saga next on d w. ah, we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah romantic cornered tread hotspot for food chair and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off, we go. oh, it's february 24th 2022 russian forces crossed the border into ukraine. they're following orders from president vladimir putin who people hear that packing up, trying to leave a war unfold that may fundamentally alter the global geopolitical order. will have showed the gem chancellor calls they screwed his war. he says the bloodshed must

top european states are forced to react. this actually is a crap to leave for the european union because they had to acknowledge that all the political doc treats there, i don't. jeez, and their beliefs for the last 10 maybe 20 years were indeed wrong. why don't you by the correspondence cover the war from day one. this is their account. mm. you sure must boucher richard sir activists. february 24th 20. 22 is a day that will go down in history as a turning point is where you can use him to business in a televised speech. shortly before 6, i am in moscow. russian president vladimir putin announces what he calls a special military operation in the eastern don boss region of ukraine and hurt them whoever tries to interfere with us and even more so to create the threats for

our country. people should know that russia's response will be immediate and wildly due to such consequences that you have never experienced in your history and you stop. ah, just before i've been hearing once against sirens blaring the food that quite often to day. in fact, for the very 1st time, shortly after the 1st explosion hit here around a fool a m o. shortly after letting me put in declared, quote, a military operation against ukraine. now that minute operation actually turns into a full scale invasion of several rockets at it. various cities though, cities under attack are not only in the don bus region, but also in other areas. they include cartoon, odessa,

and the capital cliff. and the invasion by land, by air, by sea, that is what is happening right on ukraine and people he and keith, the ones who are staying out, hoping that maybe what we have experienced this morning, the explosions, the shouting that maybe this is it a but if you ask me, the been so many things happening over the course of the past days that nobody thought is likely. russian troops entered ukraine from the east north and the south from russia. bell roost in the crimean peninsula. the hit military targets and residential areas. explosions are heard in many parts of the country shell inks and a report of people being injured and killed. not the problem is we cannot verify this information, said i can only tell you, in fact what i've been experiencing this morning. and that was a very,

very critical situation of people here where packing up trying to leave desperate people trying to flee the areas under attack to legit with them since we've been trying all day since this morning. as you can see here it's unrealistic trust. no, there's lots of as a dog we can't fit. we're going back to see bianca with him. he has to push the way that how he supposed to do that with a child. they leave any way they can away from the bombed cities, away from the advancing russian troops. it's in fact, almost impossible to go to both the west so much traffic traffic has built off. again, they also people who are just staying foot and dod trying to inform themselves, actually it was the nearest shelter. when those sirens are going to go off again. ah, but while the terror is working,

it soon becomes clear that rushes assault is not going as planned. the attack on the ground stalls. ah, it is a creek, a dollar to fit your hosting if a feature is taking too long for the russians. there they expected a blitzkrieg line that would be over in 3 days if i to but this is the 2nd week already, or rather it's been longer than 2 weeks because they haven't achieved great military success. are the big cities are partly destroyed, but not conquered, and the ukrainians are of course, playing for time, the longer the will last, the more weakened the russian army becomes amune. each ship said that they're seen all the tanks. russian tags busy stranded on the, on the street, meaning gob possible obviously that they do run out of fuel just like anyone else by the way. right now, through the fact that we're seeing mosquito rockets attacks on the city at the

moment is an indication, i think that's a ground sold, his preaching will difficult and is it not liking in the immediate future the russian army fires hundreds of rockets on ukraine cities and people casualty numbers rise quickly that we spoke to a military experts to identify what kind of attack was happening here. and they told us that this is most likely a cluster bomb. now the only other weapon it could have been a would have shown larger explosions, closer to the surface of the building. now the problem with cluster bonds is that the indiscriminately a harm civilians and enact devastation, especially in urban settings such as this one. and so, when, when war crimes investigators, when they start seeing the use of cluster bombs in a conflict, it usually signals a sign that, you know, there's,

there's quite possibly war crimes being committed here. and in this case, in ukraine, ah, after the shock caused by the heavy shelling of their cities, people get used to seeking shelter where they can ah, move. ah, michelle spent the night underground or other in silence or perry shelters. people who don't have that, can you please the metro which is pretty deep at these pretty halls breaking images of wholesalers, camp out camping brittany blankets on the metro platforms trying to distract the

