ah, ah ah, this is the derby news, live from berlin. fierce combat rages on multiple fronts in ukraine. russian forces are advancing into the besieged city of mario pole with reports of fighting industries or than 300000 people, remain tracked in the city. offer coming up, raising has so far, failed to condemn russia's invasion on ukraine, saying only that it wants peace. but there are concerns and china could give its allied military or financial support in the war. and ron bought the u. s. naval

aircraft, carrier, harry, s truman, patrolling nato, s plus jewish children from the ukrainian city of odessa, 5 refuge in berlin, where they're celebrating the festival of purell. ah, i'm a healer mohammed, welcome to the program. russian forces have entered the center of the besieged city of mario paul, a key port in the south east. that's been under attack for several weeks. take you, mario paul is seen as a key strategic move for moscow and would open up a land corridor between russia and crimea. ukrainian troops are now fighting with russian forces over the as of style plant in murray or pool. one of the largest steel plants in europe, a warning some viewers may find some of the images in this report, disturbing. ukraine's port city of merrier poll lies in ruins.

this used to be a shopping center. now it's just a shell. dead bodies, litter the streets. oh, those still standing left with almost nothing rushes, assault on the city has not let up. with reports, russian forces have now entered the center against this background, ukraine's president is demanding fresh peace talks was of the level alone of a liberal, always insisted on negotiations. provo, we've always offered dialogues, offered solutions for peace, new door, not just the 23 days of invasion, which will, and i want everyone to hear me now. especially moscow, just,

it's time to meet us after time to talk about it. it's time to restore territorial integrity and justice for ukraine. but it doesn't appear. rushes leader is listening. on friday, vladimir putin spoke at a mass rally held in moscow to mark the 8th anniversary of russia's annexation of crimea, to adoring fans. he spent on what he says, his invasion of ukraine is all about. even there is both to in the suffering and the genocide. that's the main reason, the main motive, and the aim of the military operation that we have started and don bass and ukraine . the numbers to integrate in ukraine's capital keep these people are now homeless. the latest victims of war talk of peace

seems a long way off. what is up is fani f. a shar, is in live in the west of ukraine. fanny, the humanitarian situation is desperate in many parts of the country. could you just bring us up to speed on the evacuations? are people able to leave? and unfortunately, it remains desperate for millions and mill is here in ukraine. now there was some positive news, however, by the deputy prime minister of ukraine, who said that some of the humanitarian corridors that were set up to date of some of them actually worked in parts of the ones region. so in don bus region and also as surrounding achieve however, when it comes to mary paul and we have seen that report before, the situation really remains very di or in fact a was the ukrainian or for it is claim is that bosses that are supposed to go into my report and basically help evacuate people. we are not let in, allegedly, not let in a, by russian forces. we cannot independently verify if this is the case. what we do

know, however, that hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped in my report. and we know, of course, that the situation there with lack of electricity, lack of food, is really a situation where you really wonder and we have seen some report yesterday just for how long people will be able to hold out in such a situation. in fact, reports were suggesting yesterday there's some people try to leave by foot on foot trying to escape this harrowing situation. mario paul, and where you are in la viv. they've been taking in refugees from all over ukraine in recent weeks. what's the situation when it comes to their people here are very much welcoming they try to provide shelter for those the need for those hundreds of thousands of people who arrive here internally displaced people that numbers of course, around millions in the entire country. and of course, we know that more than 3000000 people have left your brain,

know the may or have of leave me clear it can not go on forever. as there must be more international aid international organizations, he says need to step up to actually help living financially. and also he says, it cannot continue that are different places, pools or churches, etc, being used as temporary shelter. he actually criticized international and years for our underestimating even prior to the full scale invasion on february 24th underestimating this is going to happen and now not being prepared enough while the un says that yes, they agree. there have been some challenges here, of course, on the ground to be operational. but at the same time, they also see that they've deployed tons of medical aid, for example, to sue me. however, when you ask people who are here on the ground that's really necessary, they will tell you it's not financial aid by and jose, what they want is to have this aerospace close. so there is no shelling and nor an assault basically that continues to hit. so many parts of this country,

ukraine's president zalinski has called for peace talks with russians presents vladimir putin. but what do you have on that? we definitely do not have so far any reaction from the kremlin. in fact, some observer say that a vladimir putin is not going to have any direct talk with president lensky as long as not more territory again, is made here on the ground. so even though this is something that president zelinski has said over and over again, trying to reach out. and of course, have been various talks various negotiations between ukrainian or russian delegation at least for now. unfortunately, it doesn't look like that there is going to be any short term consequence in terms of a cease fire. be just a limited use fight even to get back to the 1st question. actually to get that other situation going on a much larger scale. in fact, for now, according to our numbers in ukraine, only about 190000 people could be evacuated from this are very,

