relation is growing and young people clearly have the solution. that future belongs to the 77 percent every weekend on d w one month into europe's largest military offensive since the 2nd world war and the threat of a nuclear escalation hanging over it. ukrainians are continuing to fight and suffer for their freedom. russian forces are shelling cities in various parts of the country, causing widespread destruction and killing innocent civilians. it is people who are living this war to 10000000 in ukraine have been displaced. more than 3000000 have fled the bloodshed in their country, and like other refugees around the world, they're making the heart wrenching decisions to leave their homes and their loved

ones for an unknown future. i'm abby, quite often in berlin and this is the day ah, the ukrainians are putting up a very stiff defense. it's hard to get rid of the impression that america is holding ukraine by the had the russians have not achieved any of the strategic objectives that they set out to. nobody should know able nuclear power plant has been taken over by force by weapons. the point we and our allies are pulling together this close design is being used by russia to prepare new attacks against our defense. and i am telling ukraine that they can rely on our support with also coming up on the

day, the global stories of people forced to flee due to war famine and tolerance, climate change, economic or political upheaval. the un says one in every se 95th person in the world is a refugee, a new children's book, looks at the human beings make the journey, seeking peace and freedom will talk to one of its co authors. ah, welcome to the program we begin the day with the human suffering of this war. a freezing health scape riddled with dead bodies is how human rights watch describe the ukrainian city of mary opal. once home to 400000 people. now the most attacked and damaged city in the russian invasion. the kremlin is looking to capture the city to ensure itself a land root. keith is calling on moscow to allow the some 100000 traps civilians to leave. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says russian troops have seized

a humanitarian convoy, attempting to bring relief to mary opal's besieged residence. ah. these are missiles fired by russia, from sea, 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 missiles 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,

livable in mud you pull, 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 refusal of law . russia has used more than a 1000 missiles against peaceful ukrainian cities. countless numbers of aerial bombs on the russian troops have destroyed dozens of our cities following some have been burned to ashes, filthy, or bravo, 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 matthew polt. they're intended to collect people who managed to flee the besieged city and take them to safety. as the fighting continues, diplomats from both sides had been meeting to try and agree on a way to end the conflict. moscow though, as demanding ukraine's neutrality and its recognition of russian control over its

territories. no breakthrough has been achieved so far, but ukraine's president vladimir zalinski said the talks are moving slowly forward . but i don't remember if you want to not. it is, we are continuing to work at different levels to encourage russia to move towards peace, to end these brutal war, ukrainian representatives are participating in virtual talks every day. it's very difficult, sometimes even confrontational, but little by little. we are making progress. let grogs broken. he, them of put it rushes at the lack of a breakthrough, was the fault of ukraine and the united states. it accused washington of seeking to hinder moscow's talks with keith to try and turn the tide of the war and ukraine's favor. here is russian foreign minister, sir, gala rav did he go to let you loose. negotiations have begun that they have been difficult because the ukrainian side is constantly changing its position and

rejecting its own proposals. that despite them expressing an understanding to the things that should be agreed during the tours, it's difficult not to get the impression that the hand is being held by the americans. if you read the opinions of political scientists, both in russia and the west is the us, doesn't want these talks to reach a quick conclusion. this also boost tracking development in ukraine is d w correspondent. i mean, as if he's in lovers and western ukraine, i'm in some 100000 people struggling to survive and marry opal. what more are you hearing about the worth and in conditions there the people who are you pull are really bearing the brunt of this war right now. that's because russia has completely surrounded the city. they're bombing it from the sky. there is fighting in the streets and there's rockets coming from ships that are off the harbor. there are poles on the coast. now the people who are living there,

it's very hard to know what they're going through, except by guessing from looking at satellite imagery of the destruction from hearing the few stories that managed to get out of there. we talked with a man a few days ago who just by chance was able to get out of the city and catch a ride out of that area to a safer area of ukraine. now the, the efforts are focused on not just trying to get humanitarian aid into that city, but to get those remaining people out about a quarter of the city's population still living there facing daily and bombardment . the problem is because the russian troops us around in the city, it makes it nearly impossible to just go in and take people out of their 24 buses were sent on wednesday morning to pick people up, but only to a city just outside of mar, you pool and so the people who made it to the bus, those buses were just those, luckily enough to get out of the city 1st to where the pick up spot was. so it's a really serious situation for everybody has still in there. and unfortunately,

