ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, u. s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to key key stairs. and you, craig, for democracy stairs. the american stand with you and the world stand with you. this is biden's 1st trip to ukraine, since russia's invasion,

almost a year ago. and he used it to announce a fresh military aid package, worth half a $1000000000.00. also on the program b, e, you prepare fresh sanctions on russia. it would be the 10th package of measures since russia launched its invasion last february. plus german made battle titans, the ukraine. we look at the challenges as berlin leads the coalition to deliver left 2 tanks to ukraine. ah, i'm on your campus mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. us president joe biden has made a surprise visit to keith out biden said the u. s. would send another half a $1000000000.00 of military 8. you cried, including ammunition, radar, and other equipment. biden's visit comes just days or the one year anniversary of

russia's full scale invasion. ah, a gesture of solidarity and a vital reminder of unity between the u. s. and ukraine against russian aggression air, raid sirens blaring across the ukrainian capital during u. s. president joe biden surprise visit. there were no reports of russian air strikes, but the sound is still a clear reminder that ukraine is under constant attack. making support from the us more important now than ever. i'm here sure. and we're very supportive from the national defense sovereignty and, and territorial integrity. and today i hope we're going to have a chance to discuss our united states. and our allies are keeping constant contact group on our partners can most effectively support you and your cause. me to present ukrainian president for latham ears to lensky voice,

his gratitude to the huge moment subordinate. the great and what can i say? i really appreciate that president water america society being from the word with you know, all this tragedy from the world. you know, this poor kid war on being together with us fuels all supported was from winehouse to ukraine. and thank you for your leadership. thanks. buzz one thanks, congress. i think that is a historical moment for all, for all concert. the 2 presidents paid tribute at the wall of remembrance to the thousands of ukrainian soldiers who have lost their lives since 2014 biden's visit comes at a crucial moment in the war as the us needs to keep allied unified in their support

for ukraine. if ukraine is to fend off russian offensive in the spring or the timing of years, president biden surprise, visit to keep was to take me significant as d w's i. abraham, who is in the ukrainian capital, told me earlier. absolutely, we're just a few days away from the one year anniversary of the war and for a u. s. president to make it here physically, to show a support for ukraine and it's, it's effort to defend its territory is really quite extraordinary. and it's definitely something that people here on the streets and key of really appreciate i was just out on the street talking to people. i mean, we've talked to a couple only one person had no idea that the district trip was happening actually . but everybody here it's it, you know, very appreciative of this gesture because obviously as we're approaching this anniversary, there's an expectation that russia might strike back somehow harsher. and it's,

it does provide some reassurance. there's also the speech tomorrow by president vladimir putin a year ago when he gave that speech, it was just a couple of days later that this invasion happened. and so it sounds quite a strong message to the people here in california and in the whole country. now, president biden issued a statement from a sing more support for ukraine. can you tell us a little bit about what he actually did promise? so it's important to remember that the united states has been the biggest supporter of ukraine when it comes to military president boynton. hasn't really promised any new weapons. he hasn't really approved any new systems or fighter jets or anything of that sort. it's just more of what the united states has already been supplying to ukraine. so we're talking about rocket launchers, artillery and, and the $500000000.00 of, you know, extra aid that has been promised me,

i think that maybe will become this will come as a little bit of a disappointment to people here because, you know, they, from their perspective they're fighting for their life. so as soon as they got the tanks, they're already thinking about jets and the fact that there was no talk about it today, at least on she's, i think, somewhat of a disappointment, but overall people definitely appreciate the president's visit. now, as we've been saying this week, marks a year since russia invaded ukraine, can you tell us how people in ukraine are reacting to the prospects of the major russian offense in the coming weeks? it's certainly something that's in the air, but they have been, you know, they've been definitely used to this talk of the eastern offensive or, you know, in the past weeks, every day we hear the offensive has started the offensive a story. so people have sort of become, i wouldn't say desensitized, but they've learned how to live with this constant threat. so just to give you an

