starts april 16th on d, w ah ah, this is d w. a news live from berlin. ukraine and russia are again holding direct talks to try and end the war in ukraine, hosted by turkish president wretched tie of air tuan negotiators. the 2 sides are sitting down together for the 1st time in over 2 weeks. also coming up on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, the mayor of the besieged port city of mariel, paul says nearly 5000 people there have been killed. over $200.00 of them,

children, and warns of disaster if residents are not allowed to de vacuum ah, annexed by sir. welcome to the program. peace talks between ukrainian and in russian negotiators are underway. in istanbul, turkey, turkish president, russia type air to one welcome the delegation saying both sides had legitimate concerns. it is the 1st face to face the fire discussions in more than 2 weeks delegations from ukraine and russia previously met 3 times in the border region of belarus. and it see that, but it shouldn't. no, let's go now to our correspondent julia hand. it is 10 bull outside the presidential palace where the talks are taking place. juliet, what's happening now? well, from what we understand, the talks between the ukrainian and the russian delegation are now underway. here

at the dawn, my boucher presidential palace in istanbul, the presidential office, the meeting is closed to the price and we don't know whether any public statements will be made on behalf of the 2 teams. throughout the day. the talks are expected to continue to laurel. we just hard, a president add on himself in a televised speech. he welcomed the 2 delegations at one table and he said, the time has come for the talks to yield concrete results. that's of course him raising the expectations. turkey is hosting these piece talk so he has an interest in an outcome, but we also do know that previous rounds of talks, both online and face to face have made no progress. also the meeting between the ukranian and russian foreign ministers here in turkey earlier this month. the ukranian government's biggest hope this week here in istanbul is to achieve a ceasefire, which is of course urgently needed for protecting civilians inside ukraine. and we

also heard a senior ukrainian official say that he does not think any breakthrough will be made on the main issues. the main issues are those concerning ukraine's long term political future. and do we know anything about the composition of the delegation or these high level delegates, you know, may be indicating a good chance of a deal, or what do we know about who's there? well, we do not have an official list, but i saw on the a t v images that the ukranian defense minister is here. also the majority leader of the ukranian apollo amend, on the behalf of the russian team are an adviser to president 14 and also a russian really gar. so whole man, abramoff, that shoe has been sanctioned by the west. and it's interesting, he's here because yesterday we saw these accusations emerge that he has been a poison during a previous round of talks. but really what everybody here seems to be going for.

also, the turkish government is a direct meeting between the 2 presidents, the ukranian president, end of loading the protein. they say only such a direct meeting can end the war. and while we know the presence lensky is open to such a meeting, we do not know if a, when blood reporting is ready for that you were mentioning, or go on and put in. they know each other. well, they don't always get along, but they've had to work together on a whole host of issues over the years as you know, dirt better than i, including syria. could it hurt or well be the man to push, put him closer to a deal, and he talk about class, of course. so one of the big questions president ad one has a personal relationship to a mr. putting on the turkish governments. position is that somebody has to talk to the russian side, but he also has good relations with ukraine. turkey is a nato member. it has provided you praying with combat drones. but on the other

hand, turkey has also opposed international sanctions against moscow. and that has also economic reasons because the turkish government have any relies on russia for energy for trade, for the tourist. so turkey has an interest in making things work. he, there is a lot at stake for the turkish government. and the efforts being made here on behalf of the turkish president, have those have been appreciated in europe and in the u. s. okay. julia herndon is symbol. thanks so much for that insight. and as you'll, you just mentioned, there media reports say russian oligarchy, romana brockovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after peace talks on the ukraine. beller was born earlier this month to ukrainian negotiators were also affected. but they have all since recovered. sources say the poisoning could have been orchestrated by hardliners and moscow who wanted to sabotage. the taut ukrainian officials have played down the reports. for more on this, i'm joined by

d. w for moscow corresponded emily. sure. when thanks for being here. emily. what more can you tell us? well, this whole story reads like a spy novel doesn't it? and essentially used, you mentioned it as well. this is media reports, the wall street journal confirmed then by investigative media outlet belin, cat, and also a russian, a media that against by and they're all, you know, mentioning that they spoke to various sources. this is all not confirmed, but apparently there was this march, 3rd meeting and key f between piece negotiators to negotiators on the ukranian side and the russian oligarch, ramana brahman, which suffered symptoms of poisoning. the symptoms included red eyes, constant tearing of peeling skin on their face and hands, and apparently abramoff, which was even blinded for several hours and had trouble eating later on. now we don't of course know whether this was actually a poisoning. apparently, they didn't manage to provide samples to toxicologists on time to really find out

