ah the c d w news live from vi lane. russian missiles hit the vive, in western ukraine, destroying a military aircraft repair facility in the cities international airport. bringing the latest from my correspondence on the ground. also on the program, china's president, gigi and ping tells us counterpart joe 5 that conflicts between states are in no one's interests. as the 2 leaders discussed, the war by phone and answering ukraine's call for foreign fighters will hear from one of the reported 1000 germans voluntarily risking their lives to serve alongside

the ukrainian army. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. we start in western ukraine where russia has attacked an area near the victory airport. the strikes of damage to military aircraft maintenance facility robin. the airport itself, no casualties have been reported. the field is less than 100 kilometers east of the polish border and has been spared. major attacks until now. around 200000 people have fled there from other more dangerous parts of the country. oh, do you raises the alarm? the city's main says, an aircraft repair plant close to the airport was hit by russian missiles residency. the war could be coming closer. new verse, ultimately ski, o d o,

he fled here because of the attacks. 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 satellite. ho, buick shanina allah. 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 um, because it's supposed to be the safest place. sorry. there wasn't time to go down to the bomb shelter, shall. so on the boy, the people on live go about their days as much as they can. but the atmosphere has started to shift. you don't want the enemies strike against live if it's further proved that they are not fighting ukrainian troops. they're fighting to population. children, women, refugees, nothing is sacred today. this little that is,

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, outside of the live ukrainian soldiers have been training r p. they want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. straight to live in western ukraine then where we joined the doubly correspond matuse of bullying at welcome at s m l that starts with the target of this attack. tell us more about this maintenance facility. yeah, it was a maintenance facility close to the airport where aircraft could be repaired, the facility, that's what the authorities have said was already off work. they didn't,

they didn't to work there anymore. so that's why the casualties remain relatively low as somebody was injured. but no major casualties, nobody died. and um, it was of course, expected that they would hit there at some point. they have had airports and other infrastructure around the country for, for, for several weeks, and other airports in western ukraine in cities that have also so far been sped of attacks on these cities on the civilian population. have seen similar things. so i've just been downtown and talk to some people and they were saying, yeah, there's no surprise in that this sir has been expected. it's the 1st time that it hits that close to this city. but other other targets in the area, including a military training facility that's also not so far from here. i have been here before. so this is part of what, what russia does is literally destroys infrastructure and the western parts of ukraine, where there's no fighting on the ground. right. okay,

so no surprise. but people argue people that did use to feel quite safe in the viva . now we've heard from your report that's changing, and are you seeing that i. e as i i the people i spoke to have said that they did not are not surprised and they did not. um, see it this as a changing as changing the situation on the ground. but of course everybody takes this in a different way. and of course people who were closer there who were some of whom we're of just heard in the report. um they have said yeah, and then they, it's kind of it, if you, i can say that for my own experience, you have, you know, that this couldn't, can happen. it's different if you hear it and you and, and you see it than if you just know it. that's for sure. but um, and everybody here knew, of course, before that the city has never been out of limits out of reach. but still it

continues functioning as a major hub for refugees. and it's still a place where people find refuge. and i've also spoken to people who have said, yeah, they're here now they want to return to the places they have come from that are under much more threat under much more damage, but they do not want to leave the country. so it's a very mixed feeling on the ground, but i wouldn't say that this has shifted so dramatically. right. and how is the city coping with us? the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of people are remarkably well. one must say the city is very organized and even at the arrival when you are at the, at the, at the station where the trains arrived there, people, av, immediately there are fallen, tears will show them directions. there are buses to poland and 2 other places. there are tense by the red cross. there are people who distribute them in to make shift shelters, or jims,

or wherever they can stay for the night. and the city is, is quite crowded. actually, it's much more crowded than in peacetime because of all these people who are here, either temporarily or fled here, but overall it's functioning. thank you for that material which is putting it in the v. rush defense ministry says the russian forces are tightening the noose around the besieged port city of marian. paul earlier russian ministry said it was fighting in the city center. that information hasn't been independently verified. maria paul has suffered some of russia's fiercest, bombardments. local officials say as much as 80 percent of homes have been destroyed and more than $350000.00 people are trapped without heat running water or other basic necessities. hundreds of beliefs to be stuck under the rubble of fear. so that was sheltering civilians when it was a hit by russia as strike, more than 130 people have been rescued with

