for more on this, i'm not joined by the w's. terry shells at nato headquarters in brussels. we're still meg, was speaking. so what did you make of that statement? you now get hired as he was speaking, i just had thinking of how this was going down in keys and other cities around ukraine. we heard president zalinski earlier today plead yet again for a no fly zone, for nato to stop russian plains from bombarding ukraine. and this is just something that nato is not even considering. as the secretary general made clear, he kept saying, nato is not part of this conflict, and that by enforcing a no fly zone, this request from ukraine, this coming daily, that would be entering the conflict eventually. and nato would have to shoot down a russian plane, and then nato would be a party to the conflict. and that's something that there's no appetite for in this alliance. even as secretary general stilton berg and many national leaders are praising the courage and bravery of the ukrainian president and the ukrainian citizens, but they're not going to get this no fly zone. terry also said

w correspondent terry shaw. thank you very much, terry. ah, jailed russian opposition later on like fin of only has been sentenced to 9 more years in prison after a court found him guilty on charges of large scale fraud involved. he was already serving a 2 and a half year sentence for alleged parole violations. he has been a vocal critic of russian president vladimir putin, and there are substantial evidence that the kremlin was responsible for poisoning him in 2020. an incident that nearly killed him after recovering in berlin volley was arrested upon his return to russia. his team has been posting his messages, calling on the russian people to protest their country's invasion of ukraine. earlier we spoke to sir korea. he's the professor of economics at the center, frequently nomic policy research. he's one of the 1st sponsors of novalis anti corruption fund. and his long time, friend, here's his reaction to the verdict. no, it, it is no the surprise when i was returning him to rush, it was very clear that the chances that he would be imm

w correspondent terry shaw. thank you very much, terry. ah, jailed russian opposition later on like fan of only has been sentenced to 9 more years in prison after a court found him guilty on charges of large scale fraud. and violently was already serving a 2 and a half year sentence for alleged parole violations. he has been a vocal critic of russian president vladimir putin, and there are substantial evidence that the kremlin was responsible for poisoning him in 2020, an incident that nearly killed him after recovering in berlin. volney was arrested upon his return to russia. his team has been posting his messages, calling on the russian people to protest their country's invasion of ukraine. earlier we spoke to survey galleria, he's the professor of economics at the center, frequently nomic policy research. he's one of the 1st sponsors of novalis anti corruption fund. and his long time friend here is his reaction to the verdict. no, it is not a surprise when anything and i was returning to rush, it was very clear. then the chances that he

w correspondent terry shoulds was in finland and sent us this report. the kremlin has crossed many lines in past weeks. fins are increasingly concerned about this one, there, 1300 kilometer border with russia at the volley. my checkpoint vigilance is the norm that captain, you see beckle us as a part from a small number of people seeking refuge in finland. there's been no other impact from the war yet. of course, we are prepared and we are preparing also for many kind of situation. shins have always lived with some degree of uncertainty sharing this long border with russia. but president vladimir putin's unprovoked attack on his sovereign neighbor has forced them to reassess how far do the kremlin territorial ambitions go? where do they stop finland's delicate geo strategic balance? a civil relationship with moscow plus a well equipped, highly trained military has been shaken suddenly and for the 1st time, a majority of fins believe they need nato. the turn about is a reaction to russia's aggression, says, defense minister aunty guy couldn't be able, ha

w. terry sholtes attended mister stall from bugs, press conference and nato headquarters. and she told me more about the secretary general had to say secretary general still timber was extremely blunt in his warning to moscow that it had better not think of using chemical weapons. this is a big concern that the secretary general brought up over the weekend in a newspaper interview. and his language was remarkably blunt in calling out the russian allegations that ukraine is, is producing chemical and biological weapons as absolute lies. and this is not something you normally hear from the political head of an organization. so it appears that that evidence is growing, that moscow may really be planning to do this. and that's something that, of course, concerns the alliance greatly because chemical weapons are of course, something that may not stay within the borders of ukraine. that's something that worries the alliance because it is determined to, to stop the conflict at, at the nato border. so that was really what struck me most about the press conference today. he of cour

