with oh, this is dw news, lie from berlin, peace talks between ukraine and russia. wrap up with security guarantees for ukraine on the table, hosted by turkish president reggie of ty, at the end of the one negotiators sat together for the 1st time in over 2 weeks. the discussions included a proposed neutral status for ukraine tied with security guarantees. also coming up in crane says it 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 fully as welcome to the program. the 1st day of peace talks between ukrainian and russian negotiators has wrapped up in istanbul, turkey, turkish president, reggie tie up at once, said it's up to both sides to stop the fighting the seas. far discussions are the 1st taking place face to face in more than 2 weeks. guarantees for ukraine security are on the table along with the possibility of keep agreeing to a neutral military status. let's go to our correspondence. hulahan is stumble. i've syfy on the bachelor palace where those talks have just entered. una good to see you. is there any indication that ukraine and russia are heading towards an agreement with pablo from what we understand these talks

here in istanbul, day number one ended without any major. a breakthrough now of the talk last a few more than 2 hours with occasional breaks and it's unclear as we speak if they are going to continue because that's what negotiate has had planned for to have a 2nd a day now are both delegations have spoken to media, after the talks ended, the russian delegation pledged to decrease military activity in the capital, the ukrainian capital of here, and in, and north, and a town or city of ashanti. but that, of course, does not mean that there will be a ceasefire. this is from what we understand from the delegation statement. we also heard the ukranian team speak, as they said, international security guarantees for ukraine had been discussed and they said they

want to 8 countries, including poland, israel and turkey, to b international guarantors for security in ukraine. and if that happens, if that new system really works, they would be willing to step away to, to basically declare their neutrality. now what we also understand is that they are now pushing for a very high level meeting for a meeting, a direct meeting between the 2 presidents, ukrainian presidents as a lensky and russian president vladimir putin. because they think that only such a high level meeting could really and the war unit, how high level are the delegates who are actually in attendance fairness stumbled well, they were a number of names that we already knew from a previous rounds of talks today. president on behalf of ukraine was the country's

defense minister, also the majority leader, all the ukrainian a parliament just to name to a senior adviser to president 14 was also present today on behalf of russia. and interestingly, a roman abramoff, which the russian oligarch, sanctions are sanctioned by the west over russia as invasion. hope you're right. he was also here, according to what we hear from the crime than he was not part of the official russian delegation. he just stuff participated in the talks, but really he seemed to us, he seems to emerge as a crucial figure here in these piece talks. as far as we understand from the turkish side, he has been part of a number of phone calls and in official meetings already between the 2 sides in a recent weeks. and it's interesting, he is here because the whole meeting here in istanbul has been overshadowed by allegations that mr. brockovich and other members of the members, all the ukrainian peace told delegation have been allegedly poisoned in

a previous round off a peace talks. that is, of course, a tough accusation that has been denounced and denied by russia. but of course, this is something that has clearly overshadowed that the talks here in the stumble, johan in istanbul. 90 thanks on joined by details use former moscow correspond as emily sherwin here in a studio, i am good to see you that what have the russian delegation being saying? so we heard a short statement from a, the, a defense ministry representative at the talks and also from the head of the delegation. vladimir median ski on the defense ministry representative said that, um, essentially they're going to reduce military activity a now in the direction or near key of an near chair neve, which you just mentioned a, essentially, that means they're stopping some of the fighting. so it's kind of

a limited ceasefire, but it's not a full cease fire. and he also announced that there would be more details on the military side of things. once he gets back to moscow when it comes to be dean ski, the head of the delegation. so kind of more on the political side of things. he said that a while it seemed at least that there is some kind of a written document that they've come up with, at least that they've made some progress. and he talked in a quite a bit of detail about the, the process and how this is going to go going forward. that whatever the 2 sides have agreed on will have to then be agreed by the foreign ministry. and then it, at some point taken a to zalinski and putin themselves, but even the fact that he's mentioning, you know, the 2 presidents and the idea that the 2 presidents could meet, i think, shows that there has been some progress. and medina himself said that the 2 sides are closer to piece. would you say this is sign of a breakthrough or the beginning of a breakthrough? why think so?

