platform or reliable information? ah ah ah, this is news why from rural, in a humanitarian catastrophe. cave accuses russia of bombing children's hospitals in ukraine. authority say several people are dead including at least one child present . zaleski is calling rushes attacks on civilians, genocide, western allies, warranty assaults could turn even more rural as russian forces try to regain momentum. also coming up news website,

political reports that former german chancellor gerhard schroeder is in moscow for talks on ukraine with president putin. mister schroeder has to face fears, criticism for his close ties with the kremlin, and still no path to peace talks between ukraine and russia. make no progress to words ending the war. you crazy, foreign minister valves. ukraine will never surrender. as his russian counterpart defends the invasion ah, hello everyone, i'm layla iraq. it's good to be with you. ukrainian official say russian airstrikes have had to children's hospitals and the country. officials say 3 people died including a child when a series of blast had a maternity hospital in the besieged city of body. russia denies the report as fake

news and says ukrainian troops had taken over the building. but western allies say the russian military is using weapons indiscriminately in what ukraine is calling a genocide. and i have to warn you this next report contains disturbing images. griego new for my real good. this smouldering ruins not of a military installation, but i maternity hospital and mary poll the direct hit from an apparent to russian airstrike. st. women in labor fleeing into the cold i hundreds are 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, wrapped their bodies, tie the limbs and leave them on the street. ukrainian president vladimir

zalinski as calling rush as attacks on civilians, a genocide showing him whimper. when you would think you'd need to do it. we must be united in condemning this war crime of russia, which reflects all the evil that the occupiers have brought to our land. we all of the destroyed cities and everything they have done. no one is thought best from all news or will roll over. either ball but not an aerial dam on the maternity hospital . is the conclusive evidence that what is happening is a genocide of ukrainians. grain. oh insult him, your russian bomb is hit 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. he does this am,

i see this one or your mom, you this man where it needed no fly zone anymore. but we do not believe he won't need any fighter planes anymore. what we do when we do say diplomatic negotiations are stepping up. but as russia perseveres with heavy shelling, ukrainian civilians are paying a high price for vladimir putin war o. leading our coverage from inside ukraine is it of course wanted alexander phenomena. she joins us now from the western city of levine, alexandra, we witnessed a new level in the war with the horrifying attack on a ukrainian maternity hospital and more kate alice. yes,

enter the ukrainians here her already speaking about a war crime as describing that what happened in maria, paul and the people that i've been speaking with there are pulled at told me that they are speechless, speechless. they don't know what to say, because they cannot understand how anyone could be afraid of pregnant women and children. a one man that had spoke worth at a distribution center that is distributing all kinds of good for refugees. he told me that he just cannot believe what's happening in his country and that he now feels infuriated. and he told me that he believes dad, sir, what happened in him are you paul? is going to hardened the donation of the ukrainian people to fight and to defend their country. alexander, this doesn't bode well for the people still trapped and multiple desperate to play . well unfortunately not,

and this is a real problem of course, because there are thousands of people still trapped there are we are, we are witnessing a humanitarian disaster with people not having an access to water, electricity of food. and dad was actually what the ukranian government was trying to achieve during today's talks. they wanted to agree with russia on a ceasefire to be able to get people out of my you poll. and as we know, as several attempts to, to bring the people to safety failed. so a dad sexually very bad news that they were not able to reach any agreement or with the russian foreign minister today. and of course of new and what we're witnessing right now that the conflict is getting significantly worse, there is an increase in indiscriminate attacks against civilians. and now just recently, moments ago, the highest level of diplomatic talk since the invasion began ended in no deal on

a cease fire. are there fears that things could get even worse? of course people than i've been talking with. they are afraid they are scared to death, it's gonna get worse. and that is actually what we have been witnessing for the day, one of russia's invasion of ukraine. and that is why there are so many people on the move in the country fleeing from there is central and eastern part of ukraine when they arrive, he and leave there. of course not enough places to say. maybe they have relatives abroad, so they are trying to get out of the country and to we've been to the ukranian polish border when we met a lot of people who seem to be traumatized. a lot of families that actually have for to say good bye to each other because the men are staying behind and families. the women with children are trying to cross border. but let's have a look at our report from the ukraine and polish border. one last embrace