all right, d w's. terry schultz, with the latest tonight, brussels theory is always. thank you. and here's a look now at more developments in this war, the european union has launched a 4th round of sanctions against russia. they ban investments in the russian energy sector and they also bar luxury goods exports to russia and still imports from the country to fox news journalists have been killed after their vehicle came under fire outside of keep. the same attack also left a network correspondent, wounded, and russia has banned you as president joe biden, and other top american officials from entering the country. moscow saying the move is in response to us sanctions for now to the video that went viral, a russian woman who denounced the war in ukraine live on russian television monday night to day was find the equivalent of about $250.00 by a moscow court, marina of sienna cova is an editor at the state controlled outlet channel. what do you see it happening here? she held an anti war sign behind a studio presenter who was reading the news monday night in her post or read. no

w. correspond. terry schultz sent us this report. the kremlin has crossed many lines in past weeks. fins are increasingly concerned about this one, there, 1300 kilometer border with russia at the volley. my checkpoint vigilance is the norm that captain, you see beckle us as a part from a small number of people seeking refuge in finland. there's been no other impact from the war yet. of course, we are prepared and we are preparing also for many kind of situation. shins have always lived with some degree of uncertainty sharing this long border with russia. but president vladimir putin's unprovoked attack on a sovereign neighbor has forced them to reassess how far do the crumbling territorial ambitions go? where do they stop finland's delicate geostrategic balance? a civil relationship with moscow plus a well equipped, highly trained military has been shaken suddenly and for the 1st time, a majority of fins believe they need nato. the turn about is a reaction to russia's aggression says defense minister, auntie chi gonan. be able, have

the w corresponded. terri sholtes is in finland and sent us this report. the kremlin has crossed many lines in past weeks. fins are increasingly concerned about this one, there, 1300 kilometer border with russia at the volley. my checkpoint. vigilance is the norm that captain, you see beckle us as a part from a small number of people seeking refuge in finland. there's been no other impact from the war yet. of course, we are prepared and we are preparing also for many kind of situation. shins have always lived with some degree of uncertainty sharing this long border with russia. but president vladimir putin's unprovoked attack on a sovereign neighbor has forced them to reassess how far do the crumbling territorial ambitions go? where do they stop finland's delicate geostrategic balance? a civil relationship with moscow plus a well equipped, highly trained military has been shaken suddenly and for the 1st time, a majority of fins believe they need nato. the turn about is a reaction to russia's aggression says defense minister, auntie chi gonan. be able, have

the w correspondence a terry schultz reporting from nato h. your thank you so much, terry. when, as i know about the other developments related to the war, poland has expelled 45 russian diplomats, who it says are kremlin spies. as spokesman for the government says, it was part of warsaw, the dismantling of the russian special services network in poland. marsha says the accusations are groundless, and it reserves the right to take retaliatory action. lanham report and says, russia will start charging what he called unfriendly countries in rubles for the gas they by, mister perkins said, a freeze on russia's assets by foreign nations had destroyed moscow's trust. in, quote, compromise currencies, like the dollar and the euro. evolution of looking for francis has made a fresh appeal for peace in ukraine. the catholic church leader pay tribute to the victims of the war and said buying and producing more weapons is not the solution for the problem. he urged both sides to work together for peace. ukrainian present villarille zalinski has address lawmakers in france. is the lates

the w correspondence a terry schultz reporting from nato h here. thank you so much, terry. while there's been surprise that the parents struggle or russian forces have faced since launching their attacks on ukraine, despite having superior firepower and troop numbers. moscow has not so far, at least had the success that was anticipated, but despite their differences in size, booth armies are suffering heavy losses. from land and sea. russia has been proudly showing off its military might for months. and it was no secret that it was far superior to ukraine's before the war started. ukraine's armed forces were at around half a 1000000, but rushes were almost 3 times that at more than $1300000.00 y ukraine had around 2 and a half 1000 tanks. russia had nearly 12 and a half 1000, almost 5 times its neighbors. ukraine's total aircraft strength, including war planes and attack helicopters, student $318.00 rushes was more than $4000.00. but a month after the war began, these figures have probably changed dramatically with losses on both sides. the russian navy has continued to pla

