ah, ah ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight, ukraine's more time president makes a passionate plea for help to the united states. people are defending natalie crane . we applied for the vendors of yours and the role in a video addressed to you as well. makers, president zalinski made the case for more sanctions and military support to fight russia. also coming up bombardments of the ukrainian capital or intensifying keeps as the russian forces are striking residential areas from positions outside the

city. and with the rush and hip hop star who's risky, his own future back home to rap against the war. ah, i bring golf dal review is watching on p b s in the united states and to all of you around the world, it's good to have you with us on this wednesday to day ukrainian president vladimir zalinski told the u. s. congress that since russia began its invention of his country 3 weeks ago, every day has felt like 911. it was part of an emotional appeal by zalinski in a live video call for more help to defend his country against russia. right now, the destiny of our country is being decided, the destiny of our people, whether ukrainians will be free,

whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. russia has attacked, not just us, not just our land, not just our cities. it went on a brutal, offensive against our values, basic human values. it little tanks and planes against our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country. choosing our own future. and just hours after president zalinski made the case before the u. s. congress u. s. president joe biden offered a response from the white house, the u. s. standing strong in his position against any u. s. involvement directly with the no fly zone, but the president said he was offering what he called unprecedented assistance for ukraine. an additional $800000000.00 and military aid, including drones, anti tank and air defense weapons. it brings to a total, $1000000000.00 of military 8. announce just this week along by the says that the u

. s. will keep up its pressure on vladimir putin in other ways as will where crippling prunes economy with punishing sanctions. that's going to only grow more painful over time with the entire nate on you behind us and many other countries. what's a stake here are the principles that the united states in the united nations in across the world. stanford. it's about freedom. it's about the right people to determine their own future. it's about making sure ukraine never will never be of victory for prudent no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield. sorry, bill for more on today's of it's us go over to washington correspondent oliver salads has been covering today's story forest. good me to you. all a bird, so we had president zalinski on a huge screen in front of the entire u. s. congress to day describe what it was like there. mean, how did you, as well makers react ever and

a very emotional speech and to really the president that it has become the symbol of ukrainian resistance, talking life till congress from this embattled capital keep so that in and of itself was a very strong moment of course and then he showed this very graphic video with children with casualties, of course a lot of civilian casualties. and his last words were an english saying that we are fighting for the values of europe and the world and sacrificing our lives in the name of the future. so really what he wanted to do here president zalinski is give this war a higher meaning that it was about freedom about democracy, about human rights, and certainly all values that american lawmakers can resonate with. then also of course he took the chance to reiterate his calls for no fly zone for more sanctions and received standing ovations for that knowing of course, that not all of these demands can be met. yeah, that's a very good point. he got an answer just hours later from the u. s. president and an extra $800000000.00 in military aid for ukraine. what do you make of that?

as it is certainly a strong signal that present biden wants to deliver. he also especially the timing, as you mentioned right after president zalinski speech in front of congress. just a reminder of yours just last week. you as provided 1000000000 u. s. dollar. so now it's 800000000 on top. that money is largely used for defensive weapons. it's always very important to point out for those stinger and javelin rockets for drones, which is new ammunition. and that also reflects what is not on that list and that is a no fly zone. the fear is that it could draw the united states and nato into an armed conflict with russia that could eventually trigger a larger war. and then those make fighter jets from poland. there's also a lot of reluctance here to help facilitate that deal for the same reason. in oliver that we knew that the u. s. president will traveled to europe next week.

he's going to join in extraordinary nato summit. he's also going to participate in the european council. so minutes me, this is true, trans atlantic ties at work. what can we expect from this visit? now, of course, 1st and foremost, as symbolic visit nato has closed its ranks. and that's what we're going to see here. after years of uncertainty, if you remember that just a few years ago, we debated words of the former us president, that nato is obsolete, certainly is not at this point. so deterrence is a very important aspect for poland and the baltic states. they all fear, rush and aggression and what could be the next moves of lot more prudent. so that will be one part of the visit. and then of course prison by and wants to see the you leaders. they are in brussels, where they will very precisely talk about a new set of economic sanctions about humanitarian aid. so we can expect more concrete steps also from this trip to brussels. a corresponding oliver salad with

