fathers and starts april 16 o d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a russian missile strike devastates a military barracks in southern ukraine. dozens are killed in one of the worst attacks on a ukrainian military target since the war began. it comes as russian troops moved deeper into the besieged port city of matthew polt were more than 300000 people, remain trapped. also coming up, high alert were on board the u. s. naval aircraft, carrier, harry,

as true patrolling nato airspace. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. at least 40 people have been killed in a russian missile strike on a military barracks in the city of michel live in southern ukraine. it's feared the death toll could rise significantly as it's believed. some $200.00 soldiers were at the barracks at the time. the building was it. the strike is one of the single deadliest attacks on ukrainian forces since the start of the war. elsewhere, russian forces have moved deeper into the center of the besieged port city of mario po, capturing the city would, gave russia control over a large stretch of ukraine's southern coastline. ukraine's port city of

mario pole lies in ruins. this used to be a shopping center. now it's just a shell. dead bodies littered the streets. those still standing left with almost nothing. rushes, assault on the city has not let up. with reports, russian forces have now entered the centre against this background, ukraine's president is demanding fresh peace talks. was that was the level of violence available, always insisted on negotiations from all we've always offered dialogues, offered solutions for peace, new door, not just the 23 days of invasion hospital. and i want everyone to hear me now. stuff especially moscow,

shows it's time to meet us after time to talk to us. 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 what he says, his invasion of ukraine is all about. even the is boots to end the suffering and the genocide, that's the main reason, the main motive, and the aim of the military operation that we have started in danbury and ukraine. the numbers you know, great in ukraine's capital, keep these people are now homeless. the latest victims of war, talk of peace, seems a long way off where russia says it has used

a hypersonic missile to destroy a warehouse of weapons belonging to the ukrainian army. the russian military release to images of what it said was a warehouse being destroyed. but did not say if this was the building in question, it also showed cockpit video of ukrainian military vehicles being targeted. moscow says it's hypersonic kinda missiles can travel up to 2000 kilometers at several times, the speed of sound allowing them to evade defense systems. eguard self car is an advisor to ukrainian president, followed the media to lansky, and he spoke to us earlier about the russian use of a hypersonic missile. if our dis, hypersonic i me south, which means that most likely they are testing the, you know, the so kind of weapons and as well as other you weapon on the to ukrainian territory. so unfortunately, yeah, this might be the case in further they operations. well,

the use of those missiles is almost certain to heighten concerns within nato. the alliance is currently sending more troops to its eastern border. the u. s. alone will soon have more than 100000 troops across all of europe presents not seen on the continent in almost 20 years. and it's not just on land. american ships are in european waters, including the aircraft carrier, harry s truman, t w's. steven beardsley was on board the ship in the mediterranean and he sent us this report. the constant wine of jet engines, day and night aboard this carrier, the u. s. s. harry s. truman launches f. a 18 super hornets like these daily to patrol nato's eastern flank for stray russian jets. they were fuel in the sky with nato partners and remain on station for hours under nato command. it's a level coordination. the alliance has been practicing for decades to day with added

urgency, ah, below decks, the pressure is 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 of training we've gotten in our expectations relative to our rules of engagement is 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 or classic symbol of u. s. 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 of 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 white 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, the 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 a. 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. well, here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. hollins, prime minister, has called for a complete blockade on all trade between russia and the e. u. while touring a polish missile factory, mateusz mout, myroom viet ski said russian ships carrying russian goods should be barred from

entering european c ports and all trade by land band to be 3 ukrainian president volunteered. savanski has called on the swiss government to freeze the bank accounts of all russian oligarchy. cholenski spoke the alive stream to thousands of anti war protesters in the capital of switzerland burn. he criticized the swiss food at multinational nestle which is still operating in russia. unlike many other companies, the united nation says the fighting has displaced nearly 6 and a half 1000000 people inside ukraine. that's on top of the more than $3000000.00 refugees who left the country in total, those estimates mean almost a quarter of ukrainians have had to flee their homes. well, even as so many ukrainians tried to flee the war zone, others are heading there in droves. it appears the thousands of ukrainian nationals living abroad have heeded their president's call to come and defend their homeland

