hospitals, for instance, is the e. you prepared to impose more sanctions on russia. alexander, they are not only prepared to do that. they are already working on a new package. it would be the tense package of sanctions. however, the question is how powerful those sanctions could be. we are hearing that they warned, for instance, to target dual use goods. they're also saying that they would like to focus on loop holes still existing la posts, they would like to target entities and countries who have been working to circumvent the u sanctions. alexandra, thank you for now. that's our brussels bureau, teeth, alexandra phenomena there in brussels. as we prepare for president lindsey's speech, and we will be bringing you to lindsey's speech live when it happens. so stay tuned for that. meanwhile, returning to our main story, the united nations is hoping to resume a deliveries to syria, broken off by the earthquakes rescue efforts, and syria are being complicated by the 12 year civil war. the affected area is divided between government controlled territory and a rebel held and claim where millions rely on human humanitarian aid delivered through turkey dw team is in the region and they sent us this exclusive report from the town of haram. ah, digging through the rubble of an assyrian town of harrow, just one of hundreds in the region that have been flattened by the quake rescue as often just using their bare hands. for the most basic of tools, graphite is one of the locals, frustrated by the lack of proper digging machinery that's compounded by exhaustion . after working 2 days without sleep. however, hm, and we need help from other countries. we're getting some equipments, but we have people under the rubble and we're trying to pull them out. we have malice, but what good are mallet got this little? what we really need is heavy equipment to rescue people. they've been on to the rubble for 48 hours a day and we need heavy equipment to get them out. she honest about al ala, some bulldozers have arrived, but they're not nearly enough. given the widespread scale of destruction and hopes of finding more, survivors are diminishing by the hour while the able bodied assist with rescue efforts, others are left to ponder. what's next for them? loudon, anela, miss willa. dont have any clothes or any possessions anymore that that mother then the streets and the rain without socks or anything man had the don't have any one to stay with on. my siblings died in a leper while i had a hot him, especially in the had a raffle. and the other helpers in our him who continued to hammer away until our mission is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive task rebuilding their village. but to get a better picture of the situation in syria, i spoke earlier to johan louis is response director for world vision, syria that an n g o sporting syrian refugees. i asked him how syrians are coping with this disaster. it is very difficult to understand how they cope because after 12 years of war, displacement covey, cholera, and now the earthquake. i don't really fully understand how people do cope. what i do know is that we did some research into suicide in the northwest, and we found that many people are without hope and find no solution other than their suicide. so situation now must be more difficult, but they have no choice. they need to push on is there still hope of finding people alive under the rubble? i mean we can never lose whole in this line of work, but we, we, the chances are survival are diminishing by the hour. it is cold, it is a wet like we see on the screen. there are, there is not enough equipment to find people. i'm not very optimistic but, but we cannot stop what we do. so no option. how much has the earthquake affected the job that your organization is doing inside of serial? well, our style was as much a victim of the earthquake as people that we've been serving. will vision has been around for 7 to 8 years in the northwest of syria. and has been assisting in healthcare in water and sanitation and shelter activities. and it has affected us because it's become more difficult to get supplies into the country which, which we've been used to for the last 7 years. but, but because we the need for suppliers like lanka and 10, some medication is so big both in syria and, and turkey. that it, that it is more difficult to get supplies into the right place. fortunately, one of the major crossing. so it's opened again yesterday. ok. ken n g o is like yours, be sure that the aid that's coming in actually reaches those that need it. i can assure you this is as possible because we've done it for the 7 last 7 to 8 years. and we found ways to kind of operate without getting getting involved in politics or, or military action. and as long as you it, is you many, karen assistance. we have no trouble whatsoever with the sanctions in, in government health territories. i'm not quite sure how the sanction do affect human tyranny, but certainly in the area where we work in the northwest we, we can scale up the way we would like to johan moy, from world vision, syria, thank you very much for talking with us. let's take a look at a few other stores making headlines around the world today. north korea has showcased up to 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a night time parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of its military, north korean leader kim jong. i attended the event with his daughter. the missiles are seen as a major challenge to the west as they are designed to reach the continental united states. washington says china has a global fleet of spy balloons, like the one shot down by the u. s. air force last week, the pentagon says chinese by balloons, have been spotted flying over all 5 continents over several years. chile and present, gabrielle bori has asked for international aid to help combat wildfires across the center and south of the country. 