[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, ukraine and russia are again holding direct talks to try and end the war in ukraine, posted by turkish president reggie of type ab one. negotiators for the 2 sides are sitting down together for the 1st time in over 2 weeks or so. coming up, ukraine says it's forces have retaken a key time near the capital keith,

but ukraine's president. warren's russian troops are regrouping to seize it back and elsewhere. the country continues to suffer heavy damage. ah, i am pablo foliage. welcome to the program. peace talks between ukrainian and russian negotiators are underway. in istanbul, turkey, turkish president. russia tie up at the unwelcome, the delegations sang both sides had legitimate concerns. it's the 1st face to face cease fire discussions in more than 2 weeks delegations from ukraine and russia previously met 3 times in the border region of that a roofs. but when i go to our correspondence, hulahan, who's in istanbul outside the dawn, the bachelor palace where the talks are taking place, how you, you're good to see you. what's the latest you can tell us?

well, the talks continue, a member of the ukrainian delegation said he wants to talk to the press later. so we hope to get an update on what's been happening there in the building. right. so behind me, the dorm, a bunch of presidential office here in istanbul, where the talks are taking place. it is, as you mentioned, the 1st face to face talks in nearly 3 weeks. and the fact that they all taking place here in tub, he has already been hailed as a success by the turkish government, the government that has emerged and is trying to act as a mediator in this crisis present. edwin personally welcomed the delegations earlier today, and he told them that it was now up to them and i quote him to prevent to stop this tragedy. now the question is, of course, what can these talks achieve? what are the expectations? and while we heard the turkish president say that some progress has been made,

we also know that previous rounds of talks have made no progress. so i guess it's fair to say that the expectations for this week's works here in istanbul aren't too high. you good, do we know what's on the table as they negotiate? well, the ukrainian government, the biggest goal, and that's what they said earlier was to is to achieve a ceasefire, an immediate cease fire to protect civilians inside a ukraine. but we also heard a senior, ukrainian official say that he doesn't think any breakthrough will be made on the main issues. and these main issues are those concerning ukraine's long term political future, ukraine's aspiration, aspirations for nato membership. the neutrality of the country. russia wants to drop ukraine, i want them to drop these aspirations and presents the lensky said he might be willing to declare ukraine's neutrality. and these are issues according to the turkish govern where an agreement,

how can be found eventually. but the main sticking point, according to present ed, one spokesperson is the fate and the future of crimea, which russia next in 2014, and the eastern ukrainian don boss region where russia ones ukraine and the international community to recognize these territories as russian. but of course, that touches the territorial integrity of ukraine. that is something they are not willing to do as far as we know. we heard the ukrainian foreign minister say earlier today, we're not trading people land or sovereignty. and that shows just how difficult these talks hadn't been and still off. how high level are the delegates in attendance? well, we are, don't have any official list on who is part of each of the delegations, but we do know on behalf of ukraine. the defense minister is here, the majority leader,

all the ukranian. paul humans on the russian side is chief negotiator. mr. medina. sky. you for example, but interestingly and very interestingly, roman abramoff which is also here, the russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the west. and as far as we know he has been part in previous weeks of unofficial talks. also involving president ed, one spokes person. so he seems to be a very important figure in these talks, and it's interesting he's here, especially since these talks here in istanbul or overshadowed by these allegations that mr. brockovich and members of the ukrainian delegation delegation had allegedly been poison during earlier talks at the ukrainian bella, russian border. so that is certainly something we'll watch out for today. that is what i can tell you right now from here. julia, honey stumble. honey, thanks on the ground and you in the situation is

a mixed picture. tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in dire c, monetary and conditions in the besieged port. city of my tuple and authorities in the southern city of mich alive, say a regional government building has been badly damaged by russian strikes, leaving several people on accounted for. but ukrainian forces also appeared to be winning back territory. the gains include the embattled cave suburb of your pin, which blocks the path to the capital for russian forces. gunfire in the ukrainian town of air pin. here ukraine says it is made new gains in repelling russia's invasion. the town on the outskirts of keith was taken off the fierce battles and heavy shania. president zalinski announced the recapture, but wanted the situation is still tense or go by give it. the occupiers are being pushed away from your pin would. he pushed away from keith,

