ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russian troops advanced service toward major ukrainian cities. heavy fighting as reported in his eastern suburbs, the brushing force of the altar pushing their siege of mario pole in the south east . the day after a deadly strike on a talk with also coming up as the war rages on in ukraine. you leaders hold crisis talk french president emmanuel on post the summit in 1st sight to coordinate a response to russia's invasion.

ah, i'm here to mohammed, welcome to the program. russian troops are advancing towards major ukrainian cities amid strong resistance. the pushing to encircle, keep with heavy fighting, taking place, just east of the capitol. russian troops are also continuing their siege of the south eastern city of mario pole, a day after a deadly strike on a children's hospital. high level talks on thursday failed to bring a cease fire as ukrainian civilians continue to suffer ambushed on the road to keep after 2 weeks of fighting ukrainian forces are battling to stop their capital. from being surrounded off to russian tanks reached its eastern outskirts on wednesday. ukrainian soldiers said they forced back the convoy with the russians, leaving behind an armored personnel carrier as well as 2 tanks,

one of which they were able to repair and take for themselves. but while keith continues to put up fierce resistance on the ground, there was little progress on the diplomatic front of the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers met in turkey. russia is ha, ah, not in a position at this point. to establish a ceasefire. they seek, ah, a surrender from ukraine. this is not what they're going to get ukraine. a strong grain is fighting. we're ready to seek, balanced diplomatic solutions to put an end to this war. but we will not surrender russian foreign minister, sir. gale of rav quickly demonstrated, just how far part the sides remain, even on the basic facts. we will call you when you look on the we didn't attack ukrainian. however, we just explain to ukraine repeatedly that

a situation posed direct security threats to the russian federation of us used to figure us more leverage. also said maternity hospital in that a you poll, that was bombed on wednesday, was empty of patients and occupied by far right. militia members, just hours later, however rushes ministry defense denied the attack that happened at all claiming it was staged. but with russian efforts to press on, keep continuing to run into heavy resistance. many fear that moscow will increase its indiscriminate, bombardments. well, here's a look at some of the other developments taking place and the conflict satellite images show, a large russian military convoy mass outside cave has now dispersed the 64 kilometer column of vehicles. and artillery has moved into surrounding forests and villages. food and fuel shortages apparently hampered the convoys advanced into the city. for my german chancellor,

gerhard schroeder is reported to be in moscow for talks with atlanta me a put him on ukraine. according to the website. political showdown is known as a close friend of the russian president and is the member of the supervisory board for the state owned energy giant ross left the united states says it has no intention of offering russia anything new or specific regarding sanctions in talks to reach a nuclear deal with iran, a state department spokesman said an accord with iran depends on a number of outstanding issues and urged all parties to resolve them to reach a deal the proposition as to whether we can achieve the head of the international atomic agency has met with representatives from russia and ukraine, of arising concerns for the safety of ukraine's nuclear sites. rafael grossi spoke a week after russia. russian forces shelled europe's largest nuclear plant in ukraine. they also took control of each noble nuclear plant grain,

and the russian federation. want to work with us with us. they agreed to work with us, and they are prepared to work with us. perhaps the gravity of my don't has to do with the revenue of the situation. her peers, it's a very dire situation, and we need to move fast. though ear leaders are meeting in versailles, france for a summit on the war in ukraine. he dissolves attacking the issues around the ease dependence on russian natural gas and oil, as well as defense hip abilities. the summit was initially organized before russia invaded ukraine to discuss it lies ation the economy and the pandemic. but all of those issues are now eclipsed by the russian invasion european commission, president ursula on the line. settled the agenda for the summit. at the summit, we will, we think 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. let's get the latest from versailles and speak to marina strauss has been following all the latest developments from marina. not all of the leaders have been on board with fast tracking ukraine to become an e member where things stand on that when your leaders arrived here on thursday at this a beautiful castle of for a size had to do that so that you can see just are behind me is very clear, very fast, that they are not all agree on their ukraine becoming

