[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia's new offensive and eastern ukraine. moscow unleashes thousands of proofs in an assault on ukraine's industrial heartland. the kremlin says, is capturing don vast, which is now going to be its main objective. also coming up german tasso love shalt says west. the leaders are united in providing maximum support to ukraine, but they won't be nato boots on the ground,

plus raising awareness and money for football. ukraine shocked har dot yet let the war and i now touring the world seeking support from their home country. ah, and we're here to mohammed, thanks for joining us. what leaders have condemned russia for launching a massive new offensive in ukraine's east economy wants to make up for recent military losses around the capital cave, by seizing control of ukraine's industrial heartland. areas marked in blue on the map are already under russian control. a new front line marked in red stretches along hundreds of kilometers. moscow says securing the don bass region is now the main goal of its so called special military operation. a warning this report

contains images that some viewers may find distressing. more ukrainian civilians killed by russians. shelling in a residential apartment block in a har keith, a man recognizes his neighbor with often security near by little every day he went to get food every day. the shell and began, and we fled as on it. when we came back, the old man was already dead. closer to the front lines and crown matters more victims of russian bombardment. the increase shelling has not only added to the numbers of dead. it has also forced ukraine to suspend evacuation efforts for the living. to the south, only one part of mar you poll still remains in ukrainian hands. the eyes of stole

metal works. the hours of battalion who are holding out against russian forces say they're protecting civilians, hiding from the bombs in a bunker below the metal works. remote in their accounts of life under siege door insistence his lunch, my youngest child cries at everything he twitches in his leaves, and he and the eldest are starting to get depressed. and if it is and they missed their peaceful light, which it's been really frightening lately. the scene frightening even to go out the to use the toilet borderline. the if the blue to those who are responsible for this war to unleash this war against our bush and bush. i wish they would have to go through all this pain themselves and their children to you could devi since into a russian state. media claimed that a 120 civilians from the us up style plant left on tuesday via humanitarian corridors. but mar were you pull. city council said more than

a 1000 were taking refuge here in advisor to ukraine's president, says russia has begun firing bunker, busting munitions at the shelter, which may still be harboring children. while german chancellor olaf shells delivered a clear message of support for ukraine, but added that western allies will stopped short of direct involvement in the wall . speaking of the talks with other leaders, shots criticized rushes, latest offensive and ethan ukraine. and he blamed president vladimir putin for war crimes against civilians from the by club, if could 15, our principles are clear. alignment. everyone agrees on them to be comply to ukraine continues to have our full solidarity and support at the same time as heads of state and governments. it's our duty to prevent the war from spreading to other countries. that's therefore nay too. does not want to and cannot intervene directly in the wall. and that's how it will remain. everyone agrees on that. our policy is

guided by these principles are maximum support for ukraine, but no need to involvement in the war or kind of the tide you now to have them take a charles cup. john is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations in washington, d. c. i asked him, what nato's maximum support would look like without sending troops to ukraine? well, so far, nato has said, we're not going to go to war with russia over ukraine. we're not putting boots on the ground, but beneath that red line we do see very substantial armaments flowing in to ukraine. we see very substantial economic and humanitarian support for the country . and it's not just to nato whether it gets involved. there is a significant risk of spill over if mr. brewton decides to take a strike against arms convoys in, but say poland were romania. he may make a deliberate decision to enlarge this war. i'm not expecting that,

but nato i think, is observing it's red lines to avoid escalation. it doesn't necessarily mean that putin will reciprocate in kind. now another line is the fact that i will be seeing 7 planes carrying us weapons for ukraine, heading towards europe in the next 24 hours. is it a little too late to be making a difference when it comes to the battle for don bass? no, i don't think it is, it is too late in the sense that the, the remarkable strength of the ukrainian military has surprised everybody and the supply of weapons to the military has played a role. no question that the javelins, the anti tank, the anti missile systems, the anti aircraft systems. these are making a big difference. will the ukrainian military be able to stop the russian military

and from toppling mary a pole and perhaps building a land corridor that stretches from dun boss to crimea? i think probably not. but we don't know whether putin would stop there. maybe he would consolidate his position in the far east of ukraine and then decide to push again for keith. and that's why it's important now to get defensive weapons into the hands of ukraine, to make sure that it doesn't decide to go to enlarge the offensive. and head back toward the deeper river and the rest of the country. and it was mentioned this that russia has said that it would attack any convoy that would bring weapons into ukraine. kelly, moscow is going to see this as further provocation. what would this then mean on the ground? so, so far, the russians in mrs. a kind of an interesting factor haven't taken out the railway network,