before they say good bye, vadim has brought his family to the polish border so they can leave the country. he will be heading back to the front lines. he's the to the to do the up. it is because of the kids on me with no one wants to leave their home. it's so hard. you can't explain, it is level of it's hard, loosely don't know whether we're going to see each other again either which she moves you, nor will throw on them, believe in it was so good. tell them by my side. when you're together with your family, you feel better. now, i'll be alone. i know there'll be safe one and it safety's just a few meters away. we are at the border check point in shaheen. the busiest border crossing between ukraine and poland. those who are now here have been waiting for hours just like natalia and her twins. they escaped to russian bombardments in harkins, in eastern ukraine to stomach. that has really been through

a lot. you're sitting in the hall or in the cellar with your children, while they bombing the city, and you don't know, will a bomb dropped now and next in or so. what did we do to deserve that? natalia doesn't believe that the war will be over soon. many ukrainians seem to think the same and sold alliance at the border and not getting any shorter people on the move, both inside and outside the country in desperate need of protection and support. as rushes war with ukraine continues an estimated 4000000 people may flee. the country, according to the united nations, hottie and snacks for free, distributed by ukrainian and international volunteers along the road to the border . this is where we meet not tele from keith. she's traveling alone with her 3 children. did them to go over them, so children are suffering the most because my husband had to staying keith,

they cry. my oldest son keeps asking. will we never, ever see dad again? and he starts crying again. the un has called it the fastest growing rickety crisis in europe since world war 2. this is what it looks like in real life. that report by alexander von alex is still with us from a levine. i'm alex, you have been witnessing 1st hand what is happening on the border where you are lots of distressed and distraught people are authorities preparing for more individuals to come to levine to seek safety. well that's at least what we can expect that more people will come to leave. we'll try to get to the border. however, we also have to stress that the authorities are saying that the city is being stretched to its limits already. also had people here who told me that they don't

have any place to stay. that's why they are trying to, to cross the border and we saw how many of them are waiting there for hours and hours. and i have to say what i witness at the, on the you korean part of the border is that the authorities there, the border patrol et cetera. that they are really trying to help the people. and most of the people waiting there, a very patient, some of them very quiet. they're just trying to, to, to cross the border to be and safety eyes on a phenomena reporting from the v ukraine. alexander, thank you so much for being such an important reporting. appreciate it. thank you. and some news just coming in former german chancellor. gerhard schroeder is reported to be in moscow for talks with the russian president vladimir putin on ending the conflict in ukraine. this is at least according to the news website politico mister shudder has been criticized in recent weeks for his close ties with the kremlin. he's known to be a personal friend of the russian president and

a member of the supervisory board of the state owned energy giant. ross left german chancellor, olaf schultz has called on the former leader to step down from that very controversial position. and i want to stress, we just have one source at the moment, which is a political, let's say, take you to political correspondent to julia. so deli julia, have you been able to learn more about what we just reported about should as a potential trip to moscow? as you've said, all we know at the moment is we're a political is reporting that ash further is supposedly in moscow to talk with vladimir, put in a political is a citing a sources familiar with the matter. what we have heard from the german chancellor here is that if it were true that sure that is in fact in moscow, the german government was not informed of his intentions and the german german government did not give her any mandate to negotiate with puts in directly it was

clara fucker. wish the militants are trained in order to commit crimes, in fact, so we want ukraine to be a neutral nation present, put in has said many times a lot that was it insisting on needed not to expend any more. we did not deprive your cramps from safety and security. on the contrary, we are ready to discuss a guarantees of safety to the benefit of cranes, a long ways. this is robin nation. so thanks claudia, of course, considering system i russia safety let. so find out more about the state of correspond certainly sure. and who was reporting from r d w moscow office until its closure by the russian government. she is here with me. emily, what did you make of mister la rasa dressed there? well, in general, mister lover of some press conference to day,

