[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, civilians desperate to leave battered ukraine may have another chance. russia and ukraine agree to a new cease fire that covers several cities. but key of accuses rushes forces of attacking previous escape routes. and as the invasion enters its 14th day, there are reports of more explosions near ukraine's capital. one of the roads that lead directly into the territories that the russian army is already occupied and

the people here are preparing for them. no talk from that side. we also meet people, manning, the defenses on the outskirts of chaos, and shoring up trans atlantic ties. germany's chancellor meets with his canadian counterpart in berlin for talks on russia invasion of ukraine. sure to be on the agenda. europe dependency on russian. oil and gas. ah, i'm sorry, so much gun that's good to have you. with 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 ceasefire to provide 6 evacuation roots. it is unclear, however, whether safety can be guaranteed. conditions are worsening for people stuck in zones targeted by russian showing as the invasion meets resistance, there are fears the russian military could step up

a tax on alien 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 de lensky said it was just the start for new hundreds 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 8 is ready and our transports are ready. well, they'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 flimsy. well how to feel. 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 in terms of european is totally damaged. just the civil mover, high sierra 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. ah, 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 ah, the capital symphony orchestra played a concert to those who stayed behind a brief moment of beauty to canter, the scenes of destruction that are becoming commonplace in ukraine. let's get an update from the ground. now we can go to the capital p, f to speak to our correspond it matches filling out standing by for a fair mathias. so 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 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 yoga, which is the worst, the place where the conditions are the worse now. um it, 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. it's to me which has also been very hard hit more are still being evacuated. does this mean that these a 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, 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 rushes 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 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 plan by russia was by now or by day 15, as almost now to have conquered the whole country to have decapitated the government. they've 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. we heard mathias mentioned there that central kia,

this the largely been spared from heavy fighting. he is also gone to the outskirts of the city and that people preparing to repel the russian advance. setting up road blocks on the outskirts of keith. 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. the 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 year was this for quinn 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. you'll see mother will have to get out of their tank to

clear the rogue. this will allow us to gain some time why it bulk of that's what these things do. so we're saying showing the owner of 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, lay 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 will not let the enemy in our own home. so with a loose and we are doing better every day at the other road, the only country that is challenging. one of the biggest armies of this on was 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. it shows that the 5th rather into, throughout the deal to our job is to filter out hostile agents. there are many people fleeing from over there as their houses are sheldon. we will not let spies passes refugees or they are get 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. yes, okay, yeah. which of you get to the animal? i grew up here. yes. 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 my that redo orientation training or whatever. i could never imagine seen combat here when you go for the ones for those of computer 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 take a quick look at some other developments in the conflict. the united states has

dismissed an offer by poland to offend its fleet of mig 29 fighter jets to ukraine . warsaw intended to give the soviet era aircraft washington for used by the ukrainian military. the pentagon were concerned that russia could view the 3 way deal as a hostile move. and mcdonald is temporarily closing. it's $850.00 restaurant across russia. the chain says it can no longer ignore the human suffering unfolding in ukraine. if staff will continue to get paid over $250.00 companies have suspended their operations in russia. now, canadian prime minister justin true, joe is here in berlin to day to meet demand chance are all nationals and the 2 are expected to discuss the transit learning response to the russian invasion of ukraine. the e u. along with the u. s. u. k. and canada have announced a raft of sanctions against russian oligarchy,

banks and companies. germany has already canceled the north stream to gas pipeline from russia. and your leaders have drawn up a plan to reduce their dependence on russian energy. and we're expecting to see a press conference with prime minister trudeau and chancellor shows that we'll start shortly. we're keeping an eye on that. these are live pictures from here in berlin at the moment. and we're going to be listening into their press conference as soon as we see the 2 leaders. but prior to the meeting today, a prime minister justin should go announced on twitter that canada would be sending more military equipment to ukraine. so again, a message there of solidarity from canada, echoing what we've seen, of course, from transatlantic partners, from here in the european union as well. that message from justin to go ahead with meeting with the last shots we are expecting to hear from the short them shortly. of course, top of the agenda for these 2 leaders will be the russian invasion of ukraine. and