example, and this is something that you see here all the time when there are these air raid sirens. i mean, what you're supposed to do is go into a shelter and hide until that air read alert has subsided, but people just go on with their lives as they would any other day they've learned to live with this risk and with this danger. and so there's definitely a sense of, of defiance on the streets of kia these days. but also it's, it's a, it's, it's obviously a horrific anniversary and something that people didn't really didn't want it to last this long. so there's also a sense of soberness and blair, i would say, did a least special correspondent, a and e for him reporting from keith. thanks so much for the idea. now the war has, of course, had a massive impact on ukraine, off the battlefield. thousands of civilians have been killed, although the exact death toll is unknown. millions of people have been displaced and much of the ukrainian economy is in ruins. the war has also had

a major impact on the rest of the world. the u. s. has poured tens of billions of dollars into military and economic aid. the ukraine. leaders have promised to support ukraine as long as it takes. but there are warriors that the high costs may eventually exhaust the american people's patience. d. w. 's at washington d. c. bureau chief in his pool has been following the story for us and sent us this assessment of president biden's visit to keith were present by him could not have chosen a more symbolic place than key of to demonstrate the global community, the ongoing support for ukraine. you know, this was really unprecedented risk by president biden, to cross into a country currently at war end, where the as does not have a military and infrastructure. so that really shows that this is a major signal to the rest of the world,

and especially to russia who was informed about the president trip. so the u. s. clearly has no intention to dial back it's support at biden, has pledged more mil, military assistance. the ukraine, that can you tell us is americans, the support for ukraine still as steadfast is bind, says, or are there signs that it might be starting to wayne? right. so given the amount of money or as a spend to support the ukraine and i are just has been talking about it is kind of surprising how few people really criticize, abide and politics outside this. a washington bubble which is highly politicized. anyhow. so we heard that a bite and even is promising. another half a $1000000000.00 package. you know, my take is the following. as long as economy is doing okay. in the united states,

the majority of the americans probably will keep supporting the ukrainian cars, but it will probably change once the economy's weakening. and we kind of saw that during the last summer with the exploding gas prices, the moment americans have the feeling that other countries are taking more seriously than the problems with in the united states bite. and indeed, might have a problem in is, can you tell us how important this visit was for, for joe biden himself so everyone here in the, in the u. s. anya is waiting for president biden to announce that he will be running again in 2024. this is when the next president will be elected in the united states, and one big topic obviously is his age. he will be $82.00 if he wins this re election next year. so this trip also was meant to show his strength and his power

and that he is ready to run for another term at washington bureau chief in his pool . and thanks so much for that. now the region most directly affected by events in ukraine is arguably europe with the conflict reviving memories of world war 2. but it has also drawn european nations closer together. e foreign ministers, a meeting in brussels ahead of the 1st anniversary of the russian invasion and as well as discussing plans to jointly procure ammunition for keith. the european union is preparing fresh sanctions on moscow. now this would be the 10th package of measures. i asked a correspondent in brussels, rosie, but showed what those sanctions are likely to be targeting. well, that's been one of ukraine's big asks, from the beginning, hasn't hit tougher sanctions on moscow to try and tighten the screws on rushes ability to keep financing. it's warren, ukraine, and e ministers as we speak are looking at, as you said,

a 10th round of sanctions. now in the past, they have bond imports of most russian oil bond imports of russian coal with face new ride. they're like, they're looking at around $10000000000.00 euros worth of export restriction. so that means banning european companies from exporting to russia, key types of equipment which could be used for military purposes. and they're also expected to beat sanctioning, targeting people deemed as propagandists. no exact wording on what that might mean, but it could be, for example, artists, singers, performers, tv presenters. now ukraine of course, will welcome use of talk of tougher sanctions, but would like to see these sanctions be even tougher still, one thing ukraine is cold for a thanks is targeting rushes nuclear sector. that so far is not on the table based on the discussions i've been having with ministers. but of course ukraine has another very big ask and that is to one day join this european union. not just to be a guest or an invitee, but to have

a permanent seat at this table. and while ukraine did become an official candidate for european union membership last year in a move that few had ever predicted or expected so quickly before the full scale invasion. well, they're still appears to be a very long road ahead. a while one of the messages to you crate is that it belongs in this european union family, according to officials and leaders. the other message behind closed doors is also one of expectation management. because this is a process which can take years if not more than a decade. he doesn't brussel correspondent rosie birch. i will have to leave it there. but thank you so much for that. now germany is one of the biggest providers of 8 and weapons to ukraine. and today the defense minister visited ukrainian troops. training on german made a battle tanks in the north, west of germany, forest historic invited ukrainian boxing legend blotted. make fetch go. and the ukrainian ambassador alone for the visit ukraine's armed forces being trained to use the leopard, 2 tanks as well as mazda infantry fighting vehicles. now berlin is leading

