[000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, missiles hit, the western ukrainian city of levine, clouds of smoke rise from the area around the cities airport. we'll get the latest from our corresponded on the ground, also coming up, suffering and survival in mario. we hear from a teenager who's endured life in the besieged, ukrainian port, plus war, raging in ukraine. nato conduct its largest arctic military drill in decades. will

look at the purpose of the menu. ah, a michael ok, welcome to the program. we start in western ukraine where russian forces have attacked the area around the airport of leave. the extent of the destruction is unclear at this point, but the city's mer, it says russian missiles hit the a, the aircraft maintenance plant, not the airport itself. up until now the beef had been largely spared from major attacks. the city is located less than a 100 kilometers east of the polish border and has taken in some 200000 internally displaced people since the war started. we can now

speak to dw correspondent mathias bellinger, who is in the vive, in western ukraine. mitchie as we understand several blast have been heard in levine. what more do you know about that? yeah, as you have already said, it was there were these blas when near the airport smoke was seen coming a rising from the airport area. however, it seems that the target was not the airport itself, but the maintenance and repair facility for plains and that's in line. what with what we've seen in other parts of western ukraine for fighting on the ground has been largely a limited to the eastern part of the country. the southern and northern limited is a bad word because these are vast areas, but the west has so far not been threatened with invasion, but there have been asked rags throughout the whole country and they have been mostly targeting for facilities that, for example, can be used by the air force,

the ukrainian air force and so, so that airports and, and also military and military bases and all kinds of strategic targets. and this maint maintenance facility where, where plains are repaired is one of them is in line with that. is there any reason to doubt that it was, in fact a russian attack? who else would damage the ukrainian, or the plane repair facility if it's not russia? ukraine would be shooting in its own foot. besides that, there is no evidence at all that ukraine has been a firing rockets on its own territory, and there are no other parties to this. i mean, it could be a bellow russian, a messiah but, or it could be a russian missile, which is the most likely, a scenario fired from bellow russian territory. but there are 2 parties to this conflict. and it's obviously that this was fired from the other part mathias. how

safe is it in the div now? it's hard to say, i mean as we have for this is one example, but they have also been other examples of rockets fired on cities like o, v for there has been an attack on a, on a military training center a few days ago that is near the far so there are frequent air raid alarms, but we have not seen any of the indiscriminate bomb being of civilian. our facility is infrastructure, residential quarters that we have seen in those russian speaking parts of ukraine like heart give or, or in the capital of key of armor you, paul. um. so it's a relatively safe and that is why all these refugees are here. they're here of course on their way out of the country because this is near the border with the e. u, but they're also here her because this part of the country is still considered relatively safe. however, it's

a war and things can come down from the sky anywhere in the ukraine. i'm. i'm curious. what does it tell you about the russian strategy in targeting levine from tears? it's, as i said, it's not really a change from what we've seen before. russia has targeted anything that they would seem that they would consider a military target. and this has been mostly infrastructure that could be used by, by, by the air force, the ukranian air force, which is still, which is small and which is definitely not in control of the skies but which is still active and which is to inflicting damage on the russian air force and on russian positions. so it's kind of unexpected target other airports when it's the airport, for example, that's another town in western ukraine that has largely been spad of attacks. but the airport has also been targeted and they are part of routes, which is another town here. so it's pretty much in line with that. i don't think

russia is in the position or is willing to extend its war fades on the ground warfare, or it's a shelling of civilian infrastructure at this moment to western ukraine. i think russia has pretty much reached its limits for now, but of course they are trying to target these. these military potentially military use facilities in the many thanks, which is the besieged port city of mario ball has experience some of russia's fiercest, bombardments, local officials say about 80 percent of the cities, dwellings have been destroyed, and over 350000 people are trapped without heat and other basic necessities. on wednesday, russian forces bomb the theatre sheltering hundreds of civilians. 130 people have been rescued. according to mario post mayor,

the full extent of casualties is unclear. d, w 's and nick connelly managed to get through to a 19 year old named uri invariable who sent us these voice messages and no, no, i'm in awe right now. i hear plains rose, i hear shooting every 5 or 10 minutes with summer dorothy to book with the sound of fighting. never goes away so. sure. mm hm. so can we used to no more did need that was that it's been days since intense shelling started here where i am now. he seems thing is for clue own us ukrainian and russian forces are fighting for you and i haven't been able to leave my house. no, we can. all it's this is the 5th day. i've been stuck inside and she knew nicholas selina was armitage, navy, you pictures?

