[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russian forces extend the aerial assault as the explosions are reported in more ukrainian cities. troops are also edging closer to the capital, keep with heavy fighting in the eastern suburbs, while the port city of matthew pole remains under siege. after days of heavy shilling and broken ceasefire, some residents of the pin northwest of cuba finally able to flee. they

w correspondent mathias building will bring us that story. a ban on russian gas imports threatens to divide you latest. they'll meet this morning in versailles for a 2nd day to discuss the box response to the war in ukraine. and the russians, leaving home for refuge in finland, amid sanctions from other countries, and the crackdown on free speech inside russia. people are leaving a country that's becoming more isolated way in helsinki. where train lines one of the last open roots out of russia for that youth. i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? russian forces are extending their air strikes on ukrainian cities emergency service to say a kindergarden and apartment building were hit in the 1st aerial bombardment of the ne pro, in the central ukraine. meanwhile, russian troops are pushing to encircle, keep with heavy fighting, taking place, just east of the capitol. they're also continuing their siege of the south eastern

city of matthew paul high level talks on thursday. failed to bring a ceasefire as ukrainian civilians continued to suffer ambushed on the road to keys after 2 weeks of fighting ukrainian forces a 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 sir. ah, not in a position at this point. so established a ceasefire. they seek, ah,

a surrender from ukraine. this is not what they're going to get ukraine a strong ukraine 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 look railing in the fog, we didn't attack you. cranium. however, we just explained to ukraine repeatedly that a situation posed direct the security threat to the russian federation of us used to, to get us 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, ukrainian authority, stay that 40000 people have now been evacuated from 5 different ukrainian cities. but these fires toll out more residents to flee, continued to be broken by russian troops in a pin, northwest of chief people have been fleeing amid heavy bombardment as russian forces advanced on the capital. now a brief pause in shelley has allowed more residence to escape our correspondence, but he has billing her. is there finally, voiding a bus to safety, these refugees have just come out of the fighting zone. northwest of ki dottie has been on the road for hours. we have left everything there and just fled. i don't know whether we will ever be able to come back

to pina. saba north, west of kias has been one of the worsted places in this war. these fires have been agreed and broke in time. and again, just a few days ago, a family of 4 was killed near this bridge. they were shelled on their way out of this motel. to day it is come so far the opportunity for many to finally lee this is one of the places that had been fought about for days. people have been sitting there trapped waiting for an opportunity to get out, leaving behind what they could not carry with them. people have been fleeing in a hurry. shelling can start again at any moment. some have been walking for many kilometers before being able to cross over the bridge to reach one of the buses. just a lot of that or if it's difficult and terrifying, the roads are destroyed,

they're destroyed military equipment everywhere. dead bodies lie around this. we saw this while walking, just it's difficult for everybody including old women. it's very frightening. many here i have no idea where to go. next. this kindergarten was closed after the war began. it's now hosting people who have fled to fighting they do not have some arrive without even wearing slippers. some come without a coat. there are some grandmas went out to fetch water and were you vacuum aged on the water because their life came and the whole retirement homes have been evacuated, the refugees can rest here for a few days. she is not sure who could come to speak with everybody from one neighbourhood left. a plane flew over us, then it suddenly turned dropped

a bomb and everything was on fire. volunteers quickly evacuated through insurance, apparently as evacuation of peen and other suburbs goes on. the kindergarten braces for more people to arrive in the coming days over more, let's talk to our car. spawn an in kidney connelly, nick, we just saw some of what the residents are going through on the outskirts of the capitol. what's the lightest well, in those kind of place like european yes people are getting out. we were there yesterday seeing people getting across that destroyed bridge. and it's been that i'm sure you've seen images of for people being carried in wheel chairs on stretchers, families with their pets. but very little in the way of possessions, just taking what they could grab in a hurry. but or even though they were leaving and they were trying to take advantage of that situation, they were still artillery, shooting going on pretty close by. there were plumes of smoke in the sky. you could hear it from different direction. so this is by no means

