ah, ah ah visits dw news live from berlin, ukrainian fighters are defying a russian ultimatum to lay down their arms. this could be our last appeal of our lives. we may be facing our last days, if not ours. the enemy out numbers is tend to warn. you crane has proposed direct talks with russia to save the lives of both still trapped and merry uphold. also coming up, german foreign minister on the lena bear book announces her country will halt all russian oil imports by the end of the year. and french presidential candidates face

off in their only debates before sundays run off election manual macro, and far i challenge a marine le pen clash of her links to russian money. on his record in 5 years of running france. ah, i'm all on soccer. a warm welcome to the program. ukraine says it has proposed a special round of negotiations to save the lives of those still trapped in the besieged port of mario pole. ukrainian negotiators say they are ready for direct talks with russia and evacuating the cities, remain in garrison and civilians. ukrainian troops in mario paul have been defying russian demands to surrender the city. recent efforts to open humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leave have been largely unsuccessful.

chechen soldiers on patrol in matter you pull into distance as of style steel works. russian soldiers are here to. they've hung red flags along a possible route for ukrainian forces who wish to surrender. their fight for control of their city may be almost over. soon as the learning of the she gave. this is our appeal to the world. but this could be our last appeal of our lives may be facing our last days, if not hours, the enemy ag numbers of 10 to one. but in keep ukraine's president followed me to lansky speaking alongside european council president charles michelle remains defiant. i just heard it, duck, she clothes mighty, hopefully, all our guys and matthew paul want a victory shoot. they want the city to be liberated orders, book known is going to surrender to the enemy as the the so that's how they feel.

that's who they are to. that's what's inside their souls. the key yet, key one, the eve said it to the food. in moscow, russian president vladimir putin said russia would work to quote normalized life in ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. studying it would change for the better lashing newton persuasion to wander. but back and mother you pull. life is far from normal. these residents are evacuating a city that has been traumatic for weeks with he is with martha with. we need a break after the shelling after there's nightmare. we've been hiding in basements for 30 days. oh boy, that we want to go to my son's house. he's waiting for me. mom, when are you coming? he keeps asking me. i have a son, a daughter in law, and

a granddaughter my boy to take it just before the war. and then on the 24th of february, it all began. and almost 2 months later, the war continues. these residents don't know when they'll be able to return as the battle for mary. you pull rages on e. w correspondent, mathias bellinger is in the ukrainian capital, keith. we asked him what he can tell us about the russian offensive in east in ukraine. it seems to be very different from what we have seen in the 1st phase of the war. or russia has amassed a lot of heavy artillery and a lot of a soldiers there. and they are planning to they seem to be planning to a different tactic to move in with much more force with much more firepower and to advance may be slower than they had planned in the 1st phase that has failed,

where they wanted to, to, to, to to can to advance as quickly as possible, and then they were taken out by the ukrainian forces because they hadn't, did not bring their back up and etc, etc. so this looks like a much more, much more heavy attack, a much slower and heavier attack and that something, of course, um that might lead to a lot more casualties then. then we have seen so far on the military side, but also on the civilian side. we have seen in mary you, paul, that the russians have shelled the city indiscriminately living quarters, hospitals and military positions of course as well. and the fear is that this blurb battle in don boss would be very bloody. but your spelling of the reporting from keith versus defense ministry says it has successfully completed the test launch of its new intercontinental ballistic missile ministry said the launch was carried out close to the finish border. the farmer is a heavy massage,

which russian officials say is capable of penetrating all, may fall defense system. president vladimir putin said it would make anyone threatening russia quote, think twice a week earlier we spoke to d. w. correspondence and russia analyst constantine eggers and asked him for his take on the timing of wednesdays missile test. while they give it to the sign of desperation, or at least uncertainty about the ability to, to win on that conventional battle ground from a breath. i do not think that luncheon a ballistic missile, the flesh circumstance was called for in terms of any kind of misery, the sense of the also it to launch of the, as the russian said. so basically that means that probably quite a bit of real testing has to be, has to be done. and we've seen

a lot of russian defense staff, the russian military, bragging about the progress of rushman, the technology. well, so far it wasn't something you didn't something that will really, charlie, can this any proven on the battle ground? i think it is a p r. sounds. it is an attempt to, to, to, to threats and to scare. but frankly speaking, i do not know who the west will not be scare than you. green is probably think, and probably rightly that's how much is not going to be used against the des sir constantine egg there. speaking to us earlier, germany has bound to halt all imports of russian oil by the end of the year. for minister analynn alberto made the announcements after meeting with her count to pass from estonia, latvia in lithuania by book, also sent an unequivocal message of support saying nato allies could rely on germany. 100 percent mind. i'm going to be away to hear god. oh, to day,

