you ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the united states and europe announce a new energy partnership to ease europe's reliance on russian gas. the u. s. is to boost supplies of liquefied natural gas to eat market. this year president joe biden says, russia's brutal attack on ukraine should not be subsidized through fuel payments. also on the show, ukraine says it has sunk a russian ship supply ship off boreal and intelligence report say its forces have retaken ground, near keith,

for the price paid by ukrainians. population has been high. ah i'm and you keeps mckennan thanks so much for joining us. the, the, the u. s. and the e. you have announced a plan to reduce european countries dependence on russian gas at a joint news conference with you. commission chief or sla funder lion president joe biden promised the u. s. would deliver more liquefied natural gas to europe this year. he also said the current crisis is an opportunity to boost renewable energy sources. let's hear what joe biden had to say earlier. we're coming together to reduce your friend who's on russian energy. put news issued rushes energy resources, of course, and manipulated neighbors. and so he's using his use the profit, it's

a driver's war machine. this initiative focuses on 2 core issues. one help in europe reduces dependency on russian gas as quickly as possible. secondly, reducing europe's demand for gas. overall. we're going across now to brussels, where all of this has been happening, and we can speak to a bureau chief that alexander of phenomena alexandra, tell us how significant is this deal between b, u and the u. s. while a deal is definitely very significant, we are not talking here about delivering additional volumes of liquid natural gas to europe. both sides the u. ass and europe are again presenting and unite a united front. and there are deepening their energy partnership and promising to produce and use more renewable energy in the future to reduce greenhouse gases. and this is definitely a win win situation for both sites. so a new energy partnership, but will the ellen g from the us be enough to replace a russian gas supplies?

no, it won't. and that's of course, something that we have to stress as well. the u. s. has promised to deliver at least 15000000000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to europe this year. and it's just 10 percent of what, what russia is delivering every year in 2021. the european union received 155000000000 cubic meter meters. and you can understand that this is a long way to go to reduce those deliveries of the dependence on natural gas from russia. however, we have to say that anything that could help you a pin union, a reduce its dependence and stabilize the markets. it's welcome here. now we know that easton member state, such as poland, had been pushing for a complete boycott of russian gas. yet germany has blocked this move. can you tell

us more about that? well, germany is not the only country the only member stayed to blocking a total gas embargo of because it's also austria, for example. but germany's of cor didn't economic powerhouse in the europe. and the chancellor told us yesterday that it's just too early to decide on that because germany is still very dependent on russian deliveries. and that it's important to diversify energy delivery. but that's, it's going to take time. and that is why germany saying and, and total and natural gas embargo, it's not on the table right now. the w, brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena, thanks so much. now there are some signs of ukrainian forces gaining ground and pushing back. russian forces intelligence reports say ukraine has retaken ground west of keith and has destroyed a russian

a ship in russian held territory. and when russia launched its invasion, a month ago, it expected to take you crate an enlightening offensive against all odds. the ukrainian forces continued to keep one of the world's biggest armies at bay, but that resistance has come at a terrible price ukrainian forces pushing back and destroying a russian ship at the port city of bitter dance. this was one of the most glaring displays of keith's resistance against moscow's advance. on the front line, a needle pin just outside the capital, keep ukrainian forces, say they have repelled the russians with a series of counter attacks. he should be thinking, the russians don't have the combat power. my men are hitting their supplies, and keep armed citizens would be shooting from every window and door. venzano,

ukraine's defences are holding bloody me up. hooton's hopes of a lightening war. dashed rushes offensive has yet to reach odessa on the black sea. but people here have been stealing themselves for weeks. volunteers flocked to the beach not to enjoy the sun, but to fill sandbags for barricades. they want to help whatever it takes, and they believe in victory. no matter how versus vision know in maria holding argue, it doesn't matter who we but this battle comes at a high price. cities like murder, you pull, almost burned to the ground and turned into a ghost town. and the human toll. it's hard to verify how many people have been killed in this war. in a crematorium and keep dozens of earns lay unclaimed. the relatives of the dead

have had to flee and leave their loved ones behind officials in the ukrainian port city of marian pull, believe some 300 people could have died in last week's russian strike on assess of their hundreds of people was sheltering in the building in the center of the besieged city when it was hit, marie pull, a strategic portion, industrial center has been under heavy bombardment for weeks. civilians trapped there have little food power or running water. and joining us from the western ukrainian city of levine is all correspondent. they're funny for char, funny, 300 people are said to have died in the bombing of the sad and mario pool last week . tell us, what more are you hearing about that? local authorities, emory pool are remaining in this conjunctive and speculation formula could have

