[000:00:00;00] ah this is the w news line from berlin. the batter ukraine's besieged porter. mattie of paul reaches the decisive stage, ukraine's president warrington. russia could use chemical weapons against a city already devastated by heavy bombardment and thousands of civilian deaths also on the program. despite significant setbacks, russian president vladimir putin says his forces in ukraine will prevail against what he describes as the anti russian enemy and gunfire as

a new york train station leads at least 5 injured and an attacker still at large. ah, and so galle welcome to the program. russians. assault on the besieged port city of mario pol, appears to be entering a decisive phase. u. s. military analysts say russian forces are nearly in full control of the city and closing in on trapped ukrainian forces. russian strikes have been pounding body off all 4 weeks or killing more than 20000 residents. according to the mare, the capture in the port would give russia complete control of the sea, of as of coastline and connected, forcing ukraine's south and east and list also say the port city of a desert is high on president. putin's new list of military targets. the residents

there are ready to defend their city, even under ground. as d. w correspondent, john phillips, shots reports the road to safety leads deep beneath odessa. more than 20 meters below the port city is a 2500 kilometer long tunnel system. nobody knows this underground labyrinth better than engineer roman. moussa and his friend alexander, when the 1st to rocket said odessa, the pair began, converging the tunnels into shelters almost every night, dozens of families seek refuge here during air. rage alerts were really deep under ground and to we don't he as explosions on the surface, the whole house is shattering the windows shattering his to where his carry and her here children behaves. him very come. the tunnel system is actually an old curry where limestone was minds more than 100 years ago. since then, they've provided

a retreat for gangsters and soviet troops during the 2nd world war, the channels were used as a hide out for resistance fighters. their messages are still on the walls to day dated 1941, this catacombs for used by partisans to fight against nazi. and nowadays, we also use this get to comp in this war is new war. and i think in, sometimes in sometime further, we have to write new inscription here, 2022 above the ground. odessa, residents are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain some kind of normality . the city was supposed to celebrate its world war to victory over the nazis last weekend, but the events were cancelled for security reasons. instead of 36, our curfew was imposed. it's a very bitter irony at a time when people in odessa should be celebrating the anniversary of their liberation from the nazis. they have to get prepared for another possible attack.

but just like more than 80 years ago, the people here are ready to defend their city to the last. the security forces in odessa, looking with concern towards other black sea cities where the fighting has been intensifying. many military analysts believe hootin is planning to cut ukraine off from the c. taco there, said sir odessa, i said, very important city we call a little pearl of ukraine unless it is also a port city. this is why it's so crucial for osley. and of course, also for the enemy, for putin, which in the best wishes roman mouser, fierce defending odessa, will involve many more nights spent under ground. he is even started to install an internet network in the tunnels, in preparation for a possible long bachelor het. well d, w, correspond, nick conley is in ukraine, 2nd largest city, car, heave. i started off by asking him about the situation there was you can see her

give his basically a shadow of it's for myself, it's 5 pm here and it's totally empty. just a few passes by occasionally visible on the streets behind me, the regional government headquarters that was destroyed in a rush and michel tech right at the beginning of this war. and the russian soldiers are still very close within a few dozen kilometers of where i'm standing now. so unlucky of where it feels like some kind of an amount of cheese returning and where those russian troops have withdrawn quite significantly. in recent weeks kalki very much still on the front lines. basically every couple of minutes you can hear some artillery in the, in the background. it's often difficult to really work out where that is, but it just really bring home quite how close war is here and now still people staying here, not everyone has got out. but there is lots of speculation about whether russia will now turn up its attempts to take cut as well as it kind of symbolic target and expectation of more people trying to get out in a hurry in the days to come here. okay, and then down in the south in mario paul,

russia seems to be intensifying. it's a tax cent indeed. and it seems, if the reports were getting are true that the remaining ukraine forces have been split into. and now one of the main places they still are is a still works with lots of underground tunnels, lots of places to hide and to hide from shilling and bomb attacks. so with that was one of the reasons why we'd heard speakers for the progression separatists in done yet, suggesting that chemical weapons be used as a way of trying to get at those ukranian soldiers. those friendships still able to hide from the worth the artillery. so that was really a sense now that they are trying to push home that advantage and to take medical instant charges as soon as possible to free up troops to then be able to attack for the north a little while the front on best in places, whether you cranium has been holding up pretty well in recent weeks and how credible others allegations said that russian forces used chemical weapons. what sofa, we're just getting those reports from those ukranian battalions that are effective . they say

