ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin city, demolished thousands killed some 100000 others trapped in mary, or ball out of food, water, and fuel. the residence of the port city are struggling to survive as promises of humanitarian port or scale. and russian bombing continues more support for ukraine to protect itself against the threat of chemical warfare. that's the latest pledge from nato ahead of emergency talks on russia invasion. she's the uncertain

bergs as moscow must allow civilians to leave besieged cities and the world's top rank women's tennis players steps away from the game. so happy, and i'm so ready. and i just know at the moment in my hot mail person, this is right, australia, ashburn here, retire saying she's ready to take on new challenges and by new fulfillment elsewhere. ah, am abby called us and welcome to the program. we begin with a russian invasion of ukraine, which has seen incessant bombings, aerial dog fights, and st battles in various parts of the country. the local council says russian forces, who surrounded the port city, have reduced it to ashes,

keep as calling on moscow to allow civilians to escape. miriam poll, ukrainian president bought amir zalinski, says 100000 civilians are trapped without food, water, or medication. zalinski also says russian troops have seized a humanitarian convoy, attempting to bring relief to royal pools residents. ah, these are missiles fired by russia, from c, and from land against ukraine. these images were released by russia's defense ministry. as were these in which russia claims to have hit a ukrainian anti aircraft missile system. but shells aren't only falling on military targets in keith. this home was hit by a russian strike. fire fighters worked to put out the blaze that followed.

hello, it was a strike on the roof. i walked out of the house to smoke a cigarette and when i went back inside, it happened the ceiling collapsed. vocal. in my tuple, the city under siege hit relentlessly by russian bombing satellite images show the extent of the devastation. life as hell for people who are still stuck in the city of law. russia has used more than a 1000 missiles against peaceful ukrainian cities. countless numbers of aerial bomb, the russian troops have destroyed dozens of our cities following some have been burned to ashes. but probably in many cities and villages under russian occupation . our people can't even bury their dead relatives with dignity. these buses are headed close to my new po, there intended to collect people who managed to flee the besieged city and take

them to safety. for more or less be to maria thomas in law live. she's head of the crimea platform department at the mission of the president of ukraine in crimea. maria, thank you for taking the time to speak to d w. now you've been working for years to document russia as human rights abuses in annex crimea. how has your work changed since russia launched this full scale invasion last month? hello. basically indeed, it's important to say that this war actually has start. that's not on february 24 over the current year, but much earlier in the year 214, when russian federation invaded crimea and occupied the crimea peninsula. and since then, and after its invaded russia invaded the boss as well. no. so since then you creating human rights community has been documenting the human rights violations and war crimes in those areas,

although it wasn't easy because it all happens mostly without the direct access to those territories. so we've been using various tools in order to get the information from there. but now i would say that in terms of working with crimea, the situation changed in the way that even those sources that we use inside the peninsula. those people who talk to us who communicated with us, who spoke openly about human rights abuses. now, i mean, they behave more carefully because we're all understand that this people are already hostages because they're on the occupied territories. and now it's even more complicated scenes. russia also changed its legislation after this new all out war. her start was launched and started. so now when you say that russia wages war against ukraine, it may be qualified as

a france in the good. so to say in the better case, it may be qualified as an administrative offense in worst case as a criminal offense. but nevertheless, it will be perceived like a so called this curtis ation of the armed forces of the russian federation. so therefore, and we have plenty of cases like these in crania already. there are such cases. so in russia as well. so when people just say that, ok, russia is, went to a war in the large scale war against crane. and after that they were fined by the, by the court. now i do want to ask you after this full scale invasion again, as you said, the war started for you cranes 8 years ago. but this full scale invasion started 4 weeks ago, or is your team also looking at abuse is happening in other parts of the country now as well. and how difficult has that been given this incessant russian bombing and some of these places a. so the, actually, our team is,

and i would say it's, it's very a different in terms of that now we have various people involved in the process of the documentation. basically the governmental institutions that i represent. now, prior, just few months ago, i was with the human rights sector, but recently i shifted to the government a position, but nevertheless, civil society organizations, human rights organizations, jointly with governmental institutions, try to collect as many information as it's possible in order to get the evidence as the testimonies, the facts, the open source is information about those abuses that are taking place. and of course, it's in comparable in terms of the scales of those violations even to the years prior to that. because when it comes to crimea, there was no actually like a full fledged war there. i mean, the, with the army will all of those awful things that we see now. it was, i would say,