thank you for that to terry d. w correspondent, a tory shows that nato headquarters will there have been protests against the war inside russia. now the government has introduced new laws to clamp down on descent or friday morning rushes parliament. the duma passed legislation banning the spread of information critical of russia's war or of its military forces. violations carry prison sentences of up to 15 years. free speech advocates a censorship has already increased countries. media watchdog has restricted access to d. w unto other international media websites, and the popular radio station echo moscow and independent tv channel and dodged have been closed down every day brings more ukrainian refugees to germany arriving. however, they count for the 6000 arrived in berlin's main train station on thursday, a load traveling on special rail services. the debate met some of the volunteers that allowed to hand amongst them. survivors of previous conflicts a journey people never thought that half to make thousands of re

thank you for that to terry d. w correspondent, a tory shows that nato headquarters a number of fir ukrainian cities remained under heavy bombardment for the black sea port of castle is the only major urban centre to full. since this invasion began, more than a week ago. you crying under us accuse russia deliberately targeting civilians structures. meanwhile, people around the country appeared determined to resist falling all over ukraine. people are getting ready to fight latitude in live eve. those with combat experience. teach those who have never held a gun before i get for one of the rubric. thoughtful i came here to get some understanding of what to do, how to defend myself and how to survive if the enemy comes for water, the knocker. and while it still com and live eve devastation elsewhere could give an indication of what could come. this is what the outskirts of key of look like. where the russian forces advancing in the east and south president vladimir putin claimed that his so called special military oper

i'm thank you for that to terry d. w correspondent, attorney schultz at nato headquarters. so what his daily life like in ukraine, when the bombs and missiles afford well, donald flatters, are us citizen, a new crime. he joins us on the line from the city. harrison in the south of the country, which is not said to be under russian control. a welcome to d w. donald, how are you i looks like with los i are you. you've had donald flat. ah, it looks like we're, it's last utsa lives. it eyes lead cert, move on. apologies for that. the past week, her see no german chancellor alive sholtes overturned several major longstanding policies. he suspended the north stream to gas pipeline, boosted the military budget. a st weapons to ukraine, for there is a step, is not prepared to take sending troops to fight, as he made clear on a visit to a military base near berlin. war raging in europe and german troops sent to defend nato's borders. they were gone. i'm either through grammar over all our shorts. we had expected that his 1st visit to army command would come under different circumsta

w correspondent terry shaw. thank you very much. terry. rescue teams and china are searching for survivors. after a passenger jack crashed in a remote mountainous area in the south of the country, but hopes of finding any one alive or fading fast. the china eastern airlines plane nose dive, your rouge. oh, on monday, 132 people were on board. the boeing 737 aircraft. witnesses have described seeing the plane fall in a near vertical descent rescue. workers are planning to use drones to search for the plains black boxes, which could provide new date tails rather surrounding the crash export say the crash is unprecedented. due to the $737.00 safety record and china has now ordered an investigation. rescuers scour the mountains of kwan she for signs of life. the boeing 737 scattered across a remote forest after falling from the sky, villagers nearby, described the moment, the plane went down. oh daddy and that i heard a loud bang long young and that people were doing their work peeling tree bark. now the phone is out but they stopped ev

