ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia escalades, it's bombardment of key. ukraine says the russians are using missiles to target residential areas from positions outside the city. brushing forces also stepping up there is source on other ukrainian. thomas grants president says negotiations with russia are starting to sound more realistic. moscow is now also saying a compromise could be close nato defense ministers promised to keep supply ukraine

with weapons. despite threats from moscow meeting of brussels to day, they also discussed the new ways of deterring russia in the future. and i, we're all soldiers of music wielding the power of art into french in defense of a free and democratic ukraine. new york metropolitan opera brains music lovers together to lift spirits and raise money for the suffering people in you. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? russia is escalating it's attacks across ukraine. russian forces are reported to be intensifying, fighting in the suburbs of the capitol, and of also stepped up their bombardment of keefe, 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. with the situation in the city is not bad. music people are holding up where supported by the volunteers and the territorial defense you. meanwhile, president followed amir salons, keys said she saw hope for compromise. in talks between russia and ukraine,

even as moscow stepped up its assault. hello, there was little squad, it is important and it's difficult but important because any war ends in an agreement, you easiest continues easy enough as i'm told the positions in the negotiation, some more realistic and they'll keep me however, they still needs to be more time for decisions to be in ukraine's interests. on tuesday, leaders from 3 e u countries vista to keep 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 agreed. the next couple of days or weeks and the candidates that you should be given till 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.

well, from all, let's bring in our correspondent alexander, for now she's in la la. v for eastern you in western ukraine. alexandra, there's been increased. shelly, inner odds are capital she if, what's the situation there? what are you hearing? keith is under a curfew that was announced yesterday word the city mayor urging all residence to seek shelter to take cover because the russian forces are apparently intensifying their attacks on the ukrainian capital. we know that heavy fighting is going on on the outskirts of keith. we know that there were explosions in the city center. there are also reports about her and russian miss isles, a striking co, an apartment building that is quite close to the center. so the 12 floor apartment

building was apparently struck and her 1st responders were trying to get people out of the apartment. some of dough of them were on fire this morning and said earlier, you are in elevators in the west of ukraine was relatively quiet. but our people, they're worried that the violence, the shelling, the bombardments will soon reach that part of the country as well. they are wore it . of course, they are scared. many told me that they think that it's just a question of time before the war will come here as well. we just have to remember that only a few days ago and military training center, just 30 kilometers away from beef was struck by russian missile. so people are scared and we just have to stress the importance of believe it is only not, not only an important hop for 8 deliveries towards the eastern part of the country . but it is also a place where many people, fleet, a flea,

to fighting in the eastern part of ukraine, and then they move on to travel on across the border to poland or over european nations. as under we heard in our report that president zalinski is marty. mister, he said he believes russia may now be more open to negotiations that their position might, as he put it, be more realistic. now. what are we to make of us? well, he really sounded cautiously optimistic and suggesting that russia has soft and it's stands not demanding any more that ukraine surrender. or we also heard from some senior members of the negotiating team. one of them said that there is room for compromise. however, he also added that there are still big differences contradictions between the 2 sides. oh, we know that what is at the table. apparently, both sides are discussing that is

a future neutrality of ukraine. and according to past statements, that could be something that the ukraine government could be potentially ready to discuss with the president zalinski saying that ukraine has to accept that it will not become a member of nato despite the open door policy of the alliance. but of course, both sides seem to be still far apart with regard to their positions. did have you heard one and alexander fund nomine there? thank you very much. osama. russia's foreign minister sergey lover offers said that he sees, quote, some hope for reaching a compromise in a good negotiations with keith as after ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. im also sounded a positive note on the ongoing talks in an interview with russia tv channel, our b k lover of said that a neutral status is being seriously disgusting. connections with connection with

security guarantees. there are concrete formulations that in my view, are close to being agreed as nar, bring in michael wasik. you are global affairs analysts with the atlantic council. i am, let's start a bit with his michael ukraine and russia and are indicating that there's hope for compromise or to end the war. or what do you think that would look like good to be with you. well, if you had asked me the same question a month ago, i would have said the ukraine in population had 0 appetite for a compromise, especially if it came to putting aside bids to become a member of nato or the, you know, we're looking at a nation that in many parts of ukraine, as your corresponding indicated, has been bombed into submission and the bombing continues in places like. but it has to be said, i cannot overestimate this and not. there's

