[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw live from berlin roches new offensive in eastern ukraine. moscow unleashes thousands of troops in an assault on ukraine's industrial heartland. the kremlin says capturing the dawn bass is now its main objective. and time is running out in mario hole, where are ukrainian marine has sent to plea for help. the cities lost offenders under siege in a still pont desperate for a way out. class german chancellor,

olaf shalt says western leaders are united and providing maximum support to you, praying, but they won't be later. boots on the ground and raising awareness and money for football, ukraine's the shaft are done, asked fled the war. as i now touring the world seeking support for their home country. ah, i'm really mohammed, thanks for joining us. what leaders have condemned russia for launching a new massive offensive in ukraine's east. the criminal wants to make up for recent military losses around the capital. keith, 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 bath region is now the main

goal of its so called special military operation. a warning the following reports contains images that some viewers may find distressing. more ukrainian civilians killed by russian 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 in chrome, a tourist, more victims of russian bombardment. the increased 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 hours of stall

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 from 3 more to their accounts of life under siege. dora is here to watch my youngest child cries at everything he twitches in his leaves, and he and the eldest are starting to get a price to do. but as soon as they miss their peaceful light, it's been really frightening lately with frightening even to go. i have to use the toilet from boredom. the blue to those who are responsible for this war to unleash this war against outside bush and bush. i wish they would have to go through all this pain themselves and their children to can deepen simply to oh, with russian state media claimed that a 120 civilians from the us of south plant left on tuesday via humanitarian

corridors. but mar, where you pull city council said more than a 1000, were taking refuge here and adviser to ukraine's president says russia has begun firing bunker, busting munitions at the shelter, which may still be harboring children. a commander for the ukrainian marines in mario pole has appeal for international help to escape the besieged city. in the video messes. major sir hate vienna said that his forces could be facing their last days. if not hours. he has part of that message and ukrainian subtitled by f p. been us is one of the siegel them would have, would not from of been was word of mouth from, of, loses, recently abroad. moved with them with the form of to them. most of them was profoundly what's not supposed to do. construction dog lewis nothing to the $33.00 to drop him. all german chancellor cells also delivered

a clear message of support for ukraine, but added that western allies will stopped short of direct involvement in the wall . speaking after talks with other leaders, sholtes criticized rushes, latest offensive, and ethan ukraine. and he blamed to president vladimir putin for war crimes against civilians. from the bay club at clifton, our principles are clear. elaine, everyone agrees on them to be complied. ukraine continues to have our full solidarity and support at the same time as heads of state and government. it's our duty to prevent the war from spreading to other countries that hinder, therefore, nato does not want to and cannot intervene directly in the war. and that's how it will remain. everyone agrees on that. our policy is guided by these principles, our maximum support ukraine, but no need to involvement in the war, but kind of tied you there now to have them take a child's. crypton is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations in washington,

d. c. and i asked him what nato is, the maximum support will look like without sending trips 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 into 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, let's say, poland or 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 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? well, 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, has 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 do we consider to be an acceptable outcome? thank you, charles,

captain speaking to us from washington. d. c. pleasure to have you with us at the war and ukraine is affecting all aspects of life, including sport, with the football league, suspended after the invasion. ukrainian club shocked that don't ask. i have now begun a series of charity games at calling the global toll for peace. their 1st matches took them to greece, poland, and now taki, 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 current in your heart, if you want to stay there and help all of your people go along, brotherhood about your brain seems to tell you that in fact, you're me. you can't do anything so 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. r. dannetta 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 dannetta started, but then the war started and we left right now and i stay away with since then. shocked our has led a nomadic existence. they 1st fled to weston ukraine, then east again to harkey. eventually the capital keefe became their new home and that's why i'm equal or marty ankle was when the russian invasion began on february 24th. i mean amount of a to, for a period ish 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 and find out that though it's very hard now shocked, tom is on the move 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 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 thought i still haven't yet. what unites us as a team is more than football and ball. we share

a common tragedy or did that i hear there was one in the game against olympia coursework. if 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 are in the 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 or more at the show on his neither linear store. so 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 do a lunch. michael m a t v and cold doesn't know when that might be. he

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