24 people have died in the fires in recent days. authorities are warning that a new heat wave could further fan the flames. and disney says it will cut $7000.00 jobs world wide and slash cost by $5500000000.00. a media company said it will spend less and producing films and series as follows in the footsteps of warner and netflix, which both have been pulling back on content to well, we are expecting the ukrainian president below the mirrors, the vents, zalinski to arrive at the parliament where he's expected to deliver a speech. we have our brussels bureau chief, alexandra fun nomine. standing by there as we await the president's arrival. alexandra, tell us what we can expect from that speech today. well, as you know, terry avalo domains. elaine ski is a very good, a speaker. he have already delivered speeches in front of the you asked congress in front of the british parliament. all of them were very emotional and very powerful and he is expected to of course, of 1st of all thank the european union and they were p and lawmakers for supporting a he's a country, but we can also expect him about the situation there. and what you queen needs right now, and that is of course, more advanced weapons, a long range, missiles, and also a fighter jets. and for our viewers, if you're just joining us or you are seeing live pictures from the european parliament, we're ukrainian president lamar lensky has just arrived to deliver a speech. this is only his 2nd trip outside of ukraine since the russian invasion began. in february of 2022. we see him entering the parliament. now he's a going to be approaching the podium very soon. alexandra, this is a historic moment for the european parliament and for the for of course, for the ukrainian president as well. what, what issues or is he going to be discussing there today? well i think that the um festival we should mention that he is going to speak to friends and allies are in the european parliament because the european lawmakers have been very supportive of ukraine. they adopt at one resolution of to the other in support of a key if ad they one for instance, to use the frozen russian assets to cover the cost of rushes aggression. and they also adopted a resolution at calling on the european e leaders to start talks of their accession as soon and step up there military and financial aid for ukraine. we're just, again, we're seeing a we're seeing a lot of the landscape. they're actually playing the ukrainian anthem right now. that's why you see his hand on his heart. he's accompanied by roberta, mit sala, who is of course, the president of the european parliament. we will not only have lot of music lensky speaking to the parliament. he will also be attending a session of the european council. the council are bringing together the leaders of the 27 e u member states. so he will be able to be face to face with all of them. just prior to arriving in brussels, we saw blood, but on me zalinski in paris, he was there meeting with the french and german leaders of manuel mccall and, and all of sholtes. and before that, he was in london where he met with the u. k. prime minister richie soonest, while he was in london, he repeated his call for fighter air craft to to help repel the russian invasion of the u. k. prime minister saying that so the u. k. would indeed help train ukrainians on how to use and maintain a fighter aircraft that the could be provided by the west. but the u. k. prime minister stopped short a promising any of those aircraft, specifically saying however, that everything was still on the table. so that has not been ruled out. now this comes as ukraine is expecting deliveries of battle tanks of main battle tanks to help repel the rusnick russian invasion. just recently we heard germany and a number of other countries agreed to provide a very advanced leopard. 2 tanks, those tanks expected to arrive in the coming weeks of training on those tanks has already been taking place with the ukrainian military. but now we have more than a 100 leopard one tanks. these are older tanks that have also been promised. they will take longer to, to arrive. so again, let's listen to, to what's happening there at this is the key with the ode to joy being performed. they're being played at least no recording of it. that's a course look big on beethoven. ah, which is been used now as the european union anthem for some time. so i think we're finally about to hear from the ukraine, ukrainian presenters about address they pull session of the european parliament. now again, this is only the 2nd time that ha, that laudermill zalinski has left ukraine since the russian invasion began on february 24th a year ago. and the other trip he took was to the united states in december, where he addressed a joint session of the us congress. let's cross back over to our correspond alexandra phenomena who is on the scene there covering this historic moment. so. so what are we looking at there? alexandra, this is a, an ex, extremely important moment for both the european union and for ukraine, there's been a lot of talk of ukraine, actually joining the european union. any chance that we can see ukraine on a fast track as the e has promised? that is, of course, a key question here for a president zalinski because i think it was a week ago when he was meeting with the leaders of the institutions in ki, if and stressing how important it is for his people to know that they have a clear european perspective that they will be one day member of the european union . that is something, as he pointed out, that is a huge inspiration for them to defend their country