kids just last night. the expectation, most of that would be area around 3 am local time, and then they didn't happen for most of the nights. and just as the cushion of some of them suddenly there's one more activity in total, the background to the distance from the ground to it's basically discuss those carlos this and then you hopefully come with your foot expecting some kind of warning and kind of paralyzed by that inability to understand what's going on well, the attacks by the russian military bring the horrors of war once more to europe. they trigger and exodus to neighboring countries. all except the men. men between 18 and 60, are not allowed to leave. they have to stay to potentially defend their country. but you would often, it's very sad. it's very hard to let go of

a loved one because you know that it's hard there. there is military action and my father could die at any moment. a civilian people have left hark if, but it is very difficult to get out of there under constant shelling and with a competitive capacities are very limited of these trains. and so there are quite a few places now where suffering is really, really big. now, in an unexpected turnaround, many ordinary ukrainians resist saw by blocking rollers with their bodies. others by taking up arms, though before the only little shall budget. and i have to say that i was totally in awe to speak with those soldiers who used to be just 2 weeks ago. they used to have just normal jobs, and now they are ready to give their lives for their country. and, and i've been told by so many of them that they believe that ukraine will prevail.

and they belief that the evil evil, as they call a russia and russian troops here new cray, that they cannot defeat the will of the people to defend their country. so it's, it's really impressive and, and almost so, so difficult to come to terms how their lives have change over the course of the last week that they have to, they had to give up their, their normal lives and they are now ready to protect their country. uh huh. the ukrainian parliament approved a draft law allowing all citizens to use weapons to fight the russian attack for the russians can enter keith, but they're not going to leave again. they're all going to burn here with it. this is one of the roads that lead directly into the territories that the russian army is already occupying. and the people here are preparing for an attack from that

side with a sheet, a tank of easily push away these concrete blocks you see. but these iron hedgehogs, as we call them, cannot be pushed away. you'll see mother will have to get out of their tank to clear the rogue. so, this will allow us to gain some time either because that's what these things do. ah, the ukranian resistance unfolds on different levels on the streets and across all manner of social media. it seems pretty extraordinary images and social media of protest going on in spite of that russian military occupation going on. the people coming out unarmed with flags getting up on tanks, demanding the return of their elected officials of chicago. and i'll rest all again . we thought we could just over, but almost there. i do to them or did you look quite at all, but almost the rubbish a duke made on of business that was agreement. hiding

. leave, think of your own children of your mothers who must be crying. you've been a really that's what russians war against civilians look like. destroyed buildings destroyed infrastructure. city bus just got hit where the rockets lives are getting lost. there's the war that russia started, the city of give. and many cities in ukraine were destroyed. lives we're taking, that's the truth. this image is the truth of russian war against ukraine. president, president zalinski appeared in a video on the social media early this morning basically to trying to show i'm still here. i'm not going to lay down arms. there are people who want to resist

that want to fight. and this is something that president zalinski also underlined in his appearances and social media that every one is really needed to fight the russian troops. yes, young boy, if you respected european leaders, world leaders, leaders of the free world. me that if you do not help us to day, if you do not give you crane real help of the war will mark on your door to morrow . almost a grain toes after glory to the ukrainian armed forces gloried to ukraine. flower warren himself, mockery flow grade. the european union and nato are in the middle of drastically re shaping their policies. military defense, energy, independence, trade and geo strategy. almost all areas of international diplomacy are affected event for we will invest more than 2 percent of our g. d, p in defense every year from now on this year. the

german government really has done it, has performed a $180.00 degree turn on its policy law. all sorts. the german chancellor calls this putin's war. he says, the bloodshed must stop and he says there can be no to booze any more. this must be sanctioned, this must be punished. now of course, they say something or where germany was late, and many people still criticized that. but to add, this is also not a just the ukraine crisis is the message here from the german government. this is potentially about defending something much bigger about european values. for the 1st time ever, the european union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack. it's not just weapons. western countries soon imposed sanctions on russia. and consider taking another bigger step. we have to

