ah, ah ah, this is dw news alive, but from berlin drama at the oscars act. so will smith unexpectedly take to the stage at the academy awards in a late to strike comedian chris rock after a joke goes wrong. also coming up philadelphia soleski signals, he's willing to consider mutual status for ukraine. but the russian invasion in its 2nd mom, ukraine's president says negotiators are carefully studying the issue, which is central to russia's security demands.

ah, i'm will as like a warm welcome to the show. the 2022 oscars have just wrapped up in los angeles with best picture award going to coda, a death family drama, from streaming service apple tv plus. but the whole ceremony, it was overshadowed by this unexpected moment to look. ah, oh wow. will smith good on stage? as you saw this slapping chris rock in the face after he made a joke about his wife jade up and get smith reacted and went on to win his 1st oscar best actor for his performance as richard williams in king richard. wow. do it was a g. let's go to allay now and spoke to journalist k. j matthews. always a pleasure to see you kj. i think we were all

a bit speechless after about show. tell us what happened between chris rock and roll smith. you know, i've been saying this like the last hour. i've covered hollywood for nearly 2 decades and can you believe finally, it took this long for me to be shot? i'm still shocked. i really don't know who i'm still processing. what i saw at the oscars initially, i thought they're both great actors. maybe this is a bit. i know that the ratings have been pretty low for the oscars over the years. so they thought there was spice it up, but then i was hearing no, this is absolutely real and a lot of people inside at the inter now were telling me during the commercial break, there was a lot of people coming over to will smith to talk to him and that this incident was very real. so i'm, i'm still very shocked by it. i mean, the internet's of course exploded social media after that punch. what has the reaction been over all? oh, you know, people are talking about his acceptance speech. you know, of course, chris rock made a joke at the expense of

a j to pink at smith talking about her bald head. well, i don't know if a lot of people know, but get a peek at smith revealed years ago that she suffers from a hair loss condition caught our alopecia. so that's the reason why she wears her head, her hair the way she wears it, which is is ball i he made a joke saying that he thought she was going to be in the next g i jane, which he's not. so, you know, obviously will smith took offense to that. got up, walked on stage hunch chris rock was and then as he's on his way back to his seat, he said keep my wife's name out of your bleeping mouth twice or so after that everything kind of shut down and we were really very, very shock moments later will smith would on to win. ah, the best actor trophy, offer his portrayal of the father of venus. and serena williams in the film king richard and during his acceptance speech, she cried a lot. and he talked about the parallels between their father and him and how

sometimes when you're a celebrity, you know, you have to listen to people and you, you take a lot of crazy behavior and abuse from people because i think they can talk to you that way. i would all you want to do is provide for your family and it is very tough. he also said that, you know, di and he was referring to dental washington came up to him like during the commercial break and basically a quote. he said, you know, be very careful what your higher moment. this is when the devil comes for you. so he was just really over over taken over shadow by emotion and, and obviously he polish eyes at the end. but interestingly enough, he did not apologize for hitting chris rock. he apologized to the oscar nominees and to the academy, but not chris rock. right. okay, this is definitely gonna be the moment that everyone is talking about after this awards ceremony. but let's talk about the other windows starting with base picnic going to coda. i filled with mostly def, oh, this is a 1st. yes. and you know what? i wasn't? am i being a part?

i actually thought the power of the dog was going to win. best picture. so what do i know? i, i lost on that one, but yes, great night for coda. you know, troy cancer, he won for best supporting actor. he's the 1st death actor to win an academy award, so wonderful to see him win for his role in kodak, and also quote, a one for our best adapted screenplay. so that's best picture best active adapted screenplay and also best supporting actor for choice. so a really good night for coda, and also this is the 1st time that a streaming service has won for best picture at the oscars. so apple tv is very, very, very happy tonight, for winning that best picture trophy. good night for apple. of course. any other moments that stood out for you during this, the ceremony? i, you know, i really love seeing a one to sites amy humor and regina hall on stage and doing their thing,

making people laugh, trying to keep a show going. i thought they did a pretty decent job. i didn't think it was bad. i think they had some funny moments of not all of it was funny, but i think they did a pretty, pretty good job. and i really like seeing 3 women up there, hosting the oscars. i will say this though, they took out 8 categories. and they did those an hour before the oscars came on to kind of cut down time. but guess what? it didn't work. i looked in by my counting the oscars tonight, 3 hours and 40 minutes. so almost 4 hours. i don't think it matters. if you cut out a categories, it really doesn't. or i k j. matthews, great talking to you as always. thank you very much. thank you. turning to the war in ukraine now, where president volume is zalinski says he's open to negotiating a potential neutral status for his country. in an interview with several independent russian news organizations, soleski said his team was carefully studying russia's demand for ukrainian

neutrality. and that the issue would have to be put to a referendum. now, meanwhile, ukraine's military intelligence service has warned that moscow is trying to split the country into as the attempt to take the capital key of hast old. after more than a month of fighting key remains in ukrainian hands, though, increasingly scarred by war. but even those whose homes have been destroyed, believe that victory is possible with enough help. nor does the visit of the war. everything depends on how our western friends help us with that we will win if we get lots of health and we will win soon as it struggles to make advances on the ground. russia has ramped up its bombardments. much of her keep just 50 kilometers from the russian border already lies in ruins. it was ukraine's 2nd largest city. now half of its residents have fled. thousands of those who remain

