destruction of the nation, this with the w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia widens it's aerial attack on ukraine, a and q braces as troops, edge cancer, new satellite images appear to show our tillery firing towards the residential areas. also the show, the un is calling into the fastest growing refugee crisis since world war 2. we report from the polish ukrainian border where thousands of refugees are processing

into poland every day. and the leader is bound to roll back reliance on russian energy. they also promised more military aid to ukraine bond. they turned down key . it's called for fast track membership. ah, a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on key of authorities in ukraine. fav rocket attacks have destroyed an airbase near the town of a silky in the key of region. oil depot was also hint, russia defends ministry says its army as continuing its attacks on a broad front earlier ukraine. officials released cctv footage of what they say is the mayor of the city of melita paul being abducted,

which you can see at the top of the screen here. the latest intelligence suggests that russian troops have advanced to within 30 kilometers of q. ah, sunrise in the capitol has become synonymous with the sound of gunfire and air raid sirens. ah, these satellite images appear to show russian forces regrouping for a possible assault on keith. the company that took them said they also show artillery, firing towards the residential areas. as well as burning homes and other buildings . russia is expanding its military campaign across other parts of ukraine. intensifying attacks on cities under siege and hitting new civilian targets with bombs and missiles strikes. residents of this eastern tire and have been forced

underground. yeah, and then you should mean yoga. i hope that my relatives see me if his de la, my sister, my daughter and grand daughter you my grandchildren and keith in god knows where else you close are far away. come was with new. i don't know where you put a war, has even every one into hiding. i know good. the ability to those who ventured out of their basements find their homes destroyed still they carry on with web, his life less hope. as they say that he has russian forces move further west. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians flee their homeland but not every one is able to with one woman. yup. was the city of mario pool is now completely surrounded by russian soldiers. and every one in sight is trapped. the moves in the

horrid that there. i say this will pain, my little boy mother you paul remains besieged by the enemy oral or is his good russian troops did not lead our aid in f. a city opened and continued to torture. our people who did our maria po residents, love there. i will try again to send food or a water she on medicine in somehow with ease of war. duma, the gum lamp dablin awful amuse firefighters continue to try and save people from the rubble. ukrainian officials say more than 1500 people have been killed. there is little chance that the ukrainians inside mario pull will see peace return to what's left of their homes any time soon over more we can go straight to key of now and speak to the devil is correspondent mathias willinger. hello t mathias. so we understand that there were air raid sirens again in the morning.

tell us what was that like over night in key of yeah, last night was like any other night and keep there were several times that the air raid sirens went off. i think it was 4 times last night. however, people have gotten used to that already. some people spend the night the whole night because of the curfew in metro stations. others just stay in their apartments . so far, the city center hasn't really been hit badly. um, are there have been a few bombs coming down on the city in the beginning, but most of the fighting remains in the outskirts of the city. so people have gotten used to some kind of a more relaxed vitalistic attitude towards the air raid sirens and are just waiting them out. no mathias,

are there some indications that russia has somehow reassessed that strategy in the last 48 hours? and i believe there are, we are hearing this from military experts. one 3rd thing that they've observed is that this tank column, that 60 kilometer tank column that was stuck on their way to cave has been dispersed, presumably into the woods. we have also seen some mark troops being withdrawn, probably also to regroup. and we have seen this intensified shelling, offer, or bombing of other cities um and, and more air strikes. so it would be, it would not be a surprise that if they regroup, because their strategy so far has not led them anywhere near their goals. um, but of course we are now observing and trying to find out what would be next for the people here in key if and in other cities of ukraine was also like to ask you

about the mayor of the city of now little paul, yvonne federal, we mentioned he was abducted is anything known about his aids or how he's doing well, this is what you call a force before and force disappearance and that's exactly why nothing is known about his fate. he has just disappeared. we can only guess what's happening to him . these gases would be very bad for him. we know that these, that, that, that, that, as russian forces in the past, but also are these self proclaimed republics that are supported by russia and, and on which some of the actions might that are happening now in these occupied charities are modeled how to very bad history of a torture of disappearing people and this is most likely what we must fear for now that he is being detained somewhere and tortured. but we do not

