[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is d w. news life from berlin. russia escalates its attacks in western you cried. authorities in levine, say 35 people and now dead after an air strike at a military facility close to ukraine's border with holland and babies born in bomb shelters. we take a look at the toll of war on expectant mothers and then you bones plus anti will protest. so taking place all over the world. our correspondent is at the demo in berlin,

where thousands of people have turned out ah, i am rebecca writ as welcome to the program. russia has carried out multiple asked strikes on a military training ground near living in western ukraine, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens. move the assault brings the war closer to the polish border and threatens the relative safety of live, where many ukrainians have fled. to from all the parts of the country and the capital keep the mare is telling residents to prepare to fight as rush and attacks civilian targets nearby. ah, in the face of her crimes invasion key placed the national anthem as a reminder to its people of what they're fighting for. what do you serve?

you think you were present zalinski senior advisors for twitter, video of them selves strolling through the streets of the capital needs to the guys remarking that it's a shame to see the city so empty mostly. but that they did find coffee, keep come and carry on, which would work. that's the message that the lensky is sending to his people, him just social number to put the remote gertrude, the where the we still need to hold on him up. we still have to fight broad every day, and every night we must look for ways to cause maximum damage to the enemy. pro maxima is called the good well tactics and self confidence we will regain was. i was for a demo before you. it's a powerful message of defiance, even as russian forces appeared to be spreading their attacks out across the country, they carried out multiple airstrikes on a military training ground near levine in western ukraine. expanding moscow's war closer to the border with poland. authorities are now more desperate than ever for

nato to impose a no fly zone. this is why we keep asking nato to close the sky because to fight with an enemy who does not even enter ukraine, but instead launches a cruise missile. it is necessary to have a serious defense system where the room civilians from all over ukraine had fled to leave in relative safety. but many are now heading further west. as frequent air raid sirens warn of potential bomb threats to put themselves or thousands have ended up here in the city of shannon etc, close to the romanian border. many are injured and exhausted, and fearful for their safety, but they don't want to leave their country call. you can go this all and they won't

leave in all in the won't be happy. we want peace. we don't want to walk of it. see is one of the few cities that remains unscathed, from error rates, but as rush as war expands across ukraine, it may not be a refuge for much longer. and it's bringing aaliyah shandra. she is the editor in chief of europe, maiden press, the ukranian news website. and as an activist, she took part in the 2013 may done protests. she joins us from of if only of thanks so much for your time today. you yourself fled to your home in key with your children at the beginning of the war. but like some of the people we heard from, from in that report decided to stay in ukraine, your innovative. why did you make that decision? i really want to be with my people in this trying time because i want to help as much as i can from inside the country and where i can talk to people where i could feel the situation where i can coordinate more processes or it can be more useful and i'm not alone because there are very,

very many thousands of people returning from a broadens refrain in order to fight in order to join the volunteer movement. because you credit united republic, the russian aggress incredibly brave decision. what's the situation in levine where you are now? how worried a people off of the nearby air strike fall? as you can see, i am standing in front of the local university. people are, shall, strolling around adjoining both sunday. i'm sure not many are worried about the strike, but at the same time it was an air strike with missiles launched above the black sea. so m a russian aeroplanes probably do not dare to fly so far west into the country because they know that they would be shot down. unfortunately, the strike to take a lot of lives of military personnel on the ivory on the ground training grounds. and you know, what i worried about is what when the west will wake up and understand that this is a war, not only about ukraine,

but about the whole western system of values that the nato is next. on the training ground, nato soldiers trained ukrainian service when we don't know any of them were present during the strike. but it's apparent. the putin is not going to stop it ukraine and it's better for everybody to stop in here now. and it was the self defense the means of defense to defend ourselves in schools, the sky above ukraine, aaliyah and cave. your home town seems more and more under threat to every day. how worried are you that the city will fall? all yesterday, present landscape has appealed to the nation. he saw that if you're going to take care of it will be enough to city, we will all, we will all die defending it because it's not going to be an easy capture there. i mean, there's been surrounding the capital for so many, for more than 2 weeks. the plan was for to take here in 2 days. and i mean the, the soldiers,