what's behind this. and us intelligence intelligence officials are saying that this could have actually been environmental factors. so essentially, we don't know, and you mentioned as well that some sources are saying that this could be moscow trying to sabotage the talks. ok, so we don't know, we don't know, but there is a little bit of a kremlin pattern of poisoning is there aren't, there is absolutely an alleged, let's say, sorry, alleged we should say. um putins, critics say that he often punishes particularly his personal enemies and they blame him directly for being behind several high profile poisonings, including in 2020. the poisoning of alexi navine with a military grade nerve aged, another chalk, and he was on a plane which was then downed, and he had to recover here in germany. former spicer gay scree, paul, who was a defector, was poisoned in 2018. people say that the security services, again, were behind that alexander lithonian co was killed in 2006,

a former russian spy as well. but interestingly, in this case, abramoff, which is actually someone who has close ties to put in himself and against the that russian media outlet that i mentioned before is actually reporting that he discussed with put in his own role in these negotiated negotiations. personally, that's very interesting. considering ashley put in at the moment is letting very many people close to him. so it seems maybe this is kind of in fighting within the russian side. but again, we don't know. ok, thank you so much for that inside or on the toxic or non toxic situation. we'll find out emily. sure. when, thanks so much. and now, to some of the other stories we're following for you, this our the kremlin spokesman dmitri pascall has said russia has no plans to use nuclear weapons in the war against ukraine. has scarf said russia would only use nuclear weapons if it faced

a threat to its existence. vladimir putin has stoked fears of nuclear war after warning. western intervention and ukraine could trigger what he called consequences you have never seen. amnesty international has accused russia of committing war crimes and ukraine like thing the situation to its actions in the syrian war. the human rights organization denounced rushes deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure in the country. amnesty also accused moscow of turning humanitarian corridors into death traps. b. u cranes, president vladimir zalinski has once again pleaded for the west to provide fighter jets and tanks to help defend his country from russian attacks. zalinski accused western countries of cowardice and warned that russians aggression would not stop in ukraine predicting that russia would move against the baltic states and poland. that's useful. we have, we're western government say some of the worst violations have been happening in the, in the russian siege. pardon me, of mariel and southern ukraine there,

you know, falls, mayor says nearly 5000 people have been killed, including over 200 children. he has warned, the city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. russia has bombarded marianne paul relentlessly, in recent weeks. those who have been able to flee have described bodies lying in the streets because it's too dangerous to bury the place of calm after the trauma she experienced in a home city from christie. here it is google drive and we saw a small ukrainian flag when you no one could heard us any more. the hora was behind us, and we will home the kind her cat's new home is salisia. 300 kilometers away from mario, pull many harrowing escapes. and here in a parking lot, this supermarket has been turned into a shelter for those who managed to escape. here they get food and medical help and

share their stories. my her deal is we were hiding in the theater mario pole when it was bombed. we were in the basement. we went down there the day before, and that's how we survived. was salinas wortham wooden video show scenes of total destruction. the murray poll, nearly 5000 people have died there. the mayor says, $160000.00 civilians are believed to still be trapped in the city. no electricity, no running water, heating or gas. there is no food for children, and the russian bombardment is relentless hello. quickly let's hide i thought it's coming from there. we can recognize it now. it goes from that to their,

their tanks. authorities hoping for more humanitarian corridors to get all of the remaining civilians out to safety. over 300000 ukraine, refugees have made their way to germany. we met one family that fled to berlin, the husbands, tunisian nationality meant he could make the journey. in contrast, most ukrainian men of conscription age who aren't allowed to leave the country can yes, no, no. the we are in shock and like all ukrainians who fled the war by not mutual conflict, we're afraid put bunny. for. for that, we heard the sounds of the sirens increased, and the bombs see it in some one road for the one book is a beautiful white turn. 2 days, i couldn't believe i was in berlin. i couldn't understand what was happening. i was in a state of shockley, the floor below shuffled socum,

could them appear to be there on the day, the war broke out of lena, everyone ran down into their sellers, hulu, do of plymouth reserve under ground wilson officers. every sin was when i hear helicopters, i think the wars come here. i'm sure it stays with you, you know, in aircraft isn't what it was when you were a child where you look up and think, wow, me now on you here, an aircraft, anything kill that we're at war was an aircraft. his badge of for them got to with every one in ukraine knows they could die at any moment. heard you moment, there's not a moment's rest or peace. i slept with all my clothes on the skull. so could you hear the sirens did of the plains approaching and curt 0? so my job, yes, your tires dog got whatever happens. i think the russians will get there. come up, ants are asking that are dollar for the dads as the innocent children and people in

ukraine. now, grania better shows up on his w. visorio history. won't forget those people will remember how russia behaved and what they've done that for that was the fellow, oh, move up, the groovy must the levels motional for a moment. there was a low ball and we were able to escape was small hulu. we heard the train station was a nightmare, valuable is legit messages. i would assume that to be quite honest. i don't even think about the future. i'll think about my grandmother who stayed in ukraine and i think about what's going to happen next in our country. did i want the war to stop on right now in your book this year? what does she do? you get your stub was good, a is a going to us right now. and she 1st cook risk of of me problem. now we're trying god willing to forget our lives over there. a bit me in the bull. cultural title thumb amy barbara,

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