ah, ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, russia escalates its bombardment of cave. ukraine says the russians are using long range missiles to target residential areas from positions outside the capitol. russian forces are also stepping off their assaults, in other ukrainian towns and cities. the a you imposes a new round of sanctions targeting vladimir putin's inner circle and sectors such as luxury goods and steel. but why is europe leaving one case sector alone? plus, tonight,

we're all soldiers of music wielding the power of art in detroit in defense of a free and democratic ukraine. new york metropolitan opera brings music novice together to lift spirits and raise money for the suffering in ukraine. ah, ah, i am rebecca writ is welcome to the program. russia is escalating its attacks across ukraine. russian forces are reported to be intensifying, fighting in the suburbs of the capitol, and of also stepped up a bombardment of care of emergency services say at least 2 people were injured in new strikes on the city this morning for residence after ukrainian capital. every passing day brings further shelling more homes last and more casualties.

is she alive? visibly? yes, she's alive. get her in the car. a city wide curve you was imposed on tuesday and will last until thursday morning. i had of the curfew. people rushed to the stores to stock up on food and supplies. even with the situation in the city is not bad. music with the people are holding up where supported by the volunteers and the territorial defense you. meanwhile, president followed amir soleski said he saw hope for compromise and talks between russia and ukraine. even us moscow stepped up its assault. hello, there was little squad. it is important in which it's difficult, but important because any war ends in an agreement, it easiest continues easy enough as i told the positions in the negotiations and

more realistic in our human. however, that still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's interests. on tuesday, leaders from 3 e u countries visited keith, bringing a message of support. they reiterated their desire to give ukraine away to join the e u. as soon as possible. i hope it will be a griego the next couple of days or weeks and the candidates dental should be given to the end of this year of the late like the capital bracing for the next round. this medical team has set up a field hospital in the bomb shelter for the worst case scenario of having to treat the wound at here. the people of keith know their ordeal is far from over. and i sprang and dw correspondent, alexander phenomena in la viv alexandra there has been increased chilling as we just heard in and around the capital cave. what is happening there in the capital?

there are reports about heavy fighting on the outskirts of key of explosions in the city center. residential areas were apparently hit by russian earth, try eggs and the russian forces are trying to type their grip on the city. and that is why the city mayor announced or curfew that it's gonna last for 35 hours. he urge all residents to seek shelter to take cover with ally college cor. however, also publish a statement saying that the city is not going to given to give up her that the russians can take buildings, but not the people of ki, if i was under yesterday we saw 3 eastern european latest visit zalinski in cave, at huge personal risk how significant was that visit

all taking or given the situation in keith, the decision to travel to the ukrainian capitalism, waterbury bold move in a highly symbolic gesture that was praised by the ukraine and president. he said that her, having such such friends and partners, make sure that ukraine is going to win the war. however, we also have to stress what they talked about and in terms of substance. and they're talk about sanctions, new sanctions against russia. that is likely to happen. they talked about youth for humanitarian hauled and youth assistant to rebuild ukraine. that is also likely to happen once we will have peace. however, other topics they were that were on the agenda proposal by the polish vice prime minister, catching ski to have thought of peace keeping force on the ground in ukraine,

where nato forces supporting this mission is, is not very likely to happen any time. now your in levine, in the west of ukraine are people, they're worried that the violence or the shelling the bombardments they were saying elsewhere will soon reach that out of the country. yes, people, he are worried. they are scared or they believe that any thing can happen. and we saw just this a few days ago that a russian forces attacked military infrastructure, training and peacekeeping center, and not far away from live and only about 20 kilometers away from the polish border . so people are aware of that, and this night we had to seek shelter. we had an 8, a arrayed alarm twice this night. so people are scared, of course. now as we heard in our port, just prior to speaking to you,

president zalinski said he believes russia may now be more open to negotiations. that a position as he put it maybe more is moralistic. now, is that overly helpful? do you think it could be? but of course, that's a message that is needed. he, in ukraine and this time of suffering and desperation. and, and we also have to stress that there has been some progress in the talks between the ukrainian and russian delegations. we saw that yesterday, 2000 vehicles were able to leave the city of mar, you pull the city that is under siege. so this is really progress. a taking into account how desperate the situation there is. when we talk about talks about a potential ceasefire. this is a long way to go, i would say, and we'll see whether the ukrainian government or it's delegation will

