[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is, did every news lie from berlin? hell ski russia widens, is aerial bombardment of you, great. getting new targets in pummeling cities, all ready under siege. the city of ne pro and central ukraine bond for the 1st time in this war, troops edging closer to the capital, keep, while hundreds of thousands remain trapped in the port city of valuable amid heavy apartment. and then safe at last, after these of heavy shelling and broken cease fires, some residence of air pin,

northwest of keys are finally able to flee. dw correspond mathias billing, or is that the scene and you're on a knife edge. you leaders concluded summit to discuss the blogs response to the war . they agree to send more weapons to ukraine, but we're main, divide it over banning russian gas enforce ah on level rock. thank you so much for joining us. as the war in ukraine enters its 3rd week, russia is widening its attack on cities. air strikes had targets in central and western ukraine. far from the front lines of the fighting emergency services in central ukraine. se civilian targets in the city of new pro were hit for the 1st

time since the war began. russia says that the story to military airfields in the west and the kremlin, has unilaterally announced humanitarian corridors in places, including multiple harkey, su, may and churn if ukraine's as civilians are suffering. but so far, agreements to evacuate, people have failed multiple times. while a mentor station in the besieged city of harkey has become a make shift shelter for civilians trapped in the fighting. russia says it will establish a humanitarian quarter in the city, ukraine. second largest, most of the 1500000 residents have already flipped harkey, which has been under sustained bombardment. while ukrainian authorities say that 40000 people have now been evacuated from 5 different ukrainian cities, but they say russian troops continue to break cease fires to allow more residents

to flee. while european northwest of keefe people have been fleeing him in heavy bombardment. as russian forces advance on the capital, now, a brief pause in shelling has allowed more residents to escape or corresponded with his billing or is at the scene. finally, voiding a bus to safety, these refugees have just come out of the fighting zone northwest of keith. daria has been on the road for hours. you believe we left everything there and just fled? i don't know whether we will ever be able to come back. european, a suburb north west of kia has been one of the worst hit places in this war. sees fires have been agreed and broken time and again, just a few days ago, a family of 4 was killed near this bridge. there was shelled on their way out of

the small town. 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 the law is the last of us, though it's difficult and terrifying. the roads are destroyed, there is destroyed military equipment everywhere. dead bodies lie around. we saw all this while walking. it's difficult for everybody, including old women. it's very frightening. what is the us many here 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 them.

they do not exist. our son arrived without even wearing slippers. some come without a coat. there were some grandmothers. he went out to fetch water and we were evacuated because that lies were under threat. whole retirement homes have been evacuated. the refugees can rest here for a few days. so you, when you call this last, everybody from our neighbourhood laughed. a plane flew over us, then it suddenly turned dropped a bomb and everything was on fire. volunteers quickly evacuated us with an evacuation of p and, and other suburbs goes on the kindergarten braces for more people to arrive in the coming days off more. let's talk now to correspondence. her alexander found numb and she is in love. ukraine in the west to alexandra russian forces have stepped up a tax across the country,

including in the west. yes, and this is very worrying. i have to say that we had to seek, showed her twice to this morning with air raid siren going out for the 1st time, about 5 o'clock in the morning. nothing happened here, but there were several explosions in lots could norris awful. v for a 2 hour drive and actually a city that we visited just a few hours ago, the russian defense ministry acknowledged that they attacked an arrow field there. and they also attacked an airfield in yvonne of han keeps, could south west. and this is, of course, they said, very worrying, and it's also showing that the russian forces might be intensify intensifying their efforts to flow at the flow of weapons and resources to the front lines from across the western ukraine. now humanitarian corridors have opened in fits and starts,

but now there are worries they might be exploited. yes, it's increasingly difficult not to see is this way when we just consider that we have those announcements by the russian forces that there are human and tearing corridors that can be used by civilians. and then we have those report, seeing that the russian forces are not stopping their attacks or that there are even targeting allegedly targeting the recreation routes and to the ukraine president today said in his video address that are the 2 words, the humanitarian catastrophe. your are now synonyms for their russian federation and their situation is getting worse and worse. and we have to say that there are no western security or military expert who are seeing that this is the main goal of the russian forces now is to spread to chaos and terror across the country. so the ukrainian forces are busy dealing with, you know, helping civilians to get out,

saving their lives and not finding off their russian offensive kind of an arm and reporting from levine in western ukraine. thank you so very much, greatly appreciated or want to take your no actual life to a press conference is underway right now with friendship president m, anyone my call the european commission present, or is of under a lion and shall, michelle. it's the taken place in our site where the leaders meeting has just concluded, let's take a listen to the original, informally approved a few moments ago and it will remain in the annals of the european projects. and there's a reason for this for some time. now we have understood that it is essential to embark upon an agenda of sovereignty of strategic autonomy for the european union to be seen reflected in its ambition to take into consideration the strength of the advantages. what brings europe, things together, but also take

