ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, a nation under fire ukraine. civilians caught in the cross hairs of the war. efforts continue to evacuate civilians after russia and ukraine. agree a new cease fire covering civil cities. but key that uses russia's forces of attacking previous escape routes. and the leaders of germany and canada meet to discuss the war in ukraine. here in the german capital, they pledge more support for keith and renew calls for an immediate cease fire.

ah. hello everyone. i'm layla iraq. thank you very much for joining us. renewed efforts are underway to get civilians out of besieged cities in ukraine for 2nd day. russia and ukraine say they will observe a ceasefire to provide 6 evacuation routes. it's unclear though, whether safety can be guaranteed or conditions are worsening for people stuck in zones targeted by russians showing. as the invasion meets resistance, there are fears 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 de lensky said it was just the start for the 2. 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, 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 lee walker. 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. ah, but as the dawn broke, the national am some 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, a 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. a sick you to keep a city under pressure corresponded mathias bellinger is in the ukranian capital for you. thomas mathias rather. where do things stand? 2 weeks into the invasion. yeah, we've heard the news. many places are really in bad in, in, in dire conditions or places that have been under siege. where are where food is, is, is, are shortages of food where they are full of problems with water electricity. maria paul is one of them. we do not know whether the you, military and corridor has worked there. it seems that that there have been no

positive news from there. we still hope, but it's not completely clear what has happened been happening there, but it doesn't look too good in other places. it's a little bit better. some people have been evacuated from. we've seen it. the northwestern suburbs of key of and also from so me in the north. but we have other places where the humanitarian situation is getting worse and worse. the russian troops are advancing very slowly. the ukrainian army is still dead doing heavy is, is resisting fiercely the advance and are quite successful in destroying a lot of russian technology. just a few hours ago, we heard loud explosions here in the sky over key if are these were again, planes that were shut down by the air defense systems, the ukrainian and defense systems. um, it's a, it's quite a bloody and a wasteful war. where, where russia is losing a lot of its materials and many soldiers die. so that's where we stand. we don't

have a clear way where it's heading. it seems stuck. mathias ours, the effort to get civilians out from war torn cities going with different in different places. there was the idea today that a ceasefire would allow of educate, hate civilians from all the places that are under pressure. that would mean my report, which i mentioned suddenly journey have and the north western suburbs of cave as well as some other places near near harker in the north east. um some of them have worked, but many of them seem not to have worked. and even there where people have been evacuated, they're still many staying behind in these very dire conditions. so the humanitarian situation is really grave, very grave. and of course, there now worries that russia might double down what you're hearing about russia intensifying its attacks across the country. and that's again hard

to say. there has been, there have been attacks throughout the time, and russia is advancing slowly. um, but what we see that russia does not do it is not able to shoot. she turned the page completely. the gains that it has made in the south are there, but in the north, it's more there they are stalling. am it we are hearing that russia is regrouping as bringing a new technology. and it's preparing for an a major sort on key of another places in the north. but a, we do not know whether they will succeed or not until now. their successes have been a limited let say they are, of course here and there at martin and they have occupied territory. but they did not achieve their goals that they had said themselves are, and they're not near any and not anywhere near the american american experts and the american government seems to be thinking that surrounding key of which would be

one, a goal, 111 step to which are taking the city is still at least a few days away to w correspondence at mathias brinninger reporting from the ukrainian capital. what he has thank you very much for your continued coverage. canadian prime minister just and trudeau and german chancellor, olaf sholtes, have held talks and berlin the pair discussed the transatlantic response to the russian invasion of ukraine. mister schultz said, hopes of a military solution to the conflict were senseless saying he hoped diplomacy would prevail. mister trudeau meanwhile announced millions of dollars more in weapons to support ukraine. and following their meeting, the 2 leaders addressed the media where the german chancellor walled out categorically, sending fighter jets to ukraine. yeah, we need to have

a life. we've provided humanitarian assistance. we've also provided all kinds of equipment which includes some weapons as you know. apart from that, however, we have to think very carefully about what we actually do. and this certainly does not include combat aircraft on c. hill is kind of come through target and i'll take a lesson to the canadian prime minister. just introduce here is what he had to say . canada and germany stand together against putins 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 told him that canada will soon be sending highly specialized equipment to them and invited him to address parliament in canada. and he accepted to canada. let's say you were to do of your correspondence, sir. nina has

a she has been listening to that press conference that took place moments ago. you know, both leaders seem to be keen to deescalate the conflict. and the chances are they are coming out very strongly against sending warplanes to ukraine. what more can you tell us about that? that's correct. the german chancellor will have choice and the canadian prime minister just introduced stressed again that they stood in solidarity with ukraine . but when asked about whether germany would allow polish fighter jets to leave an american abbeys, here in germany or love church was very clear and said we have to be extremely careful in how we show this all a doroty with ukraine that does not include fighter planes were will have choices words. so of course, this is an extremely difficult line for the west to tread. an extremely tricky thing because they don't want to create a situation where vladimir putin could interpret nato park countries to become,