a coalition of country scrambling to provide ukraine with 2 battalions of left twos in the coming months. keith says they are critical to pushing back russia. d. w political correspondent, julia saddle. he was at that military training ground in northern germany. and she told me how this visit shows just how far jam nice position has shifted since the beginning of the war in ukraine. yes, definitely. if we look at where we started just a year ago, it is quite a difference that we see compared to then it started with germany committing to the liver, $5000.00 helmets to the ukranian army, and that was seen as laughable. and throughout this last year, we've seen germany's partners ukraine itself, pushing for germany to always commit more. and the starting point was that germany had a standing policy that meant that it would not deliver weapons to countries involved

in unarmed conflict. and wow, it has quite been an important change since then we're seeing now the commitment to deliver leper to tanks, state of the art tanks to ukraine. and this is something that a chancellor of shots is wanting to push forward with quite some speed right now. and speed of course being of the essence as a valid ms a. let's get with what we said. so when can you crane actually expect to get the 1st of these german tanks? germany committed to delivering the 1st or 14 leopard to tanks within 3 months. so that would mean by the end of april, but obviously there are logistical challenges. they're getting the tanks to ukraine, but also all the maintenance systems. and there is talk of creating a coordinating center in poland to then be able to deliver german thanks. but also thanks coming from other countries to ukraine,

but definitely germany has promised that they will do all they can to get the tanks there as quickly as possible. political correspondent, julia, sadly, thank you so much for that. now the war in ukraine has been documented by journalists and photographers who have captured searing images of the conflict. they've provided a constant reminder of the human cost of the war on and off the battlefield. russia invades ukraine, attacking from air, land, and sea. within days, millions of people flood the fighting, leaving everything a maternity hospital hit by a missile. for those who stayed behind towns laid to waste, people brutalized and killed. a steel plant becomes

a symbol of resistance, but falls to an overwhelming russian onslaught. moments of pride as ukraine struck back as winter came, a deadly war of attrition said in a year on nowhere in ukraine is truly safe in a war that still has no end in sight. he katerina shulman is a russian political scientist and a robert bosh fellow here in berlin. thanks so much for joining us. katerina. can i ask you if you think back a year ago, february the 20th 2022? did you see the war coming? and when did you realize that it was actually going to happen? i was one of those among many of my colleagues, political scientists, experts or who did not think a full scale invasion,

highly probable. or we were seeing, of course, all the signs that the whole world were seeing baths. it must be admitted that we have seen much the same thing into $1021.00. also, milton training that looked much like an old, we build up our escalation of public rhetoric, the corporations of official figures, and then the meeting in geneva, off the president of united states and russia. so in 2022, it looked very much like a repetition of the same thing. most of our judgments were based on our observations of how russian political system is constructed, what it is able and not able to do. and now a year from the beginning of the war, it must be said that while we have definitely underestimated the probability of the invasion, which did take place, we have based this assumption on correct observation. a russian political regime is not a military one. and it's not very successful. well,

let's put it this way. it's much more successful in our propaganda are presenting a show, talking it's own people and external audiences into believing what it once them in actual warfare or military village. i wanted to ask you that actually, you know, how has president pearson kept the russian people's generally supportive of this cause of the, the necessity of what has oversee it was in russia been called the spanish special military operation by a number of means by, by no means unknown, so are there, are there real systems of the world? it's a mixture of our information, a monopoly which is almost complete, repressive measures. and so what i would call social assistance measures, especially to there are poor classes and to are those traders of society which are the and, and on the state, the so called good jake, the budgetary worker. so people have hardly an informational alternative. they are

terrorized into agreeing at least publicly agreeing with them official point of view. and they have an interest in preserving the status quo to which the all their livelihood. so there is nothing very unnatural in that and we need not look into that for answers into imperial mentality or historical tradition. whatever. i would say that any society in the world, in such circumstances, under such constraints would act in much of the same way. now that the year has passed, we may, i think it's you, that at least by this point, what is called to the literary and transformation of society, is not taking place rashly. still this atomized des, politicized society that it was a year ago, again, surprising as it may seem for an external audience. and if i could ask, you know, every day russians how, how have they said during this year of war? well, we certainly have the pulling data, which with all the peculiarities of pulling in and on free society,

