ah, ah ah ah, this is dw newswire 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 russian forces of attacking a previous escape route. one of the roads that lead directly into the territories that the russian army is already occupying. and the people here are preparing for them. no talk from outside. we meet people, manning, the defenses in the outskirts of ukraine capital. and those who have fled cities

under siege fear, the worst for others, were stayed behind the people there now have been left for dead for their hiding and basements with them. i can't even think about it. hundreds of thousands are heading west to the city of life. and face tough choices about where to go next. ah, i'm see me so much going to thank you for joining us. renewed efforts are underway to get civilians out of besieged cities in ukraine. for a 2nd day, russia and ukraine say they will observe a cease fire to provide at 6 evacuation roots. it is unclear though, whether safety can be guaranteed conditions or worsening for people stuck in the area targeted by russian showing as the invasion meets resistance, there are fears that the russian military could step up a tax on civilian areas. 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 dinner. hundreds of people are saved, 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 8 is ready, and our transports are ready. well, we're 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 the we're kind of shows 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. 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 the. but as the dawn broke, the national and some echoed through the streets a message of solidarity. ah,

the show of resistance continues in carrollton. the 1st major city to fall under russian control in the port city of odessa residence are erecting barricades in front of their beloved opera. 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 p to speak to our correspondent mathias billing. i was standing by for a fair mathias. russia has agreed on a cease fire and the opening of $66.00 escape routes from several cities including body opal 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, they are 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's, it, russia has broken the ceasefire. several times of 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 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. which is we've also heard that many civilians have been rescued from the

city of sunni, which has also been very hard hit more are still being evacuated. does this mean that these so called humanitarian quarters are working all 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 has also of course, continue can,

can you give us an update on the progress of russia's invasion? well, there are pro, there is progress in several parts of the country. a slow advanced. it's not, it's not the fasted ones that 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're bringing more soldiers and this is going to probably be a bloody and long war. correspond matches spelling of speaking to us from here. thank you. and we just heard from a t s there that a central key has, has still largely been spared from heavy fighting. but he's also gone to the

outskirts of the city and met people preparing to repel the russian advance. setting up road blocks on the outskirts of keys, we are 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, the spoke with her with a sheet, a tank and easily push away these concrete blocks you see. but these iron hedgehogs, as we call them, cannot be pushed away with ya see, another will have to get out of their tank to clear the rogue. so this will allow

us to gain some time why bulk of, that's what these things do. so we're saying showing yellow 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 layer warm or hot away to avoid worth of it. we are ready to fight sola. we are ready to take back our villages and cities. phaedra will not let the enemy in our own home. so with a loose and we are doing better every day. but we are the only country that is challenging. one of the biggest army others on with the 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 the 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 5th rather into,

throughout the deal. our job is to filter out hostile agents. are many people fleeing from over there as their houses are sheldon, we will not let spies passes refugees or they are again, but we them. visions of how young covers them remains the secret closer to the contact line. he hor inspect another barricade, yell widows? yes. yeah. validity, yeah. which your video? i grew up here. i used to take the kids out here for outdoor trainings. i'm a trainer for outdoor sports. what used to kayak on these waters, but by that we do orientation training or whatever. i could never imagine seen combat here, then you can, you will follow it still look a bit 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 catch up now and some other developments and the conflict. ukrainian authorities say the tr noble nuclear power plant doesn't have electricity. they warned the loss

of power means it is not possible to cool nuclear fuel. it is feared that that could lead to the release of radioactive substances. work to restore power has been hampered by ongoing fighting in the region. the credit rating agency, fitch has downgraded russian debt by 6 notches saying that a default is imminent. the agency says sanctions and trade restrictions could undermine brush, has willingness to service its depth. the western measures have thrown the country's financial markets into turmoil. and the european union says it will add more russian oligarchy and government officials to its sanctions list. brussels also wants to monitor whether a crypto currencies are being used to circumvent it. sanctions, 3 banks from belarus, a russian ally will be cut off from the swift banking system because they are not. and let's talk about that story with our brussels correspondent bob gra vessel was standing by 1st. hi barbara. a. what more can you tell us about the latest