a member of the european union. anytime soon we had the luck, the prime minister saying we should send a strong signal that you should a send a strong signal to ukraine in this very difficult situation for ukraine. but we also had many, actually your leader saying, well, it's a difficult situation because you remember it's a very, very long process. and that's what they didn't say. but that's woods expert says that ukraine is not ready for becoming a new member. you have to fulfill a long list of criteria. and for example, corrupt structures in the country are a hurdle for your crimes to become a member. and it is not very likely that ukraine a will even become a candidate to join the european union anytime soon. so what kind of support is the you going to give ukraine at this moment in time? the years the ready giving or has been granting

a lot of support to ukraine for example. humanitarian aid are also many of course then and military training will listen to you itself, but the member states, and in the last couple of weeks before, so seen military devices that have been granted to ukraine. but one thing that you ukrainian president village, mr. lansky always asked that you to, to do and to help ukraine is, sir, is it is military. it supports like troops on the ground. and that's not going to happen because ukraine is not a, an ada member. as many you, member states are. and so in this case, nato, the defense alliance will not interfere there. and in terms of phasing out the dependency on russian oil and natural gas, how do they intend to do this?

was a bit similar to the membership issue. also, your leaders have a very different or your state have very different opinion opinions on this issue because you are states are very and some are very dependent russian gas. some are not a, for example, the baltic states ladelly throwing estonia. they, once they get you to ban russian energy coming, russia and she coming from russia and so to get her blood in hootie in the russian president on the negotiation table at least that what they think will lead to there . but then we also have germany, for example, a country you know, that which is very dependent on russia, gas, and oil and or are we had the german chancellor will actually to day here talking to the press and he was very reluctant saying we already have so many sanctions in place and they're working well and we don't need further sanctions on gas and oil. well, other leaders would certainly disagree with that are in a style speaking to us from versailles. now the united nations has been calling for

better protection of ukraine's cultural sights. as russia continues its assault on the country at the museum and the besieged city of car, keith work as a trying to save one of ukraine's most valuable arts collections. harkey, ukraine's 2nd biggest city, my center of industry and culture in places now hardly recognizable amid the destruction the hearts of art museum still standing. it's windows and doors were shattered. when russian forces bombed a nearby target, the museums director found her office in ruins. who are, as he is, was russia, is a very civilized country. you know right now with the culture dooley, high culture yoke of them. when we see this is him, we understand how high that culture is. the goal now is to get as much of the collection as possible into storage and many of the artworks they want to save from

the russians or in fact russian. oh, if they are only had 3 blue pulls, just an irony of hate that we should be saving russian artists, 2nd little paintings by russian artists from their own nation older. it's just barbaric barbara william like this work by russian master alia rape in one of 25000 artworks in the museums collection. with no windows intact, it's impossible to control the temperature or the humidity. they say they'll only be able to assess any damage to the works when the war is over. the last month i need the above thing. you bring him on, i just don't understand what kind of a person one must be to kill people like by me, destroy architectural landmarks, law, art masterpieces. i have no words yet florian, which i don't want to start swearing in front of a camera. as russian troops slowly move in on the city of harkey of the museum,

like the cities people is bracing for what's yet to come and craniums living in other countries around the world are watching the russian invasion with growing anxiety and the u. s. capital washington dc. 2 ukrainian sisters, herana cafe are doing what they can to help support the struggle back home. hooton's war on ukraine is hardly present in the u. s. capital. unlike in europe, there are only a few signs of solidarity here. but kathy delight is an exception. anastasia and vieira, who run this bakery or 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. mister sharp difficulties did 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 there, glued to the news. their parents have us visas, but want to stay in ukraine to fight are very brave. sometimes i'm just crying all the time and can explain the costumers why i'm crying. the only thing i'm happy 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 for their 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 the symbol of resistance. the u. k. government has thought

the sale of premier li club chelsea after it froze the assets of its russian own roman abramivitch. the oligarch is an ally of russian president vladimir putin. chelsea will still be able to up plate matches, but the club won't be able to sell tickets for games, buy or sell players or sell merchandise. the measures aim to deprive abramoff which of benefiting from the clubs, ownership and ukrainian athletes have made another appeal for peace. at the beijing paralympics, members of ukraine's national paralympic committee observed a minute, a minute of space, a minute of silence calling for an end to the war. despite russia's invasion of their homeland, the ukrainian team thrived at the games, claiming 6 gold medals, putting them 3rd in the table behind china and canada. watching dw news live from berlin. you can find much more analysis on the situation

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