i've seen people dead on the streets with my own eyes turned on me smiling near my house. there's a shop i was near by when it was hit by a shell. i went to see what happened and saw 4 bodies if they were probably hit by shrapnel gear. their bodies were only picked up 2 days later. a couple of them obviously, should his teachers either 3 or 4 days after the war began. people started running out of food near both and the even the shops were shot and people started rating shops that had been damaged by shelling in search of food on putting another 3 or 4 days later. people were so hungry that they started breaking into shops that had stayed on damaged. that's because they needed to eat the like magazine is allows you to switch it to the you do i she just crossed unless you go to the sure city is gone. food before it doesn't exist anymore or it's been destroyed. the shops have been smashed up by hungry people, and our buildings have been pulverized,

says daniel bruce, this to my friends, went round the city and saw 5 story. buildings were only the seller was left and was dan, you. i thought that the couple block sodium yellows will be with over time. you get used to all the explosions. well, you're not really scared anymore. when something hits nearby, i've stopped running into the cellar, then you just becomes normal. with i get stressed when there's no internet down and i can't reach my relatives or my girlfriend who already managed to get to germany. a all i think about mine is one i'll be able to get out of here and see her parking in the near the bus if it is for this whole, but it's the explosions and the shooting aren't as scary anymore as losing touch with the people you love i, so i submitted an immunity. well, since we spoke to him,

uri has managed to escape mario full. many others have been less fortunate with attempts to organize, reliable evacuation quarters failing. as ukraine accuses russia of ignoring it, cease fire commitments were join now by if he knew craft tro cheese a ukrainian m p and a member of president zalinski servant of the people party a welcome to d w. we really appreciate your joining us. you and your country have now endured more than 3 weeks of war. let me begin by asking you how you are doing personally. well, i'm doing every he's doing. i'm doing my job. i'm working in b because the parliament has been get ready for a few times since the full scale war started. also on pato for recall this women to make the tail in. and i just returned from strasburg,

where we had meetings in european parliament and council of europe. and actually council of europe expelled russia from membership. and it says international organization that had the courage to exclude russia in of, from, from that membership. my husband is fighting and my daughter is slipping in the basement and then learning in online school next day. so it's the same thing as all other people experience. and of course those who i'm hard to keep in mind, but they experience a lot more because they don't have the food to watch electricity. but they do still have hope that will get a proper support to end this war of aggression and terrorist because it's a terrorism. what's, what's in does you mention the fact that your husband is fighting? do you talk to him on a daily basis?

yes, we don't talk on daily basis and he's doing fine. so yes, he's ok. he's alive. let me ask you this, the, the mayor of the div today said that russia attack the cities, airport area, maybe even in the west of ukraine and many ukrainians have fled there from other parts of the country. do you expect russia to target the west more? we expect that russia could target more if they do not know have any like go in on the ground because as you see, they topped in going into the key. they don't have a munition there have people enough to to see steve. so right now they are targeting civilians, more and more are trying to get a put in the it's something that we've seen from the very 1st day of this war,

but also an hour ago and neighborhood. similar neighborhoods in key was targeted. there was no more facilities over there. it just, you know, just people living in pies toward houses. so what russians do not probably have the proper number of missiles to cover the whole residential ears of ukraine, but they would do it just to scary people. and they certainly, and they certainly have no safe place. yeah. and they certainly have many troops to do that. i, i wonder, as you continue to endure this war, whether you feel that your country is getting enough help from european countries a will of course, out thankful for the have already got, but of course it's not enough to have proper defense in this guys because why we're talking about these a green quoted us about the people can leave because they shall they see the normal

