destruction of the nation, this with d. w. ah ah ah, this is, did we news life from berlin e leaders gather for crisis talks as war rages in ukraine, french president emanuel my call posting a summit, invest side to help coordinate a response to russia's invasion. ukraine's president of a lot of landscape is due to make a virtual address to the gathering. also coming up still no path to peace talks between ukraine and russia and in a know deal on a cease fire. your grades,

foreign minister vowels. ukraine will never surrender. as his russian counterpart, defense evasion and mission to moscow. political reports, former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, is the, is in the russian capital to try and mediate an end to the war in ukraine. mister shorter has faced fierce criticism for his close ties with land also. and humanitarian catastrophe. keith accuses russia of bombing children's hospitals. and you create the authorities, say several people are dead, including at least one child. ah. hello everyone, i'm layla iraq. thank you so much for joining us. all 27 of the use leaders are meeting right now as we speak in versailles, france for a crisis summit. on the conflict in ukraine,

the war raging on the eastern borders will dominate. the discussions. leaders are expected to tackle weaning the e u off russian gas and oil, and bolstering the regions defense capabilities. while the someone had been organized long before russia invaded ukraine, and the topics that were schedule to were to do with the economy and the pandemic. now, all issues will be eclipsed by russia's hostilities on the use neighboring country . and just a few moments ago were european commission at present or is the founder alliance. set out the agenda for the summit. take a lesson at the summit and we will rethink european defense with strong capabilities. we will, we think energy we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels. and for that we need a massive, massive investment in renewables. and we will also certainly discuss

ukraine as part of as our of our european family. we want a free and democratic ukraine with whom we share a common destiny. your commission president erst off on the line we can just moments ago this take you to versailles, did abuse of corresponded birth record is standing by barons. what are we to make of the commission presidents? a statement there? does this mean fast tracking ukraine's membership to the you? no, it doesn't mean that there will be no fast tracking. the leaders made that very clear when they arrived here. but they will think about a new security order for whole of europe, for the whole of europe. they are dining in the hall of murder, but in this very splendid chateau here. 1919 after world war one in the it holds a new world order was created the voice to raging in ukraine. but the leaders already thinking about how you're the european security structure should look like

after the war. and ukraine shall be a part of that. also moldova, and also georgia, but there still a long way to go to membership, didn't make that very clear. there will no foss trek will be no foster to that. and now energy security also top of mind at where you are and what can we, what can we expect to see? will there be a consensus between the $27.00 heads of states in terms of reducing their reliance on that russian energy? it's almost certain that the $727.00 leaders will not hear the plea from ukraine and to come to an embargo on russian oil and gas imports. are they both say no to that because europe is too dependent on these impacts, but they will agree to phase out the dependency. and at the end of this year, already 2 thirds of gas imports from russia shall be cut and, but this is not,

has not an immediate effect on russia. the war, chest of fir vladimir bootable still be financed. but europeans, but they say is they say there is no other way out because we ought to look at the impact of that such an embargo would have on the european economies and emanuel am i call the host of the summit, said her to herb is crushed by dodge villa and that europe has to be united on this and only then it came back, it couldn't gain sovereignty and can gain new strength. and i understand that ukraine's president villamor zalinski is due to make a virtual address to the leaders of the either i gathered behind you. what about further support for ukraine? whether you will pledge more money for ukraine to buy a non lethal weapons, to buy ammunition and to, to bring food and supplies into ukraine. but there will be no weapons transfer.

there will be no fighter jets or something coming from the u. s. so all the please and all the the demands are bloody murder. zalinski might make it, his videos will not be fulfilled. and this might be a little bit. this is not the live, but it might be very disappointed for the ukrainians that are fighting the russians . did every correspondence banter, vega, reporting from the sy or where the e. somebody's taking place. thank you so very much. the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine have held their 1st face to face toxins de graham kremlin invasion, but the 2 sides failed to make any significant progress. the high level talks were hosted by turkey on the sidelines of a diplomacy form in antalya. russia's foreign minister sig elaborate said president putin is ready to sit down for a summit with ukraine's leader mister zalinski,