but i would obviously be cautious on that because initially before the russian side was saying that the ukrainians were stalling. now, you know, we have these very careful statements from both of these representatives and median ski saying he wants to go back to moscow. but it does seem that there have been some concrete things that have been agreed enough to stop some of the fighting and enough for even potentially the 2 presidents to meet emily sherwin at many thanks for iran, allister well, on the ground in ukraine, the situation is a mixed picture, tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in dire humanitarian conditions in the besieged port. city of multiple and authorities in the southern city of mich alive, say, a regional government building has been badly damaged by russian strikes, leaving several people dead. but ukrainian forces also appear to be winning back territory. the gains included the embattled,

keep sober above it pin which blocks the path to the capital for russian forces. ah 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. oh good bye. give it. the occupiers are being pushed away from your pin. he pushed away from the key, the little co operatives 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 here, the servers were shooting out of wasn't 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 keith. oh good. good. good. when who should i just pray to god for salvation. worsley 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. ernest in the northeast, close to the border with russia, russian army tanks and artillery were left behind after counter attacks by ukrainian forces. and in nearby car keys, the war has left homes and streets in ruin. the besieged 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 had the deputy prime minister just confirmed 3 humanitarian corridors have been opened the latter day after they were closed because of intelligence, showing that it wasn't going to be safe because of russian activity on those

corridors, rush and showing. now this is good news for the residents who have remained and marty, your poor dead 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, or where people had to make it to in order to get on the buses to get the 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 open 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? there 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 the 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, a family here who had lost a son on just day 3 of the war. me 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 levine, thank you. now to some of the other stories we're following for you, this, our amnesty international has accused russia of committing war crimes in ukraine, likening the situation to its actions in the syrian war. the human rights organization denounced russia's deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure in the country. amnesty also accused moscow of turning humanitarian car doors into quote, death traps. a kremlin spokesman says russia has no plans to use nuclear weapons in the war against hugh grant. in a tv interview to meet a pascal of said, russia would only use nuclear weapons if it faced a threat to its existence. vladimir putin has stoked fears of new care war after warning. western intervention in ukraine would trigger, quote, consequences. you've never seen. 0 ukraine's president savanski has once again

pleaded for the west to provide fighter jets and tanks to help defend his country from russian attacks to lensky accused western countries of cowardice and warn the russians. aggression would not stop in ukraine predicting that russia would move against the baltic states and poland. number one, u. s. president joe biden says he makes no apologies for saying that russian president vladimir putin cannot remain in power while insisting he's not calling for regime change in russia. biden says he was expressing quote moral outrage towards over the war in ukraine. nigerian official saying attack on a major railway line has resulted in injuries and other fatalities. the attack happened monday night on a train linking the capitol of buddha, with the north west city of kaduna, security source to say some $970.00 passengers were on board authority. say the

assailants detonated a bomb on the tracks before opening fire on the whole to train. when i'm joined now by our correspondent interests why su from a good, you're good to see you interest. at what more can you tell us about this train hijacking? well ever question is ongoing. now they have already moved all the car draw tis to the hospital in kaduna after the attack that took place yesterday. it was in a surprise, a kind of because duct was not the 1st time and terrors had been trenton and to attack the trim that has been dis, sophist way of transportation between these 2 major cities, nigeria, capital, and then cut to now what you say get we to do it to the entire no, don't part of the country interest. the government says only 7 people are dead. what are you hearing? i didn't,

that was just an official figure because i you spoke with a victim yesterday night after the at talk he told me he counted 9 bodies within the coach which he was travelling in so nobody can see us at now. nigeria, i may have already barricaded the place in the spokesperson of darren with corporation, told me that he tried, they tried to get there. what do i prevented by the niger? and i mean, maybe they want to see how deep can stop people from getting evidence is, but only after families might have said decide the people that are died that will be able to confirm the actual number, the casualties. what's known about who is behind this well, i think is multiple reasons that is political reason behind it because what we are