very little information coming out at this point. and in terms of the military battles, army and ukraine is reportedly not just on the defensive, but gaining background. how successful have they been in recent days? well the ukrainians are celebrating a very small but significant symbolic victory. today the city council of a small town outside of kia, called boucher. now this basically the suburbs, north west of kia, where most of the fighting is happening. the city council said that ukrainian soldiers surrounded that city and prepared to take it back from the russians who had occupied the area. now that is symbolically significant, because the russians who advanced on key got stuck just outside of the city. so if you craniums are able to take back areas outside of kia, that means they might be winning the larger battle for the capital city. and that is obviously a major game for ukrainian. so small step forward, but

a lot of ukrainians are celebrating that as a way to show that they're not just on the defensive, they might even be gaining some last territory back. you've heard from the un chief who said that this war is on when one been a bull, rather, an experts have pointed out that the only way to stop this war is through negotiations. and we know negotiations are ongoing between russia and ukraine. we heard president the landscape, call them confrontational law. rob referred to it as difficult. has there been some kind of movement at all with negotiations? i think in order to understand why the negotiations continue like this and why you hear the lensky thing there. confrontation on the one hand, but also that we're making steps forward is because of what you're seeing on the ground. what i just discussed is little maybe surprising. victories small, but surprising victories that russia didn't expect even the ukrainians may not have expected when the invasion 1st took place. so i think the lensky right now is

holding out to give anything away to russia until people really know on both sides . what the stakes are, what each party to this war has on the table there. so just a day ago, zalinski said claimed that russia only has a few days worth of provisions left for its soldiers. now that could be informational wars to, to work against the morale of the russian soldiers. but russian, the military is really struggling with resources. 10 percent of its military capacity in might of already been lost. they've lost way more soldiers and they thought they would have. so i think when lensky mentioned that it's happening, step that we're making step by step progress, that means that things are happening on the ground that are changing the conditions of the negotiations. so i think what we're going to see is the lensky asking for a little bit more russia, knowing that it can't demand so much in order to bring an end to this conflict that is still cleaning dozens of lives every day. if not hundreds. the w correspond acid

reporting from ukraine. thank you. ah, president putin, sir. brutal invasion of ukraine is causing death and destruction every day. all laws stand united in support for the brave people of ukraine and against the criminals, cruelty that are now hundreds, so 1000 so allied troops at heightened readiness across to lawrence. i expect leaders will agree to strengthen naples poster in all domains we face. and you reality for our security. so we must really set our deterrence on the fence. for the longer term, we are determined to do all we can to support ukraine. but we have a responsibility to ensure that the war does not escalate beyond ukraine and become

a conflict between nato on russia. that was nato secretary general yan stoughton burg. there he and other nato leaders are preparing to meet for an emergency summit and brussels on the conflict and ukraine. the alliance is trying to balance further military assistance to ukraine, while avoiding a direct confrontation with moscow. nato has promised more support to help ukraine protect itself from chemical warfare. but the alliance is also taking precautions outside the country to playing soldiers and weapons in eastern european member states. and more reinforcements are on the way. are joined now by dw correspond, terry shoulds and brothels, terry president biden in europe in person to attend this meeting. besides the symbolic gesture of this trip, what kind of measures are you expecting to see? come out of it. hi abbey. yes,

there will be some actual deliverables at this summit. the symbolism is going to be huge. of course, the european allies and the united states standing against moscow's aggression in ukraine. but in doing that, they are going to announce new measures to reinforce the eastern flank and secretary generals told them burg today said that there will be battle groups deployed to 4 countries for additional countries that will be bulgaria, hungary, slovakia, and romania. that's in addition to those in the baltic countries and poland. so nato is trying to form a more seamless front to deter moscow along the eastern flank, their reassuring nervous allies, as well as sending a message to the kremlin. he says that they are also going to be discussing, making these forces permanent. and that's a big deal because this is something that, of course, hasn't been seen before. nato had agreed not to permanently station troops along russia's border, but everything's changed now with russia's war on ukraine. cherry nato has

repeatedly said that it's a defensive alliance, that an attack on one is an attack on all. but you, crane, of course, is not a member of nato. let's talk about red lines. are there any that might push the alliance to drop is defensive posture and intervene and ukraine? that something that, of course, the ukrainians would, would like to know as well, with the president zalinski repeatedly calling for a no fly zone. and that is something that nato has said, it is not willing to do that is a line, it will not cross. now this is coming up more and more with regard to potential chemical warfare. nato is very concerned that, that russia is staging false flag narratives. talking about ukraine, creating chemical weapons, it as a precursor to russia itself, using those weapons that something that was discussed a lot today at nato headquarters. and everyone's asking if russia did deploy

