destruction of the nation this week on dw, ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night fears the warrant. ukraine is expanding russian missiles hit near the airport in the western city of levine. air strike destroyed a military aircraft repair facility just 43 miles from the border with poland. we'll have the latest also coming up. ukrainians trapped inside besieged cities, forced to raid shops for food, the world food program, warning that food supply chains are collapsing and

a rare public appearance. why the russian president vladimir putin today praising his troops for carrying out what he calls a mission to dean knots. if i, you, grant, ah, i'm bring. gov is good to have you with us on this friday. and we begin with worries that the russian invasion of ukraine is expanding deeper into the country to day and western ukraine. russian missiles hit an area near libido. airport damaging military aircraft maintenance facility. and willoughby is only 43 miles east of the polish border and had so far been spared. major attacks, emergency sirens in ukraine's western city of livid russian forces targeted a repair plant for military aircraft and damage to other buildings, smoke billows over the city. it was largely untouched by russian bombing. until now,

you don't want louisa. enemy strike against this war is further proof. the doubt not fighting. you can troops were you. they are fighting the population. my children, women, refugees, nothing is sacred to them. a little. many of the residents feared an attack was a matter of time. yet don't worry. she said, i think this war will last a long time. it's possible that this war will become a frozen conflict in some regions of our country craziness. i'm rosanna, e aaliyah, the merchant, somebody to be rocky. those when i bolded bloomberg to darling, marcia vickery will continue bombing our military targets when it was in your when it was a doable booty. and it's also possible that they will target civilian infrastructure here as well. duction mallos the dog. they can do anything skepticism. i think their goal is to scare us, not that we will not be frightened, touchingly live silicone in the eastern city of khaki,

fire fighters battle ablaze, triggered by russian shelling it targeted one of the biggest shopping centers in ukraine, the 2nd largest city and the capital of keith also came under attack. at least one person was killed and several others injured in the neighbourhood, a puddle. there was no other now when the key of district wheel crowded. maria was been shelling. here we go. we see a big funeral roughly what, what is horrible is that near here? there is a children's garden and playground on the side. there's a school. ah, she's wooden. several houses have been damaged in order for warners burn. we can see in what condition they are in, the windows are broken and they are no longer fit for little richer. the besieged city of mario pole remains under constant russian bombardment. president putin says his actions are necessary to prevent what he calls a genocide in ukraine. a claim dismissed as baseless by leaders around the world.

live. it has been a gateway for people fling the war. but now empty primes are placed in the city square to honor the children killed in this war. places where people are seeking safety continue to be targeted and civilians. a paying a high price believe has been a safe haven 420-0000 ukrainians, fleeing the fighting a correspond mathias, berlin. he is in the city. and earlier today we asked him if the attack knew the airport if it's changed, the general feeling that 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 their situation on the ground, but of course, but he takes this in a different way. and of course the people who were closer there, even if 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, 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 hop 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. there was much he a spelling of the reporting from levine russians, defense ministry says that it forces are tightening the noose around the besieged port city of mario pope. mario po has suffered some of the wars fiercest attacks. local officials say 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 by a russian air strike earlier this week. there is still no word on casualties. and this shows you. it is very hard to know exactly what is or is not happening in mary apple or correspondent nick connelly. he made contact with a 19 year old named yuri inside the city. you're e sent us these voice messages and aren't right now. i hear planes with it, i hear shooting every 5 or 10 minutes from the book and get to sound of fighting. never goes away. session who's who can least plumas need that visit? it's been days since intense shelling started here where i am now. he seems filters for cool us ukrainian and russian forces are fighting. we and i haven't been able

to leave my house on the weekend. all of this is the 5th day. i've been stuck inside the machine. the new home. nicholas sleeman was homage, navy, you pictures, 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 near by when it was hit by a shell. hm. 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 showed 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 on pulling 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 magazines,

allows you to switch it to the you do i she just coast illness near the water. the sure city is gone. food doesn't exist anymore. or it's been destroyed with the shops have been smashed up by hungry people. he could go to sleep 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 or p, luke of civil use over time, would you 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 you just becomes normal. but the most um you get the bluish closure. 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. news news go to roaches interviewing. 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 for this one over to the explosions

and the shooting, which was that aren't as scary anymore as losing touch with the people you love about whites who's teresa submitted an immunity and as of this, our, we can report that we believe that yury has been able to escape mario pole. while the situation in mario pole is particularly bad, other besieged cities are also seeing major food shortages. there are reports of people in the city of nikolai rating shops to find anything to eat. many grocery stores and warehouses are now empty and the world food program is warning that food and water supply chains are collapsing because of a lack of police and a lack of security. you and aid convoys have been unable to reach people inside the besieged cities. martin for it is the director of the world food program office here in berlin. earlier today, we talked to him about the situation in the cities and how his organization is trying to help the people trapped inside. take a list,

we are trying to get access to bring food in her last contribution. how much that need to get. there hasn't been a possibility going through the monetary delivering food to cities. we're not entirely in circles. we have no food stocks, all then 3000000 people for 30 days, but be still waiting and pressing for humanitarian cars. got to marry all marino, but it's impossible to get stays that the money carrying part of those have been problems and we're still waiting for the also see shock waves term. so we prices and food prices as a consequence. on the speak, 20 percent of 2021 production of ukraine. we stuck green

and the global market price for me is going through we have 66 percent higher prices and a year ago and urgency. well, in the end since your great war stop. so this is directly affecting sound cause countries in pushing families in these countries to us quality. and here's what. now some of the other developments in the war, the white house says that you as president joe biden has warned chinese leadership being that there will be consequences if he provides his ally, russia with material support in its war in ukraine. the to president spoke to day for 2 hours in a video called china's foreign ministry said that she told biden the war must end as soon as possible. the united nations have the fighting, has displaced 6 and a half 1000000 people inside ukraine. 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 the population of ukraine quarter and had to flee their homes. 3 russian cosmonaut to arrive at the international space station where no space, they join a mission that includes us astronauts, cooperation in space, is continuing for now, despite us russia relations on earth, hitting their lowest points over the war in ukraine or russian president vladimir putin today held a rally in moscow to march 8 years since the illegal annexation of crimea. burton praised what he called his country's special operation, taking place in poland. and he again pushed his narrative that this is a mission to rid ukraine of neo nazis. tens of thousands were at the event. there are some report that people in the public sector were forced to attend by their

employers. 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 fleet homes fighting the nazis and fascists and the band groups, the civilians. there are history 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 there and just like when we fought clashes in europe during the 2nd world war alyssa bushes, mom, viola, 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 russians, and the don boss and naming crimea as part of russia. the speech ran on all channels and then on all channels simultaneously, the unthinkable occurred. hootin 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 or russian vans will have no team. did. sharon at the men's football woke up in guitar this year. the court of arbitration for sport is upheld the decision of footballs will governing body fever to suspend all russian teams. and clubs from its competitions in response to the invasion of you, great. the court rejected a request from russia's football association to have it suspension frozen until its

appeal is her. russia was due to play poland in a world cup qualifier next week. to watch the w news, daniel winters at next, the dw business news for all of us here in berlin. thanks for the company. have a good weekend. everybody. proof god for again that i work, that's hard. and in the end it's a me, you are not allowed to see you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the smudges with lions as of the what's your story. ready i mean listen, i was women, especially

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