i heavily shatt sheldon encircled places and parts of ukraine. so for now, there is no reaction to it from the kremlin and nobody knows just how much more restriction destruction rather is going to happen. and what that means was civilians until there is an end to all of this. this started more than 3 weeks ago . here and ukraine and finally the president has also announced assistance for ukrainians that have been displaced by this invasion. what kind of support are we looking at? indeed, we are basically looking at the catalog if you like, of different promises for one. he promised that all those people have been controlling the displays. for example, here to live are pro his job so they can stay here and basically go on with their lives, even though nobody really knows just how far it is war. and it's escalation, a going to

a com also here to the western part of ukraine. so you promised various things and people here on the ground say, probably the reason why president zaleski is promising. all of this is to make sure that people have maintained a positive spirit of resistance until this is all over if it is over. but nobody knows when the devil is funny for shar, speaking to us from live. if thank you, fanny, will russia says it has use a hypersonic missile to destroy a warehouse of weapons belonging to the ukrainian army. the russian military released images of what it said was a warehouse being destroyed, but did not say if this was the building in question. they also showed a cockpit video of ukrainian military vehicles being targeted. moscow says it's hypersonic, king jell missiles can travel up to 2000 kilometers at several times, the speed of sound allowing them to evade defense systems. well, that use of the hypersonic muscle is almost certain to heighten concerns within

nato. the lions, his currency, sending more troops to his eastern border. the u. s. alone will soon have more than 100000 troops across all of europe. a presence not seen from the conte on the conference in almost 20 years. and it's not just on land american ships are underway in european waters, including the aircraft carrier, harry s truman, d, w. 's, steven beardsley was on board the ship in the mediterranean and sent us this report . the constant wine of jet engines, day and night of ord, this carrier, the u. s. as harry s. truman lodges f. a 18 super hornets. like these daily to patrol nato's eastern flank for stray russian jets. there were few on the sky with nato partners and remain on station for hours under nino command. it's a level coordination. the alliance has been practicing for decades to day with added urgency. ah, below decks,

the pressure's always high. now the chance of an encounter with russian aircraft added to it. yes, it's in the back of our mind. but i think that the level training we've gotten in our expectations relative to our rules of engagement as such that we're in a position to, to really deal with whatever comes with the truman is more than air power. it's accompanied by missile carrying destroyers, almost certainly a submarine, thousands of sailors work to keep operations going. they've been at sea for months, and no one knows how long the deployment will last. carriers like the truman are classic symbol of us and nato power projection. the ability to deliver military might almost that will around the world for nato members. that's reassuring for the current conflict in ukraine or this fire power still doesn't have much use. nato's focus instead has been preventing the war from widening.

that's why the us wants these deployments to be visible. it's wide invites reporters aboard. and it's why the navy secretary has come to the truman for a visit. i would argue that the situation is quite stable here in the mediterranean sea. we have russian vessels that are out here, american vessels, we have french vessels, we have italian vessels, we have spanish vessels. and it's a piece of situation here, as long as the russians continue to be 8. and so, and that's what we want them to do. a message amplified by truman's presence that a native not yet at war believes that can still deter one through strength whilst even barely found that report and joins me in the studio. so truman is acting under nato, and earlier today we had that russia has announced the use of hypersonic cruise missiles. what message does that send to nato? well, 1st of all, it's terrible for ukraine. of these things are already on the battlefield, but you'd have to believe this is also a very clear message for nato. russia and china have been seen as being very

advanced in the development of these missiles, the u. s. a little bit further behind. so this will heighten those fears, that this could be seen further in, in a, in a conflict. and especially a wind one, you know, these missiles are incredibly fast, they have a long range and they are precise. and those things mix together, make them very dangerous, especially for larger ships like the truman like aircraft carriers. and so, you know, it's been said for a number of years now that the aircraft carrier may actually be on the way out in an era of precision missiles. and i think this will help raise those fears. and what was the mood like amongst the sailors and pilots? he meant yeah, i mean, it's some, you know, it's hard to say in one sense because you're brought on to an aircraft carrier only for so much time you're escorted around by the military. they have you talk to those that they want you to talk to and they have a message that they obviously want to send. as i said in the report, they want to project strength. they want to project resolve. i have been on

