ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president makes a passionate plea for help from the you. with people i be sending not only crazy. we are fighting for the various of europe and the world in a video interest to you with low make his presidency. lensky made the case for more sanctions and military support to fight russia. also coming up, joe biden caused vladimir putin a war criminal. so what's the fall out? we'll have more from now, washington correspondent in just

a moment. a pop star who's risking his future to rub against the wall. ah, i'm jared read. thank you very much for your company. ukrainian president followed him as the lensky has told the us congress that since russia began its invasion 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, coal for more help to defend his country. russia has stepped up its bombardment of towns and cities across ukraine. by the streets of keys, empty malians have fled the cities in the start of the war. and those who remain

huddle in homes, or shelters under a city wide curfew. showing continued to hit residential areas of the city on wednesday, home, and live destroyed. the shock in the eyes of those, what made it out ukraine's president followed the maid lensky, made a heartfelt appeal in the live stream to the u. s. congress. he reference martin luther king and repeated calls for the us to implement no fly zone over ukraine. my, you, i have a need for the rambles i need to protect our sky, whatever i need your decision, your help. which ones exactly the same building, which are the same. you feel when you hear the words. i have a dream of each life that we believe choice. i have a dream. while he spoke,

refugees from you, paul, were able to reach relative safety. they escape hell in the besieged city, travelling in the convoy everything was fine. well, not fine, but at 1st it wasn't particularly scary. there were exclusions and all of that, but it was far away and we sit in our home to school. we hope that it would not reach us and that it would all be solve that somehow they wouldn't negotiate and that it would all end but know every day it got worse. we were left without light, without water, without gas, without food, it was impossible to buy anything into when you ukrainian authorities reported that russian forces had fired on one of the convoys out of my you poll, leaving several people injured in vive, on the western border with poland residence, learn how to use weapons. the city has not yet been hit by heavy fighting, but people fear an escalation in the conflict. they say it's best to be prepared

where the russians to attack here too. now we'll go from levine in ukraine's west to the town of shuttle near near the capital should only has become a distribution hub for supplies and aid destined for the area around keith. but it too has been hit hard by the fighting. and that's where d w's. alexandra von nomine is. she met a resident there whose life has taken a tragic turn since the invasion began. residential houses reduced to rubble. p. paul mourning the loss of their loved ones. this is a neighbourhood injured. tommy, a city around 150 kilometers west of ki, of that has been under constant shelling since the beginning of russia war on ukraine. this is where we mad. so he whose house was completely destroyed by

russian matthias, one of the bombs dropped and everything exploded. we just made it out. his 29 year old daughter however, was killed on the spot. 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 him. 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. lash tells us he still shocked. while we are talking, the error rate alarm goes off again and with a 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 a 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 taff told us he's so busy he hardly sleep zoom the senior booting hooton's approach to the cities that don't given is to intimidate us to break our will. but he's achieving the opposite. the people are uniting and are determined to fight. let that be worth about them. all. you do a big notes in the mail 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 keeps 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 hate it at people of fresh out. the ordinary people are not to blame. it's their leadership. say he wants to rebuild his house as soon as possible. at 1st he says, we need you as president joe biden has called vladimir putin, a war criminal over his invasion of ukraine and his attack on civilian targets. now, let's listen to how exactly biden responded to a journalist question at the white house. ah, i used to work with different simons is standing by for us in washington state, and joe biden hasn't spoken out so harshly against putin until now. what's been the response to that? overwhelmingly other is one's a positive in a sense that of course,

professional politicians in the senate and the house from both parties say ok. this, the president saying it, find the leave, maybe what he felt a long time, the white house. it came out with the statement and clarified that the president here spoke from that the quote spoke from his heart. meaning that it is a different story for president of the united states accuses another president of another country or, or branch, another president of another country, a war criminal than it is when the senator or politician or representative of congress says that however, overwhelming me, i think people here and congress members as well as white people in the white house administration. i knew that was jo biden's, really, literally speaking from his heart. and that's what he thinks in vladimir putin as a war criminal safe on the u. s. as promised ukraine. hundreds of millions of dollars in extra military aid. what more can you tell us about that?

