[000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news live from berlin. children's hospital is destroyed as the ukrainian city of mario poll president rubbermaid zaleski calls it a crime as fierce grow that russia could step up a tax on civilian targets. also coming up, believe the provision of additional fighter aircraft provides little increased capabilities at high risk. the u. s. rejects poland plant percent warplanes to ukraine from

a u. s. space. despite appeals from keith and searching for safety, berlin struggles to cope as tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees arrived in the german capital. aah! and really mohammed walking to the program, a children's hospital has been destroyed in the besieged port city of mario pole. grants president says it was hit by a russian as strike, flow to me as the landscape called it a war crime. saying the attack left children buried under the rubble. the strike marks of violent escalation as fierce grow that russia could target civilian areas in ukraine. and a warning this report contains some disturbing images. ah, another explosion,

rocks the besieged city of mario pole. but the target was no military installation . at children's hospital now in ruins, after a direct hit from an apparent russian ass strike. ukrainian authorities, reportedly, 17 injuries and fear, many more may still be trapped inside the world. health organization has verified 18 attacks on health facilities and workers since the start of the invasion in statements on wednesday, it cold on russia to commit to a peaceful resolution come and allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need. this violence is breaking eh, it's breaking bodies is breaking minds and it's breaking souls and it's must, must, must stop. but it is not the doctors and the nurses. it is not the humanitarians, the co stop. this violence rushes invasion continues to meet heavy resistance. but

military analysts warned that russian forces are increasingly shelling civilian areas in the northeastern city of luma. the 1st successful humanitarian corridor desperate ukrainians managed to flee during a pause in the fighting while further west, hundreds more. flea the keefe city of if and crossing a damaged bridge that russian troops have repeatedly fired on as civilians tried to get across. but even as some managed to escape during the cease fire, air raid sirens sound and keys wanting people to stay indoors. thousands face, another long night sheltering in caves, metro stations finding what safety they can on the ground. what has been 2 weeks since russia began its invasion of ukraine, and the capital cave is now on the stage. people from the shell suburbs are pouring

into the city and the top is an economy. is there. fantastic update. here was a city expectation of something worse for now. keep hasn't seen the kind of destruction exceed american hockey. cities that have had extensive bombing where civilians have died in their homes where government buildings been attacked for now . most of the fighting has been in the suburbs, base like european, most people in europe at least have seen those pictures in recent days, the bridge destroyed people losing their lives. civilians losing their lives on the, on their way out, trying to get out with their families, with their suitcases. here in the center though, there hasn't been that much destruction yet. the ukraine across fence are still working to some extent the government governments quote, incentive isn't locked down. and also there's a lot of nervousness after all those attempts to, to kill your grandson, elected president lensky. so there's a big fear of strangers. a worry about rush sleeper agents and i just sense that

people are constantly on edge. united states has rejected an offer by poland to give the u. s. it's fee to make $29.00 flight gets to be transferred to ukraine. cave has been calling on the soviet era jets that is pilots know how to fly, to help it, fight rushes invasion. these are the warplanes warsaw want to put at washington's disposal. he has been calling on countries to provide them with the russian made jets that its pilots are already trained to fly. poland pro, sending its plains to the u. s. is ramstein air base in western germany from whether u. s. could send them on to ukraine. tactful vas no this is it such a serious decision like handling of the planes must be unanimous and taken unequivocally by all the north atlantic alliance to, sorry, part. this is why we have taken such a decision and to day the decision in the nato's hands in the hands of the americans, evident, got knowledge of bank of america. in return, poland will expect to receive american made epstein fighters an idea floated by

washington earlier in the month. but the pentagon categorically rejected the plan we believe the provision of additional fighter aircraft provides little increased capabilities at high risk intelligence community has assessed the transfer of mig 29th to ukraine, may be mistaken as escal atory. and could result in significant russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with nato speaking. after talks on the war with canadas prime minister justin trudeau, german chancellor, earl of schultz, was quick to rule out the idea as well. yeah. mm hm. 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 comfortable with poland, unwilling to act unilaterally. and washington opposed. it seems unlikely that these