w. correspond, terry, shall. she covers nato. and the e. u. terry, the nato secretary general. yes. thornburg saying civilians are increasingly coming under fire in ukraine. that is a very serious statement in a worrying development. that's right, layla and i think his, his starkest words were reminding the kremlin that this is a war crime. now we might also note that the international criminal court has already opened an investigation into potential war crimes being committed in the conflict in ukraine. and this was a reminder coming from the nato secretary general. and i'm told that that mister stilton berg was particularly disturbed by the images of civilians being shelled outside the city of urban. that's where we saw some of these humanitarian corridors come under fire. and also, if our viewers may forgive me this, this family who was killed as they tried to flee where you see, you see children lying dead as they tried to get out of the city of urban. and so this is just a reminder to the russian government that everyone is watching. everyone when sees this and an attempt

w correspondent, terry shoals. thank you for this. terry. after a month of war, russia as invasion of ukraine, has reportedly bogged down with the ground offensive stalled. in several places. the russian military has been increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure. it despite the huge number of ukrainian suffering. the country's military has so far been able to keep russian forces at bay against all odds. flames and smoke billowing from a russian transport ship in the harbor of russian occupied baird yonce lines for humanitarian aid. stretching in front of bombed out apartment blocks in the heavily struck city of mar, you pull a month into russia's war and ukraine. every days, full of images that only weeks ago were difficult, if not impossible, to imagine in modern europe. the sun was shining and cave and no bombs were calling for the moment as soldiers and civilians reflected on a month of war grains as legitimate ukrainians have united as never before. perhaps under god. this makes me very happy. the pin and the russians made a big mi

of the w nato expert. terry schultz has wall on the significance of this proposed deal. poland has announced it's willing to hand over. it's make 20 nines to, to the united states. we don't know yet whether the united states is prepared to take them even though we do know this has been under discussion for days. your secretary of state tony blink, and confirmed that over the weekend. so we know that this has been something that poland and the united states have been discussing. and of course we hear from ukraine daily that they need more fighter aircraft. of course, they'd really like a no fly zone, but that's not not in the works at the moment. so we need to see whether this happens as i understand at the polish government, would then expect the united states to take over any of the roles that the megs are playing at the moment because once they leave. so this is really a deal in the works and we're seeing the negotiation sort of play out in public. so there are a lot of, of, of pieces still in the, it's still

that's d w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching with stay up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d, w dot com highlights in many countries, education is still a privilege. hummadi is one of the main causes some young children work in mind. jobs instead of going to class others can attend classes after they finish working .

w. 's. terry schultz adds nato headquarters in brussels. we're still meg was speaking. so what did you make of that statement? you know, get hurt as he was speaking, i just kept thinking of how this was going down in cube and other cities around ukraine. we heard president zalinski earlier today plead yet again for a no fly zone, for nato to stop russian plains from bombarding ukraine. and this is just something that nato is not even considering. as the secretary general made clear, he kept saying, nato is not part of this conflict, and that by enforcing a no fly zone, this request from ukraine that's coming daily. that would be entering the conflict eventually. and nato would have to shoot down a russian plane, and then nato would be a party to the conflict. and that's something that there's no appetite for in this alliance. even as secretary general stoughton berg and many national leaders are praising the courage and bravery of the ukrainian president and the ukrainian citizens, but they're not going to get this no fly zone. terry also said that nato activated the re

that's d w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching and she's up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d, w dot com highlights in many countries, education is still a privilege. hummadi is one of the main causes some young children work in mind, jobs instead of going to class others can attend classes only after they finish working. millions of children all over the world can't go to school. we ask why? because education makes the world more, just make up your own mind. d. w. made for minds who is a nie bower is a climate activist and leading figure in the fridays for future movement in germany and globally. she joins us to day on the w. miss. no bower, thank you for being with us. you've said recently that europe's dependence on fossil fuels is the root cause of the war in ukraine, and that europe should respond by radically building up renewable energy. what good do you think of that could do now in the short term when i, when i say that, i'm just looking at the situation right now together with economists. we've at diplomats, we've,

