d w. washington bureau chief in as paul to joins me now from d. c. in as we've seen and heard this from the chinese foreign ministry. is there any question about what country it was referring to now it was obviously referring to the united states and jo biden's remarks you just quoted. and he gave them, yes it in the white house. how was i was obvious, actually not obviously i was actually there when he gave a press conference and he was a long earlier by saying every on me every i haven't really seen and that would pardon me. sorry carry on. i just interrupted you. ok, so i'm talking about president biden's press conference yesterday in the white house and he made it pretty clear that any country was willing to support the invasion from russia into a ukraine would really feel like the, the backlash of that. so this is definitely kind of directed into this is definitely directed to the united states, these remarks from china. so how our relations between china and the u. s. affected by this conflict? well, you know, china is in her an interesting pos

d. w. washington correspondent, a bureau chief, forgive me in his poor. thanks so much. russia's invasion has been met with horror in many parts of the world. people have been gathering outside russian embassies to protest against hooton's actions and express their support for ukraine. but in russia, taking part in public demonstrations could result in immediate detention. still, people took the streets in multiple russian cities to denounce the war, risking arrest even prison time to show the world that russia is not united behind president putin. thousands came out across the country, chanting no to war. they were flaunting a ban on demonstrations. police arrested over 1700 people, half of them in the capital. moscow authorities warned they could be charged with the crime with, i don't want russia to attack the crane like this. yeah, i have grandparents them and yeah, that's great. yeah. so when you find the boy that was what happened is a shame, like many of us have relatives and friends for ukraine. and this is a betrayal of them. e, with a free like

d. w. washington correspondent and bureau chief, forgive me in his poor. thanks so much. let's get the latest business news related to the russian invasion of ukraine. here's my colleague, rob watts. ah, welcome to this update on the latest business related news regarding russia's invasion of ukraine. we begin in brussels, where the leaders have agreed on further sanctions against russia. following the emergency summit, you are being commission president, are still on the line, said the block. second rafter sanctions in a week would have maximum impact on the russian economy. political elite to she voted the measures aim to target 70 percent of russia's banking market, as well as keith, they turn companies, it adds to further sanctions imposed by the united states as well. or the latest sanctions against russia include in terms of the financial sector, the u. s. is putting restrictions against all major russian banks. meanwhile, the u is also cutting the ability of the russian state to access the blocks, capital markets, or asset freezes and travel bands for a number of i

well, d, w, washington bureau chief in his pole has this assessment here that the rhetoric has basically not changed. and that the president job by the repeat of the message he sent out before he was putting that in ukraine attack would bring a and i, i quote that here a swift and decisive response. he said that in case of an invasion rush, i would be hit very hard by sanctions sanctions, which also would target specifically the oligarchy, and also proteins, personal assets. so today's phone call was another sign. the president biden is willing to play hardball in his poll day in washington. let's go to ukraine now. mathias bullying a is d w's bureau chief in kia mathias. hi there. how concerned are ordinary ukrainians? about a possible war? if somebody dropped you yesterday or today into the center of kia, you wouldn't think at all and not telling you where you are. you wouldn't think at all that you are in the country, threatened by war. people are out on the streets. they are enjoying their life. you see street musicians, people doing their shopping. it's a beautiful day. but of cours

washington. let's go to ukraine. now . mathias bullying is d. w's. bureau chief in kia mathias. hi there. how concerned are ordinary ukrainians? about a possible war? if somebody dropped you yesterday or today into the center of kia, you wouldn't think at all. busy and not telling you where you are, you wouldn't think at all that you are in the country, threatened by war. people are out on the streets. they are enjoying their life. you see street musicians, people doing their shopping. it's a beautiful day. but of course, people are concerned and many people have done some preparations. some people have withdrawn an amount of money to be safe for the, for the, for any, anything happening. and some people have been stock piling, fuel, or food. people have thought about what they will do or whether they will, for example, go to their country side, how's their summer house, or whether they might even flee the country. so people are of course concerned, but this does not mean that people are sitting there scared panicking. you don't see a panic buying of groceries and even the currency exchan

