ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. a russian missile strike devastates a military 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 mattie of pope, or more than 300000 people, remain trapped also coming up a worrying escalation. bratia says it's used a hypersonic missile in ukraine for the 1st time. we'll get reaction from the

united states to the use of a weapon system. designed to be to missile defense is a helping hand. thousands of volunteers assist the ukranian refugees arriving at berlin's main station every day. for most, it's just another stop on a long journey. ah, i am pablo foley as welcome to the program. at least 40 people have been killed in a russian missile strike on a military barracks in the city of miko life 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 hit. the strike is one of the single deadliest attacks on ukrainian forces. since the start of the war or elsewhere,

russian forces has moved deeper into the center of the besieged port city of mario po, capturing the city would give russia control over a large stretch of ukraine, southern coastline. ukraine's port city of mario paul lies in ruins. this used to be a shopping center. now, it's just a shell. dead bodies littered 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 centre against this background, ukraine's president is demanding fresh peace talks was that was the level of colon

available, always insisted on negotiations for with well, 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 that 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 boots to in the suffering in the genocide. that's the main reason them the main motive and the aim of the military operation that we have started, and don bass and ukraine numbers to integrate in ukraine's capital. keep

these people are now homeless. the latest victims of wall talk of peace seems a long way off or earlier we spoke to our correspondent fanny for shar, in levine, in western ukraine, where displaced people from all over ukraine have arrived in recent weeks. we asked her about the aid situation. there. 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 number is of course, around millions in the entire country. and of course, we know that more than 3000000 people have left your grain. know, the mayor, however, believe you've made clear it cannot go on forever. he says the 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 different places, schools, churches, etc,

being used as temporary shelter. he actually criticized international and use for underestimating even prior to the full scale invasion on february 24th. under estimating that 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 say 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 airspace close. so there is no shelling and no assault basically that continues to hit so many parts of this country. russia says it has used a hypersonic missile to destroy a warehouse of weapons belonging to view crania, an army. the russian military reduced images of what it said was a warehouse being destroyed. book didn't say if this was the building in question.

it also showed cockpit video of ukrainian military vehicles being targeted. moscow says it's hypersonic, qindzhong missiles can travel up to 2000 kilometers at several times, the speed of sound, allowing them to evade defense systems. what we're joined now by lawrence, j korb. he's a senior fellow at the center for american progress. and a former assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration in the 1980s. he joins us from alexandria in the us state of virginia. hi, and welcome to d. w. now russia claims they've launched a hypersonic missile. if confirmed how much of a game changer is to use this type of weapon system? well, it's a big game changer because it's almost impossible for the air defense equip that we given to the ukrainians to stop it. it's

a game changer in the sense that the damage it can cause whether it will break the will of the ukrainian people. i doubt that of course, as long as you don't break there, will this terrible war is going to continue to go on. now, lawrence, how do you assess nato's role in this conflict? so far? i think natal has done a tremendous job. 40 nato nations, including germany, how provided a very bad military assistance to ukraine. they have moved their forces close right up to the russian border. so if potent, the dream of, you know, just overrun ukraine in a matter of days, what he then decided he wanted to do the baltics as well. we put our forces in there. you've got the poles, have take it in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees and a wall for you or to provide an aircraft. so i think this as reinvigorated

nato. a lot of us and i think the germans included wondering, you know, what is the future of nato in this post cold war world? what we now know is to prevent russia from trying to re establish the soviet empire . now the russian military advance is proceeding slower than expected. what do you think that is? well, i think there are 2 reasons. number one, they underestimated the capabilities of the ukrainian military. they thought it was going to be much like it was back in 2014. i know they are very much better. the other is they underestimated the will of the ukrainian people to suffer and die and volunteer. you have these, you know, domestic forces, men between 18 and 60, are forming a militia,

forced to resist the, to resist the russians. and they actually were preparing for this well before the invasion. in other words, they did this in catch him as a surprise. they were already preparing this back in the, in the, in december. now, with the situation as is, how do you see russia proceeding with this invasion? well, russia has 2 choices. number one, they can escal away, which is going to be hard, given the fact they want to use the hypersonic missiles. and unless they want to do chemical or nuclear weapons, which would probably be devastating to them and to a lot of other countries or they can negotiate. the turks conveys over a week ago, the, the, the ministers of both russia and ukraine. lensky today has said he's willing to fall. i mean, the outlines of a deal are pretty clear. you recognize russia's acts

a sheet of crimea. it's, it's a done deal. you can make it legal. you can provide some self governance for the russians in the don boss region. as a lensky, the president of ukraine is said he doesn't want to get into natal. i mean, he's not going to go so that any more, that would be a situation which would be good for russia because according to pull, that was the reason they started this. they were concerned about ukraine joining nato. lawrence, j corp, senior fellow at the center for american progress. thank you. thank you for having me take care. well, let's take a look now at some other developments in the war. poland prime minister has called for a complete blockade on all trade between russia and the you are touring a polish miss off factory mateo, my to viet ski and said russian ships carrying russian goods should be barred from

entering european c ports and old trade by land band to be 3 ukrainian president devoted to me to lansky has called on the swiss government to freeze the bank accounts of old russian oligarchy. savanski spoke the a live stream to thousands of anti war protestors in the capital of switzerland ban . he criticized the swiss food multinational nestle, which is still operating in russia. unlike many other companies, a 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. i mean almost a quarter of ukrainians have had to flee their homes while poland alone has taken in over 2000000 ukrainian refugees. but not all of them are staying their choosing instead to head on to other countries. the german capital,

not far from the polish border, has become a major transit hope. d w's cutting allows ski reports. these volunteers are here to have refugees arriving around the clock at the main train station in berlin, germany more than 15000 people have come to help today. i want to be a volunteer myself and find out how it all organize. every 15 to 20 minutes. as a quick briefing for new volunteers, the volunteers organized their support via the messenger ep. telegram. all volunteers have been asked to download the app. it offers a life update and all the trains arriving with the trainer refugees on board. they get information from dbi, the national re weigh company of germany inside of the telecom group. you'll see. oh, when you are in the trent, tell me a call. after the briefing, we are given vests, orange ones, for the volunteers who speak ukrainian,

or russian yellow ones. for those who don't. then we can go to one of the train platforms and welcome refugees. this man doesn't speak english, so i could have somebody who speaks russian in 40 minutes. the next train to hanover will depart the record. she wants to go there to meet his daughter. but 1st he needs a train ticket. they are free for refugees from ukraine. why data goes with him to the ticket counter? i try to find a weird show. i walked through the entire station looking, but i can't find one anywhere. sorry, i couldn't find a way as i was at my well that's why the situation was stressful, but we're doing our best to help. in the end, we managed to get him a ticket and food from a catering service and to bring him to the right platform so he could catch his train. this is the fast refugee darya has helped

doesn't matter how much information to read more moments to miss differed brittany to make it fun. and then it's amazing. oregon with their stands for babies and children, especially inflammation for the antibiotic you i, community and people of color as well as food stands and stands with clothes and hygenic products. the city government helps the volunteers with organization. ah, so after a few hours of helping, i'm really exhausted, it was a lot of running around finding out things on your own and the coordinators to the best they can. but i guess it's just the learning by doing thing. now i need a break, and a cup of tea as refugees still arrive in the thousands, the volunteer work is not yet done. you're watching g d w news, here are the headlines. dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed in

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