ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. russian forces turn their fire on the city of subordinates as they step up their offensive in the east. a local governor says the russians are carrying out indiscriminate 24 hour shelling and trying to destroy everything in their path. also coming up, germany's off schultz on his 1st trip to africa, promises to help african countries hit by the global food crisis because of the war

in ukraine. and ukraine overshadows the annual world economic forum brushes. pavilion and divorce is renamed, the russia war crimes house ah hello m terry martin. welcome to the program. russian forces were stepping up there offensive to take territory in the eastern region of don bos. cube says the main city is still under ukrainian control. so better than that is coming under heavy bombardment. a local governor accused moscow of engaging in a scorched earth approach and intentionally trying to destroy the city. in keith, the polish president has become the 1st foreign leader to address the country's parliament a show of a war time solidarity between neighbors. polish president on j. duda became the 1st

foreign leader to speak to the ukrainian parliament in person since the war began. due to stress, to support for ukraine's bids to join the new and said that any territorial concessions to russia would be a blow for the entire western world. yas, that the chill, oh let. oh, i want to say clearly, but only ukraine has the right to decide its future so that there can be no negotiations and decision making behind ukraine's back. already. nothing can be decided about ukraine without ukraine. so absolutely not. this is an iron principle that they put in that ukranian president volota may 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 sheylan. continuing

along the front line, russian forces have intensified the efforts to surround several denette. the main city still held by ukraine in the loo, hunt's province with fist fighting, raging across the don bus. neither side looks ready to accept a compromise just yet and it appears max tonda joins me now from keith lacks the fighting, and don barza shifted to the city us a better de nest in recent days, ukraine is struggling to hold on to it. could that city become another maria pull right, terry. so analysts and military experts have been voicing concerns of the last couple days that we would see some more intense fighting along the front lines in the don bus region, the industrial region of the southeast of ukraine. and this appear serving particularly true in and around the city of several don yeske,

where we've seen some intensive showing some air strikes. and according to the ukranian military attempts by the russian forces to take neighboring towns in order to continue their assault on the city. which, according to the training military, has not succeeded. so at the moment it doesn't seem that any site is making any particular land gains. the russians are meeting fierce resistance by the ukrainian side. but the situation in the town or in the city itself is, is dire as we can imagine, a civil done yet cat about a $100000.00 inhabitants prior to the war. and from what we're hearing, there's at the moment just one hospital in operation with 3 doctors taken care of the population of the entire city. so we can imagine the situation. there is the tyria rating as we speak to us max. why is subordinates so important for the russians? the city is important. ah,

one of the reasons is that in the 1st stages of, of the invasion, russia tried to take to take here to take the entire country that was out of reach of moscow. there was a, this was a military, not a success. so they tried to chip away at other parts of the country and the turn shift their focus. se to the the regents held by russian states backed rebels and in particular in the regions dawn and dawn, yeske province has done yes, kendall. hans can surveilled on yeske is one of the last remaining cities and in the hunts province. that is in control by the ukrainians. so taking this town for the russians would mean that they would take the entire, almost the entire province, and that they would have control over that area. and that would bring them closer to their acclaimed goals that they announced at this set. the 2nd stage and, and later stages of, of the invasion. what about the local residence there in spirit finance?

got it. you mentioned that before the war, there were around a 100000 people. there are many of them still left there. that is very hard to tell what exactly is happening there at the moment. how many people have stayed? but this morning, a police report was issued that there had been shelling of residential buildings and an elderly man was hertz and had to be brought to the hospital. so there are people still living there. the hunts governor, sergio hi dee said that russia was intentionally trying to destroy the city and was applying a tactic of scorched earth. and that brings us back to this maria pull comparison. this is something that we've seen and by russian forces i done in chechnya in syria . and yeah, we can imagine that the people are ann maria, pull up, and we can imagine the people left in the city um for them, the situation is an unbearable max. thank you very much,

