ah, ah ah, this is, did we news live from rural lens? a declaration of independence. a leader is about to roll back reliance on russian energy after crisis talks on the war in ukraine. they, i a 5 year plan to phase out russian fossil fuel imports. they also promised more military to keep and tighter sanctions on moscow. also coming up russia widens it's aerial bombardment of ukraine. the city of dip bro, in central ukraine, is bond for the 1st time in this war. troops are also edging ever closer to the

capital. keith, while hundreds of thousands remain trapped in the port city of mario, both amid heavy bombardment and efforts to revive the iran nuclear deal, hit a russian road block or take a look at how rushes invasion of ukraine is threatening to do real amiable. agree myself ah, hello everyone, i'm black. thank you so much for joining us. you leaders say they're working on a plan to phase out in ports of russian fossil fuels as russia widens, it's invasion of ukraine while speaking after a 2 day summit in bass. i. e u commissioned chief ers of under lions set a 2027 deadline to end in ports of russian oil gas and coal.

french president, a manual in my county, also outlined a half 1000000000 euro aid package for key including more military assistance. but leaders stopped short, a fast tracking a new membership for ukraine. the european commission, the president said, russia's invasion of ukraine threatens the energy security of all of europe. this crisis has indeed made us face up responsibilities in the face of a new reality. first, our duty to continue ensuring reliable, secure, and affordable supply of energy to european consumers in the midterm, this means getting rid of our dependency on russian gas by diversification of supply, by massively investing and renewable. let's take you now to versailles, to 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 tone 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 just that they can be blackmailed by putin and of course, by other international forces or other countries. maybe it's 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 health possible, and now they must see that it's there in front of their eyes. they will of course, become very, 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 a ukraine?

as the ukranian president vladimir zalinski has asked for repeatedly that is not happening there. all they were capable is the sort of symbolic gesture . yes, you belong to our family. and yes, eventually you can sort of go along the path of you exception. 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 say that we're against this is too dangerous. we don't know what will happen, what that will entail for us. and so they have wanted and there. so there is nothing more than a diplomatic gesture they making for sig, here at the moment. well let's, let's go elicit out for a 2nd. a barbara video statement was released by the presence of ukraine and mr. val armor zalinski and he addressed it directly to the e. u. a sick listen to what he said just, but 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 or no gas, no water. so when you thought of this as, 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 a vessel or the ukrainian 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 you leaders face increasing public pressure in their countries? and what more can they do? the leaders, of course, will do any thing they can to bring to mind a tarion aid into ukraine for instance, room german rail services, butcher bon. they are now a trying to roll a 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 of the country. and of course, a 1000000 or another 1000000 might yet come. so the, the, the no says 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 heard 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. that not yet ready to cut off energy in ports, oil and gas from russia. and that fills in pollutants war chests by about it 1000000000 euros per day. and that is the main problem. and they're not ready to take a look at. 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 they are trying to, to become a did to become more capable of defending themselves, but they're not like ne, 2 is a sort of further defense and security union. and they say that they can, of course, never full full of the obligations and the duties of nato. and they always refer to, to that form of, to nato with regard to the military side. so they want to step up their, their efforts. of course, they want to be, so may it more capable or, 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. did have you corresponded barbie's all reporting from versailles. thank you. well,

as the war in ukraine enters is 3rd week, russia is widening its attack on cities. aaron strikes had targets in central and western ukraine. far from the front lines of the finding well and emergency services in central ukraine, se civilian targets in the city of ni bro, were hit for the 1st time since the war began. russia says it destroyed to military airfields in the west. and the kremlin hasn't unilaterally now announced humanitarian corridors in places including a multiple heart, keith sumi and churn. if ukraine says civilians are suffering, but so far, agreements do evacuate. people have failed multiple times and a metro station in the besieged city of harkey has become a makeshift shelter for civilians trapped in the fighting. russia says it will establish a humanitarian court or in the city, ukraine's 2nd largest. most of the 1500000 residents have already fled, harkey,

which has been under sustained bombardment or 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. an urban northwest of keith, people have been fleeing amid heavy bombardment as russian forces advanced on the capital. now a brief pause in shelling has allowed more residence to escape. our correspondence mathias bellinger, is there finally boarding a bus to safety? these refugees have just come out of the fighting zone. northwest of keith doughty has been on the road for hours. you will leave for you will have 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 cease fires, have been agreed and broken 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 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 also, 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 the us

many, i have no idea where to go. next. this kindergarten was closed after the war began . it's now hosting people were fled to fighting. with this, 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. c o u haul is natural. 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 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 correspondent sir alexander von nomine. she is in levine, ukraine in the west. alexander 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 is this way when we just consider that we have those announcements by the russian forces that there are humanitarian 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 recreation roots and the ukraine president today said in his video address that are the 2 words. the humanitarian catastrophe are now synonyms. for the russian federation and their situation is getting worse and worse. and we have to say that there are no western insecurity 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. delivery corresponded dogs on a non reporting from the western ukrainian city of eve. let's take a look now at the other developments in the conflict. u. s. president joe barton has announced he's revoking russia's favored treat status meeting. it can impose higher tariffs on russian imports. he also said the us would impose additional sanctions on individuals including members of the russian parliament and ban exports of luxury goods. and a soviet era drone has crashed on the outskirts of the croatian capital, zagreb. gracious prime minister said it was russian manufactured and clearly came from ukraine,

