for its march 30th on d, w. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia escalades. it's a tax in western ukraine. authorities in the city of live say 35 people are dant, after an air strike at a military facility, close to ukraine's border with poland. also coming up, babies born in bomb shelters, we take a look at the toll of war on ukraine's expectant mothers and their new born plus anti war protests are taking place all over the world. our correspondent is that

the demonstration in berlin, where tens of thousands of people have turned out. aah! a marina evans dean, welcome to the program. for russia has carried out multiple air strikes on a military training ground near the city of a live in western ukraine, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more. the assault brings the war closer to the polish border and threatens the relative safety of live, where many ukrainians have fled to from other parts of the country. meanwhile, the capital key of the mayor is telling residents to prepare to fight as russia attacks civilian targets nearby ah, in the of a crime invasion,

he plays the national anthem as a reminder to its people of what they're fighting for. what you will for me for here were president zalinski is senior advisors, tweet a video of themselves strolling through the streets of the capitol. it's another i remarking that it's a shame to see the city so empty most women, but that they did find coffee or keep come and carry on, which would work. that's the message that zalinski is sending to his people. him. they just pushed along with it with remote gertrude, the where the we said only 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 what's i was for a demo before. yeah. 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. is why we keep asking nato to close the sky, right? 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 over 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. oklahoma, so for thousands have ended up here in the city of shan of it, see 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 alone. they won't believe in our lives. the won't be happy, they want peace. they don't want to watch. channel, etc, 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. did have a correspondence, mathias bellinger is in care of and he joins us now for more. hello to you mathias . so we hear that there appears to be a consolidation of russian forces on the outskirts of ki, if. so how is this impacting the people inside the city? yeah, that would be a hearing that they are consolidating. what we can see is that they have not advanced, at least not in a very noticeable manners,

but we suspect that they have been bringing a new material in and new soldiers in however, and they have been able to fortify ojo holy some of their positions of course the expectation is that they will either try another advance on the city or try to close the ring around the city and besiege it unless exactly the fear that many you have. and that's why many have left the city because you received here would be a terrible thing. having st heights in the city would also be a terrible thing under the government estimates that no less than half of the population of the original population. right. so you mentioned this concern of a possible siege of the city. i mean, you mentioned also that half of the people have left, but that means that half are still there. how prepared are people in key of for a possible blockade or the war hasn't broken alt

yesterday, so many people have stocked up on food and on and other supplies older. already, some of them already before the war and in the 1st days of the war because in front of petrol stations to get petro for their cars, for example, and other good goods app. also preparing more stock. so it would be able to feed the population for some time. however, of course, no city can be prepared for a see if, if it all depends on how the siege will happen, and whether it will help them, of course, and to how long it will last. no city can be prepared for received that last month . a weeks and months, so of course this would be a very frightening situation and you can only prepare so much mathias. i'd like to also ask you about the u. s. journalist who was serv reported killed earlier today, apparently at the police of ki regions said in

a statement that he was shot dead outside the city. can you tell us more about that? yeah, he was in the, in european, the pin is one of the places that have been hard hit by the war almost from day one . that's the region where fighting has been most intense over the past few days. many jewels have gone there that it's one of the places where people have been evacuated in the past few days. we've been there as well at and on the outskirts they seem to have traveled further inside this place and, but that's not really a 100 percent confirmed. we're somehow shot at a checkpoint that might have crossed the lines without knowing. and what we know is that he was shot in the had and one of his, the and other journalist was with him. i could, could was saved he, he was also shot, but he survived. and he's in the hospital now. and he told us that he told he's he said in a video that circulating that they had been shot by the approaching checkpoint and

m and t as, as we also jessie. and maybe to add that to saying that there was a russian bully and also went to usa, as we've mentions. of course, russia escalated attacks in the west of the country with the missile attack on a military base near vis. how significant is this escalation? is sir the 1st him that an attack of that scale has happened in zif, although the apple of the city has been bombed before or but attacks missile attacks on strategic and military. her positions throughout the country in western central and eastern ukraine has been happening for some days. maybe it's also symbolically significant. this was a training camp where ukrainian army was trained for it previously for, for example, for you and missions,

but also before this war by foreign or by 4 forces by americans and british and ers. so this is of course, a bit symbolic for her, for russia to hit this place because it is the symbol of the cooperation between ukraine and the western armies. ah, however, i am not in a position to say how significant militarily this position was, of course of rushes, no targeting military positions did ever use meant he has been reporting for us from keith. thank you. well last weekend in key of alone, more than 80 babies were born in bomb shelters. the war is literally forcing expectant mothers and their new borns under ground and into improvised maternity units did away correspond mathias bellinger who he just spoke to visited once that unit in the ukrainian 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. oh, bella diaz is horrible. she has been when the war began, the ambulances stopped running. staying at home was frightening. we don't own a con, there are no ambulances, you don't know where to flee, and what to do. here i am fine. the nurses and doctors are next to me and can help me out out of bomb. since the beginning of the war, the nurses and doctors have tried to make the clinic say for war time, patients spent entire nights in the basements. many children have been born in these improvised shelters. you must see my

brother 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 we need intensive care about 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 took care of 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 solved. you. 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 for this, i feel fine. no, but when i hear planes flying, i get nervous. we have all seen the images of the bombed maternity hospital in murray, ohio. 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 given the circumstances of her birth, alina expects her daughter to be a tough girl. and here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. ukraine's besieged port city of murray or paul is running out of its last reserves of food and water. according to

the city council, it also alleged that russian forces blockading the city continued to shall, non military targets. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski urged the russian military to allow a convoy with medical aid and food to reach the city for his blood. is one of you as president joe biden has authorized a further $200000000.00 in new weapons to ukraine. in addition to the 350000000, it is already authorized. it's the largest such package and us history. the move follows a raft of sanctions from washington, including a ban on russian vodka, all of you goblin. o 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 angela's prayers, he said there could be no strategic reason for the barbarity of killing children and unarmed civilians. the called for the establishment of safe and effective humanitarian corridors. the united nation says more than 2 and

a half 1000000 people have now fled ukraine. more than half of them have crossed into neighboring poland. well now authorities and several cities say they're running out of space at the border shelters have sprung out to accommodate people arriving exhausted after days on the road. they're mostly staffed by volunteers who are offering whatever comfort they can even and vaughn children find moments of joy in a playful fight with polish woolen to auden, getting a lollipop ah, really. 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 she had the witches thought it was very scary 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, they killed the people, the bumps killed 21. people including 3 children was that if you will, i have nightmares. when i think about it or you blood looks didn't chill area you through a deal. but in the small bottle village of medico, polish millennials, are doing what they can to support displaced families. they provide shelter, blankets, warm food, water. exactly. well and often just human comfort. ah, ukraine has tanked poland for it's help you have those may have boggled bob gently or really very, very grateful to the polish people for such strong support of ukraine. you thought

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