our correspondent max. it's under there in kim well, the fallout from ukraine is also setting the agenda of the 1st trip to africa by german chancellor aloft sholtes starting a 3 nation trip in senegal. shoulds promised to help african countries hit by the global food cries, is caused by the war. is also discussing a major gas exploration project with cynical, as part of efforts to reduce german reliance on russian gas full of solids. his visit has been dominated by issue surrounding the warring ukraine high on the agenda for his meeting with sandals, president marky, saul was the critical issue of food security. the war has sent green prices soaring and sole will soon travel to russia and ukraine on behalf of the african union hoping to secure, blocked supplies. the i'm drunk up this gun. as chairman of the african union, i expressed a chance to le sholtes ow, serious concerns about the impact of the war on al countries argue african

countries. including the wide spread price, spikes, and shortages that we are currently seeing. to. so cost of charles has vowed to help get exports moving again, donald david king that this is currently being discussed very intensively. what's that despite this terrible conflict, we need cooperation with 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, if 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 yell also under discussion, energy. germany offer to help develop natural gas production of seine, gulf coast. the west african country has large reserves, and berlin, seize them as a possible alternative to russian gas. after synagogue shoals will travel to new

year before finishing the 3 day visit in south africa. the war and ukraine is also set top the agenda at the world economic forum, which is getting underway and of all switzerland to day ukrainian president. the loudermilk lansky will give the opening speech via video link that's about and about 3 hours from now, we'll be carrying that speech live kia there. vitale. click co, and his former bra and his brother vladimir will attend the event as well. this used to be the russia house here at the world economic forum. now it's been re christened the russian war crimes house. a ukrainian billionaire is 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's 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 galvanized the international community to support ukraine even more despite dallas's spring cheer, the moody, somber amid soaring geopolitical tensions. the war in 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 so 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

a global decision makers. i'm hoping that a to 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 a child to this business community to hear and have them on board. also giving up an on some of the reading was that they were probably looking for ah, with the russian federation. it's now up to the global lead here in the swiss alps to see if there's an economic path to peace in the war in ukraine. sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. women tv news

anchors in afghanistan now have to work with their faces covered. the taliban have begun. enforcing new laws on dress rights activists have condemned the latest harsh and restrictions imposed on women journalists say they are frustrated but will comply with the law. a senior member of iran's elite military force has been shot dead and to run revolutionary guard. colonel hassan cya could die was gone down outside his home in broad daylight ran his blamed israel for similar assassinations in the past. it was present, joe biden has said he would be willing to use force to defend taiwan meeting with japanese prime minister from you, cuz she the in tokyo, he said it was the u. s. was committed to defending what he island which asian claims as its own territory. but he said he was considering reducing some terrace on china co dog so i can hold sport. so an informal one max flash stoppin has won

the spanish grand prix in barcelona reigning world. champion pounced twin race leader charles le clark's ferrari broke down with the wind red bulls for stopping also overtakes la clerk for 1st place in the driver's championship. ah, fairy charlotte clerk led the title battle by 19 points going into the spanish grand prix. and he took an early lead from pole position in barcelona, with his main rival, max for stopping of red bull, sliding into the gravel in the early stages of the race. but then before the half way mark laclare began to slow down. oh, no matter what happened with an engine failure, forged him to withdraw from the race losing a seemingly sure victory ah bishop and also suffered intermittent mechanical problems. but he went on to cross the finish line 1st,

and the wind means he is now 6 points ahead of the clerk at the top of the standings. ah, a sunny i'd a lot of dill in such nazario enough in a because i was in the train and i tried to pass for my dearest has not always working so yet i made it, made it very tough. but we managed to, i did a strategy to get ahead again and, and do our, do our own race. and eventually the race was difficult beginning, but it could end with fresh drop in an la clack sparring over the top spot this year is formula one championship is shaping up to be of real thriller. manchester city have won the english premier league football title edging out their closest rivals. liverpool in the last match of the season said he needed a wind to maintain a one point lead over liverpool. after falling behind to kneel against aston via they rallied late in the game scoring 3 goals and securing their 4th league title.

in the last 5 seasons. so you news for now after the break, we have world stories for you with the special look at rescue efforts in murray you pulled in ukraine. of course you get all the latest news information any time you want on our website. that's d w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. it's not a question of whether the next crisis will come. but only when and how the media will deal with it. how can we stay focused on what is important? shaping tomorrow now exploring opportunities for media professionals in times of crisis.