they took parade uniforms in order to band k. that's not happening. so we can see that their plan for being disruptive and, you know, even if key of does fall, the whole of ukraine will stand up and still resist. it will not be the end. and that resistance is quite incredible away saying, are you surprised and encouraged by the resistance that ukrainians have shown for you know, a b, c, the invasion medical experts, they burritos alive. they signed a saw, they thought that we would just give up the we would surrender, but we knew inside the country that we would fight because we're a nation. that values are in the family plans where it was an appendage. insane empire. we want to live our own life based of democratic values. and it was huge. you're in this fulton. oh, i wish you all the best. allah. thank you very much for joining us today. aaliyah shandra editor in chief at euro maiden press last weekend in kiva line,

more than 80 babies were born in bomb shelters. the war is literally forcing expectant mothers and any bones on the ground and into improvised maternity units. database correspond mathias bidding. a visited one such unit in the ukranian capital. it's the 1st time that maxime is seeing daylight. the boy was born a day earlier in the basement of keeps maternity hospital. number 5, his mother natalia, made sure to arrive at the hospital early. though in the shallows is horrible. when the war began, the ambulance is stopped running, staying at home was frightening. we don't own a car and there are no ambulances. you don't know where to flee, and what you do here, i am fine. the nurses and doctors are next to me and can help me. oh, oh. since the beginning of the war,

the nurses and doctors have tried to make the clinic safe for war time. patients spend entire nights in the basements. many children have been born in these improvised shelters. good morning, let's see my boss. this is our emergency room is the re estimation bed for newborn babies and after operations and difficult birth, they remain here and observation by doctor. we can deliver babies into operations here and keep patients who need intensive care. not right now, it is calm and many patients have been moved upstairs, but often it's easier for them to remain downstairs just last night. there were 4 air raid alarms, where people had to go down to the basement and come up after. and some of them had

just an hour's break in between. news of babies own and basement has touched many. he and ukraine says the clinic director, record the dumb when she came to get people come and bring bread and sweets, they don't even save widths from. they just come and leave it that the security post for our employees, the doctors, and those who take care of the young mothers. i think people who behave like this cannot be subdued. are you looking for the nickel? some patients have gone through quite an ordeal. alina fled from one of keep them battle of suburbs just before her daughter was born. so, i feel fine now, when i hear planes flying, i get nervous. we have always seen the images of the bon maternity hospital and maria po, after seeing those images, i have been nervously listening to where the air raid sirens are going off or not.

there's nothing i can do about it. given the circumstances of her birth, eileen, i expect said daughter to be a tough girl. he has a look at some other developments in the conflict. russian forces have shot dead, a u. s. journalist in the town of a pin near the ukrainian capital keys. video journalist and filmmaker brent reno was killed when russian troops opened fire on the car. he was travelling in, according to ukrainian police and other journalist was wounded in the attack and was taken to hospital in cave. pope francis has called for an end to what he referred to as the massacre and the unacceptable armed attack in ukraine. speaking after his weekly angle as prayers. he said there should could be no strategic reason for the barbarity of killing children and on arms unarmed civilians. he called for the establishment of safe and effective humanitarian car doors. he was president joe biden has authorized

a further $200000000.00 in new weapons to ukraine. in addition to the 350000000, it has already authorized the largest such package in us history. the move follows a raft of sanctions from washington, including a ban on russian vodka. all the un says more than 2 and a half 1000000 people have now fled to ukraine. more than half of them have cost into neighboring poland. now authorities in several cities there say they are 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 little comfort they can ah, even in von children, find moments of joy in a playful fight with polish. welcome to ot and 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 long shed. dorchence thought it was very scary when the bombs had our towns directly. we lost 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 $21.00 people including 3 children. what's that you? i have nightmares when i think about it. are you blood? what's 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,

and often just human comfort. ah, ukraine has tanked poland for its help. you have this may of bob, bob. again, leah really very, very grateful to the polish people for such strong support of ukraine. you 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 watching a need health and human warming. could you tell you that was a bunch of were yoga film, they promote the jap, what's good, but the wall entails and just polish people up ordering in from different parts of the world to lend a hand. so we're operating 247 that we don't stop the people the refugees are coming from 50 yards away, mostly women and children, old women and a very sad state. the un 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. and joining me now from sham michelle on the polish ukrainian border is database beget ashika regular. an unprecedented movement of people, more than one and a half 1000000 refugees across into poland. a line. how is the country managing judging from what we have experiencing over the past days, i would say pretty well. and i mean, in the 1st days it was a little bit chaotic for obvious reasons. bad the last day, the help has been much better organized. people arriving here at the station and