d, w. washington bureau chief in as paul hello to you. and as so, as we've been hearing the list of countries urging their citizens to leave ukraine or to avoid traveling, there is growing by the day. what's been the message for washington on this? well, you know, they really want to avoid. so what we saw in afghanistan when the military withdraw from the country and the so many civilians were left behind. this is probably the main cause that washington and other western countries are really in high alert and urge of their a fellow, a people to leave you green as soon as possible as the tensions are rising. and we have to be prepared for everything. and now we understand that the present, joe biden is due to speak to russian president vladimir food hooting on the phone. what can be expected from this. com? well, biden is talking to president, put in for 2 reasons. one, here he will again make it crystal clear to the russian president that in a case of an invasion into ukraine, russian, russia will be hit by a massive sanctions. everything

i la, we asked d, w, washington correspondent on the salads. what more the u. s. might have in store if diplomacy fails while there are thanks and of course that were already put in place years before, and they were considered ineffective. following the annexations that the annexation of crimea in 2014 and all the west, including the united states and the european union, are threatening a new level of sanctions that could reach from economic boy called to cutting off russian bangs from the financial grid from the international financial brit also to personal sanctions against vladimir putin than a new threat came to day from washington and london. and that would impose or include punishing, a leads that are close to proven and freeze their assets also include travel bands for these people. should russia invade the ukraine? so again, what we're seeing is a mix of threats and diplomacy to deter russia from doing exactly that. now it's been one. yes, since me and mars army overthrew elected leader unsung. so she and sees power in a cool the united states, britain and

washington, d. c. many thanks ali ukrainians around the world are of course keeping a nervous eye on developments. d. w. washington correspondent oliver salad, who you just heard from, spoke to one ukranian citizen, living in the us, whose worried he might lose his homeland. ah, he may be 5000 miles away. but vitale does, your jenko is still close to his homeland, to ukraine, surrendered to encroach, did everything come authorize. a manager in new york gazelle co restaurant, the crisis back home is the number one topic for him and his colleagues. and toys me a lot that's. it's not the easiest thing to go through and you get an all those pieces of news every day does not help one to have a good day. i'm very worried, i'm very concerned now they said that some things may actually happen anytime soon . and i just some days or can i just sleep right. new york city's east village is home to the largest ukrainian diaspora in the united states and estimated 80000 people here have ukranian roots. the neighborhood hosts the ukranian bank, a school and several restaurants. vitale has been living in the u. s. for

d w. washington bureau chief ynez poll. thanks so much for that update. you're watching d. w news. if you're just joining us now. we are recapping the latest development on the 2nd day of russia's invasion of ukraine. kremlin officials, a president vladimir putin, is ready to send a delegation to bela ruth, 4 talks with ukraine. that announcement was made as the e you revealed it will freeze personal assets linked to putin. the news comes as ukrainian forces continue to battle with russian troops on the edge of care of the streets of the capital remain largely deserted after another night of attacks. it prompted many people to take shelter in underground metro stations. and apartment building was also partially destroyed over night. the ukraine said it shot down to russian missiles and a fighter jet over the capital. the ukrainian government also saying 137 people have been killed since the invasion began. and hundreds more have been injured. a t s hi. thank you for taking the time. tell us about the situation where you are now . i understand that you are actually on your way out o

he spoke earlier with a d w's, washington bureau chief in as poll about the consequences of escalation in eastern ukraine to transfer shoals way too long to announce the sanctions, or to put to an author and 2 on hold. no, i don't think so. i thought that, you know, he is the 1st in the wake of this latest provocation or to make an announcement, i thought it was very prompt and very swift. the u. k. prime minister followed in then of course the u. s. followed now even with us, debt is still a prelude of what more could come there is a lot of, as they say, runway out there for further sanctions. the most significant of which would be the cut off of russia from the swift financial transaction system. the real big one would be if the you have said that intellectual property that we created in that is used by countries like korea, a also by taiwan semiconductor manufacturing corporation and so forth to make micro chips that, that could not be exported to russia. so it's not just the chips they might get from us as chips from others who make those chips based on us intellectual property. th