a chemical or biological weapons, a nuclear weapon would nato get involved? and that's a discussion that nato is not allowing itself to be drawn into at this time. it doesn't even like to use the term red lines, because of course, once you use that phrase, you're required to do something if russia crosses it. so this is very much an open question at the moment, everyone understands that a chemical weapon does not respect borders that it could effect a nato ally if this happens. but nato is simply not responding to questions about what it would do then what nato is doing. terry is walking a tightrope between supporting ukraine while avoiding escalation. and there are critics who say the alliance is overly concerned about provoking booting. and still, he has launched this full scale investigation, and you talk to us about the fears among leaders here that increasing their support for ukraine might be interpreted by russia as an act of war. i think what you hear increasingly is that, you know, ukraine was not a member of nato,

and yet russia launched war. this was one of the things that president putin said he wouldn't accept. it didn't happen, but it didn't stop the aggression. so i think that we hear less and less about leaders being worried that it would be interpreted as provocative. they are willing to send a defensive weapons to ukraine with they are not willing to do is risk their own troops on the ground in ukraine. and that is something, as i mentioned before, that in no fly zone is, is it rejected for that. you know, that would be considered a direct conflict with russia. and so they are not willing to do that. also this, this, these, mig, that's a poland has and is willing to send to ukraine. that has been held up by worries over whether russia would, would see that as again direct conflict. so yes, this is a very complicated question. what steps can the allies take that would be just defensive for ukraine? what steps would, can be it? would russia consider no more provocation moving into direct confrontation?

there's a war in europe we heard in recent days. german chancellor, olaf shoulds say that this invasion is a turning point for the continent. is there a sense in brussels that europe can never really return to the world? it knew before the ukraine invasion, terry? that's right. and leaders will be discussing this tomorrow at the summit, and making these deployments that were considered temporary, that were just going to be there to reinforce nervous allies during rushes build up on the border with ukraine. nato is now most likely to make those permanent bases. and so that is something we're going to hear more about at the summit tomorrow. dw correspondent, terry shoulds and brussels. thank you very much, terry. ah, the war in 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 to 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 fled everything they know and love for a better life in foreign lands during me now is why chance she's the co author of escape. one day we had to run was thank you for taking the time to speak to the 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 in 2015 in help keep their overloaded boat afloat. these were swimmers, usa and sarah martini, who reportedly saved 18 lives while escaping area used for a made the 1st ever refugee olympic team in 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 or book includes 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 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 chance co author of escape one day we had to run. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. america's 1st female secretary of state, madeleine albright has died that on albright served as president bill clinton secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. before that she was washington's ambassador to the united nations. she was born in 1937 in what was then czechoslovakia and emigrated to the u. s. as a child in 1948. her family said she died after a battle with cancer. she was 84 years old. for more i'm joined by our washington correspondent, caroline asha moy caroline. out from a refugee to the top. american diplomat. how will the us pay tribute to madeline albright was 1st let me say or he law that

important to us politicians have already reacted to old rights. a dad for example, us ambassador linda thomas greenfield to the united nations. she honored albright as a trade by laser and a luminary in remarks on the general assembly in the united nations. shortly after the news of her dad and also net prize, the spokesman of the state department. he said that the impact that she, that all right has had on this building, meaning the se department is felt in every single day. and just about in every single cory door, he wants to call todd class, with albright and georgetown university school of foreign service. the funeral will probably take place at the washington cathedral and then the flag dr to casket will i and seat at the u. s. capital rotunda, like it is usually the case with highly recognized politicians like it was the case

with senator john mccain or col empower after there. did really how will she be remembered in the united states? what will her legacy be there? well right was a woman who left the american dream. she came to the united states when she was 11 years old as a refugee escaping from that, you rub them 1st to the u. k. and then from a communist repression with her family to the united states. and then she became of course, after many years she became the 1st female u. s. secretary of state in this country, before albright, the inner circle of u. s. foreign policy making had been almost exclusively dominated by men. so her role on the foreign policy establishment also reflects the traditional roles of women in the fifties and sixties. and with her ambition and her strength. she was definitely an, an inspiration who encouraged women to pursue professional careers and on the

policy level. albright will be remembered as an international is that she will be remembered for strengthening what she called an assertive multilateralism. meaning multilateral responses against anti democratic and terrence from miranda, for example, or haiti, or the balkans, and actually an issue that is now again, highly relevant. currently nationwide in washington. thank you. that was the day and as ever the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter at dw news. i'm abby cor, boston for all of us here i did all the news in berlin. thanks for being with us. bye for now with,

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