starts march 30th on d, w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night. fears at the war and ukraine is expanding russian missiles of hit near the airport in the western city of levine. the air strike destroyed a military aircraft repair facility, and it was only 43 miles from the border with poland. i'll bring you the latest on that also coming up at the same time in moscow to day, a rare public appearance by russian president vladimir putin complete with and found in claims of genocide in ukraine and answering ukraine's call for foreign

fighters. we'll hear from one the reporting, 1000 germans who voluntarily risk their lives and may possibly even be fighting against the russians. and it's only been a 100 days since germany's new government took office. but many of the governments plans they've been put on. i will tell you why and why it mans ah, i'm regards to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome, but we begin on this friday with worries of the russian invasion of ukraine is expanding deeper into the country today in western ukraine, russian missiles hit an area near levine airport, damaging a military aircraft maintenance facility and love eve is less than a 100 kilometers from the polish,

or it has been spared major attacks until now. oh, they did raises the alarm. the city's main says, an aircraft prepare, plant close to the airport, was hit by russian missiles. residents, fear the war could be coming closer. new. it does ultimately ski. oh, 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 side. they're like show, beauty, 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 because it's supposed to be the safest place. sorry. there wasn't time to go down to the bumps showed her, shall. 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 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 the so far been a safe haven and gateway. the ukrainians fleeing the wall. 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. i think they want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. we'll i'll corresponded mathias bellinger is in love even earlier today. we asked him, does this attack,

has it changed the general feeling the, 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, the people who were closer there, you know, if you know that this quote 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, and, 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 was much he has bullied

their reporting from the v rushes. defense ministry says that its forces are tightening the noose around the besieged port. city of mario pope. mario po has suffered some of the wards, fiercest attacks, local officials, e, as much as 80 percent of homes. there have been destroyed more than 350000 people, remain trapped in the city. rescuers are still working to clear the rubble of a city theatre that was sheltering hundreds of civilians when it was hit wednesday night by a russian air strike. there is still no word on casualties. it is very hard to know exactly what is happening inside maria. pole dw corresponded knit connelly. he made contact with a 19 year old name uri who sent us these voice messages and unarmed. ah right now i hear planes rid of it. i hear shooting every 5 or

10 minutes that someone okay to book together to sound a fighting never goes away. mm hm. so can we gazed gloom audit need that is that it's been days since intense shelling started here where i am now. he seems filters for cool. nas, ukrainian and russian forces are fighting. we and i haven't been able to leave my house leaking all it's. this is the 5th day. i've been stuck inside the machine. you hadn't couldn't claim it was. i'm a dish, navy, you potatoes. i've seen people dead on the streets with my own eyes turned on me. some are you near my house? there's a shop. i was nearby when it was hit by a shell. i went to see what happened and saw 4 bodies. if they were probably hit by shrapnel on their bodies were only picked up 2 days later to put them obviously.

and she does teach at a studio 3 or 4 days after the war began. people started running out of food and yet both in the even the shops were shut off and people started rating shops that had been damaged by shelling in search of food on catherine 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 will the shops have been smashed up by hungry people. he could go to it 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 jojo, p, roop, of syracuse 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 still nuclear, the bluish closer, i get stressed when there's no internet down and i can't reach my relatives or my girlfriend clinical to already managed to get to germany. the i to news news for the to roaches interview. all i think about mine is one i'll be able to get out of here and see her cutting in the, near the bronze if it is from this one over to the explosions and the shooting. that was, that aren't as scary anymore as losing touch with the people you love about weiss who threats to submit an immunity. and the last that we heard from yury was that he was able to escape loria poll while the situation in mario pole is particularly bad. other besieged cities in ukraine are also seeing major food shortages. there are reports of people in the city of nikolai rating shops for food . many grocery stores and warehouses are now empty. and the world food program is

morning that food and water supply chains are collapsing because of a lack of police insecurity. you would aid convoys have been unable to reach ukraine's. the siege said martin, frank is the director of their world through programs global office here in berlin . earlier today we talk to him about the situation in the besieged ukrainian cities and how his organization is trying to help the people who are trapped inside nicholas. we are trying to get access to bring food in her last contribution. how much that need is, i guess there hasn't been a possibility going through the monetary, delivering food to cities. we're not entirely in circles. we have now build up food stocks, all the 3000000 people for 30 days,

but be still waiting and pressing for humanitarian cars, particulary all marino, but it's impossible to get and it states that the humanitarian corridors have big problems. and we're still waiting for. we also see shock waves turn, so we prices and food prices as a consequence of speed, 20 percent or 2021 production of ukraine. we stuck in grain and the global market price for me is going through we have 66 percent higher prices and a year and urgency the san well, in the end since ukraine war stop. so this is directly affecting south because countries in pushing families in these countries to us quality,