the road network. they do not seem to be striking against convoys and definitely not striking against arms depos or air fields or other installations that are across the border in poland or romania. when we know there are large numbers of arms flowing in from there. and i think it's because boot knows that we're here to go down that road. we're talking about a full scale war between nato and russia. our sense is that that is not something that he at this point wants to open. but let's see, let's see where this goes. it looks like booting is changing his military objectives. he's going back to the 2014 strategy of taking a bite out of the country. we just don't know whether it will stop there and that's why it's so important to support ukraine and give it the arms that it needs to

prevent further territorial conquest. so what would victory look like for, for russia? well, you know, this is a conversation that has not really seen the light of day, at least publicly. there is one scenario in which bruton essentially connects don boss and maybe enlarge is gone boss to crimea. and he declares victory and says, i have enlarged, greater russia. i have brought russian speakers and ethic russians back to the fold . and then we settle in to what will probably be a frozen conflict. because i doubt that mr. zalinski either wants to or has the political room for maneuver to strike a peace deal with russia having just taken a big bite out of his country. the other possibility is that this is the beginning of a, of a, of an offensive that starts in eastern ukraine and then continues. we don't know.

and i think behind closed doors, nato and the ukrainians are probably having just this discussion. what's the end game? what are we considered to be an acceptable outcome? thank you, charles captain speaking to us from washington d. c. patient, happy with us. now the war in ukraine is affecting all aspects of life, including sport, with a football league suspended off to the invasion. ukrainian club shack that don't yet have begun a series of charity games that calling the purple toll for peace. the 1st matches took them to, to greece and poland, and now turkey. i hardly a moment goes by. when nicola, my ankle is thinking about the war, back home in ukraine, even here on the training field, in the turkish city of a stumble. before the horses thought, save for much for your hunt in your heart,

if you want to stay there and help all of your people go along. bert about your brain seems to tell you that in fact you're me, you can't do anything such that the little one, the only thing you know how to do that can help the country is playing football and i have football, marty ankle and shocked out on it. have had to run from bombs before in 2014 fighting between government forces and pro ration separatists broke out in east and ukraine shocked us stadium. the don bus arena was badly damaged by shelling. so just as a young boy, i often went to the dunbar. serena, and it was my biggest dream to play at this wonderful stadium for a shock. dog donetta started, but then the war started and we left right now and i stay away with it. since then shocked our has led a nomadic existence. they 1st fled to western ukraine,

then east again to harkey. eventually the capital keith became their new home and that's why i'm equal or marty ankle was when the russian invasion began on february 24th, claiming him out of it for a parish that even today i can't believe that this has happened or i felt so worried because i didn't know what to do. so when you're, when you're coming and that hasn't changed and you feel so empty and because you realize that your people are suffering some for not that about it's very hard. now shocked tom is on the moons again. although ukrainian men of military age are currently required to stay in the country, micheler and his teammates were given special government permission to leave in early april. here in the eastern pool, they are now preparing for a series of friends lease all over europe to raise awareness and money for the war

effort in ukraine. the 1st friendly match was in greece against olympia, cars, and trucks. i basra cirhoniac and what unites us as a team is more than football. football. we share a common tragedy. i believe that i heard there was wrong in the game against olympia coast walking. we were t shirts with the names of the cities that were attacked by the russian army lynbrook, or some will, as i know how to though i thought it was the whole world should know the names of the cities or any sort of see even the people who don't know about it yet, well, green those in his life, or who don't want to believe what's really happening. causal. lou demco thought more of the shirt on his neither linea store still has. this is a war and not some kind of special operational, lima. i nick record at the barracks her see them is thought it for carrying. i've always dreamed of living in ukraine, and i believe that it's still possible. i hope that piece will soon return to my country. know that in football will return this and we'll be able to continue what

we did before. he must modern brother, right to the ranch. michael m a t v and co doesn't know when that might be. he currently doesn't even know where his team will be. training next month, but he says he won't give up on his big dream. to play football again one day. back home in ukraine, in the dorm bus arena. why? you know what she ended up being used? here's a reminder of our top story. what leaders have condemned russia offensive in easton? ukraine. bosco says its main objective now is to take control of the don best region. german chancellor. enough shalt says. western allies have pledged maximum support. we've craned, but rules out any direct involvement in the world. sholtes also blame to president

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