lou ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight trying to wipe a ukrainian city off the face of the earth. that is how the mirror of mario pole describes what russian forces are doing to his city. these also accusing the russian military of genesis. also coming up the german chancellor, ola sholtes says that albania and north macedonia should start taunts to join the european union to protect them from the reach of putin's russia plus and on stage

slap at the oscars actor will smith, it's chris rock in the phase on live television, the academy has washed investigation and the condemnations have begun. ah, i bring gov. it's good to have you with us. on this monday, the mayor of mario polled in southern ukraine says that his city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and that every one left has to get out. or your pole has endured relentless bombardment from russian forces in recent weeks, mer vadim. boy jenko says that nearly 5000 people have died. a 160000 civilians remain trapped inside the city without power. there is growing concerned that the city could soon fall under russian control. meanwhile,

ukraine's defense ministry says that there is no evidence that russia is planning to abandon its effort to capture the capitol. keep russian forces are also stepping up their attacks in eastern you cray. ah, for just a few brief moments, musicians provided those inside this hot heave metro station and bomb shelter with a brief respite from the war. if the music is a ray of light that helps our souls survive, it brightens our lives stops us panicking and keeps away the darkness gloom and bitterness of this war. the wiley, with almost that the voice with him give you, we'll need support like never before. show him if we classical musicians can provide support to the people, not by playing our instruments. by doing what we can do best,

we will do it anywhere there so much when i press what would the most, i don't wanna do it. but across ukraine and with each day that passes the death toll increases. this watch belong to one of the wars victims of his son, victor witnessed his death. i yeah, i the russian soldiers just started firing. i looked up, my dad looked into the car. will the hoard? he was already choking on his own blood. well, i saw a ford direct hits to the windshield. shanella was to call. but there is a faint glimmer of hope. the piece will return here and keep the president offered to moscow. a compromise on the don boss. this is peace talks between russia and ukraine. are set to resume on tuesday in turkey. yup. when you must awesome lloyd eat bull. i understand it's impossible to make russia give up the territory completely yet that would lead to world war 3. and i understand completely,

i am aware of that ethic. that's why i'm saying this is a compromise. but let's try to resolve the question of the don boss. the complex question of the don bus slope was done thus. but in moscow, there appears to be no shift in russia's demands. my business deal, it that we have to make sure that ukraine stops assimilating itself with the west to or with nato when the military sense where you with threats to the russian federation, physical military threats to the russian federation, where your little girls notice you, if you get on to death and destruction in ukraine here in levied the funeral of a soldier another day that a family has been touched by the war. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, m u. s. if in levine in western ukraine and i asked him about ukraine's possible compromise, aimed at reaching

a ceasefire. the 1st thing needs to be said is that russia is already making concessions. it seems, it looks like the original intent of the invasion was to occupy ukraine to take over the government in kia. and that clearly is not happening at this point. at least, russia has been frustrated militarily. but what the lensky has said, in terms of ukraine's concessions, is that he put in the most clear terms to date that he's willing to make ukraine a neutral country. that means not joining nato, not having nuclear weapons on its territory. he's hinted at that before, but he's never come out and say it said it. what he did also say was that he'd have to put this question up to the people of ukraine to put it up to a referendum. and at this point, just talking to you craniums here on the ground, it doesn't seem clear that they would vote for anything that appeared to give russia concessions. now the don bath is another question in eastern ukraine. a lot of people speak russian. there are pro russian people, they're living there,

and that area has been contested since 2014. so what the lensky said was that will make that a separate question. those negotiations will happen after a ceasefire in the rest of ukraine is agreed to, and that is a concession in itself to say that we will put off those negotiations until we can resolve a ceasefire here and the rest of ukraine. that was, i mean, as if they're reporting from the even western ukraine. now, here are some of the other stories that we're following for you. this, our russia has added this broadcast, deutsche avella to a list of media organizations that it classifies is for an agent smell. that designation requires all of our content to be labeled with a disclaimer. a russian delegation has arrived and is timble ahead of planned peace dogs with ukrainian negotiators. tuesday's meeting will mark the 2nd time that turkey has hosted in person discussions between the 2 sides. the kremlin has said

that it expects no significant breakthroughs. e u interior ministers have been meeting in brussels to address the flight of millions of refugees into the e. u. for more toward ukraine, they discussed a range of issues such as the distribution of refugees across all member states, as well as financial support. poland alone is already taking in more than 2000000 people. the russian independent newspaper pneumonia because that has suspended publication. it says the suspension is necessary to prevent the kremlin from shutting it down completely due to its reporting on the war in ukraine, the newspaper garner an international attention. last year we did the editor in chief dmitri mirror talk, won the nobel peace prize. jim, a chance are all i've shown today. he said that albany and north macedonia should