a number of people who were given medical treatment with stinging their eyes, their throats, they were having problems breathing. it seems like no one has lost their lives in this alleged attack. but it doesn't surprise anyone. this is something that, you know, even the western and doesn't seem to have been preparing for sending ukraine large amounts of equipment to deal with chemical attacks. and after all, now have to remember that the russian general in charge of this war has previously been in charge of us and forces in syria, a conflict where chemical weapons where you get civilians. there's definitely expectation here that that is not off the table and that is something that could be used by the russian side if they feel like they're not making progress fast enough . okay, thank you for that. so nick connelly in khaki or dr. alexander keller is from the institute for peace research and security policy at the university of hamburg. i asked him about the credibility of those claims that russian forces said tuesday, poisonous substance in mario paul. good afternoon. well,

it is certainly in the reality of the possible, but as we've just heard from your colleague on the ground, the evidence is very sketchy so far. right? investigators from the, from the u. s. a new k, a said to be looking into this or how would they establish whether this was a chemical attack? well, generally speaking, this is extremely difficult from a far one would have to get conclusive proof by conducting an onside investigation during which samples would be taken. this would be environmental samples, biomedical samples from those people affected by the attack. and those samples would then have to be analyzed and compared to a known chemical warfare agents to be really certain that this is what has happened . so you would expect that to be viable samples still around

well, perhaps not of the warfare agent itself. but over the years and decades, those states processing, chemical warfare agents, chemical weapons, which have by now practically all been been destroyed on the international verification. those states certainly also know how these chemical warfare agents be great and what then to look for after a week or a month after such an attack. war is inherently a terrible business. people get maimed or killed, lives, get destroyed. what is it about chemical weapons that makes them apparently so much worse than conventional weapons? well, to start with chemical weapons are prohibited by the chemical weapons convention. they kill indiscriminately and on that basis alone violate the principles of international humanitarian law. the laws of war, right. so what is a likely international response?

if this is found out, if this is determined to have been a chemical weapons attack? well, i would expect, and we are already seeing a, just at the mere possibility that we would hear lots of condemnations and rightly so if this were a proven to be a chemical weapon attack, i would expect more sanctions to be not only discussed but also to be enacted, and i would hope that states the international community would make use of the legal instruments that are available to hold those ah, responsible for those to account. because it this idea of holding people to account for the sort of attacks as fallen somewhat into disrepute. chemical weapons have been used in syria. and no one has been held to an account that has been used in attacks against the enemies of russia. and in the united kingdom, again, no one held to account. so beyond the condemnation, sanctions are already in place. and more sanctions are on the way. it's hard to see

where russia gets punished if this is found to be them using these prohibited weapons or holding perpetrators for such horrible crimes. and violations of the laws of war to account is a long process. and probably not so much in the eye of the public. this process actually works quite well until russia gets a chance to block it. russia has blocked the work of the o. p. c. w, and the hague, holding perpetrators and syria to account. russia has blocked. those are similar efforts in the un security council with its veto. so i think it would be a mistake to. yeah, criticize these processes when it is only one culprit who blocks the process from being conducted until the end. ok, thank you so much for joining your thanks. planing that to dr. alexander keller

from the institute for peace research and security policy. you're very welcome. meanwhile, vladimir putin has announced that his country's military campaign in ukraine will continue until its subject terms have all been met. speaking after talks with his allies, others in liter, alexander lucas shanker, the russian president described, talks of keith as being at a dead end. went on to claim that his country's withstanding what he called the blitzkrieg of western sanction, which said, rising prices would put pressure on western leaders. miss lamps to see were there. we know that today our offices are taking part in a special military operation in dumbass in ukraine, which meddled nobody's helping the dumbass people's republics. do now. they are acting bravely, you professionally, that you under effectively using the most modern weapons that's have unique characteristics you me another. let's take a closer look at that page with vladimir se, paul from d. w. 's at russia service in burly at welcome. vladimir. so what we heard from mr

