[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news line from berlin, more united than ever. that's the message from us president joe biden on nato as the warren ukraine enters its 2nd month at an emergency summit. biding, says the united states and its allies are determined to help keep resist moscow's assault. also coming up on the counter attack, ukraine's navy says it has destroyed a large russian landing ship off the 4th city of bridge. the vessel had been used

to supply russian troops with armoured vehicles and the unseen scars of war. the un is warning that the conflict has left over half a 1000000 refugees with mental health issues. ah, am abby carson, welcome to the program. you as president joe biden is in europe to discuss the ongoing collective response to russia. invasion of ukraine with allies, the e u. g. 7 and neo, are all meeting not only to send a united message to the kremlin, but to impose and strengthen penalties on russia for its attack on a sovereign nation. biden's as russia should be removed from the g 20 and has ukraine, has asked ukraine rather to attend the groups meetings. he also says his country is

ready to help europe resettle 100000 refugees with an aid package of $1000000000.00 us dollars. and biden reiterated that nato is more united than ever. who was banking on? nate, obey split my early conversations in december and early january was clear to me, he didn't think we could sustain this cohesion. nato has never, never been more united than it is today. prudent is getting exactly the opposite. what he intended to have, as a consequence of going to new ukraine, did always need her correspondence. her shoulder is at the alliance headquarters and brussels. terry. good to see you now. biden says nato is more united than ever before. he's in europe to show his solidarity with allies, but the alliance has made it clear once again that it will not directly intervene militarily. that's right, abbey, nothing's changed on that. president biden said that nato had achieved all of his goals in the beginning,

and that is to impose harsh economic sanctions on president putin, to build up his own eastern flank and to help ukraine militarily and financially. but as you said, that does not involve putting any nato soldiers inside ukraine. it hasn't even meant getting fighter jets to, to key of as, as a president. zalinski has repeatedly asked and asked again today, but nato staying united president biden was very bullish on that. now in terms of china, he also spoke of china, do you have a message for beijing, terry? that's right. he said that he had spoken with president she about a week ago and made clear to him and bite and said, you know, it wasn't a threat. but i, i made sure that he understood that his, his goals to, to draw closer economically to the e. u to the european union and to the united states would be put in jeopardy if it were to support russia. he said he made that absolutely crystal clear and that

european commission president ers of ursula vander line would be delivering that message again to china in the coming days. so a press invite in i as a secretary general yeah, installed and break putting china on the spot to say, we know that russia is asking you for support. and we're telling you that's a very bad idea. now we heard from today, nathan leaders agreed to reset our turns on the fence for the longer term to face and use security reality. online. we will have substantially more forces in the eastern part of the lawrence at high year readiness, with more pre positioned equipment and supplies. in the air. we will deploy more jets and strengthen our integrated air and miss on defense. at c, we will have

a carrier strike groups submarines on significant numbers of combo chips on the persistent basis. so bolstering at eastern flank there terry, what do you make of that statement? that's right. now at 1st listen, people might think that this is just more of the same what nato has been doing since even before the invasion of ukraine, sending more troops to its eastern ally, sending more equipment. but one thing we should listen to installed him brief statement is that he said this is going to be a persistent presence. and that's something that's been changing at nato. just in recent days, the alliance has decided that it will make longer term plans for these forces to stay there. this is something that wasn't possible before, because there was an agreement with russia that there wouldn't be permanent basing of troops along russia's border. they say this deal is out the window and now they are looking at making these reinforcements permanent. let's talk a little bit about the possibility of russia using chemical biological or nuclear

weapons in ukraine. nato says that would change things. but what does that mean, terry? what more would the alliance do then? that's right, a secretary general stilton berg says this would really be a sea change in the war. and that is because not only, of course, would it be a catastrophe for ukraine and, and nobody wants to see more of that. but with a chemical attack that doesn't stop at ukraine's borders. and so there's a high likelihood that un and nato al, i could, could be contaminated by a chemical attack. and in fact, abby, we heard that today, nato has activated for the 1st time ever, a task force on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. and that it is now looking at how to reinforce in its own allies, a counter measures in case such an attack occurs. so that's an historic event that we heard today, and that just indicates how high the concern is that russia really may be looking at using a chemical in, in ukraine. president zalinski also providing without warning. and today he renewed