begin talks to join the european union as soon as possible. shalt made the comments after a meeting with sweden prime minister magdalena anderson here in berlin. he said that it's important that you speed up talks with the 2 balkan nations to prevent them from being pulled into rushes. sphere of influence shelves and anderson also discuss the question of swedish travelers as the country considers joining nato. anderson said that sweden's membership in the european union means that it is no longer a neutral country. here is part of what the german chancellor ow schultz said today in magdalena and myself. agree that we want to strengthen the even make it more resilient as well. the turning point in history is something that means we must achieve real progress within the urban union. thus, we talked about the fact that the time has come to pass the albanian and macedonian

in best accession we'll talk soon, begin as soon as possible. otherwise, these in about to as well can, states will be vulnerable russian inferencing and we need to strengthen our capacity in terms in a number of different ways. d, w, spoke to the swedish prime minister magdalena anderson, about e. u. session talks with albania and doors, macedonia. here's what she told us. what i mean, countries should be able to join european union when they are ready for it. and i think it's important that all countries can have a process coming closer to a era peon and membership and, and from a swedish perspective, we have been supporting countries. for instance, ukraine add to help build their institutions to become so they could come closer to the coming that members of the european union attacking ukraine was not only an attack line ukraine, but also european security order, which means that every country can make their desist in themselves, so of course we know we have the right to do with the decision that we think is

right for our country. but of course when we do do that, we have to away all the different risks with the different options that we have. the situation in round the baltic sea has changed after russia, sa invasion of ukraine. we've had the deteriorating a security situation round the baltic for a long time, but this was really a shift. what we have done from a swedish perspective during the last years is to increase our defense spending. and we, we also follow germany to go up to 2 percent of g d p, but also increased our a bilateral, multilateral corporation. like being a part to nate. so with a very close close corporation to woulda finland but also with the joint expeditionary force with, with other countries. and we will continue in this direction. but you also have a discussion with the other part is in parliament to analyze the situation and see what that means for and how it will act in the future. there was the swedish bar minister there, magdalena,

understood. speaking with this earlier. here are some of the other stories were following for you this hour in china. millions of people in shanghai are in lockdown, confined to their homes, in order to control a growing outbreak of clued with 90. the financial hub has become a corona virus hot spot in recent weeks. this is china's most ex, since have locked down in 2 years. canadian indigenous leaders have met with pope francis at the batt. again, they want him to apologize for the catholic church. his role in the abuse of indigenous children in residential schools and candidate many were subjected to abuse, rape, and now nutrition in what has been called a cultural genocide. you are a secretary of state entity, blink at his meeting with his counterparts from israel and for arab countries to discuss reviving a 2015 deal to limit iran's nuclear program. but the started, the summit, was overshadowed by a terror attack by so called islamic state in the israeli city of adair.

the seal good family film koga was named best picture at the oscars in a surprise when last night, making it the 1st stringed film to pick up their prize. but the most memorable moment of the ceremony was an outburst of violence from one of hollywood biggest stars. actor will smith walked up on stage and slapped comedian chris rock in the face. the academy has now condemned smith and launched a formal investigation. it was the year's biggest night in hollywood with a star studded lineup of the academy awards honoring the film industry's best movies at the oscars ceremony. but the night was overshadowed by an incident on stage. comedian chris rock made a joke about, act at will smith's wife data pink at smith, who suffer strong alopecia. it didn't go down to well, dana alada, j jane to can't wait to see it. i oh,

ricka. oh, wow. wow. do it was a g i g, angel he mark. but oh good. now a jaw dropping moment for viewers around the world smith and then went on to win, best actor for his performance in king richard. a movie about the father of tennis . does venus and serena williams, somebody that he apologized in his acceptance speech in your heart, imitates life. i looked like the crazy father less like they say like crazy father . just like they said about with you or your mom, but love will make you do crazy things. the lapd says it won't take things further . as chris rock declined to file

a police report. oscars organizes tweeted that it does not condone violence. the academy also tried to show off its diversity compared to previous years. appletv coda took the spotlight starring death actors in leading roles. it won best picture mocking the 1st time a streaming service took home the film award entered room expo the power of the dog, which led 12 nominations, picked up on jane canyons directing when jessica chastine landed best actress for her role in the eyes of tammy faye, mcgrew and best international film was awarded to japan's drive my car. while the oscars was hoping to have a boost in ratings to see his physical confrontation between 2 superstars certainly

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