and to defend the european values there on the battlefield. so he certainly hoping to start accession talks at this year a, his countries hoping for a sort of a fast track e membership. but it's a rather unlikely, at least at the moment that he is going to get this commitment from the european leaders here. you officials told me that with regards to accession talks, ukraine has to manage their expectations. that there is a long process that the country house to undergo that there are certain criteria that have to be mat in order to start talks and eventually to become a member of the european union that they have to implement lots of reform. ah, educate in an, in the area of education, political as system courts and so on. so at the moment, and i'm afraid we have to say that that it's not very likely that with regards to a fast track membership of the european union valid amir zalinski is going to get any, any strong commitments from the european leaders who are gathering here in brussels sir, no expedited process, therefore for ukraine and joining the ear, but it's application has been accepted. i talked to his alexander about where the european union is. european union member states are in terms of their unity and support for ukraine in its battle against russia. i think what we have a scene since the beginning of russia's aggression russia's invasion is really a strong unity among member states. here. even a country such as hungry that used to have very strong ties with russia. and that is to be somehow reluctant, or when it comes to a proving, can you sanctions on russia, for instance, a so far and they went along with everything that was adopted to your you needs, you know, all a member states on board for instance, to, ah, introduce to impose sanctions on russia. and also when we look at the european union's support, financial and military is supports a so far the block remains united as stressing every time that they will do anything it takes to help ukraine to help you quinn when this war. because as a many of the european leaders stress very frequently i equal you create it. people of ukraine are, are fighting to, to defend our european values. and, and for europe it is important to, for the people you claim to know that europe is supporting then. and so that said, ukraine, really a has a shot at becoming a member of the block. after 8 was granted the status of candidate country last summer. and just a reminder mirrors that we are looking at live pictures from the you parliament. as we are prepare for the ukrainian prime minister, the ukranian president bellamy zalinski to an address the parliament to our correspondent, alexander phenomena. is there a alexandra? what about the, what about the european this visit to the european union institutions by the ukraine? cranium president. what more do we know about his itinerary? because under i know that is about to address the parliament and from there who be going to meet with the you council, which brings together all of the leaders of the 27 you member states. but is that going to conclude as visit then will he be heading straight back to ukraine or do we know? well, we don't know that, and that's a very important question for us. but the problem is, or the issue here that's a, his whole visits and was kept under wraps until today. would they european council . and they were pin council president, shall michelle, for instance, just a speaking about a guest that they expect it to join the european leaders later today. so of course what we know and what we seeing right now is that said, the ukranian president is going to address at the european lawmakers and after this address he is, it's expected a, a here at the council building to meet with the european leaders. there is no further information whether there are a more visits to other places. i don't think so. but what we can as say for sure is debts, is he is going to take his time to meet with some leaders bilaterally. for instance, yesterday i italian prime and it's to moloney announced that a she, it would like to have a bilateral meeting with villa premier zalinski. and we can expect our leaders also to request a, an, did the jewell face to face meeting with him. what a way to make halley sondra about the fact that zalinski, instead of coming 1st of brussels, went to london and then to paris, to meet with, with leaders there are bilaterally before before coming back. that came as a surprise indeed, because actually we were expecting him and brussels 1st. but of course, you would need to consider the important role at that. the united kingdom is playing as a very big support of ukraine. and of course, as, as supporter of arms a deliveries to ukraine. and they are more important than the european union with regard to that because they have delivered more weapons. and of course, with this announcement yesterday, a, with the british prime minister. so not saying that his country is at least thinking into looking into this ukranian request to potentially deliver a western made fighter jets. that was a quite a breaking news yesterday. and also their announcement that they have already started training. ukrainian pilots on western made jazz. that was also something so definitely i am more commitment there. then what's at the ukranian our president has seen from he's a counterparts here within the european union. however, we also have to stress with them, or that when it comes to financial aid, a, the u. r has been leading here. and of course, a for the lens kit is a crucial visit because his country wants to be part of the european part of family . they want to become a member of this very european union. okay. alexandra alexander, phenomena. there she is, a other europe council building in brussels