ah, discover the world around you subscribe to the w documentary on you to be. ah, ah, welcome to focus on europe now in germany's capital berlin and around the world. people have been taking to the streets to demonstrate the outrage over russia's ongoing assault of the people of ukraine. at the brandenburg gate, a sound of peace event appealed for an end to the bloodshed. over 12000000 euros in

donations were collected for the victims. oh keisha. ah. meanwhile moving video messages this time from christina at the heart of the suffering and uncertainty, chief as her country could literally be wiped off the map. like millions of other young men and women from this once flourishing country, there appears to be no future between the bombs and the bunkers. we have some shattering testimonies and cries, fell from ukraine from young people in ha, leave her son, the v. ah. ready christina was born and raised in harkins 21 year old, had built a life there together with her partner. the war took them in so many others by surprise. i talk and it started seeing a lot of homes and money as to why no way. my day calls me and i feel like,

oh my god, why my dad called me may be why stars ha! and really what starts and christina and her partner fled, taking the train to leave. they left their home and their relatives behind and harker along with all their plans and dreams laid waste by putin's war a young marketing expert. christina is not only worried about her own future, but about the future of her country. i just pray that when it will be larry, there will be no ukraine or now or mac. that's my biggest here i'd rebuild rebuild our country casa. i like very much. after arriving and levine,

she tried to focus on the positive it was so the most hated one 0, this week and i have a normal food and out wash my hair. and i said, kind of fun does take and, and hike if you can do this. but the happiness was short lived, christina soon began to feel guilty and blamed herself for leaving her family. and hark, if i can make myself because i have, it was why so if you give me an acquaintance, sent christina photos of people and hark. have trying to keep themselves supplied with the bare necessities. christina has been in constant contact with her family and friends. ah. ready ready taking them

to the higher but i think about it like in the morning, she said that they would say a day and you re hollow bitter harkins. we 1st made contact with him just after the war started. he's an avid soccer fan with her munich or amsterdam. hardly any stadium was to fly for him and his wife atoria during peace time. but then they became trapped in an air raid shelter in his hometown. ah, they're not only hitting military targets here, but regular apartment building as well. we can't even go out to get a breath of fresh air. and he and his wife stayed in this cellar and central hark is together with their neighbors and their dogs and cats. at once,

and we are hoping our partners will help us to stop these idiots. these enemies, your water here, harker has been under siege. many civilians were said to have been killed during the previous night. both of them are so sorry. we stay in the bomb shelter because so many saboteurs are at work in the laying booby traps, e and killing people in the street that they were mchuga. uri went out every day to try to scrape together food for his family and others in the building. fuel has also been in short supply, and hark of them, what is the other? the city is very big and people need fuel for their cars to get to the supermarkets that are open with people wait in their cars for hours to get sun, but it's it. but that's necessary for survival here. that was, it was like yury is

a rita buyer for supermarkets. he showed us the empty shelves saying there was hardly any bread left nor fish, milk, semolina, or barley. a pallet of fresh eggs went to minutes. 3 days earlier, an apartment complex had been had in this city alone, the death toll climbed over 150 before the war. hark, have had a population of a 1000000 and a half. nobody knows how many remain. let us pray, leap, just driven to a spring to pick up water for the residence of our building. we they can't go out. was thrust is out of shots are being fired right now, but not here in this district, nor to what are you. yuri was trying to get his wife and relatives out of the city . the danger was too great for them to stay. at last, it looked like he found away. unless the day we were at the train station it was on trying to evacuate our families. you were standing by the train hoping

everything will work out. all right, voice his wife victoria, set out for the polish border without him is that we're at the station on the whole. everything fine we are alive. we were later informed that his wife had made it. uri stood on an harkins to help over 500 kilometers further south. and harrison katerina has also taken shelter. lambert today. it's my last interview less talk i on the time right to my what friends, i love him because i didn't know reach message. which message can last. caterina's boyfriend enters is from denmark. may have been in a long distance relationship for 2 years. now she's in a war zone and he's over 2000 kilometers away. it's really still hell. yasser

