[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia widens, is ariel a tax on ukraine, a keep braces as ground forces edge closer to the city center. you satellite images appear to show artillery, firing on residential areas on their way to the capitol. meanwhile, german chancellor, all schultz and french president and manual micron demand an immediate cease fire in ukraine during a phone call with vladimir putin. but they say the russian leader is not ready to

end the war. and as russian of course is close in on cave more and more people are flee. ukraine. united nations says over 2 and a half 1000000 have found refuge abroad since the invasion began. ah, hello em claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russian horses appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on keith authorities in ukraine. say rocket attacks have destroyed an air base near the town of a seal key in the key region and its oil depot was also het rushes. defense ministries as its army is continuing its attack on a broad front earlier ukrainian officials were least c c t, v footage of what they say is the mayor of the city of melia to paul being abducted, which you can see here at the top of the screen now the latest intelligence

suggests that russian troops have advanced to within 30 kilometers of chief aah! sunrise in the capitol has become synonymous with the sound of gunfire and air raid sirens. 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 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 time and have been forced under ground.

near then you should be known. i hope that my relatives see me, the sister, 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, because the ability to those who ventured out of their basements find their homes destroyed still they carry on the 30th of whatever's life. let's hope, as may 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 pull is now completely surrounded by russian soldiers. and every one in sight is trapped. the moves in the horrid that say, i say this will pain, my little boy mother you, paul remains besieged by the enemy. wadell. or is this good russian troops did not

lead our aid into the city and continue to torture. our people who gain our mowing po residence, loved her. i'll try again to send food or water she on medicine, in somehow with her years old. ward woman, the gum, ma'am, to blend natural 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 merrier pull will see peace return to what's left of their homes any time soon. let's get straight across to even speak to dw correspondent, but she has ballinger mathias and britain's defense ministry saying russian a ground forces are advancing on it. keeps city center. i'm. can you tell us your

assessment of the situation? so about 252025 kilometers. from where i am standing russian troops, i seem to be enhancing their positions. however, they have been there for almost since the beginning of the war. so for weeks, so it's absolutely unclear or why the british are saying that they are and closing in on key if what has happened is that russia has brought more troops inside this into these positions. and it seems to have a hold some ground there and have taken firmer control of these areas. but it doesn't look like they are closer to the city center than they have been yesterday the day before yesterday or a week ago. um, what we have seen is why the sky was just shouting slurs at, put in people here, of course are, i'm very angry out what's happening. so then there somebody is passing by and he's shouting,

glory to ukraine. so you can see it's very emotional. these troops are that are there are they have been standing there for some time and more and erm heard, there was a column if you remember that was 60 kilometers long or look, looked like rolling to was give but didn't move. this column has dispersed and this has led some analysts to say that russia's troops are regrouping now. they're trying a different strategy. thanks for that mathias and we see the anger there on the streets from those people who are walking past you. and i want to ask about the situation in a keep itself, especially with regard to supplies. where do things stand? will people be able to hold out against a possible ration on slot? no, the question is what this rational onslaught will look like. so there are different scenarios that are um, probable,

and that are feared here. one of them would be that russia would be able to close the ringer on the capital. and then we would see something similar to where you were poor people not being able to leave supplies, not coming in. i believe that the city has, of course, docked up with supplies, but you only get that far with these supplies. and we're also seeing that a lot of places inside the city have been fortified there a lot of road blocks, et cetera. and the other scenario is a mass bombardment, like in hoc of where the used parts of the city of the residential areas of the city are constantly being sheldon. this a humanitarian traces is, is, is brought upon the city. this is another thing. of course, people would be very, it would be very hard for people to, to, to, to live under the circumstances and to cope with them. but for now, what we're seeing when seeing also is that despite all efforts, russian troops had not have not managed to get any closer to the city than they have been. there have been

a few advances. other others have been ford back. so basically it stays where it is, but with a lot more, a fire power and troops see is seemingly coming in. let's talk about the diplomatic efforts. ukrainian president zalinski has adjusted talks with russia in jerusalem. and what else can you tell us about that proposal? jerusalem has taken the initiative to talk to both leaders, jewels and has very good relations. the actual israeli government has very good relations to put into government under. there was an effort to to, to, to negotiate between the 2. however, so far what we're hearing is that nothing of this has really worked or that had to haven't been any results. there has been the news, or that israel was pressuring ukraine to surrender. this has been reject or this, this has been falsified by the ukranian government saying that the had not been