united against this russian aggression, and that is something poland really needs right now to w, as tess about terry, there at the polish ukrainian border as refugees arrived thanks so much ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are banned from leaving the country as they have been called up to defend ukraine against hooton's army, that's creating dramatic scenes at train stations where families are forced to say goodbye. alas, embrace before she can board the train. he is staying behind and keith, to fight vladimir putin invasion as tearing apart thousands of families in ukraine . people at the station just want to get away away from the thousands of russian soldiers who want to take the ukrainian capital by force will look at that of all harsh human that i'm really worried about my 3 kids and i want to come back, but now i'm very scared of what you say. you're what you're going to school. as desperation grows, so does the number of people willing to board a train? ah and while women children and the elderly get on their husbands, fathers and sons faced the grim reality that they might never s

w correspondence at terry schultz was the at the secretary general's that press conference this afternoon and joins us now from nato headquarters in brussels. a welcome, a terry. what else did mister stall to vogue have to say today? let me try and read just a can you hear? i can you hear me or night looks like with looks like we've lost that connection to brussels, which i'm bring that to you later. are now to moscow where a dissenting journalist, a storm the set of rushes most watched evening news show, holding an anti war sign. it happened on monday when maria of sienna cova, an editor at the state controlled outlet channel, one was clearly visible behind the anchor. before the broadcast cut away from the studio, opposed to read no war, stop the war and don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you. here. journalist was then detained before her rest. monsieur cobra released a video statement explaining her action. these are assistance from your printer model, romker, so you can go for those for obviously shall you, friday to subsidize for me in the last years. unfortunately, i've

the w correspondence a terry schultz reporting from nato aged here. thank you. so much terry the red cross estimates 18000000 people in ukraine. that's a 3rd of the country's population will need humanitarian aid. all earlier i spoke to florida on the city from the international committee of the red cross and venetia in central ukraine. i began by asking him how the red cross is responding to a crisis of this magnitude. well, i can tell you that we were able to facilitate the safe passage of thousands of civilians last week on 2 occasions from the city of sumi so basically like buses where able to reach the city and take people out of the city direction. and as a town name locally. so this happened last week. then i will not be able in that i will not be in the put in to come see him all different, different se message is absolutely right. are you able to get emergency supplies to beseiged areas? is the red cross able to reach these civilians that are trapped in my report? because according to the ukranian presence of mister zalinski, he said, 100000 people are

w corresponding to terry shows at nato headquarters. welcome, terry. that sounds like mister stilton berg with an unequivocal warning to russia. that's right, fell yet another unequivocal warning to moscow that despite all the red lines, we've seen the kremlin blow past with its invasion of ukraine, it's attacks on civilians. other activities that have been called potential war crimes, nato is saying you may not step one foot on nato territory and that's what the alliance is designed to protect its own allies. those countries up against the russian border against the bell, russian border against the ukrainian border. and so you've seen this build up continue as russia has continued its assault on ukraine. and that's the message that told him berg was trying to send yet again to the kremlin today. and to talk to today about reinforcing our collective defense. if you talk about a significant increase in true numbers, they've already seen a significant increase in true numbers. he said today that there are hundreds of thousands of troops on alert across e

reason why we have increased the presence in these than pot reliance has got more from mighty w, corresponded to terry shows in brussels. welcome at terry. so despite the year that public intervention from estonia and they tow a country, no change in the, in the alliances stance on providing a cover, we're not expecting nato to change its collective mind. i could, harry, generally install to break has said time and again that it's not that they wouldn't like to help that ukrainians. and that these are very painful decisions, but that the loss of life would be greater if you were to institute a shooting war between russia. so we really don't see any movement on that at all. although people do, of course, like the estonians and of course like presidents zalinski himself continued to call for such a measure. so when mister sulton, both talks about reinforcements is this is presumably in addition to significant forces. but nato was already placed in the eastern part of europe. about more and more troops, equipment, preposition, equipment, being sent to nato's eastern allies. he of course, is not talking a

