ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the war spreads to western ukraine as missiles hit. the city of la v. a maintenance facility near the cities airport was targeted . we get the latest from our correspondent on the ground in libby, also coming up. another attempt at mediation german chancellor will of shots urges vladimir putin to commit to a cease fire. but in their one our phone call put in lay the blame on ukraine. accusing keith on standing in the way of peace flocks out of the war zone. but

still not safe with millions displaced by the conflict in ukraine. un warns that refugees are now at risk of being traffic and exploit ah, i'm glad elf has well come to the program. we start in western ukraine where russia has attacked the area around the airport of live. if the city's mayor says the strikes damaged, an aircraft maintenance plant and not the airport itself, no casualties have been reported. up until now, levine had been largely spared from major attacks. the city was located less than a 100 kilometers east of the polish border and has taken in some 200000 internally, displaced people. since the war began. o d raises the alarm, the cities may, it says,

an aircraft repair plant close to the airport was hit by russian missiles residence fear, the war could be coming closer. no does ultima mosquito draw? he fled here because of the attacks baba and now they're starting to bump around here. they're on their sirens every morning. but now they've started to strike after the cyber lied to show you, she knew really ala, these were the strongest explosions. i've heard since the beginning of the war was shot and that didn't really know what to do. first i went out into the corridor. no, because it's supposed to be the safe hot laser. there wasn't time to go down to the bumps showed her child so on the boy, the people in the live go about their days as much as they can. but the atmosphere has started to shift. you don't want the enemy strike against live if it's further proved that they are not fighting ukrainian troops. they're fighting

the population. children, women, refugees, nothing is sacred today. this is just a little that it has so far been a safe haven and gateway the ukrainians fleeing the war. it has also been a vital hub for food and medical supplies. from here, they are transported to other areas desperate to humanitarian aid. meanwhile, i'll find a live ukrainian soldiers have been training r p. they want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. you know, go straight to live, even speak to our correspondent, medea's bowling, or their mathias. could you tell us now what, what's the situation on the ground after this russian attack?

oh, 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 left her has been already or has been off of work for, for some time. because of course, everybody expected this to be a target m. 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 that the west of ukraine has been largely spared. attacks like this wise, russia targeting is area now or 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'd large part of the airport here in vive are still an 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 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? not hot. 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 cost. so many human lives is that shelling of residential buildings. and that makes the cities like more, your po, for example. hark, if 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 polish border is quite close. so in that regard,

this hasn't really changed yet. this is still one of the places where people flee to to relative of course, safety, or correspondent, but he has billing other in levine many thanks much. yes. let's have a look at some of the other developments in the crisis. the u. n's world food program says destroyed infrastructure in ukraine is causing food supply chains to collapse as, as many grocery stores and warehouses and are empty. and it's expressed particular concern about the situation in mario pole and other besieged cities, which una convoys are unable to reach. germany is foreign minister has outlined a security policy reset on a later babel called for an end to german complacency about autocratic regimes. she also said the biggest challenge to global security right now was climate change. germany has been forced to reexamine its decades old approach to security after

russia's invasion. 1 germantown stole of shirts and russian president vladimir putin, of, again, spoken on the phone for just under an odd, according to the kremlin, put in a fuse ukraine of trying to install peace talks with unrealistic proposals. what he said, russia is prepared to find solutions to the conflict. that's a global wester's, skeptical about charles urged, devoted to implement a ceasefire as soon as possible and to prove the humanitarian situation in your cro . good mor this now from the w has won every sherman who was based in our moscow bureau until it was shut down by the russian government. emily, go tell us more about this phone call between urge also schultz and ludovic who did well, judging from the kremlin, read out the main focus, of course, was our ukraine. there doesn't seem to have been much process progress on the situation there. it was more of a chance it seems, at least for put in to present the russian view to olaf shaw it's his german

counterpart. and we've talked we heard a lot of what we've been hearing from russian officials in the last few days as well. are which is that the west is ignoring the ukrainian bombing of danielle ask, or they've been talking a lot about the children of diana and how they've been suffering for years and years. that's part of the narrative. the russian army is apparently doing everything that they can to protect civilians and to create civilian corridors. we've just seen, you know, reports before you know about mario paul and the situation there. the civilians under siege. there were reports this week of our, you know, theater being bombed in mario paul, where many civilian civilians were sheltering as well, put in and made it clear his view, which is that the civilians aren't being heart. and the most interesting thing i think is that he did mention also the talks, the ongoing talks with the ukrainian side, he said that it's the ukrainian side that's trying to slow things down when the