aircraft carriers before have been on other ships and i would say that i didn't really sense that there was any sort of war footing or anything like that. this is, you know, a bunch of guys who are a bunch of men and women who are frankly carrying out their missions and who are doing a number of things this, this air patrolling that i reference there. that's only one of the things that they're doing. and over the years, we have seen a number of russian incursions into nato territory. so that in of itself isn't new . so there's probably a lot of lessons pass down because of that. but of course, the situation is high and right now the tensions are heightened and of course, you fear any sort of mistake if there is some sort of encounter. some might see this patrol as possible escalation. what's your assessment? i mean it, nato is a defensive alliance. for europe and, you know, it's job is to reassure that in case this war widens, that there will be response in the paradox of military operations is that you often have to show a lot of strength and deploy a lot of things to ensure that nothing happens that's where the paradox of the

turns. but of course, that also means that again, if there's a mistake, if anything goes wrong and so makes a bad judgment, then we have all this military material out there that it could be consequential. and that's why these guys train all the time. that's why they take it very seriously. but these military alliances, this is what they're there for, is that constant reassurance that constant message of we are there. ok, steven busy. thank you very much. well yes, look at some of the other developments in the conflict. family members and friends gathered near the ukrainian city of ne bro to berry 23 soldiers killed in the fighting with russian forces. ukraine has lost at least 1300 troops, according to president zalinski, a number which cannot be independently verified. holden's prime minister has called for a complete blockade on all trade between russia and the you will touring a polish missile factory. he said russian ships carrying russian goods should be

bars from entering european c ports and old trade by land band to a russian orthodox priest has been fined for calling the invasion of ukraine. a war in an article published online father u. n. burden was find the equivalent of nearly 300 years. burden is believed to be the 1st person to be found guilty under the new legislation rushed through the russian parliament. the united nation says the fighting has this place nearly $6500000.00 people inside ukraine and that's on top of more than $3000000.00 refugees who have left the country in total, those estimates mean almost a quarter of ukrainians have had to flee their homes. now concerns are growing that china could offer russia a lifeline as the war with ukraine enters its 4th week, russian foreign minister. so gay love scene here early this week told him to fax

that russia and china needed to think how they were going to carry on. he accused western powers of underlining the international order with the new sanctions targeting moscow. on friday, you as president joe biden, want china not to give support to russia's invasion. so far, beijing has failed to condemn the invasion. only saying it wished to see an end to the conflict. i spoke to sarah cook, a senior research analyst for china, hong kong, and tie one from the u. s. government. thank freedom house. and i began by asking her if western fears that china could start supporting russia in the conflict are justified. well, in practice, when you look at what china is doing, there is some support happening. it's happening not necessarily in terms of media, military assistance, but absolutely on the information space. it's happening. chinese state media including my global social media platforms, but also on domestic platforms are, you know, on the nightly news are echoing mosque of this information saying earlier that the

lens he had left. he's saying that there are bio labs and those kinds of demand conspiracy theory. and so you know, that kind of support is actually happening in that case. beijing, the actions are speaking lower than words. i think what, you know, we're seeing on the financial side some again, why support, they're still buying. we are so buying fuel. so the fact that beijing is not, you know, shutting off the russian economy and is trying to do is kind of indirectly continuing to support. it is very much real action that does help russia. so what could that support look like? are we directing it more towards financial support or military support unlikely to see china, really overtly giving military support to russia that we wouldn't know. and i do think that it's a good sign that president biden has, you know, told you know,

told she specifically that that's not a good idea. i think, addressing that in advance is why i think in terms of some of the financial support . again, i think these kinds of trade relation, other things related to payment systems that seems more likely to me to be what could continue. but i think it's really notable. it's also a china not doing when we look at the way in which the regime has used economic leverage to silence voice is a broad and you sanction. and what the, when you know, because of relations in taiwan against norie, when they gave lucia about peace prize. and so many other examples across the world to get what they want. it's still notable that they're not doing anything to try to apply along those lines to try to apply pressure on russia, you know, to change it to see the invasion of ukraine or, or to, to be more humane. it's a military activity. so i think again, actions speak louder than words in terms of also what china is not doing as much as