. po, to there sounds like a president trying to put a positive spin on a wall that was supposed to be over quickly. what did you make of what he had to say? well, 1st of all, there's no such thing in the russian public opinion as it were itself. so there worked wars for, for, for him to, from russia though, talking about special, made their operation in the ukraine. and it was a highly symbolic step for prison. put him to invite lucas and come to this space launcher station russian far is because today's or any of our center viewing regarding short fighter space. it's a very important day for us is to in terms of russians of power from the world. so the very, very strong signal for the russian domestic public and from the foreign audience as well. so from portion, okay, and let's hear the click from the speech a is vladimir putin sounds quite defiant about international sanctions. i mean, we're not going to be isolated. no one can be isolated in the modern world. moreover, it's impossible to do with any country as huge as russia. so we will work with

partners. he won't to cooperate with, of letting me se pop up who is likely to want to cooperate with russia. i would say who is likely to need to cooperate with ross because europe still buying russian guys from oil. there's a bunch of countries around the want to we're happy to buy more fresh energy. despite of the higher prices in russia delivers more to learn international market likes to like meet like agricultural progress, but 1st of all, it's cost and oil and there's a huge, huge customer. this is from, this is kind of what it is. i'm ok, so this public speech said that if this was the way this would be a president who's trying to get public opinion on his side was he tried to do with a speech. he has already the whole public opinion on his side. sincere. so the russian government wouldn't put them as a very tight grip on the russian that on the russian public opinion. so it does not make any campaigning for she sells the support is quite strong. and the parts of

russian public was not supporting this military operation. just silent because there's their salad and everything. everyone and everything was against the war. and the big part of the russian public, supporting him openly and they are pushing to support him as well. because i'm hearing voices from russia, of the, of the governmental employers. just push it to shore supports for, for this war in the ukraine publicly. and so when, when we see here these, these public protests and people saying stop the war and we see them getting cut to the way and, and arrested. how they viewed by the public in russia. do they still look at them? is that what war or they do? they just see them as troublemakers there more than travel americans, their traitors in terms of fresh trade in the russian, in the russian speech in the russian universe, in the russian informational bubble. there are people who are working with animals during the war, and they are labeled as a traitors, and there is no mercy for traitors. right?

the campaign in the east, if you craney said to be intensifying, we're hearing a terrible reports of shedding and places just just suffering a destruction. how far that it looked like a president, putin is likely to take this as far as she needs to go as high as she wants to go. and i'm afraid you will be reducing more horror stories and more horror pictures from this region of the crate in the future. and the verses you have to com. thank you so much for joining us. let me ask you, paul, from the w's russia service in. will turn out to be an ice states where authorities say at least 8 people were shorter to train station in new york and 13 others received other injuries. a police are still hunting for the suspect. the incident occurred at the 36th street station in brooklyn. during the busy morning commute journalist best and heartache is in new york,

and i asked him for the latest welfare we just heard from an eye witness who was apparently on that very subway car where this incident happened. and he described her 16th of panic in that car. apparently the smoke grenade went off on one end of the subway car, all the people scrambling to the other end of the subway car. and then the shots went off, the people lying in their blood as the subway was pulling into the next station and making it possible for 4 people to get off. you men, shirt, you mentioned a several people injured. they've been brought to nearby hospitals. we have all kinds of law enforcement on the ground. we have new york police department, of course we have the f b i because as of now the suspect who is said to have worn a, some kind of construction vest as may be construction workers on the subway wood. and also a gas mask apparently, is still at large police. of course, looking for that big right now. it seems to be

a male. there. you can be sure that they're looking at all kinds of t c, t, v footage and license plate plate readers to find out which path that, that suspect took and to get away from that crime scene and the danger or the fear of course now is this alone shooter, or is this potentially part of some larger plot? was this potentially a terrorist attack? fail? what is being said about these and detonated explosive devices that we hear. what found? yes. so 1st report that there were other devices we, i mentioned the smoke grenade that went off and there were reports that were there were other devices, but the new york fire department now saying that they found more and more devices, but they were not active. no active explosive devices at the scene right now. as far as we're hearing from the authorities, we don't know if this does pick might have either explosive devices with him. if

he's planning to go to another location. what we do know that this subway station in the south a brooklyn, very much a working class residential area. people on their way to work this morning. not the kind of place that you would expect if you wanted to cause mass. caswell casualties, not the kind of place where you would, where you would be likely to go. it's not times square. it's not one of the big train station, 10 station or grand central here in am in manhattan. so there were people on the train, of course, but it wasn't a super busy day of the situation on that train car apparently, but also has to be said there, of course, at these i these neurology point in the city, as i mentioned times where for example, security has been stepped up considerably over the past weeks and months because there have been incidents at these places recurring incident. so this definitely a place where you would think that security wouldn't be as high. so thank you so