well, d w 's washington bureau chief, ines paul is following all the latest developments. now the u. s. president spoke to german chancellor, olaf sholtes a short while ago. what more do we know about that conversation? oh, john chancellor schwartz, andrew as president biden see little progress in the border area. he loves ukraine . both politicians agreed that the risk of further military aggression by russia is actually still wary. high both said that the high is with vigilance is required and that a significant withdrawal of russian troops has not been observed so far. so the opposite of what president put in the saying, they agree on that. the situation in the border area is still extremely serious. yeah, there is kenny, confusing messaging with russia, saying it's pulling back its troops, nato in the usa. that's not really the case. here's the latest press conference from the state department spokesperson. net price. to be very, very clear. we have not seen that. in fact, we have seen the opposite in recent weeks. and even in recent days, more russian forces not fewer

on d, w. st. washington bureau chief in a st. paul as this assessment of that call between our president biden and chancellor shots. and both politicians agreed that the risk of further military aggression by russia is actually still wary. high both said that the highest with the villains is required and that a significant withdrawal of russian truth has not been observed so far. so the opposite of what president put in is saying how we all know that the 1st victim in a war is always the truth. so what we are experiencing right now is kind of an in for war being at full force in that regard. the statement of president biden is also a kind of a strategic reply to the information put in one's to spread by saying he is pulling troops back. so there is no doubt here that russia is the aggressor and that if let me put in his threading ukraine. but i think we also have to keep in mind that nato is also using this conflict to underline it's at it. and it's important, especially after the trump years when the alliance was facing less and

here's d, w 's, washington correspondent, siemens, stefan. well, i think good that washing is still hopeful. americans are still hopeful and the white house is still hopeful. and there is a meeting scheduled for next week between anthony blink and secretary of state and m a russian foreign minister said a gale of off. this is supposed to be happening at the end of the week, 24th of february, apparently, but the president made really clear that if, of course, russia also for and letting me put an offer for an invasion into ukraine before this meeting happens, then. and he is potentially right with his assessment that is letting me put in already made his mind up on a invasion and on an attack on ukraine. and that them a promise he has no chance. however, i think so far as of now everybody wants to actively here in the united states. he in washing the probably also in european capitals div diplomacy still a chance dw stefan simons in washington. the kremlin says vladimir put will personally oversee military drill drills rather near the ukrainia

implications in the months and perhaps years to follow. soviet union, 2 point oh d, w, corresponding alvis salad in washington, d. c. thank you. earlier vladimir putin raised the stakes, saying he now recognizes the entire territory of to break away regions in eastern ukraine as independent a day. earlier, the russian president recognized the done at skin the hans of people's republics. as independent states. the latest move could, harold, a russian push further into eastern ukraine across the current front line into territory currently held by ukrainian forces. he is what vladimir putin had to say . no missouri, but his nella, we recognized with a don yet enhancing people's republics. don't you see which means we have recognized of all the founding documents that i need, including the constitution ah romco who daniel green and the constitution defines the borders of the done yes and onscreen in the time when that we part of ukraine. i shoot through him through the pictures honestly, hopefully when i emphasize this, we'll get that all the contentious issues will be resolved in negotiations between the authori

d. w correspondent oliver valid in washington d. c. to find out how reliable this allegation of a false flight attack really is. the pentagon is quoting intelligence and it says, and you just heard the spokesperson, john kirby is speak, it says it has evidence of a plan. and so that's really important when we talk about this. now that we point that out, that this plan doesn't exist yet. however, the pentagon does believe there is something in the making and the strategy coming out right now with that information is to discredit the authenticity of a potential video that the pentagon is talking about before it even exists. and that's very important because this conflict is shaped by misinformation, by wrong allegations. and the u. s. government feels is important to act swiftly to share that intelligence with the public. so it won't stir up any k as in case it plays out how they predict and how they believe it could play out with regards to the question, how that would change the u. s. position. that is very unlikely because u. s. has w

