an oligarchy. allah dairy, pascal becomes days after the building there. oil tie coup was targeted to up by a u. k. sanctions. protestors that want the building to house refugees from ukraine . police are at the see the shock us national security advisor, jake sullivan, has warned china against helping russia evade the effects of global sanctions. officials have also reported that moscow has asked beijing for support, including military equipment. russia and china denied the report. police across russia arrested more than 800 people, for protesting against this war. authorities in moscow say they've detained 300 for breaching public order of police. in st. petersburg and 30 other cities have also made dozens of arrests. ukraine's black sea port of odessa is preparing for a russian attack. the city's mer says russian troops could soon surround his city on 3 sides, effectively cutting it off from the rest of the country. locals volunteering to

defend their hometown and say they are ready to fight as the w to alexandra fall nomine report. we are in the center of odessa. you can see that the port city has been turned into a fortress. checkpoints and barricades built of sandbags have been erected throughout the city. makoto ruger, polkas, the jin moves we are ready. every day we go to sleep, fully dressed, to be ready to see shelter in anticipation of a missile strike. mortal printed for cuba, shoveling sand into sand bags on odessa speech to strengthen the city's defences. volunteers such as alexander an engineer, say they want to make themselves useful, but the we are trying to support each other. we are trying to organize ourself. and oh, so many people here i, i never know before, but now we are work as a team. and this is the perfect example. and this is what we should do or this is

of tremendous strategic importance for the ukrainians, and that makes the city a likely russian targets and capturing odessa passports. russia would be able to cut off ukraine from the black sea and from all supplies coming in by ship. ah, time and again, irrate sirens, go out, and residents have to seek shelter. it's almost too much to bear. alexandra tells me. her family has lived in odessa for 4 generations, but now alexandra says it's time for her and her daughter to flee. this issues boom. on behalf of the law. i've been thinking the long should i leave my home, my family, my husband was is been my. i love that it's so hard when you take only the necessities and go,

but everything it's necessary when they're when they move. so. but as far as margot at each time i wake up and my mom says for we need to take cover, i would take the cad, the phone and height the home. so we sit there until the alarm is over and we should jim tongue, lot of companies of winchester warner. many people have already left believing that it's just a question of time to, for moscow twice to capture odessa. or this has ties with russia, stretched back many centuries to city, founded by russian empress. catherine the great is still largely russian speaking. but despite the deep seated connections, the people of odessa are prepared to meet, put in soldiers with fierce resistance. we visited a school that is now a volunteer center. natalia. it's in charge here. her message to the russian troops is simple. robin, them again. we don't want to be liberated. we are living wonderful lives. we don't need to be liberated. they should not make up any myths about that or believe them

and use them as a pretext to violate our peaceful life. natalia says, or death since want to keep their city, and they are ready to fight for it. or germany defense ministry has confirmed that it's planning to buy. u. s. made f 35 fighter jets as part of a major push to modernize it armed forces that he just will replace sir becomes his aging tornado fleet. and this is on top of the government's earlier pledge to increase defense spending to at least 2 percent of g d, p, and live with nato requirements. this year, german armed forces will receive a one time special fund of a $100000000000.00 euros. get more on this roma, d, w political correspondence. simon young. welcome, simon. it's just 2 weeks said such as for sheltering arms, a 100000000000 euro boost to the countries that defense spending is today's announcement. the 1st solid evidence of this major shift in german defense policy.

yet no question, phil. as you say, this has been this huge a sea change in germany's approach with the massive increases in spending announced . and in particular importantly, coming up to this 2 percent of g p, a longstanding nato target at, but also a change in the sort of posture in the, a clear ness of the commitment to potentially defending nato. if it comes to that, or you know, having a more active, military readiness to do that. and so this decision to buy f, 35 combat aircraft from lockheed martin in the us is really the 1st big, big decision, big project as part of the renewal of germany's armed forces. unwise germany gone for those plans. yeah, they've been looking for

a while to find an aircraft to replace the tornadoes, which have been around for more than 40 years and becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain as so they've looked at different options. i think the things that speak for the f 35 is considered the most modern combat aircraft. in the world. it's capable of delivering a nuclear payload, which is key for nato because as a strategy of all the native countries on many of the many ways sharing that capability. and also key, very importantly, it's operated by a craft operated by many nato air forces. so that increases interoperability. it means that different to member countries can, can easily work together using this aircraft. and the other thing very important, it's market ready. it's ready to go. that means that it can be purchased and put into operation relatively quickly. and a brief word on the significance of this purchase amid the ukraine crisis,

simon. well yes, i mean it's absolutely, it's part of the own evolving strategy and the changes in the security and defense implications in a way. what they sees is a nato member, just making sure that it's equipment is up to date and fit for purpose. it's to be that that won't be seen as a direct threat by vladimir putin, but certainly the message that germany is ready and ready to defend nato is intended to be heard in moscow. i give about simon simon. you walk in there, you crime cast a shadow over. last night's a pastor film award ceremony in london prizes $100.00 out at london's royal albert hall in a star studied ceremony. reminiscent of pre pandemic times many nominate war badges and ribbons in support of ukraine. oh, dressed with

a message celebrating achievements in film does not mean forgetting the plight of ukrainians. i wearing yellow. it's not, not only and not to my character. i stand with the pain in his worrying about support ukraine than the people in my industry here with us that condemns rushes invasion of ukraine. and we stand squarely with all fellow ukrainian film academy who we've been in touch with . and they've asked us to pass on a message to the world as well. they won weston gin likes to keep reporting fairly and accurately. many of those students a pass to members inside a packed boy allow but who returned to normality after last he is virtual ceremony . host australian actress, rebel wilson had a message full rushes leader. luckily though, in all sign languages, this is the gesture for payton. ah, well,

other than the best film prize went to dark weston. the power of the dog and its director, jane campion. belfast your body from belfast where everybody knows how standing british man went to kenneth graham as semi autobiographical comedy drama. was that the onset of your than islands 3 decades of conflict street to try falcon? ah, director brown. i can be subject matter to the current conflict in ukraine. history repeats itself. i think we have to look at stories that reflect what's going on and we have to live what's going on in the world around. is it all, bob? a big conversation i think is mainly to do with people looking for at least not one

and only will smith for me to you bleeding. actually for williams family tennis by i'll take a king, richard, who black girl on earth, joanna scanlan, hello, scanlan one leading actually her portrayal of the widow. he discovers her late husband has a secret family in often love never asks us to bring peace to a worker. nominated film science fiction. blockbuster june missed out on the main gongs, but still took home 5 awards, including for cinema, telegraphy sound and special effects. ah, you're watching the w news live from berlin. here's a recap, made developments and the a war in you cried. russian forces have increased that bombardment of tyrese's cities across the country. even as peace talks between the 2 sides begun,

least one person was killed in a rush to strike on a presidential building. in the ukrainian capital, keith german chancellor, elect sholtes as talks between ukraine and russia, must us soon lead to a cease fire was speaking after talks with turkish present regis type earth or on an. the president answered. turkey has provided military aid to you, cried and is sending help despite these countries close ties to russia. don't get you can always get w news on the go. just download the app for google player from the app store. i'll give you access to the latest news from around the world, as well as push notifications for any breaking news. possibly you story. you can also use it to send us photos, videos of the action. and we back at the top of the hour, more coverage around the clock, of course, on the app or on the website, d w dot com ah,

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