a number of casualties is still not clear. the w correspondent made contact with 19 year old in many of all who sent us these voice messages. and right now i hear planes. i hear shooting every 5 or 10 minutes with the sound of fighting never goes away. mm hm. so we used to modern need better that it's been days since intense shelling started here where i am now with for cool us ukrainian and russian forces are fighting and i haven't been able to leave my house . we can all of this is the 5th day. i've been stuck inside the machine. you could selina goes, i'm in the navy. you pictures. i've seen people dead on the streets with my own

eyes turned on me smiling. 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 for bodies. if they were probably hit by shrapnel dear. their bodies were only picked up 2 days later. a couple of them obviously showed his teachers either 3 or 4 days after the 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 on korea. 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 post illness need to water. the sure city is gone food, but it doesn't exist any more. your it's been destroyed and the shops have been smashed up by hungry people. you could go to and our buildings have been pulverized,

says daniel brewster, still 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, usually root of civil use over time get used to all the explosions. lincoln said, well, you're not really scared any more perfectly when something hits nearby. i've stopped running into the cellar, them yet, it just becomes normal. but i'm still new credit. the bluish closure, 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, to use neos cousins roach's interview. all i think about mine is one. i'll be able to get out of here and see her cooking in the near the parents if it is for the food, it's the explosions and the shooting just aren't as scary anymore as losing touch with the people you love. otherwise, who says submitted an immunity we understand that you're

a has not managed to get out of mary paul. while the situation there in mary paul is particularly bad, other besieged cities are also seeing major food shortages. residents and mac alive have been forced to raise shops for essentials, was russian forces try to surround city when grocery stores and warehouses and now empty. and the world food program is wanting that food and water supply chains collapsing because of a lack of security. and the lack of drivers in 8 con, voice have been unable to reach besiege cities. martin frick can tell us more. he's director of the world of food programs at global office and welcome to the w. how bad are things in cities like mary, a poll? real good with trying to get access to bring food in the last contribution. how is it that need is a humanitarian call?

and when we hear about humanitarian corridors being established, what has been your experience of those? well, we haven't yet to see the delivering to city. we're not entirely in circles. we have no food stocks with people for 30 days, but we are still waiting and pressing for you, ma'am. are you married or marino where it's impossible to get right. do you believe these food shortages are being, are just what happens in war, or are they being deliberately provoked being used as a weapon? but that's very difficult to say, but of course it stays on the money carrying car. those have been promised and he is still waiting for the also see shock waves term. so we

prices and food prices worldwide. as a consequence of the green war. the fact that ukraine is a major wage exporter is quite interesting, isn't it? because as you say that if they can't export this, this, this major commodity, then this war is likely to have consequences for food security outside the country . absolutely, let me speak 20 percent of the 2021 production of ukraine. we is stuck in grain more than 40 percent of the mice and the global market price for me is going through. we have 66 percent higher prices a year ago. and 33 percent we only added since the ukraine war stop. so this is directly affecting some of the poorest countries in the world,

and is pushing families in these countries to us quality. and thank you so much for joining us and outlining that so clearly martin frick from the world food program. and we'll take a look at some other developments in this war. britain's media regulator has revoked the license of russia that television channel r t over its coverage of the war. i tease, describe the bad as unfair and acute regulator being a tool of the british government. european union issued a similar bad early this month. use australia and japan have announced new sanctions against russia as punishment for their invasion. the sanctions are target to multiple individuals and organizations, including russia. central bank finance, ministry, to oligarchy, lead to australia, mining industry. german chancellor, olaf sholtes is using our long phone call with the russian president to press for

a commitment to a cease fire and an improvement of the humanitarian situation in ukraine. the cabinet says mister bruton told the german chancellor that you create a story, he's talked with unrealistic proposals. chinese state television says president jean paying has told the u. s. president joe biden that know that conflict is in no one's interest. the comments are said to have been made during a call to discuss the situation in ukraine. a president biden is thought to have asked the chinese president not to provide russia with military or economic assistance. u. s. police vladimir putin gave china advance notice of his plans to invade ukraine. during talks in february, russian and chinese leaders pledge what they called limitless friendship between the 2 countries. straight to washington then when we joined d. w, corresponded to all of a solid welcome oliver. what was president biden expecting to get out of his call with jean pe? first of all, sill, china is an important partner for russia,