w t b. i'm terry martin. i'll be back in just a couple of minutes and of course you can get full and the about what's happening, your grade on our website. it's d w dot com ah ah, with ah, with they've had no peace for, for decades. the people of iraq, their country is devastated and there's no way to define how did it come to this in key witnesses revealed unprecedented story to they were pretty w the u. s. they knew what the consequences would be saying is, are they blight to the world about does he make it easy that someone could kill his friends and as a fee? it's a ways and he was a really he behaved exactly like to have done this year. and the poison spread, bear with the great documentary series destruction of a nation starts march 4th on d, w. o . ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. russia steps up to it's a tax on ukraine, cities, airstrikes hit the tv tower, and key f knocking out broadcast and killing several people. russian troops and tanks are reported and other key cities, but ukr

can find paul of our coverage on russia's invasion of ukraine on our website that actually d w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching with with you to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspectives. ominous uncertainty in ukraine as people wait to see how brutal they threaten 2nd stage of russia on slow down by country might be flooding their. poke to this effectively, trying to wipe you crate off the map. come the destruction already devastating. get worse to the point in 30 minutes on d w. ah, you did is pull the news fest goes to could have been now and she got a better idea now too soon by the name of some people it would indicate the model in supervision. what say that, but in but other d w books and they've had no peace for, for decades. the people of iraq our country is devastated and there's no end. how did it come to this g? i witnesses revealed unprecedented story. they were freeze the u. s. they knew what the consequence of these sanctions are, and they've liked the world about it behaved exactly like dormancy and the poison spirit. bear with life the g

thank you for that to terry d. w correspondent, atari shows at night. headquarters of the past week has st. german chancellor, olaf shall sober turn several major longstanding policies. he suspended the north stream to gas pipeline, boosted the military budget and sent weapons to ukraine. but there is a step he is not prepared to take sending troops to fight, as he might clear on a visit to a military base near berlin. war raging in europe and german troops sent to the fed nato's borders. i am either to run around it all off sholtes may have expected that his 1st visit to army command would come under different circumstances. the pre planning meeting was dominated by roches attack on ukraine and fears of an escalation. afterwards, the german chancellor appealed for cam. as, as cons, 50 as fear, it is very important that we keep a cool head, that we are very clear and decisive and remain cautious. that is our task, that there is no expansion of this conflict beyond ukraine. uber deal craner now skipped shots again, ru

if you're just joining us, you are watching d w. special coverage of russia's war on ukraine. i'm terry martin. here's a recap of the top news that we have for you. this, our ukranian official se russian forces have seized the critical zap or reach ya nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country, which produces about one quarter of ukraine's electricity. russian troops launched an attack on the facility overnight leading to a fire at the plant. it is europe's largest nuclear plant. ukraine state emergency service says manage to put out the blaze and secure nuclear safety. authority say that radiation levels remain unchanged. and our correspondent is reporting that ukrainian workers as you just heard, remain in control of operations at the plant. the international atomic energy agency says it has activated its full emergency response mode because of the situation at the plant. they're due to give a statement on the situation at the power plant and in a moment and we'll be bringing that to you live. meanwhile with me here in the studio is our chief political correspondent, melinda

w. news from berlin. i'm terry martin in ukraine. russian forces are continuing their attacks on ukraine's main cities. the russia claims it has taken control of the city of cas on and ukraine, south. the governor of that city says it is completely surrounded elsewhere. a government building was ablaze in the 2nd city, the 2nd largest city in ukraine, called hockey, which has come under days of air strikes, authority, se russian paratroopers have also landed there. they say more than 20 people have been killed and a 100 injured in hoc heave. in recent years. and the mayor of the port city of mario poll says it is under constant bombardment. now a russian missile strikes a tv tower in cave in ha, keith, a government building goes up in flames. both attacks killed people. russia is ramping up its assault on ukraine. as a 60 kilometer long, russian convoy of armored vehicles closes in on the capital. thousands of ukrainians still desperately trying to flee. though, staying behind a facing the horrors of war, washingto