although the corporate is too early to talk about a secure situation. the fighting continues. ukrainian soldiers are expecting further attacks and have been preparing to hold a ground. one soldier explained, they were able to push back russian forces 3 to 4 kilometers from their position. the cypress worker. when we worked you, the samples were shooting of within 60000 people used to live in our pin. many of them were forced to flee. some manage to escape fighting on the front line to get to keep i wasn't sure who my jesse pray to god for salvation quarterly then i pray every day for the soldiers who defend us. let them have courage. god, let them have strength failed. ho. ukrainian troops said they were also able to retake control of the town of trust dentist in the northeast,

close to the border with russia. russian army tanks and artillery were left behind after a counter attacks by ukrainian forces. and in nearby car keys, the war has left homes and streets in ruin. the proceed city of marielle pole is still contending with a major humanitarian crisis. 160000 people are trapped without food, water and power. at least 5000 have been killed. officials have renewed their appeal for people to be evacuated. even with peace talks underway, russian troops continued to bombard defense facilities in ukraine, and ukrainian soldiers are determined to stand firm against russia's aggression. well, for the latest on the ground in ukraine were joined by dw correspondent, amen. as if, who's in the western city of live. if i mean good to see you,

has there been any progress on efforts to evacuate civilians from areas that have seen heavy fighting like medieval there has been pablo actually, or the deputy prime minister just confirmed 3 humanitarian corridors have been opened. now that's a day after they were closed because of intelligence showing that it wasn't going to be safe because of russian activity on those corridors russian shelling. now this is good news for the residents who have remained and marty, you pull that city is being devastated. this is where much of the suffering of this war is happening. and previous attempts to create humanitarian coin rose out of that city like the ones last week. we're only able to get buses to a surrounding areas. obedience places like this, where people had to make it to in order to get on the buses to get to safety. but this corridor is going to be open from the city itself. but using private cars, not buses, which will probably limit the amount of number the, the number of people who can make it out,

but still progress on that front to other quarters have been opened as well, including from multiple which is are occupied by russian forces. so if this works, this will definitely save some civilian lives. a government building in the southern city of mich alive, came under attack today. i mean, what more can you tell us? that was a regional administration building and the russian missile that hit it blew a hole through the entire building, but some people are calling it a miracle. they're 18 people were wounded but pulled from the rubble and their lives were saved. they were brought to hospital one, however, was confirmed dead. now the city has been under siege since the very beginning of the war. we spoke to people here, family here who had lost a son on just day 3 of the war. now in that area. but ukrainian forces have been

largely successful at defending that part of the country. this is the, the south, not far from the black sea and the city officials there said that they took this shelling as a sign that russian forces have given up on trying to take the city using ground troops and are now just trying to destroy as much they can from afar using long range missiles or shells that can be lobbed from a distance rather than actually coming into the city. because ukrainian military says they have successfully defended that place. d, w correspondent, m u s. if reporting from the ukrainian city of la v. thank you. amnesty international has accused russia of committing war crimes in ukraine. the human rights group says the russian army is deliberately targeting civilians which has resulted in hospitals and schools as well as apartment buildings being hit multiple times. the invasion has also uprooted, more than 6000000 people within ukraine and send to almost 4000000 refugees into

neighboring countries. russia has accused ukraine of torturing captured soldiers, a violation of the geneva conventions. well let's talk now to nets n s a l i, he's a research and advocacy director with amnesty international in johannesburg. hi and welcome to d. w. can you tell us about the kinds of human rights violations amnesty is monitoring in ukraine in front of our eyes, the significant impact on civilians as a result of fresh us legal invasion of ukraine. you know, we've documented significant amount of evidence that points to war crimes being committed by russian troops, including indiscriminate attacks. i didn't see really answer and see william structures. we've seen the use of private weapons by russian troops. i can see with instructors, again, we've also seen in front of our size,

