[000:00:00;00] news with this is d, w. news live from berlin. peace talks between ukraine and russia. wrap up with security guarantees for ukraine on the table hosted by turkish president, reggie of tire, or 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,

ukraine 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 on pablo foliage, welcome to the program. the 1st day of peace talks between ukrainian and russian negotiators has wrapped up in istanbul, turkey the ceasefire. discussions are the 1st taking place face to face in more than 2 weeks. guarantees for ukraine security were on the table, along with the possibility of keith agreeing to a neutral military status. following the talks, russia announce date will radically reduce its military activity in northern new crane. let's go to our correspondent, julia hon,

whose name is stumble outside the dome. boucher a palace worthy? yeah. talks have just ended. uni a good to see you. is there any indication that ukraine and russia are heading towards some type of agreement? well the talk here in the assembled today have lasted around for hours with occasional breaks, but they have not led to any major break for although some progress might have been made on some issues. but there is still no peace agreement, no cease fire deal. we heard from the turkish foreign minister, little earlier turkey has been hosting, has been facilitating these talks. he found it a bit more optimistic saying that negotiate is here. in istanbul has made the most significant progress in discussions to date. so a slightly more hopeful message here from the turkish foreign minister. we heard from the 2 delegations as well. what stood out for me from the russian team. as that they said,

russia has decided to significantly decrease it military activity in the ukrainian capital of kia and the north and city of charney him that might bring some relief for civilians there. but again, from what we understand, this is not russia promising a lasting ceasefire. now, the ukranian delegation said that they have discussed international security guarantees for the country. what they want to is that 8 countries among them, poland, israel and turkey take on that task and act as security guarantees for ukraine under a new system under any agreement with russia. and should that system work? they say ukraine will declare its neutrality. that is one of the key demands from the russian side that ukraine denounces. it's aspirations for nato membership and declares neutrality. but again, this is not something we're going to see the immediate future. we've also heard

calls for pushing these meetings now to a higher level to the level of ukraine, russia, foreign ministers, but also to the level of the presidents are many have called for the 2 presidents to finally meet presidents of zalinski said he is willing to do that because he thinks this is the only way to end the war. but the big question is, is vladimir putin ready to meet mister zalinski? or what about the delegates who are actually in attendance at the moment will for today. um, the meeting has ended to our it is scheduled to are continue tomorrow, but at the moment we, we don't have any official schedule yet. some have even questioned out whether this meeting is going to continue or who was attending? well, on the ukrainian side, some names that we already know from previous pizza talk, sir. ukraine's defense minister, for example, or the majority of the ukrainian parliament on behalf of russia,

a chief adviser chief negotiator to mr. 14. and also rahman abram, which are russian oligarch o, who was sanctioned to by the wester who was and part of the official delegation according to the kremlin, but who was taking part. interestingly, oftener allegations that he and members of the ukrainian delegation have been poisoned during previous rounds of peace talk. so that was an interesting factor today, johan, in his gumble 90. thanks. i'm joined by d w's, former moscow correspondent, emily sherwin here in studio. hi, emily got to see you. now, what's the main take away from what you've heard from the talks today? or you there was just mentioning at the russian, a deputy minister of defense said that the russian side would significantly reduce military activity in 2 regions. so essentially they're saying they're partially stopping the offensive. he said that there would be more details when the

delegations go back to moscow. and the other main takeaway i think was from the head of the delegation vladimir median ski. he said that there's a lot to discuss that they would go back to moscow. so kind of a bit of a, you know, careful rhetoric there. but on the other hand, he also floated the idea of presidential talks and it seemed like those, those could be a real possibility in a, in a more concrete way than before. is this a sign of a breakthrough? so i would say that the military um, partially stopping the military offensive, is definitely a concession, a gesture of some sort. and the deputy defense minister said that this was a measure to increase trust between the 2 sides. the presidential meeting, the potential presidential meeting. i think is a huge thing from the russian point of view, because you have to understand that the russian side went into this, even though they never publicly admitted it. but according to experts wanting regime change, so essentially thinking, legendary lensky volunteers,

lensky rather would leave ukraine, that there would be regime regime change that they could put a russian, a government in place that was in favor of rush that was closer to russia. and so on. so essentially, initially the idea of zalinski and putin sitting at one table was almost unthinkable. now, it seems like a concrete possibility, and that means, of course, that putin will have to look zalinski in the eye and recognize that he's the legitimate president of ukraine. right, well, how much of a shift away then is that for vladimir putin and his government's will say original plans for ukraine while when it comes to the actual rhetoric, for example, on state television, this isn't too hard to spin because of course, the narrative on russian state tv and the official narrative has been totally different from the reality they've been calling this, not a war, but a special operation. they've been saying that they were forced into this, you know, by the fact that there are nazis in ukraine. they want to demilitarized and de, not certify ukraine. that's what they've been saying. those 2 goals, of course,

are very vague. so you can spin them, however you want. and they were saying that it's the ukrainian side, stalling the talks. so the fact that they've come out with a step towards piece, as of the head of the russian delegation, said, you know, it will be easy for them to spend. i think d, w, that former moscow correspondence m. be sure and thank you for that. 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 mario pool and authorities. in the southern city of michel at nikolai of 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 include the embattled, keep sober above it, a 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 to fierce battles and heavy shania. president zalinski announced the recapture, but warned the situation is still tense or go by give it. the occupiers are being pushed away from your pin. he pushed away from keith, although the cooperate is too early to talk about a secure situation. the fighting continues. ukrainian soldiers are expecting further attacks and have been preparing to hold the ground. one soldier explained, they were able to push back russian forces 3 to 4 kilometers from their position. the cypress workers, when we walked through the starboard, were shooting at us. 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 keith. i get like one shovel. i just pray to god for salvation. quarterly. then i pray every day for the soldiers who defend us shortly. 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 toaster nest 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 near by car cave, the war has left homes and streets in ruin. the besieged city of mario 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 or for the latest on the ground in ukraine were joined by dw correspondent m u. s. if who's in the western city of levine, i mean good to see you. has there been any progress on efforts to evacuate civilians from areas that have seen heavy fighting like care in multiple? there has pablo of the deputy prime minister of ukraine, announced 3 humanitarian corridors, opening up one of which would be directly out of medea pull, which has seen so much destruction since this war began, and which has struggled to find a way to get civilians out of their that's because russia has completely surrounded russian troops have completely surrounded the city,

