destruction of the nation this week, dw ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russian air strikes hit to children's hospitals in ukraine. presidents zalinski is calling rest of the tax on civilians. a genocide western allies warned the assault could turn even more brutal as russian forces try to regain momentum. that as russia's foreign minister arrives in turkey for talks with his ukrainian counterpart, the turkish host hopes to pay the wife for

a meeting between the leaders of ukraine and russia. and family separated that he transporters. as men stay behind to fight the polish board of people, cute in the snow for hours trying to get to safety. ah, i'm anthony. how broke into the program? russian air strikes of hit to children's hospitals in g credit. officials say a 3 people died, including a child when a series of blasts hit a maternity hospital in the besieged city of matthew pope. russia denies the report as fake news and says ukrainian troops had taken over the building. but western allies side, the russian military is using weapons indiscriminately in what ukraine is calling a genocide. a warning this report contains some disturbing images,

rigor banu for my uncle. this smouldering ruins not of a military installation, but to maternity hospital and mary, a pole. the direct hit from an apparent russian air strike st. women in labor fleeing into the cold a hundreds i reported injured. mary paul has been the target of sustained bombing and shelling for days. mass graves have been dug for the dead. authorities have told people how to dispose of dead family members wrap their bodies, tie the limbs and leave them on the street. ukrainian president, philadelphia zalinski is calling rushes attacks on civilians, a genocide showing him whimper. when would you be to day, we must be united in condemning this war, crime of russia,

which reflects all the evil that the occupiers have brought to our land with all the destroyed cities and everything they have done. hurry no one knew. mr. bish trouble news or will roll over either a bomb, but that an aerial bomb on the maternity hospital. is the conclusive evidence that what is happening is a genocide of ukrainians. grain ins, autumn, your russian bomb is head to more hospitals. ah, one of them, another children's hospital. their city is nearly a 150 kilometer is west of here and has come under increasing fire. just the night before another civilian target was hit. the douglas lindsay this morning. all your more of you, this man will need to know. fly soon any more,

but we do not believe he won't need any fighter planes any more. what we do, we do have sick diplomatic negotiations are stepping up. but as russia perseveres with heavy shelling, ukrainian civilians are paying a high price for vladimir putin's war. oh, early i spoke to de w correspondent conley in chief and asked him how the news of the s drive on those 2 children's hospitals has been received in the training capitol. most people i've spoken to don't really have anything, can't, don't find any words because it is just so shocking. i think it is clear to people now that this is all out. well, this is definitely not the special operation development brewton is trying to call it. this is a war though, of the kind that europe pretty hasn't seen. probably since the 2nd world war. and people are expecting this to get a lot bloodier and a lot more dangerous for civilians in the days to come. we've had those failed

attempts to civilian corridors to get people out to marry paul though to failed several times the ukrainians say the russians are just not sticking to their side of the bargain, are not keeping to temper ceasefire to allow students out of that city that has been under siege now for days and without power, without mobile phone networks and increasingly low on food. i think the main message that people ukrainians are taking out of this is that they are going to keep on demanding the west closes the skies above you crank rates and no fly zones because they say this is a situation where this is not war as according to rules, this is a war that is going to cause huge civilian casualties. and basically this is at europe's conscience. if europe, if the west of the u. s. allows russia to keep its dominance in disguise, we're going to see more hospitals, more children dying at home. in their schools, in hospitals, and this is going to be something we can see again and again. so there's more push from lensky from other ukranian figures. we've seen ukrainians gathering petitions, thousands of people signing them. they're going to send those west in the hope that

maybe the west will think again and will risk more direct confrontation with russia and create that kind of no fly zone that could allow ukraine a better chance of winning this war because on the ground in kind of ground fighting between units on the grounds. the credits are doing pretty well. the russians, i mean, big logistical issues. so the gradient feeling is if they have that safety from above, and if the russians are not allowed to bomb cities, but also ukraine military, then they have a much better chance of keeping the country stay definitely corresponded and connelly in keith. despite the frequent shelling of populated areas by russia, u. s. military officials say there's been a little change on the ground over the past 24 hours. but one area where it russian troops may be making progress is in the city of michel leave, which has seen heavy fighting, believe is key to russia's bid to save control of ukraine's black sea coast. the city of almost half a 1000000 is located near the city of odessa,

which is ukraine's main port mclean has come under heavy bombardment from russian artillery were joining me from nicolette in ukraine. is the regional governor vitale. kim, thank you for speaking to us at this very difficult time. let me begin by asking if the city of mclean is still under ukrainian control. yeah, this is still under our control. and also we moved forward to get us on, you know, and in terms of the basics, food, water, hating what are conditions like for people in the city right now. know who the medicine and water is okay. in the city and the big seated region in small or in small cities, most it is the small village is very,