be able to, to make any progress on that. talking to the russian delegation and d, w, correspond, alexander phenomena. thank you very much. his look now at some other developments in the conflict. 2 journalists working for the u. s. network. fox news have been killed in ukraine. irish cameraman, pierre, zach eschevsky st. here at the front of this picture and ukrainian producer alexandra christian over died when their vehicle came under fire outside cave. at least 4 journalists have dined covering the conflict so far. a t v journalist who was arrested for protesting against russia's war in ukraine, has been released. marina of sienna cova was fined around $250.00 euros. i could still receive a prison sentence. the employee of state own channel one was detained after she interrupted, alive, news show, holding an anti war poster. clearly pass laws in russia effectively criminalize

independent reporting on the war credit rating company, say russia maybe on the verge of defaulting on its foreign currency debt. international sanctions have limited its ability to access foreign exchange reserves. moscow is due to pay over $117000000.00 in interest on sovereign bombs on wednesday, with more payments looming later in the month. the your opinion has imposed a new round of sanctions to punish russia for its invasion of ukraine. among the sectors targeted a luxury, goods and steel. the sanctions also phrased the assets of more business leaders who support the russian state, including oligarchy, roman abram, of ich. but moscow's oil and gas exports remain exempt. christie manuel has moved from brussels as russia continues to barrows, ukraine with bombs. the european union has delivered its latest blow to the kremlin with a fresh round of sanctions. they are designed to punish moscow for the death and

devastation it has brought on its neva. the measures will be felt in russia by both the ordinary and the elite. they include banning the export of luxury goods to russia. stopping steel product imports from russia, freezing the assets of the billionaire oligarchy, roman abramoff rich, and add this close to vladimir putin and denying russia special trading access into the e u market. the e, your say is this new round of sanctions will put more economic pressure on the kremlin further crippling its ability to finance the invasion in the ukraine. but the block is still sending hundreds of millions of euro's into rushes coffees every single day. that money is payment for the oil and gas. europe buys from russia to keep the heating and lights on banding rushes. energy would deal a heavy blow to its economy,

but it would also hurt ordinary europeans who are already seeing the cost of their living. so we have to find a solution how we as so soon as we can face out of this fossil fuel deliverance. but for the moment it is still extremely difficult. but this would make, of course, a huge impact because right now, every day, we transfer 7 to 800000000 euros on the state budget or to the state budget of russia. since the end of february, the west has imposed thousands of sanctions on russia for its aggression towards ukraine. in just weeks, russia has overtaken iran to become the most sanctioned country in the world. it's not clear if this pressure will be enough to force russia to stop earlier chris damon, where told us a little bit more about why oil and gas from russia are still not included in the u . sanctions. going for the oil and gas sector in russia would immediately and

directly impact at the lives and livelihoods of europeans. indeed, the inflation is soaring in the european union. and there have been protests in countries like italy, for example, because of the rising fuel prices. and so european leaders are reluctant add to, to, to force a situation that will at directly impact on the livelihoods of europeans. for example, they could target the oil because it is much easier to find alternative oil markets . but as a lawmaker said to me, what if russia retaliates by turning off the guess? certainly, europe is coming out of the the winter months. but this could also result in blackouts, power blackouts, in the european economy, which should have a direct impact on economic growth. so it appears right now the europeans 1st need to find safe alternatives, particularly on the gas front, before they're able to take that. heavy blow did amuse, christine manuel, or new york metropolitan opera has held

a concert in support of ukraine. more than 3 and a half 1000 people filled the lincoln lincoln center auditorium and all proceeds from the sold out concert. which was broadcast internationally including in ukraine will go towards relief efforts. ah, prince ukraine. from the heart of new york, the piece was composed by ukrainian valentine sylvester of in 2014 the year of another crisis. for the met general manager peter gale, the concert was the only fitting response to the current conflict. tonight, we're all soldiers of music. wielding the power of art into french, in defense of a free and democratic ukraine. gail's message was shared by guest devona ukraine's ambassador to the un, the metropolitan opera that has the global spending reputation. you said on

cassandra, very well cool messing around with me. only right morally right. so position been the world in art and music she'd be ah, the music and the gesture behind it were also appreciated by fellow ukrainian or la mcginnis. iowa could even get out of their course. i feel like good in this moment. all of us have become electric, it feels like iran, pamela, one free fam, ah, the evenings highlight was undoubtedly a stirring rendition of ukraine's national anthem, lead by ukrainian baritone milady slough blue yellow sky. he said he had asked his mother back home not to stream his performance in order to save desperately needed

electricity. ah, that's your news update this and i get hot alphas. we'll have more headlines for you at the top of the next hour. you can always get more on our website as well. that's d, w dot com. i'm rebecca written in berlin from me and the entire team here. thanks very much. watch him with ah, linda. oh. what people have to say matters to us. ah. that's why we listen to their stories. sh reporter every weekend on d w.