. not all have military training there. now joining the many ordinary ukrainian civilians who were taking up arms for the 1st time at the polish border with ukraine and exodus of people desperate to escape the war. when everyone here is heading west without below, silver is waiting to cross the border to a native ukraine. they who i have 3 years military experience. so i'm going to defend ukraine. there's nothing for me in poland. my husband and i will go fight together. little doesn't get on since the outbreak of war over 3000000 people are estimated to a flat ukraine. but polish authorities say that over 200000 ukrainians have returned to their home country. many of them to fight. rosa is keen to join the territorial defense force, a militia with little military experience and hardware. with those, it's eat that

a little and i younger from the well because there are no guns for everyone in the territorial defense. our guys are fighting with the knives they had from our at home together. we saw an with old rifle for might be you them bullock alicia, like f o. in the black sea port of odessa, one cooper fall in tears is receiving a few days of training. oh, many are couples like sales manager moxy me off to shanker and his fiance? the 32 yielded bracing self or the russian onslaught on his home city. i'd like to to know how to protect her, my girlfriend, my city. i think i would be, feel myself, much more comfortable and safer with this knowledge is that the volunteers ready themselves battle graveyards across ukraine, a filling up. oh,

in the city of near pro, moves have come to bery soldiers who have died defending their country. 3 weeks of war have taken a toll and ukrainian forces, but with ukrainians, determined to resist the russian invasion. there is no shortage of those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. oh, sometimes a color is just a color. that's how a russian cosmonaut explains why he and his crew arrived at the international space station wearing the colors of the ukrainian flag. blue and yellow have come to signal solidarity with ukraine since the war began. but the cosmonaut pushed back on speculation that their siding against moscow with every crew picks their suits or overalls on their own accord so that they don't look the same. they look different. now what 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 because he was rolling it on the floor. that's all we had to wear yellow flights. it's deals with. well, for more we're joined by keith calling editor of space ref dot com. hi keith. good to see you now. so want to see a message of solidarity for ukraine in the cosmonaut uniforms, but the russian space authority has denied this. what do you make of it? though, well as they say, where you stand, it depends on where you sit, where you float. i've been watching people coming in and out of space stations for decades, and normally they were blue. sometimes it's a different color, but for 3 guys to come out in a suit that looks like the ukranian flag in the middle of a war where their countries attacked that country. what a coincidence. although some folks may say, it looks like a depo video from the eighty's, but it depends on your perception. i guess nobody's given a clear yes or no answer yet yet. ok, well,

has the war in ukraine affected cooperation between the u. s. and russia on the i s s. program on the i assess itself know, and i can say this knowing astronauts who've been up there, they're professionals, every single person from every country. the moment they arrived at that that should not be an issue to anybody back on earth. however, in terms of the space programs management, if you look at what do you eat, you regoza the head of ross cosmos has been saying it's all, it's on edge. and what he's been saying, social media and weirdly, the american ad space agencies, director, bill nelson, poopoo. it says all he's just sort of spouting off as if this isn't a big deal yet. if you read these tweets, you know, it's kind of serious, stop a lot of propaganda. so if you've got to ask the question, are you looking at the people who are actually doing the space exploration for the people back on earth that are trying to play a little games with it? again, it's depends where you stand, where you sit, keith,

what effect will international sanctions have on the long term prospect for the russian space program? well, in terms of their ability to launch things in, in dr. income, which is kind of one of the most important things they do, they just decided to cancel. contracts to watch is that we're going to happen. the european space agency is put in mars mission and whole because the rush is not going to launch it. a companies that we're going to launch satellites there either have been told they're not going to launch them or won't go there. and i, you know, there's always space x and you l. a and other current and your audience boss outside that are more than welcome to bring your customers into the fold. so the net loser and all of this is russia, keith carrying editor of space ref dot com. thank you. with mission you're watching g w. news live from berlin for more analysis and all the latest news had to our website d, w dot com. and don't forget,

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