such a pressure. and as a reaction to these news, as the landscape suggested that israel might invite the 2 parties to negotiate in jerusalem. but it's only one possible way where people could be negotiating. the problem is, what could they been negotiating against when there is the maximum demand from russia's that russia is still upholding, that ukraine basically give up its army and its sovereignty and ukraine, demanding russian troops out of the country. so there is not much to negotiate about except, and that's the hope that this might be advancing to have in attempts to negotiate a smaller or problems like humanitarian corridors, to release the pressure on the population to repeat, release the, relieve the humanitarian crisis. this is probably something that's much more likely to negotiate upon than any outcome of the war or correspondent, much as buying a reporting for us from the key. thank you so much and please stay safe. now

france says russian president vladimir putin shows no willingness to end the war with ukraine. french president, emmanuel mcroy, and at german chancellor left schultz held a joint telephone talks with putin on saturday afternoon during the 90 minute call . the 2 western leaders urged putin to agree an immediate cease fire in ukraine. schultz is office, said he and mc wrong, called on boot and to begin the process of finding a diplomatic solution. and put in a brief micron and sholtes on a recent talks between russian and ukrainian negotiating teams. and let's get more on this from our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. he joins me now in the studio. hi thomas. we have learned today that this 3 way phone call was in fact the 2nd time that my credentials spoke to push. and i can tell us a little bit more about what we learned. so essentially, the german government in a statement, they stressed that the main goal was to find an immediate cease fire and that, that has to be then the base for constructive talks that could lead to

a diplomatic solution to the war. as you stress, this is not the 1st time that we have these 3 way talks. but it does point to the importance that both the german leader and the french leader are putting on trying to find a diplomatic solution to this, despite the fact that they obviously recognize a previous try as a previous of proposals to end this politically have failed. that they have not been successful so far, however, they are still trying to do so. interestingly, we also heard from the german government that other aspects were discussed in that 3 way talk, but they wanted to keep those secret that all the 3 leaders agreed to keep those elements secret. we can only speculate about what they discussed, but that just adds to the importance of this telephone call when it comes to finding this diplomatic solution. as you mentioned, there been clearly previous attempt at finding diplomatic solutions. i, we know several leaders have attempted to mediate between russia and ukraine. shorts, mcroy, now, how successful are they really likely to be?

so germany and france as they have done in previous crises, have tried to work hand in hand. this is something that's very important both from a french political perspective and from a german political perspective. and by the way, it's also important to remember that germany and france played an important role after the 2014 crisis in ukraine with the so called normandy format, and the so called minsk agreements, which they helped to mediate. so from a german french perspective, this is certainly relevant, but it's important to understand that from a broader perspective, we know, for example, that the israeli leda would like to also play a role we've heard from the turkish leader that he also wants to play a role in this just gives you the idea what this tells us is essentially that all international leaders are interested despite their political differences in trying to find a political solution. they understand that 1st and foremost, the has to be a ceasefire. and then the next step, after that cease fire has to be that the different leader sit down at the same

table, tried to put and present that different proposals, and find a compromise that can put an end to this will. as i was, i want to ask you, it's not just sitting heads of state who have tried to get involved. i'm. we do the former german chancellor. gerhard schroeder has attempted to get involved in negotiations even flying to moscow this week. he's been strongly criticized for his connections to the kremlin and for these, let's call it freelance attempts at mediation. is that part of the reason that we are seeing chancellor shawl to get involved here? no, i don't think that is part of the reason why we're seeing chancellor shawls get involved here. this is something that predates this visit by former chancellor gerhard schroeder. and this is part of the overall german policy of trying to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. but it is a very uncomfortable situation for the current german government, because this visit biker, had frodo was a german chancellor, between 19982005. and who, by the way, belongs to the same party as the current chancellor shawls was not coordinated with