and china stayed largely silent in the run up to the conflict. and of course, during the onslaught russia against ukraine and so prudent and she is, you just mentioned have a very close relationship. putin, on the other hand, is isolated and she jumping the chinese prayer that it might be the only leader he listens to. at this point, especially because russia needs chinese support and has been asking for it. so the hopes are in the white house that she didn't ping takes her, stands that he condemns the war. that he exerts pressure on russia. and of course of letting me put in a particular, including not providing any military support, asked us intelligence has been suggesting over the last days. ok, so president biden has threatened costs. if china assists russia in this war, one of those costs likely to be only economically, china has really benefited a lot from its trade relationships with western economies. like the united states,

of course, even more so perhaps economies in europe, but they lifted millions of chinese people out of poverty in the u. s. of course is threatening to punish china with sanctions that would essentially target the economic wealth that was created in china over the last years. so china certainly has no interest in that and it's walking on a fine line. the u. s. hopes that china understands that there is nothing to win in supporting vladimir putin and his war in ukraine. but in turn that china has a lot to lose. the and this is, this is a war which is costing her every one on whichever side. i wonder if, if the u. s. is battling russia economically arming ukraine and sending thousands of troops to eastern europe to beef up nato dumbbell. i could actually afford to open another front with china. well, the concern of course, is that there would be military support by china and or that china would help russia evaded sanctions. and the white house has not been very open on those

options that they have the sanctions that they could impose against china and, and, but we do know that national security advisor, jake sullivan, and rome recently met his chinese counterpart. and they said there would be very direct about those consequences. so they have been wanting, issued a potential target, could be chinese semiconductor companies because they use u. s. all software and equipment. and there are a lot of other vital areas where they could heard the chinese economy. and it's worth a bearing in mind that there are still many fields or what you might call trump era sanctions against china as still in place. so from what you've said best best, there's still plenty of room for them to to ramp those up. certainly there is because the trump era sanctions, they target simply other fields and one potential could be or potential opportunity could be then to move on into other areas where there are still well the chinese

economy still uses in support of the us side. thank you for that oliver summit in washington. the russian president vladimir putin that has been holding a rally in moscow to mark 8 years since the annexation of crimea price, what he called his country's special operation in ukraine. tens of thousands of people gathered in the the sneaky stadium waving russian flags before was war clothes. with the letter said on the mess of pro russia symbol for the war, he is part of mr. treated speech. you would, you put yours in the best proof is how our boys are fighting at the special military operation, who do it that way. and they parents shoulder to shoulder. they help them support each other by doing little group, if needed to city. they cover each other from bullets on the battlefield with her own bodies. but as if it was her own brother, viola makalya. napoleon, well,

we haven't seen the such unity for a long time when as devin loanable, as people do, w, russia corresponded and re sherwood welcome emily. so let's start with this event what, what was going on. so this was an of that, and an event is me held in celebration of the anniversary of the annexation of crimea, which of course, in russia is referred to as the return home of the crimean peninsula. and that's an important day for putin, because that annexation back in 2014 of the crimean peninsula, from ukraine, was actually extremely popular in russia. and it led to a huge spike in putin's own rating. so in the past, we've also seen other events and celebrations, and also a presidential election held on the 18th of march. and this is also important for putin because it's one of the 1st times that we've seen vladimir putin eden, you know, within a crowd of people, essentially in public, in a very long time. he's been isolating us from covert. he's been very careful with

any one who, who goes to see him having to quarantine for 14 days. and today he talked a lot about the unity of the people and also the unity of russians with ukrainians . even quoted the bible to say there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends referring to ukrainians. the whole idea is that ukrainians and russians are kind of these brother nations. and there's an idea in russia that actually rushes is liberating and defending ukraine from a neo nazis. um you know, even though of course we're seeing fierce resistance from, from the ukrainian army in fact. and who was that we did? was it, did people volunteer to go, or they volunteered, well we, we don't know in the past with these kind of patriotic events. there have always been reports of people kind of being bused in and forced to go and, and in this case as well, there have already been some media reports are that state employees like doctors

and teachers were told that they should probably attend or students who are leaving the stadium saying that they'd actually been put on a bus and brought there this week. there's also been a patriotic campaign where, you know, small school children were posing in the z formation, which of course is the letter that has been painted on many russian tanks during the ukrainian invasion in this kind of patriotic online campaign as well. it seems really important to put in right now to show that he has the people support and the people's backing. and at the end of his speech, the russian state tv suddenly cut away from him, mid a sentence and showed the patriotic songs. what scurry, wilma, that was very strange and i'm sure that someone will be getting in trouble for that . he was cut off and apparently it state tv immediately then showed the full version afterwards. and the kremlin spokesperson has already said that actually

