[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is, you know, we do live from berlin, a declaration of independence. you leaders vow to work toward cutting their reliance on russian energy on ukraine. they conclude they're to day summit with promises of more weapons and economic sanctions. the chief calls ukraine parts of the european family. while the french president vows to step up defense spending and the health scape russia widens its aerial bombardment of ukraine,

hitting new targets and pummeling cities already under siege. the city of the pro and central ukraine is bombed for the 1st time in this war. troops also edging closer to the capital, keith, while hundreds of thousands, remained trapped in the port city of my youthful, amid heavy shelly and safe. at last, after days of heavy shelling and broken, sees fires, some residents of air print, northwest of keys were finally able to flee. it'll be of correspond mathias willinger as more ah, hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you very much for joining us. a leader is just moments ago announced they will spend more on military equipment to ukraine and impose further sanctions on russia. following a 2 day summit invest site. however,

they ruled out fast track option for ukraine to join the block, but showed a united front in their condemnation of the conflict commission. present resolve under lion said the war is our odious and reaffirmed the use moved to reduce reliance on russian energy. she also said they would seek to tax windfall profits on energy companies to curb rising fuel costs. let's sir play some of what the e u chief just said to moments ago. the 2nd principle i mentioned was unity. it certainly guided us when we slew it swiftly, imposed altogether 3 successive waves of sanctions on the kremlin with an immediate hard hitting effect. we will now come forward with

a false package of sanctions. the sanctions will further isolate russia from the global economic system increasing further the cost of proteins invasion to ukraine. thank you now to recite to d w, correspond above a vessel she is at the summit where she has been covering this to day meeting of you leaders and bracing against the rain. they're a barbara strategic autonomy, energy security becoming self sufficient. is that the new top priority for the european union? that is what you once they have heard and understood what this war means to them, what this russian aggression that is so relentless and completely sort of unresponsive to any attempts to negotiate or toner down or come to an understanding that putin is sort of single mindedly pursuing his interest there in this war, they have understood what it means for them. they have understood that they are

adjusted, that they can be blackmailed by putin. and of course, by other international forces or other countries maybe is somewhere in the world. if they don't get more to be more self reliant and that is what they will do now, they will want to spend more money on defense because they've understood that at least they have to put up a credible show against aggression, military aggression, which nobody for decades in europe had even helped possible and now they must see that it's there in front of their eyes. they will of course, become re orientate their industrial policy. they will need to produce a lot more things, not only weapons, but for instance em semiconductors in europe because otherwise they have to rely on country. so could become hostile. and there is a long set of measures here that they have discussed and that they agree on. they will have to implement in the next months. the point was all this is, the

e. u is here shoring up the position. what they're not doing is sort of figuring out how to help ukraine in the immediate immediate moment, how to sort of put more pressure on russia. let's talk about that. what, what about fast tracking you membership for ukraine? as the ukranian president of lamar zalinski has asked for repeatedly that is not happening. they're, all they were capable is a sort of symbolic gesture. yes, you belong to our family. and yes, eventually you can sort of go along the path of you, accession, but nothing concrete, nothing for the moment. so this is a little moment of hope that zalinski wanted to give his people the you is not granting it because a particularly older member states and northern a member states where against this is too dangerous. we don't know what will happen, what that will entail for us and is so they bought it. and as so there is nothing

more than a diplomatic gesture they making for here at the moment. well, let's, let's go a listen out for a 2nd. a barbara video statement was released by the president of ukraine and mr. of a lot of muranski. and he addressed it directly to the e. u. a sick listen to what he said. just what she knew also due to constant shelling in parts of the sumi she of and donates regions. there is no electricity again that there are problems with heating law. no god, no water. that when you thought of business as humanitarian disaster, humanitarian disaster, 2 words that have become fully synonymous with the other 2 words. russian federation, he's got the right of, of a seller, the ukranian president. they're saying, you know, there is a deepening humanitarian crisis unfolding in ukraine. and it's for all to see, we've seen the millions of people that are being displaced, hospitals now being bombed. will e leaders face increasing public pressure in their countries?