i had this kind of bitter tone. there's this anger at the west running through. he made it as if russia is the only one following the rules. and everyone else is just kind of against the country. and we also saw and have been seeing in the past few days, russia returning to these demands on ukraine, not joining nato on the neutral status of ukraine. which of course, you might remember for months that was what russia was demanding from the west. these security guarantees that ukraine will never become part of nato. so it almost seems as if the tone in general, from the russian side is shifting, including after today's talks, that perhaps they're a little bit more open for dialogue, but kind of on their own terms. so we also heard today, lover of repeated lee saying that yes, he has talked to day in turkey, you know, with the foreign minister. but we shouldn't forget that the main track of dialogue is between these negotiating groups which are meeting has been meeting for several

rounds of talks and bella, bruce. so of course, that's kind of almost on russian ground because belarus is kind of, you know, under russian control, you can almost say. and he also said today that putin is actually open for dialogue as well, which is kind of new. and it may mean that russia is more willing to find some sort of an end to this for some sort of a diplomatic solution, but clearly on russia's own terms, because they're saying one thing or doing something else. obviously the world is, is watching as my you pull the maternity ward there, that horrific attack and, and during this actually post a question or 2, mr. law, if i suggest we take a listen to that for a 2nd. who's who got you so to the un security council meeting the oven, our delegation presented the facts that this maternity hospital has long been occupied by the as of battalion and other radicals which humility, colon, they drive out, the women in labor, nurses and other stuff. mrs. stewart,

which is it was the base of the ultra radical as of battalion. we thought as you go, this data was presented 3 days ago if you haven't. and the 3 young awesome, that's not what the ukrainians are saying. and that's not what frances america saying. i mean the states, the button and ministration of say, an atrocity crime took place, not using war chrysler, atrocity crime. so are we here dealing with parallel realities? it does feel like that. and it has, i think, since the beginning of this invasion, because the russian narrative here, and that's what we're hearing on russian state media as well, is that russia is liberating ukraine from these neo nazi battalions which are waging war against their own people. essentially that they're liberating ukraine of these nazis. a we heard that again today as we just heard from lover of . and they're also insisting that they're not hitting any civilian targets. now, after a lover of spoke, we also heard from the kremlin spokesperson meet the preschool,

and he said that we'll have to look into what happened. we have no information about that. um, but this contradiction of course that we're seeing is, is extremely hard to stomach when you see those images, of course, of you know, pregnant women being carried off in stretcher as bloody, you know, after, after these bombings so absolutely parallel realities which are really hard to swallow, i think very hard to swallow. indeed. um, shortly right after that, we saw mr. brewton appear and he spoke of what have you learned? he was meeting with his ministers about the consequences on russia's economy of western sanctions. he said that russia will be trying to force, minimize the consequences for the economy, which he called, he called the sanctions illegitimate, which has been for many years now. the russian line. he said that russia will calmly solve its economic problems and that it's not russia that's breaking off ties with other countries. so kind of blaming the west again. and the narrative on

sanctions overall in russia has been continuously that the west is against us. they would have hit us with sanctions, no man or what. so it has nothing to do almost with this invasion and to day as well. we heard from lover of a similar line, a passionate speech almost where he said, we have no more illusions that the west is a reliable partner, their hypocritical in their values. you can't believe what they say, but of course the fact is russia, is it increasingly isolated and when it comes to the economy, essentially they only have china left. right. and we sure, and so valuable to have you here. thank you so much. thank you. want to guide you now. there was some of the other developments in the conflict. he was vice president come. le harris says that washington is prepared to defend every inch of nato territory. she made the remarks in warsaw. durham talks with polish leaders, including foreign minister, my teresa mar, risky. earlier, the united states rejected a proposal from poland to transfer. mig are 29 fighter jets to

a u. s. air base and then deliver them to ukraine. the u. s. house of representatives has approved a massive spending bill that includes $13600000000.00 of a do 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. washington is warning of a potential chemical or biological weapons attack by russia and ukraine. it comes after moscow accused us of supporting a bio weapons program in ukraine. the bite and administration believes the accusation could be an attempt by the kremlin to justify such an attack. mcdonalds is closing more than $800.00 restaurants across russia in response to the countries invasion of ukraine. the fast food chain joins a long list of foreign companies, is spending operations in the country,