this was a technical at their error to do with one of the servers of we don't know, of course there have been discussions of that on line. i'm sure there will be a lot of conspiracy theories and one political observer that i saw posted a sarcastic comment saying that the military operation isn't going smoothly and they can't even organize a concert. oh, so you're saying this is 1st on prison. bruton has been seen in a crowd, is it's a sort of a counterattack to the, to prison. zalinski is a constant international appearances. i think it's an attempt, you know, we've seen the lens key are kind of posing for self. he's with, with soldiers going to visit a sick soldiers at hospital and so on talking to his, to the mayors of, of cities, you know, in a 1st and personal phone call being very kind of close to the people in a way. and, and i guess this is an attempt on vladimir putin part to do the same. but of course, he was very far away from the actual crowds. and he looked a little thin wooden as well. i would say that d w, a russia correspond to emily showing thank will ukrainian present

flores and as he has been calling for military support, not only from foreign governments, but also from foreign fighters. soon after the war broke out, he formed an international legion of volunteers. willing to help his army fight to russian forces. the ukrainian government has around 22000 men have signed an estimated 1000 of them from germany. it's 3. i am at a bus station in berlin. 34 year old pascall font with the german armed forces in afghanistan. now he's going to ukraine as a volunteer fighter, and he said farewell to his 3 daughters. the should soon off and off and away. i'm protecting my children. even if i'm over there, i'd say, if i wait until it comes here, then it might be too late income. but if i go over there now, if i could try to end it beforehand from o dot info on the google docile submitted. he's heading to a war zone. it's not clear how many germans are fighting alongside the ukrainian

army. it's estimated to be about $1000.00. the german interior minister is not stopping people joined the war unless they're known to be extremists. dinning the o 6, those who have an extremist ideology want to train and the use of weapons. for instance, we do try to stop them from leaving germany through legal proceedings. ukrainian president, viola, dimmer zalinski, has called on people from all over the world to come and fight for ukraine. ukraine has even put out recruitment video seems where the battle against russia is the battle for your future. they say for in the legion of tutorial, defense green is waiting for you actually. but experts warn that foreign volunteers could worse and the conflict hearing lots of volunteers from the outside in some ways, plays into hooton's hands because he's trying to portray this war, not as russia conquering ukraine, but as russia defending itself from the west. and russia has shown that it makes no

exception for foreign fighters. earlier this month, an air strike hit a military base near the polish border where foreign fighters had also spent time training. at least 35 people were reportedly killed in the air strike on the barracks where their foreign fighters were among them is unclear. this volunteer fighter from germany says he was inside the barracks during the attack. is the lawyer this little? no, i miss. i like that striking 50 to 100 meters away from you, or maybe 200 and you've managed to run away. that's something that's hard to forget . obviously with no, he complains that his ukrainian superiors did not warn him and his comrades of the air strike other soldiers were able to flee to the bunker. the no hello, polite my lease, still ready to risk my life. right? europe's freedom. but i'm not ready to foolishly sacrifice my life and just say ok, then just kill me. i'll talk to that'll keep that until it was dull. the former german soldier has now left ukraine. he says the decision was consensual,

but other germans still want to fight. and are now heading for the war zone let's it show up to date. well, world news at the top of the hour of next year on d. w very, she has views, asia with ah, with

to the point strong opinions, clear positions, international perspective, russia army is pressing its attack on k of and other ukrainian cities, showing targets that include civilian buildings, to fund the tactics look familiar like a page from russia's playbook in syria,

just put you in for total devastation. to the point. 60 o d w. ah, they've had a 40 for decades. the people of iraq. their country is devastated and there's no end to define. how did it come to this with key witnesses? revealed? president story to they were freeze in the u. s. they knew what the consequences of these sanctions are. and they blight to the world about that she had been naked with that someone could kill his friends and as a fee to ways. and he was a really you behaved exactly like to have done this year,

and the poison spread their own. ah, let my see with the great documentary series destruction of a nation this week on d. w. this or did up in years a shark coming up to date taiwan on a lud following the ukraine wall. it's not a threat from russia, but it's ally china that's pushed up military readiness on taiwan. but is this sufficient to defend the self governing island from invasion? a taiwanese military expert explains anabolic famous pockets on the truck. author don's his brush on to a new canvas and can barely keep up with demand.