[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president makes a passionate play for hilde to the united states. people are defending, not only grade. we are fighting for this bad is of yours and the world in a video address to lawmakers, president lansky made the case for more sanctions and military support to fight russia. also coming up, joe biden. coles vladimir putin,

a war criminal. so full out, b have more from now, washington correspondent, and just to mark and the works of an artist, considered foundational for ukraine's national identity. go on to across north america. ah, i'm jarrett great. thank you very much feel company. ukrainian president followed him as zalinski, has told the us congress that since russia began its invasion of his country 3 weeks ago, every single day has felt like 911. now this 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, homes and lives destroyed. the shock in the eyes of those who made it out ukraine's president followed you made lansky 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 a no fly zone over ukraine. my, you, i have a need, what was i need to protect our sky? what i need your decision, your help, which one is exactly the same building, 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 escaped hell in the besieged city, travelling in a convoy social and 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 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 i'm willing to when you call big ukrainian authorities reported that russian forces had fired on one of the convoys out of my you poll, leaving several people injured intervene on the western border with poland. residents 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 to us president joe biden has called vladimir putin, a war criminal over his bloody invasion of ukraine and his attack on civilian targets. let's have a quick listen to how bite and responded to a journalist question at the white house, the years or the time, and just 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 responses, positive in a sense that of course,

professional politicians in the senate and the house from both parties say, okay, this the president saying it, find the leave, maybe what he felt a long time, the white house a came out with a statement and clarified that the president here spoke from that the quote spoke from his heart, meaning that it is a different story if a president of the united states accuses another president of another country or, or brands, another president of another country, a war criminal than it is when a senator or a politician or a representative of congress. i said, however, overwhelming me. i think i am a people here and congress members, as well as white people in the white house administration. i knew that was jo biden's, willi, 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. for example, for $800.00 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 the landscape president ski something like a air cover like a closed sky. because again, the white house america is not willing to send any fighter jets. nato 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 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 fight a jest out of the sky. stiff and j biden's due to travel to europe next week for various meetings with, with the leaders. what's gonna happen in it's all about leadership there and holding on, holding firm, and keeping the alliance. this strong partnership with allies in europe, with nato partners, with european partners and allies, intact and firmly together. that is very symbolic. this is necessary for joe, by it's necessary for, for nato and probably for other european your leaders that this, they continue to show a firm and unified a wall or a front against russian aggression. that's their words,

russian aggression and against lot of important who has seemingly just one friend left. and that is china, which does not really come out condemning what russia does. again, there bite and gone to europe, sitting with all his partners and other heads of states at one table. it is very important. symbolically showing leadership unity and firmness. t w. correspondence def, on simon's in washington. there's different, thanks very much. and his look now at some of the other developments in the conflict, vladimir putin said on wednesday that russia's so called military operation in ukraine was going quite according to plan and that its goals would be achieved in a televised speech pollutant denounced waste in sanctions saying the kremlin wouldn't submit to what he called the, with his attempt to achieve global dominance and dismember russia. to the un

talk court has ordered russia to immediately halt its invasion in it's largely symbolic ruling. the international court of justice stated, seeing no evidence to support the war. moscow claims ukraine is carrying out genocide against russian speakers in the east of the country. nato secretary general against oldenburg is categorically ruled out sitting up and policing, and no fly zone or the ukraine, and that the alliance has no plans to intervene on the ground day. he said he's encouraged by progress reported it talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators, buys and field german chancellor, olaf shoulds said he would welcome any interest from finland in joining nato. sholtes met with the finish prime minister santa marine here in berlin. on wednesday. she said to request to join is a possibility all scabby. give me out and thousands of ukrainians fleeing war arriving here in germany every single day. and for many of them, the central station here in berlin is their 1st stop. but officials say germany's

capital is close to running out of accommodation 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 content loan enlightened that these are facing the terrible war begun. i've been in very close contact with our federal states 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 there

traveled to germany. this is the 1st stop and berlin after the difficult journey. thousands arrived here every day. early mentioned the encore, i think that those who have arrived here have experienced terrible things and have been through a lot of other past days. so i think it is important that they can 1st get some rest here on something warm to drink my asthma and come to work on come something that is only possible with hundreds of volunteers assisting refugees around the clock. the more people are very grateful and are happy about any help for carrying the luggage for collecting the bird children and especially her door to her for the ticket service and all these things. despite plenty of volunteers and the best efforts of 8 organizations, the work remains challenging. city authorities warned that berlin is nearing its limit,

asking others to share. the responsibility for vladimir putin has long maintained that ukraine is not a real country, and that it has no legitimate sovereign right to exist apart from russia. now this contradicts everything taught us ship jenko, deed and stood for ship. jenko was a 19th century poet, an artist who is considered one of the 1st to define ukrainian identity and his works are now on the on display in a traveling exhibition. we have this report now from toronto, itself portrayed in motion of the artist as a young man, todd, as jeff jenko is credited with shaping the modern ukranian language, a politic artist and poet. he was one of the 1st people to use it in literature, ukrainian land which did not exist liter relentless did not exist at that time. and ship chin core road in ukrainian. he was from, he said,

you knew how people broke and he knew and he felt all this value and significant and important in ukraine shift chang has long been a cultural hero with the museum and tv dedicated to him. but why is a man who died a 160 years ago still so important to young ukrainians? every generation? find something new, something that resonates with particular time. and today, the poetry and art, i'm sure chin again called, or fight for your own free and fight ship chain co deed born into serfdom, a type of forced labor, in 1814. he had to buy his own freedom, but that didn't discourage him. he's known for having helped define ukrainian

identity when the country was still part of the russian empire. shift tankless art reflected his environment, working class life, the oppressed masses, and individuals cast out and exploited particularly women for his efforts, championing ukrainian independence. shep jenko spent hard years in exile. he died at 47, just days before serfdom was abolished. but what price freedom shall jenkins works, a part of ukraine's cultural legacy. and again, that's at risk exhibition producer cory ross is exhibit, which is based on art at which is a national museum in kia, which is currently being hidden away from, from the russians in the same boxes that used em. i'd these pieces from the nazis in the forty's, and the only way to see these pieces right now is digitally. and so this just

became an extraordinary opportunity to bring shanker to the public proceeds from ticket sales will go to 2 major ukrainian charities to help with brewer relief efforts. ah, and you're up to date here on t w. remember, you can get around the clock coverage of the war and ukraine on our website, t w dot comp. i'm jarrett great, thanks for watching. they've had no peace for for decades. people of iraq. country is devastated and there's no end to violence. how did it come to this group this is revealed and