the unlawful besieging of cities dropping thousands of civilians who really need to flee those, those extremely water type situation. at the same time, we're also receive reports, as you mentioned, allegations of the treatment of prisoners of war is treatment or discrepancy treatment of people trying to flee ukraine, etc. and we're actively searching all of that. that's an ad. how does amnesty monitor what's going on? does social media play a big role in it? it does, i'm, and i'm this international crisis evidence. love is an expert team group of teams who actually deploy cutting, get technologies to look into various evidences, emerging from social media analysis, including image tags, satellite, imaginary and audio, visual materials and etc. and we would try and verify corporate was evidences

through eye witness accounts and an interview of with the same time. and this is how we would try and document the situation at the moment as we speak. but we should also recall, and as we documented in our, in our report this year, the same governments are also using increasingly using technology, including sort of realistic analogies, shotuko, dishes technologies and etc, to our todd hunt down that humor. i defenders, journalist analysis, i mean, you may recall what we have documented last year in collaboration with investigative journalist, how many governments used. they got the software from these riley n. s a company, start gates many, many activities to spine on them, etc. take a look at russia, russia use mitchell to go, and she's software to handle protesters who are braving the streets of moscow elsewhere. the challenge is invasion of ukraine. now, you've mentioned russia, they're, they've, they've stifled independent media since the invasion. what can the international

community do to counter rushes cracked and on freedom of speech? well that's us, as us are called and the international community cannot continue to ignore such atrocities and crafts be committed across the world. and that is exactly what has led us to where we are today. i'm in russia last year. shut down 14 media organizations over 70 people designated them as foreign agents, undesirable organizations. political opponents were thrown to jail like alex, you never need to. so to 6 years, so 6 months imprisonment, this is a global pattern. we've seen in far too many countries where governments are doubled effort to stifle dissent and mothers, critical voices in the face of this volition, same in action, also and conflict. what we saw instead from many governments, including insecurity, constant, is in action and that has with that is that as what has led us to where we are right now. there's

a complete paralysis such as the consul measures taken to stand up to countries that are systematically replacing and muzzling voices is inadequate. hopefully not to get that so that stay with us because we'll be back to you in a moment. but amnesty international says rushes invasion of ukraine was, quote, just the tip of the iceberg when it came to human rights violations. the organization has just released its annual report on the state of human rights worldwide in 2021. it says state used the pandemic as a pretext for suppressing free speech and descent in many parts of the world. 2021 saw widening in equality with wealthy countries breaking promises to care for the most vulnerable and transfer medical technology to developing countries. many states and armed groups disregarded human rights law and committed war crimes with i being held accountable and refugees fleeing from conflicts all over the world have been systematically denied the basic right to seek protection. now,

back to you. net senate bell, i asked you, co authored the report, are you worried? you trained refugee crisis could be deflecting attention away from other crisis regions will, will obviously worried with the mounting displacement of people across the world, fleeing cove conflict persecution, and also you know, impacts of my climate change in environmental progression across the world. unless we call last year, the u. s. refugee agency estimate the 26600000 refugees and about 4000000 asylum seeker, just half through the year alone. new events such as any to european minor mom and afghanistan has displaced thousands. the ongoing conflict in the democratic republic of congo loan displaced 1500000 people out of the country. venezuela cause us continue to flee, and the figure has reached $60000000.00 by end of the year. this is

a global reality. and, and, and what we saw in what will come to our concern is that what we saw last year and continue this year is at based governments in action or ignoring the global crisis at worst push backs. unless the good, let's take a look at libya for the stance, you know, thousands really fling the conflict in libya were pushed back by you, but border border guards and the same in the u. s. and elsewhere. so we didn't see the same kind of reaction. we saw to ukraine to many other crisis around the world . what mean states? so was push box. right? that's an if you could answer this next question as briefly, as you possibly could talk to us about how be covered pandemic is added to a worsening human rights situation. in several ways. some into the youth was supposed to be a euro for break operation and recovery. bethany staves. government fell promises. but the globally where the states horde being millions of fuck scenes when the rest