much for that. past invest in hartwick in new york. but we'll take a look at some more headlines from the war. a new crane, nearly 2 thirds of ukrainian children have been forced to leave their homes in russia invaded 6 weeks ago. and that according to the united nations, their latest report also express concerns over human trafficking, the sexual abuse of minors. greece is planning to speed up exploration for natural gas in order to reduce its dependency on russian imports. the country currently in ports about 40 percent of its natural gas from russia. i minister korea cost me to attack. it says he's cautiously optimistic about 6 areas in greek territory with possible gas reserves. german president friend, welter sky my has arrived in the polish capital, warsaw for talk to the countries president andre duda discussions are expected to focus on the conflict in ukraine as in style. my as office said,

the trip was about promoting freedom democracy and the rule of law. you as president joe biden has told the indian prime minister on, nor andrew motive seeking more rational oil imports was not in the country's interest during a video conference. mr. moody also revealed that he has spoken to the russian under ukrainian leaders and appealed for peace. i'm direct talks advancing health security and tracking many of the 300000 refugees of arrived in germany from you cried, have not been vaccinated against covet cities across germany. and are trying to change that. d. w has been to the bavarian city of nuremberg, what a roving bus is giving out shots one place where people fleeing the war can be vaccinated. is this bus in the bavarian city of nuremberg? this woman was the 1st person to turn up to day. she tells us that she's scared of potential side effects, but she's going to get the 1st job to try to make life easier for herself others to

our skeptical deal. it's in don't over. but of course, at the moment, there's simply not enough information on the vaccines. too many open questions in general, which is why i don't really want either myself or my daughter to be vaccinated against cove at 1981, it's estimated only a 3rd of ukraine's population is protected. some of them with vaccines that are not recognized in the u. nuremberg vaccination coordinator says the main goal is to inform people. that's where the bus comes in, is heightens issue in ukraine. you can be sure that they're exactly the same sort of myths concerning vaccination as here. for instance, again and again, we see people arguing that fertility levels will decline. and of course we do try to address such fears by providing information and reliable facts about what is really true and what not. so many refugees are housed

enlarged dormitories, which makes transmission of diseases easier. the doctor responsible for the refugees, medical treatment says the situation is under control. where cottonwood is a dog to begin with, we were very concerned. we were expecting about 30 percent to be positive. and then when the tests came back negative on a day to day basis, and there were only isolated cases, we got lesson less worried by the day fundraisers. lubbock soon even was lentils on this young man fled from bella ruth and joined to large numbers of ukrainians. trying to escape the war. he has no qualms about getting vaccinated. british hope, which i won't be vaccinated. why not? obviously, i don't see the argument against it, which if it's good for your health, for what you mean,

it's funny. but it was another slow day at the bus. it seems word has yet to get around. we'll take a look at some stories away from the war in ukraine, starting in taiwan, where the defense ministry has released a handbook advising people of what to do in the event of war. the online publication contains information such as where to find shelters and how army reserve should report for mobilization. authorities began drafting the guidelines last year amid or an increase in provocations by mainland china. along for at least 42 people have been killed after a tropical storm course. severe flooding and landslides in the central and southern philippines, people are still missing. as rescue efforts continue around 30000 families have been displaced. indian military forces of rescued the last of almost 50 people who were trapped on a cable car after a fatal collision on person was killed in the incident in western india's remote

hill territory. when one of the cars became disconnected from its cable by israel police officers shot and killed of palestinian or in the israeli coastal city of ash galant. it's latest in a series of deadly incidence involved in israelis and palestinians. attention so particularly hires muslim jewish and christian holidays converge this week. theory more bloodshed. israel continues to ramp up its counter terrorism efforts in the occupied westbank. the situation in the region has been increasingly tense after palestinian launched attacks in israel. the left, 14 israeli, stayed in recent weeks within the same period about the same number of palestinians, including assailants have also died. one of them was 17 year old mohammed suck harney who is really official say, was involved with his family in an exchange of gunfire with israeli forces. hundreds of palestinians came to mourn him in the west bank. the army is spiteful of every palestinian. they just kill any one they come across as

a hateful army. oh little were human rights groups and some officials have accused israel of using excessive force. in some cases they say the israeli army has injured or killed people who were not involved in violence. all of this comes during the muslim holy month of ramadan when tensions tend to run high last year classes during ramadan letter 11 days of war in the hamis rolled gaza street. this year ramadan coincides with pass over a major holiday for jews, which might add even more tension. this is the dublin years life from berlin has reminder of our top story. we created officials for your tens of thousands of civilians in the ports. if you, mateo paul, have been killed. russian forces have been pounding the safety for weeks and might be poised to take it again. you can always get d w news on the go. just download that app from google player from the app store. i'll give you access to the latest news from around the world as well as the push notifications for any breaking news. and if you part of a story,

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