right now, and we're seeing some live pictures from the european parliament. we're, we're a lot of me zalinski the ukranian president is about to deliver a speech. i will be coming back to you in just a moment, alexander, of course, when that speech gets under way. but 1st we're going to to catch up on some other news that's happening. of course the we right now, as we speak relief efforts are underway in, in turkey and syria to address the aftermath of that those earthquakes, those devastating earthquakes that took place. turkeys president rich uptime ardon has defended his government's response to those catastrophic quakes. etter. one says it was almost impossible to prepare for the disaster considering its scale. the death toll from the quake has now reached more than 15000 international rescue . teams have joined forces with local emergency crews in the worst affected areas, but hope of finding more survivors is fading fast and in many places like turkey's had a province, residents say they've seen little outside help for days these residents have spent the night here can amongst the bearings, zip himes in hats. how you province. one of the hardest hit by monday's quakes. they say they can still hear voices coming from under the rubble from the moment, but had been left without any help to save their loved ones. rescue teams, equipment and emergency support is now starting to arrive here that many fear it's come too late and their frustrations and now turning to anger, we have 30 dead in there. is our state really incapable? i think so incapable. i have no words. 30 bodies have been lying here until the morning. we should be, i mean, it was ill also for the holiday. he'll feel a little turkey's president is acutely aware of the fingers now being pointed at him and his government's response to the disaster. and while visiting some of the worst affected areas on wednesday, he did admit that they had encountered some problems elevator. certainly there have been shortfalls. as the conditions have become clear, it is impossible to prepare to face a disaster like this all over in mich. moved in the opposition leader sees things differently though, blaming the president for the destruction. with that there is only one person responsible for this catastrophe, and that is the one the 20 years. he has failed to prepare the country for earthquakes with our international emergency and rescue teams are now up and running with crew. so more than 2 dozen countries taking part in the rescue mission . and despite fear that the window to find more survivors is closing, there is still hope that more people may be found alive. with moments like this, providing emergency teams with all the motivation they need to carry on the search for signs of life. earlier i spoke to d, w, correspond terry shultz, she's in a donna in southern turkey. i asked her about the situation at the aide center there. we are currently in a suburb of a donna to cordova, and in fact is, is not one of the areas hardest hit by the quake. but we spent time here yesterday at collapse buildings. and i just spoke with the mayor who said, 400 people in his community have been lost. and as you can see behind me, there are some 400 tens and 1200 people here. but as we have seen throughout the country, people seem to be in relatively good spirits and most of all they are so welcoming and i just want to share with you some new friends i made immediately upon arrival here. this is irene. she's 8 years old and we're going to come here. and when i came up with my t v make up on my face. they said we have some lipstick. and so i read you asked me to give you list to you and look at her and miracle. she'd only 3 a better. right. but all of us know exactly how that goes. thank you girls. and as you can see, of course we do have their parents permission. oh my gosh, highlight of my day. definitely. so sorry for the noise behind us, there are trucks arriving here with aid. and as i said, i just spoke with the mayor of chicago, who said that they have enough food and enough water for the moment. but he said they will need aid in the days to come in. in addition to the 1200 people living in the 10th, he said there are thousands sleeping in the streets, burning what they can find to stay warm. and there's no telling how long the situation will go on. we've been feeling, you know, we've been hearing about the aftershocks continuing and so people are very concerned that well they may feel ok today on a sunny day with no aftershocks. no one has any idea how long they are going to need to continue supporting people who can't go back to their homes. and that was our course monetary shoals. they're reporting from southern turkey. i spoke to her just a short while ago. well, if you're just joining us, we are expecting the ukranian president, but all the most lensky to address the european parliament. you're seeing live pictures from the parliament in the corner of your screen. and there it is. there. he's already arrived at the parliament building. we've already heard the ukrainian and you anthem's being played, but it's clear that he's not going to speak just yet. so while we wait for him to arrive at the podium, let's take a look at some of the aspects of the ukraine war control of the skies. there is considered crucial in the ukraine conflict. both sides have been using unmanned drones for attacks and information gathering. russia has made particular use of iranian made so called suicide drones. these drones which carry explosives can spend significant time in the air before finding a target and crashing into it. dw mathias boating a went to meet ukrainian soldiers whose job is to shoot them down. this is what some of your friends most important army units look like. this is a