and what more can they do? you leaders, of course, will do any thing they can to bring him into tarion aid into ukraine, for instance, room german rail services dodge bond. and they are now are trying to enroll, credit trains into ukraine. there was aid i was food was the medicines and they will of course, increase the spending for it to bring more weapons into ukraine. they are receiving all the refugees that managed to leave the countries and out of the country. and of course, a 1000000 or another 1000000 might yet come. so the, the, from the prognosis is that up to 4 or 5000000 ukrainian refugees could come to the you, they will do everything, of course, except this one thing that might really hurt vladimir putin. and yes, you said that a public pressure for that is rising, but they're not ready yet to do it because they know it's going to hurt their own

economies badly. they're not yet ready to cut off energy imports, oil and gas from russia. and that filled in pollutants war chest by about it 1000000000 euros per day. and that is the main problem. and they're not ready to take a lot. so we don't know what the red line for the e u is. but what we do know is that it's an economic and political organization. it's clear that it doesn't want to become a security provider, but is it on its way to become a security organization? what's your sense? and they are trying to, to become a to become more capable of defending themselves. but they're not like ne, 2 is a sort of fitted defense insecurity. union. and they say that they can, of course, never fulfill the obligations and the duties of nato. and they always refer to, to the, i don't for today to, with regard to the military side. so they want to step up their efforts. of course,

they want to be made more capable, but they will not step into those shoes. they counted simply impossible because they know that basically, if it really comes to the worst, they still have to rely on intervention from the united states. the w corresponded available reporting from versailles, thank you. well, as the war and 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 ne pro were hit for the 1st time since the war began. masha says it's to store 2 military air fields in the west of the country. and the kremlin has now unilaterally announced humanitarian corridors in places, including my tuple har keith, to me and churn. if you can,

says civilians are suffering so far. agreements to evacuate, people have failed a number of times while a metro station in the besieged city of harkey has become a makeshift shelter for civilians trapped in the fighting machine says it will establish a humanitarian corridor in the city, ukraine's 2nd largest. most of the 1500000 residents have already fled, harkey, which has been under sustained bombardment. while the ukrainian authorities say that to 40000 people have now been evacuated from 5 different ukrainian cities. but they say, russian troops continue to break, sees fires, to allow more residents to flee in europe in northwest of keith. people have been fleeing amid heavy bombardment as russian forces advance on the capital. now, a brief pause in showing has allowed more residence to escape our correspondence,

but he has bellinger is at the same finally boarding 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. in a suburb north west of kia has been one of the worst places in this world. 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 thrashed. so 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. watches that us many, 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 is um, cheaper. 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. see it will you call his natural? everybody from our neighbourhood laughed. a plane flew over us so then it suddenly turned dropped a bomb and everything was on fire. volunteers quickly evacuated us when you're as abruptly as evacuation of his pin and other suburbs goes on. the kindergarten braces for more people to arrive in the coming days. all of more, let's talk now to correspondence or alexander von nomine. she is in lieu of ukraine in the west. alexandra russian forces have stepped up attacks 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 lute scanners 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. and our field in event of land keeps could southwest. and this is, of course, as i said, very warring, 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 it 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 reports,

seeing that the russian forces are not stopping their attacks or that there are even targeting allegedly targeting the creation routes. and the ukraine president today said in his video address that are the 2 words, the humanitarian catastrophe. you are now synonyms for the russian federation and death situation is getting worse and worse. and we have to say that there are no western security or military expert who are saying that this is the main goal of the russian forces. now is to spread the 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 out their russian offensive cubic responded alexander, phenomena reporting from the western ukrainian city of eve. let's sir, tell you now about the other developments in the conflict resolution leader alexander lucas franco has arrived in moscow for talks with russian president

vladimir, mister lucretia go, has supported mister putin's invasion and allowed russian troops to move into ukraine from his territory. and a meeting with army officials on thursday. mister lucas shan't go, said bel looses army. must prevent any attack on russian forces from the rear. ukraine. was present line reporting has advocated sending volunteers from abroad to fight against ukrainian forces during a meeting of his country security council, russian defense minister survey. so go said there are $16000.00 volunteers in the middle east, ready to fight alongside russian troops, us officials. so these could include syrian recruits, killed skills rather an urban combat. it's not just ukrainian people who are fleeing russians are also leaving their country. some say they're leaving because of new sanctions,

but others worry about their countries crammed down on free speech and growing isolation. when many flights out of the country no longer taking off, many russians are heading to finland. by other means. another train bringing people to safety. but the passengers in bold, this one a russian rather than ukrainian with no flights to western europe, trains on this route from st. petersburg to the finished capital. helsinki have been booked out for days. those leaving want to watch developments in their home country from the safety of abroad and the things role worth. i will make the decision to find the frontier 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 hesitate only those with a valid e 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'm crying and not sleeping, seen it since it's all started. that's how i feel. i'm pretty sure that i am then going back. i'm not sure if i will be able to leave. ah. with 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, the ukrainian present voluntary landscape urged the u. k to do more to hurt russia financially. when he addressed the british parliament earlier this week, and because london is seen as a key france in the economic battle with large amounts of russian money flowing through the u. k. capital each year, reagan mass reports, we have an appointment at the ritz, one of the swankiest addresses in london with bill browder. he was once one of russia's top foreign born investors, but quickly became an opponent flooded me a potent before being expelled from the country. he is now living in london and has one of the kremlin st biggest critics. britain has been a, a soft spot for dirty russian money for last 20 years. they've come here. ah, they,

