escape routes from several cities including body bowl in the south. what more can you tell us about this? well yeah, it's another attempt to get people out of these cities of maria upa, but also of the suburbs in the near keith. i am now at the station at the key of central station. this is where we expected many of these people who i vacated from these places to arrive. we have heard that they, the authorities had told them together there around now and they will be evacuated in convoys. but we do not know yet whether these cameras have really been able to leave. the same is true former yoko, which is the worst, the place where the conditions are the worse now. um it, it, russia has broken the ceasefire several times or the cease fire has not a been sustainable enough to bring people out in previous times. we do not know what is going to happen today. of course, it's another attempt for

a badly needed convoys to get people into safety and to get goods into these places that have been low running low on medication food and also water. but yes, we've also heard that many civilians have been rescued from the city at suny, which has also been very hard hit more are still being evacuated. does this mean that these a so called humanitarian quarters are working or that means that this particular humanitarian corridor has worked so far. i wouldn't go any further because the problem with these humanitarian corridors is that they are built on trust and there is no trust. and there is also, it's also unclear what the real intention behind it is. russia has also, has sent several signals that were very confusing. one of them was that they would allow people to flee only if they fled to russia, which is something that most people here fear might be even worse for them than

fleeing other than, than staying in these, in these places. so a lot of confusion, a lot of psychological warfare, and that one corridor has worked is certainly good news, but it's not a promise in any way. and we are, the fighting is also, of course, continue can, can you give us an update on the progress of a rush as invasion? well, there are pro, there is progress in several parts of the country. a slow advanced. it's not, it's not the fast edmonds, the russia was hoping to, again, it's not, they're not where they wanted to be. at this point. according to western intelligence, the original time by russia was by now or by day 15, as almost now to have conquered the whole country to have decapitated the government. they have obviously not succeeded their meeting. fierce resistance, they advancing slowly, but of course they are bringing in more technology they bring in more soldiers and this is going to probably be

a bloody and long war. correspond mathias spelling of speaking to us from here. thank you. as material said, central t, as, as still largely been sparing from heavy fighting. he's also gone to the outskirts of the sea and met people preparing to repel the russian advance. setting up roadblocks on the outskirts of kia. we're south west of the city in what is usually a quiet, suburban area. this is one of the roads that lead directly into the territories that the russian army is already occupying. and the people here are preparing for an attack from that side. the russian troops are less than 10 kilometers away. e or not. his real name is a volunteer for the territorial defense forces, a citizen battalion that supports the army on the ground. their job is to prepare the area to make a russian advance as difficult as possible. what it was for going on with a sheet,

a tank and easily push away these concrete blocks you see at these iron hedgehogs as we call them, cannot be pushed away with your see mother will have to get out of their tank to clear, the rogue i thought this will allow us to gain some time wide bulk of that's what these things do. so we're saying showing gallery to view the volunteers serve close to their ho, hoping to provide the armed forces with knowledge of the area dwarfed in terms of technology. ukraine relies on its home field advantage where we're at all way to avoid worth of it is we are ready to fight dollar. we are ready to take back our villages and cities will not let the enemy in our own home. so lucy, lucy and we are doing better every day, but we are the only country that is challenging. one of the biggest army this on with her army. since the beginning of the war, the number of volunteers as searched, the territorial defense forces are officially part of the armed forces. but their members often have no military training. they're not supposed to fight on the front,

but after the start of the war, they took up some military and policing tasks. checkpoints, all over the country, are operated by these groups just at the philadelphia into throughout the deal team. our job is to filter out hostile agents. there are many people fleeing from over there as their houses are shelton. we will not let spies passes refugees or they are gay, but we them the essence of how young covers them remains the secret closer to the contact line. he hor inspects another barricade, yell widows? yes, yes. okay. yeah. which of you did pretty well? i grew up here, i should take the kids out here for outdoor trainings. i'm a trainer for outdoor sports, what 4 used to kayak on these waters by that radio orientation, training, or whatever. i could never imagine seeing combat. here we go for the ones for those up there who able to receive a interview. this is where his territory ends. now,

a bridge that leads over to the other side has already been blown up. let's get more on the situation on the ground. now we can speak to maria of gave up . she lives in hot keith and works at the european expert association, focusing on ukrainian relations with the you and nato. and it looks like we just lost our connection to maria. she was joining us from the streets of harkey, then of course the connection there is not a particularly stable at the moment. we're gonna try to get maria back on the line and speak to her in a little bit. so we'll try to establish that line and come back to where it 1st step. let's move on to our next story. hundreds of thousands of people escaping the fighting of streamed into the western ukrainian city of la viv. it's become a massive bottleneck. the only direction to flee being west d w's. alexander phenomena met up with some of them. we are here at the railway station in these and you can see how busy it is here with long lines of people