appeals from further weapons from nato. and he's asking now for one percent of nato weapons and address today. how did nato react to his request? i nato secretary general stilton berg was as directly as was boris johnson. how they would respond to this, this very specific request. and neither of them had an answer that you know, that nato is, is not itself providing weapons to ukraine as individual allies. still timber did say that that countries had made announcements in this meeting today that they would be providing for their equipment to ukraine. and some of that equipment, as we discussed earlier, would also be a to a, to counter a chemical possible chemical weapons attack. so there would be medication and, and other gear needed for this. once again, just underscoring the nato is very, very worried about this war, escalating in a, in an incredibly dangerous way. d. w correspondent,

terry shoals. thank you for this. terry. after a month of war, russia as invasion of ukraine, has reportedly bogged down with the ground offensive stalled. in several places. the russian military has been increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure. it despite the huge number of ukrainian suffering. the country's military has so far been able to keep russian forces at bay against all odds. flames and smoke billowing from a russian transport ship in the harbor of russian occupied baird yonce lines for humanitarian aid. stretching in front of bombed out apartment blocks in the heavily struck city of mar, you pull a month into russia's war and ukraine. every days, full of images that only weeks ago were difficult, if not impossible, to imagine in modern europe. the sun was shining and cave and no bombs were calling for the moment as soldiers and civilians reflected on

a month of war grains as legitimate ukrainians have united as never before. perhaps under god. this makes me very happy. the pin and the russians made a big mistake coming after our country in our land, where we will fight their throats or with our homeland. so no shadow demand must've way away. morale is as high as on the 1st day, and it will remain so until the last day. victory day, he remained determined. ukraine has proven its resilience, but sustained bombardment. bodies in the streets and life in bomb shelters with limited or no power or heat are bound to take their toll on even the bravest. with my furnace was id equus. i feel hopeless to help with a valley. one doesn't know what to do next and how to behave. am i? so i try to keep calm and only hope that everything will be over years, city and all will be fine, as it was before for over and to see this miles returned to people's faces. and our

chances to enjoy life returned to us if they wanted you to validate you a month ago. no one knew how long ukraine could hold out against russia. and yet, despite the told to human life and infrastructure, and the sheer size of the russian war machine, the underdog is still standing. a correspondent that he has burling areas in keys and sand, has this assessment. we have just returned to kia. we've been away for a week in with western part of the country and her. the mood has changed slightly here. um we see more shops open. for example, addresses are open now they used to be closed. um. most of the shops are still closed, but a few more businesses are operating. you see more people on the street, you see more traffic. so it feels like the city is making its way back to normalcy in very small steps. it is of course, still a city in an extraordinary situation. you can still hear shelling and in day time

and at night or from the outskirts the ukrainians have driven the, the russians a bit further away from the city. that's at least what we hear. but the fighting is close enough that you can hear it in if you are in the city center. however, it seems to be like at the trends, simself shifted a little bit. that's the feeling here on the ground, the russian troops have tried to capture key if everybody understands or, or estimates that there's that was that top priority to capture key of quickly decapitate the government and it has not worked. moreover, i'm, while russian troops have advanced to these places around kia, where they are now quite quickly. they have almost been unable to make any gains within ah, 3 weeks or so. and we've also seen some signs that they are digging trenches. now that this is moving towards a war of attrition,

rather than an invasion or law or in advance. and that's obviously something that gives people here. the hope that the russians might, that ukraine might be able to catch. you drive the russians out in the end, or 2 or 2 to create a situation. terry has had this for a where the russians would understand that they could not achieve their goal. and then in nope, negotiations they could be convinced to leave the country. that's the hope now it's still not where we are, it's nothing that people expect to happen in the next few weeks or so. but it's something that could be a possible outcome in the longer term. there's very careful, but some optimism is a look now. some of the other developments in the war, a reporter working for an independent russian website has been killed. and keith news outlet. the insiders that oksana about the not died when russian forces shall a suburb where she had been filming damage from an attack. at least 5 journalists

have now died since russian troops invaded ukraine. 4 weeks ago. the head of the international committee of the red cross, peter mauer, has held talks with russian. foreign ministers are gay, love, and moscow. the red cross president told russia it must abide by international laws on humanitarian conduct in war. now are also plans to discuss the issue of prisoners of war with defense officials moving to so the german parliament is debating a relief package announced by the government in response to spirally energy cost triggered by russia invasion of ukraine. the measures include a 3 month reduction in fuel tax and a discount on public transport with the troops and you does if the world health organization says about half a 1000000 refugees who fled ukraine will need treatment from mental health disorders. the w h o is stressing the need for immediate support. as the refugee crisis grows,