silently occupied and sized by russians by the russian federation. unlikable boss, but nevertheless, even in don't boss, although there was a war over there for years, it wasn't so brutal as it's now, for instance, in model book that was just described in your program. maria, you're documenting these more crimes. you're seeing the images on television, on what's happening in the rest of your country. when you look to the future. now, do you see a one where a vladimir putin or a senior russian official could one day, you know, face prosecution for launching this invasion of your country? ah, yes, definitely. and i think that it's one of the most important debates that are taking place with in ukraine, but also with various legal experts around the globe is how actually it's possible to bring to responsibility russian officials. and the most obvious answer would be

the i c, c. the international criminal court, which has already intensified its efforts for the investigation of the developments in ukraine, seen still 14, basically not starting from now, but even prior to that. but another idea which seems to me a very important is the treat, you know, the separate treat, you know, over of latinos put in regime some were in harkey, for instance. who was the city. it's offered a lot also from the, from the russian invasion and russian occupation as of now. but what, what i would like to underline because it's somehow interlinked with those debates that i can follow within the german media. and maybe public discussions is whether it's only about for the middle portion or not. i think that we have to be very clear and have to be very have. i mean, we have to be honest with ourselves that lots of people in russian federation to

support this war. and it's a huge challenge and it's a huge question of humanitarian kind. is what to do, how to work with the russian population in order to, you know, demilitarised the minds of those people who explicitly support this aggression against ukraine. so, but even which is not the unfortunately, the only person who stands behind that, i'm afraid that's the reality. maria thomas, with the crimea platform at the mission of the president of ukraine. thank you very much for your time. here's a look at some of the other developments in the war. a top kremlin aid has become the 1st member of hooton's inner circle to quit his post over russia's war on ukraine. anatoly tobias was put in special representative for ties with international organizations. but his better known as the architect of russia as post soviet economic reforms, he has reportedly left the country. poland has expelled 45 russian diplomats,

calling them kremlin spies. a government spokesperson said it was part of warsaw, dismantling of the russian special services network in the country. they've given most of the group 5 days to leave the country. moscow has called the accusations absurd. russian president vladimir putin says his country will start charging what he calls well unfriendly nations in rubles for the ghastly by booting says a freeze on russia has asked that by foreign nations had destroyed moscow's trust in, quote compromised currencies like the view dollar and the euro you'll know you as president joe biden is heading to brussels to meet with nato leaders at an emergency summit on ukraine. the alliance is trying to balance further military assistance for ukraine, while avoiding a direct confrontation with moscow. nato has promised more support to help you. crane protect itself from chemical warfare. but the alliance is also taking

precautions outside the country. deploying soldiers and weapons in eastern european member states. more reinforcements are on the way. secretary general jen sultan burg says the alliance will send troops to hungary, romania, bulgaria, and slovakia and will double it's number of battle groups. station your russia soap berg has implored member states to invest more resources in order to stop the war from escalating the decisions we take to morrow, we'll have far reaching implications. major reinforcements to our security will require major investments in defense. so i expect unless we agree to read or boulder efforts to invest more, there is a new sense of urgency because we cannot take a piece for granted. earlier we spoke to our new correspondent in brussels, terry shoals. she told us more about what to expect from the summit. the most

important point for to morrow summit is to demonstrate that all 30 allies, europe, and the united states are completely on the same page when it comes to being willing to commit whatever it takes to defend alliance territory against any potential spill over from the war on ukraine, and thus a message they want to send both to the kremlin and also the eastern allies who are nervous about the potential effect that the war will have on them and, and that possibly, russian president vladimir putin will set his sights on them next. so all of these reinforcements are going to be very welcome in those capitals. they will also be joined at one point by ukrainian president of a lot of me as a lensky and he of course, will be asking leila for things he's not going to get like like a no fly zone, like these, these fighter jets that may or may not at one point be on their way to ukraine, but he is expected to hear from allies that they'll be sending more defensive equipment. and he'll get more moral support even though none of these allies are, of course, willing to send forces to serve on the ground in ukraine. the war and ukraine has