mo, buy air defense unit, protecting the capital from drones. as soon as they're told that she had drones are approaching, they take position and try to shoot them down. missouri here that was a she had drone measures, 2.5 on 3.5 meters. but in the sky, they are just small dots. drones might be weapons of 21st century warfare with defense against them on not d s. h k machine. got my record the little we had special training to teachers how to shoot in front of the trajectory were not shooting straight at the drone, but in front of it to create barrage fire grandpa. we aim quite far ahead of the drone. they can pick up us over anesha. i bet just this is just a demonstration. the army won't take us to the actual positions at the moment, but jones mostly come with the knife ukrainians. rely on tracer ammunition and night vision devices rained for, gosh, no, make it difficult. which is why bad weather makes jordan attacks more like it's a game of cat and mouse chart cor. bully premie. as up was killed in the beginning. they sent them straight to their target it up on a linear trajectory with chillies promote the mushroom d lender learn to program them in a way. so they take a different route every time we talked go mer to carla. we were expecting them to come from one side and they were coming from another direction. in sure. that's how the enemy is trying to avoid the places where our forces have shot down. she had similar food in their gear or not they trying to find holes in our defenses. them hides, isn't it? the keys sprawled in the front, but there are none. at least that's what i think it was for these wood, what 2 guns retirement isn't locked in sight. you are watching dw news from berlin. if you're just joining us, we are waiting for ukraine's president below them. he has the landscape to address the you parliament. he has arrived at the parliament building, coming there from visits to paris and ah, london. joining us from brussels is our brussels. we're chief alexander from nom, and she is covering this meeting. she'll be following the speech, of course with us as well. alex andra, leading up to the summit. the e u has provided already quite a bit of support to ukraine in the form of aid and military assistance. remind us just what commitment the e has already made to ukraine, while the european union and its member states have provided you quain with weapons and military equipment worse, almost 12000000000 euros. just recently germany, the netherlands and denmark, i have announced a dead state will deliver at least a 100 lepers one tanks to iraqi ukraine. and germany is also working on a building, a coalition of member estates to deliver leopards, 2 tanks. those are more advanced tanks that could find their way a soon to ukraine as well. however, the problem here is a bit of that old, those deliveries are taking some time. of course what ukraine it's right now at our tanks in the battlefield on the battlefield. as quickly as possible, but the european union and it's role, it's also very important when it comes to financial aid for ukraine. for 2020 through 3. the european union is slated to provide 18000000000 euros to the government in key if to help the government keep paying pensions and a seller ease and keep essential services such as hospitals, for instance, running. so the you here is playing an important role, and they, i have already made clear at that they want to play a big role as well when it comes to the reconstruction of ukraine ad that is a going to, to start soon, even though the war is still raging there, do you opinion when union wants to play a leading role and when it comes to the reconstruction of the country? so the european union is clearly playing an important role in ukraine. the u. k is also writing a great deal of support of its own, but all the united states is still a dominant player in when it comes to defense issues and providing a great deal of support to ukraine in that respect. to give us a sense, alexandra, of the division of labor between the u. s. on the one hand and european countries on the other when it comes to providing support to you, chris. while the you ass and you are right about that, sarah is definitely a playing can important and dominant role when it comes to arms deliveries to ukraine, especially when it comes to coordination among me to allies with regard to that. and we have seen a lot of discussions here among european leaders within the european union, how important it would be or for the future of the european union to be more independent at sue, i'm have a bigger sovereignty. oh, when it comes to all a possible policies and also defense policy, but after russia's invasion of ukraine, r 8 became clear that sa, without the leadership of the united states, it would be really difficult to form a coalition of countries. and then, of course, nato allies willing and ready to deliver weapons. we just have to think about the ramstein group. for instance, those are members of the alliance, but also other countries that meet under the leadership of the you as administration regular aide to discuss further weapons deliveries to ukraine. so certainly do you as still playing dominant role with regards to that alexander, thank you for now. ah, we will be, of course, bringing a lot of me as a lance the speech live to you. you're seeing live pictures in the corner of your screen from the european parliament where the ukrainian president is about to deliver his speech. but while we wait for that, let, so just take a look at what's happening in the aftermath of that horrible earthquake that struck turkey and syria. the united nations is hoping to resume a deliveries to syria. broken off by the earthquakes rescue efforts in syria are being complicated by the 12 