yeah, $800000000.00 worth of weaponry. as for example, for 800 singers or singer weapon system, these are empty aircraft, anti aircraft missiles. and this is, of course, with, for example, 2000 javelins and drones, 100 drones, so called switch blade systems. this is america's or the binds administration's efforts to give the ukraine is, gives a landscape presidency lensky. something like a air cover like a closed sky because again, the white house america is not willing to send any fighter jets natal pilots are into ukraine. any boots on the ground or in the air, meaning there will no enforcement of a no fly zone by nato or by american pilots. fighter jets is at resent or however,

america and the by the administration wants to do as best as it can, may be under those circumstances and is equipping therefore ukraine with a weapon. systems which are able to take airplanes, not just helicopters, but also fighter jets out of the sky, stefan simon's in washington debt. well, let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the conflict. russian president vladimir putin said on wednesday that russia's so called military operation. ukraine was going quote, according to plan, and that its goals would be achieved. in a televised speech brewton denounced west infections, he said moscow wouldn't submit to what he described as the with attempt to achieve global dominance and dismember russia, that the united nations top court has ordered moscow to immediately hold its invasion in it's largely symbolic ruling. the international court of justice said it had seen no evidence to support the war. moscow claims ukraine is carrying out

genocide against russian speakers in ukraine's east nato secretary general un stolen burke has categorically ruled out sitting up and policing, and no flies are in over ukraine. and that the alliance has no plans to intervene on the ground there. he also said he is encouraged by progress reported that talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators by major feel re german chancellor. all of sholtes said he would welcome any interest from finland in joining nato. sholtes met we finished prime minister santa marine here in berlin. she says, a request to join is a possibility. so give me a lie. now, one of russia's most influential and famous wrappers has taken a very public stand against the war back. harm oxymoron has shelved 6 sold out concerts in russia and protest in protest. and instead, he staged

a charity concert this week in the turkey city of istanbul. t w's julia han was at this gig, along with hundreds of russians, a rab concert against the war in ukraine. the shown, an oxymoron, plays at this east symbol club, would probably land him in jail back home in russia award with them with the port 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 of the grown. sure. with those color, the redstone sentiment resonated with many concert goers. hundreds lined up to get a glimpse of the artist. most of them were russians, but even even though claims cannot ortho itself, it was we are all supporting the ukrainians and days. he still remained there

because i just want to show you that as russians we stand together against what is happening now. we're still cloudy, it's a shock ameren and his team had health of concert in protest of concert women. the little was the voters it's, we're pretty at yahoo, i don't want this war. i don't believe that it's a special operation. you know, i've been against putin for many years against his claim to power. i'm ashamed of what our country has become. i was just alive. oxymoron is one of russia's 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 towards helping ukrainian refugees. he says, like oxy miran many russians who oppose the war or trying to go abroad. turkey is still allowing russian flights in its air space. thousands are estimated to have escaped to istanbul in recent weeks. oh we so from russia on march 8th,

i because we felt very insecure and scary and we didn't want to stay there. and i believe we, we was, we were afraid to get stock there. so that's why we moved here this hitchow's, which is neither a 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. so gee, this is a nightmare. he is sayed, though, of ship a nightmare. that ripple 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 and you're up to date. business news is up next on d, w, and ready. remember, you can also get in depth brown,

the quote coverage of the war and ukraine on our website, t w dot com. and on all of our social media channels, i'll handle on instagram and twitter is at t w news. i'm jared raid, thanks so much. ah think we're all set to go beyond the obvious citizenship. a man we're all live as we take on the way. we're all about the stories that matter to do whatever it takes policemen following home w flyer made for mines. ah.