a full temporary ceasefire. the allow people to leave in peace without any risk of harm to themselves. we've seen civilians recent days losing their lives. trying to get out here where i am in downtown key about 25 clubs away from it, a pin. and some of the worst that fighting things are kind of eerily quiet. we haven't had that many air raid sirens in last few days. there hadn't been direct air strikes. that's partly due to the fact that there is better air defense here for the center for the government quarter, for the definitely isn't expectation of worth things to come. people very wary of strangers. wary of all these reports, we'd hearing of attempts to kill you cranes, democratically elected president lensky. so people keeping a very low profit profile and streets pretty empty, except for soldiers. jealous, make reports of the night of a russian military convoy to the north having been dispersed is that what you're hearing? it's obviously pretty difficult to verify any of these claims because there are

very few jonas directly on the front lines and those to the ukraine military is concerned about the the keeping information back in terms of where its defenses are . so there's and military sense ship on the russian and the ukraine side right now . but it does seem like the ukrainians are being pretty successful at potentially letting the russians advance their doing so. similarly, without the required back up in their lots images on social media of russian tanks, russian almond vehicles being destroyed in what looks to be the suburbs of key of m . o, experts from abroad, slightly aghast, that the russians would send those kind of units forward towards kia without much more in the way of back up. and in lots of reasons, ukraine right now, it seems like the ukraine's allowing the russians to advance faster than maybe the russians would have expect themselves. and then staying behind to then fight back out the russians from behind, from that, from her, from the sides as, as can ambush style can guerilla war that is seeming the tactic tactics the ukrainians, given their lesser resources and less amount power. now choosing to try and push

back the social events it given that situation and now some people have been able to leave of those who are left to keep residents think that they can hold out against the invention. eventual rush in advance. i think no one can give a really kind of straight r, fully kind of convincing answer to that. but i think people certainly hope so. and we've certainly heard from ukraine politicians from present to lensky from a key of mer, former boxing world champion cliff cove, with okay, go that they are going to stay here till the last. they're not going anywhere. they're not going to evacuate to save their lives. so there's definitely a sense that people here, at least the political leadership, has its back to the war and is not going anywhere. and it's not going to go anywhere to that would crit panic among ordinary rush, ukrainian soldiers and ukraine civilians. i think lots of people here are just still in shock. they are in a situation now that they're going to see potentially a full scale war of the current. we haven't seen since world war 2 on the streets

of european capital with millions of people still here. yes. some and asked me to 1000000, have left for the esl millions of people living in the city, and then are preparing for the ups it worse for street fighting for guerrilla warfare, and for a very, very bloody and distressing few days to come. near connelly and keith many thanks. okay, let's take a look now. some of the other developments in the conflict ukrainian president vladimir sa lensky has denied moscow's allegation that he is preparing a chemical or biological weapons attack un security council. as meeting today to discuss the accusation upon russia's request, the u. s. is wanting that moscow is making the allegation, as it prepares to use such weapons in ukraine on the but the u. s. senate has given final approval to a package of military and humanitarian aid for ukraine, at least half of the $13600000000.00 measure aimed to help arm and equip ukraine's military to fight the russian invasion. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder,

is in moscow to meet with letting me put sorta is known to be a close friend of the russian president and is a member of the supervisory board for the state and energy. john clossnick, the german government says it was not consulted and had no prior knowledge of shortest trip. you laid, as i said, to mate in france for a 2nd day of talks on the blocks response to the invasion of ukraine. leaders are divided on fully banding. russian fossil fuels, as some countries are dependent on moscow for oil and gas. germany imports more than half of its gas and about a 3rd of its oil from russia and building has not agreed to a full bath. after the 1st, i have talked to block, welcome to the idea of the rent joining the e u, but rolled out fast tracking ukrainian membership from ukraine, and that is no improvement or in the side d, w. 's meant marina stress is following developments. we asked her what to expect