of the world like less than 4 percent of people in your income countries. what lived on vaccinated africa, 92 percent of the population were released on flux needed update and of the year. this is that exotic of collusion, right. well the states incorporates that as well to where we are. that's an s l i of amnesty international. thank you. here in germany, authorities have begun banning the use of symbols that expressed support for russia's invasion of ukraine. the letter zed has become the most prominent symbol of russia's war efforts and is a common site on russian military vehicles and pro russian social media accounts. german intelligence agency say they have evidence the letters it has already been used in germany at pro war rallies, but also as graffiti, and on vehicles thus through, whoops, in the letter z as such is of course not forbidden. but in certain cases,

its use can mean an approval of the russian war of aggression and can therefore be prohibited. according to article 140 of germany's penal code, the russian war of aggression on ukraine is a crime. those who publicly approve of it can make themselves liable to prosecutions. has ever off off our mon? well, for more i'm joined by dw pinnacle correspondence. nina has a nina good to have you with us. what does this bond mean in practice? well, in practice it means that a can now be considered illegal to express your support for letting me put ins. wall publicly, here in germany. if you do so, you could now officially be committing a crime. and that is, of course, the result of germany having declared that war illegal and a crime. now just which ways of expressing support will be considered illegal. that is where it gets tricky because the letters that exists in the german alphabet and can of course not. and should not be banned per se. so german prosecutors will really have to proven every individual case that there is

a clear link to putin's war and that the use of it is indeed a criminal act. and some of germany, 16 regions have already said that they are currently looking into this topic and are trying to change the rules make it will make it clearer. and here in berlin, for example, it's now illegal to hold up a sign with a letter said on a poster at a demonstration, but waving the flag, the russian flag is not a legal nina. tell us more about germany's history banning certain symbols. well, that goes back to the lessons learned in this country after world war 2 with regard to nazi propaganda. that, of course, worked with symbols and rituals, and signs with aim of suppressing different opinions. and so germany, after that war, made freedom of speech and freedom of opinion, one of its cool pillars of society. and with that came the necessity to ban certain symbols like the swastika or other nazi symbols to just make it clear that oppression is not tolerated. here in germany and that supporting oppression is not

tolerated and that he can only hold up freedom of speech if you give it limits. so there are bands on signs that support is a missile, right wing organizations here today for example. so it's not the 1st time this happens. how has, what's the reaction been like in germany to the war in ukraine? now this particular war is very close to home for many germans, and there is a loss of solidarity with ukraine. so the country is not far away from here, just a stone's throw way. many people here in germany have their own personal experience with migration, with our bruising with war. and especially for older people seeing pictures of destroyed cities in ukraine and seeing mothers fleeing with their children does bring back a lot of memories from world war 2. so, german politicians are also visibly nervous on warning that this country made a mistake in the past and underestimated vladimir putin and germany is now ramping up its own security again because there is an unpredictable leader in the kremlin

in the neighbourhood and was so close to home really was something that many gems had thought was gone for good, but it wasn't. nina has dw political correspondent, many facts. over 300000 refugees have made their way to germany. we met one family that fled to berlin, the husband's chin. izzy and nationality meant he could make the journey in contrast to most ukrainian men of conscription age who aren't allowed to leave the country. if any of them, no, the we're in shock and like all ukrainians who fled the war by not mutual thinking were afraid would burn for that we heard the sounds of the sirens and keys and the bombs see it in some one north for the boom boom is a beautiful return 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 of below shop of circum cook them appeared to be

there on the day, the war broke out atlanta, every one ran down into their sellers who do of plymouth reserve under ground. wilson officers of reason 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 you were at war was an aircraft, his badge of poor for them. the to with every one in ukraine knows they could die at any moment. her doom woman, there's not a moment's rest or peace. i slept with all my clothes on the cut. so could you hear this? i read of the planes approaching and get out from my job yesterday or stalk. got whatever happens, i think the russians will get their comeuppance. but asking that our dollar for the death of 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, mister long valley was moore's night for a moment. there was a low fall and we were able to escape was small. lou, we heard the train station was a nightmare. vulnerable is legitimate such as a 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 as good as are going to us right now. and she 1st cook if cover me problem. now we're trying god willing to forget our lives over there. a bit me in the bull coach will talk to them.

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