d w's, oliver salad in washington. many thanks, is always oliver. ah, we're joined now by lieutenant general ben hodges retired us army officer. and the former commander of us forces in europe. welcome to the day sir. you are a veteran of the iraq war, the war in afghanistan. did you ever expect to see war return to europe in this way? well, i am a realist and we've been watching for russia now. for several years. they invaded georgia in 2008, and we, the west did nothing. they invaded ukraine in 2014, and we really did not do anything consequential. and so what's happening now is the continuation of this is also when the innocent people and ukraine. ok, but it is the reality we're in. now. you can almost say that those earlier invasions were test runs. i mean, this is a big one. considering the movements of russia is military, their target so far? is it possible to see pollutants game plan and perhaps is and game here? well, i think it's clear that what he intends is to bring about the collapse of ukrainian government. started off with going after

d. w. 's oliver salad in washington about that report from u. s. defense officials saying that russian forces could launch an invasion at any hour. u. s. according to this report, believes that the russian troops on already for that full scale invasion that the u . s. has been warning about for a several days and weeks now. are saying that near a 100 percent of the forces of russian forces are in place now to move in a further beyond that separatist controlled area in the don bess. and that this could happen at any hour. now other reports say that this could take until 48 hours . now the big question of course, is we don't know at what vladimir putin really wants to do. how far will he eventually go? will he really cross that line? will he take the rest of those self declared states? republics? low hands can don't answer. only go even further either way. it's pretty certain that he might face very fierce resistance. they're of the okay. of the ukranian troops. always stay with me. uh for moment the you and yet you, the un general assembly meant

so let's get straight across to washington and d. w correspondent oliver's alex. hi oliver attentions have been mounting it for weeks. so why missed appointment now? has washington's calculation of the security situation changed? a lot necessarily clear? i mean, the pentagon spokesperson john kirby said to day. yes, of course, the deployment of 3000 troops to eastern europe is the response to that russian true built out that we've been following over the last week. and we've seen those satellite pictures today showing that russia continues to add forces to bela rules to that western russian border region with ukraine. and that's a concern for the united states and for nato allies. and therefore, according to the pentagon that's met with u. s. troops, but of course in a very much smaller scale, and they'll, for that move also is a symbolic move given that you have already 60000 us troops stationed in europe, 800000 russian troops on the other side of the border. plus those $3000.00 us troops coming in. now, really a small amount of soldiers with the ultimate goal, o

d. w, corresponding oliver salad. washington. all over the u. s. propose this resolution knowing full well that russia was going to veto it. so why did they go through with it? let's talk about the un for a moment. i mean, because the 2 main bodies here, the security council and the general assembly, i think it's important to differentiate only the 1st of one of the 2 can come to a legally binding resolution. the security council and russia has veto powers there . as you just explained also. so it's of course, a nonstarter a to go in there and ask russia to vote for resolution basically condemning its own actions there. but what you could see there is how isolated russia really is. and you mentioned v 11 of 15, a member countries voting in favor of a condemnation. so you see a large part really says that this is wrong. what russia is doing. they are china abstained, very important because the 2 countries rush and china have closed their ranks in recent months, united emeralds in india. so the next step here is going to move this forward to the g

d. w correspondent, oliver salad. again in washington. oliver is this the strongest response biden could have given at this point. well, we're about to hear from president biden, so we don't know what the response will be, obviously, but that is certainly the big question. what response we're going to hear from the white house, because president biden has said time and time again, that if any russian troops are about to cross the ukrainian border than he considers that as an invasion. and if there is an invasion, there will be sanctions and we heard today the national security council, and therefore the white house calling it an invasion, also pointing out that they believe that there is more military action to come right now. of course, those russian troops have only entered separatist held areas. the big concern is that there will be more to come. and that no matter what already has paved the way for severe sanctions of the question, how severe and that is what we're waiting for right now. president biden in his press conference, wants