from you leaders who are due to discuss the economy today. system, it was not a summit that was only convened because of the ukraine crisis. it was planned long in advance here and the original topic was the economy. and the question how europe could become more independent from other parts of the world. and of course, the crisis in ukraine, the war and ukraine showed very clearly that for example, when it comes to energy that you have to find different solution to be also more independent or an energy level. for example, there will discuss possible m l l and she terminals in the european union's liquid natural gas. and they will also discuss the see me can see mat cynical, sim, construction and try to achieve that. something that became very clear, june the pandemic that said these little chips you need for mobile phones are very important. and they're not produced in the european union, but are, for example in asia. and that something

e o p and they just were to change at was marina stress, invisible authorities in berlin. so they are struggling to cope with the large number of ukrainian refugees arriving in the gym and 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 because no law and people tried to help us and that i had all hell, what can he door? and as the, 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 become uses 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 too long days hanging around. i couldn't see them going to mac to book again in the evening. and so the slate with me for a night. and now they're continuing on it, i don't like them 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 and we said that because we have an upper floor with a guest room and a private bathroom. we were happy to make this available. stella the need is so great and seeing this people its heart rending, had some real late am. he doesn't, maybe we'll be there one day and we'll need a hand and someone will help us. you have to stick together. i'm with autism, hired for germany. berlin 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 wilson. 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 cannot yet see for sure high many the will be high, does not need to have 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. now it's not just ukrainian people who are flaying russians are leaving their country to some say they leaving due to the new west and sanctions. but others worry about their countries crackdown on free speech and growing oscillation with many flights out of the country. no longer taking off, many russians are heading to finland by other means. ah, another train bringing people to safety. but the passengers and ball this one, a russian rather than ukrainian with no flights to western europe,

trains on this route from st. petersburg to the finish capital helsinki have been booked out for days. those leaving want to watch developments in their home country from the safety of abroad. and other things roll worth. i will make the decision to find the found to where i can stay for more time. this is one of the few remaining routes from russia to the you for many their last chance to escape the impact of western sanctions and the growing repression. thousands have already arrived. the finish re weighs have therefore decided to extend the time table between st. petersburg and hesitated. only those with the valid e. u visa are allowed to travel. people like this young woman who left the finland

the day after the russian invasion of ukraine began. she does not want to be recognized and says she is devastated by events in ukraine. i am crying and not sleeping, seen it chance it's all started. so i hear that we're pretty sure that them and then going back and sure if i will be able to leave. but this fear, this fear of landing in prison for one's opinion, is leading more and more russians to flee their country on the train to helsinki. and joe, now by my colleague natalia melinda, until recently, she was the main correspondent for d. w. 's. russia service in moscow that was before russian authorities closed down . d. w must go bureau before the invasion of ukraine, italian. welcome to you. you're here in berlin now. i'm interested. did you feel

that you had a choice or did you feel that you simply had to leave russia? well, i hold a russian passport, so i think the country can't just kick me out. but since we're a shut down of the bureau, but especially since the beginning of the war in this craig down on independence, media had a feeling it was not safe to be in the country, especially after their general prosecutor officer. kind of reminded us that any assistance to foreign state in the situation of this special operation can be, can be in the, in cold treason. and it's punishable by laws. so there was like a big red, red flag for us. also there was some new legislation concerning fake information about a russian army. so essentially for this in fake, you could go also to prison up to 15 years. so there was all this red flags that actually made it back to gl, impossible for us as a journalist to work there. but of course, it was a really,

really hard decision for me because it's my home country and i was looking forward to be there again and work there as a journalist and presumably, you know, other russians or who have left or plan to do so. yes, exactly. a lot of people, i know my colleagues also friends. even though people who haven't been thinking about living russia, even 2 weeks ago it had their families. they had a mortgage in there, they have all the life built there. they change their mind so quickly because they just haven't expected this and they're so devastated by what they've seen. and some of them are afraid to be actually drawn into army because it will rumors about martial law, especially young man. and last week it was a big panic and a lot of young men, i know also were choosing to leave the country. but also they're feeling repressions for going out. the streets were speaking openly against this war. as some people just can't continue their work, their am including journalists in the past week, around 150 journalist. but i think it's even more had to leave the country because