and that was martin frick there with the world food program. here's a look now at some of the other headlines in the war in ukraine. the white house says that you as president joe biden has warranted chinese president cheese ping, that there will be consequences if beijing provides russia with material support in its war in ukraine. the to president spoke today for 2 hours and a video call. chinese foreign ministry says that she told biden the war must end as soon as possible. the united nations have that the fighting has displaced nearly 6 and a half 1000000 people inside ukraine. and that's on top of the more than $3000000.00 refugees who have left the country in total. these numbers mean that about a quarter of ukrainians have had to flee their homes. britain's media regulator has revoke the license of russian television channel r t over its coverage of the war r t. his describe the band is unfair and accused the regulator of being

a tool of the british government. european union issued a similar ban on our to earlier this month. in a phone call to of russian president vladimir putin, german chance, or olaf sholtes to day press for a commitment to a cease fire and an improvement in the humanitarian situation. in ukraine, the kremlin says that futon told the german chancellor that ukraine is stalling. p stores with unrealistic proposals. 3 russian cosmonaut have blasted off headed for the international space station where they will join a mission that includes us astronauts, cooperation in space, is continuing for now despite us russian relations hitting their lowest point in decades. because of course, the war in ukraine back here on earth, russian president vladimir putin held a rally in moscow to day to march 8 years since the illegal annexation of crimea.

who praised what he is calling his country's special operation in ukraine. and he again pushed his narrative that this is a mission to rid ukraine of neo nazis. tens of thousands were inside the stadium to day though, there are some reports that people working in the public sector may have been pressured to attend. so many turned up for the event that they couldn't all fit into the stadium organizers bossed in some of the participants urging them to support the russian army in its military operation. as it's referred to in russia, the term war is not allowed to be used. oh, let's said mister bizarre army is liberating the people so fighting the nazis and fascists and the band groups. the civilians there are heavy or the receiving humanitarian aid and are being rescued. as a showed spa soap, new pro difficult, i use an against naval craniums. it's against the fascism. they're just like when we fought clashes in in europe during the 2nd world war alyssa bushes,

mom via wrote the inside the stadium patriotic songs and praise of the soviet union, lending and styling. that's my country. this one goes referring to ruthless former soviet leaders. ah, then president putin takes the stage, referring to what he called a genocide of russians, and the don boss and naming crimea as part of russia. the speech ran on all channels and then on own channel simultaneously, the unthinkable occurred. potent was cut off mid speech instead of putin, the pop singer was shown again. what exactly happened is unclear. the kremlin leader said there was a technical problem. put in speech was later repeated. this time uninterrupted. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for military support not only from

other governments, but also from foreign fighters. soon after the war broke out, he formed an international legion for volunteers willing to help the ukrainian army fight russian forces. so lensky government says that about 22000 men have signed up 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, he sped farewell to his 3 daughters, the shoots issue and ohio. i not in a way 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, her mother died and fall in the food, docile and submit, and 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 joining the war unless they're known to be extremists. the union, the x to those who have an extremist ideology, want to train on the use of weapons. for instance, we do try to stop them from leaving germany through legal proceedings. ukrainian president, viola, dimmer zelinski has called on people from all over the world to come and fight for ukraine. ukraine has even put out recruitment than yo seems where the battle against russia is the battle for your future. they say for him to lead you of tutorial defense of 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 conquer 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. whether foreign fighters were among them is unclear. this volunteer fighter from germany says he was inside the barracks during the attack. is the voice this little? no, i miss. i like that striking 50 to 100 meters will hear from you or maybe 200 and you've managed to run away. that's something that's hard to forget of. obviously with snow, 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 lord, 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 on for those auto pay that until removed all. 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. school

has been confirmed that russia, the football fans, will have no team to cheer on at the men's football world cup in guitar this year. the court of arbitration for sport upheld the decision of footballs, road governing body fever to suspend all russian teams and clubs, from its competitions in response to the invasion of ukraine. the court rejected a request from russia's football association to have its suspension frozen until its appeal is heard. russia was due to play poland in a world cup qualifier next week. his elect now with some of the other headlines from around the world, former zambian president rupee abandon, has been laid to rest in lusaka, died a cancer last week at the age of 85 on to had been involved in politics for decades and served as president of 2008 to 2011 hindus in india and pakistan are celebrating wholly the festival of colors. he voted mark the festival by smear each other with bright colored powder. dancing and singing festivities are much larger

than the last 2 years because of a dip in corona virus cases, the world health organization says that the coven 19 pandemic is far from over spokesperson. margaret harris said after a month of decline, global cases have now increased. she is blaming the spread of highly transmissible variance like omicron and the lifting of public health measures for the changes, germany's parliament has voted to relax. most cologne, the virus restrictions, despite an increase in new cases, beginning the sunday mask in testing rooms will be dropped apart from on public transport and in facilities such as nursing homes. well, it has been 100 days. it's angela miracle stepped down as germany's chancellor and a new coalition lead by social democrat, olaf sholtes took office. but after a very short, if any honeymoon schultz,