russians are willing to talk. so that seems to be the beginning almost of a kind of blame game, which is a strategy that we've seen in recent years as well, from russians earlier to day, a russian firm as the saga, lovegrove giving interviews to the pro kremlin o to r t, where he talked about the future of the ukrainian or russian relationship. what did he say, and what could that mean for the piece talks? well, i found it interesting that the interviewer asked lover of about the end of this conflict at all. because, you know, we're kind of getting mixed signals about these piece negotiations that almost is, i think, a positive sign that they're talking at all about the fact that these, this conflict could end soon. you know, i'm lover of talked about close ties, cultural ties between russia, ukraine. he even talked about the fact that he himself has friends in ukraine and it's just a shame as he said that ukrainians have been indoctrinated by the west. when

actually there's, there's historical closeness, of course, that is rhetoric that we part a lot from russia as well about basically the grading people being the same people as the russians. but when it comes to talks, i think we're getting mixed signals, because on the one hand we're having this talk about the end of the conflict. and on the other hand, this increasing talk about the fact that it's the ukrainians slowing down talks, which is something that we've heard in the past when it comes to. for example, the minsk agreement on peace in ukraine as well. there's a little again, it's open about a future relationships. she or a lover of said that his country has lost any illusion that they can ever rely on the west again. what are we to make of that free future? um, the again, i've been talking about the, the rhetoric right on the west. i is increasingly a accused by russia of not following the order. the world order are not following the rules, whereas russia is following the rules of international order. a order love reflects

to site, you know, various documents in great detail on the narrative is very much the west is against us, but we will prevail. and that applies to sanctions as well. only sherman there. thank you very much of where's millions of people fleeing the fighting in ukraine and arriving, and foreign countries, united nations as warning of their risks, they face of being trafficked exploiters of the more than 3000000 people who have now fled ukraine. since russia's invasion in february, the vast majority of women and children, many men have stayed to fight. germany is now hosting nearly 200000 ukrainian refugees w's. marianne ivan steam spoke to one old woman named katerina was safely arrived in berlin with her children. it's not about live curious about to run and escape as far as on the 24th of february. it was clear that the war started and

we are state at home for 2 days. and it was the most unforgettable days in my life . i had to panic attacks and i was i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat, i understood that. i have to save the life of my child, my life, my mother's life, and we ran, we draw 4 days to poland, borton and, and the force of marriage. we were lucky to come to berlin. can you maybe describe for us a little bit about what this 4 day journey was like? these 4 days were the most carrying because when you stay in your apartment, you have and bomb shelter. when you are driving there is nothing. so that's why it, it, it was very carrying because you never know what's going to happen with you. but i, i clearly knew that i have no chance to stay. if i stay,

i have 0 chances to stay life. i have to run, i have to use this chance. and why did you and your family decide that you would stay in berlin? ran such kind of critical situation happens. the 1st thing that you have in your mind is where you have friends, where you have relatives, to whom you can call and ask for help. one, 0 that person, we are very lucky. we have a friend for many, many years in berlin, and i called him and said that we have to run can you please help us? can we stay in your house for? i don't know how much time for some period of time. and he told, sure you can come to you, we will be happy to see hon. help you in our think that you need do you have hopes that you'll some day be able to return back home? i try to step to mystic my father has just sent me the video from my village. i

live 10 kilometers away from key of this is absolute with the peaceful area. nothing except private houses are there and half of this area is bombed. there is nothing. it's ruin ah, i, i don't know. we hope so. we all want to go home. we are so grateful to everyone who helps us. but we want to go home. my child asks me every day, ma'am, when we are going to go home. and yesterday he asked me, mum, we're not going home. do i still have a home? i don't know what to say. of a more of the situation of the refugees. let's bring in a jo. are good any williams? she's with the united nations refugee agency. the you and hcr,

when you visited the areas bordering ukraine, what are the, are permanent dangers facing refugees right now? i think right now what we're saying is that there are so many complications on top of the initial needs. so of course there's shelter, food, water, medical supplies that are needed, but i think as the, the last segment showed there is tremendous tragedy loss suffering and probably trauma. there is a great deal of trauma that we will have to, to be able to support. and then add on top of that, the fact that 90 percent of the refugees fleeing are women and children. and while we've seen such a warm out pouring of support and welcome among that there is the threat of predators of people trying to exploit the situation and exploit these women and children. okay. in case of traffic was praying on refugees. is there