it's actually dangerous for them to stay. and people are just seeing their businesses, their life being ruined, and they don't have any other options. and they say that the sanctions will hardly economy, so they decide to leave because of that. you've raised this, how much, what's the mood in russia, the real mood and how much support is there really for prudence war can see it's really, really hard to say now because i think them with a sifting every day and we don't really have another date enough polls there was a pole recently from the official poster, so we have to treat this with caution. but according to this results and 65 percent of people are in support of the special operation. but since the asked not about the war, but special operation, as it's cold in russia, i guess if people would have asked if they're in favor of war, there was else will be different. but even in this results, what we see is that people who are a younger and people who receive the information from their internet alternative

sources are less likely to support this. whether people who are senior and who only watch the tv, i'm more likely to say yes, they support this. i wish it was under different circumstances, but it's great to speak to you. i really appreciate time. natalia melinda, but thank you. thank you. we're moving on on the board, you ran is not just being fought on the grounds and in the it but also in cyberspace, attacks, online trolling and social media. this information, all part of warfare in the 21st century, a group of ukrainian hackers have been fighting back against russian cyber attacks since the 2014 annexation of crimea. russia's war against ukraine, the attacks and not only taking place militarily, but also virtually ukrainian or sororities, accused russia of targeting government and banking websites. as well as deploying malware aimed at limiting the country's ability to defend itself at feeding false

information into social media. influencing public opinion and reducing ukrainians, access to information, but ukraine is retaliating here too. shortly after russia invaded ukraine's minister for digital transformation endorsed a grassroots group calling itself the i. t army, an estimated 290000 volunteers using a dedicated channel on the messenger service telegram to hit back at virtual russian attacks. we formed an 80 army of ukraine, so we invited the people that who want to help to fight this russian invasion on different france and doors from the basement. basically, we're focused on 2 things averse to fight this information, and also take down the russian infrastructure and digital infrastructure. because they were talking us for 8 years. so the we're, we're rush started not couple like

a week ago this to get started or almost 8 years ago and they were instantly attacking us. ah, the i t army includes members of the harvest, collective anonymous, the collective claims that over the past 2 weeks, it has successfully leaked information from the russian ministry of defense data base and hacked into russian state television and streaming services. to show uncensored news of the attacks on ukraine, cyber attacks are often difficult to verify. however, some cybersecurity, experts of voicing concern such attacks they say, could be considered an act of war and leads to further escalation of the conflict. yes, the united nations has been calling for better protection of ukraine's cultural sights as russia continues its assault on the country. at a museum in the besieged city of hockey, work as a trying to save one of ukraine's most valuable art collections.

harkey, ukraine's 2nd biggest city, a center of industry and culture in places now hardly recognizable. amid the destruction, the heart 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, florida, he is, was measures a very civilized country. you know, right now it's a culture doing high culture look of them. when we see this is we understand how high that culture is. good to go 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 are in fact russian. oh, if they are going and think blue pearl, it's 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. lot of stuff. wouldn't them like this work by russian master ilia 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 mean the impulse thing, if i knew mom, 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 for the english. 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 as bracing for what's yet to come here between the daily news from berlin. that's if at this hour, don't forget, you can find much more analysis on the war in ukraine at our website. we found a d,

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to stop hooton's war on ukraine calls for tougher action are growing louder. what could sanctions cripples the global economy find out on to the for the, to the point with me, the youngest victims of feet in around half of ukrainian refugees on children escaping the constant danger. they had to say good bye. and the trauma fool will stay with focus on europe. in 60 minutes, d, w, a many push it out in the world right now. the climate change, if any,

call to the story. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much was going to really get we still have time to go. i'm going all in with his subscribe along with united as rarely before the west has fired off one salvo of economic sanctions after another. in response to vladimir, putting 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 banding oil imports from russia. cause for europe to