cannot stop thinking about what's going on in your brain. what is going on with my girlfriend? just a few months ago, they celebrated christmas together. they began the new year with mutual plans. in march, we plan together rate managing your time. now to my time, the last time they saw each other was in late january, when they said good bye and has had had a bad feeling as if he'd sensed hard times lay ahead. i remember this conflict as being more and more present in the news. like maybe a mistake to let her go home at this point. he wishes he had been wrong, but enters feeling has proven all too true. the evening before we had a she had to talk to her around that they're starting to get worried. and they wanted her to leave as fast as possible. so we had decided to plane tickets or 6

march. but then the following morning, she woke me with a match, ah, a picture of one of these clouds an explosion. and said that it has begun cats. arena's family has a small shop. during the 1st days of the war, they kept their neighbor supplied with groceries. but as the russian forces moved closer, even that got to be too dangerous. even the 100 may we did. laura, should us all come and take out of food and then just i her son was the 1st major ukrainian city to be occupied by russian forces. some residents are still venturing out into the streets to protest against the war. but not katerina, she's afraid to leave her building. the family still has enough provisions. they only go out to board up the doors and windows. brazen in our own. c. 2, we have brazen in our own houses. now brazen and powerless.

right now it's our show where the sleep you can see a place for mom, little more down for me and from the side for all was the father. every moment i'm scaffold that something will happen. sure. i try not to show this too much to her. i can vote my wife says, otherwise i broke into the end. you just trials lie. i wanna, i wanna say, and the, and that's the only plan in until they meet again. ah, ah well, in russia itself,

the propaganda war is in full swing as tens of thousands joined rally to mark the invasion of ukraine. the message is the russian people sending by the lead outside russia only very few countries have given visible backing to pollution. one is serbia belgrade traditionally has close ties with russia and many sub see the russians as their brothers. so some are not protesting against the invasion, but demonstrating fierce support for it. these serbia nationalists are staging a pro russian car rally in belgrade. there on russian president vladimir putin side were here because of russia wardweb that fight naziism 20 naziism was not exterminated in 1945. but if you have survived and must be destroyed, they're convinced that hootin is doing just that fighting naziism and ukraine. the

letter z adorns many cars here, the same as can be found on russian army vehicles. it stands for the phrase or victory. like most serbians, the boyish era do lavish, rejects these nationalists and the war even so he feels a strong connection to russia. and as long perceived nato as a threat, he was a teenager when his native belgrade was bombed during the course of a war. thus he wants that as well. i was 14 and an 8th grade with us. but instead of figuring out which high school to go to your court, we were preoccupied with trying to survive. the bombings responses were see those most that brazil tall moment to this day, there are still ruins in central belgrade. a grim reminder of the war. reduce rubbish, says the bombings destroyed more than bridges and residential buildings. they also undermined his trust in the west and its values. and he says many here feels similarly, rushes influence in serbia, meanwhile,

grew stronger over the years. putin is currently on almost every front page. many serbians view russians as their slavic brothers, russia is admired and view, criticize its war against ukraine. pharmacist, mother, that bill which i think this war has been inevitable for a long time, really at the west is hypocritical, especially western media that report on it. i remember what all, leave it up with ozzy. that's a saga. is lanelle go on the whole night. we are the largest balkan nation. we should feel the greatest responsibility or thought it, but we have not learned from our history. and that's awful thrash like leaders. one group with a long history of fighting for civil and human rights are the women in black, but few joined their protest against the war in ukraine. the activists said the low turnout was sobering. they believe it was linked to the fact that many serbians

long for a strong leader rather than a true democracy because adult said, be hulu. do serbians like russia or putins only will attest. i also what they like are authoritarian government guessing that has nothing to do with russia per se. not long ago, german foreign minister on alina burbock visited serbian president, alexander luke. the meeting was tense as roaches known for his close ties to boot him. since the war broke out, boucher ch has attempted a political balancing act approving a un resolution condemning the russian invasion, yet refusing to carry western sanctions against the country. msm will trigger me, this is what are we supposed to distance ourselves from me almost. in what sense are we connected to the conflict in ukraine? what did serbia do wrong cycle? so we were, serbia, is not talking about anyone. not bringing up any names. there was no love or hate.