let's get a reaction from washington. now d w's. oliver salad is standing by. oliver weaves a herd biden's response. russia will pay dearly for putin's war how much pain is on the way. well, that is the big question. michael. just how effect of those sanctions will be president biden described them as severe. he laid out how 4 more banks russian banks will be completely blocked off the u. s. financial markets. and over all those sanctions are rather targeting the financial sector. not so much the energy sector, also swift, that financial system that is needed to, for financial institutions to sent money in and out of russia is not included. there were some reports suggesting that germany in italy might have opposed such a measure at this point in time. at least also, president putin was not targeted directly. so that led to some very noisy scenes. they are in the white house with reporters yelling questions at president biden. who on the contrary, made clear that he believes that those sanctions will be effective. he said, russia a

d. w. stuff on simon's in washington, so joe biden seems convinced that russia intends to invade. do we know how the, what's or respond of this conflict turns out. well, we have heard the most blunt commons so far from the president, i think with what he just said. you're absolutely right. um, but yeah, the u. s. is says the president and say his administration are prepared to go in impose very, very, very severe sanctions on russia. so with nato alice with european partners, i'm there working actually, and this is a quote from a press conference conference the earlier today from the white house on the finalization of a severe fine old package sanctions package. and what is in this package of sanctions? its of course, final financial sanctions cutting or russia out of the global market when it comes to financing and export controls, meaning that those sanctions are, will be then designed to not allow a russia to import anything from. yeah, the european union and the united states, which would be says the white house, a strategic loss for a russia and a calamity for a president put

d w 's overshown in washington, oliver is always thank you. is around of now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the economic community of west african states is asked the hunter that sees power in burkina faso last week to propose an election time table. the group held an emergency summit and gone his capital awkward to discuss measures against vicki, nevada, as well as what the group called a dangerous trend of military power grabs and the reaching italy's president. sergio montela has been sworn in for a 2nd term. the 80 year old did not want another 7 years in office, but was persuaded to stay on after lawmakers failed to agree on a compromise candidate in last week's election unity in his speech to parliament. but of ella appealed for greater unity investigators in argentina, erasing to remove the laced cocaine from circulation after it caused the death of 20 people in hospital wines. dozens more. police believe it may have been cut with opi. your several suspected traffickers had been arrested during

he joined me from washington dc. welcome to d. w, sir. i'd like to get your thoughts on where things stand now, because most observers thought russia would quickly overrun ukraine. but that hasn't happened. what's your sense of the situation? yeah, i mean, we're really in a period of continuous escalation. and despite the desires to see russia de escalate, move its troops out, even the conversations that happened today between ukrainians and russians. i think there isn't at least in washington many who feel like this is, is going to end anytime soon. in fact, only an escalation, and when you see the types of weapons being used indiscriminately in ukraine by the russian army and military, you have to be concerned about how this is going to play out with over 5 $100000.00 plus refugees right now. you know, hundreds of thousands more displaced internally, more people being killed on a daily basis. and mr. put, not willing to back down. this is headed for a collision course with the united states and nato, as we see this, this really this dis

that is a, d, w, corresponded oliver's salad in washington, many, many thanks. oliver. nato has condemned. the escalation of the crisis over, you created russia's recognition of to break away regions as independent states. the alliances as secretary general yen stoughton berg has described it as the most dangerous moment in a generation. he said, russia has not stopped planning for a full scale invasion of ukraine and warned, against ongoing provocations in the east of the country, salt and organic that nato would continue to provide ukraine with strong political support. this is a crisis created by russia alone. we commands ukraine for its restraint in not responding to russia's repeat, the publications. we stand insulted, either with the ukrainian people on its government. alice are united in their full support for ukraine's sovereignty on to the total integrity within it nationally recognized borders. the 27 european union member states have unanimous unanimously agreed on an initial set of sanctions targeting russia. the use foreign affairs chief, jo, cept burrell, says the measures w