what it may be doing. and that are the western sanctions imposed on last moscow going to bring beijing and russia closer together. you know, i think it certainly pushing russia closer to china. i, you know, i think china probably in a lot of ways kind of want to sell to go away. they're facing their own coven, crazy with norma crime now actually really spreading in china. so i think it's certainly pushing moscow closer to beijing. i think we'll have to see, you know, again what ways that type of assistant takes form, whether it's in terms of payment systems. trade. i think also just things like you're seeing that russian internet with the increased censorship starting to mirror the chinese internet a bit more. so how much of that model or any assistance there is provided. so, you know, i think it might be more along those types of things and things that might, that may be more directly related to the actual conflict in ukraine. because really important to the, trying to retain

a facade of neutrality. from that perspective. though a sarah cook, a senior research analyst from freedom house, talking to me a short while ago. well, sometimes the color is just a color, and that's how a russian cosmonaut explains why he and his crew arrived at the international space station. wary the colors of the ukrainian flag, blue and yellow have come to signal solidarity with ukraine since the war began. but the constables pushed back on speculation that they are fighting against moscow . like it wasn't. every crew picks their suits or overalls on their own accord so that they all don't look the same. they look different for somebody. no, it was our turn to pick the color. the truth is we had accumulated a lot of yellow material, so we needed to use it up to fuel is rosa. boy, that's all we had to wear yellow flights. it's for seats, for so from roll to come visit with his look at some of the other news stories making headlines around the world. at least 23 people have died off for

a bus crashed into a truck in easton, tanzania. more than 30 people were injured. police say the truck driver was trying to overtake a motor bike. the accidents took place around 200 kilometers west of dar salon. hope francis has unveiled his long awaited reform program. it will allow any baptized lay catholic, including women to lead departments in the vatican. and the pope's advisory commission on preventing sexual abuse will be incorporated into the vatican's doctrine office, giving greater weights to efforts to fight abuse by clergy for the 5 terms have been discovered at the cora in egypt. the site of the 1st pyramid, the burial chambers. i said to be well preserved and the final resting places of high ranking officials, the tombs dave back to the old kingdom period and more than 4000 years old. folk hunting is under way in east timorese presidential election. 16 candidates,

including 4 women are running in what is seen as a stress test for the young democracy is to more it has gained independence in 2002 incumbent leader. francisco gutierrez is among the front runners in the race. the russian invasion has devastated families and has been especially hard on children in ukraine, but for one group of children who have fled the city of odessa to berlin. the jewish festival of poor m. this week offered an opportunity for a little relief from the horrors of war and concerns about those left behind ah orphans, and students from the ukrainian city for debtor enjoy the festivities in berlin. they were evacuated by the orthodox jewish shabbat organization. soon after the war broke out cattle and dasha from the hebrew university in odessa had just 24 hours to decide whether to flee. gotta left her parents behind in her home

city of cas on or you couldn't to run your sir. i call my parents every day. they're living under occupation. now the care san region is completely occupied. oh, plumber was this. thank god, it's more or less quiet. but the russian occupiers constantly shoot at residential buildings. ah, the 2 students are now safe. thanks in part to this man. rabbi you who that tycho from the shepherd community helped organize the evacuation. oh, after the 2 years after jews were forced to flee from germany, it's a strong sign that we have a safe harbor here today. thank you. of course we can't do it alone. we need help from society. so like at the pure im, celebrations this week with children doris, up in costumes like the german convo festival. a burling hotel is hosting the shabba community and the evacuees title and his shabby community have evacuated

people from ukraine 3 times since the start of the war. for many, it's been in nightmarish journey with our spend waiting at the border. i'm the nuts . my group is not here, we have 2 more buses, a group of loan mothers and children who have arrived or either because they're single mothers or because their husbands away fighting by the men or yes and fixing the vacuum, ease a part of the lively jewish community for desa, the port city on the black sea german soldiers tried to exterminate all juice, no desa. during this 2nd world war, they failed for now tie tarley wants the people to forget about the current war. at least you pure him were singing, dancing, and good food. ah, forgot her dasha and the other students from odessa daily lives now includes

fearful gazing at their smartphones, awaiting news from ukraine. more expensive, most of all we want to go back home. we miss our friends and family. we love ukraine very much. and our home towns. oh. but no one knows whether putin's war will soon be over. the next important jewish holiday is coming up in full weeks, passed over. the festival celebrates the flight of these re lights from egypt and the liberation from slavery. and what ended up the news here is a reminder of our top story. russian forces are advancing into the besieged city of mario full with reports of fighting in the street. more than 300000 people remain trapped in the city and to be devastated by constant bombardment, ukrainian present followed. amir zalinski has pulled on russia. take part in immediate talks to end the war. it watching the w niece live from berlin,

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