they like the rule of law. they like the property rights. and they like the fact that nobody's going to ask any questions. we're heading to the post district of berg ravia to eat and square, nicknamed red square, asking prices for a 5 bedroom flat here, which over $20000000.00 euros. as for who the real owner saw. no one needs to know anti corruption activists estimate that russians with ties to putin have invested almost 2000000000 euros in real estate alone. in recent years. there are shells, shell companies and trusts in an offshore crossen nominees and proxies. all i'm working hard to shield the through ownership of these properties. it's on the capital. nick london brought a city a wash with money from the many rich russians who call it home and not all of them

have earned income. honestly, this week, the british parliament is passing a new law to cut the corrupt flow of money from russia to untangle opaque ownership stretches. but this is only a 1st step. experts say, legislation is just not enough. enforcement needs to be happen and it needs to be properly with funding on vessels. what happens right now is that the national crime agencies has been on the funded for up a generation. so what we need to see now is for life was meant agencies to be funded, to act now and use a tool that they are given at the moment. so security personnel on eton square try to prevent us from recording. if i want to fucking her, mom is a democracy and we despite us having the right to film on the street to sound, if you include property, you can. but we can throw mostly like 1st and foremost, i'd like to see 100 all a guards on the sanctions list having their properties frozen. secondly, i'd like to see assets identified and frozen after that. and. and thirdly,

i'd like to see all of the russian banks, not just a few of them disconnected from swift. his criticism also has a personal motivation, browed, his friend and company lawyer died in the russian prison, his long known how dangerous vladimir putin is. russian oligarchs, and in fact, any one else who wanted to launch the money have so far been serve as well in london. it's been easy to find bankers, lawyers, estate agents to work with i, when it comes to property, it's impossible to hide behind. sophisticated shell stretches open within an offshore trust critics or wondering whether it's taken a war in europe for the u. k. government to seriously change that big a mass reporting from london while meanwhile, the united nations is calling for ukraine's cultural. so to be better protected as russia continues its assault on the country. while a museum in the besieged city of harkey,

workers are 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 hearty 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 russia the very civilized country? you know, right now it's a culture, do re high culture yoke 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 acting little

paintings by russian artists from their own nation older. it's just barbaric. lot of a woman like this work by russian master eelie, a 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. if i knew my, i just don't understand what kind of a person one must be to kill people. i finally destroy architectural landmarks, law, art masterpieces. i have no words yet. florian, 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. teenage wrestler,

diana allots is among the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the war in ukraine. she is now in berlin after her german coach welcomed her into her family. the war in ukraine has turned. diana, lots, life upside down. the wrestler had to flee a home town in liveth yep was, and i say i woke up to another air raid siren and we were supposed to hide in an air raid shelter john e. so i got out all over the movies. i looked at my phone and saw a message from marco foreman, but a good one. i read it was going up and it was completely unexpected. yet you thought i was so happy you cool, i'm in your book. those are good for yellow, german coach malcolm and so picked up diana and her family at the ukrainian border . he brought them to berlin and let them stay in his office. don't meet that or my dad can come with us,

but the was because he went to war to defend ukraine. what is a shadow green? i'm really worried about my dad. yeah. i'm scared. who died yesterday and 2019 diana, one bronze at the under 15 european championship. she hopes to compete at the olympic sunday. fortunately, i want an empty gold medal to be an olympic champion and to go down in history so that every one will know me. what to say, i want the water and soon and that ukraine will defeat russia. russia should give battle. every thing it took from us more. this is abroad. i really want to return home to ukraine or to live if to see all my dear people, the coach, us wise to see me bliss canaday than that here. ah ha coaches in ukraine have

enlisted in the army. diana doesn't know how long chastain berlin for now. training is the only thing she has left and you can catch much more about to diana. story this weekend on sports life on d. w. you're watching it renews live from bowen up next conflict. so and i'll see you at the top of the hour. ah ah ah ah,

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a female body. forced into marriage, great. far from home, ali can finally become the person. he's always wanted to be alone, despair badly. oh, in the 3 credit and we'll go with it. i was born in berlin. starts march 30 on d, w. just 2 weeks ago, russia was denying to the well did have any intention of waging war or launching an invasion is what that denial looks like. now, me as if i can goes on as little sign of progress in peace talks and the growing belief that worse is to come has nato accepted that ukraine will fall,