trying to get on a train to the polish border. mothers with the small kids, women, with their pads, with hastily packed suitcases and plastic bags. many of them seem to be traumatized . many of them are worried sick about the loved ones that they're left behind. and we start to cover who we are from cock have and this city has gone gordon yet, but also mina, come with them. i just have one question. what was it all for? who benefits from destroying such a beautiful city? we once had a wonderful mayor, he's now turning over in his grave. you can't look at that's left of the city without cried. i was born there. i grew up there, i spent my whole life. there really isn't lip necessarily the british lot, but do you both the people there now have been left for dead, but they're hiding in basement with them. i can't even think about it. when i sit

down to vista, they're sitting there without any electricity, water, or heating my mother's hiding in a cellar. her mother is the mother you pool. she can't get hold of her. so just cook or what you want to throw mom. i haven't heard anything from her since march 2nd, 3rd, mika than yeah, i was just never would have expected something like this to happen, especially from russia and belarus. i have so many relatives in moscow. you must be a more girls think of according to the city i saw it is it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide all the refugees with food and clothes, and 1st and foremost where the place to state. that is why many people here are desperate to get out, even though they don't know whether they will be able to come back use my don't know. i never thought i'd have to flee. got it with. i don't know where we will go . whatever gods plan is certainly to poland,

normally we are not leaving forever. will be back for sure. many of the people we met originally from the russians, speaking part of the country. they told us they would never expect russia to attack ukraine. they are angry and sad, and some of them have a clear message to vladimir putin. i don't understand why you are against our membership in the you and are now literally pushing us towards europe. thank you very much, but please it cannot come at the cost of our lives and those of russians only in the peaceful way antiquated. she, she knew, honestly, i think put her nose. he is sick and will die soon. and he wants to take as many people with them as possible, sir. yes, i was of. but nickerson with blackwood mustard wants it did with the year when we live in the 21st century. we don't live in the 20th century anymore during the 2nd world war, where civilized people, but how civilized is it for the whole of ukraine to leave ukraine?

well done, you have liberated us. thank you. have a deed by cba. now to some other developments in the conflict, ukrainian authorities say they don't know what is happening at the tr noble nuclear power plant. they haven't received information on radiation levels there since it was seized by russian troops. the u. n. atomic watchdog says it is also concerned about the 200 staff members still working at the site. mcdonalds is temporarily closing its 850 restaurants across russia. the chain says it can no longer ignore the human suffering unfolding in ukraine. it staff will continue to get paid over $250.00 companies have suspended operations in russia. credit rating agencies, fiche has downgraded russian debt by 6 notches, saying that a default is imminent. the agency says sanctions and trade restrictions could undermine russia's willingness to service. if debt the western measures of thrown the countries financial markets into turmoil and the european union says it will

add more russian oligarchy and government officials to with sanctions list. brussels also wants to monitor whether crypto currencies are being used to circumvent it. sanction 3 banks from belarus or russian ally will be cut off from the swift banking system because they are not thousands of ukrainian refugees are arriving here in berlin every day. that has caught the capital off guard and as pushing resources to the limit. berlin says it can't cope alone and has appealed for help from other parts of the country. safe at last, far from the wood ukrainian refugees at this shelter arrived in berlin. a few days ago, traumatized and exhausted. very few were willing to talk to us. one woman from the besieged city of her gift, told us she finally managed to get some sleep after arriving here. she can't hold back her tears. what it looks like. he quoted, my sister still there is a widow job with that. she lives in an apartment block on the 8th floor that you

had. she told me she'll never leave. she'd rather die their bombs and missiles raining down on the city. will dial it when you pay about 140 people have found temporary shelter here. they're being cared for in part by an angio that operates shelters like these. it's manager tells us. time is of the essence in this crisis. and having to under enough, i got a call at 3 am on sunday morning to say the people would be moving in that day just to my colleagues, work like crazy in constant shift us to get everything ready over the song ducks. 2 buses arrived carrying refugees in the course of the day, and we thought that was it could by evening, another passport out to our door with no advance notice that you after arriving at berlin central train station, people are taken to their accommodation. more than 10000 refugees from ukraine are arriving every day. the city has sounded the alarm saying it can't cope. germany's

interior minister has promised to help beacon via ang, we are evaluating how to provide refugees from the war zones with a place to stay in germany. naturally, they can't all stay in berlin. the city can't cope on its own. melina line, an attorney stem. the government is working on a plan to coordinate the distribution of refugees. but all of germany states have pledged to take people in or me, as i said to. so which is bessie by. i just want to say thank you to germany for helping us in this situation, that 1st of all, my canon and i will try to help the country in any way i can was presumably so it will take time to settle refugees across germany until then berlin will have to continue rolling out the help when you arrive was the pentagon has rejected an offer from the polish government to transfer fighter jets to the united states for use in ukraine. pentagon press secretary,