of course we're expecting as well. one of the big issues to be europe, that dependence on russian oil and gas imports. so we'll have to wait and see what they say. we have our chief international editor, richard walker with us now in the studio. to talk more about this. richard, what do you think we can expect to hear from justin trudeau and all that or any, any big announcements or changes the strategy that we haven't heard of any bigger announcements that are in the pipeline for what we're seeing from just introduce he's on a tour essentially, a european allies in the context of the russian invasion of ukraine. he's been in the u. k. he's been in the baltic states for expecting him tomorrow in warsaw, poland. at the same time, as the vice president come, the harris is going to be that there will be meeting there. so really a tool by trudeau, to, to touch base with, with allies around europe. and to discuss the actions that the west collectively

have been taking. it to try to stand up to this invasion and as you just mentioned, so, so news from just introduce just this morning saying that that he may be making this announcement to sending weapons to ukraine. no specific so far will bit. we'll see whether he brings up any specifics of those, but he described them as highly specialized military equipment. and trudeau, also speaking on the phone to ukrainian president followed him. is lensky this morning? so be interesting. see if there's any more on that. how to assess the transit learning response that we've seen to the russian invasion so far. we know that both europe and the us and canada have gone to great lengths to emphasize that they do really stand together on the measures that have been taken. yeah, and i think there's been more unity in the stronger response than many had expected since the invasion. there was a lot of concern about whether the transatlantic alliance would really hold up whether there would be differences within europe about how tough you can be towards

russia. so far, the west has been remarkably united with countries like germany, for instance, going farther than many had expected germany, a country that had long seen itself as a kind of bridge between russia and the west. as you just mentioned earlier, cancelling or putting a stop on the north stream to natural gas pipeline. also reversing is policy on supplying weapons. so providing the ukrainians with some lethal weapons already since the beginning of the war. so a lot of unity in a tougher response from europeans, the many expected, but we may be entering a period where there's a little bit more divergence between, between specific members of the western lives. for instance, on energy. now the sanctions that were announced as a kind of unified set of sanctions by the north americans and europeans at the outset didn't, did not include energy supplies, so oil and gas from russia. now,

the united states has gone further. the president biden of the weekend announcing a ban on imports of oil canada. did that earlier? just introduce announce a similar measure at the very end of february already. but the united states and canada a far less dependent on russian energy than the europeans or to the europeans are saying, well, they're taking a much lower approach. so the europeans, for instance, around 40 percent of that gas, a comparable proportion of oil comes from russia. obviously just completely pulling the plug that only one go the europeans and the germans among them, saying that you can't do that overnight. what they are doing is trying to make preparations to radically reduce that dependency in the coming months. as we're waiting for this press conference to start, those are the pictures we're seeing there. how much of a point of contention do you think that's actually going to be particularly this meeting today? because we saw some messages from the white house recently that there is at least

some understanding for your position when it comes to be. it's dependent on russian oil gas. it was certainly easier for the u. s. at this point to say it's going to ban all russian oil imports much harder, as you mentioned for, for your. yeah. and i wouldn't expect any kind of contentiousness in the, in the mood between trudeau and all our souls in this press conference whatsoever. i think there will be a recognition for the kind of different starting points that each countries in these regions come from. but there is an active debate growing here in germany about whether it is right to be so cautious and so hesitant about energy import with a series of quite influential voices coming out in recent days. and i'm sure we can expect more of that as, as time passes on saying that actually germany and europe as a whole is in a position where it could, whether this storm, if they did pull the plug on russian energy inputs, that it would come at significant cost,

but that if it had the potential to shorten this war, then it would be worth doing. so i think it's gonna be very interesting to see how far that debate here with in germany and around europe develops in the weeks ahead . and that will depend very much on what happens in the war, whether putin's invasion continues to, to, to move or to rather slower pace than expected. what happens in the russian economy, essentially whether russia appears sufficiently weakened by the sanctions that have taken place so far. the kind of core argument that is being brought forth in favor of bringing in an energy embargo on russia at this point is the fact that rushes income from oil and gas is shooting up at the moment, right? because of the price rises that have been triggered by this war and by this instability in global market. so the concern is that russia is increasing