piece we'll see just from the skies. and we can get you even contra techs on the ground, but when the heating was miss out, by the way this me saw that he'd leave region, they were shot from blake c. so it's the nice house that can heat a long way and was confirmed by our army. it was 6 me styles. who's me styles. 2 of them were taken off by our defense system, but for whatever am may or will, will tell more about the consequences. so why we need it to fight versions in there and why we need these air defense system to take of this miss alice because they're targeting for targets in all the ukraine and killing people every day. and by the way, i would like i'm so i would like to command yesterday to wait for your counselor about that. it's only one of put in,

i would like to bring you some numbers from the social a, j, r to radio for liberty had taken in russia in recent days. so, and it says that 3 out of $43.00 fourths of almost 75 percent of russians. they support more in ukraine. and when they asked about this war, they say they are still proud, and they feel happy. and today, in russia, they will celebrate, celebrate an 8 year of anniversary of annexation of crimea. they have concerts all over the country and put, and it will be interesting. the nation, of course, they get in most of the news from propaganda, dana, but that's the reality. they do support this war. and i have another sociologist saying that 75 percent of friends and say that the next country could be polish, should be poland, and other european countries should be targeted. and it's ok. and if you do not see germany in this list,

it doesn't mean that you know that they will not move forward and forward to your pin countries such as poll and such is lithuania as it is jacqueline pod bulgaria, and so on. you've made your point, resoundingly clear, and we do appreciate that. you then your craft took a member of ukraine's a servant of the people party. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. to warn you. crane has left many feeling helpless, wondering what to do in the face of russia's aggression, actor and former governor of california. arnold schwartzenegger seems to be no exception. in a heartfelt video he posted on social media, he addressed the russian people telling and they're the government was lying to them about events in ukraine speaking to you the day. because there are things that are going on in the world that are being kept from you. terrible things that you should know about. the c, ukraine did not stop this war. neither did nationalist or nazis. those in power in

the kremlin started this war. this is not the russian peoples wor no. every bomb boy with shell that falls is falling, not on an enemy, but on the score. what hospital. wow home. i know that the russian people, another way of such things are happening. so i urge to russian people in the russian soldiers in ukraine to understand the propaganda. and this information that you're being told, i ask you to help me spread the truth. and to president bush and i say, you started this, you are leading this war. you can stop this war. let's go over now to our russia. analysts roman gun to ranko in bon roman. extremely strong words there. arnold schwarzenegger. how effective is this message and will it reach the russian public? well,

i would say it's probably the best message that i have seen from the west or to the russian people. because a person's like celebrities, like arnold schwarzenegger, used to be very popular in russia, especially with my generation on people who grew up in the eighty's. and it's, it's difficult to estimate how this will resonate because russians have a very limited access to social networks, less than social networks, like twitter or facebook. but they do have youtube. they have telegraph, schwarzenegger also published his message. so what i've seen so far, there's been a positive reaction on youtube, for example, positive comments. but there are also a lot of holes doing typical once about isn't say, once again, what about syria? what about iraq, other countries where us in grade, why we're,

you're silent at that time. so i would say that in some russian critical media also publish that. and this is probably the best way to reach our russians. but you have to understand more than half of the population supports the school. so the effect would be limited. women western officials are accusing russia of not taking the piece talk seriously. yet the kremlin says russia is putting colossal effort into talks on a possible peace deal with ukraine. what do you make of this? well, from rational point of view, you don't have to reconcile that because a president brought in has made it very clear. he's not going to stop the ball will continue until the crime surround us. this is what he said, and this is what he's repeating nearly every day. so as to the piece talks, i'm very, very skeptical. i think it's, it's an attempt, a russian attempt to disguise the west to disguise you crying maybe to win some