his government is being confronted with what is arguably the biggest european crisis since the 2nd world war. and that has led to a stunning reversal of many of the new governments policies. how it started as madana deutsch, this modern germany of ours is strong. we do not have the slightest reason to fear the future, giving some guns for the 2 comforts of her. how it's going to p and on february 24th, 2022 marks at a turning point in the history of our continuity tones was continents of shelter became chancellor in december last year, leading a new kind of government. the 3 party coalition of social democrats, green's, and free market liberals, their slogan, was dare more progress. and they had big plans for combating climate change, transforming the economy, and unleashing potential of how it started. this is vital. germany must be climate neutral by 2045. how it's going on to live,

and we will not rest until peace is secured in europe. this climate and economy minister, robert ha, back of the grains launched an ambitious plan to boost renewable sources of energy . but the war in ukraine has turned the government's focus from domestic to foreign policy. instead of importing rush and gas through nord stream to the pipeline has been sealed how it started for that noise, we will create security through change and we will insure security in change under czar how it's going, i innocently, we must invest significantly more insecurity. there's a new focus on the military. finance minister, christian lintner has put aside concerns about public debt and committed billions of euros to buy american f. 35 combat aircraft. germany has also changed policy on arms deliveries, sending weapons to the crisis zone of ukraine. it's true,

a lot of the government's time was spent on the other big crises, the coven pandemic. vaccine rollout has continued, though not as quickly as haute and health care emergency has been avoided, yet infections and now at record levels. but even the corona virus has had to take 2nd place behind concern about russia's war o lashona. his government wanted to start changing germany. instead, it has been changed by events. what i hope is that his lessons learned noah's took more actively engage insecurity policy to change the culture from a paradigm changed by trade to were paradigm, heart and smart power, diplomacy and a pacifist greens and budget conscious free democrats. germany could become one of the world's highest spending countries on defense. and the soft spoken chancellor finds himself at the center of a major international crisis. 100 days into its term. the coalition is changing

things, but not as even it had expected. let's go now to our political correspondence. simon young. he's been following these 1st 100 days. good evening to you, simon. so have as the government. oh shots have they delivered? well, but it's been difficult. hasn't you know the coven crisis has been there from day one? and last year, even though nobody, i think, was eminently expecting a war in ukraine to build up the russian forces on the board. and there was already a concern from day one. so if you cross your mind back to the election campaign last year and the beginning of this government, you know, they were talking about big plans to change and renew society as their slogan said, to dabble, progress and do lots of things that really hasn't been much space to do very much

to have been bits of policy, of course, a plan abroad planned to increase rampart, wind power generation, for instance. and they've agreed to rise in the minimum wage and various other things. but of course, it's been dominated of late, at least by, by the ukraine war. and if you look at charles, the last shows himself, i think a lot of people would say the war is given him a boost, or at least he's risen to the challenge. he's kind of politician who likes to operate in the back room. indeed, in the 1st months of this government, a lot of people said he was far too invisible. now he's come out of a shell to some degree and you know, he's much more visible. he's traveling to moscow to, to, to meet vladimir putin. he's changed policy on no stream to. and this is a big switch towards an emphasis on defense. so the government is reacting to the challenges that it faces. what about the challenge of the pandemic?

germany today announced that it's going to drop most of its corona virus restrictions, and that is despite record levels of new infections, is the government decided to declare the pandemic over? yeah, well of course you, you can't do that. the pandemic isn't tova. people are still getting infected indeed. infections, germany are, record highs. people are still dying. some people are still getting serious consequences from their infections because many a not, and governments everywhere under pressure to return to some kind of normality. so this is a political decision and they moved in that direction is particularly the free democrats who happen to be the smallest party. and this 3 party coalition government who said, you know, they were making the case. we've got to open up society and business and you know, they pushed for that and it does look a little bit as if the government is a model on this. they were cautious at 1st. now there being some say not cautious

enough, and there's been quite a lot of criticism. yeah, the health minister, he said, this is a correct compromise. is it? well, as his health minister also said a couple of days ago, he do anything he could to save lives. and now he saying, well, this is a good policy and a good compromise. it'll be very difficult to see how the government can react if infections go off and the death rate goes up as well. but they say it's time to make a change and, and re lift restrictions to debbie's political correspondence. i mean, young simon, thank you. you're watching the w news. here are the headlines this our, a russian missile strike to the military aircraft maintenance plant in the western ukrainian city of la v, which is close to the polish border. levine has taken in more than 200000 people. we have been displaced since the invasion began

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ah millions of ukrainians are now fleeing the war. for many the western city of levine has become a haven for aid and shelter. but to day a russian missile attack near the cities airport, shattered any notions of safety. at the same time in moscow. a rare public appearance by vladimir putin in a state impact with shouting fans. how many were there voluntarily? we don't know that their president lied to them about what is happening in ukraine that we can.