to have become parties in this war. and adjust intra door also stressed to the fact that germany and canada and nato countries don't want to escalate the situation at thereby essentially supporting will have choices words. and nina, the chairs are also addressed to energy security concerns. that's also true. i mean, everybody knows that germany is highly dependent on russian energy imports much more so than countries like the us or canada. and so this is a very tricky issue for germany and both sides and her daughter stressed again, the fact that both countries are trying to di, carbonized their economies. germany wants to become a climate neutral by 2045. and it was important both said to not lose focus and to essentially push for those climate friendly technologies. a canadian prime minister just introduce said that he supports all have choices initiative off the

international climate club, where you centrally like minded countries, are really going to try and diversify energy supplies. and all i've showed said that he's hoping for an intensive partnership with canada when it comes to building links in terms of hydrogen imports. because of course, canada will be in a position where they can produce environmentally friendly hydrogen power in a couple of years time and germany wants to import that. and on this topic of energy diversification, this war has already proved to be a catalyst for change in terms of german policy or their attempts, nina to speed up the transition to clean energy here in this country. well, that's what the 3 parties that formed this new government coalition, air and japanese set out to do. but of course now and with the as a war going on in ukraine that was initiated by russia. this topic has of course, jumped to the top of the agenda even more. and now germany does want to exit cold

by 2030. that was one of the promises that the government parties here made to the german people. but it is looking as though gemini might have to find those different solutions in the period between now and the year 2030, where they try to reduce their dependency on russian energy imports. and so the economy minister about how back from the greens has already said that if they are looking into all the various options and that to maybe even coal power plants might have to run longer. they're also exploring where the nuclear power plants might have to run longer, even though they're really old here in germany. and that doesn't seem to be a very likely option. but short stress, again the german chancellor. that it, it, it is very important to not lose focus that we want to de, carbonized, our economy. and of course, the big question is just how quickly germany can get rid of its dependency on russian energy imports. did have your correspondence in assa reporting in

a thank you. want to guide you now through some of the other developments in the conflict. the united states has dismissed an offer by poland to send its fleet of make 29 fighter jets to ukraine, or saw intended to give the soviet era aircraft to washington for used by the ukrainian military. the pentagon was concerned that russia could view the 3 way deal as a hostile move, ukrainian authority say electricity has been cut off at the chernobyl nuclear power plant. meaning it may no longer be possible to cool nuclear fuel. they warned that they warned that could lead to the release of radio activity, but the international atomic energy agency says it hasn't seen any evidence that the plant has become unsafe. and the european union says it will add more russian oligarchy, and government officials to its sanctions. list,

brussels also wants to monitor whether crypto currencies are being used to circumvent it. sanctions, 3 banks from bella, luce, a russian ally, will be cut off from the swift banking system. and both candles facility are fighting between russian and ukrainian forces remains intense and deadly. and the need to get civilians out of the line of fire all the more urgent for more we turn our to d. w. william croft we've been hearing for days both that russian forces have largely stalled and that they are preparing to press their invasion along the lines of attack they've made so far. at the same time, many cities remain under relentless shelling and aerial attack, and we can have a look at where things appear to stand based on the latest information we've been able to gather from military analyst. first, of course, around the capital of key russian forces are massing from multiple sides around the

north and around the east. but apparently they still don't have the strength to launch a full on assault of this city. of nearly 3000000 people, ukrainian forces are reportedly challenging russian forces all along this line would advance, especially in the north eastern part of the country. you can see russian efforts to try to consolidate their gains here along the north, just as they've done in the south by connecting their eastern forces with their southern forces. if they can do that, they'll be able to push on into keys and continue to encircle a lot of the cities in the eastern part of the country. that's what it appears they've done around the south. now we can have a look at where things are in terms of these so called humanitarian a corridors that we've been hearing so much about since saturday. there's been multiple ones of them. most of them have fail due to reported russian shelling, including directly at some of these civilians that we see here behind me. now we

can see what the most, what the latest humanitarian quarters have been today. if we can put that up on the wall, these are now ukrainian ones. these are not the russian ones that were reported earlier in the week. ukrainian government officials are trying to get people out of an outdoor and maria pull these besieged cities in the south, trying to get them slightly for that. further north into more of the cities that are slightly in the interior of the country and further away from the fighting. and in the northern part from susie from so me to pol tava. now, this is what a ukrainian officials are trying to get their people out. we've also been hearing that they're trying to get people out of the area north west of cave, the capital, where those russian forces are coming in and have been, have engaged in heavy battles. outside of the city as well as of course, from the city of it's you. these are places where it's not quite clear yet where

they're trying to get civilians to go. they just know they need to get them out. this is a very, very intense and tense situation. obviously it does seem to day, there's been slightly more success in getting people out of the cities we've been hearing from ukrainian officials, at least several 1000, if not more people getting out of the serious, a slightly safer place. the problem is, what does safe even mean in ukraine, where russian, at least from the air, russian forces can attack anywhere in the country. and what today might be a somewhat safer city, could tomorrow be under siege. like many the cities we're seeing already today. why am thank you so much? the refugee exit us is seeing thousands of ukrainians arrived here in berlin every day at scott, the capital of garden is pushing resources to the limits. berlin says it can't cope

