frankfurt airport city managed by fraud. oh ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia increases its shelling and rocket attacks on front on areas and towns in ukraine. poland president tells the ukrainian parliament that russian forces must withdraw completely. and he says, giving into aggression would damage democracy around the world. germany zoloft sholtes, begin his 1st african too as chancellor, the and to tackle the shop rise in few in feud and fuel prices caused by the war in

ukraine. plus ukraine overshadows the annual world economic forum rushes a villain in devils is renamed at the brush, a war crunch house. ah, a method he held walk into the program polish president under duda has said bratia must completely withdraw from ukraine to the made the comment during a speech to the crony in parliament. the 1st in person addressed by a foreign leader since the conflict began. but as he was speaking, russian forces stepped up their offensive on the city of sybert, and it's in the east of ukraine, a show of war time, solidarity between neighbors, polish president on j. duda became the 1st foreign leader to speak to the ukranian

parliament in person, since the war began. do distressed, his support for ukraine's bids to join the in you and said that any territorial concessions to russia would be a blow for the entire western world. yes. that, that is all i want to say clearly, but only ukraine has the right to decide its future. so there can be no negotiations and decision making behind ukraine's back, although nothing can be decided about ukraine without ukraine. so absolutely not. this is an iron principle that easily put into it ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has said that only a diplomatic solution will bring a definitive end to the conflict. but the government and keith has repeated it will not accept any ceasefire that would require giving up territory. on the battlefield, russia's offensive to capture, the don bass grinds on with shelling. continuing along the front line,

russian forces have intensified their efforts to surround several underneath the main city, still held by ukraine in the loo hands province with fierce fighting raging across the don bus. neither side looks ready to accept the compromise just yet. now to get an assessment of what's happening on the ground, they doubly correspondent mathias billing is in from a toss in east and ukraine. if he doesn't kilometers from the fighting. we asked him where the current president is right to describe the situation as extremely difficult. absolutely, whomever you talk to, whether it's soldiers or civilians living in these places. everybody tells you the situation is extremely tense, more tense than they have a more tense than at any time in the past where maybe not the beginning of this conflict 8 years ago. but in the meantime, in the past 7 years. so shelling has intensified all along the contact line. today

we were in a, in a town that sits just on this contact line. so you can basically, with your bare, i see the, the, the places that are controlled by the so called separatist, the russian backed republics. and everybody there has told us that shelling has intensified tremendously. there. there are dozens of rounds of artillery coming in every day. houses are being shelled, people are dying. and this is, this is happening every day. people, people listen to it and this is outgoing, this is incoming. they have basically become expert in, in the sounds of artillery in order to assess where the danger is coming from next . so this is that place. and now imagine what it's like in those places that are the most heavily embattled combated. and that's, of course, arises in the area around seaver. the net that's 40 kilometers north east of where

i am now in parameters. there of course, situations are even more dire and vs yesterday, russian troops have blown up the bridge that links this town, the city to into the territory that so corner that still controlled by ukraine, people are expecting another mary, you pull there that was mathias billing in e crime now in any and conflict intelligence gathering is crucial, so to, as the saving the enemy on the battlefield. during world war 2, the united states used inflatable decoys of heavy machinery to full. nothing forces in battle, but the same some 70 years on the technique has not lost if the effectiveness and the dummies. a likely being deployed in the ukraine conflict with an m 60 battle tank american made traveling across a meadow in the north of the czech republic, near the german border. from the join footage, it's not easy to recognize that this is not actually heavy weaponry at all. it's an

inflatable decoy driven by an ordinary car. no one's playing a prank on residence near the town of ditch in the fake tank is made by a civilian armaments company in the czech republic. instead of being assembled like a real tank, this one takes about half an hour to inflate. then it looks, at least from a distance deceptively real for enemy recognizance. last is gift. we also have systems installed to deceive radar and thermal cameras. and even when looking through binoculars, our products are difficult to recognise from a distance into school that is not tele. the use of rubber decoys is not new. the us used them to full denazi's during world war 2. nato armies are still ordering inflatable decoys today. the company says its versions of soviet designed equipment