time to pull up resources because the russian offensive is not going well. and i wouldn't be very optimistic about those negotiations. so for the coming days a week, i think the situation will get to actually president biden called the platinum, imprudent, and murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of ukraine. how bothered is the kremlin by this name, calling from the white house? you think? well, they've had some criticism from the kremlin, but i think they actually do not care. we'll beyond the point where they care about western remarks or what, what western lead us to say about russia or blessing approaching. and i think also such remarks like by president obama in 202014. when he said the russia was a regional power and expert in the last to attend to say that was

a mistake. i'm. i don't actually think that the president put in cares about such things. and he sees himself as a, as a b commander who is doing historic and who was waging historic was bringing glory back to russia. so he doesn't really care. i think russia, analysts, roman, gone to ranko many, many thanks. roman the world health organization says indiscriminate attacks across ukraine have damage hospitals and crippled health care services. w h o director general ted rose, give races warned the war could have a devastating impact on ukraine, citizens and health care system for decades. the disruption to services and supplies in ukraine is posing on extreme risk to people with cardiovascular business. concert. debit is h i v and t v,

which out among the leading cause of mortality in ukraine. here's a look now at some of the other developments in the conflict, the united nations under secretary general has called for an investigation into the civilian casualties in ukraine. speaking at the un security council, rosemary decarlo said international law prohibits attacks on civilians and those responsible must be held accountable. russian strikes have destroyed schools, hospitals and residential building. recirculation, australia and japan have announced new sanctions on russia as punishment for the invasion of ukraine. the sanctions target multiple individuals and organizations, including russia's central bank finance, ministry, and to oligarchy linked to australia's mining industry. nato secretary general yen salton berg says the alliance must prevent any escalation of the war beyond ukraine's borders. i was speaking in berlin after meeting german foreign minister,

and alina, verbally, the foreign minister and minister said more german troops would be sent to nato's eastern border instruction days before you are a secretary of state. antony blinkin says russia is making no meaningful diplomatic effort to end the war in you cried. he also said he agrees with president biden, that russia has committed war crimes biden added that he believes russia's putin is a murderous dictator. waging and a moral war where you are more warriors. meanwhile, nato has been conducting a massive military drill in norway. the alliance says the maneuvers are designed to test troops readiness for combat. in cold conditions, some 30000 soldiers from 27 countries are involved. the w's jack pirate reports from camp brenna in norway fire

and maneuver. $2500.00 french polish, spanish and portuguese soldiers. taking part in this nato exercise, cold, brilliant jump. the soldiers told us the invasion of ukraine had posted their determination to defend their country. is exercised, we are we actually, i can see that we are a solid group. i it's, we are what we are working are like are one organization. and if we are together, we will, i find a way these drills have been in planning for 2 years. they're using the cold conditions in norway to train artillery, infantry and specialists. you can deal with chemical and biological attacks, checking into operability between countries. these are the signs and the sites of war, but this isn't war. this is training drills. practice right now. the nato military

alliance has no plans to send troops like these into the very real theater of war in ukraine. these troops are on a 5 day notice to deploy, but currently only within nato's borders. attending the drills, general vollmer once the 2nd highest officer in the german army, and now a top nato commander told dw news exclusively his greatly in favor of the recently moved by the german government to increase annual military spending to 2 percent of g. d. p. with an additional one off injection of a $100000000000.00 euros. our neighboring countries are counting on germany and with this announcement and with the will now to, to rebuild forces re enforce them again, that is a strong statement and of course, from a military perspective. and as a nato commander, i'm counting on germany, that they both rebuild capabilities they gave away many years ago. the exercises here has come. rene russo aimed at reassuring people living in norway,

in the nearby town of hammer. people told us they're fully aware of the drills and norway has border. we do with russia and we never know what can happen. so i think it's also a lot of fear in norway. what can happen? we don't know. nato will protect us. and i think ukraine would definitely be so if they were in natal, no, i'm afraid of that. and because i think we have to work and people to people in peace process and not the military, many of the soldiers present here will now participate in a 355 increase, strong drill, cold response conducted by norway's own armed forces with nato involvement. the commanders say these exercises aren't designed as warnings for russia, only to prepare defensively. you're watching dw news here.

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