the latest from washington to nights. oliver, thank you. or russia is escalating its attacks across ukraine, the u. s. embassy and keeps as the russian forces shot dead, 10 people as they waited in line for bread in the city of troy, neath just north east of the capitol inside keep a 35 hour curfew remains, in effect tonight for residence after ukrainian capital every passing day brings further shelling more homes last and more casualties. is she alive? yes, she's alive. get her in the car. a city wide curfew 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 available. that

was the situation in the cities, not bad music with the people are holding up where supported by the volunteers and the territorial defense you. meanwhile, president followed amir salons, keys that he saw hope for compromise in talks between russia and ukraine. even us moscow stepped up its assault yellow. there was little squad, it is important in which 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, sam, more realistic in the evening. however, there 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 this is for the agree to the next couple of days or weeks and the kinds of they sent us will be given to

the end of this year of the late thank the capital bracing for the next round. this medical team has set up a field hospital in the bumps 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. lovejoy now by our correspond mathias, berlin. he is in the city of levine in western ukraine. good evening to you, martinez. we want to let our viewers know that you left cave last night just before this curve you went into effect. what can you tell us about the situation in the capital city right now? now this is the 2nd time that such a curfew has been enacted there. i mean, there is a curfew every night, but that it's 2 nights and one complete day that's rare that has happened in the beginning of the war. that was when the forces security forces took on

a sleeper agents that they suspected to be in the city, and there were fights in the street. and today we are seeing a similar thing. what we're hearing is that key has been intensive. michelle shillings of the city have intensified during the past few days. there have been apartment blocks have been hitched for several days in a row now. and we also hearing that the ukrainian forces have started a counter offensive, although we'd know very little about that. the aim is obviously to drive these artillery positions further away from the city so that they can do less harm to the people living in the city. and we have also heard about new actions against these agents. although we know nothing about it, the curfew applies to most journalists as well. so we have very little information coming out of the city now, but fighting has intensified. that's what we know. and what about where you are

right now? how much is the city of levine? i mean, it is a place that has been considered somewhat of a safe haven for you. great. yeah, it is much more safe than other places. i mean, no place in ukraine is safe from rockets or plains are there have been bombs, have been dropped on leaf as well as other cities that are far away from the front lines, especially on military objects. here, training center for troops has been hit hard a few days ago here earlier in the war. the have been the tax on the airport. and the same is true for this other cities that are further away from the frontline, but so far the city center residential areas have not been targeted. and that's why the city is relatively safe and we see the difference when we are in the street. not right here now because i'm in for the residential place, but downtown you see lots of people in the street and lots of not all of the shops

are open yet, but it's much more lively than keith, for example. and we got news today from the us that almost a $1000000000.00 more in military aid is going to the country. what do you craniums think now about the prospects for peace? so i don't think anybody has the hope that there will be peace quickly. of course, that's what people want, but the question here is also about the future of the country and does so far with russia has offered a demilitarization or demanded rather than offered demilitarization and a neutrality of, of the country. so a country leopard would basically be more vulnerable than before the war to russian aggression is, of course, something few people here would settle for and the demands that a key of has basically that russia russian troops will leave the country. that's the most important demand is also not likely to be met by moscow. so i don't see

that there are any prospects for a long time solution. however, both sides are saying that talks are easier now than they used to be a few days ago. that seems seems to be some kind of a possibility to agree, at least on smaller things like these humanitarian corridors that we have seen in the past few days. but however, although these have been violated as well, people have been showed to day again when leaving their city via one of these agreed corridors. so trust is not very high in these in these negotiations and in the other side, did have a correspond mathias, berlin in levine tonight. but he is thinking or from livi than ukraine's west to the town of z tamir, near ukraine's capital city z. tamir has become a distribution hub for supplies and aid that are destined for the area around here . but it has been hit hard by the fighting. and that is where d. w is alexandra phenomena is today. she met

