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this military shipment has now arrived to help ukraine prepare for a possible invasion as tens of thousands of russian troops gather on its doorstep. also coming up desperately need a drinking water arrives in tonga and more aid is on the way as the scale of the devastation from last week's unami becomes clearer floss poland plans to build a border wall on its frontier with valid route to prevent migrants from crossing into its territory illegally. a campaigner say it could also have a devastating effect on local wildlife. ah, am abby corps of us and welcome to the program. we begin this our in ukraine. we're the 1st shipment of additional american military 8 has arrived. according to the u

. s embassy there. this is part of a package worth $200.00 us $1000000.00 promised to kiev last week by u. s. secretary of state antony blanket. the initial delivery includes defensive weapons and ammunition. as the country prepares for possible russian aggression. moscow has deployed some 100000 troops along its border with ukraine, but insists it has no plans to launch an attack. the russian military flexing its muscles in the worn at region bordering ukraine. moscow denies its planning and invasion, but with this slick video released by its defense ministry, it at least wants to send the message that it's ready to fight. there is real concern in the region about russia's motives. russian troops are now positioned in bella, rues, all along russia's border to ukraine, and are massed in eastern ukraine, where fighting has been ongoing for years. further to the north,

the baltic states of estonia, latvia and lithuania, are promising to support ukraine with shipments of weaponry and military support. arguing that diplomacy alone can't prevent an armed conflict. aggressiveness, who said the bus better guide him? was the aggressor always way got impossible, losses sausages and likely damage. also, i did a my, i think that a strong stayed on capable of defending itself. what steve is really the only way in to increase the chances of a peaceful resolution. oh, really me their policy or that they just was. but it, however, it's a principle of deterrence not endorsed by germany, which has disappointed kiya by refusing to supply weaponry to crane. because now off the cuff comments by germany's naval chief have added more fuel to the diplomatic fire. hi, of him shewn back on a visit to india, said russian president,

vladimir putin probably deserve respect and that the crimean peninsula annexed by russia would not return to ukraine. just listen to some of you, clay brought me up in this is go look on this subject of we have to do that. oh, oh, the go issues. ah, actually let you most these remarks have now cost him his job. and the fo paul has added to the misgivings in kiev over germany stance on ukraine. but with the uncertainty looming, ukraine has been assured that it doesn't stand alone. the u. k sent anti tank missiles earlier this week. and the 1st delivery of u. s. military supplies has already touched down. meanwhile, residence in kiev formed a human chain in celebration of ukraine's national unity day, hoping that opposing sides can still come together and hold on to their stated goal

of a diplomatic solution. oh, that's brain dw correspondent, mathias bullying, or who joins us from kiev mathias. what exactly has been delivered and what does this mean for the conflict now? well i, ukraine is now procuring weapons from many countries there. there was this big shipment from the u. s. to have in deliveries from britain, also other countries, the baltic states and the netherlands have announced shipments. it's mostly about light weapons that are easy to use and effective in case of an evasion, anti tank weapons. of course, a complicated military systems are less urgent on the list as it would take time too, and store them and train soldiers. so it's, it's mostly a weapons that would make an invasion by russia more costly. this is the,

the idea now to deter russia by making an invasion, costly our tar, aside from deterrence. there's also been a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at g, fusing tensions by now the united kingdom says the kremlin is trying to install pro russian leadership in ukraine. what has a written reaction been there to this accusation? this press release is raising more questions than it provides answers. they gave a list of 4 former officials of the general coverage administration. that's the administration that was ousted in the might on protests until 2014 saying the kremlin wants to inform them, but how they want to install them and, and how it, what strategy that they're using. would this be a people who are on the list, for example, after a possible invasion? or is there any, any other plan that there's no answers to that? so this is kind of very strange and, and, and hard to understand information. these people are not popular. so one thing we

couldn't possibly exclude is that russia wants to somehow, or a spur, a popular movement to install them. and you want to ask you about some of the controversy in germany right now regarding the comments made by the countries now ex navy chief. as we find that report there. how has kiev reacted to what he said? i think these are, these are these, these mentions of this now retired navy chief, i have really galvanized her a feeling that has been lingering in key if that to germany is an unreliable partner. because the 2 main reasons are not stream to which would, as people see it here considerably weaken ukraine's position by making it less relevant as a country for gas transits. and the other thing is germans refusal to provide weapons to ukraine, m a. and that does not only include that germany does not sell itself weapons to