a lot of anger here on the streets in the open elsewhere. there is a lot of arms in the hands of people. people are thinking back to the my don times of 242-013-2014 saying we did not spill our children's blood for nothing. we did not show up there for nothing. so this could spiral out of control very, very quickly given the current atmosphere. so i think because a lot of the landscape of a very, very top spot there just quickly there is of course, an appetite, a very big appetite for the world to stop. but i actually predicted that some time ago that the landscape may be pressured by western allies to go for that kind of compromise. it's a very dangerous route. indeed. let's go one step further. if there is any kind of compromise negotiated settlement piece to leave, who will be guaranteeing that well, that's a good question. and you know,

as much as the russians may be trying to show their good side diplomatic side, whatever you want to call it, these talks, they're not to be trusted. you weren't, they didn't, they weren't to be trusted. and you know, the guarantee of the safety of people fleeing in those, your monitor and corridors. there is now fears that they're not doing well on the battlefield. so they may actually escalate their use of shelling, escalate, use of banned weapons and possibly even turn to chemical weapons. so whereas very, very dangerous on chartered territory at the moment. ukraine and president zelinski in a strong enough position domestically to agree to any kind of negotiated settlement . you mentioned that the anger in the country before. yeah. well his popularity ratings are all time high. he has surprised his most fierce his critics in terms of stepping up to the plate and becoming a war president. there is no training, you know, to become a wartime president like he has. he's done extremely well. he's done up to the

russian biggest army in the world. but again, because of the very delicate condition that we're facing right now with this anger, with the high high doctor with a degree of destruction. it's very, very difficult to predict whether he'd get enough support from ukraine in to at least temporarily shelve the natal bed. i think maybe that could be kind of compromise if the landscape told his people that this is a temporary thing just for us to regroup. got the russians, i'll stop the bombing and rebuild, but remains to be seen. michael wasik you there from the atlantic council thing tank. thank you very much. okay, thank you. let's have a look now. some of the other developments in that war, 2 journalists are working for the u. s. network fox news have been killed in ukraine. irish camera man pierre's accepts the scene here at the front of this

picture and ukrainian producer alexandra cuz she never died when that car came on the fire outside. he if at least 4 journalists have died, covering this conflict so far. a television journalist who was arrested for protesting against russia's war in ukraine, has been released. marina or c. aniko obama was a find around a $250.00 rows, but could still receive a prison sentence. the employee of state own channel one was detained after he interrupted, alive, news show, holding the anti war poster newly passed laws in russia. effectively criminalize, independent reporting on the war. russia has put u. s. president joe biden, and canadian prime minister just intruder on a. so called stop list that bars them from entering the country multiple other high ranking us. canadian officials are also almost count list. russia says the banners in response to western sanctions. now the number of people who

fled the war and ukraine has passed, 3000000 more than half our neighboring poland, where an army of volunteers is helping to open the door. a peaceful lunch in warsaw switzer and her son alex a say the 2 ukrainians fled keith and a staying with a family in warsaw. well it is, it don't come good. my son and i lived on the ground for 5 days, a big stella under the house. then we fled west through levine and across the border. it's very hard for us, especially mentally. i can still hear the sirens in my head and field explosions. here at the boca city and the music channels ah, in warsaw alone, more than 4000 families took in refugees from ukraine. these are just the official figures, and demand continues to rise. trains from ukraine arrive at the station every day,

full of refugees, more than $10000.00 warsaw residents have registered as volunteers, intervene with them with the t o. m. i just started volunteering here 5 minutes ago and i've already been asked to help twice. i've bally started and i'm already in the thick of it. love them. it doesn't speak ukrainian, but he does speak russian. people like him a desperately needed right now. monica is also doing what she can and she's rushed off her feet. it's stressful work that you need both of us done well. so central station has never seen so many homeless people. they all have no roof over their heads and it's terrible. i just can't help it. i just have to help many refugees i initially being accommodated in holes. this one was built for sports and concepts. now women with small children, man and old people are holding out here in stuffy air. it is the 3rd week of the