the current government. so it has been described as an embarrassment for the current german government. it is also seen as if the german government were not working on a united front. here you had different elements to all of this. particularly if we understand this from get had showed us perspective. i see this is an attempt on his behalf to try and clean up or repair a little bit. his image, which has certainly been tarnished very badly, because he is seen as being someone, a very close to vladimir putin. and because he's also a gas lobbyist working for energy giants from rush and he hasn't let those positions he hadn't renounced from those position despite the fact that we have this war. so i see this as an attempt on his side to try and clear up his image. ok, that's our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thanks so much for taking the time in the studio today. and i want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other developments in the conflict german foreign minister and alina burbock says,

germany will take in at 2500 ukrainian refugees who have fled to neighboring. moldova has made the announcement on a visit to the molds, oven, capital casino, now at the small nation, has so far given shelter to 100000 people from ukraine. u. s. troops continue to be deployed to europe, adding to thousands, who have already been sent to support nato allies following russia's invasion. now about $130.00 soldiers left the usaa state of georgia. the pentagon has ordered roughly 12000 service members from u. s. basis to europe, the international atomic energy agency says power has been partially restored to turn over to the eternal nuclear power station. the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, ukrainian technicians say they are repairing a plant, which was seized by russian forces early in the war. the power supply is critical to keep reactor rods. and the un says that more than

a 2500000 refugees have fled to other countries. since the invasion of ukraine began. the majority of those people, 1500000 according to polish order authorities, have headed to poland. others have made their way to hungary, slovakia, moldova, and romania, more than 100000 have also entered russia. and now joined by dw correspondent brigitte ashika. she joins me from a poland near the border with ukraine. hi, welcome to the show. thanks for joining us. you've just been speaking to these ukrainian refugees arriving. can you tell us a little bit about what their journeys have been like? we've heard a lot of harry county today because the people who are arriving here, the women and children actually fled a war zone. they experienced heavy shelving that had been trapped in bunkers for 4 days during their escape. they had often to sleep in the freezing nights. why

waiting at the border as some were even shot it. so they are very relieved that they are here now, but they are still so worried about those who they had to leave behind. so their husbands, that other family parts like parents. so they, they really need some time to adapt to the new situation. they suddenly, in that, we recorded some of their accounts and maybe we can just listen in food along with some of the, all our forces threw themselves against putin. one beat he is a criminal duncan in the above. she's the problem. his army use tanks to attack my grandmother's house. we prayed to god to grant a safe passage. my child was crying all the time because people were dying. can you do to woods lumnick? would you list with the you could only watch him. we didn't want to go away with the ones we didn't want to leave our houses. we only went away to save ourselves

was good. there was a whole lot. the home shed, gorgeous thoughtfulness. it was very scary when the bombs hit our town directly. we lost light electricity and water, newsworthy. and at 5 in the morning, the bombs were falling down again, right in the center of the city hill and put them in your bed, give them warm, but, but don't you want to thank help people. the bombs killed $21.00 people including 3 children. i have nightmares when i'm thinking about it, a deal hard to wrap your head around just how much these people have left behind. i forget i want to ask you from where you stand, how well poland has been able to accommodate these people arriving. i think they are really doing a very, very good job here compared to the 1st day that the help is much better organized. now we just came back from the border crossing and, and there are

a lot of volunteers there who are providing food and clothes and the people who are arriving. they are immediately registered so they don't have to wait anymore in the cold. and they are placed on bosses to be relocated to other cities. but still, i mean it's, it's a huge challenge for everybody here. just to give you an example. we are here now at the city of teresa. and this city has only 60000 citizens, but they are welcoming between 30000 at 50000 refugees every day so badly that leads a lot of resources throughout. we've heard polish authorities saying 1500000 people have already arrived. and if they continue arriving in poland at this pace will the authorities there be able to manage this will depend on how i, how much am help in poland is getting from other european countries,

especially if it comes to relocating the refugees. but from what we hear from the people, there's a strong commitment to, to further, well come the refugees. the only problem is right now the whole relief effort is heavily depending on volunteers in the small community. slight parisha. we're where we are here now and, and we, in a way, we sense a growing frustration amongst those groups because, and the polish government hasn't provided any additional help yet. so there is a little of frustration they are really waiting to get some more funding. that's had to be clear, this frustration is directed towards their own government rather than the refugees . d, w here, get ashore ga. thank you so much for your reporting. and point is of course not the only country where those fleeing the fighting or heading many are

