ah, ah ah, there's a deed of the news live from berlin. russia's actions in ukraine dampen, hopes of a reduction of its military operations. brushing forces continue bombarding areas near give and shinny. despite promising to scale down a tax gradient president of the merits, lensky sounds and defiant tone thing his forces will fight for every meter of his country. also coming up an ultimatum from pu, tend to you korean forces. the besieged port city of mario pole, to lay down their weapons if they want the shelling to stop. more than 150000

civilians remain trapped in the city with no power running water. thousands of died . germany, braces for possible shortages or even the rationing of natural gas, the government activating its early warning gland to deal with potential disruptions and gas deliveries from russia. ah and told me your logic. well, it's good to have you with us ukraine's president viola demur. lensky says his forces will continue to fight for every metre of land in the country. in a late night addressed to the nation, zalinski said rushes, pledge to scale back its operations in cities like the capital q, was a direct result of ukrainian resistance. he also said there was evidence that russia was replaced sending its forces to attack the eastern don bass region. you

the course there is talk about the so called withdrawal of troops from key if and chair neve, he, the so called decrease in activity of the occupiers in these areas. white, 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 vos, switching out. or she squeezed glenn over or died of madden bias. here to tour, we're 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 don't one bill. and there's been no let up in attacks on ukraine's capital kia from the northern city of shinny heave, as despite russia's pledge to drastically reduce military activity in both places. farther south, russia says it'll in implement a cease fire in the besieged city of marable,

on thursday to last up civilians to leave. now this comes just hours after russian forces intensified. attacks on the city, a month of russian bombardment has reduced much of mary paul to ruins while moscow has suffered setbacks elsewhere in ukraine. its efforts to take the key port have 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 undamaged, ukrainian officials say more than 90 percent of the city has been destroyed. many who managed to escape the destruction end of here. some 200 kilometers the northwestern separation. traumatized by what they've left behind. they chain shelters 3 times in maria pull. it's insane what they were doing. said, dropping bombs. it was frightening. there is no merry pole any more. they bumped it completely. muddy will will ever feel. lemme was bully. there's like,

just 3 year old boy. wow. wasn'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 that far from the only ones this 11 year old girl was also wounded. as a family escaped from ru paul, it's just not still. on the 16th of march, we succeeded in leaving mario paul. we were hitch hiking. well we were getting right here and there a foot. and one of the villages we pass through a rush and checkpoint, but i double. they let us through after checking us out. but then we were met with gunfire. what city of who did they to go to? what her steeple? i remember fighting in a loud noise in my ears, jim that there, but then i will call it, and my mother put me on to ground loose and started to scream for help. soldiers ran up to me and tried to stop the bleeding. give me your medicare friend. molina

was fortunate to make it to the hospital. many others have been less soak. oak 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. putin has made it clear that the shelling will only end when ukrainians defending against their invasion surrender. earlier we heard from dw correspondent, much as belinda who is in care of and he told us more about the failed attempt to evacuate civilians from the city of maria po. 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 humanitarian 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. there also been people dying on the way out of mary 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 is a situation there remains critical. as russia's law in ukraine continues, german defense minister christine lumber asked is in the united states for a 1st visit. after taking office in december numbers, us counterpart lloyd austin welcomed her in the pentagon for talks about a number of security issues including nato's defense policy and shared armament projects. after the meeting, lambert stressed that in the light of rushes, aggression, germany and its allies stand closer together than ever before. putting its

destination gilman put in, did not manage to divide nato or the you by yesterday we stand together and we are reliable partners. now, what africans o allies on nato's eastern flank, in particular, can rely on this flag without question warner. when want alba on? we own districts. do we support ukraine with arms deliveries in the incredible fight against a brutal aggressor? come december or time, and we and germany will invest in our security and nato securities. shaheen event invest in india, zisha heights, denver wonders there, will receive an additional $100000000000.00 euros for this yard. this is an important contribution and it was good to hear that it is greatly appreciated here in washington, in washington, zach a shed spirit. and in germany, they are 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, all of sholtes put and said payments could still be made in euro's but then would be converted to roubles by russia's gas from bank canal schoultz has not agreed to the procedure and has asked put in for further written clarification. brushing 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 call by topic announced that a crisis team will now closely monitor supplies so that further steps can be taken if necessary. because organ, fisher, hope supplies are secure, or contracts are being fulfilled and gas and oil are arriving in germany as planned . so this is a preventive precautionary steps and the proven 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 high back is also calling on everyone in germany to reduce their own consumption. you know, i'm dish bought 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 helping germany. you're helping ukraine. when you produce your use of gas energy in general, i am 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 that we keep 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 times, 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 to in greatness. she is a member of the german parliament with the greens and spokesperson of the committee on climate action and the energy and energy of the german parliament. and she told us more of what to expect if major gas disruptions hit germany. well, it might happen any day, really, that gas will not flow from russia the way we are used to. and this is mona,

me direct trouble in the summer because most of our gas is used for heating and of course yeah, lego, he doesn't really worry us during the summer, but we have this huge treasure. we have the summer to prepare. and yes, we will have big difficulties if we do not prepare very well and then gas is cut sometimes during the summer, which even means we can't get the storage filled up or even an autumn. i think we should now delete everything to speed renewables, to speed up efficiency measures and yes, to save energy. and this is the moment to transport this necessity to save energy and do all these things into the entire society. and actually i think it will be easier to get along if it couldn't catch the gas off because then society will stand together. i think we can together really do big things. it's more difficult if we say, oh, we want to cut it off and we call upon you to reduce the temperature and not use it

to dry your laundry at the address. we'll try and so on. now let's take a look at some of the headlines away from the war in ukraine. jordan's king abdullah, the 2nd has condemned the recent spate of violent attacks in you in israel. he is hosting these rainy president for talks aimed at reducing tensions ahead of major jewish christian and muslim holidays next month. 6 2 to vision, president case said, has issued a decree dissolving parliament that was suspended last year. the decision comes after a group of lawmakers held an online meeting despite the suspension. protesters have been running against the president's par grub, deepening the country's political crisis. us astronaut mark vander high, has 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 earth. now, despite tensions between the us and russia over the war in ukraine, from the high and his russian colleagues ascending a message of unity, touchdown confirmed at 6 28 am central time i returned to earth am after a record breaking trip pm for mark van de hi, he had been on the, i assess the $355.00 days an ard mark and american record who space pro. after his stay was extended last year. module that he travelled back to earth with 2 russian colleagues. lee from inner russia made for his capsule. builder. duper off will be make their hopping doubts regarding the return of the american home after rushes invasion of ukraine. we're going from add on that in. but the outgoing wishing commander was clear edition 60,

the conflict stays on earth. $67.00 at the time of an docking and the bill, opprobrium on earth, on orbit earlier like, are you not like the are one group? and i seem, i says, like symbol of the friendship. i am go parisians and i oh and like cbl a future off is but it's parisian of space. this 19. after traveling a 150000000 miles an orbiting the planet, almost 6000 times we asthma. these that final moment seen space before a return to the realities of planet earth times. capital rav for the saw. use commander here have a like we never left. you're watching the w news live from berlin, coming up next doc, film, mega city, mom,

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