book form with this is d, w. news live from berlin. a russian missile strike devastates a military barracks in southern you cried. dozens are killed in one of the worst attacks on a ukrainian military targets since the war began. it comes as russian troops moved deeper into the besieged port city of mighty, you po, for more than 300000 people, remain trapped. also coming up jewish choate, jewish children from the ukrainian city of odessa, find refuge in berlin,

where they're celebrating the festival of putting ah i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a russian missile strike on a military base in michel live in southern ukraine. the strike is one of the deadliest attacks on ukrainian military targets since the start of the war, and it's feared the death toll could rise significantly. it comes as russia make significant military gains in ukraine, including in the besieged port city of mario bowl. the aftermath of a russian missile attack and nickel live. it's believed 200 soldiers were inside. at the time, the base was struck. rescuers raced to find survivors in the rubble,

but are forced to seek safety. when an air raid siren rings out, the constant threat of bombardment has forced people here under ground ideas that was lovely. i can't tell you how scared we are. we'll live in the cellar now. when the bombs hit the army base, everything shook to the east. russians are pushing deeper into the besieged city of mario pole. ukraine says 90 percent of the city has been damaged or destroyed by russian bombardment. it's thought over a 1000 people were sheltering inside this theatre when it was destroyed by a russian strike. hundreds are still missing. the city has no heat, water or power. the mayor said that fighting in the city center made rescue mission impossible. those who are able to flee said the situation was desperate differently,

but we sat in the basement for 10 days without going outside, even once we didn't have water or electricity. luckily, we could use our neighbors bomb shelter when you don't know why. and because i knew i could never imagine that a bomb would had a house next to mine, that my district will be literally wiped out. the outskirts of the city were simply destroyed. and then i realized that there were no safe places in the city any more, which will attribute puzzling me in a potential escalation. russia says it's used the hypersonic missile for the 1st time in combat in ukraine. the missile shown here, and footage from the defense ministry has a range of up to 2000 kilometers and is difficult to intercept. unfortunately, it may be the case, sir, but very important. yes, you are drawing attention that they did. they fired this hypersonic, me so 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 ukrainian territory. so unfortunately,

this might be the case in further they operations. ukraine's president has called for peace talks, but russia's war machine shows no signs of stopping. while 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. and it's a game changer, the sense that the damage 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. 14 nato nations, including germany. how provided very, but military assistance to ukraine. they have moved their forces close right up to the russian border. so if potent dream of, you know, just over running 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 uh, polls have take it in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees and i've offered to provide them on aircraft. so i think this has reinvigorated nato. a lot of us and i think the germans included well 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 reestablish the soviet empire . now the russian military advance is preceding, slower than expected. why do you think that it's 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 and know they're 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 didn't, this didn't 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. so lensky today has said he's willing to fall, i mean, the outlines of a deal are pretty clear. you recognize roches alex ation of crimea. 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 nato. i mean, he's not going to say 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. here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. ukrainian president of already made it to lansky has accused russia of deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe in ukraine. but he also repeated his appeal for direct talks with russian president vladimir putin. savanski said negotiations would not be pleasant or easy, but were necessary. my is not. 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 their in droves. it appears the thousands of ukrainian nationals living abroad have heated their president's coal to come and defend their homeland . not all have mandatory training. they're now joining the many ordinary ukranian 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. but not everyone here is heading west. horse are below sofa is waiting to cross the border to a native ukraine. they would, i have 3 years military experience, some going to defend ukraine. there's nothing for me in poland. my husband and i

will go fight together. legal 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 you that a little and i young with them. well, because there are no guns for everyone in the territorial defense with. our guys are fighting with the knives they had from our at home together we saw and with old rifle, the might be you them bullock alicia, like s o in the black sea port of odessa one cooper fall and 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 berry 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, the russian invasion has devastated families and has been especially hard on children in ukraine. but for one group of children who fled the city of odessa to

berlin to berlin, the jewish festival of purim offered a chance for a little light relief from the horrors of war and concerns about those left behind aah, orphans and students from the ukrainian city of a debtor enjoy the festivities in berlin. they were evacuated by the orthodox jewish shabbat organization. soon after the war broke out. ah, battle and dash from the hebrew university in odessa had just 24 hours to decide whether to flee daughter left her parents behind in her home city of cas on. i couldn't run usaa, i call my parents every day. they're living under occupation. now the care sun reach and is completely occupied. oh, club of always it's thank god, it's more or less quiet. but the rushing occupiers constantly shoot at residential

buildings. ah, the 2 students are now safe. thanks and pot to this man. rabbi, yahoo! that title from the shabbat community helped organize the evacuation. ah, after the 2 years after jews were forced to flee from germany, it's a strong sign that we have a safe harbor here to day thought. of course we can't do it alone. we need help from society. so like at the pure m celebrations this week, for children dress up in costumes like the german convo festival. a burling hotel is hosting the shabby community and the evacuees title, and his shabby community have evacuated people from ukraine 3 times since a 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 and that's why we have 2 more buses from a group of loan mothers and children who have arrived there either because they're single mothers or because their husbands are away fighting by the men or yes.

intrigues in the vacuum. ease a part of the lively jewish community of odessa, the port city on the black sea german soldiers tried to exterminate all jews, no desa during this 2nd world war. they failed lou for now, tie to once 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 life 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. yeah. but no one knows whether putin's war will soon be over. the next important jewish holiday is coming up. a full weeks passed over.

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