oh this is dee double. the news live from berlin. russian forces carry out air strikes in western you cried on the other side of the country, new satellite images show the extent of the damage to mother. you pop, be friends, president says i will arrive there later today. also coming up polish volunteers step up to help ukranian refugees. but authorities born there close to breaking point and high performing

for peace as their city prepares, its defenses, musicians in odessa make their voices heard you cry. ah, i'm anthony. how walk into the program? russian forces have carried out multiple air strikes on a military training ground near levine in western g crime, expanding moscow's war closer to the border with poland. many ukrainians have fled to relative safety in the v since the invasion began in the capital keep the mer is telling residents to prepare to fight as rushes, military attacks. civilian targets near by fire crews rushed to the scene. after a mortar struck an apartment building on the outskirts of keith lib, lib. liberal is not all. the artillery shelling started at around 6 30 in the

morning with oh, she's very thick around. there are people living in these apartment buildings, the civilians. lou, this is a suburban area here and i am the key. what's a good movie with russia? stepping up it's bombardment of ukrainian cities, including the capitol. it's feared more and more civilians will be caught in the crossfire satellite images show. russian forces just 25 kilometers from central cave president followed. amir zalinski has promised ukrainians will put up us to fight. and what he's calling a war for the countries independence and we may, mine will prom. we have no right to lead up in the intensity of our defense governance. no matter how difficult it is. we have no right to lead up in the force of our resistance. the enemy is bringing more columns into ukrainian territory, vehicle lonnie. the besieged port city of mar, you pole, continues to bear the full brunt of russia's bombardment. the humanitarian

situation is worsening by the hour for hundreds of thousands, trapped without power running water or fresh food. in the nearby southern city melita pool, which has already been taken by russian forces, residents turned out to protest against the alleged kidnapping of their mayor. and to demand his release as plating rages, people in and around keith will be hoping and praying that last minute diplomacy could still spare them the worst of what has happened to other ukrainian cities or earlier i spoke to the mother, you see the jenko. she's originally from matthew paul, but was in keith when the war started from there, she fled to the western ukrainian city of the vive, where she's now working as a volunteer. i asked her what she could tell us about the brought that rocket attacks on living earlier high. yeah,

we heard air raid siren. not in the morning. i think it's nice. it's around 3 30 am and we are used to hear the sirens because they, we hear them quite regularly. however, for all these days. and here we didn't suffer from a tax. so we just had, you know, this staff rule off to waltz and now we were moving close to the 1st part of the house. and i didn't hear any explosions myself because i a lead me or the center of the city. however, we were be right and because again, the sirens didn't stop for quite a long time. maria, you've played that mother, you, paul, to the relative safety of live in the safe, a part of the country. now you're on the fire there. how does this make you feel? well, honestly, i slept tonight. i am after the cyber stopped and when they

were caught by read oldest use about the attack, your leave. and maybe this is the 1st day after i escaped you that i had some really, you know, a high level of stress. of course, i don't have any plans to go right now out of the. since dissertation here is get in, the more let's say stressful will observe how people are here because we have a lot of my colleagues, my friends here, so i really have no plans. what will be further? your grandfather is still in mother. you pull. have you been able to contact her and have you heard anything about the situation? well, unfortunately, i still haven't heard anything from her, or i think it's 12 days already. however,

we managed to contact some of the neighbors yesterday who escaped mary cole a few days ago. and they sell some signs of the life in the house of where my grandma lease. so it gives us some hope that she's still there. she's alive. and today we will continue finding any, you know, may not communication or, or some neighbors who can contact her again. and the dissertation variable is, so teri fine and i know that area where my grandma is already under russians on the enemy. so what comes next to maria? how seriously are you planning considering to leave the country? i don't consider this as an option as to now again, because i'm quite used to the danger because when i wasn't here, it was even more than that. here. however,