its income from oil and gas at the very moment when the west wants to really kind of strangle the russian economy to the point where russia gives you a new crane. so that's the argument that's being putting put, put forward important point and i do see that all actual and just introduce are just coming to the podiums now. so which is all that mine? let's listen to what they have to say. even just finish. why me sad as to what an agenda columbus i'm a very what's i pleased to have here in berlin lager. and i hope the context of your visit and the situation in europe was very serious. and therefore it's still a pleasure to welcome you here to day. so let lunch and you have just not a sure look. holton lies, not. i'm returning from latvia canadian troops. my megan would abuse to defend or nato territory, and germany soldiers. i in lithuania as in order to secure the border. we are

grateful and stead our trans atlantic allies make such an important contribution to the security that was in europe. the attack of russia on ukraine is a watershed event for europe, but also for the peace kindness order. this attack is an infamous leave violation of international law. the world has changed ever since this attack. we are seeing a lot of attacks on, on ukrainian cities, schools and residential buildings and the suffering of the people in the war zones . leave us speechless. and what we indeed is, sees fire in am i call to they've russian president is to put an end to this bloodshed, to withdraw the troops. it is a horrible disaster for the ukrainian people, but also the russian people is suffering from under this war that we need

a ceasefire ended ass fucking gangs all from the end. the very fact that this, but my conflict has to come to an end is a topic that i also talked about with a french colleague, my call and with ease this offer. i looked up chinese president. she isn't as conflict as a military solution of the conflict doesn't make any sense. that's totally clear what we need right now is a diplomatic solution. and that is what we are work in full in close coordination with our international partners. and we're was hoping that there will be solutions to be found in the toast between ukraine and russia. we hope that we find a way out of the situation. what we are doing is to provide help and support it, as has been widely acknowledged. and i listen premier to do it myself, we agree is that wherever it is possible, we not just on that. it will continue on business as usual. so bases, but again, not in international organization. it's a very important,

a signal that the general assembly of united nations have condemned almost unanimously with the, the tech event of russia on ukraine and the well community of state is not going to accept this find dismiss behavior. and that's decisive. and this is something that those were advancing and promoting this war. need you to keep in mind mission of it? we've been talking about not only this war and how we can stand together. we also been talking about how we can protect people in ukraine with what we can provide. but we also talked about the longer term development of our world and climate policy phase. a very important role from the perspective of both of our countries. it's of central importance also when it comes to the g. 7 presidency where canada and ourselves act us again of side by side as partners with a similar plan project, we need the cloud. in fact, to be implemented, we'd want to do everything was

a necessary cognitive and possible to nuts learn tool for von foster. the working together of the word community and plan impact is something that we advancing so that countries were advancing to create a common neutral world can work together in spite of the different paths that they may embark upon. and i'm very grateful that kind of as a close ally, that has been prim year trudeau is it the homeowners, yields of in a close ally, and we need to harmonize our efforts. also, when it comes to carbon dioxide pry, seen that benito deals. yeah, thanks and i'm very grateful that applies for your tv initiative on com dioxide pricing, which is a very important escal focused proposal you've made in glasgow and we're going to support this proposal today. since it was the question comes up, i'd how can we really implement our ambitious clamp reduction goals?