a look at the projects that exist are going to try to correct and strength. this is missing its fair side comments. at the moment when i was just 2 weeks ago, russia embarked on the war against ukraine. and for 2 weeks now, and i didn't, the european union has demonstrated this how strongly it is how solid in the united states would been able to come together to decide in favor of unprecedented sanctions, which had with us on people thought more appropriate to new york is about a, is there to support in every way possible financially and humanitarian terms. the men and women of ukraine, what color we have for european ambition, which is one of peace, we're been mobilizing equipment, including military equipment and some 500000000 years. additionally has been added to the official piece facility,

so we're there to support ukraine. mom we've also been discussing the application by your brain as it was by georgia, moldova. and we wanted to make our mine to clear to our ukrainian friends who of course, are full members of the european family. and we want to say to them that we will stand by them and mobilized very quickly in order to strengthen the links that we have with the population. if you upgrade and we will also be there to support their choices on their part, which is a european plan. and we have also had the opportunity to discuss the way in which europe can embark upon the agenda of sovereignty. let me quickly run through the 3 or hillers that we have today are set out in the declaration. we are looking to the future law in this way to given it an impetus to the european

project, and to make it a committee, we were bus one. the festival we have the questions, energy holder. this is not a new today. the challenge of energy with bob decided to embark upon climate neutrality by 2050. and the idea is to move towards greater independence while facing, which meant area and challenges. and there were a number of points that we want, obviously to deal with the soldiers, the question of prices and the impact for families throughout europe. one result and also for business a question of dependent on which is too great, but that's what we're seeing today, particularly our dependence on russia and we're pursuing that ambition. we want to release ourselves from that tendency so that we can just as best we can in line with our own interests in line with our objectives. and obviously want to push it, checked out for the next winter. we need

a particular plan meeting. now all of this is shown agreed on by the council together with the commission, which is going to be following up on our work here. and it was a very consistent agenda that hasn't been initiated. secondly, before the presentation of defense and the security. so we're all defense here at all. we've been talking about this for a long time. some progress has already been made, but there's no denying the fact that 2 weeks ago we woke up in a different key or in a different world. we can't deny the fact that the actions taken over the last few days was in fact consecrate in the emergence of a european defense. it formerly been initiated through the meeting today in versailles. and we have now an operational strategy in which we will identify the actions and investments that are going to be necessary. we've also identified to how it's going to be possible to roll out to you are paying the industrial base

more all the different challenges of cyber security that have space, for instance, just to like 2 examples. so let's assume that there's a timeline and the agenda as that being said, that is a mission for the commission. and progress will be made for the important point that i'd like to mention. the importance of consolidating our economic place a is there to work in the interest of peace, security, and prosperity. more economic use taylor, in other words, also at some jail us, it's up to our generation to take decisions today that are going to make that economic based far more robust are more resilient voters, more of them and do that in here. i can refer to what have done in the area of health was seen with coven. how important is to coordinate even further. there's

also the ambitions all linked to the semiconductors, chips, raw materials, critical materials. and of course, the vital need to continue to be committed to children innovation, particularly technological innovation. so just in a few words, that's what i can say about this very significant decisions that i had that have been taken today. and there's a real awareness shared by all of the lease of europe here in versailles. we're all aware of the importance of the moment that we're living through and the decisions that we're taking, not just for tomorrow and the next few months, but we're coming generation more reporter but in europe in leper lap was spirit. jay lester must move towards people's electric disparity and security. these are the challenges we mash and pick up so that we can feed to new tangible

result loss. bruce and more independently or more sovereignty less fragility in a greater bill. geez, to determine the faith of the european union is going to have more bola will have the opportunity to come back to the implementation of all these measures because it's going to be european council in brussels. and a few of the 2 weeks time we'll be taking a look at energy, an update as to this. and we also intend to review more before the june summit. it's told him to have an extraordinary summit, which is which means that we'll be able to take a look again at security and what defense for once again, i'd like to thank president macklin faffing brought as a start. here was a motor day with sunburn or the more in versailles such as a symbolic place, symbolic moment in part of european history. and yesterday and today we are offering a response. so have to go back, carry through this ambition for your on the high kids. messy

shower, messy, my new air seeder knew was to thank you, the child. thank you. emanuel, thank you for your hosting us in such a his story site here. we're talking about the future of ukraine and the future of the european union and our democracy is also mama and it is that history that has been written with tony a desk, a link to the latter kramer b as a member of european family, put in aggression against ukraine, it's an aggression attack against all the principal or political that we hold dear . it's an attack against democracy, against sovereignty of state damper, against the shreed of all of the people to choose its own destiny and shape its own future dawn, no. okay. and all the way in which we'll respond today. the lovely sequel to this fenn odious attack. i mean, i love shake them that the crane will determine the future of ukrainian and also