if you're just joining us, you are watching d w. special coverage of russia's war on ukraine. i'm terry martin. here's a recap of what we're covering this. our ukranian officials se russian forces have seized the critical separate shya nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country. that plant produces about a quarter of ukraine's power russian troops launched an attack on the facility over night, leading to a fire at the plant, which is europe's largest ukraine's state emergency service. as it managed to put out the blaze and secure safety. authorities say that radiation levels remain unchanged. the international atomic energy agency says it has activated its full emergency response mode because of the situation at the plant. well condemnations of the attack on the nuclear power plant have been pouring in with world leaders blasting russia's assault as reckless in a tweet. canadian prime minister justin trudeau said the attacks must cease immediately calling them unacceptable. british prime minister boris johnson, also called for an immediate end to the attacks on the nuclear plan

and if you're just joining us, you are watching d w. special coverage of russia's war on ukraine. i'm terry martin. here's a recap of the top news, this our ukrainian official se russian forces have seized the critical separation nuclear power plant in the northeast of the country, which produces about a quarter of ukraine's power russian troops launched an attack on the facility over night, leading to a fire at the plant, which is also europe's largest, ukraine's state emergency service, says it managed to put out the blaze and secure the plant safely. authorities say that radiation levels remain unchanged. the international atomic energy agency says it has activated its full emergency response mode because of the situation at the plant. ukrainian president below them is zalinski, has accused russia of trying to repeat the chernobyl disaster saying the incident underscores the need to stop the fighting you from would have we will if there's an explosion you that's the end for every one of us. why the and for europe? europe would have to be evacuated more only urge in action by europe can s

then for more, i'm now joined by the w. social's at nato headquarters in brussels for a terry. what did you make of water? nato secretary general instruct back just i think all leaders here are going to be seized by this very dangerous attack on the nuclear facility or something that nobody would have expected, like so many other incidents in this war. but i was also struck by the fact that the secretary general is still calling for diplomacy calling for russian president vladimir putin to stop the war to pull back his troops and to engage in discussions . now, i was speaking with officials here at nato headquarters yesterday ahead of this meeting. and people gave very little optimism about diplomacy having a role here, especially after the french president had a long phone call with vladimir putin and came out and said he saw no signs that the russian leader was going to pull back his troops and even said the worst is yet to come at the same time there, as you heard from the secretary general, they very much would like vladimir putin to come back to the table and negotiate an

and if you're just joining us, you are watching d w. special coverage of russia's war on ukraine. i'm terry mart.

sir stoughton for following up meeting, i had a fact will bring the w correspond to turn shelters up nato headquarters. welcome, terry. what are we expecting to here? we are not expecting to hear that nato is going to change his position on a no fly zone, for example, or even on the alliance as a whole sending lethal assistance to ukraine. that's just not something that you'll ever get 30 countries to agree to. what secretary general's told hamburg we'll talk about is how they have agreed to reinforce their own territory to possibly send reinforcements to, to the eastern flank. he also told us yesterday that the alliance is going to start looking at longer term plans to deal with what he calls the new normal. the fact that there will be an unstable situation in europe now for we don't even know how long and so nato is going to adapt. he says that they're going to be, you know, putting these troops in position in the eastern allies for longer periods of time. possibly holding larger exercises, pre positioning equipment and strengthening error c and cyber defenses as well. and in fact, all the things that to russian pr

w app to your phones. if you yourself find yourself in a new situation, please feel free to share any photos or videos. what's happening around here? i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. ah ah closely, ah, listen carefully. don't know how do you miss to the girl? ah, you magic discover the world around you. ah, subscriber to d. w documentary on youtube. here with us is frank schwaber. he is a member of the german parliament for the social democratic party, and mister sh babbitt, thank you very much for being with us today. we saw a momentous turning point in german foreign policy with planned increase in military spending and arms deliveries to ukraine. why did it take a war by russia for germany to make this move? but you know, we were on the, a lot of the initial prussia because a lot of interests, including for sure your crane didn't understand why we are hesitating with this. but this was a lesson around from, from the 2nd world. what did we start was all over the world. and so it was really a very clear basis of the common basis for all parts in germany that we don't deliver weapons to, to other countries. we make less once an accepta

w app to your phones. and if you yourself find yourself in a new situation, please feel free to share any photos or videos of what's happening around you. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. ah ah, closely in listen carefully. don't know how to miss today. ah, feel the magic.