there are some problems but make an i will get them to provide them all they need. there is no get paid, but we need some storage because we have only one way to see was the black one. now one year old with the black one for now, do you have a sense? do you have accurate updates? where exactly the russian forces right now in relation to your city. yes. to have all that there about this, but i won't, i won't tell you that because they're moving. and the secret formation one gave it understood how likely is it that russian forces will end up occupying the city as they have been has on do you still have hope that they can be stopped at this point? there is the if you will be in the class,

you will see by your own eyes that we're not going to leave our city in a way. and the thing that we're going to attack and renew out there is the enemy is very exhausted. here. it has, he had no motivation. nope. you, we need more power and more vehicles for the for attack that so i think that the, this is the importance of this war. i don't believe they can move forward fastly anymore. after 2 weeks of being under the stress of invasion, what about the mentality of your people? how would they holding up home elm until it is now 400 percent for the brain? em, any small we with the plan we're going to communicate with russia with making deals with the leg. then we want them to go home. and

this is nicole on an idea of our region, how cancer aside from those who choose to, to stay and fight in terms of communication with the russians. part of that is organizing site passage out of the city for civilians are if it's on the why did i continue? are you getting civilians out who need to get out of that city? yes, we have 3 ways away. road that really can move out from our region. and 1st of all, if women and children are now man a man or strong man, moving to the city to help us for the fighting. so we're, we're growing our war power and we're waiting and looking forward for

the telly kim governor v trans life region. thank you so much for taking the time. and the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine are in turkey for their 1st face to face talk since the invasion of you crime, turkish foreign minister, the blue chevy. so look great at his ukranian counterpart to me through labor and rushes foreign minister. so guy, lab rock on the sidelines of the diplomacy form in a turkey have a solo says the aim is to pave the way for a meeting between the leaders of russia and ukraine. has turkey is a native member that is close ties to both countries. let's get more now from that dw corresponded dorian jones during what can be expected from the meeting today. well, i has to be said expectations to appear to be very low, given the fact that there is a cause. the chasm between the 2 sides and their positions are russia,

is calling for ukraine's demilitarization, the recognition of, of crimea. and don barzyk breakaway republics law from ukraine. they're calling for an immediate cease fire. the withdrawal of all russian forces are so there is, there doesn't appear to be any a breaching between these 2 to size at the moment. and beyond that there is his massive chasm of mistrust. there's no belief in the other side. they don't know though, belief in goodwill or, and given the fact that the, the ter ukrainian foreign minister dimitria color bear head of the visit, said he hoped that the russians were turning up with good faith. cuz he has low expectations of the off. what will be offered and said that this could be just a propaganda exercise by moscow to deflector, the growing international pressure of the country is facing. so it has to be said at the moment, there is few expectation that they can be any progress. although the turkish foreign minister never chavel shawl, who said that this meeting could be a possible turning point. so at least one person in the room appears to be optimistic, a raised the, the role of turkey here. how much influence does,

does it have as a credible mediator in this particular conflict? well, in many ways, turkey is in a unique position. it is a nato member, and it has been unequivocal in its support of ukraine, the turkish president reject ty, 3rd one. i said that is unacceptable. russia's invasion, and on top of that turkey has been supplying it, sir. oh, in it sir. military drones, which have proved to be very effective and also a portly other important military hardware to ukraine. but at the same time, a turkey has spoken out against international sanctions on russia and said it will take no part in though sanction. so turkey has been in many ways walking a tightrope because it does have good relations with both ukrainian president and the russian president as well. so turkey does believe it is in a good position to offer mediation. and on top of that, turkey's mediation efforts come as other players in the region, 2 are playing

a role. israel has also been speaking with the russian president vladimir putin. israel does have good relations with russia and also even saudi arabia. so all of these other countries too are in some ways trying to move her both sides to reach some point of dialogue. and i think dialogue is seen as, as a, as key to this process at least to get people starting to talk to one another. and from there are possibly building some kind of trust. and then given the fact they would, if both sides do, sought to believe that they are looking for a diplomatic solution rather than a conflict. if, if russia believes it can no longer win this conflict, it offers a way out and a diplomatic framework would exist for them to uh, explore some possible peaceful resolution to this conflict. but at the moment their expectations are pretty low. but the fact that people are sitting down the to foreign ministers are meeting for the 1st time does offer some hope. if, if only a little they doubly corresponded during jones. thank you. ok,

his look now. some of the other developments in the conflict to sell you as vice president tomlin harris is in warsaw for talks with polish leaders, pensions a high out of the united states, rejected a proposal from poland to transfer mig 295 digits to us air base. and then deliver them on to ukraine. after concluding her visit to poland, harris will then head to remain us house of representatives has approved a massive spending bill that includes $13600000000.00 of aid to ukraine and european allies. the funds will cover the costs of sending us troops and weapons to eastern europe, as well as care for refugees. our neighbor, british news out that the daily mail is reporting that chinese telecommunications john faraway recently helped russia secure internet against cyber attacks. it alleges that russia enlisted the aid after several government and media sites were

targeted by hackers who oppose the war in washington