let's get a reaction from washington. now d. w. 's oliver salad is standing by oliver. we've heard biden's response. russia will pay dearly for putin's war how much pain is on the way. well, that is the big question, michael. just how effective those sanctions will be. president biden described them as severe. he laid out how 4 more banks russian banks will be completely blocked off the u. s. financial markets. and overall, those sanctions are rather targeting the financial sector. not so much the energy sector, also swift, that financial system that is needed to, for financial institutions to sent money in and out of russia is not included. there were some reports suggesting that germany in italy might have opposed such a measure at this point in time. at least also, president putin was not targeted directly. so that led to some very noisy scenes. they are in the white towels with reporters yelling questions at president biden, who are on the contrary, made clear that he believes that those sanctions will be effective. he said, russia already feels the consequences des

we have a d, w 's oliver salad standing by for us in washington, d. c. oliver. what do you make of bite in speech? what really stood out for you? yeah, those were really high tensions there. michael, in the white house in the east room just a little while ago reporter is yelling there. questions ad president biden, in a way you don't see that very often and present biden, in contrast, coming out with the very strong and devastating condemnation for the russian president vladimir putin. he gave all the responsibility to him for the current escalation, for his military attack on ukraine. he talked of prudence, naked aggression, quote unquote. and his desire to rebuild a russian empire. he says his actions were unprovoked unjustifiable. those were his words. and you know, what stunning is how he described, how putin engaged in all those diplomatic efforts over the last days and weeks, and at the same time, really cold bloodedly, preparing this invasion, this attack on ukraine. and really, the key takeaway here i think was basically the notion of diplomacy that the

and joining us is european security analysts, leanna fix from washington dc liana, welcome to d. w. thanks very much for your time. things seem to be moving quite quickly at the moment. give us your assessment. given the recent developments, how likely is a full scale russian invasion of ukraine? well, every news coming out of moscow and from the separatist republics, it seems that that a blog of plan is put into place. and we little aspect of that now the demand of the separate republics to washer, to support the military lead, which gives russia another legal please take to intervene with just very important in the washing context of the washing leadership to have these people we take. so with every news, with every piece of information coming out, we, the, the likelihood for washing military offensive towards the queen is increasing. and this is now we the timeframe probably of days, not of weeks or months. i was going to ask you about a timeframe, but what, what targets are most likely, do you think, could we say an attempt to take the capital case? well, this is what you as int

d. w. 's oliver's out with the latest tonight from washington. oliver, thank you. we have reports coming in tonight that german chance are off sholtes plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin, to discuss tensions between ukraine in russia. where to pick up that part of the story with our political correspondence. i mean young, he's following the development force. he read berlin, simon, when is this meeting due to take place and what is the german cancer? i mean, what can he realistically hoped to achieve? your bread exactly. when it's going to happen, we don't to precisely know that yet. chancellor schultz sir said on a german t v this evening that it's planned and it will happen soon. we know that officials have been trying to set up a meeting between shots of putin for several weeks. and this, by the way, would be the 1st face to face meeting with president putin. since sir olaf sholtes became chancellor. and they had spoken briefly on the phone before. the thing we do know is that to show his heading to washington for a meeting with their president b

i think w, corresponding on a summit in washington, you watching special extended coverage here on d, w up top story, which of course is the russian invasion of ukraine. the latest development u. s. president joe biden announcing new sanctions targeting russian financial institutions after president putin launch this full scale invasion. he also said the u. s. would send additional troops to boost nato allies in eastern europe. russia has been carrying out attacks with air and land forces across the crate. kia says it doesn't have been killed and many injured in an assault that nato has described as a cold blooded invasion. western intelligence sources fear that care could fall into russian hands within 24 hours. leaders are promised to impose crippling sanctions as a result of this that's a huge to the ukrainian capital q. let's join d w correspondent. funny fish are welcome. funny. what's happening there? now it is easily quiet really, you see hardly anyone here on the street. a few vehicles driving by here, various ukrainian, a vehicles ukrainian vehicles to belong to the ukrainian