making it very difficult to get people to a place where they can catch a bus, a get a taxi or something that can get him out of the region. but this humanitarian corridor is supposed to go directly from the city, only unfortunately with private cars, which means people will have to find their own ride out. in other areas, a buses can come in and bring people away. but that's not happening at this point. out of that city, there's also been 2 other humanitarian corridors, announce including another one from russian occupied territory. so they're definitely making progress on that front to day. yesterday they had to put a halt. do those humanitarian corridors because of intelligence, suggesting they wouldn't be safe, which happens from time to time. so we'll have to see if this one's a success today. i mean, what more are we learning about the government building in the southern city of nikolai, if that came under attack, there was a regional administration administration building, and

a russian missile hit it directly in the front basically exploding out the middle. so it was 9 stories, and many of the stories are completely gone. now. some people described it as a miracle that anybody survived. they've had at least 20 survivors. many of them pulled from the rubble, but we're hearing reports that are not as cheerful as the early report saying. there have been deaths that up to 7 people have not survived the attack and their bodies have been taken out of the rubble. so the reason why this is especially significant is because this is such a contested area. nikolai uh, has been a site of fighting since the very beginning of the war. but russian troops have failed to make progress. and ukrainian military says they've actually pushed the brush out to the point where now they're just striking with shells, with artillery, with long range missiles, in order to destroy what's left of the city without any ambition to actually take it over like we've seen in other cities where russian tanks and troops come in and actually take over the city. it seems they've given up on that in nikolai of an

hour, just trying to destroy what they can as an act of terrorism, which is as the ukrainian government has referred to it, d w corresponding to i mean as if reporting from levine in ukraine. thank you. now to some of the other stories we're following for you, this, our 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 lansky accused western countries of cowardice. and warned that russia's aggression would not stop in ukraine protecting that russia would move against the baltic states and poland. speaking of the bed, 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 ukraine in a tv interview. dmitri pasco 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 in ukraine would trigger, quote, consequences you have never seen full napoleon a blue book. well, here in germany, authorities have begun banning the use of symbols that express support for russia's invasion of ukraine. the letter zed 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 agencies say they have evidence that enters a, it has already been used in germany at pro war rallies, but also as graffiti. and on vehicles, the street whoop seems to let a z as such ease, of course not forbidden the spot. 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 as of all of them. well for more i'm joined by dw pinnacle correspondence. nina has a nina good to have you with us. what does this band mean in practice? well, in practice it means that a can now be considered illegal to express your support for letting me put ins 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 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 not 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 illegal. 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 the 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 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 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 voting me putin and germany is now ramping up its own security again because there's 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 at one family, the fled to berlin, the husband's jew nidia. nationality meant he could make the journey, in contrast to most ukrainian men of conscription age who aren't allowed to leave the country. can you know if the we're in shock that's like all ukrainians who fled the war by not mutual concrete were afraid would burn for for that we heard the sounds of the sirens and keys and the bombs see it in some one road for the one book is a beautiful valley turn. 2 days i couldn't believe i was in berlin. i couldn't understand what was happening. i was in

a state of shock. what is the floor below shop of circum cobham appear to be on the day, the war broke out of lena. every one ran down into their seller's, hulu, do of plymouth reserve under ground. even at the north. the city 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 he think you were at war was an aircraft, his badge, if for them, good, good. everyone 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 car. so could you hear the sirens did of the plains approaching and get out some of your yes, your tires, 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's how that was the feeling. oh, oh, move up. the groovy mister number 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. vulnerable is legitimate to jazz or 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. what does she do? yeah. get your stub as good a as 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,

we hope we can be open enough to accept this new life. the bureau lutheran ethan over, he's 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 at boucher with the northwest city of kaduna security sources said some $970.00 passengers were on board authority, say the assailants detonated a bomb on the tracks before opening fire on the halted train. well, i'm joined now by our correspondent interest. why sue, from boucher. 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 doctor was not the 1st time and terrorists have been threatening to attack the trend that has been dis, sophist way of transportation between these 2 major cities niger as capital. and then come to now what you say, get we to do it to the entire no dumb 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 spoke with a victim yesterday night after the attack, 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 this box. passing up darren with corporation told me that he tried. they tried to get there. what do i prevented by the nigerian? i mean,

maybe they want to see how the can stop people from getting evidence is, but only after families might have said decide the people that are died, they will be able to confirm the actual number, the casualties. what's known about who is behind this what i think is multiple reasons. there is political reasons behind it because what we are here in was that the plan to attack during the a p c convention. that is an address ruling party. it had it convention on saturday, the 26th of this month, and that was a large movement or people from the north west to our booge are using the trend. and then that is issue of terror attack because it's a mixture of you swap and then vocal her arm on de bundio that had been operating

because the nature of the attack looks like that. the attack the v i p or ada 1st class coach, 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. dad 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 it was such a tax help, lindsay been in the villages in nigeria, interest, who weiss, who in a boucher thank you. now the group stage draw for the world cup finals in

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