get rid of russian fossil fuels as soon as possible it's. it's very difficult situation that in one hand we have this financial sanctions that are very hard. but in the other hand, to we are supporting and actually financing rushes, war to purchasing oil and gas and other fossil fuel from russia. so the situation is, is into a very good one, and we have to get rid of the fossil fuels coming from russia as soon as possible. this actually is a cramped to leave for the european union because they had to acknowledge that all their political doctrines, their i'd, john, jeez, and their believes to throughout the last 10 maybe even 20 years were simply ra. russia and the west are strongly bound by economic ties. russia has long been a major provider of oil and gas to europe, with some countries very heavily reliant on these imports for private consumption as well as for the industrial sector. europe, on the other hand,

is one of the main suppliers of machinery, vehicles and technology that russia badly meets cutting these ties is seen as the best way to try to stop the war to day in light of rushes, reckless and dangerous military strike. we are imposing further severe sanctions to day. in concert with our allies, we will agree a massive package of economic sanctions designed in time to hobble the russian economy. today i'm announcing united states is targeting the main artery of russians. economy were banning all in ports of russian oil and gas in energy and means russian oil no longer be accessible at u. s. ports in the american people will deal another powerful blow to prudence warm as you the band aims to

weaken rash of the economy, even more bite and said that they want to keep pressure on president putin and am his war machine and president bite and said that he doesn't want to subsidize this war. the thing is, all oil and gas exports are the backbone of fresh economy. and the revenue of this business of gas and oil exports make have off the budget of the kremlin. so this should be painful for russia and it will have an impact. that's what they hope on the money they need to keep this war ongoing. but while the us bands, russian, oil and gas, some european countries like germany and the netherlands, hesitate, their citizens and industries depend heavily on russian fossil fuels. the sanctions had ordinary russians quickly, but some analysts doubt they'll be enough to force vladimir putin to stop the war in the short term. well now let me say so that they say that in my

view, of course, people who are dealing with economic and financial issues within the government should assess the implication of this mil to operate ation. or they should have a clear understanding of sanctions and what sanctions might mean for the russian economy for the russian financial system. but as we hear from a put in and the leaders in the russian government, they argued that sanctions are on their way to both that it really doesn't matter what russia can do or what it will not do. sanctions will be the year because the, the west is hostile to russia. once really russia to disappear from the map of the world. russians are badly hit by inflation and the free fall of the rubel.

at the same time, security forces try to quash any form of protest with thousands across the country. risk publicly opposing the war in various different ways. we are good. i'm ready to drop on my knees before each ukrainian soldier. please forgive us. my address is in the wind from my point of view. this war's inexplicable rose to near me, and people are dying on each side of 6 total russians on end. ukrainian as we are people who used to live amicably in peace and harmony. now we are separated, i don't understand this at the moment of them are with doing the mile. hooton's

government prohibits protests against the actions of the armed forces. it even bands using the word war for the invasion of ukraine. critical media and reporting are suppressed wrangler. but they can't stop everyone, the triple negotiated southern still romker. so use mobile for those long, honestly, shaggy friday to subsidize costs. i don't think it's going to change. i think it's gonna get harder and harder to get information. and even, you know, with this protest that we just saw, that poster that the woman was holding up. various media outlets did report about that, but they actually had to blur her poster. and they were only allowed to say that she protested for pacifism, essentially, because they're not allowed to use the word word war. and of course, her poster had the, the word war on it. the official line on this war is that it's a special operation where no civilians are being targeted and, you know, saying it's going to get harder and harder it already has gotten harder and harder to read. any local media outlets many have already been blocked within russia. many

critical journalists have had to leave the country. facebook and instagram have also been blocked. getting independent information about russian thinking is getting more difficult by the day. russian opinion polls show a majority of russians back their president and the war you look at the opinion polls you'll find out the majority of our ocean. so also supporter action. so old are the kremlin in the ukraine because the belief is that it's not a war against ukraine, and is a talk to lash and people in russia. now somebody still believes it's not a war. it's just military exercise. as russian forces expand their devastation of ukrainian cities, the war sparks the biggest refugee crisis in europe since world war 2.

