[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news to live from berlin, ukraine's president insist on talks with his russian counterpart. below the mirrors, lensky says a meeting with putin is the only way to end the war in ukraine. but he says, any agreement with russia must be put to the ukrainian people in the form of a referendum. tens of thousands of fled rushes bombardment of ukraine, 2nd city hawk. if we hear from some of those who decided to stay and brave the shelling

ah told me all logical. welcome to the program ukrainian president followed the mirrors. lensky has said his country would be destroyed before it's renders to russia. lensky reiterated in an interview on monday that it was essential he meet with russian president vladimir putin for talk on stopping the war, which is taking an ever greater toll on civilians. ah, in the occupied ukrainian city of cason, residents gather defiance of the russian invaders. the response stung grenades and gunfire, causing the crowd to scatter ukraine's president vladimir polanski condemned the incident in his speech to the nation. he rumbly. yeah, he,

these slaves sent by russia. have never seen so many free people in the squares and streets mucus. they have never seen thousands of people who are not afraid of them as slaves with weapons in the hands rumble. slaves perceived freedom of savagery as danger. yes, they are scad numbers fact. well no. but a lack rushes military is not only attacking civilians in areas and occupies, it's also attacking civilian targets in areas. it's not mondays bombing of a shopping mall in keith and the relentless bombardment of the besieged city of maria, pull of course outreach in ukraine in the broad. but it is not we can ukrainian resolve the present and close his speech with an appeal leopard at thong. natalie, to save our people, fight wouldn't fight and held him in double might drive the slaves out. he could i be drive the occupy as out. okay,

so that ukraine leaves so that all of us live with 80 free and peaceful. ne, vena emer. these 3 he is nina, speaking later to the press. zalinski said that in a peace deal with russia had to be sanctioned by the people are see a book. genesis which i have not met with the russian negotiators, but explained to our negotiators at the talks. that when one is talking about changes. and these changes are of historic importance. even there is no other way around it. we will have to hold a referendum, you called in the den, which will bring them under a friend having suffered through war. ukrainians are to have a say on the piece that follows when and if it can be achieved. also under heavy bombardments, ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey is just 50 kilometers from the russian border in the east. the relentless attacks have seen a large number of you. gov hockey's,

the population of 1500000. flea. those who stayed behind faced a daily struggle for survival above ground. ha, keith is a ghost town. weeks of relentless shelling by russia has laid waste to residential areas. hospitals and schools, daily bombing spring with that new casualties and its forced. those who have remained in ukraine 2nd largest city to retreat under grounds brought her to do. we had been here since the 24th of february near our house. the school was on fire. tanks were on fire. that's why we decided not to go back there . it is cold, here the children are getting sick. they get i infections. they suffer from the cold. they cough as you can hear, because food in ha, keith is running out. people key for hours to get aid. some of those choosing to remain are channeling their efforts into clearing debris and securing what's left

of their city. oh, honestly speaking i don't see much sense in leaving the city joining the territorial defense force. i don't have any military experience here, but i can help the city with my labor. why not? you know, i'm not planning to leave. it will stay here till the end of june, but with how key has managed this long to defy the russian forces attempting to crush it. it's hoping it can hold out long enough to survive this war. here is a look at some other developments in the war. the pentagon has accused russia of committing war crimes in ukraine, spokesman john kirby told journalists, the u. s. would help gathering, gathering evidence. he accused the kremlin of carrying out indiscriminate attacks as part of an intentional strategy. in the conflict that investigates

e u ministers meeting in brussels of also accused russia of war crimes. in besieging the southern ukrainian city of mario paul. but there was opposition to more sanctions from some new members, including germany. i made concerns about high energy prices and fears that russia might hold gas exposed to europe. you as president joe biden has spoken to europe, ian allies ahead of a trip to europe. 4 talks on the war in ukraine. abide and host of the call with the leaders of germany, france, the united kingdom and italy, his press. secretary gen saki, the underscored there continued support for ukraine, including by providing security assistance to the brave ukrainians who are defending their country from russian aggression and humanitarian assistance to the millions of ukrainians who fled. let's bring in our correspondence, carly much more in washington. for lena, what more can you tell us about that phone call? well,

we know that the call lasted about an hour and the leaders discussed and their concerns about where shes bureau war ukraine. they stressed their support for ukraine and an increase and humanitarian aid as well as security assistance. and the efforts to reach a ceasefire are also own going am and there were also, there was also a main issue during that call this morning and press secretary jackie is said today that the white house is considering to do this call on a regular basis at the same leader, as you mentioned on a regular basis once a week or so, biden has had this call, but then he's still going over to europe coming over to europe. but what does he hope to achieve with this trip? this trip is mainly to so casey unity with, with nato and with the european union. and it this, of course,