including starbucks high nika, and coca cola. mcdonalds drew a huge crowds when it entered the soviet market back in 1994 summits americas unofficial embassy abroad. for others, it's a place to get a quick bite to eat. at least it was until mcdonalds announced it would close hundreds of locations across russia. amid growing pressure to penalize moscow for its invasion of ukraine, anger in some muskets, depriving lovato to believe it's wrong because it was the only affordable place for me where i could eat. and now of nowhere to go. my 32 years ago, mcdonalds opened the doors to its 1st restaurant in the soviet union and the western fast food proved to hit that paving the way for other western companies that quickly followed. but now, many of them were closing down in response to russia's war and ukraine. the goose

mooney kyocera. it's sad, but it's not a big deal. i will survive without mcdonald's. i thought, perhaps our own russian brands will appear soon. it's a good opportunity for russian business to enter the market. mcdonald says the closures are only temporary, but with no sign of an end to moscow warn you crane. it's unlikely that the golden arches will open again any time soon in russia. ukrainians who have emigrated to other countries around the world are watching the russian invasion with growing anxiety and the u. s. capital washington dc. 2 ukrainian sisters who run a cafe are doing what they can to help support the struggle back home. burdens war on ukraine is hardly present in the u. s. capital. unlike in europe, there are only a few signs of solidarity here. but cafe daylight is an exception. anastasia and vera, who run this bakery, are trying to raise awareness and funds for the cause. any one who donates

a dollar or more gets a cookie with the blue and yellow flag. our best to shave difficulties in the flax and then we started to spread information to the city. if it went really fast, we will buy a many military goods. with this money. since the war began, the sisters have had many sleepless nights and when they are not working, their glued to the news. their parents have us visas, but want to stay in ukraine to fight. i'm very brave. sometimes i'm just crying all the time and can explain the costumers why i'm crying. the only thing i'm head the about about this sedation that we are getting to know more people from our country and we can stay together and to do as much as we can from here to help someone or are there. the sisters are continuously gathering donations and get much support in the greater washington area. i drove from stafford virginia,

which is about an hour from here. and so i got a cookie and a coffee to support them. it may only be a cookie, but for the sisters it's a symbol of resistance. the british government has halted the sailor of premier lee club chelsea after it froze the assets of its russian owner, roman abramoff, which the oligarchy is an ally of russian president vladimir putin. chelsea will still be allowed to play matches, but the club won't be able to sell any more tickets for games, buy or sell players, or sell merchandise. the measures are intended to deprive mr. brockovich of benefiting from the clubs. ownership and ukrainian athletes have made another appeal for peace. at the beijing paralympics, several members of ukraine's national paralympic committee observed a minute of silence calling for an end to the war. on the spot grappling with rushes,

invasion of their home lender ukrainian team has thrived at the paralympics. they've claimed 6 gold medals, putting them 3rd in the table behind china and canada on friday, ukraine will have more metal chances. the team's resilience has been applauded by the president of the international paralympic committee. he wants me to be news lie from berlin. this is a recap of the main story from the crisis. ukrainian authorities say russian air strikes have hit to children's hospitals killing at least 3 people, including a child. russia has dismissed the reports of the attack as quote, fake news. ukraine's presence, a lot of years landscape, is calling the russian assault, the chevy side. and former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder has reportedly made a trip to moscow for talks on ukraine with russia's. vladimir put that's at least according to the news site political. the german government says it has not agree to any meeting between mister schroeder and mr. shutter has been widely criticized

for his close ties with the kremlin. thanks for watching the lead back with with

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united as rarely before the west has fired off one salvo of economic sanctions after another in response to vladimir putin. this attack on ukraine, sending the rubel plummeting and citizens rushing to withdraw their savings from russian facts. so far that has prompted no let up in the fighting. now the united states are upping the pressure banning oil imports from russia. cause for europe to follow suit are growing louder. the countries like germany fear that could harm citizens and industry. yet that pain could.