a local resident whose life has taken a tragic turn. since the invasion began. residential houses reduced to rubble. people mourning the loss of their loved ones. this is a neighbourhood injured, tommy, a city around 150 kilometers west of ki, if that has been under constant shelling since the beginning of russia war on ukraine. this is worry mad sir. he whose house was completely destroyed by russian misdialed. removal of the bombs dropped on everything exploded. we just made it out. his 29 year old daughter however, was killed on this hot. you see he appears coleman withdrawn. it seems like he is still not able to process what happened good, but its mitchell is the night before we were sitting together,

the little one she said, daddy, you have a difficult personality, but i'm just like it is. yes, that's what she told me before she died. those words remain in my heart just down the street a hospital and miss, i narrowly missed the building. dr. lesh tells us, he's still shocked. while we are talking, the error rate alarm goes off again with the goal. and by showing you call it something we've never seen before. if enough, it's war. a war waged on a civilian population. so we're seeing that more civilians are being killed in ukraine than soldiers you haven't seen. it can be quoted. you told me i just 150 kilometers away from the heavy fighting and key of has become a trends. it's point $48.00 deliveries to the capital and refugees fleeing the region. we met with the mayor say he's to homeland. his staff told us he's so busy. he hardly sleeps in the senior booting hooton's

approach to the cities that thanked, given as to intimidate us, to break our will. but he's achieving the opposite. the people are uniting and are determined to fight, let the body work or brought them all you do and be notes in the may show us us components of the messiah that hits the city. one of the targets, he says, was this cool in the city center? the building is heavily damaged. fortunately, there were no kits here. when the attack happened. back at the ruins of c, he's house. he lost so much and yet he says he doesn't hated a people afresh. the ordinary people are not to blame. it's their leadership. say he wants to have built his house as soon as possible. at 1st he says, we meet we have to look now and some of the other developments in this conflict, the united nations talk court has ordered russian to immediately stop its invasion of ukraine. the international court of justice says that it has seen no evidence to

support the war. moscow claims that ukraine is carrying out genocide against russian speakers in the east of the country. native secretary general yen stoughton bag today said once again that there will be no flight, no fly zone, and that the alliance has no plans to intervene on the ground in ukraine. he also said that he is encouraged by progress reported in talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators. germany has her off shalt, says that he would welcome any interest from finland, enjoy new nato sholtes met today with the finished prime minister marine here in berlin. she says that a request to join nato is a possibility of many ukrainians fleeing the war. berlin's central train station is their 1st stop here in germany. thousands are arriving in the german capital every day. and officials say they are close to running out of room and

accommodations for the refugees. a common side in berlin these days, ukrainian refugee families arriving at the central station. the arrival. suppose a serious challenge. a challenge, the capital can't handle alone in enlightenment, that these are for reasons this terrible war began. i've been in very close contact with our federal state them together with the local authorities. we're doing everything we can to help the war. refugees who come to us quickly and comprehensively. so hes around 175000 ukranian refugees have entered germany. the interior minister says, but the actual number of arrivals could be higher in is expected to increase. more than 3000000 refugees have fled from ukraine to neighboring countries. the united nation says, the majority of them going to poland. for almost all of those who continue their travel to germany. this is the 1st stop and berlin after the difficult journey.

thousands arrive here every day. early mentioned a young. com. i think that those who have arrived here have experienced terrible things. and i've been through a lot of other pass days for. so i think it is important that they can 1st get some rest here on something warm to drink asthma. as my uncomfortable work on con, something that is only possible with hundreds of volunteers assisting refugees round the clock. the more paper of her grateful and her happy about anyhow, for carrying the luggage for collecting bird children, and especially her door to her for the ticket solvers. and all these things, despite plenty of volunteers and the best efforts of 8 o vins ations, the work who maint challenging city authorities warned that the lynn is nearing its limit, asking others to share the responsibility. and my next guest is gerald canals,

fear in berlin. he is chairman of the european stability initiative. he's a global authority on migration, forced migration and human rights. mr. cows is good to have you on the program of the me just ask you about the, the numbers we have. there are 2000000 refugees in poland. hundreds of thousands in moldova, which is europe's pores country. and we understand that germany has registered 200000 people so far from ukraine. how reliable are these numbers way, what we know, and that is reliable, is the total number of people who came into the european union. what we do not know is where exactly all of them are because they do not need to register upon arrival . but let's just put these figures in perspective for your viewers. in 2015, the being rescued g movement. in the g 1000000 people came from tech to receive one

