ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, russia escalades, its attacks in western ukraine authorities and a leave say 35 people are dead after an air strike and a military facility close to ukraine's border with poland. also in the show polish volunteers step up to help you, cranium refugees. but authorities warned that they're close to breaking point plus anti war protests are taking place all over the world. are correspondent, is that the demonstration in berlin, where tens of thousands of people turned out ah,

a marina evans dean. welcome to the program. russia has carried out multiple airstrikes on a military training ground near the city of vive, in western ukraine, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more. the salt brings the war closer to the polish border and threatens the relative safety of val, vive, where many ukrainians have fled to from other parts of the country. meanwhile, the capital key of the mer is telling residents to prepare to fight as russia attacks civilian targets near by. ah, in the face of a grand invasion, he plays the national anthem as a reminder to its people of what they are fighting for. oh, but you,

president of the senior advisers tweet the video themselves strolling through the streets of the capitol with the remarking done, it's a shame to see the city so empty, but that they did find coffee. i will keep calm and carry on. that's the message that zalinski is sending to his people of my be let me do a william lee just solution on with up with remote good the where 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. little mugs and manners courted the good 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 appear to be spreading their attacks eyes across the country, they carried out multiple air strikes on a military training ground near levine and western ukraine. expanding moscow's war, closer to the border with poland. authorities are now more desperate than ever for

nay. so to impose the no fly zone 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 affordable removal room civilians from all over ukraine had fled to live even relative safety. but many are now heading further west as frequent air raid sirens warren, of potential bomb threats to put themselves or thousands of ended up here in the city of chin if 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 vis olympic, we won't leaving o allen, vaughn,

v v v won't piece. we don't want walk chin if c is one of the few cities that remains unscathed from russian air raids. but as rushes war expands across ukraine, it may not be a refuge for much longer. white house national security advisor and jake sullivan says the us will consult with allies to learn more about the killing of an american journalist by russian forces in ukraine. ukrainian police said russian troops shop a journalist in the town of it. a pin near the capital key of another journalist was wounded in the attack. when troops opened fire on the car they were traveling in. please identify the dead journalist as brent renewed an award winning documentary maker italy correspondent, mentor ballinger is in care of and he joins us now for more. hello t mathias. i'm. we're hearing that the police of keir region and issued

a statement saying, vance a you, as journalists was killed earlier, was in fact shot outside of kias. what more can you tell us? yeah, they traveled a group of journalists to a 3 travel to you. you'd been, that's a place where a lot of things have been happening lately. it's one of the places where people have been evacuated from you. many people have seen the image of this detroit bridge where they had to slip or pass under. and that's where he went, he went further inside, that's what we know inside the town of it, p and that's a satellite town or a small town just outside of keith. and there somewhere he and counted a checkpoint and he was short there. that's what his a fellow, a fellow journalist was traveling with him and was also shot, but not deadly. i told him a told 2 people and um,

yeah, we don't exactly know how he got there and how this happened. but it seems that this, let's what's the key of police said that he was killed by a russian bullet. he was shot in the head. now when he is for also hearing that there appears to be a consolidation of russian forces on the outskirts of t. if, how is this impacting people inside the city? so what's important to know is that there hasn't been a noticeable advance of russian force if fighting is happening in a pin as the place we've just talked about and neighboring boucher and hostile mo, which is an airport next to it, which has been under attack from the very, very beginning, but it seems like that the russia have been able to keep their positions there and to fortify some of the places and to gain firm a control of these places advance is harvey also been there. they have also been

advances from the north east that's on the other side of town from the direction of tourney. here that's the direction of the russian border. and these are these forces there have been advancing and being repelled over the time. so the games may may not be as noticeable, but what a intelligence is saying is that they have 45, their positions there for the people here and keep this means that most people or more than half as the official estimate sco have left the city. um and people are expecting some kind of either an attack on the city or the closure of a ringer on the city and siege to the city. and that's why the streets of re empty those who are in the city, which is of course, controlled by the military. lots of block posts and of course barriers on the, on the roads that lead out of the city so that the tongues might be slow down. if

they try to enter the city, those who are inside the city keep the heads low. they don't go out too much. you don't see people like chatting on the street sitting around. but people do go about their daily business, but they don't spend a lot of time on the streets. all right, that was d w as correspondent, he has bidding of reporting for us from ukraine's capital here. mathias, thanks for your reporting. well, here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. ukraine besieged port city of money, hopeful is running out of its last reserves of food and water that's according to the city council. it also led that russian forces blockading the city, continued to shall, non military targets. training president vladimir zalinski ur, the russian military to allow a convoy with medical aid and food to reach the city was gonna ukraine's atomic energy ministries as power has been restored to the tr noble nuclear power plant.

that means cooling systems can operate normally earlier. ukraine warrens of an increased risk of a radiation leak if a high voltage power line to the plant were not repaired, it was damaged in the fighting. you as 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 lapka green goblin. pope francis has called for an end to what he referred to as the massacre and the unacceptable armed attack and ukraine. speaking after his weekly angelus prayers, he said there could be no strategic reason for the barbarity of killing children and unarmed civilians. he called for the establishment of safe and effective humanitarian corridors. the united nations 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 of several cities say they are running out of space at the border shelters have sprung up to accommodate people arriving, who are exhausted after days on the road. they're mostly staffed by volunteers who are offering whatever 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, really. but for their mothers and every one else, it is a 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 the we're just about. it was very scary when the bombs had

our towns directly. we lost light electricity and water visible and in 5 in the morning the bombs were falling again, right in the center of the city. the killed people, the bumps killed 21. people including 3 children was to thank you. i have nightmares. when i think about it, are you blood love, the dune jewelry, it is new through a deal in the small bato village of medico, polish moreland, tales are doing what they can to support displaced families. they provide shelter, blankets, warm food, water, boy, and often just human comfort. ah, ukraine has tanked poland for it's help you have those may have boggled bob gently, a 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 give me a call you the boys need watchable yoga them they promote the jap. what else? good. but the wall entails and just polish people up holding in from different parts of the world. to lend a hand. we're operating 247. 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 ukrainian 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. now

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the cleaner the united states has strongly condemned an overnight missiles strike on the courtesy rocky city of their bill. by rom, ron's revolutionary guards said it launched the attack. a dozen ballistic missiles struck buildings of the city, which is the capital of the iraqi kurdistan region. one civilian was injured, france at the strike threatened efforts to complete nuclear talks with iran. for more in this we can speak to middle east expert rash as easy, who is also the author of the book on the u. s. and he, ron, welcome to the deli and mr. it's easy. so iran's revolutionary guard has claimed responsibility for the missile attack in your bill, but there seems to have been some confusion about the intended target. can you tell us more about that? but there was a bit of confusion the beginning or do you see clearly name is riley is because

there was also a building that is going to be the american consulate in air bill. there was some confusion, but the united states has clarified with the state and also the state department. and so trying to publish that statement i made clear to the u. s. was not the target, but of course the americans have also strongly condemned that the rocky government had initially also condemned with naming but they just a, an hour ago or so that iraq, you find a ministry salmon be iranian ambassador, my city, to, to condemn and, and name your on as well, but it is clear that it's an iranian attack on iraq. you sovereignty has been con them that such by iraq, by different political leaders in the center and by day, by the united states, monday. and then the claims that it is and they.