[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, rushes actions and ukraine dampen, hopes of a reduction in its military operations. russian forces continue bombarding areas near here and she knew him. despite promising to scale down attacks, cleaning president will a dinner zalinski sounds, a defiant tone, saying his forces will fight for every meter of his country. also coming up and ultimatum from putin to ukrainian forces in the besieged port city of mario full to

lay down their weapons. they want the shelling to stop. more than a 150000 civilians remain trapped in the city with no power or running water. thousands of died and germany, braces for possible shortages or even rationing of national natural gas. the government activating early warning plan to deal with potential disruptions and gas deliveries from russia. ah, and i am told me your logic. well, it's good to have you with us. ukraine's president villa villa demure zalinski says his forces will continue to fight for every meter of land in the country. in a late night addressed to the nation, zaleski said: rushes pledge to scale back its operations in cities like the capital q. will a direct result of ukrainian resistance. he also said that there was evidence that

russia was repositioning its forces to attack the eastern don bass region. yet, of course there is talk about the so called withdrawal of troops from keith and chair neve. he, the so called decrease in activity of the occupiers in these areas. why we know that this is not a withdrawal, but the consequence of exile the consequences of the work of our defenders curable . but at the same time, we see that russian troops are coming together for new strides in don bass, switching out, or she squeezed glenn over or died of madam bice, it you were getting ready for this. we don't believe any one. not a single beautiful word. this a real situation on the battlefield, and that's the most important thing. we will not give anything away. you will do a little. while there's been no let up in attacks on ukraine's capital kiff and the northern city of shinny have. after spite russia's pledge on tuesday to drastically reduce military activity in both places, farther south, russian forces are also intensifying attacks on the besieged ports of maria pole.

russian president vladimir putin has warned ukrainian forces that the shelling will only stop once they laid on their weapons. a month of russian bombardment has reduced much of mary uphold to ruins. while moscow has suffered setbacks elsewhere in ukraine. its efforts to take the key port had been devastating, an unrelenting a comparison of satellite imagery from before the invasion to images from this week revealed the almost no building has been left on damaged. ukrainian officials say more than 90 percent of the city has been destroyed. many who managed to escape the destruction end up here. some 200 kilometers the northwestern separation. traumatized by what they've left behind. don't they chain shelters 3 times in maria, pull. it's insane what they were doing, said, dropping bombs. it was frightening. there is no merrier. pull any more than they bumped it, completely muddy will will ever feel. lemme was bully. others like

a 3 year old boy weren't able to get out unscathed. wow. dina is crying out for his father, but he can't come to deem his bedside. he was also injured and his receiving treatment elsewhere in the hospital. they're often the only ones this 11 year old girl was also wounded. as her family escaped from maria poll, we will not stop. on the 16th of march, we succeeded and leaving mario poor, we were hitch hiking. well, we were getting right here and there must be in one of the villages we passed through a rush and chat point, but i never woke. they let us through after checking us out. but then we were met with gunfire. mercury, a fitted day to cover her steeple. i remember fighting in a loud noise in my ears soon there, but then i will call it up and my mother put me on to ground loose and started to scream for help. she was soldiers ran up to me and tried to stop the bleeding. get with me,

you're not asking for molina was fortunate to make it to the hospital. many others have been less so ukrainian officials say around 5000 people, including over 200 children have died in mary paul since rushes. the sold began for the estimated a 160000 residence to remain in the ruins. there's little hope of reprieve fusion has made it clear that the shelling will only end when ukrainians defending against their invasion surrender. earlier we heard from deed of the corresponding mateus bellinger who is in care of and he told us more about the failed attempt to evacuate civilians from the city of maria pull. yeah, that's what we've heard today that they were not allowed to leave. we've had that before these convoys, they are tried pressure, they're set up pretty regularly to bring out people of them. are you out of them or you ought to bring in you military and goods and sometimes they make it through. but often they fail either because they cannot leave or what is even worse. they

shelled on their way. they have also been people dying on the way out of them. are you, paul? so it's always a little bit of uncertainty and we hear that 75000 people have been evacuated from the city so far. but it said that 160 thousands to remain in the city. so there's the situation there remains critical. western intelligence reports in russia's invasion of ukraine is stalling, forcing put in to alter his strategy. earlier we spoke with frank ledger lead, which a former u. k. military intelligence officer, and asked him just how accurate this intelligence is. western intelligence i would assess actually is being very, very good by and large with respect to ukraine. and it's one element of the war that not surprisingly, particularly the western contribution to it's really not been talked about as we

speak. there are western intelligence gathering aircraft in the air to the west and north of ukraine, sucking up all the signals intelligence they can paring into the, into the, into the fog of war. that not only that, of course, but we've got other kinds of assets and we have an ally, brother. yes. and all right, excellent. you credit, military intelligence service. so overall strategic assessments that could be quite good. it's very difficult as you've had to go to get some ground truth, particularly because because both sides of pumping out information that might sometimes be categorized both sides as propaganda. now to germany and fears of a shortage of natural gas after russian president putin back peddled off his demand that countries pay for russian gas in rubles only in a phone call. with german chancellor, olive shalt put and said payments could still be made in euro's, but then will be converted to roubles by russia's gas from bank shoals has not