alone and has appealed for help from other parts of the country. safe at last, far from the wall. 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 her kiff told us she finally managed to get some sleep after arriving here. she can't hold back her tears than what it looks like. he quoted my sister still there is a little jump 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. oh, darling, when you're about 140 people have found temporary shelter here. they're being cared for in part by an en geo 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 because my colleagues work like crazy inconstant shift just 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 advanced 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. 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 i believe 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 total,

which is bessie by i just want to say thank you to germany for helping us in this situation that list of ally jenna. we 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 hell for new arrivals. or worse and sanctions on russia have hit its overall economy hard, but are also targeting members of president vladimir putin's inner circle. let's take a look at the men who are officially overseeing mister putin's policies. when his advisors have been with him for a long time, sir gay, chicago is the minister of defense who is reported to vacation with mister bruton, and who was in charge of the annexation of crimea, back in 2014. and a valerie, a garret seem of is the chief of staff of the armed forces. he's had

a role in buttons, military campaigns for decades as and is in charge of the day to day operations in ukraine. and then there is nikolai purchase jeff, the secretary of the secret security council, rather known to be a hard liner whose long felt the west was out to get russia sergey no risking. that is the director of foreign intelligence. he may have lost some influence. recently after mister bruton chastised him during a televised security council meeting, and then of course, there is russia's foreign minister, sir gala ralph the chief diplomat and the public face of mister britton's policy for years. now. he were poorly advised at war diplomacy before the ukraine invasion, but clearly his boss was not in the mood to listen. what's not clear is just how much mr. brewton is listening to his advisors and their speculation. he may be side lining them. let's get you more now. we're dw correspondence. emily,

sherwin is with me here in the studio. she has been reporting for quite some time from our d w. moscow office until its closure by the russian government. thank you so much for being here, emily. so good to have you here with us. how much does mister putin listened to his advisors? well, when it comes to the decision to go to war, many experts who are close to the kremlin have been saying that essentially most people in the political elite, including many of those men that we were just showing, didn't even know what put in was planning. so they didn't know that he was planning a full scale war. some of them may have thought that he was perhaps just going to go into these separatist areas, you know, and the dynamic and the cons, people's republic take those over. but most people didn't expect that he would actually fully go into the country and try to take care of which is what we're seeing now. only hand book full of people apparently knew what he was planning. you mentioned, defense minister litigation school. some people say that he informed him during one

of their vacations back in september they went on this long walking trip kind of trip to the tiger. where the 2 men talked and many experts are saying that that might be when put an informed chicago of that plan. there is also the chief of the armed forces, valid. he get a theme of who you mentioned and he may have been informed and the surety services as well seemed to have known quite a lot of what's about what's going on. and they seem to have had his ear now for quite a long time. they've been gaining influence within russia for many years now. but even in the presidential administration, apparently many people didn't even know what was being planned. for example, some media outlets telegram channels, for example, that are close to the presidential administration. didn't actually know what to report for several hours after the invasion happened. they were just silent because they hadn't been told what the official line was. so it does seem that for the most part, this really was putin's brain child and he only kept a few people informed about it. so what does it tell us about the decision making

process when, when it comes to this war, specifically, i mean, how isolated insulated is mr. brewton. well, one expert that i have been speaking to said that before this war, you could almost imagine vladimir putin as kind of an institution, almost like the ceo of a company that has shareholders. he speaks to those shareholders and consults about decisions. but now it seems that he's taking more and more decisions on his own specifically when it comes to foreign policy. he has also been physically more and more isolated. we see mostly on state television that he's kind of hunkered down in his residency outside of moscow, in the region of moscow, nova a guy over which is his residency there. and he's also, it seems been quite afraid of catching coded. there have been extreme security measures. so anyone who goes to see him physically, apparently has to isolate for 14 days so that they don't infect him with covered.

so he's so he's been having video cause instead of seeing people. so it's, i think that makes it quite hard for people to gauge his mood and, and vice versa. what effect has the evasion had on russian society and it is their trust? i don't know how we can gauge that, or is there skills trust in the russian leadership? well, many experts now are saying that people now are more divided than ever into 2 camps, essentially those who are against putin and those who are against the west. that was already the case, but i think that divide has gotten, you know, more extreme, many people who are opposing the war. many of them young are trying to leave the country. there's been a huge waves emigration. i've been speaking to people on the ground who are trying to get out, and then there are those who blame this conflict on the west, including the sanctions. surveys show that only around $3.00 to $4.00 people per cent of people think that actually the russian government is to blame for this conflict. most people think it's the west. i'm, you know, and there's this, it's hard to know really with the government surveys that are coming out about

trust in putin being higher now. but we don't know whether we can trust those surveys of course, because they're funded by the government, emily sherwin. so good to have you with us. thank you. he wants to be w. thank you so much for spending this part of the day with us up next to it. more on the conflict in ukraine in to the point on behalf of emily and myself. thanks for watching with

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