war, and the coordinator is worried. that was uncle bill was at the beginning. the enthusiasm was great and it still is, but it is slowly ebbing away. there are few opportunities to take in refugees and more and more people are coming. i don't know what will happen that immediate archaeology. more space has been created in this office building here, bureaucratic hurdles and now being of a come because the refugees also want to work. no poor kid them. don't want the kid over. as long as that is wolf, we can't just sit around. we want to work and sent the children to kindergarten. what permits and social benefits another challenge for poland, about $300000.00 refugees have state in warsaw so far, but almost 15 percent more residents. then at the start of the conflict top defense officials from nato countries are discussing further help for ukraine as the country fights back against russia's invasion. ministers, including us defense, secretary lloyd austin,

our meeting in brussels. austin repeated that the alliance would abide by its promise to protect the eastern european member states. if russia launched an attack, but a stone up, a smaller ne, to remember bordering russia continued to call for the alliance to set up a no fly zone over ukraine. this is step the alliances refuse to take so far as ukraine is not an actual member. but nate also said it has to ensure that conflict does not spill over into ukraine's neighbors. we are reinforcing our recollected offence. hundreds of thousands of troops, sir, on a heightened alert, a 100000 troops. sir u. s. troops in europe and her 40000 troops under nato. a command directly to command mostly in the eastern part of the line. sir. supported by a naval on air forces. nato. has the responsibility to ensure that this crisis do not escalate beyond ukraine. and that's also reason why we have increased the

presence in these than pot reliance. that's where you and christine won't buy in brussels for more a christine dust or max statement effectively mean that natal will not get involved in the war in ukraine at all. as long as natal member country is not attacked. that's right, i guess hard what we are listening to is the secretary general reiterating at the nato alliance is position that everything that nato is doing, the, the long term security strategy that it's been discussing. and in the meetings today, at all, the defense spending and all the, the, the bolstering of units, and all the provisions and the measures that nato was taking, are only for the event that a nato member comes under attack. ukraine is not an 8 member, and we'll likely not be when we heard that as well from the ukranian president of a lot of me, it's zalinski who on tuesday, really gave the most explicit acknowledgement of the fact that ukraine's desire to

join nato. i would likely not be realised at any time soon and it's something that zalinski said that he had accepted. so nato has been firm on its position that it does not believe it's direct involvement in this conflict. i would bring an end to the conflict. in fact, the contrary, nature's position is that this would extend and, and expand this conflict and take us to a place where it would be 3 is, is a curse reality than what many people would like to think. so we're membership a one thing or weapons deliveries. another will know to continue to supply weapons to ukraine. that's right. i mean, we heard that from the us secretary of defense lawyer austin, who, who came on record again today to say that nato stands out by ukraine. it supports ukraine's rights to be able to defend itself against russia. in the case of this invasion, reiterating again that nato will continue to supply defensive military equipment

and weapon read so the ukrainians are winner. for example, the dutch defense minister also are reiterated as the netherlands as commitment in that they will continue to send military aid to ukraine. even as these could be targeted. these 8 convoys could be targeted as in russian attacks. so native position is that it does support ukraine financially, with military aid, defensive military aid, to be able to defend itself because that is a right and that it believes at ukraine has. and we will support that to the full. so is natal membership for ukraine now completely off the table forever? that is basically what it sounds like. and as i was pointing out, those remarks are by val odaimi zalinski. the president of ukraine are really the most explicit acknowledgment that he's at least come out and said in public, our, we know, for example, the u. k. a prime minister by johnson as well,