have taken refuge in underground train stations, hiding from rushes heavy shelling in the besieged city of mary. u paul, the situation is even more dire. food and water are scarce and local, say they've had to bury their dead and make shift graves. ukraine's president is carefully considering how to best and the suffering ballade. amir zalinski said his team was studying russia's demand for ukrainian neutrality. and that the issue would have to be put to a referendum. gotta give his up wasn't security guarantees and neutrality, non nuclear status of our country. we are ready to go for it. that's the most important point. it was the main point for the russian federation. that's why they started this war. the funny is evelyn actually way on sunday. ukrainian authority said an agreement had been reached with russia on a humanitarian court or out of mary you, paul, giving residence the chance to try and reach safety. those who do make it out may

well join the ever growing number of refugees like these. crossing into romania via ferry talks between ukrainian and russia. negotiators are sent to resume in turkey . on monday i'm joined by professor michael kim inch in washington. he is a jim and marshall fun fellow, and an expert on us russian relations. welcome to the w. now we've heard president lensky earlier talk about negotiating a potential neutral status for ukraine in exchange for security guarantees. would russia be willing to give that to ukraine? i think it's possible, but it's of course, only one part of the nation's stick. your point is what russia will do with the territory it's occupied would return that territory. ukraine would ask for a car will make demands that compromise. you can search around sovereignty that i think is the most difficult, more difficult for us to negotiate on that note. so let's see also talk about

a compromise on the don't bass ration that's the part of the senior crane that's been held by probation separatist for years. now. could this be a way out of the war? do you think potentially is of course a huge compromise. brozowski to make and that's why i think he feels he has to go to was on population was, are, and them to get that authority. but certainly, if you would be willing to make that concession, i think that could move russia very much closer to a deal in the last few days, we have heard that russia might be changing its tactics is being bog down in this war. it's not advancing where it wanted to. ukraine's military intelligence is now saying that russia might be trying to split ukraine into to what do you think russia next move is? i think that they seem to be giving out for the city of here. they do see a little bit and they do have us literally possibilities, but i think a partition of some kind is very plausible as a russian military strategy before they let you go. let's talk about president joe

biden, speech in war. so his call to remove, letting me put in, i mean that was probably walked back by the white house and he's also walked back himself this evening. but do you think this has potentially damaged any prospects of diplomacy with, with the kremlin? it certainly made it more difficult. i think it is something of a maximum position. it makes the equivalent perhaps less, less able to, to compromise. on the other hand, it's only one statement at a particular moment in time. so there's real will to compromise on the part of the russians and the gradients. they're going to move forward. it won't matter all that much with the present. worse on a given day. professor michael kim ich thank you very much. michael kemp from the german marshall fund. thank you so much for having me. after a month of war, many have been surprised that the strength of your friends defense about the human

cost of the conflict remains high with the number of both military and civilian casualties. growing by the day and amid the destruction, people are having to bury their friends and family in the most difficult circumstances. d, w correspondents, army and s. if census this story on a slain soldier from a small village close to the polish border house fallen silent. he was just 20 years old, hit by russian artillery on day 3 of the war. it took weeks for his family to learn of his death and bring him home. people from all round came to demetrius funeral, to honor him with the quote, he was a true cossack with him, and he smiled a lot that he was funny. artistic with he always wanted to help everyone. he loved his also much. he

can, he wanted to keep this family together because you will remember him as an amazing person and amazing rather than a sick child. only an inch long. got them the vest. you too are a military family. demetrius sister said their father is considered by many a hero of the don bass conflict. it seemed natural that her brother would choose the same path. demetrius schoolhouse, his teacher received the news of his death. i thought with a mixture of pain and pride was about to lower each other for the last time on the 12th of february, and he said, ok, good bye. we'll never see each other again. and i said to him, you can't say that. i ask if his death has scared any of the young men in the village who may 1 day have to face the front lines? absolutely, absolutely no, i will give them more courage, strangled, maybe even make them very angry and awful to take on such

a responsibility. nobody is afraid, it's no longer 2014 and she has a completely different feelings. in western ukraine, we always say military service has a responsibility. a duty is a duty officers of them, but i bought, i bought a lesson instilled at a young age. here, there's is not to reason why the cemetery were demitra was buried. his grave is visible from a distance and it seems as if it's the very center of the town a tragedy, but piled high with flowers. if we let you go, here's a recap of our main stories. ah drama at the oscars. axa will smith unexpectedly takes the stage at the academy awards and ally to strike comedian chris rock, offer joke goes wrong. ukrainian president ability, miss lensky says, his team of negotiators is carefully studying russia's demand for ukrainian

neutrality. he accused russian president vladimir putin of delaying pistols. lensky made the comments in an interview with several independent russian news organizations in watching deed of news, from berlin for me and the entire team. amberlynn, thanks watching ticket. they want to know what makes it a way. i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes in every single day getting. are you ready to meet the german? then join me, rachel stuart on d. w. interest. the global economy. our portfolio d w.