77 percent every weekend on d w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. missiles hit, the western ukrainian city of the v. clouds of smoke rise from the area around the cities airport will get the latest from our correspondence on the ground. also coming up, germany is foreign minister called for an end to the countries complacency in how it deals with autocratic regimes. it's part of our vision for a new security strategy as germany grapples with the political fallout of russian

invasion. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? and we start in western ukraine where russian forces have attacked the area around the airport of beef. the cities mayor says russian missiles hidden aircraft maintenance plots, though not the airport itself. no casualties have been reported up until now. these 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. you can all go straight to live, even speak to our correspondent matches burling her there. but he has, could you tell us now what, what's the situation on the ground after this russian attack?

no, so what we've been hearing is that 6 missiles have been fired. it seems that's what her officials have said from the black sea. so from a ship, presumably. and the 2 of them have been intercepted and 4 hit this aircraft maintenance plan. that however, was not working at the time. and that has been already. um, it has been off of work for, for some time because of course, everybody expected this to be a target. um, russia has targeted airports and, and similar infrastructure since the beginning of the war and also in all the parts of ukraine including this western. so the, the west of ukraine has been largely spare detox, like this wise russia targeting this area now for the western of your brain has been largely sped attacks on the cities. that means on residential areas. we have not seen fighting on the ground. we have not seen people. we have

not seen attacks on city centers as we have seen in the east, the east, in the east. there is a war targeting the civilian population, the cities and the countryside as well. here military targets have been targeted since the beginning by rockets, many of these rockets i've been intercepted so much of some of the infrastructure as you large part of the airport here in the are still a and damaged, although not operating. i'm at least not for civilian aircraft, but are these that that these are targets has been clear from the beginning. and similar targets have been hit in other western ukrainian cities. vineyards are which is in central west in ukraine, has seen an attack on its airport, not so long ago. lot which is close to here has seen similar attacks and they have also been attacks on a training camp for the military not so far. so from the city here,

so there is no large scale war on western ukrainian cities, but of course, these rocket attacks on infrastructure targets. they have been part of the war and they're not surprising. now leave her seen a great influx of people are fleeing the war. how safe to these people feel? now? that's hard. that's hard to say. i means live is still one of the safer places in ukraine. it's still a place where you don't see fighting on the ground. you don't see mortar fire, for example. this is one of the, of the things that have caused so many cars. so many human lives is that shelling of residential buildings. and that makes the cities like marie po, for example. hark is basically on livable now. so this is not happening here. the people have fled here. it's also one of the places where people flee through many of continue from here to europe. the buddhist border is quite close. so in that

regard, this hasn't really changed here. this is still one of the places where people flee to, to relative of course safety or corresponding mathias billing or they're in the v is many thanks. mathias rushes, defense ministry year says russian forces are fighting in the center of the port city of mario. all of that information has not been independently confirmed marble as experienced. some of russia's fierce is bombardments. local officials say about 80 percent of the cities dwellings have been destroyed, and more than 350000 people are trapped there without heating or other basic necessities. on wednesday, russian forces bomb the fear to their sheltering hundreds of civilians. 130 people have been rescued that, according to my repulse mayor, the full extent of casualties is still unclear. our correspondent ne connelly

managed to get through to a 19 year old named yuri in mario pope who sent us these voice messages. in right now, i hear planes here shooting every 5 or 10 minutes with the sound of fighting. never goes away. so can we just hello motors need that visit? it's been days since intense shelling started here where i am now. he seems filters for clue own us ukrainian and russian forces are fighting. we 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 the machine. he knew nicholas sleeman was armitage, near you. pictures. i've seen people dead on the streets with my own eyes turned on