you. now, 1000000 people comes from your frame to the european union in one week. so we've had 3000000 people arriving 3 weeks. if this continues and everything indicated will continue, we will have another 2000000 people out there. i before the end of march and the warsaw, the capital of poland. already the mayor told us as more than 3 100000 people in the city of 1800000 and mold over the poorest country of europe is 2400000 people. i'm has a bigger number of refugees than austria, the rich country, 2015. so it's clear these 2000000 people in move on. and the question is, where will they go when you're talk here, of course, about unprecedented numbers of displaced people here in europe since 1945. what effect is this going to have on europe?

it is unprecedented, it is historic. it is a something that nobody could prepare for, which is why some of the chaos we will see in the next weeks is inevitable. but i think there is some reason for hope that the europeans and this means both the citizens than many, many volunteers in poland, in moldova, where most people stayed in private houses, but also in munich, in berlin and all of the europe that they can manage. because what we realize and what most europeans see when they see these women and children and half of them are children coming to european union, is that they are the result of a brutal war against civilians. by a lot of middleton fung barging residential areas destroying social infrastructure, attacking schools and hospitals. and so i am sure that none of your people did hit the intention. these people will, these stabilize europe. a large number of refugees would scare the europeans,

did not have europeans mobilize, they can, they can define blackmail discounts. unfortunately, we're out of time. we certainly appreciate you helping us put these numbers into context and perspective. thank you. i thank you. we're now going to look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the u. s. federal reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. this is the 1st rate height since 2018, and it should begin taming us inflation, which is at a 40 year high, 6 more rate hikes are expected. this year. a powerful earthquake had struck off the coast of eastern japan, triggering a su nami warning. there are no reports of injuries, but the trimmer knocked out power to more than $2000000.00 households. a british, iranian aid worker has been freed after almost 6 years, detention in iran on spine charges. britain's foreign secretary confirming that

nothing means a gallery. ratcliffe is on her way back to the u. k. her family fault for years to have her released one of russia's most influential and famous wrappers has taken a very public stand against the war back home oxy. mira has cancelled 6 so out concerts in russia in protest, and instead he staged an anti war concert this week in the turkish city of ist amble. d, w 's. you'll johan was at the concert along with hundreds of russians, a rap concert against the war in ukraine. the show and musician oxy miran plays at this east symbol club, would probably land him in jail, back home in russia. void for them to pull out of the war and ukraine has been going on for more than 2 weeks. and yet there are tens of millions of russians who categorically disagree with this war. and i think this should be said as loud as possible, but more the gracia within scullen. the redstone sentiment

resonated with many concert go as hundreds lined up to get a glimpse of the artist. most of them were russians, but even even though grace cannot, oh it is, we are all supporting the ukrainians and days he still remained there because i actually want to show you that as russians we stand together against what is happening now. we're still glad it's jackson aaron and his team had health of concert in protest. the only other concert them in the little boys, the voters, it's, we're pretty at the i'm, i don't want this war. i don't believe that it's a special operation. you know, i've been against, puking, for many years, against his claim to power. i'm ashamed of what our country has become. i was just that oxy miran is one of fresh as best known wrappers. he recently postponed his shows in moscow in saint petersburg and announced a series of charity concerts abroad,

called russians against war. proceeds will go to woods, helping ukrainian refugees. he says, like oxy miran many russians who oppose the war, trying to go abroad. turkey is still allowing russian flights in its as space. thousands are estimated to have escaped to istanbul in recent weeks. now we've from russia on march 8th, i because we found very insecure and scares and we didn't want to stay there. and i believe we, we was, we were afraid to get stuck there. so that's why we moved here. this is our searching. now there is very serious repression taking place against those who protest in russia. and it's become impossible to take to the streets because people are beaten up. he was martin and being taken into custody. the g is this is a nightmare you saw yet though she was a nightmare. that wrapper oxymoron has decided he must speak out against

even if that might mean he won't be able to return to russia any time soon with you watching the w news live from berlin after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we will be right back with ah, with

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