though it's not known if it belongs to the russian or ukrainian army. nobody was hurt in the incident. zulu russian president vladimir putin has advocated sending volunteers from abroad to fight against ukrainian forces. during a meeting of his countries, security council rushes, defense minister said there are 16000 volunteers in the middle east, ready to fight alongside russian troops. u. s. official said that they have not yet seen any evidence of foreign fighters arriving in ukraine. and russia's invasion of ukraine is also complicating another geopolitical issue, talks to restore the iran nuclear deal. the use foreign policy chief said today that a pause in the negotiations were needed. a week ago, an agreement between iran and an international delegation to revive the 2015 deal was said to be close. that deal was supposed to limited runs enrichment of uranium to make it harder to develop a nuclear weapon. but 3 years later,

it was abandoned by former u. s. president donald trump, who we imposed sanctions on iran. the country has since rebuilt it, stockpiles of, and which uranium the bomb to show you that the joy would wanna reach out to elena cique over. now, she is the executive director at the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. very one. welcome to the w. news help us understand or clarify at least these apparently conflicting messages. on the one hand, a new nuclear deal is supposed to be within reach. but at the same time we have reports about new obstacles and the you says they need a break. what's your read on, on developments you are correct saying the last week i've heard that the deal is almost within the reach. some people even expected it to be finalized this week. but last sunday, the russian foreign minister lovegrove was the man that all parties

participating in the deal and then the revised deal should be exempt and not discriminated from their business. doing business with iran after the deal is put in place. this is certainly something that was not a factor before the war in ukraine and certainly something that the west and the us and the wrong and so worn not expecting to happen. okay, so sure. and i apologize. i didn't mean to forgive me. i didn't mean to interrupt you, but so what i understand from your answer is that russia's invasion into ukraine is changing the conditions around the negotiating table. is it also fair to say that the west is now especially interested in reaching a deal with iran? because it needs iran, oil less turn for us in terms of the changes. it does change where we

stand. even a week ago. and the, ironically russia has been one of the most active actors in the restoration of the deal. the russian boss of the indiana indiana has been one of the going between different parties you, us, iran, iran has visited moscow several times. russia was very interested in seeing restoring the deal. so what we see now isn't unexpected. interference basically in reaching the final stage of the deal with this new demand. but what we do see that, that is probably affecting the, the, the issues basically now affecting the rationale in russia is the

extremely harsh new sanctions imposed and russia because of the war in ukraine. and that changes change the rush and calculus of the issue about the oil. these something that like they say that the iranian oil, if even in the agreement is reached, will not be available for a number of months. because there are certain steps in the restoration of the deal where countries would take one step and the other 5 tapes and novice them. so we won't see an immediate release. and with regard to iranian oil, that it will also not likely be immediately, even when it becomes available, going to the united states. it will probably be more aligned with

all pack right. and it's policy. but there are other problems with russia now being a last minute spoil, if you wish. the deal because russia is also important part of the implementation of getting the developments in iran into each month and other programs back to the original iran deal negotiated in 2015 particularly important in this regard. rushers role in taking out highlight uranium from iran that was part of their original deal when iran would reach certain amount of enriched uranium. russia was the target that will words receiving it. and it all probably is already written in the restoration deal. so we're dealing with 2 additional issues for the demand or

asset to be exempt from sanctions in it's dealing with a can make part of iran business. and the other part is that russia also plays a very important role in the implementation of the and d. i n a so called executive director at the vienna center for disarmament and nonproliferation. you've clarified so much, greatly appreciate you coming on. thank you. must welcome or face with western sanctions a crack down or free speech, an increasing isolation, a growing number of russians are now leaving their country, but with many flights abroad, no longer taking off. some russians are leaving by other means. another train bringing people to safety but the passengers and 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 one to watch developments in their home country from the safety of abroad and the things grow worse, i will make the decision to find the transfer where i can stay for more time. this is one of the few remaining roots from russia to the you, for many their last chance to escape the impact of west on 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 a valid e visa are allowed to travel. people like this young woman who left the finland the

day off to 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 it. i'm pretty sure that i'm then going back. i'm not sure if i will be able to leave them, but they sphere. ah, 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. 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 a german coach welcomed her into her fam. the war in ukraine has turned diana lots

life upside down. the wrestler had to flee a home town in liveth yup, berson. 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 these little movies. i looked at my phone and saw a message from marco is another one i'm going to perform and i've read it was going up and it was completely unexpected. yet you thought i was so happy to call them in your book. those are due to preem, 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. once you meet that door, my dad can come with us, but the was because he went to war to defend ukraine. was a chateau korean. 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 in 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 war to end soon and that ukraine will defeat russia. russia should give battle every thing it took from us. you will know this is abroad. i really want to return home to ukraine or to live if to see all my dear people. the coaches watch to see me bliss can a day than the day or her coaches in ukraine have enlisted in the army. deanna doesn't know how long chastain berlin for now. training is the only thing she has left and you can catch more of diane as that story this weekend on sports

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