also a trip that is going to set the siege for the next steps of the west response. russia, president biden will attend an emergency meeting with nato than he will attend a meeting. i'm off the european council of hold by a meeting of the g 7. that means the 7 rich countries, germany, france, italy, japan, canada, and the u. k. and on friday, he'll travel to worse how to poland, where he is going to me to president duda, and where he will discuss efforts to help the countries that have taken almost 3 ukrainian refugee so far. it is not clear yet what the outcome of this trip is going to be am and the details of the trip are still being finalized. but from the agenda, we can clearly see that it is meant to be a diplomatic push to, to showcase unified western world against russia. and by to mentioned a threat from

a cyber attack threat from russia. what was that about was the deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology and nie burger. she was at the white house press briefing today, and she said that giving the unprecedented situation and the tension between rush and the united states. there is a thread of a cybersecurity attack from russia against the united states. she also stressed that russia is exploring options for potential cyber attacks. i'm critical infrastructure, meaning, and companies that work on different essential services, like for example, water power. and that this is the reason why the white house is telling the private sector they should monitor their security and lock all digital doors to protect the essential services that people living in the united states rely on the deputy national security adviser also added that if russia attacks attacks the united states and meaning

a cyber attack that the united states will be prepared to respond to w's. carly much more in washington, many facts. germany's economy minister robert harvard, has visited cutoff where he sealed a long term partnership deal or gas supplies are better than travel to the u. e, where he clinch deal that will send so called green hydrogen energy to germany before berlin. it's not just about finding alternatives to rush and energy. it's also apartment painting a delicate balance of insuring germany can reach its climate goals. germany is doing all it can to wean itself of russian energy supplies. the country's economy minister or but hobbit a green party politician, said opec countries should raise oil production on a trip to the u. e. m. mr. at risk? no, i did not talk about oil except for opec. in this respect, we called for the production volume to be increased in such

a way that people in the world can pay for this oil. as long as we made it to rebrand is at the time kern, a german green minister, calling for more oil at a decent price. that's because russia accounts for more than half of germany's energy imports and berlin needs new partners on sunday habit was in kata where berlin sealed a long term gas supply partnership with a country. and now he is keen to emphasize the german government is also investing in cleaner energy. berlin signed 5 corporation deals with a u 8. yeah. yeah, i the 100 of hon gruen, they're all about producing green hydrogen, intensifying research, developing the technology, and then bringing it to germany. i said green because it is not yet available. but transport technology development use that can start already. we have no time to lose my mind what kind it's how to trillion. the 2 countries want to create a hydrogen value chain between the u. e and germany. the hope is that hydrogen

could help germany accelerate efforts to de carbon eyes. a ukrainian man who survive the holocaust has been killed by russian shelling in hockey of 96 year old boris roman jenko, lived through nazi imprisonment and forced labor in several concentration camps, including both involved after world war 2, he returned home to hockey, where he became a prominent peace activist and campaigner, he was killed when his apartment block was hit by a russian shell. on friday. d w. news spoke to the director of the vault foundation here in germany, dr. young christian wagner, who knew boris roman jenko in person. we asked him for his reaction. i was really shocked. but when i go frequently came to the boom memorial to join our ceremonies, or the last of the of the, of the can. for example,

he frequently spoke during these events. he had become a threat to us in the memorial and we remember him very. ready engaged in struggling against fascism for the memory of the camps and for peace and actually lost his life module owes them from 1945 what to build the word of peace and freedom and written with a lot of cars. so i was also with political survivors, something i think, counts and all the survivors i spoke with our shock really short for the whole life. they had been fighting for peace and full memory. and now we have the new war

in the middle of europe. ends christian wagner's director of the vault foundation. speaking to d. w. earlier here is a look at some of the other stories making headlines. chinese authorities say there are no survivors from mondays crash of a passenger jet. the china eastern airlines plane came down to the south of the country. there were a 123 passengers and 9 crew on board u. s. supreme court nominee, cassandra bron jackson has appeared before the senate judiciary committee for the 1st day of a confirmation hearing she pledged to decide cases without fear or favor. if the committee confirms a historic nomination of the 1st black woman on the court, 2 women have died of wounds sustained during an attack at a high school in the swedish city of mama police have detained the suspected attacker. an 18 year old student. they haven't yet given any details about the incident,

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