when it comes to us, we only respect international law, and these are not an overall president boots, which is currently campaigning to be reelected in april. and polls suggest he and his party are set to win. most serbians share his view on the ukraine war. in tosh, my dad park in central belgrade this monument commemorates the children killed during nato attacks on the city. memories of that old war are still alive. miss, that'd be serbia, russia, we're not in this war english, but the u. s. england, france, they need to recognize how it came to this. yes, i'm brought to fly. i'm against every war. i was against the cause of a war and against the one before that, flocking that event. i'm against interventions and opposed using force against independence state it. but now boy shall reduce rubbish and his friends say the ukraine war has pushed them to reassess their long held loyalty to russia and critical opinion of nato in the west. they feel isolated and wonder where that

leaves them and their country serbia. miss mung. neil louis that we've always been caught in the middle is valid said, and that's where we are again now. i'm not sure what difficulties we would encounter if we were to go along with sanctions against russia. that got to be a little us and we just cannot take that road right now on the da name of our ties with rush are too strong, economically speaking. and there's also an element of fear film yet going on ski relative. molly's daughter, their biggest hope is that the war in ukraine will end soon and that hope is shared by many russians. tens of thousands of already left their homeland said the conflict began. and indeed amy gray russians have austin, sought refuge in paris in the upheaval that followed the russian revolution in 1917 and in soviet times. and in recent weeks, many have expressed their dismay over the war among the most outspoken as gallia. a

command she's investigated issues like electoral fraud and politically motivated violence. now she's focusing on developments in russia itself. her goal to oust putin from power, her weapon information the ukranian nurse, no anthem at the plaster ladder, pu bleak in the center of paris. gallia ackerman is showing her solidarity. she was born in russia but as live in exile and france for more than 30 years. she was popular among ukrainians because they know she has been mourning about putin for a very long time since long before the war. exec, this is exactly the new attempt to stifle not only to liquidate ukrainians, but also to extinguish the ukrainian culture. n ackerman began her political activism from her paris exile. last year, she found a desk whose see an online publication by well known russian exiles and russia,

experts. their articles describe how potent has grown increasingly authoritarian over the years how he has extended his influence and how his toyed with his foreign counterparts. pung, all this, any, or some yell for years, both in france and germany, there has been a strong pro ration, sentiment able good, jo. yes, there has been many real agents of influence. and many people who have simply acted in good faith. the one for who have believed wanted to believe that russia wouldn't be a good partner survey on board, back to their adulthood ciboney. but all their well meaning words have made a slow to recognize the extreme danger represented by the russian regime. i'm dulcie gurgle, puzzled. nourish him with his does clichy, has attracted a large audience up to 150000 readers. click on the analyses and opinion pieces, some of them in russia. the fact that the ukraine invasion is turning out differently than potent imagined, gives ackerman hope. if

a cracky looking men mad that i think he might even be overthrown because he has been a great military failure unconditionally death, the parisian russian exiles are using the power of words to lend support. at an event in a paris theater, they read letters by imprisoned russian opposition liter alexson of alden, the about hootin, and the oligarchy, roman abramoff, which owner of the british football club, chelsea, and on board a very expensive plane, hooton's wallet, abram, of which is flying to a nato country, what audacity and every once happy putin and abramoff which will steal money from the budget and invest it in the west. behind the camera is donati vista, who comes from ukraine, is that if there are something that order, i am delighted, with golly, is commitment to her right against putin for merck. a sure it's very, very near to my heart. for, for the war earth i have rush, gallia ackerman fled the communist dictatorship of the soviet union for paris. she

had hoped for a different future for russia, but potent has returned her former homeland to a dictatorship. she says, while ukraine has experienced a different development for decor, kenyon, i am ukrainian by adoption. i have always felt morally and intellectually more at home there than america. and especially in putins, russia, ackerman, and desk. lucille determined to work even harder into b, a voice of the russian opposition and of ukrainians in this war to hungary. now where this giant t v truck is criss crossing the country, it's election time and a group called parties and wants to make sure that there is at least some plurality and diversity in the political discourse. for the 1st time in over a decade and opposition coalition could challenge authoritarian prime minister,