general, a few moments ago with the w correspondent, tele schultz, who was listening to a press conference there at night of headquarters in brussels. welcome at terry. and so let's start with the main points that you picked up from was secretary general. stilton berg is reminding moscow that the alliance is now adapting to what he calls the new normal. and that means that the alliance is going to be stationing more troops holding larger exercises, pre positioning, more equipment and reinforcing, is air c and cyber defenses. in response to this build up and invasion of ukraine, this is something that moscow said it didn't want. this was, in fact, some of the excuses that the kremlin used for invading ukraine. and now in fact, all of those things have been reinforced and are going to be enlarged. nato says it has no choice with the instability in europe, and these are going to be longer term adaptations. you also talked about the unity between the united states and b, u r, which prior to this many had thought was, was actually going down was but said that this, this war seems to have brought the 2 sides much closer together. well, certainly, the bide

terry shows. she is security and defense specialist with deutsch villa in brussels. welcome to you. also with us is another d w colleague, bloody me, jesse paul from our russia desk who joined us from london and a warm welcome to to mount to laming. who's with me here in the studio? he's with the berlin daily newspaper. the talker spiegel martin, let me begin with you and let him in to put into announcement that he is putting nuclear forces on high alert. the debate must be that he is willing to use the nuclear auction. is that how it seems to you? not really. i mean it's, it's, it's always hard to tell what is what is in the mind in the head of vladimir putin but, but if he is really willing to do it, or if it's more aiming at the nerve costume of the west, trying to spread fear and try to dis, unify, the astonishingly unified western block. i think this is more or less what he's aiming her. he did the same in 2014. it's, i think it's the 2nd grade of a 4 grade alert system. so it's not the highest alert but, but on the alert. and he's reminding us in but us on the west that we're dealing with a country not l

terry shows. she is security and defense specialist with deutsch vela in brussels. welcome to you. also with us is another d w colleague flooded me. jesse paul from our russia desk had joined us from london and a warm welcome to to mel to laming. who's with me here in the studio? he's with the berlin daily newspaper, the talker speaker, and marty. let me begin with you and let him in to put into announcement that he is putting nuclear forces on high alert. the debate must be that he is willing to use a nuclear auction. is that how it seems to you? not really. i mean it's, it's, it's always hard to tell what is what is in the mind in the head of vladimir putin but, but if he's really willing to do it, or if it's more aiming at the nerve costume of the west, trying to spread fear and try to dis, unify the astonishingly unified western block. i think this is more or less what he's aiming her. he did the same in 2014 it's, i think it's the 2nd grade of a 4 grade alert system. so it's not the highest alert but, but on the alert. and he's reminding us in but us on the west that we're dealing with a country not like

terry shows. she is security and defense specialist, with deutsch, vela and brussels. welcome to you. also with us is another d w colleague, bloody me, jesse paul from our russia desk, who joins us from london and a warm welcome to, to mount to laming. who's with me here in the studio? he's with the berlin daily newspaper. the talker spiegel and martin, let me begin with you and let him in to put in announcement that he is putting nuclear forces on high alert. the debate must be that he is willing to use a nuclear auction. is that how it seems to you? not really, i mean it's, it's, it's always hard to tell what is what is in the mind in the head of vladimir putin . but, but if he is really willing to do it, or if it's more aiming at the nerve costume of the west, trying to spread fear and try to dis, unify the astonishingly unified western block. i think this is more or less what he's aiming her. he did the same in 2014 it's, i think it's the 2nd grade of a 4 grade alert system. so it's not the highest alert but, but on the alert. and he's reminding us in but us on the west that we're dealing with a country not