with many struggling as their families are torn apart. the country is bordering ukraine have become a haven for millions of people fleeing the wall. they arrive in poland and moldova desperate for safety. natalia escaped the chalet in nikolai of but left her husband behind. oh we are, we fled when they started bombing. that's why we decided to leave our home 500 meters away from us. there was a rocket explosion. it was very scary. that's why we decided to leave. we were you . many families have been separated by the fighting and i took a risk and fled with my daughter. but i relatives the 2 scared. my older daughter with her child was too scared. how could she manage? he's only 4 years old, but it's also scary here. we don't know where to go now. this is, this is i'm for days so free. the conflict has created the worst refugee crisis

since the 2nd world war. authorities are doing what they can to help you arrivals. most of the children here are without their fathers, who are required to stay in ukraine to fight. the world health organization says arrivals are not only suffering from a range of physical health problems, but also psychological distress. the need for psycho social support because people have been suffering bullets, children are displaced from their family. so this is tremendous mental health threats. number one, number 2, or what we call noncommittal diseases for chronic diseases. people with high blood pressure with cardiovascular disease, with diabetes, host treatment has been interrupted. and the 3rd one or the comical diseases. first and foremost of it,

19 several you states on taking ukrainians in. but while these refugees have reached physical safety, many will need a lot of support to help heal the mental scars left by what they've experienced. not branded other correspond, max xander, who is standing by at the polish ukrainian border max. we know that poland has already taken in more than 2000000 ukrainian refugees so far. how is the situation unfolding where you are one month into this war? right, so the situation here on the ground in poland in the border region is evolving pretty much everything that's happening on the other side of the border in ukraine . sooner or later. we'll have an effect on what's going on here right now. um, but at the moment it seems at various points here in the region b, at the train station in china, which is the 1st point of entry from any of you training refugees fleeing by train

or the border crossings or places like this one right here in shamelessly in the city, this seems to situation has become a lot calmer over the last couple days. have maybe just to we can give you a little impression of what the situation is right now. this is a former warehouse of vacant warehouse um, which now serves as a registration no for passengers and for people who come to ukraine have come from you train to poland and a need to to continue on and there are n g o z on the ground as well, helping out serving some food and you can also get some medical attention your donations are being handed out collected by volunteers and, and cios and by the municipality. a lot of groups there pitching in, but it seems sir, that as you can see, that there's not a lot of traffic here right now. this is due to the numbers having gone down of new

arrival, some by 3 fold. so at the moment that this is a much needed rest for you, for some volunteers we smoke to for some of the infrastructure here on the ground. but everybody knows that the situation sooner or later, could change a could if the russian military make significant gains in ukraine. this could mean that a lot more people could come in. this situation could look very different. very so, max, the polish prime minister has said the european union needs to crash rash. i with sanctions point has also floated the idea of the needle peace keeping force in ukraine. is there a sense that poland is not fully satisfied with how its allies are responding to this war? right, i mean we, we are, it's very strong words from the polish govern, in particular, from the polish prime minister. obviously, let's not forget that poland is a frontline country, so to say there's a war raging on their doorstep. everything that happens in ukraine and in terms of the war is going to be felt here. people coming from flying from ukraine,

1st and foremost, come to to poland. a that's being sent. a lot of it goes through poland. so suppose has very much to do with what is going on there. but we also have a sense that there's also some, some fear that pulling could face for the consequences in one way or another. so there's a policy to ship is very much outspoken and asking for yeah, very for you that for very strong measures against russia. you said rightly so. prime minister move it's, he's asked for a natal peacekeeping mission. this has been rejected. he's also asked been asking for stronger and more sanctions, for example, the banning of trade on sea and land roots with russia entirely. now how much of this is realistic? is that clear? but the bottom line is that polish government definitely is concerned. dw, correspond,

max vander at the polish ukrainian border. thanks for this max. russian president vladimir putin announced wednesday that future payments for his countries gas exports must be paid in russian roubles. it's an effort to prop up the value of the rouble, which is plunged as a result of western sanctions imposed since the russian invasion, as explained by puts in the new rule would apply to countries sanctioning russia, but still receiving its gas exports. a list that includes the e, u and japan did them as a number than western countries have taken illegitimate decisions on the so called freezing of russian. i certainly was a model security. this collective west has actually drawn a line under the reliability of us currency. so with that, you've already spoken about this across type the trust in these currencies, emotional navy, it couldn't renew them. what existing contracts are in dollars and euro's making the move dubious. at best duncan, you go on the announcement to pay an roubles, is 1st and foremost