have any information on where and what exactly what exactly is happening. the people of manitoba have come out after this disappearance again and are protested the russian occupying forces so, so they still are quite a spirit of resistance in these, in these areas. but it seems as if russia was going now and was moving on now to applying some kind of repressive strategy to keep these voices down. that was the w correspondent. mckee has been in her in care mathias. we appreciate your reporting well elsewhere in ukraine, there are concerns that russian forces also have their science on, on desa, in the southwest. this key port city and the black sea has so far been spirit fighting. official singers, the situation could change with rushes, military planning to attack by land and sea. and as his residents are preparing for

the worst people signing up to defend their city. wendy deleon correspondent, alexander phenomena is in odessa and she joined us now for the latest from there. so, alexandra, we understand that odessa has been targeted by the russian military for more than 2 weeks. can you explain to us the strategic importance of the city? well, odessa is so tremendous, tremendous strategic importance for the ukrainians and for the russians as well. and that makes the city a likely russian targets in capturing or just as poor to russia would be able to cut off for ukraine from the black sea, from important trade routes. and we also should not to forget that we're taking over the control of desa would be a big wooden form for the russian propaganda. because of this, a city has

a ties with russia going back for centuries. it was founded by a russian empress. catherine de grades and many people here still speak russian. so we can imagine that a russian forces or the russian government would be trying to present it as a win for their propaganda. however, we also have to say that people that i've been speaking with told me that despite those deep seated connections, they ready to welcome the russian troops with fierce resistance. right, so as we've said, many people do fear that the worst is yet to come in odessa. how specifically our residents preparing for the possible russian onslaught? well, residents that i spoke with that told me they are ready for whatever may come. and when you look around, we are now in the historic center of odessa,

you see that the city has been turned into a fortress. there are a lot of checkpoints, there are barricades build up a build of sand bags or so metal and, and to we also know that there are tank trips a place at strategically important places. he, in odessa and, and many, he is still hope that you know, that it's not gonna happen, but of course, all of them are prepared for a potential russian is sold. and now i'm sandra. what about just ordinary life activities? are these continuing our, our shops open? are people going to work well, shops are open, schools are closed. we learned that if you, for example, go shopping, that's not the case that they would tell you, you are not allowed to buy special goods. however, at the same time, we also have to mention that literally almost half of the city has already left our

desa, fleeing to other parties to other parts of the country. so that the mood is quite tense. but as i said, people here told me that they are ready for whatever may come next. he w correspondent, alexandra phenomena in odessa for us. alexander, thank you so much. in the 16 days since the war began, the united nation says more than 2500000 people have fled ukraine, nearly half of them to poland. he w is there, get that shook. i traveled to the city of shami show near the border with ukraine, and she filed this report ah, after escaping the war zone, their train finally arrives in poland. hundreds of women and children is a back to safety at platform number 5, employee michelle station. alda and her 2 children have been travelling for 3 days

and freezing nights. they exhausted but relief to be getting help. their house in hockey was destroyed in a russian arid char, same not knowledgeable. they kept bombing are so young, it didn't stop martha. we had to take shelter in the bunker and we were trapped there for days were to remove vents when we decided to flee, or the men were you were you calling us all along? at the job? it was horrific. the children didn't stop crying. we tried to comfort them and try to stay calm, but in sight we were also shaken up ours. they show us blurry photos of hockey, their city in ruins here to work. 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 village go far gone. in the entrance hall,

hundreds of wanted years 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 arrive 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 citizens. the cities may are watching 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 has managed to provide help, but his work. he does know how long they can keep it up. we are, we are the city whole lot, you know, humanity organization. so we're really not to do this for a, for a long time or a for the, for every little just which i talk read some organization 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 a train leaves, she addresses all night to states mcwilliam without the ship. now i want to tell them to impose in no fly zone, because our families are still there with my parents. my brother, who is our hospital there, suddenly i want my family to survive. i want the bombing to stop it. okay. but that was the summer's thrashing on the river. once it was, oh, there plans to call her husband and her parents. she doesn't have the strength yet because she's afraid there might not answer. ah, we're now joined by islam all dean. he is the founder of the and geo team humanity, and he is currently helping in evacuating ukrainian women and children from that south ukrainian city of nikolai of to mal dover, which is of course, ukraine's neighbor to the southwest. so salam are welcome to our program.