ukrainian foreign minister, demitra labor reiterated, pleased to establish a humanitarian order, and expressed hopes to further talks with moscow. mozilla, rob defended moscow's invasion of you. critic, listen to what she said a short while ago. we're against militarization of ukraine with no don't without. and doesn't matter. and we're not happy with americans deploying some weapons that would keep our target under control. number 2, we are again supreme turning into a neo ne says nate system, niece in like living old not says traditions where well those are new and as, as to marching all across the ukraine and so forth. great. when those militants are trained in order to commit crimes, in fact, so we want ukraine to be a neutral ne san present put in has said many times a lot that was it,

insisting on needed not to expand anymore. we do not deprive your cramps from safety and security. on the contrary, we are ready to discuss the guarantees of safety to the benefit of cranes along with been nations things claudia, of course, considering citizen russia safety. let. so find out more about this, did of course $170.00. sure. and who was reporting from r g w moscow office until its closure by the russian government. she is here with me. emily, what did you make of mister law rasa dressed there? well, in general, mister lover of psalm, press conference to day and 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 the ukraine,

and 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 repeatedly saying that yes, he has talk 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 war, 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 journalist actually post a question a to mr. love of i suggest we take a listen to that for a 2nd. lucy, goodness of discipline. with the un security council meeting, our delegation presented the facts that this maternity hospital has a long been occupied by the as of battalion and other medical solution. notice the colon, they drive out the women and labor nurses and other stuff. mrs. stewart to what she said, 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 in the 30 jasa, 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 are 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. and we heard that again today as we just heard from lover off. and they're also insisting that they're not hitting any civilian targets. now, after lover of spoke, we also heard from this kremlin spokesperson need to keep his school. 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 bombing 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 the 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 hate 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. they're hypocritical in their values. you can't believe what they say. but of course, the fact is russia is increasingly isolated and when it comes to the economy, essentially they only have china left. right, and we sure, and so valuable to have your thank you so much. thank you. 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. that's at least according to the news website. political. mr. 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 germany as all of shots has called on the former leader to step down from the controversial position. let's chicken with our political corresponded julia, so deli and find out what more she has been able to learn. what can you share with

as do we know more about whether mister shutter is indeed in moscow? what we do know is this report coming from political that sure there is supposedly in moscow to meet president vladimir putin, that this comes after is reportedly met. ukrainian politician is stumble, a politician, that is a member of the delegation that was and negotiating with russia, and that ukraine wants to see whether sure that is able to build a bridge up for dialogue with russia. but as you said, these are only reports. what we've heard from the german chancellor lea, a source is there have told us that the german government was not aware of any trip planned by sure that to negotiate with russia and that the german government has given him no mandate to do so. now the former chancellor has come under quite

fierce criticism for not giving up his close ties to russian companies following prudence. the invasion of you cranky tells more about that. and so the personal friendship between gach one of the and vladimir putin developed a while. sure that was chancellor of germany between 998 in 2005 was just not a political relationship between 2 heads of state, but a friendship. we've seen putting a go to sure those personal home for his 60th birthday. they have been constant exchanges, but it's not just this friendship. there are business ties that sure there has with russia. he is on the board of a north stream, which provides gas pipeline between russia and germany. he's on the board of ross nav, another oil and gas company in russia, and he has been criticized by his own party, the leadership of his own party for this. and also his staff for his office as former chancellor resigned on mass last week because of this abuse political

correspond to julia. so deli, thank you. and turning to developments on the ground in ukraine. russian forces continue to advance. o'keefe aerial footage, released by the ukranian army captured scenes of heavy fighting in the north eastern suburb of robbery. as russian forces attempt to surround the capital when it comes as outrage, mounds over an alleged russian air strike on a children's hospital. in the south eastern city of multiple ukraine says several people, including at least one child or kill, leading or coverage from inside ukraine is it of course wanted alexander phenomena, she joins is 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 with more k. tell us 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 a 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 or 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 harden 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 any access to water, electricity of food. and that was actually what the ukrainian 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, or 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 dead 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 here in the leaf there, of course not enough places to say, maybe they have relatives abroad, so they're 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 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. redeem has brought his family to the polish border so they can leave the country. he will be heading back to the frontlines. this is j law. i thought it is because of the kids all me with no one wants to leave their home. it's so hard to you. you can't explain. it is we will a boy. it's hard to lose. we don't know whether we're going to see each other again either which she moves you, nor will throw on them bullies in it was so good to have them by my side. when you're together with your family, you feel better for us now i'll be alone. but i know there'll be safe schools 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. customer courtesy, we've been through