here in was that they planned to attack during the a p c convention. that is a natural swollen party. it had it convention on saturday, the 26th of this month and that was elijah movement, or people from the north west to our booge are using the trim. and then that is the issue of terror attack because it's a mixture of you swap and then vocal harass unbundle that have been operating because the nature of the attack looks like that. the attack, the v i p or ada was class porch where the abducted electric people into the bush. now some of the train passengers have been kidnapped to we know anything about the identity of the hostages. there is no identity up till now because the accident happens in the bush and then getting to

know the families of the victims is very difficult. what the people that escaped from the abduction said they cannot say despite the number of people that were abducted into the bush on till when the abductor started contacting families. that is when you get to load the actual number of people because that is how it happens . when there was such a tax happens, even in the villages in nigeria interests, who weiss, who in a boucher thank you here in germany, authorities have begun banning the use of symbols that expressed support for russia's invasion of ukraine. the letter zet has become the most prominent symbol of russia's war efforts, and as a common site on russian military vehicles and pro russian social media accounts. german intelligence agency say they have evidence to letters, aid has already been used in germany at pro war rallies, but also as graffiti and on vehicles the stream will seems to let

a z as such is of course not forbidden. in the spot. in certain cases, it's used and 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 had make themselves liable to prosecutions. as of them were 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 vladimir putin war 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 letter 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 it's called pillars of its 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 islamist or right wing organizations here today. for example, say 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 lot of solidarity with ukraine. so the country is not far away from here, just a stone's throw away. 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 . i'm 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's an unpredictable leader in the kremlin, in the neighborhood and was so close to home really was something that many gems had thought was gone for good, but it wasn't. nina has or did of you political correspondent, many facts. over 300000 refugees have made their way to germany. we met one family, the fled to berlin. the husband's trinity 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. it can. yes, no, no. it's the we're in shock landscape like all ukrainians who fled the war by not mutual true food. were afraid. wood burning. pods. potted we heard the sounds of the sirens infuse and the bombs fit in from one road for the boom boom. is our 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 shock. the floor below shook with circum. could i move, appear to be there on the day, the war broke out of lena, every one ran down into their sellers, hulu, do of to him with the reserve under ground. but at the north associate reason was when i hear helicopters, i think the wars come here. i'm sure it stays with you. you know, not in aircraft isn't what it was when you were a child where you look up and think, wow me now on you here in aircraft. he think you were at war was an aircraft. his badge of poor for them. get to it. 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 the sirens of the plains approaching and get out? so my job, yes, ship irish dog guard whatever happens. i think the russians will get their

comeuppance at asking that our dollar for the death of the innocent children and people in ukraine. now, grania it 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 will at the gravity. most of them the live was mostly for a moment. there was a low ball and we were able to escape was lou. we heard the train station was a nightmare, valuable 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? yeah, boy, the sure would you, does you get your stub was good? a is a going to us right now. and she 1st cookies because of me problem. now we're trying god willing to forget our lives over there, a bit. a bull cultural title thumb

amy barbara, when we hope we can be open enough to accept this new life. the notary ethan over is his actor will smith has apologized to chris rock for slapping him on stage during sunday nights academy award ceremony and instagram post smith said violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. my behavior at last night's academy awards was unacceptable. and inexcusable. earlier the u. s. film academy condemned smith's behavior and announced an investigation into the incident. will smith hit chris rock after the comedian made a joke about smith's wife, j to pink at the group stage, draw for the world cup finals in katara takes place this coming friday. and peru are among the nations still buying for a spot at the tournament. fans in lima are going the extra mile. and on monday,

a group of shannon's did their bid for the course casting spells that they believe will bring their team fortune. prove phase paraguay on tuesday in their last qualifier, and only a victory will guarantee them a chance to book their ticket to guitar in a final pay or friend to be held in june. you're watching dw news. here's a recap of our main story. ukraine and russia have wrapped up a 1st day of peace talks in istanbul, turkey on the table are guarantees for ukraine security and the possibility of keep agreeing to a neutral military status. you're watching. did you have any news from brilliant? don't forget, you can always keep up to date on our website. that's d, w dot com and you can follow us on our social media account. ok next,

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