[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is, do you have the news live from berlin? russia widens its aerial attacks on ukraine. the eastern city of ne pro is bombed for the 1st time i ti braces as troops, edge closer, new satellite images appear to show artillery, firing towards residential areas. and e leaders about a rollback reliance on russian energy. also promised more military h ukraine, but turned down, keeps call, fast tracked you membership plus the u. s. and e. u hit russia with more sanctions,

but president putin seems unfazed, he says the measures are an opportunity ah and william will craft welcome to the program. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault. i'm keep new satellite images from the u. s. company extra technologies show military units to ploy closer to the capital. according to the company's analysis, the images show artillery, firing towards residential areas as well as burning homes and other structures. widespread damage and impact craters can also be seen in a town north west of keith. a while russia is expanding its military campaign across other parts of the country. intensifying attacks and cities under siege and

hitting new targets with bombs and missiles strikes the city of denise pro in easton ukraine, a new front in russia's war, emergency services said at least 3 missiles hit civilian targets here, including this shoe factory for ukraine. another sign the russia is deliberately targeting civilians. much more, we see more destruction of civilian infrastructure, merger of ukrainians by a terrorist state, the russian federation. there's always another person that russia also launched attacks on looks. can yvonne oh frank ifs. 2 cities in western ukraine far from the main battle zones, the kremlin, unilaterally announced humanitarian corridors in places including mario paul harkins, sion of eve and sumi. the 1st residence of sumi who managed to flee by one of the corridors, arrived in the western city of eve, or a chevy dealer and then liberally gilson. my lord,

i've seen planes fly over us and bomb our street several times. it was horrible. i took the kids and hid his only thought and seen that by he blessed him. yeah, i said i, they bombed our streets. our buildings are homes. one of the bombs kill 22 people. 3 of them children, the whole family died outside the capital, give ukrainian forces continue to battle russian troops. ukraine says military victories here have stalled. the russian offensive on the city. president vladimir zalinski sounded a defiant tone. name was lewis because i think it's impossible to say how many days we still have to free ukrainian landlord. but we can't say we will do it because we want it. we have already reached a strategic turning point village. we are moving towards our goal towards our victory, but a more in central key,

if air raid sirens rang out again. russian forces are within striking distance. the battle for keith will be decisive in the outcome of this warren. so he is, but he is burling or is in cave. he said that while some people have been able to escape, russia has violated its commitment to humanitarian corridors. shars promised to open human italian corridors not only on friday, but also on thursday on wednesday. and many other times the have been some civilians escaping. i was yesterday at one of these so called humanitarian corridors where people were able to escape one suburb of ki, if there was another one. the next town where there was another corridor supposed to open at this other town, the buses could not leave, but people could lead via bridge and the place where i was. so there are some possibilities to escape. but overall and there was also even a shelling. heard when, when we were there, so we according to,

would basically mean sees higher and then during the ceasefire, civilians would be able to leave someplace as events have been able to leave. but in the worst it places like geneva or like, are you, paul, that has been cut off from the rest of the world, from the rest of ukraine, a by russian forces besieged since for more than a week. now nothing has changed. nobody has been able to leave the city. the conditions are still dire and is fighting going on around the city this. the city is being shelled by the russian forces that have laid siege. so the overall answer is why there are some, some sparks of hope and some people have been able to escape some of the places overall. this promise has not been capt. and now, for some of the other stories we're following right now. last minute demands by the kremlin threatened to derail talks in vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with iran. russian wants its trade with iran to be excluded from western

sanctions imposed over its invasion of ukraine. the e, you said negotiations, we put on pause. saudi blogger if my daughter has been released from prison for 10 years, that's according to his wife. the activist was detained in 2012 for advocating for an end to the influence of religion on public life. in saudi arabia, he was given a 10 year jail sentence on the charge of insulting islam. chili's new president gabriel borage has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the port city of about poverty. so the 36 year old former student leader is the youngest president in the history of chile. he promised to oversee a political and economic renewal of the nation liberal. the t. c. u leaders have concluded a 2 day summit in the palace of var sigh near paris, aimed at coordinating the blocks response to rushes, worn ukraine and veil to plan, to reduce the eas dependents in russian oil and gas,

and pledged more military aid for keith. but leaders stopped short of offering ukraine a fast pass into the you. the talks in versailles went on late into the night. the big question was how the e u should respond to ukraine's request for a fast track, accession process. the leaders know the pressure is high, but so is the danger of making a promise that no one wants to honor later. the result of those talks a statement the next morning, confirming ukraine as part of the european family, something that can be interpreted in many ways. i'm happy with the result. i think it's a green light for ukraine, and certainly we have to give you grain help. but this sir, are very dark times. sounds on the we all agree on ukraine's path to europe, but an urgent process for a country maya in war without regard for the usual criteria. the answer is no. liable signal. the e, you leaving the door to membership open at least. but ukraine will have to follow

