[000:00:00;00] ah ah, business dw news live from berlin moscow's plan to seize a southern ukraine. a russian commander says putin's ambition is to extend russia's control hundreds of kilometers to the west, russian part of me, but ukrainian resistance is not going away. in the city of murray, you poll, ukrainian troops are still holding out, refusing to surrender, also coming out. millions of ukrainians have fled their homes to seek shelter from

the war. we hear from the people seeking refuge on the ground and the final hours of campaigning ahead of france's presidential election on sunday, incumbent and manual micro and his opponent marine la penn are focusing on undecided voters hold. so they may very well decide who wins. ah, i'm will, i'll sucker, a very will welcome to the show. we begin this broadcast with what appears to be a widening war in ukraine. a senior russian military commander says vladimir putin's ambitions in ukraine include seizing control of territory in the east and all the way across the south is unclear if this is official criminal policy. if it is, it would add

a completely new dimension to the conflict which so far has brought heavy loss and few gains for russia. some of the strongest ukrainian resistance is the as of style steel plants in the port city of murray pool. a group of ukrainian soldiers is resisting russian troops. refusing to surrender has a look at the vast industrial complex that has become a symbol of ukrainian defiance. a steel plant from a dystopian nightmare smoke and fire. as far as the i can see outside the city, satellite photos show would appear to be mass graves. they could hold the remains of thousands of people. while civilians are stuck here, the remaining fighters are defiant, hold up underground and a network of tunnels. yet little this is one of the i say that while we are here, mary paul remains under the control of ukraine. he, mary paul,

was and always will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. russia claims to have liberated the city. they bombed for weeks with impunity and says they'll keep those in the steel plant trapped. there will never succeed. us president joe biden said mary, a pull was still in ukrainian hands and urged russia to open humanitarian corridors to let more civilians leave her. we know bummer evacuees who made it to the city of separation struggled to describe the devastation of their home city with them thursday, friday or some hell is what's happening there. it's not possible them could just re tell you, would you russians are killing people for nothing. if the world doesn't take measures, supervisor will be the same to what he or did. they put it on my camera. we left

yesterday there was a whole left instead of a 9 floor building or even fee for all the doorways are destroyed completely. all the windows are shattered. when maria martin, in our backyard, we have a little cemetery. we buried 7 people there. for those stuck in the city supplies are reportedly running low. it's no telling how long they can still hold out. our correspondence in keith mathias bellinger has been following the situation and maria powell and he told us about the situation of the troops and civilians trapped in the steel plant. here the options are probably running out. of course, nobody knows how big the supplies are, the food supplies that they have. and this, this, these bunkers underneath the steelworks, they were built after the war or after world war 2. and they were designed to

people to stay in there, to stalk up there on, on, on food there, and to stay there for a long time. but as the city has been starved and as all these soviet bunkers have not been maintained, the way they were designed designed, the question is, how long? of course they can stay there. they remain defiant, but it's of course, a matter of time until they run out of food, ammunition and other supplies correspondent, but he has bellinger, they reporting from keith. when are joined by national security analyst, joe c. renzini in washington. good to have you on the program. now there are reports that bother me. putin's ambitions in ukraine now include capturing the south all the way to mal deva. what do you make of this latest development? the russians are now saying out loud, would many of us have long suspected that their intention is to capture at least

the eastern and southern ports of ukraine. they tried and failed to do it all at once. the battle for keep is over. they have lost, but the battle for the dumbass region and the south stretching all the way to odessa is now on. this is quite an ominous development. it's not clear they can do it, but their intention should be of concern to all of us. let's talk about weapons. now you as president joe biden has announced another $800000000.00 military aid package is the and there was more to come. will this help stop the russian troops? if washers offensive thrust is to be defeated, this is what we'll do. it the steady supply of weapons equipment and economic assistance to ukraine. the u. s. a package is quite significant, not in the dollar amount. 800000000 is similar to what we just sent last week. but for the 1st time,

the u. s. is sending large quantities of heavy combat equipment. heavy combat equipment means large scale artillery. it means armored personnel carrier. it means helicopters, in this case, russian built helicopters that we acquired in afghanistan. all this is streaming in and it's matching this kind of equipment coming from other nato allies. the czech republic, for example, announced they're going to send t $72.00 tanks and b and p infantry fighting vehicles. these are russian made equipment. this is what the ukranian forces know how to operate. this is a new stage of military aid for ukraine. and as you know, here in germany, chancellor of salt is on the pressure for not delivering heavy weapons to ukraine, like other nato partners are doing. he says, the reason is, is such a move could be seen as germany taking part in the fighting and he wants to prevent nuclear war. if he wants to be cautious. he is right to be cautious. this is a concern. i mean,