jets will be joining the fight in the skies over ukraine any time soon. although on this i'm joined by d w. all of a solid in washington d. c. so oliver u. s. secretary of state anthony blinkin has said that he will consult with poland and nato allies on the potential of providing chats to ukraine. so is it that the united states isn't entirely closing the door on this idea? if the door is open, right? hello for sure. and there's the political will, of course, to deliver those jets. but it remains a tricky task and it's a fine line. they are work, they are walking on right now. so poland says, yes, ukraine can have those mixed. those russian made fighter jets. but they certainly don't want to be held accountable for mingling in the war between russia and ukraine. so their offer was to bring those fighter jets to you as air force base ramstein on german soil, which again would then imply to other natal members. so the u. s. of course saying

no, we're not interested in that either. so it's some kind of a blame game that's going on. nobody wants to be the scapegoat in the end, and nobody wants to be drawn into a wider conflict. and so that is really the challenge here, how to deliver those aircraft without being drawn into a wider war. and of course, also without involving nato. and as you say, the opponent didn't discuss this author with the united states before it was made public. so what position does this leave washington in now that it certainly took washington by surprise, especially since secretary of state anthony blink and just was in poland a few days ago. and that wasn't discussed to that extent. another aspect that we're hearing very often right now is that actually, and we've, we've heard it in the sound. but in the report, those surface to air missiles that are delivered to ukraine, that they could be more important in the future. and already are more important than aircraft because the air space of a ukraine from a washington standpoint is

a very dangerous because of the russian presence. their ukraine reportedly still has most of their fleet because they can't use it simply, but they're very successful shooting down russian jets. and so that might be a bless, risky and more successful way forward. and what does this tell us about the direction the western alliance is coming in or arguably, the west has come together as unified as they hasn't, haven't been in many years and had reportedly took put him by surprise. so the question of polish fighter jets, of course, is seen much more as a logistic detail. don't forget we're not talking about if those jets are delivered, but rather how to deliver them. and so it really still shows no, no difference in how the west is standing together and that you and vice president come on. our harris will be meeting poland, president in warsaw. what are we to expect from that meeting? certainly a show of unity that will be on display there to deter russia. poland is very

concerned about the russian aggression there. sure. and just to remind you, they share a border with bella rules where russian troops are amassed and has turned into some kind of a potted regime of, of moscow, vladimir putin, the russian president. and so reassurance will be certainly one part of the mission there. also, the u. s. will have to walk on on this very fine line. once again. the saying yes to arms delivery to support of the eastern nato members, but no to a no flies on and also no to a delivery of those. a polish fighter jets to ukraine via us air base. so they will be looking for solutions for those challenges. again with the goal to be avoiding, being drawn into a wider conflict here. t w's on of a salus in washington, d. c. thank you, oliver. well, let's take a look at some of the other developments in the conflict russian foreign minister, sir, gala rav and his ukrainian counterpart, dimitra cool ever are due to meet in turkey for their 1st face to face talk since

the invasion of ukraine. both sides have warned of low expectations, but ukraine's president has signaled a willingness to compromise. and to crane authority say electricity has been cut off at the to noble nuclear power plant, which means it may long may no longer be possible to cool nuclear fuel. they want that this could lead to the release of radio activity, but the international atomic energy agency says it hasn't seen any evidence that the plant is unsafe. oh, tell in washington, dc has hung a ukrainian flag in protest of russia's invasion of ukraine. the glover park hotel is located within i shot of the russian embassy in the u. s. capital. so far more than 2000000 people have fled the fighting in ukraine. authorities here in berlin say more than 10000 refugees have arrived to the german capital in the

past 3 days. and that's just counting those officially registered after coming by bus or train. but and city officials say resources are limited and are appealing for help from other parts of the country. safe at last, far from louis 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. oh dolly. when you pay 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 nafta, 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 in constant 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 advance notice that 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, 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, 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. as i said, to slow it is possible. i just want to say thank you to germany for helping us in this situation. the 1st of all i can now with, and i will try to help a 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 for new arrivals. i is a recap of our main story. children's hospital has been destroyed by an ass friday in the ukrainian city of maria pulled at the 17. people were moved it a blast crater. 2 stories deep could be seen outside the hospital and the ground shook more than a mile away. the cranes president has full that a war crime. you're watching

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