a breach of contracts. and we will now talk with our european partners about how we respond to this unfolding. it's also in clear how payments would even take place. western banks don't trade heavily in rubles, russian banks could exchange the currencies, but that would undermine sanctions. giving russia much needed foreign currency. and in turn, strengthening the weakened rubel. i don't think it is practical and we already here, but not only germany, but italy and australia have already declared that they they will continue to o d u o with gus brom. according to the existing contracts, which means that their payment will be made in the euro or dollar, which also means that pollutants demand further complicates the use long and painful divorce from russian fossil fuels. now, as in the other stories were falling for you this hour, emergency cruise at the sight of monday's plane crash and china say they have found

more pieces of the aircraft and human remains are still searching for the 2nd black box, the flight data recorder, to try and figure out what caused the boeing 737 to suddenly nose dive, cruising altitude 100. 32 people were on board. all our presumed dead. jamaica's prime minister has told britons prince william that the caribbean island aims to become an independent nation. the remarks come during a week long tour of former british colonies by prince william and his wife kate protesters have been demanding brittany, formerly apologized for slavery, and pay reparations. north korea has fired a long range missile and what japan is calling an unacceptable act of violence. japanese defense officials say it may be a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. tokyo says the projectile flu for over an hour and landed some 150 kilometers off japan's west coast in the countries

territorial waters. if confirmed it, we pyongyang so 1st intercontinental ballistic missile test. since 2017. of course my frank smith is in saul and he explains why north korea launched a long range missile. now. right now. 3 where, you know, the world's attention really is captured by what's going on with the war in ukraine . and a lot of people might think this has something to do with that. i'm not really sure that's the case. well this is, you know, it's been for years since north relaunch to a long range, intercontinental ballistic missile. it's done 12 missile tests. so for this year, if we go back to, you know, when north korea previously launch such a missile back in 2017 or so in 2018, it had a summit. kim johnson and the leader of north korea to summit with former us president donald trump. there kim agreed to spend essentially

a moratorium on long range missile launchers in nuclear tests. he's kept his word so far in return. he expected a change in what north recalls the hostile policy of the united states. specifically, more cri is talking about the sanctions of the united nations security sanctions that remain on north korea. otherwise, right now we just had an election here in south korea, a new conservative president, that vows to take a hard line with north korea units. so fuel has come to power here. so this is also a message to south korea and to the united states that it wants to see some negotiations on sanctions relief and major moment today for women's equality and football on the bass players in the game. the women's game ada hagar burg ended her boycott of international matches. hager berg said she satisfied with the response to her highest and agreed to rejoin the norwegian team for the 1st time in 5 years

. she was the 1st ever female winner of the bone trophy in 2019 playing for the french club. leon or international focus has been on greater respect for female players. a crane women's football team has arrived in the german city of columbia. there being hosted by a german boon as leo club and other aid organizations forced to flee as bombs foul . for now they are happy to train without fear for their lives, but wish for a speedy return to their home country. having fled easton, ye cried the se, cliff bus, creevy leak tame arrived in germany just last week. bundis league aside if c cologne has opened its arms to provide a facility where football training is at least some sort of distraction on those of us was a lot of the it was very difficult to leave the places where you used to be every day gotten that it was very hard to leave behind relatives all the close ones, day alacrity,

but the club leadership is doing everything. possibles that we can train here in peace. they try to keep us away from all kinds of bad news and sometimes they succeed. in later the team were originally on the way to the airport to fly to a training camp in turkey. when several rockets hit their city on the day the russian invasion started whispered seagull it already to be here in safety while your family is under siege is very difficult pasture. and no, no for several nights already. we can't sleep because we are so worried about our families lane as if we can still reach them. they are hiding in bomb shelters. unfortunately, rockets are flying, the sirens are sounding so their nights are not. com and neither our ours as located, but some are less looking eula. the hosts are trying to help the team temporarily settle their minds and bodies in a new city. for now this football team has no opposition,

but one singular go to get home to peace. you're watching dw news up next are to the point program. i'm abby class and for all of us here, i dw, thanks for being with ah,

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