are currently in high demand. it's easy to assume that the inflatable weapons, most likely being used in ukraine. the company can produce 15 rubber tanks in a month. all hand made. this is as you, this was in the use of, these are the individual parts of a tank or something. they are then sewn together according to the design drawing. then it just needs to be inflated. and it looks like the real vehicle process is a little bit of the company doesn't just produce tanks, but a whole range of large military equipments like the s 8 anti aircraft, missiles, systems inflated in just 10 minutes. a lot of hot here for 25000 years, but according to the manufacturer, even modern thermal imaging cameras and right, our systems can be fooled by built in heating coils. oh we often hear from pilots and i wasn't sure if it was

a dummy or real hardware and that's what we're all about on it. confusing the enemy? i think it's also important is that an attack with ammunition powerful enough to destroy a real vehicle? cost the enemy $5.00 to $8.00 times more than the cost of our dummy latinos, you know, lots of 3. and i showed that he even if it might seem like a lot of hot air for the layman, experts know that this technology is anything but and it gives a whole new meaning to military air power. german chancellor, olaf schultz is on his 1st visit to africa since taking office 6 months ago. he started his 3 dre 3 day trip in synagogue, where he held talks with president mackey. so the latest discuss the fallout from the war in ukraine with shult. i'm cynical as an alternative source of gas supplies, soaring food prices are also a serious concern. all i've sholtes is visit,

has been dominated by issues surrounding the war and ukraine. high on the agenda for his meeting with synagogues president mackey, sal was the critical issue of food security. the war has sent grand prize. soaring and sal will soon travel to russia and ukraine on behalf of the african union, hoping to secure, blocked supplies, pulled on thank up this gun. as chairman of the african union, i expressed a chancellor shoots ow, serious concerns about the impact of the war on al countries argue african countries, including the widespread price spikes and shortages that we are currently seeing. to sol, cost at the shoulds has vowed to help get exports moving again, donald of asking that this is currently being discussed very intensively. what's that despite this terrible conflict, we need cooperation had soon, so that a country which is currently defending itself against a war of aggression can successfully deliver. and it's important that we make the

attempt as otherwise that there is a great danger that many countries in the world will have extreme difficulty in feeding their populations. cut them out of the frugal. and now also under discussion energy. germany offered to help develop natural gas production of senegal coast. the west african country has large reserves, and berlin seized them as a possible alternative to rush and gas. after synagogue sholtes will travel to ne gear before finishing the 3 day visit in south africa. business and political ladies are gathering in the swiss town of dof us for the annual world economic for not surprisingly, you crime is top of the agenda. this used to be the russia house here at the world economic forum. now it's been re christened the russian war crimes house. the ukrainian billionaires backing the project to highlight alleged abuses committed by russian troops in ukraine. the world economic forum cut all ties with russia for

this year summit. meanwhile, davos is rolling out the red carpet, for the biggest delegation from ukraine ever present. zalinski will open the meeting with a video address and for ukrainians here, it's a bittersweet moment. we are here in this beautiful setting, but at the back of our mind always are these images of these horrific killings and atrocities and war crimes going on as we speak back in ukraine. and we are here to as best as possible, represent those people and to do all that we can to galvanize the international community to support ukraine even more despite dallas's spring cheer. the mood is somber amid soaring geopolitical tensions. the war and ukraine has worsened the global food and energy crisis, and there were other urgent problems to tackle as well. climate change the ongoing pandemic and fears of an economic slowdown. the challenges are so big that we

need these a board and the ideas of everyone around the world. so i think this is a place where people trust each other and we can build solutions together. well, deb ross is a global convenor of the global decision makers. i'm hoping that it would really be able to facilitate engagement because we are all for a peaceful world and we are old, full global prosperity. ukrainians have more immediate concerns. i don't think that we will see any, you know, additional ah pledge as being made here in terms of financial weaponry aid or something of that sort to ukraine. a di hold that we can also use the reach out ill business community here and have them on board. also getting up an on some of the reading was that they were probably looking for ah, where the russian federation. it's now up to the global lead here in the swiss alps

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