individuals that the e was adding to the sanctions list? in another 160 politicians and all the guards. we don't have the name of the only garcia, but they will emerge of course. and so particularly targeted to the members of the upper house in russia because the duma members are already on the sanctions list. now it's the senate that they are also being put on those lists. and of course, are further figures who are influential in the regime of vladimir putin. they all sort of get slammed was the same as sort of measures. their assets will be frozen, that are in europe somewhere in the world. and they can fly anywhere they can get a visa to go to any other country outside of russia and so on and so forth. so it's the whole government that we have seen already. and they're also more sectarian sanctions against particular segments of the russian economy. and these are the

latest around, they are dealing with the marriage team, maritime sector, and they're against the sort of directed against maritime assets and technology and so on and so forth. so you have to imagine this whole thing is like the slow but continuous turning of a screw. barber we mentioned brussels also wants to monitor crypto currencies. but what can you actually do if it found, find out that they are being used to circumvent sanction? they are working with united states and president biden was, it will imminently sign the presidential order to oblige the cryptic currency exchanges to sort of the check for russian for russian money flows. experts say that the, that the trade in for the currency from rouble has tripled throughout the last week . so there is a certain amount of movement there. people are trying to circumvent the financial sanctions. but experts also say that the flow is not that large. it is more

difficult than you think they can. they can, the changes can check for russian ownership of a certain crypt occurrences. and so it's been slow going so far. generally, the idea is that on the level of the russian state, this is simply not big enough to really help them on a large scale to circumvent sent sanctions. but they are now the united states and europe trying to close that loophole for, for good. but barbara, there's still no sanctions that would actually affect europe's ability to pay for russian oil and gas. could that happen? it can happen. it is already of course, being talked about the european parliament today, a sent a letter to the european council saying, you know, do go this last step. we need to do it now. we can't wait anymore. so do block russian oil and gas. that would also mean, of course, the closing of the banks in the closing of those swift connections. it's, we're not quite there yet, but if things carry on as we see them now in ukraine,

and if the, the, what the west calls war crimes will be containing on the ground. we may yet get there. it may take another week or 2. but in the end, it is rather more likely than not he's barbara basal speaking to us from brussels. thank you very much for that update. or western sanctions on russia have hit its overall economy. her a hard, but as we just heard there, they're also targeting members of president vladimir putin's inner circle. let's take a look at the men who are officially overseeing putin's policies. hooton's advisors have been with him for a long time, sir. j show who was the minister of defense, who was reported to vacation with putin and who was in charge of the annexation of crimea in 2014 by lady get us him of is the chief of staff of the armed forces. he's had a role in putin's military campaigns for decades,

and is in charge of the day to day operations in ukraine. then there is nikolai pa, through sheriff's secretary of the security council known to be a hard liner who was long felt the west was out to get russia, sir gay note erskin is the director of foreign intelligence. he may have lost some influence. recently, after putin chastised him during a televised security council meeting, and then there was rushes. foreign minister survey lever off the chief diplomat and public face of putin's policy for years now. he reportedly advised more diplomacy before the ukraine invasion, but clearly his boss was not in the mood to listen. what is not clear is how much putin is listening to his advisors. there is speculation that he may be sidelining them, and we can talk about that more with our correspondence. emily, sherwin she has been reporting from d w's moscow office, but that was closed down by russian authority. so she's writing a cerner studio berlin. emily at does platinum or putin? how much is he listening to his advisors?

well, when it comes to the decision to go to war, various experts that i've been speaking to who talk to sources within the kremlin, have been saying that essentially that decision was putin's brain child most in the political elite apparently didn't know that vladimir putin was planning this full scale invasion, they thought that it would just be kind of a takeover of those separatists regions. the danielle peoples republic and the launch peoples republic. and it was only apparently, according to media reports, a handful of people who really knew what he was planning. the 1st person you mentioned ham is the minister of defense as a geisha. will some people even say that he told said geisha glue about his plans for this military operation? back in september when he went on a holiday with him in the ty, gar, they went on, you know, long hikes kind of wearing military fatigues. those pictures were widely descript,