the future of our union off, you know, and silva's beyond going beyond that isn't the entire european continent to letters from a faithful sheet, to the principles that have been on guiding principles and our common responses to date. it's responsibility till a sudden unity. we see that only there and he and determination. this crisis has indeed made us face up to our responsibilities in the face of the new reality. first, our duty to continue ensuring reliable, secure, and affordable supply of energy to european consumers. in the mid term, this means getting rid of our dependency on russian gas by diversification of supply, by massively investing and renewables, renewables at home grown, they create jobs here in europe. they are strategic investment in our security and

in our independence. and this is why the european commission outlined re power is you this week or the european commissioner, president, they're speaking from oversight or as of underlying we're just going to break out from that press conference because chance all of shorts is speaking at the moment as well. and we want to take you there live to listen to what he's saying that we are using today by do, i don't get central and holler dispute on. i will also was my disgust topics that we had on track yesterday too. but i think this was a very important summit at a special place to see 1st and foremost a year from adrian, a very special ed as a very special moment in time. it was clear that we have the strong willed to stand together just only child facial day managing this crisis, and in shaping and winning the future together. thank you. you know? yeah, i know i am to you, i have

a number from question. tell me where the fisher fisher will start when his concert counsellor judge rudolf chancellor, the reformer chantelle gatewood apparently modeling how to seek talk to president putin about the role in lou crane. but will you talk to him when he returns? will you will you want to talk to him? i used to putting this initiative wasn't coming to well at this point in time, i cannot comment. we will certainly take and be able to take note of the results and include that from within everything we have with them engaged in undertaken, the president, the french president. and i have done many things where i've had intensive discussions with president putin as well. and we always talk to ukraine again, and he said and move forward with the discussions that are necessary in order to reach a ceasefire and make the possibility for counsel piece talks leading to concrete

results. and there is one very clear principle for us. we will not take decisions on behalf of ukrainians. they need to know what's best for their country in this dangerous situation. and this is why we have very close contacts with ukraine as well as nieces legally nick from anna gillian and fidel evidence, montana, getting exit. if in literal shantina at the, i'm glad i called the left side of the heads of state government for a night and agreed on managing that. on the summit. we had the impression that germany was stepping on the break somehow when it comes to oil and gas importance from russia and also whether there can be a quicker fashion of ukraine to the what was the pressure on you in these discussions, especially when it comes to the ban on energy input from rush as well. we have had

louder agreement and the position i have taken and many other heads of state of government have to take one long time is leader board that has become they use this common stands as well. we know that this is a different situation. we know that the, our situation is different from the us or canada situation who depend much less on energy imports because they are a net exporter of energy. so they have more possibilities to deal with with this situation. and this is something that both the canadian prime minister and the american president, a very well aware of, i had discussions with them and they told me that what they do is something. and they know that europe cannot do in the same to the same degree. and this is also part of the consensus that we might have agreed on together. we will continue to push forward with sanctions that have direct impact on economic prospect for russia

. part of this is financial sanctions that have been massive so far and to show more and more consequences by the day if you see at russian economic prospect and the financial industry there. and at the same time we have combined is with export and import restrictions. when it comes to a high tech products that will no longer be exported to russia, that this has dramatic consequences in russia as well. and is a deliberate, well founded decision that from our side view, walton, the, we cannot connect the cancer, the imports that we are having in europe today. but what we will do as soon as possible is coming out of the school dependence is did. and by the way, the discussion about with the question of membership, it has been a very constructive discussion. one thing has been clear to everybody. firstly, immediate task for as it is i to perspective

a swift at fashion perspective for the west and balkan states, lesson and half, but has been on the agenda for a long time and needs to be home there shortly. there have been, there has been a lot of preparatory work, and there was a lot of democratic and passion in these countries and this perspective is necessary for them. so this will need to be speeded up, and the same is true for the necessity to be aware of the fact that we have we need institutional reforms in europe in order to be able to take up new members who it will need more majority voting. it needs to be clear that rule of law criteria apply, that there is no doubt about in terms of exception that there will always be applied and that the existence of the rule of law and rules laws, structures and infrastructure needs to be a reliable before and after accession,