completely took that off of the table to say it's just not feasible. it's not likely it doesn't appear that there is going to be a part for ukraine to be joining nato, or to be given nato membership at any time. soon, we are not going to see nato engage on behalf of ukraine in terms of confronting russia directly. not in the way of a no fly zone on ukrainian sky is not in the way of sending troops. western troops add to ukraine, so that is almost a definitive yes. at this stage, as there are no indications, no appetite among nato's 30 allies and member states that there would be any ukraine joining the alliance any time soon. didn't respond. christine ones were reported from brussels there. thank you, christine you crowns. president vladimir zalinski will address the u. s. congress later via by a video link is expected to make a direct appeal for more help for his country. u. s. presidential biden's side,

the budget bill on tuesday, including $13600000000.00 and additional military and human soon a tarion aid to ukraine and is expected to announce more to day. the white house, as biden, will also travel to brussels next week to attend an extraordinary nato summit to discuss the crisis. and its crossover to dw watches ability. this falls in as a zalinski has to address yours, congress shortly. so what can we expect there? my god, he's going to express gratitude on the one hand to the as for what it's done to support ukraine and punish russia. but on the other hand, his approach will probably also be too pre kind of the conscience of his audience by asking them to imagine russian bomb striking famous monuments at home. for example, that's at least what he did in his address to the canadian parliament to put more pressure on true door. so that's probably what he's also going to do today. but we

have to be crystal clear here. there's nothing zalinski really can say today, that will change biden's mind about a no fly zone or about ukraine joining nato. so his speech takes place after us president has as biden as signed a massive spending bill that dedicates billions to ukraine. how united are democrats and republicans when it comes to putting pressure on russia? right, in the actually reports, you just mentioned that a guy had that by him would announce another 800000000 in security assistance to terrain ukraine after, as he lensky is a speech. so there is an interesting divide between lawmakers and non law makers as for now, republicans and democrats are closer together than we have seen them since a long time. but the further away you are from washington, the less support you see for anything which backfires to the s like sanctioned.

with how much to average americans care about russia's war and ukraine. i tended a sombre in south carolina over the weekend and his supporters feel for ukraine on the one hand. but they are very explicit that they care much more about the extreme prices of gas and, and the overall inflation and one, it really explicitly said what, what matters really is what is happening here. the ukraine out is far away from the united states with all its own problems. but having that said, there are also many americans who are of that with families are from the former soviet union. and they have a deep interest in what is going on. but i think it is fair to say that majority, the majority of the americans are much concerned about their own problems here in the united states to w a washington bureau chief in his paul there for us. thank you very much. in us

we stay in the us new york metropolitan, not for us as hell. the concert in support of ukraine, or than 3 and a half 1000 people filter late, lincoln center auditorium a week after performances by russian soprano. and on a trip coal were canceled because she refused to condemn the war. or proceeds from the sold out concert, which was broadcast internationally including to ukraine, will go towards relief efforts. ah, pre ukraine. nissan of new york. the piece was composed by ukrainian valentine sylvester of in 2014 the year of another crisis. for the met general manager, pete again, the concert was the only fitting response to the current conflict. to night we were all soldiers of music wielding the power of art in de french, in defense of

a free and democratic ukraine. gales message was shared by guest of honor, ukraine's ambassador to the un, the metropolitan opera that has the global spending, reputation is similar to sand, the very powerful message all around, with only rides, morally right. position that the world is hard to music should be the music and the gesture behind it were also appreciated by fellow ukrainian own. and mcginnis, iowa could even get out of their course. i feel like in this moment, all of us become electric. there's like iran, pamela, one free family. ah, the evenings highlight was undoubtedly

a stirring rendition of ukraine's national anthem, led by ukrainian baritone milady's last blue yellow sky. he said he had asked his mother back how not to stream his performance in order to save desperately needed electricity. ah, you're watching dw news from berlin. here's a recap of the latest developments in the war on the war and the ukraine. russia is stepping up its attacks across ukraine, more strikes of it, a residential area in the capital. keith grant says, rushing forces aft also attacked. it's 2nd largest city hub, ukrainian president, florida. miss ellensby says peace talks with russia have become more constructed. moscow also says that a compromise with that's it from that me and that is team a for now don't go away. those fits you. and for daniel winter,

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