ukraine, which is something that could be easily a circumvented by buying weapons everywhere anywhere but that germany is also blocking weapons deliveries. for example, from the baltic states or who need permission to re sell weapons that they once bought in germany or from the nato procurement agency and her while diplomats are not so confronted on this issue. ah, discontent is high and civil societies even accusing some people in civil society or even accusing germany of sabotaging ukraine's efforts to defend itself. did all the chorus. why not meant he has buying a reporting from kia? thank him. attest, aid has now started arriving in tongue after last week's volcanic eruption, and su nami devastated much of the country in the south pacific. so far, 3 people had been reported to have died, that many more are still missing. and experts are only now able to assess the scale

of the damage after days of waiting aid is now flowing on to the pacific island of tonga. this new zealand vessel is carrying a quarter of a 1000000 liters of clean water. a top priority. according to the united nations, it's clear from the limited footage available, be destruction left by the soon army. and despite the welcome arrival of help, tomkins are aware that the road to recovery will be long tongue. his recovery from this disaster is going to be long term, and i think we need to ensure that we keep the momentum up after tongue has got enough water, we're gonna have to rebuild it. it's going to be a long road to recovery. only 3 deaths from the massive eruption have been confirmed. but the harrowing stories a survival

a beginning to emerge. the scariest part to me was when the waves spent from land into the sea. what came into my mind when i was helpless at sea with 2 things. one that i still had faith in god. second was my family. and i wondered if they would think that maybe i had died with communications with the islands to limited and i'd be completed as dialed. please check the number and dial again. families around the world are facing an agonizing wait for news here. it's very hard to me. do. i don't know what happened for them. flights can now land after the room way was cleared of ash, but deliveries must remain contactless to prevent covey 19 being imported,

and triggering under the crisis. the country can ill afford. let's take a look now to the other stories were falling for a this hour, a delegation sent by have gone. his dance taliban has arrived in the norwegian capital oslo for 3 days of talks with western diplomats and members of afghan civil society. it's the groups 1st official talks with the west on european soil since seizing power last august. feverish merits has been elected as the new chief of former chancellor anglo miracle's party. the christian democrats merits has vowed to, quote, redefine conservatism in germany, and reconnect with voters of all ages after his center right parties defeat an election last year. new zealand is upping its measures to combat coven 19 after several confirmed cases of the arm across variant prime minister just into our dern says the nation is now under

a red alert. our darn has followed her government's guidelines and has postpone her own wedding, which was scheduled for next weekend. aid workers in poland say the crisis on the european union's external border with bell ruse is not over yet. poland plans to build a wall to replace the razor wire fence between the 2 countries. its aim is to stop illegal crossings by undocumented migrants. but environmental campaigners say, a wall will also stop wildlife from roaming free in the area, which could have a dire impact. dw correspondent jack barrack sent as this report from that border. residents of the ancient be of asia forest. this links on these walls caught on camera trots at the end of last year. this 600 year old forest is home to an estimated 12000 species of wildlife. christoph smith studies these animals,

and he says the government plan to build a 186 kilometer wool, 5 and a half meters high on the countries border with bruce, will have a devastating effect on the genetic mix. from the moment when the war will be fully constructed, then we will have 2 different populations, completely separated from each other and it will affect the day the future will affect the sustainability of this population. because if we divide populations into smaller and smaller or no sub populations, then the survival is, is more and more vulnerable. he moved the forest is already divided for animals by roads and intersected by multiple rail lines. the government wants the will to keep out to asylum seekers who were crossing the border pushed by the government of neighboring belarus. i've been reporting on the issues on the border for a number of months now, and this is the closest i've been able to get to the border just over there,

maybe 300 meters away, is the border fence. and the border guard say that while the numbers have continued to dropped, the numbers of people crossing there are still attempts to break down the razor wire fences and to get people into poland. border gods intercepted 32000 people in november last year. now though, there's just a handful per day people in this area continuing their usual winter activities. while the heavily guarded exclusion zone remains in place. the government says the building of the wall is happening in consultation with wildlife experts. missile is promised that i'm aware that there are places in the national park, the boucher forest, which needs a special conservation. she called you looking at the details. i'm sure that the bodyguards who are completely responsible for building the wall and they are tasked to build the wall with consideration of the natural environment benji brow up with uh, garnish expressed is rosanna zacalo showing the risk back in the forest kristof says

his institute has provided the government with a plan for wildlife pathways through the wall to prevent the division of animal populations. and he hopes it will be followed. a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the 1st shipment of extra american military support has arrived in ukraine. it includes defensive weapons and ammunition as the country prepares for a possible russian invasion. you're watching the adobe news up next is opaque world, the global gangster network and abby quite often, i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news. we can get the latest any time on social media at d w news or our website that's d w dot com i for now on

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