they need to be the need to meet europe's quality standards. and in this context, we have very clearly stated again, what has already been agreed upon before and we are, has been glad quite unusual before or about the ukrainian population and government and their efforts towards europe. and they path may have decided on what us at least quite as a bonus constant that missiles to chance. levine, i representative, suggested that 500000000 euros more should be made available for military support for ukraine to your chavez opinion. and has this been adopted today? another question on iran, where the nuclear talks have been suspended, are you concerned that brush how will use it's negative influence on the iran nuclear talks as well? but 1st of all,

the european union to whose active has been very active in many initiative then have made a contribution. let's take you now back to their sy of are you and that you as president french present rather m l mc. my call is now speaking, let's take a listen to what he has to say. he has 2 more age and it was a population. this is a tragic turning point for our history. we're all aware of the fact that it's a turning point as well for our societies and for her people's and for our european project. for the last 2 weeks, our responsibility which included all hinden, ladies and gentlemen, this has just been said, we've responded through unity, rapidity and spirit of responsibility. choices were made very quickly, or they can all 27 we call with our institutions and coordinated with all of our partners and talk them in the context of nato and g 70 implemented. give me the magic word, just make it possible to the isolate russia and tre. leah recently at the general kind of united nation for 2 weeks now. ukrainian,

many well known fighting courageously. did you find that freedom, that democracy of their sovereignty in the integrity of the latter on temper you are in less than of a clear position? unanimous and furniture and condemnation of the russian suppression is authentication and all international levels and withdrawing full consequences of this to you. it is what you shall in trailer, with on the english in the on resolution that was adopted and with some need support to ukraine. together we've agreed to deliver avenues. it is alma hardware, not just humanitarian material, but also weapons and were proposed today that the european law facility paranoia be added to, to the tune of some $500000000.00, which is going to allow us to go further. so i've been lying hilderman countries in the past. what traditionally, really short on this suite. and for instance, i've decided for the very 1st time and needed that assistance, you know, in the, for the 1st time in decades they would take an active role in economy with support to ukraine. should we also have economic care on support,

humanitarian support. this will be contingent continued some, 2000000 refugees. sabrina. well, some city civil no marshal propeller. medical center line has so refer to this might like to thank the calculations of the naval ringwood countries, poland hungary, romania on, and pulled over as well. and obviously france will feel of worrying it's role am i would hope to say that we will be able to children have the necessary mechanisms of so that solidarity that can be used in this overall approach. as of the very outset, we also enjoy a massive, unheard of sanctions and this was done very quickly. the m kept for him, 2nd, nicholson for 360 days a conflict he's, you know, they were marked at night european decisions of these unprecedented sanctions. they knew some paired up did not, were willing to adopt other sanctions and all options are on the table and remove the point for our discussion this year or digital station to prepare ourselves to

the la sanctions. if they were able to call a halt to be attack lindley, aggression and could prepare as also for many more to be a consequentialist in the coming weeks. you know, managed our initial objective. it is of course, a rapid return to piece and since it starting with the ceasefire, i've been followed by a rapid withdrawal of russian troops. and that was while keeping up pressure on russia, north jojo, and were also maintaining a very demanding dialogue. and in particular, in conjunction with german challenge and support to solidarity for you crave local . this one kept us very busy, particularly yesterday in the last who can't always support ukraine today. and we'll do that for as long as the war last. and we will be there with, for the reconstruction of this policy of destruction, and also by russia will be there to help it to stand athens and a standing here that i feel the message that we 1st sent out to the screening population. roy to vote is that the path to our york was open to them that you know their fight for freedom and democracy for the value that we all share has

demonstrated and little gray. what is indeed a member of our european family. we also wanted the misa application them as it made by moldova and georgia as well be examined in line with our treaty or by the european commission makes it the need to know so that the police except ability to fail from can be determined in line with the provisions of our treaties on the 3rd, your full address, i declaration that on the agenda of our side that we've been discussing today. good, excellent. through what ben is, summary, linked to the fact that it was a sovereignty in europe. as little guage might have been thought of by some, as the slogan or a sort of french fantasy hold will reconsider that god is seen by all to day as being the that the crucial that the sovereignty in his victory knocked off on a sheet of the strategy of independence has been there at the very start, also have been hand are making effect of seen what will have to be done there when i subbed them,

we have to producer and deliver packages in the student for ourselves and for other countries. often we seen it when it came out of the crisis at the start of the recovery when we saw what was happening because the semiconductors, when we had delegated production to the other part. so what, how difficult it was to return to the manufacturing of cars, for instance, and we're seeing it in the context of this crisis where we can see how our food, our energy, our defense, all is use of a sovereignty. well, we can cooperate in pre sauce. we want to be open to the world, but we want to choose our partners and, and not depend on any that. we mean by sovereignty, it's not protection. it's not, of course, never closing the door. it's a question of having the possibility of staying open without any dependent. so the last i agenda has several set out the next few months work on that along those