speaker about the situation in the next few minutes i had about will joint d, w, a correspondence or all of a solid in washington. welcome oliver. what can we expect to hear from the president? well, the big question of course, is what the response will be from the white house following those troops. those russian troops that are now in the separatist control areas. and until now the present bite has been fairly vague on the issue that he made clear that if there is an invasion, that would be sanctions. of course, you also said that he would differentiate depending on the scale of the invasion and the national security council of the white house earlier called it an invasion . they also pointed out that they believed that there is more military action to come to the we are just at the beginning of a process here and by and said that if any russian troops would cross the ukrainian border, that would be considered an invasion. therefore, paving the way for severe sanctions, we have seen them 1st, sanctions put in place last night, but those were not the severe economic and financial sanctions that the president bi

washington. you are watching d. w news from berlin. this is a special edition focusing on the russian attack that is taking place right now on ukraine. it appears to be a full scale attack. russia has launched what it calls a military operation in ukraine. it appears to be the start of the new war in europe. u. s. president joe biden has condemned what he called an unjustified and unprovoked attack. here in germany, chance with love shalt said it was a terrible day for ukraine and a dark day for europe. president vladimir putin announced the move in a surprise tv address shortly before 6 am moscow time. he warned the world that any attempt to interfere would lead to quote consequences. you have never seen. ukraine says that russia has launched a full scale invasion of the country. ukrainian leader of the law to me as a lance be said, russia was attacking military infrastructure throughout the country and border guards. he urged citizens not to panic and said ukraine would prevail. explosions have been heard in several ukrainian cities,

d, w. ah . ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, the u. s. says russia now has nearly enough forces in place to invade ukraine. washington sent thousands of its own troops to bolster nato allies, as it was, tens of thousands of people could be killed in any russian aggression against its neighbor. also coming up, india declares 2 days of national morning after one of its biggest cultural icons dies, sing a laptop languish, cobb performed tens of thousands of songs in thousands of languages. and at the winter olympics, germany hopes its investment in the sport of lewis pies off as it looks to dominate the metals once again. ah, i'm rebecca writ as welcome to the program. united states intelligence officials say russia now has in place 70 percent of the forces needed to invade ukraine. according to the report, a large scale russian and asian could kill as many as 50000 civilians and prompt a refugee crisis in europe. meanwhile, the u. s. is stationing some 3000 troops in neighboring nato member countries. a contingent has already arrived in south eastern poland near the ukrainian border. and now the batch is expected to la

d, w. ah, ah, ah, it says d, w, news live from berlin, b u. where says russia now has nearly enough forces in place to invade ukraine. washington sent thousands of its own troops to bolster nato allies, as it warned, tens of thousands of people could be killed in any russian aggression against its neighbour. also coming up, the nightingale is no more. india declares 2 days of national mourning for a singing legend. lots of manga shit who dies weeks after contracting, coven, 19. and queen elizabeth mock. 70 years on the british throne becoming one of the few monarchs in history to mark a platinum jubilee. ah, i'm rebecca writ us welcome to the program. united states intelligence officials say russian has now in place 70 percent of the forces in need to invade ukraine. according to the right, a large scale russian invasion could kill as many as 50000 civilians and prompt a refugee crisis in europe. meanwhile, the u. s. is stationing some 30000 troops in neighboring nato member countries. a contingent has already arrived in south east in poland, near the ukrainian border, and now the batch is expected to land. they on sunday fell

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d, w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. boosting the church presents more us soldiers arrive in eastern europe to help nato allies. washington says russia has nearly enough forces in place to launch a new invasion of ukraine. ah, and india declares 2 days of national mourning for singing legend that among jessica, she embodied music and melody for generations of indian class. queen elizabeth marks the 70 years on the british throne, becoming one of the 1st few monarchs in history to mark a platinum jubilee. ah . hello, then i'm really mohammed more us troops are arriving in poland to strengthen nato's presence in eastern europe, amid the ukraine crisis. soldiers and vehicles touched down near job coast to poland border with ukraine. they're intended to provide nato members with protection from potential russian aggression. washington says moscow has sent around 70 percent of the troops. it needs to invade ukraine, but no decision has been made to go ahead. the kremlin insists there was no plan to invade ukraine. passmore in the site, so speak to d, w is magdalena gosh, who is currently in war sold? what's been the reaction t