fixed to all bound for power. but albany is omnipresent. after all, he has a strangle hold on state media. and here to prudence. war is top of the agenda. the mobile tv studio parties on hits the road today. they're heading north to the small town of kuza weaver, roche, after setting up filmmaker and activists, martin gloria sh is ready to receive his 1st get. his goal is to inform as many as possible about the elections. we are doing the show, especially in the countryside, because we are mostly located in budapest, in the capital, to have more access to people who are living in the immoral areas of the country in rural hungry. most people vote for the ruling she does party. and most watch a pro government tv channels. martin glee youtube channel is financed through private donations. he produces critical content also because he says ernest political debate is lacking in hungary media. escape. just you have to imagine that

today on this particular day, this was the 1st time in 4 years time than the opposition candidate of prime minister had to 5 minutes on air. but over the past weeks, both prime minister, victor urban and his challenge of peter my keys, i have adjusted their campaign focus to reflect rushes invasion in ukraine. nissan marquise i is criticizing the pro russia position or been took for years, or one is the one who supported put in state radio, just reading pro russia propaganda still old old, but also approved european banning of russia today and would think those. but here are state media and private viewed us media is still supporting, put in and condemning the ukraine. we would have liked to put this criticism to our vans he does party. but despite numerous requests, we received no response from party headquarters in budapest, a national day in mid march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungry. here to putins. war was in the

forefront of people's minds as they waited to see or been louder. shambrika, we don't think this war just happened. there's a background to it. everything has led up to this. what y'all, there's it, the hillary, dakota and i called on elsewhere in the world. and especially the western media have double standards. all, lot of lockheed, although grew the seal every year that you can understand the ukrainians. but you also have to understand the russian and some bottled i'm shells would run over them bottled. i'm your chin. i all. no one is really talking about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire. chickasha nacken kish oswick all medical and that they did it on purpose and i'll make sure shanks m yankee. then victor or van made his appearance like most independent media. we were given a seat far away from the podium that a state was barely visible to the naked eye, but his rhetoric about hungary role in the ukraine more came across all the more sharply. fog. russia has russian interests movie. ukraine is looking after

ukrainian interests. neither the u. s. nor brussels will sink with the mind of a hungarian folk that will not feel with the heart of a hungarian. he's more your see that we must advance our interests ourselves. soberly and courageously khaki for shouting. he got on his bottle. the ukraine more has become a political football in hungary election campaign. real political debate is lacking . instead, there's mainly mudslinging between incumbent prime minister or man and his challenger, maddock, he's only a bottle of all alabaster, though yours on a political left has lost its senses. ish, old coral? sure. we want to sleep, walk us into a war. it's can yet lamb the left is want to send hungarian soldiers, little hungarian weapons to the front hollow and all my dog cochlan up. we won't allow that to happen. o clock food on your phone to lowball as nam full. you come again, get me before he was lying about us wanting to bring in my glen,

still hungry. now his lighting above us. it wanting to set the kids to die in ukraine. it's disgust. cool, disgusting. and, and this is i accusations, falsehoods, provocations for martin gal. yes, these are incentive enough to take a stand and reveal that urgent need for independent reporting during the selection campaign. i would be able to do my work in a better way if governments relate to people void accept mainly there. some these kind of a bubble of each day artificially created around the governments related voters. the tarts not just the entire society but especially those voters. and so martin, glean and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. oh, clearly dale position is still got a lot of work to do if it's going to push all been hard in april to vote. and for

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ah ah ah oh, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president cools for global protests against the war fellow to me as the lensky asked people to show their support for ukraine today. exactly. one month after russia started its full scale invasion. also coming up, millions have fled the war in ukraine, but incredibly, some have already returned. we speak to a fashion designer and living, who says coming home is an act of resistance. cloth, nato secretary general. yeah. and started.