for more reliable information, ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia widens its aerial attack on ukraine. pen, keith braces has troops, edge closer. you said a lot of images appear to show artillery, firing towards residential areas. also coming up the you and it's calling it the fastest growing refugee crisis since. well, port report from the polish city of fisher mitchell, where thousands of refugees are crossing the border from ukraine every day. and he

laid his vow to roll back reliance on the russian energy. they also promised more military aid to ukraine, but turned down keeps cold for fast track ag membership. ah, i'm anthony howard. welcome to the program. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on keith new satellite images from u. s. company max. our technology show military units deploying closer to the capitol. according to the company's analysis, the images show artillery firing towards residential areas as well as burning harms . and other buildings. widespread damage and impact writers can also be seen in a town north west of keith. and consent is also growing of the besieged southern

port mother, you poll, ukrainian official say more than $1000.00. 500 people had been killed by rushes into the city have thwarted repeated attempts to bring in food and water and evacuate trapped civilians and authorities in ukraine. had released c c t v footage, they say shows russian forces apprehending the mayor of melita pal, yvonne fetterhoff. he cried, says russian forces kidnapped him after falsely accusing him of terrorism. and meanwhile, 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 denise pro in easton ukraine, a new front in russia's war, emergency services said at least 3 missiles hit civilian targets here, including the shoe factory for ukraine and other sign the russia is deliberately

targeting civilians much more we see more destruction of civilian infrastructure, murder of ukrainians by a terrorist state, the russian federation. there's always another person who for the rest 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 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 levine, or a chevy or not and liberally gilson. my lord, i've seen plain play over us and by mar street several times. it was horrible. i took the kids and hid is now only thornton seen that by he blessed him. yeah, i did, 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 say we will do it because we want it brought. we have already reached a strategic turning point video. 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 the more let's bring in the w correspondent, nick connelly is in cave. nick air raid sirens were heard again in the morning. how

was the not well, i think eric sirens just all parts of daily life, not only 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 at 3 or dave without spending most of your time hiding. there is so many of these because some of these rockets are coming from miller is, was very close. so the system is not able to identify mediately, which city, which direction does missiles going? so basically all cities in the kind of broader area that could be hit have those sirens. so basically it's pretty on specific and yeah, obviously 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 antique aircraft systems working and looking out for rockets that are being heading, heading this way,

also keeps where the main targets, but also has some of the best anti aircraft us facilities that ukraine has. there also been reports of ukrainian troops blowing up bridges to the west in the dark. 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 to, it is difficult, it's scary because you can't identify even people in military spirits, cotton thread and 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 cherokee of, most of the kind of 2000000 people estimates still to be here and key if they have made their choice. they're saying, nick, with that say, does it seen or is it apparent that the russians have re thought a strategy in the last 48 hours gloves. it is a conjecture based on the satellite images that, for instance, the russians here close at 2 k 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 than theirs. other or congestion was analysis. the thrust in our using more missiles strikes him, so strikes coming from belarus or from further feel for russia proper. and because the ukraine's 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 and recent month has entered tank missiles, though 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 bruce 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 better 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. it's very difficult tell what exactly is happening. there are very few independent, jealous on the ground. exactly where the 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. arnold 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 yesterday that seemed show him being kidnapped and there is a demonstration plan in that city today this morning by locals to 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 their city to demand that their ukrainian temperature did. may be released and be allowed to do his job. they doubly correspondingly. connelly in give, thank you. but you are now by class vietnam. he said, retired brigadier general of the german armed forces. welcome to you, sir. they are one of begin by asking if you expect this increasingly heavy bombardment of keys and other ukrainian cities to continue if not escalate in coming days and weeks. absolutely. as we see, that is the change of strategy across the board. the land campaign has been slowed down to an unexpected day extend janda, so they will increase the bombardment gerald the cities and particularly

kia as we see. the russian military is still trying to in circle the city or the capital, but with limited success. as your correspondent has described, the troops are regrouping artillery is in position, but i think entering the city and strength is still fall off. i also because with the defense preparations are by the ukrainians, are very strong in personnel in the block that barricades in traps in there, i empty tank arms and andy air and systems and all those led by the charismatic president to mo, 2, and the clinical brothers so motivate the whole nation, right? the limited success is spake of russia is one of the biggest military power in the world, but has been tested here before the eyes of the world hasn't passed that test for

you. can you repeat the question? just saying that russia is one of the biggest armies in the world. they've been, i think he has a heart that test. have they? have they misjudged to me? and they is the army performing well? well i, i think i'm apart from the misjudgment regarding western unity, international shaming isolation and sanctions of course, are pu tina has miscalculated in military times and totally underestimated that ukrainian resolve and resistance say the kremlin thought of as subjugation blitzkrieg as it were. but now we all and day, 17 all the wall with their limited advance and for that logistical preparations over long distances where totally insufficient food, food,

spare parts, et cetera. and there was also a misjudgment about the losses among the deplorable young russian soldiers who have a very poor fighting moral and motivation because they were not prepared for fighting a law in a brother country. no fly zones over, he cried, have been discussed and seems to be set aside, the phase of what russia will do in response. where do you think russia's red line is for considering nato support for ukraine, an act of aggression against russia? let me start by saying that yesterday, in the webinar for my sick children are breedlove criticized. how we are totally deterred by po teens tempest. indeed, for this criminal aggression, he constructed the pretext all by himself and does not need our pro vocations.

on that one hand, of course, and no fly zones would mean that nato planes shoot down russian planes over ukraine territory that would indeed lead to a law between russia and the united states. it must be avoided on the other hand, make 29 from poland for you crime. i fallen just totally acceptable, but the operation was sadly spoiled by a home for public debate. one should have no tires will and should not have talked about it in the public by night. one should have changed. the national emblems, ukraine, and ukrainian pilots would have come to the boat, a shaft theatre, and at the plains and flown them to ukraine. and with much, without much ado, through the public eye discussion, this option was aborted, so to speak, and retired brigadier general. thank you so much for your thoughts. thank you. have

a good day. when the 16 days since the war started, the u. n says more than 2500000 people have flayed ukraine, nearly half of them to poland. t w's. bridget ashika, traveled to the city of fisher mitchell, near the border with ukraine. and filed this report. ah, after escaping the war zone, there trying finally arrived 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. eric, just seen us, not one, they kept bombing, i say it didn't stop martha. we had to take shelter in the bunker and we were treated there for days of events. when we decided to flee more than one were you will, you call him back or other at the room, jack? it was horrific. the children didn't stop crying. we tried to comfort them,

had tried to stay calm, but inside we were also shaken what that was, what they show as blurry photos of hockey, their city in ruins. 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, scafa. in the entrance hall, a hundreds of wanted tears provide the new arrivals was 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 trains 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 trim, michelle, which itself has only $60000.00 citizen. the cities may.