germany's drives by 2045, which is in 25 years of time. they want to, we want to have a climate neutral economy as one of the most successful industrial countries of the world. it's a huge challenge and those high indeed we're talking about heating here on the industry. we're talking about industrial processors, like if of halter is on which account for the launch is proportion of energy consumption in our country in which we therefore have to change the basis for and is very important. household on banking, on the exchange and offering you will energy, wind power on shore and offshore. canada have the opportunity of using hydro power . we want to strengthen our grids. we want to work closely together when it comes to the utilization of hydrogen solutions. and in this question, it's very important to work together as closely as possible, and that's exactly what we set out to do. we want to do everything possible. and in

order to promote the economy, cooperation of our country, we want to understand a get hydrogen supply from canada and hydrogen is going to play important role in the future. to do this, we need to diversify our structures. we need to source of different sources. the various commodities that we need, we also need to diversify in other important questions like watching ports of gas to germany. for instance, we need just a large number of alternatives in the very good that these alternatives can't at the same time be the structure with which we can build off of a longer term hydrogen industry. and this is what we plan for germany to do. and if i understood correctly, that's the same path led by canada has been embarking upon. and i'm very happy that our many encounters here you evolved been have has been ones supplemented by yet another one. we can continue our efforts to support a world with a medical fusion,

a just world, a world with more just is a world lose which is able and determined to solve the climate, dust crises, and killed very. i topic that it's a philosophy question of peace. this is what the people who are suffering from these bomb braids deserve to receive or heard that civic, who's all 3. thank you. chance results for welcoming us so, so warmly. but thank you all so right off the top for your tremendous leadership in a difficult time, whether it has been being incredibly strong on sanctions and punitive actions towards vladimir putin and the kremlin for their absolutely abhorrent behavior or whether it's with your support for ukraine. it has been a joy to work with you these past many weeks on making sure that we are. we are responding strongly to this threat, not just to friends,

but to the very fabric of our democracies. i am very happy to be joined here today by our deputy prime minister, kisha freeland, and by our minister foreign affairs administer milanese yearly. and the meetings that we had and the lunch we just had was extremely beneficial and effective. canada and germany stand together against put ins invasion. he represents a threat to democracy, to security, and to peace in europe and around the world. this morning i spoke with president zalinski highlighted once again the strength and determination of the ukrainian people and at told him that canada will soon be sending highly specialized equipment to them and invited him to address parliament in canada. and he accepted the kennedy. lal mang club all the press, forsooth, neal, if you kenya is solvina on the if it is on for the keep on mcneally tire, they found kind of half off. zillow, tom,

well know what the lead menu they're on the me on last. the song show extra, marcia, for puny, of put in, is early gaff, unique, hopeless, audrey gentle sort of sank on $1000000.00 at the show. and then for home for you, these exp, mommy tire on you can. today, i can announce an additional $50000000.00 worth of equipment that we will be sending towards ukraine to help out. but more than just the challenge in ukraine, there's a larger challenge around protecting and standing up for our democracies both internally and externally. and that means fighting dis information. we need to work together to defend and strengthen democracy for everyone in our countries. so today i can announce that canada is renewing the g 7 rapid response mechanism. the r r m was 1st introduced at the g 7 and shallow. why that we hosted 4 years ago.

the strength and coordination between countries submitted to influence and disinformation from foreign actors. it responds to threats from people who want to undermine are democracies, including through disinformation. in addition, $3000000.00 will be provided to tackle russian disinformation about ukraine. specifically, we need to stand up for truth and be vigilant against dis, information that tries to mislead us and more tries to divide us a keys on you can demo her life off down to less security in the gt; it, alexia hassle. but that causes your there shall said, you should see my i won't badly disco february w the n on her on to please in this the soft canada alma auto auto body dodge n on those iep adelaide mini who is associated is it on technology. the battery, the technology of all see, and when the sunni lamp, october of all the chandeliers, young man, su, indiana, aunt, honey,

canada and germany are aligned in our ambitious goals to reach nat 0. we know that building clean economy has the potential to expand trade to grow the economy and create good middle class jobs and careers on both sides of the atlantic. so we're working with germany to expand the adoption of carbon pricing around the world. is pleased to join chancellor seltz's g 7 climate club proposal because this is about building a safe, healthy future for our kids and grandkids. both with cleaner air and better opportunities for them to succeed. the major sapa line, well distributed, less stress he'll like he used a few he, he sagged of and of course canada will continue to work with partners in europe to defend democracy, to support ukraine. and to build