a pattern emergent? what kind of cases are you seeing that so far we, we don't have a comprehensive evidence. what we are seeing are anecdotal incidents of reports of, of behavior that we know is, is very much of the type that we've seen in previous occasions with exploitation abuse, gender based violence, and also as you mentioned traffic. and so what we're trying to do is just support the national government across the region and further into other parts of europe and beyond. to ensure that there is a coordinated response. and that also there is the information and be awareness among the refugees themselves, that they do have a heightened sense of the risk that may be involved. and what about the situation inside ukraine? there's hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people there. do they face

the same dangers? i think we fear what may happen in the coming days and weeks as we've seen. cities that we thought were safe havens seems, are not necessarily safe. and, and as you mentioned, we estimate that at least 2000000 people may be internally displaced or on the move inside the country. so in addition to the $3300000.00 to have become refugees and neighboring countries, we could be looking at potentials of, of many more millions becoming refugees and yes, facing similar protection risks. you have visited the areas bordering ukraine. you're aware the situation of the refugees that what about the logistics and the flow of aid to these refugees? is that going to plan is definitely scaling up across the board. so the national government have done

a tremendous job of organizing the initial response. you and hcr and other international organizations and un agencies are ramping up everywhere, not only and the surrounding countries, but also inside ukraine, sending in supply, sending and staff members. so we are definitely scaling up. i think what we're afraid of is, are we going to be able to keep up with the numbers of people that are flowing out of the country and that will be in need of greater and greater support? john is in the williams, head of global communications. the u. n. a refugee agency u n h c r. thank you very much for your time. thank you. let's have a look now at some of the other developments in the conflict. united nations under secretary general has called for an investigation to the civilian casualties in ukraine. speaking of the un security council, rosemary decarlo said international law prohibits attacks on civilians and those

responsible must be held accountable for russian strikes have destroyed the schools, hospitals, and residential buildings. in praise, alchemy, australia and japan have announced new sanctions on russia as punishment for the invasion of the sanctions target multiple individuals and organizations, including russia, central bank, the finance ministry, and to oligarchy linked to australia, mining industry. in while nato has been conducting a massive military exercise in norway, the lion says the drills are designed to test troops readiness for combat in cold conditions. some 30000 soldiers from 27 countries are involved. d, w. 's jack carrack went along and reports now from camp rate up 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 has posted their determination to defend their country. this exercise we are, we actually, i can see that we are a solid group. i it's, we are what we are working. i like i one organism. 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 theatre 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 recent move 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 at camp runa are also aimed at reassuring people living in norway, in the nearby town of hammer. people told us they're fully aware of the drills.

norway has the 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 they think ukraine would they have it better 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. on friday, 3 russian cosmonaut saw due to doc on the international space station. as the 1st

such operation since russia launched its invasion of you crime. and there are fears that the conflict could impact the corporation that is crucial to the research carried our bastards there. at 400 kilometers above the earth, to warn you, crane might seem far away. but the crisis has reached even the international space station. shortly after the russian invasion u. s. presidential, by made it clear that space activities would not be excluded from sanctions. we estimated will cut off more than half of russia's high tech import will strike a blow through the ability to continue to modernize the military l. the grade, the aerospace industry, including their space program, it didn't take long for demetrius gordon. had of russia state space corporation was cause most to respond on twitter. me if you block corporation with us

who will save the ice from uncontrolled, the orbiting, and falling on the territory of the us or europe. to illustrate his point, a russian use agency posted a video suggesting that the russian section could detach, leaving the rest of the ice as to plummet to me. oh, referring to some basic physics you to friction with gas molecules. the eyes are slow down and loses altitude around 70 meters per day. right, and progress apply ships regularly, correct it's orbit. without that the ice s would eventually fall on earth. but the dependence goes both ways. us modules, for example, provide energy and life support systems for the russian section. therefore, splitting the station into separate units is technically unfeasible. experts say

it would be very difficult for us to be operating on our own. i s. s is an international partnership that was created as an international partnership with joint dependencies, which is what makes it such an amazing program. both nasa and ace, i've been working towards more independence in space flight for some years now. they've built their own rockets that even plans to adapt us spacecraft like the cygnus to take over re orbiting duties. but that will take time for now the russian european and us american space agencies have no other choice than to continue cooperating. your what? cdw 0. the headlines. this may, i says i, russian missile strike has hit an aircraft maintenance plant outside the western

ukrainian city of if it's okay to close to poland border, it has taken in over 200000 people, displaced by rushes on, swapped and other pockets. all right, that's it from you the news team for now i'll have an update for you at the top of the off. i'm gab office in berlin from me on the team with ah, with

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