we cannot do without we can take everything at face value, but we have to watch those markers as well. what we can see for this society in general, the real wake up call was not february 24th, but september 21st, the declaration of mobilization. again, it may sound surprising, but from february to september, i can say most of the people, but many of the people did not realize that anything particular is happening. if you only have it's in evening use 15 minutes a day, which you watch in your kitchen, or you can hear that. well, there are countries bosses are talking about the ukraine. they're always talking about ukraine. there's always some sort of special something going on somewhere. and of course, our site is winning, so it's nothing much your everyday life has not changed, but when liberalization started, that was a different thing. all right, it katerina schulman russian, political scientists and bush fellow here in berlin. thanks so much for joining us here at dw. okay, let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of people in brussels have taken to the streets to protest against the iranian regime. demonstrators gathered outside the european parliament in the belgian cap, so demanding the ear, designate the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. brazilian authorities say that at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides in the state of south palo. the torrential rain hit on carnival weekend. whole neighborhoods are under water and rescue. teams are struggling to find survivors. north korea has test fired to more ballistic missiles. numbers comes shortly after the us, japan and south korea held joint air force drills. those drills themselves took place after an earlier north korean missile test pyongyang says us conduct will determine if the pacific turned into a firing range. and new zealand could face final costs totaling more

than $8000000000.00 in the wake of the devastation left by sight. klune gabriel using the prime minister chris hipkins, has called at his countries the biggest natural disaster of the century. at least 11 people have died. police are trying to trace hundreds who are still missing. now helen mirren is one of the most famous actresses in the world. and today, the british oscar winner is the star guest at berlin's international film festival, the berlin, ala in her new film, golda, helen marin plays the former israeli prime minister, golda meir. the film depicts her time and power in the 19 sixties and seventies, in particular during the young when we get full war in 1973. and the doctor agreed to direct and joining us now from the red carpet at the berlin knowledge is dw reporter david levitz. david,

tell us more about this film. right, well helen mirren, after 4 hours of makeup a day, it looks really more like golden mayor than she looks like helen mirren. it's, it's quite a transformation add chain smoking to that. and she really does embody the role of golden media. now helen mirren told us at the press conference earlier today that this was a person that she really admires a lot. she said it was incredible to experience the person of golden me or from the inside and go to me or is a figure who in israeli politics is really almost legendary mythical. she's on the money in israel, the director guy and a chief told us that he wanted to take a look at cold in my ear as a person though. and this really takes place during a time when she is fighting multiple existential battles at the same time. a secret battle against the lymphoma lymphoma which eventually took her life. and of course in the young people were, were against syria and egypt at the same time. and go to me or is the person in the

film who really keeps it together when everyone around her is not keeping it together. very compassionate on the one hand, but also very pragmatic. and at the press conference that we were at earlier that i mentioned a reporter did raise a controversy around this film, which is that some people in the u. k. what, where helen mirren are from are saying that the role should have been cast that it should have been a jewish performer. cast in the role of the team didn't have too much to say about it, although the director did say that golden mirrors grandsons who live here in berlin were very happy with the casting of helen mirren. allen marin's co star, also in israeli said that who would play jesus the world's most famous jew? well, it wouldn't be a jew, and helen mirren told us that she certainly will not be playing jesus christ. so you've heard it here 1st on the w, helen mirren will not be playing jesus christ, she does play golden, my air. okay. and her makeup, as you say, is quite extraordinary. i. let's talk about seneca, that's another film, premier,

oregon in berlin this week starring john malkovich, was that about right? well on the face of it, it's about the roman philosopher seneca, who is a kind of white coach to the very cruel ruler, nero. now this is also a sort of has, it has a relation to modern times. of course it's about hypocrisy. it's about opportunism . it's about being cosy with tyrants for one's own gain and seneca ultimately pays the price for this. when nero command gets annoyed with him and commands him to kill himself, seneca talks ad nauseum about bravery in the face of death, but he doesn't manage to do the deed. this has to be one of the darkest. if not the darkest comedy that i haven't ever seen in my life. all right, well we'll left. we'll look forward to that. we'll have to leave at them for a d w report to david levitz reporting back from the red compet. thank you so much . and that's all we have time for coming up. next is

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