distributed on state television as well. and apparently that's when the show who was told about letting their proteins plans, the chief chief of armed forces, validity, get us him of who you mentioned. apparently knew and most likely the head of the fs, the russia, security services, new or the security services have apparently had put his ear for a long time now and have been you know, gaining influence within the country. you can even see that when you lived there more and more police presence even on the streets, but apparently even the presidential administration didn't know. there wasn't a clear line in the 1st few hours after the invasion when it comes to reporting as well, which usually is something that indicates that that something was planned out. and there was a narrative on stay tv as well. but that wasn't the case for the 1st few hours apparently. so what does that mean? i mean, how isolated is putin in his decisions? well, one expert that i was speaking to said that before putin was kind of almost an institution,

you know, he's almost the umbrella over the whole system. he was like a c, e o with shareholders that he had to consult with, you know, including some of the men we've seen there. now more and more, apparently he's taking his decisions, more alone. he is actually been also this many people point out isolated physically as well, because he has mainly been in his residence outside of moscow in over got over isolating there, protecting himself from from colbert since the pandemic began. and that means extreme security measures. apparently anyone who wants to see him in person and wants to see him now has to isolate for 14 days. so obviously people her directly involved in government business. that's quite a difficult thing to do. so that means there were talking to him on the phone via video link and i think perhaps even for put in himself, it might have been hard to gauge their reaction to his plans without being in the same room as him. and emily just quick last question,

how much support does student and his inner circle? how much they actually have among the general population for this war, where we don't know their official numbers, which put the support around just over 60 percent, 65 percent. but that's of course, a government pollster, other independent experts are putting it more at 50 percent, but that's still pretty high. a lot of people are following the state tv line, which is that russia is liberating ukraine from this nazi occupation that they're not hitting civilian targets. that there are no victims, essentially. and that the sanctions are, the west is to blame for that. but of course, there is quite a big opposition within the country. people have been protesting. we've seen that despite the fact that that's a huge risk to them. he w emily, sure. when thank you so much for sharing that reporting with us. now, hundreds of thousands of people escaping the fighting have streamed into the western ukrainian city. oblivious its become

a massive bottleneck. the only direction to flee being west d. w is alexander phenomena metal with some of them. we are here at the railway station in the leaf, 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 a small kids, women with their pads, with hastily packed suit cases 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. when we start to cover who we are from cock have and the city has gone water than 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. with you said lip,

nobody even the british lot. but do you both the people there now have been left for dead up at their hiding in basement with them. i can't even think about it when i sit down. bas. yeah, 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 call it just like to throw my i haven't heard anything from her since march 2nd. 3rd. because i knew i was just never would have expected something like this to happen, especially from russia and bella rose. i have so many relatives in moscow. you must be a more girls think of according to the city authorities, it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide all the refugees with food and clothes. and 1st and foremost were the place to state. and 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 news. my don't

know, i never thought i'd have to flee, forgot it's 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 are originally from the russian 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 a nose, he is sick and will die soon. and he wants to take as many people with him as possible, so to reduce some boys of but mucous of a thank god, mustard wants it, did a review 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? pretty well done. you have liberated us. thank you. have redeemed by cba. thousands of ukrainians are arriving here in berlin every day. it's called the capital off guard and is pushing resources to the limit. berlin has appealed for help from other parts of the country. safe. at last, far from the war, the 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 hard give, 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 his own little 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're 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. that's typically 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, but by evening, another passport out to our door with no advance notice to you. after arriving at berlin central train station people are taken to their accommodation. more than 10000 refugees from ukraine arriving every day. the city has sounded, the alarm saying it can't cope. germany's interior minister has promised to help.

we can be angry or 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 and natalie 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 near the chair to which is possible. i just want to say thank you to germany for helping us in this situation. the 1st of all i can and i will try to help the country in any way i can this miss you, alyssa. it will take time to settle refugees across germany until then berlin. we'll have to continue rolling out the help for new arrivals. that our news update will leave you with some pictures taken by photographers on the ground in ukraine, where the humanitarian crisis is worsening. ah,

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around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. it began, it's a military operation now though it's a massive onslaught on the well being. indeed, the lives of countless innocent civilians, residential areas have been raised to the ground. many people killed in their own homes. families divided hundreds of thousands of mostly women and children. forced to leave the country. how many will never return, it's impossible to say. and the worst could still be yet to come. so on another special edition of to the point we ask proteins wor, no mercy, the civilians.