i know that this is all the plan to increase. you know, the stress for everyone here in beef, but i'm sure that we will stand and then we will try to keep calm and i keep faith that we will win this war. maria will leave it there. thanks for joining us and giving us a glimpse of what's going on around you. please take care. thank you. i think his look now some of the other developments in the conflict and francis russian president vladimir putin is not willing to end the war in ukraine. french president, manuel mccaul and german chancellor off short hills joint telephone talks with persian on saturday. the 2 western lead urged him to agree to an immediate cease fire in ukraine and to find a diplomatic solution i. u. s. president joe biden has authorized to further 200000000 in new weapons to your crime. in addition to the 350000000,

it has already authorized for military equipment. it is the largest such package in us history. to move follows a raft of sanctions from washington, including a ban on russian vodka. telling place of seized a yacht with 530000000 euros owned by russian altogether until late known the chin cook in the port of 3. yes. the billionaire was sanctioned in response to the russian invasion of ukraine last week. italian police seized several villas and yachts from 5 russians on the use sanctions list. russian space agency had to meet the rogerson has claimed that western sanctions could cause the russian part of the international space station to crash. nasa has said its exploring ways to maintain the i assess without russian support if necessary. while the united nation says over 2500000 people have now now fled ukraine. more

than half of them have crossed into neighboring poland or thirties in several cities say they're running out of space. at the border shelters have sprung up to accommodate people arriving exhausted after days on the road. they're mostly staffed by volunteers, offering what comfort they can. ah, even involve children, find moments of joy in a playful fight with polish while until on getting a lollipop. oh, but for their mothers and every one else, it is of reality. far too difficult to ignore bro susan's army use thanks to attack my grandmother's house. we prayed to god to grant us the safe passage was the home shed, the we're just about. it was very scary. you, when the bombs had our towns directly,

really we lost light electricity and water visible and at 5 in the morning, the bombs were falling again. right in the center of the city, the killed people that the bumps killed $21.00 people including 3 children. what's that of you? i have nightmares when i think about it. are you blood love, the dune jewelry? it isn't you throw a deal in the small bottle village of medico, polish, moreland, tales are doing what they can to support displaced families. they provide shelter, blankets, warm food, water, well, and often just human comfort. ah, ukraine has tanked poland for its hope. you have those may have boggled bob gently, a really very, very grateful to the polish people for such strong support of ukraine door. it's

also very important to the people who stayed behind in ukraine who are continuing to fight and will fight until victory. and also for those who come to poland, watches a need health and human warming. a bunch of we'll go from they promote the jap, looks good. but the wall entails just polish. people are falling in from different parts of the world to lend a hand. so we're operating 247 that we don't stop or the people the refugees are coming from 50 yards away, mostly women and children, old women. and a very sad state for you and estimates that more than 215000000 ukrainians have fled and rushed to get the neighboring countries. poland is bearing the brunt of it, leaving it close to being overwhelmed. meanwhile, the refugees do what they can to keep their children distracted. the

choir and orchestra of the odessa opera house in ukraine gathered on saturday to send a message of support and resistance through their music. they were calling for a no fly zone of ukraine. something nato has so far rolled out. they said the concept was the only way for them to get a point across to the western alliance. ah, a simon's re out across ukraine. it was music that echoed through the streets of odessa, musicians and singers from the cities opera house gathered to make their voices heard the calling on nato to close ukraine skies. the only way they know how to conduct the eagle to netscape, say they must do whatever they come. my figure, my profession is music. we must contribute to maintaining the patriotism of the

people who perform amazon, but is why we present these compositions here. the group is like, i don't know whether the air space will be closed or not, but i hope that we will at least be heard a quarter because this is another reminder to the western federal court. i hope it helps. they strategically impulse impulse city remains in ukrainian control, but odessa is brace for the fight. many have already fled the city seeking safety elsewhere lives left behind families. torn apart is the splendor of music in stock contrast to the signs of wall singing, thought i city. i'm survival in the hope that someone will here with

it watching daily news. his a recap of the line developments in the crying process. the russian forces have carried out a strikes on a military facility near levine, in western new credit, expanding moscow's war, closer to the border with paul at the official say, 9 people were killed and 57 wounded. meanwhile, president lensky is warning that russia intends to set up pro moscow pseudo republics in occupied territories. and i forget you can always get date of the news on the go. just download that app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of the new store, you can also use the d w app to send us photos and videos of what's happening in your part of the world. washing date of the news and that's it for now,

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