[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia escalates its attacks in west and you cried. authorities in the beef site, 9 people a day after an air strike at a military facility close to ukraine's border with polt. also coming up polish volunteers, step up to help you. cranny and refugees, by the authorities born. they close to breaking point and ah, performing for peace as they city prepares, its defenses,

musicians in odessa make their voices heard figures ah m anthony? how'd broken to the program? russian forces have carried out multiple air strikes on a military training ground near levine in western ukraine, expanding moscow's war closer to the border with poland. 9 people were killed and dozens more injured in the strikes. many ukrainians of fred fled. robber to relative safety in libido, since the invasion began in the capital. keep, meanwhile, the merest telling residents to prepare to fight as russia's military attack civilian targets. nearby fire crews rushed to the scene. after a mortar struck an apartment building on the outskirts of keys with nobliss. not

all the artillery shelling started at around 6 30 in the morning. oh, she's 3, sit around. there are people living in these apartment buildings. the civilians is with lou. this is a suburban area here that's right in the key. what's that good? the with russia stepping of its 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 volota mirror zalinski has promised ukrainians will put up a stiff fight in what he's calling a war for the country's independence. and we may mime oprah we have no right to lead up in the intensity of our defense. yet 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 only the besieged port city of mar,

hugo 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. while elsewhere in ukraine, there are concerns that russian forces also have they sites on odessa in the southwest, 4 days russians that bombarded the town 130 kilometers down the coastline in an attempt to advance on odessa, but ukrainian forces have repelled the attacks. the key port city on the black,

they has so far, been sped fighting official suggest. the situation could change, though, with russia's military planning to attack by land and sea addresses. residents are preparing to defend their homes. the dumping correspondence, alexandra phenomena is in the port city of odessa and joins us now. alexandra, could you begin by giving us a sense of what the situation is where you are? well, the situation in the mood here in odessa is very tense. we have to say residents are on an edge and a local defense forces are anticipating their debtor. russian assault on the on the port city could happen anytime soon or we just had an air raid alarm again. our we had one at night, or in the morning or early morning hours and, and when i was in the bomb shult, i have to say that our scrolling down my telegram ab seeing bo alarmed that alarm.

so we're going of in very many, many cities across ukraine, ill with n n a pull turbine, of course in eastern part of the country at that at sir, really depressing. it seems there to, there are russian forces are intensifying, there are yelled, bombard, bombardments, or in the country. russian forces, as you say, are attacking also the nearby city of nikolai, if, if that falls odessa would effectively be cut off. does that make an attack there? where you are seem inevitable. i'm sorry, i can't hear you. can you, can you repeat the question? absolutely. alexandra russian forces attacking the near by city of nikolai eve, i was just pointing out if it falls odessa would be cut off by those attacks. does that make an attack there in odessa seem inevitable? well, that is what many people he saying that is why there are on average,

that is why ha, many of them have already left the city. and to we have to see that we have to say that the city of nikolai, of this just 130 kilometers from here and to we are hearing very disturbing reports from there. the battle is, are reportedly focusing on the northern part of the city and so, and read civilian neighborhoods were reportedly or so hit but, but by missile and artillery of fire. so people here not this, of course, of course watching the news and, and so thinking that they may be the next target of the russian forces. even in those really trying circumstances and alexandra, have you been able to, to keep abreast of the broader view here and how this conflict is developing across ukraine in recent hours. yes,

and as i sat her, our impression is that the russian forces are intensifying a bombardment. and that is, of course, the spreading chaos and, and terror and death across a ukraine. we have to say from what we are hearing of from kia, for instance, that the russian forcing forces are advancing their into the burbs. and we are hearing from the city or european and that there are sweet by street battles between the ukrainian and the russian forces. there are very disturbing reports still from mar, you pull at the city under seach, in the eastern part of the country, where some people still cannot get out and to a humanitarian catastrophe. there is worsening with every day with people not having any access to water or food or medicine. they doubly correspondent, alexander phenomena in odessa. thank you. earlier i spoke to mother. yes. the jenko she's originally from new pope,

was in cave when the war started from there she fled to the western ukrainian city of the vehicle where she's now working as a volunteer i asked to or she can tell us about the rocket attacks on the beef high yeah, we heard the air raid siren so not in the morning if you could night. 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 rule of 2 walls and we were moving closer to the se, 1st part of the house. and i didn't hear any explosions myself because i live near the center of the city. however, we were a bit right and because again,

like the sirens didn't stop for quite a long time. you played that mother, you, paul, to the relative safety of living in the safe, a part of the country. now you're on the floor 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 near leaf. and maybe this is the 1st day after i escaped you that i had some really, you know, high level of stress. of course, i don't have any plans to go right now out of the. since dissertation here is get and be more, let's say stressful will will observe how people are here because we have a lot of my colleagues, my friends here. no, i really have no plans. what will be further? your grandfather is still in matthew polt. 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, you call a few days ago and they sell some signs of life in the house of. 1 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 your again. and the dissertation and mary fall is so terrifying. 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 for now again, because i'm quite used to the danger because when i was in key, if it was even you know more on 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 we will try to keep calm and keep faith that we 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 it. thank you. with the united nation, since i've a 2500000 people have now fled ukraine. more than half of them have crossed into neighboring poland. authorities in several city say they are running out of space at the board of shelters have sprung up to accommodate people. arriving exhausted

after days spent on the road, they mostly stopped by volunteers offering what comfort they can. even and boy children find moments of joy in a playful fight but polish while him too. or in getting a lollipop. oh, but for their mothers and everyone else, it is a reality far too difficult to ignore. broo susan's army use thanks to attack my grandmother's house. we prayed to god to grant us the safe passage was the home. she had the origin thought it was very scary when the bombs had our towns directly. we laughed delight, electricity, and water visible and at 5 in the morning, the bombs were falling again. right in the center of the city, they killed people in the bumps killed 21 people including 3 children. was that if

you i have nightmares when i think about it, you blood work financially if it's new through a deal. but in the small, bought a village of medico, polish moreland, tales are doing what they can, to support displaced families. they provide shelter, blankets, warm food, water, actually. oh, and often just human comfort. ah, ukraine has tanked borland for its help. the others may have bugged bother, gently are really very, very grateful to the polish people for such strong support of ukraine. are you? i thought 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 much and need health and human warning,

liberty county that was able to pull yoga family for more to hear jebel al, together. but the volunteers and 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 or sofa. more than 120000 refugees from ukraine have arrived here in germany. but authorities believed that number could be far higher. partly because there are no fixed controls on a you internal borders, but also because many

a still waiting to officially register in hamburg, the long lines of new arrivals can reach into their hundreds each day. they've almost made it, olga and her family are standing in line at the hamburg immigration office for the 3rd day in a row. they want to register as refugees, but the waiting times are long. yeah, that's a myth. and anna, we take turns. first i stand in line, ah, knock on mine and then my man comes and i sleep in the car out. the office is open all weekend, but it's struggling to cope with a number of refugees. warm up buses offer some respite from the cold. food and access to bathrooms are organized by volunteer groups. sometimes up to 300 refugees are waiting in line like that. unfortunately, it's a bit chaotic. there's no structure,