john kirby says the plan is not tenable. poland wanted to transfer, it's a soviet era, meg 29 to the us for delivery to the ukranian air force. the polish offer was in response to ukraine's appeal for fighter planes that its pilots are trained to fly . but the u. s. feared that the deal could be viewed by russia as a hostile move. and let's go to warsaw where we can speak to me how but enough ski, he's a senior fellow at the german marshall fund and an expert on a polish us relations. me ha, it's good to have you with us. you're on d w. so the pentagon has rejected this polish offer. is it still on the table? as far as i know that nothing changed is really the offer was approved, was put on the table last night by the polish government. there is clearly some level of miscommunication around this potential agreement. on one hand, poland was surprised by the words of secretary of state, tony blink. and when he,

when he said that u. s. a green lines are exchange of planes, sort of pullin gives me eggs and receives sixteens. on the other hand, american administration for the department and later pentagon seem surprised and not consulted on the agreement or the deal put on the table by the post government. sort of there is a level of understanding. just to clarify this, what do you think a let this misunderstanding? what is the miscommunication? the reason why we are seeing this bit of a blur magic mess is that what are so felt that it was under pressure from the american side. i can, i can speak for my own government and thing a colleagues. this, this idea of parcel of a mix to ukraine is potentially very important one and valuable for,

for ukraine. but sure, in warsaw there's a very clear consensus that poland should not be doing this along that we should be doing this as a part of the alliance. and there was a perception that these are the public pressure coming rather than having a behind the scenes. consultations. ok, so if poland thinks this is an important step, what would the next move be? how could these a jet still get to the ukrainian air force? frankly, in my view and in view of many here, this really needs to be a, an alliance decision has to be a natal decision, not worse or decision. not something done only in bilateral consultations between washington and warsaw are the responsibility. and the decision has to be taken and are very of allies because russia made it pretty clear that it will see

that kind of weapons on that. so, so fighter jet as a, as a step up and perhaps of a level of escalation when it comes to a hub to ukraine and might want to retaliate. we here on the eastern flank just cannot strategically afford to be separate from the rest of the alliance. on this issue, that's why we might do it as a whole. ok now, but if there is retaliation from russia against nato, poland, but also be affected. so isn't it still a concern that russia would interpret this as a direct intervention? yes, there is a, there is this concern for disconcerting. has to be weighted against the dramatic pictures and situation that we are seeing you crated. and again, this is not civilians are dying. russian forces are indiscriminately bombing ukrainian cities. therefore,

the responsibility also on us is the west to help them. and this is another step. this is not something that we have never done before. we have delivered jobs and in both anti tank and the big anti, our current weapons. this will be certainly a step up. we would have to see how the russia reacts. but this risk in my view is worth taking. you've been suffering in ukraine. you say it is decision that has to be reached by the alliance. the u. k. defense secretary ben wallace has backed this offer. do you expect that other other nato members will now back it as well? well, frankly, i know that there is a level of one disagreement or discussion that is still being had in the headquarters. there are some of our western european allies who worried that this would be a step to far as color to re step that could be met with russian retaliation.

and as we know, president putin are letting me put in, and i would rather say mentioned use of nuclear weapons few times on. i would not equate this, but basically we still have ways to go and it will have to be the united states as a leader of their lives to make sure that the rest of the allies are okay with this idea as well. all right, interesting perspective. there for me, how about enough sky? joining us from warsaw. thank you. thank you very much. so now british tennis player and a murray says he will donate the prize money. he wins this year to help children affected by the war and ukraine. murray is an ambassador for unicef, the united nations children's agency. he said on social media that he's working with the organization to provide medical supplies and development kits for children . murray, a former world number one, is taking part in the tournament at indian wells this month,

often referred to as the sports 5th grand slam. the english premier league has suspended it's broadcasting deal with russian partner or co sport in response to the countries invasion of ukraine. the leaks decision was unanimous. every club agreed despite the more than $6000000.00 pounds per year, that uncle sport pays for the rights to show mattress in russia. the premier league also said it would donate 1000000 pounds in humanitarian aid for the people of ukraine. at the winter, paralympics in beijing, ukraine has made 2 clean sweeps of the by avalon events to sit. second in the metals table eating up, we took the gold medal in the standing and middle distance event with her country women coming 2nd and 3rd. and it was a similar story in the men's vision, impaired race. ukraine claimed all 3 metals with vitaly lukea unco backing the gold . it means ukraine now has 6 gold medals and 17, in total. the only behind the hosts, china in the standing. let's get

a reminder of our top headline now. russia and ukraine have agreed with ceasefire to allow safe passage for civilians from 6 ukrainian cities. people are also trying to flee air pin a cerebral suburb of here that's been under siege. the un says more than 2000000 people have fled ukraine, nearly half of them children. that's it for a news update at this hour will leave you with some pictures taken by photographers of photographers rather on the ground in ukraine, where the humanitarian crisis is worsening for people across the country. ah ah ah ah ah,

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