a lot. you're sitting in the hall or in the cellar with your children now while they bombing the city and jump no longer will a bomb dropped now and that's it. so jordan be here to deserve that log. 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 rush as 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. didn't little over time, so children are suffering the most because my husband had to staying keith, they cry to them. my oldest son keeps asking. will we never ever see dad again?

and he started crying again. the un has called it the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war 2. this is what it looks like in real life that report by alexander phenomena. 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 met 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, the border patrol et cetera, that they are really trying to help the people. and most of the people waiting, there are a very patient, some of them very quiet. they're just trying to, to, to cross the border to be and safety eyes on one arm and reporting from of each ukraine. alexander, thank you so much for bringing as such. important reporting, appreciate it. thank you. authorities in berlin say they are struggling to cope with a large number of refugees arriving in the german capital. city officials want the federal government to help relocate thousands of mostly women and children to other parts of the country. thousands arrive every day. traumatized, exhausted, glad to be safe. but said and there was no law and people tried to help us and that

i had all hell. what can he door and us as a avid yvonne help and the every month i told gary about us, so it's ok among the good samaritans, this police officer who bid farewell to a family of 4 whom she opened her home to leave some years altogether. that the family was supposed to go to mac the berg last night, where they had been assigned to her. and after that had to long days hanging around . i couldn't see them going to mac to book again in the evening. so the slate with me for a night, and now they're continuing on whether that might as well as the refugees offers of help keep coming to forfeit operations in the run up. we already gave money in donation giles and yes. now we have consulted again love that, and we said that because we have an upper floor with a guest room in

a private bathroom. we were happy to make this available still in the nita so grade and seeing this people its heart rending, had some real blake and he doesn't. he may be, will be there one day and we'll need a hand and someone will. how pause. you have to stick together on most of them, higher than for germany. bear, lynn has been at the face of this. exit is no official. say they're running out of space. the mayor says, no one can know how many will come if austin and as we knew on the 1st day when the attacks began, that we would have a very large movement of refugees as feel that many people would also arrive here in berlin. we had, oh yes, i see for sure how many the will be higher than not. and he says that 5 extra accommodation centers will be set up in the capital. but officials are calling on the federal government to help transfer refugees to other parts of the country. the british government has halted the sailor. premier league club shall see after

it froze the assets of its russian owner, roman abramoff, which, while 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 you want you to re news? here's a recap of the main story from the crisis. ukrainian authority say russian air strengths of his 2, children's hospitals, killing at least 3 people, including a child. russia has dismissed reports of the attack as fake news. and e leaders are holding crisis talks near parents to coordinate their response to russia. invasion of ukraine, french president em anyway, my call said that you needed to agree on how to reduce dependence on russian energy . he also said fast tracking your membership for you, grain was unrealistic. and

a former german chance against schluter has made a trip to moscow for talks on ukraine with russia's vladimir putin. that's at least according to news site political. the german government says it's not aware of and has not agree to any meeting between mister schroeder and mister putin, as a shudder, has been widely criticized for his close ties with the kremlin. thank you so much for watching. we'll be back in a bit into the conflict zone. sebastian has nato accepted that ukraine before or could it still see a moral imperative to intervene directly in combat? my guest is weak from washington. it comes to spell simila, a foreign and security expert in the brookings institution, and especially on germany and fund with landtech relation conflict zone.

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with zip with just 2 weeks ago russia was denying to the world. it had any intention of waging war or launching an invasion. this is what that denial looks like now. mm. as the fighting goes on, there is little sign of progress in peace talks and the growing belief that worse is to come has nato accepted that ukraine will fall. or could it still see a moral imperative to intervene directly and come back? we cannot answer.