a point may come out of or put might decide to use tactical nuclear weapons. this is why joe biden is moved very carefully and is kept the rhetoric low. but you can see that incrementally the u. s. been stepping up assistance and now it's clear that us and other countries can send heavy equipment without triggering that kind of nuclear response. that's why great britain is starting to do it. that's why france is starting to do it. i can't speak for germany, but if you can't send heavy equipment, send more equipment of any kind. anti tank weapons, drones, things that can blunt the russian armored thrusts. national security analysts, jo, syringe, yoni, thank you very much for your analysis. thank you for having me. the united nation says almost 8000000 people are now internally displaced in ukraine. aid groups are trying to help those who fled their homes,

as well as those still stuck in cities under bombardment. people face a daily struggle in places like ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey. it's been the target of intense shelling for weeks. their homes are unlivable, after weeks of bombardment, now the people of ha keep survived by collecting rain water and cooking on fires, fueled by debris. one last thing we don't have electricity, water, any communication at all, including gas in the garza, her doretha from you can't really cook here because the water will be worth gold soon. it's hard to get it. if a garage is hit, you go and pickup panels. where else can we get it over it? re a said, we'll pull it and cut it. there is no other action with bombs still flying above many are now living below in hockey, metro stations. some have been camped here for weeks once and we brought several

blankets with us. came here and now live next to the ticket machines. now i believe that was the best decision that they paced the platforms to stay active. doctors tried to help the many elderly with medical conditions, parents distract their children from the realities of war. for many finding food has become a daily challenge. these hockey residency, gather what vegetables and can goods they can find to cook bosch sharing what little they have been crime. i talked neither frontline, public transport still operates, but medicine is running out walker. it's bad that they're no drugs in the pharmacies and that only a few pharmacies are still open to publish it. more pharmacies were open, it will be better. millions of ukrainians have fled to cities further west living and cramped shelters like this one. in ne pro,

remembering the comforts they used to have such good own as will, i had a small piece of land value. we planted everything there, tomatoes, cucumbers, and greenery, or brittany. there was a flower bed in front of our house. the valenzuela digney. now many rely only on donations aid groups worn. the humanitarian situation is worsening, as the tide of internally displaced ukrainians grows. for every person they help more are waiting as a look now at some other developments in ukraine. russia has confirmed the death of one of the crew members of russian flagship miss al cruiser moskva. a week after it sank in the black sea. the ministry of defense said nearly 400 crew members were evacuated. kremlin critic suspect a much higher number of dead and missing, saying the ship's crew was about 500 strong ukrainian president followed him. her

zalinski says russia wants to hold an illegitimate referendum on independence in the south of ukraine. he told residence in the occupied regions of have son and supper, reacher not to give their personal information to russian forces. keith says the vote is an attempt by moscow to legitimize its occupations. the french president emanuel macro and his far i challenge a marine le pen are making a final push for votes before sundays. presidential run of polls show the race is much tighter than 5 years ago. when french voters faced the same choice. though macro is expected to win, many people said their undecided or ambivalent. his campaign slogan might be olivers, but it's not clear enough. a france will be with emanuel micron at the ballot box on sunday night, both the incumbent president, he and his far right opposition. marina penn fair had been making

a final push for votes touring the t v. stations on friday morning, them but they're not speaking to their cold demographic. instead, mine for votes from supporters of far left candidate shall new mellon, shaun who went 20 percent in the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither la penn nor mac. ron, are popular with this key group of voters, but we haven't had a choice in the 2nd rounds ages. i'll give the least worse choice. i won't be voting for the right or the extreme right. it's become a campaign of style over substance. micron attempting to shake off a reputation and hurry guns and connect with working class moses la penn, trying to portray herself as a serious states woman in a tv debate earlier this week. let me macaroni a title,

append stance on russia. huh. she refuted the accusation instead trying to focus on the cost of living as could dip on did you depend on russian power? you depend on mister putin as a few months after saying that, madame le pen, that you took out a loan from a russian bank in 2015 for the 1st check russian bank, the self tick cushion bank. exit. did that come with your, my a read on all the sanctions that was taken against the oligarchs against the bang us less. so the only sanction that i disagree with is the one blocking russian gas is a coil in port zuka. why? because i think that's not the right method. this is not what will actually hurt russia mix and above all, it will hurt the french people a lot. we see. micron is expected to keep the keys to the elisa palace or even though it was a to fight the many expected level, but with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there is no

clear wind in sundays, deciding round of microphone best as le pen. you're watching the w news live from berlin. stay tuned for d w of business with daniel winter and just amendments. i'm will, i was like a ticket. sh her. i'm skin that. i think that hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back her. are you familiar with this