ah, ah ah, this is d w. news live from good. russia widens its aerial attacks on you, cried pad and keith braces as troops, aged closer, new satellite images appear to show up hillary, firing toward residential areas. also coming up the u. n. as calling it the fastest growing refugee crisis since world war 2, we report from the polish city of pish, mitchell, where thousands of refugees are crossing the border from ukraine. every that. and

you laid his vow to roll back reliance on russian energy. they also promised more military id crying, but turned down keeps call for fast track, did you membership? ah, i'm anthony, how to walk into the program. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on the capital. keith, new satellite images from us company, mac saw technology show military units deploy closer to the capitol. according to the companies analysis images show artillery, firing towards residential areas, as well as burning homes and other buildings. widespread damage and impact craters can also be seen in a town north, west of keach and concern is growing over the besieged a southern port of muddy upa. ukrainian officials say that more than 1500 people

have been killed barrages into the city of thwarted repeated attempts to bring in food and water, and evacuate trapped civilians. in a video address on friday night, ukrainian president volota deem as the lensky said, that the mayor of the city of melita port yvonne federal had been kidnapped william so lance, he described it as a crime against the democracy. lead me to what 70 or mean? while russia is expanding its military campaign across other parts of ukraine, intensifying attacks on cities and hitting new targets with bombs and missiles, strikes the city of any pro in easton ukraine, and you 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. what's more,

we see more destruction of civilian infrastructure, murder of ukrainians by a terrorist state, the russian federation. there's always another person that russia also launched. attacks on looks, can ivana frank gifts to cities and western ukraine, far from the main battle zones. the kremlin, unilaterally announced humanitarian corridors in places including mario pl, harkey of shen of eve and sumi, the 1st residence of sumi who managed to flee by one of the corridors, arrived in the western city of review, or a chevy dealer and then liberally gilson. my lord, i've seen plain play over us and bomb our street several times. it was horrible. i took the kids and hid is now only thornton 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 lensky 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 brought. we have already reached a strategic turning point visit. we are moving towards our goal, not towards our victory, but a more in central key, if air raid sirens rang out again. russian forces are within striking distance. the battle of a key if will be decisive in the outcome of this warren. and for more, let's bring in de w correspondent, nick connelly, who's in cave nick air raid sirens were heard again in the morning. how was the not

well, i think era, it sirens just all parts of daily life. not only in here, but in most big cities are in ukraine now in the 3rd week of war. and to be honest, lots of people have given up going down to their sellers finding a metro station every time they hear it. because basically you couldn't get a look get 3 or dave without spending most of your time hiding. there are so many of these because some of these rockets are coming from belarus was very close. so the system is not able to identify immediately which city which direction those missiles going. so basically all cities in the kind of broader area that could be hit, have those soren. so basically it's pretty on specific. and yet, what was the terrifying when you hear that and hear it on the ground when you hear it on the radio when you're driving around the town? um, but i think it's something that looks ukraine has got used to. we have been hearing some big bangs, it's difficult to tell what they are. sometimes those are anti across systems working and knocking out or rockets that are being heading, heading this way, also keeps where the main targets, but also has some of the best anti aircraft earth facilities that ukraine has.

there also been reports of ukrainian troops blowing up bridges to the west in the dark. so it appears that town that we've seen thousands people trying to get out of in recent days trying to make it difficult for russia to come in closer from that direction. so it is, it is, it is difficult, it is scary because you can't identify even people of military spirits, continents didn't fight where those bags coming from what they are. but people are getting used to it because that is just a daily reality. and for the people that you meet here and key of most of the kind of 2000000 people as made still to be here and see if they have made their choice of their say, nick, with that say, does it seen or is it apparent that the russians have re thought a strategy in the last 48 hours loves it as a conjecture based on the satellite images that, for instance, the russians here close at to key of are on the one hand spreading that the hardware more thinly. because there have been lots of attacks by ukrainian drones, ukrainian aviation on areas on places where the russians had concentrated their forces, a busy made it easier for the cranes to hit them from there. then there's other,

a connection was analysis. the thrust in our using more missiles strikes missile strikes coming from belarus or from further feel to russia proper and because the ukrainians are proving to be quite successful on the ground when it comes to kind of direct combat on the roads in the villages, ukraine. those western weapons that ukraine has been receiving in recent months as enter tank missiles, those stinger anti aircraft missiles are proving quite effective to the russians trying to ram home their advantage in those parts of can miniature hardware that ukraine can't match russia on em. but i think for now it's, it's too early tell you're saving, people were very worried here that the russians were going to bring belarus in face of the now russian forces have been using, but arson, air fields have come in from boilers, but they haven't used the bell russian army yet, and there was, were yesterday here in ukraine that the russians would organize some kind of false flag operation that would seem to be ukraine attacking belarus as a pretext for better was to come into this war on russia's side. that doesn't seem to have happened overnight, but very difficult tell what exactly is happening. there are very few independent,