year civil war. the affected area is divided between government control territory and a rebel held enclave where millions rely on humanitarian aid delivered through turkey dw teams in the region. and they sent us this exclusive report from the town of haram. digging through the rub, owed an assyrian town of harrow, just one of hundreds in the region that have been flattened by the quake. rescue is often just using their bare hands for the most basic of tools. graphite is one of the locals, frustrated by the lack of proper digging machinery that's compounded by exhaustion . after working 2 days without sleep. hoya. hm. and we need help from other countries. we're getting some equipment, but we have people under the rubble and we're trying to pull them out. we have malice, but what good are mallet got this little? what we really need is heavy equipment to rescue people and they've been on to the rubble for 48 hours a day and we need heavy equipment to get them out. she is not by then, but i'll olive. some bulldozers have arrived, but they're not nearly enough given the widespread scale of destruction and hopes of finding more survivors are diminishing by the hour. while the able bodied assist with rescue efforts, others are left to ponder. what's next for them? lather, anela. miss willa. dont have any clothes or any possessions, any more mother than the streets and the rain without socks or anything mad. they don't have anyone to stay with us. my siblings died in the lap on. well, i had the hot in special ed in the had a rafa and the other helpers in our him who continued to hammer away until our mission is complete. and after that, they'll have another massive task rebuilding their village to get a clear picture of the situation in syria, i spoke earlier to johan moy, he is response director for world vision serial. that's nat geo, supporting syrian refugees. i asked him how syrians are coping with this disaster. it is very difficult to understand how they cope because after 12 years of war displacement covian cholera and now the earthquake, i don't really fully understand how people do cope. what i do know is that we did some research into suicide in the northwest, and we found that many people are without hope and find no solution other than their suicide. so the situation now must be more difficult, but they have no choice. they need to push on is there still hope of finding people alive under the rubble? i mean we can never lose whole in this line of work, but we, we, the chances are survival are diminishing by the hour. it is cold, it is a wet like we see on the screen. there are, there is not enough equipment to find people. i'm not very optimistic but, but we cannot stop what we do. so no option. how much has the earthquake affected the job that your organization is doing inside of serial? well, our style was as much a victim of the earthquake as people that we've been serving. will vision has been around for 7 to 8 years in the northwest of syria. and has been assisting in healthcare in water and sanitation and shelter activities. and it has affected us because it's become more difficult to get supplies into the country which, which we've been used to for the last 7 years. but, but because we there the need for suppliers, like lanka and 10, some medication is so big, both in syria and, and turkey. that it, that it is more difficult to get supplies into the right place. fortunately, if you're just joining us, we're looking at live pictures in the corner of your screen from the european parliament where ukraine's president belladonna zalinski is preparing to address the european parliament. we're seeing zelinski entering the chamber with the president of the european union parliament. roberto met sola ah, the members of the parliament are soon to be taking their seats. we know that to that the ukrainian president has already visited both london and paris in london. he repeated his appeal for fighter jets to help repel the russian invasion. the ukrainian president is trying to drum up support from his western allies to defend the country against russia. our rush, our brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomenon is at the european union council building. ah, in brussels, is covering this speech force. alexandra, ah, what are we? what can we expect than in terms of concrete action from the european union in the coming weeks and months is because it is already provided a great deal of support to, to ukraine. do. do we know whether the ukrainian president is gonna be making specific demands there? at the parliament today. well, we don't know that for sure, but of course we can expect him to once again request a western mates. if i did jets of, from a heath allies here and a european union, that is what he did in london yesterday for instance. and this is at the top of heath agenda. and we heard from some european leaders who arrived here this morning as saying that to the european union, it's ready to set up as, as a, to step up. it's a military support for ukraine, about a so far nobody here as a talking about a delivery, a fighter jets a. so a we will see a whether or the ukranian president is going to get some i'm concrete commitments with regards to weapons and deliveries. i think that for him it's also important to make clear head that the situation is urgent. that because of the expect, said sir russian offensive. and in the spring at the ukranian armed forces really needs advance weapons as quickly as possible. on the bat, we're seeing again why pictures from the you, from the you, parliament and in brussels. we're any moment now. we are expecting a lot of music lensky to enter the room. there he comes together with the you of parliament president, roberta met sola. ah, let's listen in.