me. some are you near my house? there is a shop. i was near by when it was hit by a shell. i went to see what happened and saw 4 bodies though they were probably hit by shrapnel gear. their bodies were only picked up 2 days later. a couple of them obviously, should his teachers did either 3 or 4 days after war began. people started running out of food and yet both in the even the shops were shot and people started rating shops that had been damaged by shelling in search of food ongoing. 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 like marine is eliza distorted to the you do i, she just coastal nothing. you the water, the sure city is gone, food doesn't exist anymore. your it's been destroyed with the shops have been smashed up by hungry people. he could go to 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 a couple of wall sodium yellows will be with over time, you get used to all the explosions, but you're not really scared anymore perfectly. when something hits nearby, i've stopped running into the cellar, then it just becomes normal. with i get stressed when there's no internet and i can't reach my relatives or my girlfriend already managed to get to germany. a all i think about mine is when i'll be able to get out of here and see her 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 switch. i submitted the immunity since we spoke to him, uri has managed to escape mario, paul. many others have been less fortunate with attempts to organize reliable

evacuation corridors failing as ukraine that uses russia, ignoring it, says for commitments. time not to have a look at some other developments in the conflict to 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. those responsible must be held accountable russians. drugs have destroyed schools, hospitals, and residential population. i really like the british media regulator has revoked the license off of russian television, the television channel, r t over the coverage of the war. and ukraine r t has called the band unfair, and it's used to regulate of being a tool of the british government. european union has issued a similar ban on r t earlier this month. germany's farm in a sauna lena bear, bog presented the government roadmap towards

a revised security strategy. in her address a short while ago, she highlighted the need to strengthen security corporation with like minded allies, rash, us attack, or ukraine. either a geopolitical turning point with deep impact on european security here in union county is formulating for the 1st time, an extensive security policy strategy. and the initiative goes back to germany. when he's asked this strategic come past that is on the table right now in of court, because he's being adapted how will and has to reflect the new realities on our continent at the same time. and this is also reflected in the strategy in the strategic compact. at the same time, this war shows once more, that the security of europe depends on nato's collective defense. germany foreign

minister, pamela alina barebones speaking, there were now joined by stephanie bobs. she is a former deputy assistant secretary general of nato. stephanie, as we've heard them and is the barber called russia's invasion of ukraine, a geopolitical turning point. is that how you see it as well fit? well, good morning to you. yeah, i think this is a pretty good state to fact are pretty obvious. statist, hacked the state. i'm very sorry i'm but am i? yeah, it's a to your political turning point. i conflict that has only started, i'm afraid to say we are in there for the long haul and it will have multiple ramifications. not only for europe, but also for the wider globalized world, isn't it? oh, you think in its current state well equipped to count the threat, that is quite obviously that from the well and

nathan has been as been in the process of upgrading and bolstering its defense. i'm chevy turns capabilities ever since 2014. but i'm afraid to say what we are in right now has really different quality has a different dimension. and so the secretary general, my former boss, seems spartanburg spoke. i think yesterday about a need to reset. when it comes to nature's defined cindy, terence certainly would need to come up with a much more comprehensive, robust, and permanent presence of forces across all domains in order to contain rusher in the long haul. we will that be sort of the only response to bolster defenses towards these, let's say about today's said that the east of flank needed to be the need to be more not. and they told soldiers

a station there is basically throwing money back problem. also, germany bind pfizer plans for example. is that going to be enough? no, i think what we need to do 1st is i'm into start with a political intellectual process of reinvigorating really understanding the process and the concept off containment. because this is what we are actually talking about . and if you're reviewing the famous cable of george kennan that he sent back from moscow or to washington some 78 years ago, i would advise policy makers across the alliance in the you to actually read that cable one more time because it gives us a good clue what containment is actually all about. certainly military components play a vital role that we need to also bring together in such a new 21st century containment process. resilience elements, economic elements, information operations elements. and ultimately,

i would also argue that we would need to bring on board other players in particular from the business phase, who also play instrumental roles and containing rusher altogether. stephanie bobs that formerly of a nato, thank you very much for your insight here on w. you're most welcome. thank you. have a good day. you're watching t w news. here are the latest headlines. again. the beefs, a mayor says a russian missiles broadcast, it's an across the maintenance plan outside the western ukrainian city. the beef is located close to poland st. border, it has taken in more than 200000 people, displaced by russia's onslaught in other parts of you and a maids had rushes onslaught in you cry and germans. a german is foreign minister,

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