displaced a quarter of the entire population. the united nation says 3000000 people have become refugees in mere weeks following the russian invasion, people have and continue to flee conflict and persecution. in various parts of the world, nearly 7000000 have left syria amid and ongoing war. some 4000000 afghans have been forced from their country, and more than 2000000 people have fled south. so don, to asian american authors are trying to help children better understand why people flee their homes. they've written a nonfiction book featuring the stories of refugees from around the world to help kids. and the rest of us humanize the people we call refugees. people who flood everything they know and love for a better life in foreign lands during me now is why changed? she's the co author of escape. one day we had to run was thank you for taking the time to speak to d. w. can you give us an idea of what or who rather inspired you and your sister to

write this book? thank you so much for having me tonight. my identical twin sister ming and i co authored escape one day we had to run in honor of our nanny who literally swam from the southern tip of mainland china to british. hong kong in search of more opportunities were always fascinated by her journey. now that journey is a journey that so many have undertaken in various ways around the world over the course of decades and years. and some of the stories featured in your book, talk about refugees who fled from east germany, to west germany from mexico and central america. to the u. s. from eritrea from syria. talk to us a little bit about the story called cling. it's about 2 other sisters from a different country. that's right. our story about cling is about 2 amazing syrian sisters who fled syria, 2015, and help keep their overloaded boat afloat. these were swimmers used for,

and sarah martini, who reportedly saved 18 lives, while escaping syria. used to have made the 1st ever refugee olympic team and rio and the summer games in tokyo. i believe one or both of them are living in germany . now. both sisters, incredible humanitarians. talk to us a little bit about you. you mentioned why you wrote the book in because of your nanny and the story that she's shared with you talk about the timing now. we know about the various wars going on around the world. what made you write this book now? we wanted to share in the simplest and most humane way possible, the stories of escape stories that are unfolding in the ukraine in sudan and where people like our nanny were forced to leave their homes. but throughout history, people have been displaced by war, poverty, repression, violence, and we wanted to d, politicize migration,

and really point out illegal. immigration is meaningless term. you know, despite tremendous obstacles, refugees and migrants have had prosperous, productive lives beyond the trauma. our book includes the universal declaration of human rights including article 14, which says that everybody has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. that's on the very last page of the book after the various stories that you've compiled for this book. talk to us about why you decided to make this a children's book, why you think that it's important for children to understand the people that we call refugees. people who are forced to flee from their homes, from their countries to foreign places for various reasons. my, my twin sister, me and i, our children's book authors and but really this book is for anybody from 7 to 70 or older, we hope that you'll order it from your local bookshop or via amazon or bookshop dot

org. and we'd love for teachers and students and young people to use our title not only to learn about geography and history, but also to realize that refugees of migrants are brave, resilient, resourceful, and incredible human beings. why chan, co author of escape. one day we had to run. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. you cranes, president vladimir zalinski says the war and ukraine could prompt famine and other parts of the world. zelinski warned that russian attacks are preventing farmers from sewing crops and blocking ships from leaving ukraine's ports. ukraine is one of the world's largest producers of wheat and the effects of the conflict are already being felt in other countries. every morning this stall and kenya's capital nairobi big stuff, patty flat, bread out of wheat flour. it's a typical local breakfast, but customers can barely afford it any more. say, nicholas the gun,

it's got more expensive. i have to pay double the price. now he, my life has gotten extremely expensive. yoga monkey dumble, samuel masa runs the small bakery with 4 employees. the cost of wheat flour and flour. oil has been rising for a while. but now he fears it's getting even worse, driven by rushes worn ukraine. what did he do like what he did, we're following the war because we need to know what's happening and come to not to me or be that some other products which we use come from both those countries we looked at here. do the whole world is worried? lay your home in kenya, around a 3rd of imported wheat comes from russia and ukraine. the global market price for the grain has already increased massively. that's also being felt by this company that makes love. so supermarkets, the worry is that the global supply will shrink. prices will rise further and poor

countries will barely be able to afford wheat. the situation is a really worrying up because not only price. the next thing we're talking about is availability. um world, really seeing a lot of our suppliers pulling out force, missouri cuts on contracts, but there's one country with vast reserves. china analysts estimate it has around half of the world stocks in its warehouses. it's intended to ensure enough food for its own population. but the fears that china could exploit the global situation, geopolitically yakima, cuz they aren't, china has enough reserves to also be able to support certain poor countries in africa with supplies. it leads me to leave forms on districts. the communist party realizes this gives them leverage to be able to expand the influence their and i suppose i might, i, china has been expanding its involvement on the continent. it's building roads,