the same lengthy procedure as other candidate nations. the e u leaders also agreed on immediate support for ukraine with more financial aid to buy weapons. they made the proposal over to double our contribution with 500000000 more and mandatory warfare countries. geographically close to russia, had called for a complete and immediate stop to the import of russian oil and gas. but they didn't get their way with germany saying it just wasn't doable. but what we will do is move away from that fuel dependence as quickly as possible to provide the leaders in versailles chose 2027 as the target for achieving that goal. on friday, european leaders also announced a new round of sanctions against moscow together with the united states. and let's get a better understanding on what exactly these penalties are, what kind of consequence they might have with your porter, joe. dora joe, thanks for being here. so western countries, they've already cut off some russian banks. they've been flights. what else?

well, some of the new restrictions are a bit technical and other ones are a bit superficial. so let's start with the technical ones. first, both the e u and the u. s. have revoked russians favored nation status is a category set under the world trade organizations. and with that gone, countries can now increase towers in quarters on russian goods. the ear is also trying to block russia from getting i m s and world bank loans. it's blocking investments in the energy sector, and it is also banning iron and steel exports from russia. now, the eastern that is meant to deprive russia of billions and ensure your citizens not subsidizing putin is war. but of course, you citizens are subsidizing russia. they are still sending billions that way for oil and gas, and as we just heard that, that will not end for at least 5 years. under these use, you favorite phase out plans. some of the more superficial measures announced europe has now banned exports of luxury goods to russia, and that is supposed to be a direct blow to the russian elise, although presumably the russian elite already have plenty of european toys. the

play with at the moment. i imagine they have plenty of data. indeed, the united states has severely curtailed its trade, but more can you tell us about that? well, we already know that joe biden, the president, has band russian oil and gas, and now he has band another type of black gold as well caviar russian sea food import to be banned, as well as diamond and vodka. although in reality, there wasn't that much vodka flowing from russia into the us in the 1st place on the around $21000000.00 worth each year. so not a huge damage there. now president joe bought in downgraded rushes, trading status to alongside that of cuba. and north korea, he says that these sanctions are already having an impact. let's have a listen. fatality of our economic sanctions and export controls are crushing, crushing russian economy. rubel has lost and how many of you know in detail lost more than half his value. moscow stock exchange is closed for

a simple reason. i get asked was closed, because for the last 2 weeks, because the moment opens, it will be disband, credit rating agencies of downgraded russian government to junk status. junk status . list of private business international corporations leaving russia is growing day by day by day. so a long list of ways that us sanctions and western scientists are corina joe biden crushing russia. is that true? what exactly is happening in russia right now? will sofa, vladimir putin does not appear to be to phase. he is threatening to nationalize foreign earned companies and sees their assets and brands that have already closed shop, such as mcdonalds, hate and m ikea. starbucks, they are being warned that it will not be easy for them to come back. now in a video that was released by the kremlin putin made a very optimistic message. he was saying that these are times of opportunity and that sanctions have helped russia become self sufficient and stronger in previous

years. presumably he's talking about the soviet era. so that is the glorious future that put in, sees for the country. now there is something to watch out for though, and that is that russian banks and several corporations have some big debts coming to that they cannot pay due to the sanctions. and if they default, that could cause quite a few ripples in financial markets, both in russia and in the west. so have a watch out for that in the future. of definitely a very thin silver lining from hooton's view right there. joe. all right, thanks very much and faced with those western sanctions, a crackdown on free speech and increasing isolation. growing number of russians are now leaving their country with western air space closed russia. flights people are heading across land borders by car bus and train. ah, another train bringing people to safety but the passengers and bolt 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 that home country from the safety of abroad and the things go worse. i will make the decision to find the front 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 have the key 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 chance it's all started. that's how i feel. 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. the one's opinion is leading more and more russians to flee the country on the train to helsinki. washington every news. let's get a recap of the main story right now. russia is expanding its military salt ukraine . it's hit new targeted bombs and missiles strikes, including the industrial city of ni,

pro and air fields in the west. and new satellite images appear to show military units deploying closer to the capitol. keith, it's all for me for now of next we have your business headlines to stay tuned for that and stick with us for more at the top of the hour. in the meantime, d w dot com at the w news on twitter and instagram. you know, where to find us. we'll be looking for with happiness is for everyone. human penises are very different from primates. penises, we have a totally ridiculous romanticized view of nature. a there and david and this is climate change, pregnant sex who happiness in for you books, you'll get smarter for pre d w books on you too. ah, we're all set to go with all in as