hearing it being another attempt to organize the humanitarian core door temporary si, fi to allow students to get out with that they can grab. you can definitely see people getting upholstered bridge they but there is fighting down very close so you can see just behind the bridge above those unfinished houses. good smoke a couple of home way. busy busy busy ah, this is one of the places that had been fought about for days. people have been sitting there trapped waiting for an opportunity to get out. women and children tried to get to safety. families are split apart

with everything and just fled. i don't know whether we can ever come back to the ah, i think the situation that safe with me the most was yesterday when we were right at the border where the man have to say good bye to their wives. because man right now, they can't leave ukraine. if they're between 18 and 60 years old. we met flighty. me, and this is what he told us. a bio go. some are brought probably territorial defense or something like that. and we'll be preparing for the fight. ukraine's western borders littered with heartbreak, going up the year them will. the thought at

the crossings, volunteers await the fleeing ukrainians and offered them a welcome and basic necessities. the children of ukraine are fleeing war and are arriving here at this railway station near the border. they brink with them, the trauma of upheaval, fear, and sometimes wars liam of william. if there'd been no war, our houses would have stood. my grandfather now sleeps with a gun and my teeth are remain mine in the interim, willie city and i wish sometimes there were sirens in the evening. the people hid all day in sellers and bunkers knew mala really. it won't get ah,

beyond the human suffering in ukraine and historic refugee flows into neighboring countries, the consequences of the war ripple further around the world. this is a crisis compounding on existing global crises and that we've already seen and started to feel the impact of this conflict and on the weak market, the prices have gone up to 40 to 50 percent in the last few days. i think countries that are dependent on we inputs are, are starting to scramble to find different ways to cover that needs. some, some of these countries are extremely vulnerable. yemen inputs that are 22 percent of the wheat from ukraine, a lebanon, around half the week inputs are coming, is coming from ukraine, a, libya, egypt, tunisia. so i think we would see

a big impact on the economies of these countries. mm. in a joint declaration, the international monetary fund and the world bank warned that lower income countries will be hit the hardest by rising prices on global markets, caused by the war for russia's economy. many experts paint a grim picture for the immediate future as well. the european council president shaw. michelle said that these sanctions would be massive and that they would be painful. and by all indications they will be because let's consider the effects and the impact. the visa a sanctions will have on the ground. it is likely to be felt by ordinary russians, ordinary russians just trying to get by, and they will see prices of a goods around them going up. but it is expected that inflation will rise in the country. businesses been small businesses in russia might be impacted as the

economy is expected to go into recession. because of this as the war continues, escalation into a wider conflict is still a threat. but nato rejects ukrainian calls for the alliance to do more by imposing a no fly zone, for example. and so the secretary general made clear as he has on previous occasions that this is just not going to happen. that in fact, no nato ally has an appetite to be engaged in a war with russia, which is what would happen if it, if it needed to enforce a no fly zone to close the air space over ukraine. at the same time, russia is said to have asked china for military and financial aid, a warning that on a global scale, the war and ukraine could lead to the formation of new geopolitical block, building a threat that the united states addressed immediately. the u. s. made it very, very clear that the chinese are, are watched,

really watched on how they behave themselves, what they do for russia, if russia is. and russia apparently does ask for military help and for can only cal . um, i think the united states made clear that and with a, let's say, use the term warning here that this is not in the best interest of china to do this because it would half really the consequence is not just for china from the u. s. but also from the european partners, as well as other allies in partners from the u. s. around the world and their business with china. the war creates economic and geopolitical turbulence, as well as humanitarian catastrophe. nobody can say for sure where the world is heading after the russian invasion of ukraine. busy busy ah, ah ah,

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ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukrainian president for letter. mister lansky says 100000 people are trapped in body bowl and many have no food or water. the port city is under constant russian bombardment. so lansky says shelling is sabotaging civilian escape routes and he accuses russian soldiers of blocking a convoy of humanitarian relief. also coming up some 4000 ukrainians are seeking refuge from the war.