the 4 of us are sending a clear message to moscow. we will defend p. i sovereignty id and freedom owns not to nato will collectively defend its territory and protect every corner of a mine's i'm city. let's take a look at some headlines now away from the war in ukraine. israeli police blocked an hon, unauthorized right wing nationalist march in the muslim quarter of the capitol. gruesome towards his refused to give the rally permission to take place, citing security concerns. tensions have been hi, after israeli forces clashed with palestinians at a holy site, important for both muslims and jews. a court in london has issued an order to extradite wikileaks found, a julian assigned to the u. s. and face trial for releasing secret information. a final appeals failed. the you case, interior minister pretty patel,

will decide his face, assert could face a life sentence if found guilty in the u. s. a. wildfire has forced over 2000 people to flee their homes and the u. s. state of arizona. strong winds tripled the size of the blaze. fire consumed forest areas and destroyed some buildings. the region has been suffering from a decades long drought. the 2 candidates in france's presidential election incumbents, emanuel macro and far right election challenger marine la, penn squared off in their only televised debate wednesday nights live at when events was one of their last chance us to convince undecided voters ahead of sundays run off election candidates clashed on issues ranging from russia, the you and head scarves across is currently leading in pre election of hope. carol to lizzie, could me come for the d. w as lisa louis followed the debates. i asked her,

who she thought came out on top and whether they would have any impact on sundays run off. well, it's very difficult to say you came out on top. it looked like there was no clear winner as opposed to 5 years ago. remember, there was already a run off between marina pen him and him animal quite the time. and at the time during that to pay debate. marina pen, she basically crash and that like to my call, gaining loss of a pop point in the polls. this time around the picture is much less clear actually . and both were discussing both ways, staying calm. they got mixed up a bit with their figures at times on both sides, but you couldn't say one of them is the clear winner of this debate. mind you, these debates really play a very big role. they can change the poles a little bit, but in french history, so far, these debates have never really turned out things. and then, you know, had someone when, who was before, i'm not supposed to win the elections. what are the key issues in this election?

well in the debate, at least they were talking about a lot of different topics. the main priority for the french reuters here is spending power. and that was also the 1st topic on the agenda tonight. and marilla pan has been displayed, picturing herself as the candidate of increase spending power and my call was contradicting that image night and saying, you know, actually i'm also helping people to make and meet other topics on tonight's agenda were you know, immigration, security, education health, but also, lots of international topics that the 2 candidates were talking about tonight. and of course the war in ukraine looms large. what was said about that tonight. while they were talking about ukraine, for example, at one point and my my comma said, you know,

we know that marina pen understands supports the referendum that happened in crimea, that got the next by russia a few years back. and the that referred him that, that was held there is actually internationally not recognized by marine, the pen has recognized it, you know, to, to split up from, from ukraine. and as she also repeated that stand point a few weeks back, m, m m m, i call also q, marine, the pen of being quite close a wanting to be quite close to russia and of having taken up a loan with the russian bank before the last presidential campaign and he said, you know, this means that actually you depend on the russian government and you are not independent. marine the pen, nobody said no, i am independent. i also support your stance in this war in ukraine. i absolutely you reject the russian invasion, although she also added that that she was against an embargo on russian oil and,

and gas because that would have a large impact on spending power in france. and that is always something that she wanted to say that she cared about in the selection, dw correspondent, laser louis in paris. thank you very much. one of the organizers have banned russian and delores in tennis players from this year's tournament because of the war in ukraine. the band will prevent a number of top ranked players from competing in june scram slant grand slam events . the kremlin has called it unacceptable, and both the men's and women's tennis associations say the ban is discriminatory. the green, green grass of wimbledon, part of what makes it, arguably the most well known tennis tournaments in the world. but this year, no russians are better. ruffians will grace the how tough organize is taking the decision because quote, it would be unacceptable for the russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of rational bella roosting players with the championships. the ban

means big name players like the needle medford of the russian world. number 2 and battery says arena sab blanca reached the wimbledon, semi finals last year, won't be allowed to take part. in february, the international olympic committee called on sports bodies to pan russian and batteries in athletes. but wimbledon is going against the grain in tennis. at regular tournaments, players from russia and batteries can take parties, neutrals, others in the sport, believing it's unfair to punish individuals for a regimes actions. when bowden though, closing its gates to russia and belarus, the possibility of someone from those countries lifting the famous trophy and the resulting propaganda produced back home too much for organizes to bear you watching the debris news here. as a reminder of our top story, ukraine says it's ready to hold a special round of negotiations on the besieged port city of mary of hope,

until fe to ukrainian precedent. lensky says keith is ready for direct talks with russia to evacuate the city's remaining soldiers and civilians. ukraine is reportedly waiting a response from russia. that's it for me for now, but stay with us for the w business. but daniel winter in just amendments ticket people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. families please see the reason for these critical illness with demonstrated people fleeing clean drilled, occurring 200 people has something around the world.