agreed to the procedure and has asked put in for further written clarification. russian gas is still flowing to germany, but the government wants to be prepared in case the tabs are suddenly switched off . it triggered an early warning status for gas supplies. it's the 1st of 3 steps in a gas emergency plan for germany. economy minister, how about having announced that a crisis team will now closely monitor supplies so that further steps can be taken if necessary to long fish, hard supplies are secure, all contracts are being fulfilled and gas and oil are arriving in germany as planned. so this is a preventive precautionary step that prevents yawns or falls, oregon shied on. there is concern that russia could cut gas deliveries to europe unless they are paid for in roubles, which germany and other g 7 countries refuse to do. but germany is heavily

dependent on russian gas importing up to 55 percent of its total supply from their hubig. it's also calling on everyone in germany to reduce their own consumption. you know, i'm described to every kilowatt hour of energy saved, helps. and that's why i would like to combine the triggering of this early warning for gas supplies, with the appeal for companies and private consumers to help you're helping germany, you're helping ukraine. when you produce your use of gas energy in general, i'm spawn germany's industry wouldn't be disrupted if the gas flow were to stop. lawmakers are working on a plan to support the sector. some industries you can just turn it off and on. then the whole production line is broken, so it's really important that we keep and re key things running and therefore we're working really hard in the background on some measures that will help small, medium,

but also all the large companies in germany. and through these rough and tough time, so far, germany's gas supplies are not directly under threat, but the country wants to set up all possible precautions if indeed supplies were suddenly cut. earlier we spoke a voucher with german watch, which campaigns among other things for sustainable energy. and we asked him if he thinks germany is headed for a shortage of natural gas. well, that's really early to tell this 1st level of the gas emergency plan is about precaution. and preparedness, but by definition, that means that there are serious indications that a short such situation is possible. so, so you know what, what we've seen today with russia backing away from it to not continue to supply germany with other countries with gas, if it's not being paid and rubles, that uses maybe the rest of this will happen tomorrow by a little bit. but it's, it's

a real possibility and it's important to be prepared. i think the real significance of this morning today was to send a very clear signal to businesses and to consumers, to say, you know, everything you can do to conserve energy as welcome. but of course, we also have to put the question back to the government. it's not just about consumers and businesses. what additional measures will robert harvey can the government take and who would use our energy consumption? well, let's take a look at some other had lines away from the war in ukraine. jordan's king abdullah, the 2nd has condemned the recent spate of violent attacks in israel. he's hosting these really president for talks aimed at reducing tensions ahead of major jewish christian and muslim holidays next month. nearly half of all pregnancies globally are unplanned. that's according to the united nations population fund, which monitors reproductive health. the group said up to a quarter of women worldwide wait, effectively forced intersects,

and unable to make their own reproductive choices. bruce willis is retiring from acting after being diagnosed with a medical condition affecting his cognitive abilities. the actors family announced the move on social media saying that willis is suffering from aphasia. the condition affects a person's ability to communicate and understand others. us astronaut mark vander hey, has now landed safely in the record books after spending more time in space than any other american. and after nearly a year on the international space station, he hitched a ride in a russian spacecraft for his return trip to us. now, despite tensions between the us and russia over the war in ukraine vander, hay and his russian colleagues, a sending a message of unity touchdown confirmed at 6 28 am central time. i returned to earth am after

a record breaking trip pm for marked on the high. he had been on the i assess the 355 days an ard mark of an american record space pro after his stay was extended last year. module that he travelled back to earth with to russian colleagues leave in a russian maid for his capsule. pure to do better off will be make their hopping doubts regarding the return of the american home after brushes invasion of ukraine . we're going from ad on that. but the outgoing wishing commander was clear edition 60, the conflict stays on earth. 67 at the time of an docking the bill. i had problem on earth on orbit earlier like our mutiny or not like we are one group. and i seem, i says, is like symbol of the friendship. i am go for a chance,

an or how and like cbl a future off is put expiration of space, mis 19. after traveling a 150 1000000 miles an orbiting the planet almost 6000 times via these the by final moments in space before or returned to the realities of planet earth, touch capitol, or are further so use commander here as a like we never left and in football, a match between barcelona and rail madrid has broken the world record for the biggest ever attendance at a women's football game. at over 91500 spectators, fans swarmed the team buses as they arrived at boston luna's camp now stadium before the champions league, quarter final match. while selina overcame a brief sketch to win the game 5 to and progressed of the next round,

previous record attendance of just over 90000 had stood since the 1991. 1999 woke up final. in the usa. of next we have an interview with the exiled russian businessman and kremlin critic b heil. hotel ski. a more news of the top of the r and you can always check our website, d, w dot com forward. i'm told me your logic well for me on the team. thanks for watching. ah ah, what people have to say matters to us. mm. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. is the end of the pandemic in site.