ports and train routes like he and kenya. it also provides loans to african states in return and gets access to africa, abundance of natural resources and its markets. now, africa dependence on china looked set to increase. the current and present watermark. lansky has address lawmakers and france. it's the latest in a series of speeches he's given before parliament's of allied countries, the ukrainian leader called for a minute of silence for ukraine and for the victims of the war. he also told french lawmakers that they have many of the answers to this war. and their hands, i sending more weapons withdrawing french companies from russia and imposing stronger sanctions. it, if you listen to please, we need help even more help and support for freedom not to lose. it should be well armed tanks. anti tanks, fighter jets, aerial defense. you can help us and we need it for freedom not to lose the

world should support it with sanctions against the aggressor each week. the new sanctions package, the sharp french companies should leave the russian market or no. oh shaw. lo while marcella and others, they should stop being the sponsors of russia's war machine. here in germany, the berlin state bally has received hundreds of applications from dancers slain ukraine and leaving russia. many of them have taken up the ballet companies invitation to join daily training alongside its own dancers. the displaced performers are worried about their careers and their families. ah, legs light as a feather, but a heavy burden weighs on ukrainian dancer, yana. so lanka, of the berlin state ballet. so lank has been with the company since 2005 dancing

lead roles in the ballets sleeping beauty and gazelle. but now her thoughts are with her family and keep the scans the f. it's wing on my head and on my soul it, i can't believe it's happening when does. and sometimes it's hard for me to practice . it's hard to dance via so thing yet, and i've got too much on my mind. and it's a feeling called from my father, i've got my father and my 2 brothers and kia. yes. i call them every day to ask if everything is okay. foggins. alice. okay. my father loves ukraine. he loves live and he wants to stay there. leave tech. he says if something happens, then that's how it is. he says he's ukrainian, he's going to stay there till the end, the via a thread, the blind missed some and there, there are ukrainians and russians among the dancers. some have just arrived hoping to find a new job, the director of the berlin state ballet. so she's received hundreds of applications

since the war began from dancers flinging ukraine and from dancers leaving rushes, most famous ballet companies each have one. so to an guffman, i opened our doors and said they can all take classes here. that's how it's so important for them to be able to practice and perform. because dancers can't extend their careers, they can't just say, well, if i can't do anything now for a year or 2, i'll just keep dancing longer. that doesn't work, isn't that on docile soon yet miss? oh, with the answers from ukraine and russia working here together, friendships appear to be surviving. politics. ah, it isn't guns long nuts as we've grown so clues, like brothers and sisters get vaccine on to now i can't just think, well, they're russians and i'm ukrainian, sheila, ham, even for media. many of them have family and the other country to it. so there are connections, and i think it's important that we don't develop some kind of phobia of russians or

p o p who comment stuff all finished i. the company will continue performing classical russian ballets including sleeping beauty. the world's top ranked female tennis player, australia's ash party, as unexpectedly retired from the game at the age of 25 bardy announced her decision just weeks after becoming the 1st australian to win the australian open and 44 years. she says she's leaving the game to chase other dreams clutching a trophy, ash body's last outing was as the newly crowned australian opened chevy she celebrated breaking the spreading drought with bubbles in melbourne. but as the rest of the world was wondering how many more she could add to her total of 3 grand slams, she shed the redress and returned to the red center of the country to try to inspire the next aboriginal grand slam champion jab? yeah,

i was giving an unvarnished glimpse of where her next set of dreams lay along the way unfulfilled. i'm happy and i know how much work it takes 2 to bring the best out of yourself and i've set it to my team. um multiple times. it's just, i don't have that in me anymore. she leaves the sport as it's number one ranked player. a french open wimbleton and very much an australian champion who leaves a global crowd wanting more. america has 1st female secretary of state, madeleine albright has died. she served as president bill clinton, secretary of state, from 1997 to 2011. before that she was washington's ambassador to the u. n. she was born in 1937 in what was then czechoslovakia and emigrated to the united states as a child in 1948. her family said she died after

a battle with cancer. alan albright was 84. you're watching dw nears, here's a recap of our main story. russia is continuing its efforts to occupy the key ukrainian for america. want, striking industrial compound, president lensky says 100000 residents remain trapped in the city. news, thanks for being with with

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