died because it's really hard just to have the complete number of casualties there when this attack happened last week. and i have to out point their point out. they are that in big letters in russia, it said children in front of the theater are trying to prevent that. something like this can take place an attack on basically internally displaced people who just where they are trying to somehow hold on, hoping that they could escape this horror. now it's unclear how many people were in the building last week or who the number 1000. as a result, we cannot really verify and know the exact number, but a loaner report that apparently so many people have died. it clearly tells you that this and it's hack, not just only sent shock waves he across ukraine, but also so many parts of the world as people are wondering just how far this a russian attack against ukraine is going to go as they claim they just want to fulfill their plan,

which is about the minute to rising this country. now we're hearing the ukraine has said it sank a russian supply ship. what could that mean for ukrainian morale? could that be a boost given the fact that this is not just as very strategic for they're very close to my pool about one and a half hours under normal circumstances. but also the fact that ukraine, of course, needs to somehow keep up the spirits here among those who want to resist the people at the front line, or people who return to ukraine even here to the town of live in west and ukraine to show resistance by simply returning to water country. so any success or that can be seen as a success by ukrainian forces is something that really the ukrainian government is clinging on to. this is something they don't really need to keep the spirit up. we shall not forget that this war has been going on going on for more than a full weeks. and what else is there to com?

so it's very important, but in terms of, in terms of what it signals in terms of a military success, we shall not forget either that russia remains superior given the number of troops given the military gear. they have an ukraine is also accusing russia. the ducting, thousands of civilians evacuated from cities such as mario full tell us more about those accusations. that's quite interesting actually because ukraine claims about 400000 people have been forced forcibly removed from ukraine. and that very same or similar number more, but more than 400000 was also the number rush you use, but they painted a different picture. they said that these people wanted to leave voluntarily, and that they are helping them even financially. so claims and counterclaims there, which of course doesn't change the situation on the ground, which is that at least $100000.00 people remain trapped in mario poll. not only they are also in heavily shout channel, jeremy, if

a places like how to keep su me and others, so the humanitarian catastrophe keeps suffocating. so many parts of ukraine, regardless of what we cannot verify yet because we cannot talk to people who apparently have been taken to russia or not. this is something that we will know as soon as actually we have access to talk to people. and funny, just briefly, what's the sense amongst ukrainians about how much longer they can keep going under the circumstances the people i be speaking to are the over the past week, for example, they keep saying they want to resist. there is no way that you crane is going to give up any land, but at the same time, of course is growing frustration because they do see all the video links that a president lensky strike to basically call on political lead us in a very emotional way but on the other hand, there's disappointment that all the promises by foreign politicians fall short of the expectations of ukrainians. so people want to resist, but at the same time,

at the very same time, they do want that the international political decision makers step in and increase their support militarily in any way they can can if a child in levine, ukraine, thank you so much. now the russian onslaught has sent millions of ukrainians on the run, many left their homes in a hurry, taking only what they could carry. for many of those arriving hungry and living, there has been a pleasant surprise, though, provided by one of ukraine's top shafts. i mean, se reports if you need a free meal and the v, just ask for menu number to master chef again. corporate tango is crafting a daily meal for refugees. and just because it's free doesn't mean it's not going name going to be like that. about the gravy that's i'm fees and the wild mushrooms global tank. it was certainly one of the most well

known chefs in ukraine. he won the reality show master chef ukraine in 2015 and had a restaurant in here which he left behind. the very day russian baited as a man of fighting age, crippled tank. i cannot leave the country and i have to enlist at the military called that he will do anything to help your brain. but as a soldier, he wouldn't be much help. my world is like being quarrelled with allow be and everyone it's like my world despite. 1 i'm thinking that if i take the gun, i will do a just the one of the worst soldiers in the, in the world. but if i take knife and go to the kitchen, i can be one of the best in the world. today. his 1st customers show up around 11 am. this couple arrived in the view from the central ukrainian city of zap parisha a week ago. wanting to know if we heard about if can comp a tank from our smartphone from facebook. he's doing

a good thing. we're very grateful to him. in such difficult times, he's made a menu for us, for the refugees were very grateful. the free menu number 2 is paid for by profits from menu number one, which attracts those looking to support the cause and rub shoulders with a celebrity chef isn't because they have lost mcculloch as a sort of my wife heard about him on tv, but it's a mile on his life. jim could live, it's a de la button. yeah. but of course she told me about it and we decided to come and see if there was really a free menu for refugee, etc. we wanted to go out and support the restaurant. salenti of lawyers, old might be the name of the of less nica, the gamma g m. for now the beast dro is called others. but that name says club tank o could change nothing right now. and the div can be set in stone,

and that's and use round up business news is up next with a closer look at the u. s. pledge to these shipments of natural gas to the european union. i'm a new kids mckennan above the whole team. and thanks so much for watching the dumplings with hold i what people have to say matters to us. mm. that's why we listen to their stories reporter every weekend on d w. ah .