subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. ah ah, this is d, w. use lie 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 target since the war began. it comes, as russian troops moved deeper into the besieged port city of mario, where more than 300000 people remain trapped. also coming up, high alert were on board the u. s. naval aircraft, carrier, harry s truman,

patrolling nato airspace. ah, i'm pablo fo lillius. welcome to the program. dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a russian missile strike on a military base in miko 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 of mario pole. the aftermath of a russian missile attack and nicko 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 underground idea that was lovely. i can't tell you how scared we are. we will 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 theater 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 were able to flee said the situation was desperate immediately, 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 he's on his way. and he was in your office, 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 was web cubes up, boston in a potential escalation, russia says it's use 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're drawing attention that they did. they fired this hypersonic me so which means that most likely they are testing in the, you know, these kinds of weapons and as well as other you up on, on the to 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. 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 high 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 those 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 a very bad military assistance to ukraine. they have moved their forces close right up to the russian border. so if potent dream of, you know, just overrunning 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 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 re establish the soviet empire . now, the russian military advance is proceeding 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 did. this didn't catch them 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 escalate, 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 conveyed 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 russia's, alex, asian 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

lensky, the president, ukraine has said he doesn't want to get into nato. i mean, he's not going to say that any more of that would be a situation which would be good for russia because according to pope, 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, 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. a presence 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 dw 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 afford this carrier, the u. s. s. harry s. truman launches f. 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, 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 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, all 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, the american vessels, we have french vessels, we have italian vessels, we have spanish vessels, and it's a peaceful situation here, as long as the russians continued 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. well, here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. ukrainian president valez 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. lansky said negotiations would not be pleasant or easy, but were necessary. glenda, my hollins prime minister has called for a complete blockade on old trade between russia and the you. while touring a polish missile factory, he said russian ships carrying russian goods should be barred from entering european c ports. and all trade by land should be bound to 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 of had to flee their homes or even as so many ukrainians tried to flee the war zone. others are heading there in droves. it appears that thousands of ukrainian nationals living abroad have heated their president's call to come and defend their homeland. not all have mandatory training, they're now joining the many ordinary ukranian civilians who are taking up arms for the 1st time. at the polish border with ukraine, an exodus of people desperate to escape the war. but not everyone here is heading west with our 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 afflict 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. what those, it's eat that a little no younger from the well because there are no guns for everyone in the territorial defense with. our guys are fighting with the knives they have from law at home together we saw and with old rifle kemati you them bullock alicia, like if so. oh, in the black sea port of odessa one cooper fall and tears is receiving a few days of training. oh, many a couples like sales manager moxy me off to shanker and his fiance,

the 32 yielded bracing. so for 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 bro morris 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. aw, you're watching dw news, say here, the headlights dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed in

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