jealous on the ground. exactly with fighting is their sense ship much said ship on both sides. but yeah, for now, there is a worried russians on out regrouping and try to pair some kind of assault on key if given that it's proven so difficult for them to capture ukraine's capital of recent days. just briefly, did we know anything about the site or the well being of military post mer yvonne federal will these have been extremely pictures from cities in southern ukraine that are now under russian control of civil resistance on armed resistance. people going out and protesting, getting on russian tanks with ukrainian flags and basically just saying, we don't want you here. and the same goes the mayor of that city who has refused to go along with what the russian forces want him to do. we've seen images essay that seems, show him being kidnapped, and there is a demonstration plan in that city today this morning by locals that demand his release. it's very difficult to get in contact people there because mobile phone networks down. and there are issues with connectivity, but it does seem that he is in russian custody. and the locals,

at least lots of them, are willing to take the risk off, sending up to those russian forces in the city to demand that the ukrainian temperature may be released and be allowed to do his job. they delete, correspondent connelly and give thank you will for more we're joined now by bras, diamond. she's a senior lecturer in post soviet security at the department of war studies kings college in london. welcome to our program with as we've seen earlier, roger is advancing closing in on the capital. how long can he cranny, and military and it's residence, be expected to defend this city? well, it's very difficult tell because it's very difficult to actually say with any degree of certainty as we were hearing and how successful the, the russian attempts to regroup. and certainly some of the indications are that the russian long russian column that we saw last week as of attempting to talk to us,

he was dispersing partly to avoid attack or so. but the fact that we're seeing most, he broke it to attacks on the city at the moment, is an indication, i think that's a ground. so it's pretty difficult and it is not like in the immediate teacher bridge, you've written that the invasion of the crime was based on and i quote, he, a staggering, an almost incomprehensible failure of judgement by person. where exactly has his judgment filed him. he i mean, really, se, well, he all the russian government and we have to assume that he is in the driving, say, major, really fundamental error in assuming that they could simply invite ukraine. and within a few days they could controlled country. they could install a government that they wouldn't encounter much resistance. everything that we can

see about the conduct of the war and also comments from the government indicate that that was the thinking. we can also see that that was likely the thing came from the fact that we're now hearing that sections of the russian security service, the f b that provides its advice to pitch in on you create an anal being arrested but also of course on the ground tactically, that the performance of the russian army is being unimpressive. so really, in every area, there's been a failure of assessments about the war in russia. and let's take a little more on that. russia is one of the biggest military powers in the world, but it has been tested here before the eyes of the world has a past that test. no sharp, slee. hm. so you, people were talking last week about the fact that the russian government speaking

me, the rational forces are having to move to the heavy use of rockets attacks because the ground troops were under performing and, and that's only increased. i think in recent days, we've seen failure across the full spectrum of russian operations. your failure of communications, failure of supply lines, decisions, wholly prepared troops, very high casualty rates and things, including a months senior offices and knowledge. this is really a good look for what supposed to be a reforms. so highly effective globally significant home for 1st time and saying electra in post soviet security at king's college in london. thank you so much for your, your input. thank heat. when the 16 days since the war started, the un says more than 2500000 people have fled ukraine, nearly half of them to poland, a double e z berg,

the sugar travel to the city of burcham should near the border with ukraine and filed this report ah, after escaping the war zone, their train finally arrives in poland. hundreds of women and children is a bark to safety. at platform number 5 in samuel station, either and her 2 children have been travelling for 3 days and freezing nights. they exhausted but relief to be getting help. the house in hockey was destroyed in a russian arid. so soon as possible. they kept bombing as well. yeah, it didn't stop martha. we had to take shelter in the bunker and we were trapped there for days. most of em then when we decided to flee or the marina will, you call us all over at the room, jack, it was horrific. the children didn't stop crying, but we tried to comfort them and try to stay calm. but inside we were also shaken up. i was what they show us blurry photos of hockey,

their city in ruins worth their husbands are still there because they are not allowed to leave the country. 4 year old vanya doesn't understand why. i call the gate. i miss my daddy. we went on the train and we were going and going and going lee gillis go farther in the entrance hall, hundreds of wanted tears provide the new arrivals with food, water, clothes, free sim cards and advice like olga many don't know where to go from here. know what to do next. every day 5 to 10 train from ukraine arrived here to station and the number continues to grow. to help all the arriving refugees has become a major challenge for the small city of tramecia, which itself has only $60000.00 citizen. the cities may i watch it by coon, is coordinating the humanitarian relief effort since the warn ukraine began. he says he hasn't had more than 4 hours sleep

a day. he's proud that his city as managed to provide help, but his worried he does now how long they can keep it up. we are, we are the city whole lot, you know, humanity organization. so we will be not to do this for a, for a long time. or for forever, you know, just which i talk with someone transition to her boss for a long period of time. he, he tells us, is to quickly relocate the refugees to other cities. all guy has finally decided to continue her journey to war. so before i train leaves, she addresses all nature states. my question was, without the trip now i want to tell them to impose in no fly zone, because our families are still there. my parents, my brother, who is our husband or something i want my family to survive. i want the bombing to stop and he took it, but that was the summer thrush on every once in was oh, are there plans to call her husband and her parents? she doesn't have the strength yet.