also crossing into moldova. earlier we spoke to salam alden, he is the founder of the n g o team humanity. and so i'm, i'll, dean is helping evacuate ukrainian women and children from the southern city of miko live to moldova, ukraine's neighbor to the southwest. when he joined us from the bus, like you said, you took you military crisis as you see, but this is little different. we it's, it's a, it's people like on the run. but you see shops open, you see axes driving people walking and then you see people running. so it's like different emotional, like were in of gems there were recreating women and children from there. they're, they're just running towards the water. well, here it seems like it's different. some people want to stay. somebody want to go like some women don't want to leave their husband. so they just say, you know what, we stay with what happens happens. so it's, it's, it's really difficult situation. we are because we're actually trying to get on the

bus now. and then in the last 2nd to say no, i'm staying with my husband and this they don't want to leave. so it's, it's really emotional year for the situation is, is really bad, really, really bad. i was salaam, i'll teen on his way. tumult over, he's the founder of the n g o t humanity. now since russia launched its invasion, the country has been facing what could be described as a vast cultural boycott. a growing number of institutions are going to great lengths to distance themselves from moscow. in many cases, cutting ties with renowned russian artists he refused to denounce russia's invasion . a critics say that blanket boycott must be avoided as they could burnt the very bridge as that culture seeks to build new. ringback high profile artists like oper, adieva, and an attacker. one of russia's biggest international stars were the 1st to come under fire for having close ties with flooding puting. in the kremlin, conductor valerie gave was fired by the munich philharmonic for refusing to

denounce proteins invasion of ukraine. russia state back to bolshoi belly had its entire summer season in london cancelled. but some say the boycott have gone too far. a course on the great russian novelist, fyodor dostoevsky was canceled by an italian university, even though he's been dead since 1881. the enemy is putting not pushkin said dennis, you che german president of the writers association pen at a solidarity concert for ukraine, conductor daniel baton boy warned against blanket boycott in hex in young of lucy shall we cannot allow a witch hunt on russian people here and their culture of coma bans and boycotts, for example, of russian music and literature. these awakened the worst associations for me. other news i so soon. but can film festival has chosen to differentiate and will not ban russian filmmakers,

but they will no longer accept any one linked to the russian government. after ukraine called for a boycott of russian movies, many smaller festivals dropped state backed russian films from their programs. which means the crime comedy. no looking back, will not be shown at the glasgow film festival, even though it's director kil, sokolov has family ties to ukraine and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it? one should always check this, and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it. of course, further, if you thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artist oxy milan, and musical director of the cheque philharmonic, semi on bischoff no easy feat when simply speaking out against pu,

tim's regime can have serious consequences, art might indeed be the only way to make sure all voices are heard in english for merely has it disqualified. chelsea owner, roman abramivitch as a director of the club. the move comes after the british government imposed sanctions on the russian billionaire following the invasion of ukraine leaks and the decision will not affect the football clubs ability to train and play games. i promote which is said to have close ties to russian president vladimir putin and has already expressed his intention of selling the club else. take a look at some of the other stories we are following for you to day. saudi arabia says it has executed $81.00 men convicted on charges, including terrorism, and holding so called deviant beliefs. 7 jo many's and one syrian were among those killed. of the men included $37.00, saudi nationals who were found guilty of attempting to assassinate security

officers. and targeting police french far right presidential candidate addicts and more has been eg to while on the campaign trail, he had just arrived in a town of was stuck to me it's mer when a man crush an egg on his head. the more is currently running forth in the presidential race and protesters and police have clashed in the bolivian city law pos. it began as a demonstration by teachers against working conditions and the lack of spending on education. things escalated when protesters through fireworks applebee's, who responded with tear gas. the government says it is willing to listen to the teacher's demands. you're watching a deal the news before we go. let's get a recap of the main story from the crisis. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on keith authorities in ukraine's. a rocket attacks have destroyed an air base near the town, a vessel key in the key region. it's oil depot, it was also hex russians. defense ministry says its army is continuing its attacks

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