for starts march 30th on dw with ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia signals, it may shift, it's war aims. in ukraine, a senior russian military official says the 1st stage of its campaign is complete and that moscow would now focus on eastern ukraine. this comes as ukrainian force is re capture territory near keith, also coming up biden in poland. the u. s. president visits the nato ally and meets with american troops station near the border with ukraine is coming off

a trip to brussels, where he announced an energy deal with the e. u. and fridays for future movement takes to the streets with protests across the globe will look at the link between the climate crisis and the war and ukraine. and fighting for your brain by feeding those spleen war in his country. if i take the gun, i will delay just for one of the worst soldiers in the world. but if i take a knife and go to the kitchen, i can be one of the best in the world. one of ukraine's best known shafts tells us how he is quite literally serving his country. ah, i am abby courthouse and welcome to the program. as russia says, it's completed 1st phase of this war, the ukraine military pushing moscow's troops back and retaking territory around the

capital. the united kingdom says ukraine has reclaimed several towns near keith. still more civilian deaths have been confirmed. local officials and mary, all bull say 300 people died in the russian attack on a theater last week. the russian word for children appeared outside the theatre in hopes of preventing an attack on the structure. the city has been among the hardest hit so far. matter, you bull in eastern ukraine has come to symbolize the devastation russian bombardment has wrought. most of the city has seen terrible destruction. people trapped here struggle to find food or water. ukrainian officials now believe some 300 people could have died in last week strike on a theater. their hundreds had been seeking shelter in the building when it was leveled by a russian bomb. here and michel live near the black sea. a rocket hit tatiana as

building her neighbors were killed. her home is now wrecked. well, but she is staying put your apple tv. we will stay in the co live and will be here until the end of board. i will go back to work. yes. if my company is still operating for you, i'm not in the do i hope to carry on working more just not through tv. but while russia keeps bombing from afar, it's advanced into ukraine's main cities has mostly stalled ukrainian forces are pushing back on the front line and need a pin just outside the capital. keep ukrainian forces have repelled the russians with a series of counter attacks. as this commander explains, so if they think that the russians don't have the combat power, my men are hitting their supplies. and in cubicles armed citizens would be shooting

from every window and door. venzano, ukraine's defences are holding loudly me to put in hopes of a lightning quick war. dashed, but this battle comes at a high price, especially for human lives. it's hard to verify how many people have been killed in this war. in a crematorium, in keith, dozens of earns lay unclaimed. the relatives of the dead have fled and they had to leave their loved ones, remains behind. my joy now by dw corresponded nick connelly who's in the ukrainian capital. keep nick, what more can you tell us this hour about the situation and the capital this has been a day of a bomb alerts arrayed alerts basically all the afternoon. and there are definitely some very loud bangs that seem to be a whole lot quote closer to where we are here in downtown keith than we'd seen in previous days. that doesn't mean the russians getting any closer. quite the

opposite. seems that they are changing tactics and basically accepting the fact that they are not going to make pro progress towards at the center of ukraine government anytime soon. more shelling more rocket attacks, seemingly, also lots of ukrainian anti aircraft systems knocking stuff out of the sky. but definitely pretty loud and worrying off noun here, especially since in recent days you had a sense that people were finding some kind of normality were getting used to these new conditions were coming out in great numbers, some shops and cafes. reopening more people out on the streets, but then that coach, reminder, that danger is pretty close here. and even though you know, for now it's been a safer here, that has been the suburbs of cuba, close to those places where the funding is going on that that dangerous is ever present. nick rush, i now says the 1st phase of this war is mostly complete. what do they mean by that? i think they're putting a bray face on some pretty disappointing military results here. all the russian

state media line heading into this conflict in the early days and weeks of this conflict was about basically forcing ukraine into capitulation. we had reports of russian parade uniforms found here in ukraine's. it seems like they thought they would be celebrating of issue for a hearing here pretty early. and that is the thing not happening. east of care of we having reports of ukraine force pushing back russian military units by about 20 to 30 kilometers in the west of care if they're not making any progress and could potentially be surrounded in a couple more days. so i think this is an attempt to sell this as a success to the russian population, especially at the time now where ever increasing numbers of russian soldiers are losing their lives here in the news of those deaths is now finally filtering through the communities where these people come from, so i think it's attempt to put a brave face on what is a pretty unsuccessful campaign and to try and define objectives differently in a way that may be that they can reach some kind of goals. without that meeting to fail here in ukraine, like what you just talked about. western intelligence has also been saying recent

days that the russian offence it appears to have stalled, rather with little gains towards key this operation as potent calls. it has not been going according to plan. definitely, and you know, i think there's been a shock in russia at quite how well the ukranian army has been able to respond. i think there was expectation in moscow that this would be a rerun of 2014 when russia was able to basically pick off crimea with very little resistance. so this was a time where you crane was in political turmoil after my done protests. and there wasn't really anyone in charge. and since then ukraine has had a lot of support from the west in terms of training, but also weaponry. and also just had hundreds of thousands people who have fought in the east and don bass, who have that combat experience. that is something that very few european countries have. and so you, grain is well placed to in terms of manpower in terms of people with experience to fight this war. i think that was something that the russian side definitely didn't take into account. talk to us a little bit about negotiations between russia and ukraine. has there been any movement or any progress at all?

we had that news from turkey to day, from sources close to prison. edwin saying that some kind of consensus had been reached on lot to points between russia and ukraine. that was very soon, a knocked down by the ukranian form mister columbo said actually that there wasn't any progress on this that ukraine wasn't willing to make russian or one of the official languages, for instance, and wasn't willing to give up on its aspirations to join nato, and there are lots of huge differences in positions here. ukraine, similarly in no position, a willingness to accept russian control over crimea, or to accept the independence of those self proclaimed republics in the east. in the hands. convenience, i think for now it's about the optics. neither side can afford to be seen to not be open to negotiation specially crane needs to show that willingness to make sure it gets that support from europe and other western countries. but for now, it doesn't really seem like either side has yet taken losses of scale that would force them to really compromise on things that wouldn't go down well at home. i

think it still is clear that the russians are trying to push home or their advantage in terms of manpower and supplies on ukraine. they still don't want to accept. this is not going anywhere. i think the, the line seen here ukraine's, that russia is just trying to regroup and win time with these talks. and with talk of sneer focusing on don bus. and similarly, ukraine increasingly thinks that it can at least hold out for long enough until the price of western sanctions and western pressure. russia is so high in russia that russia will then be forced to offer peace terms that would be acceptable to most ukrainians. did w correspond at nick connelly reporting from the ukrainian capital. thank you, neck the u. s. and the you have announced a plan to reduce european countries dependence on rash and gas at a joint news conference with european commission chief ursula founder lion president joe biden said the us would work to secure another 15000000000 cubic meters of gas for europe this year. he also said the current crisis is an opportunity to seek out renewable energy sources sooner on his 1st trip to europe,

since russia's invasion of ukraine. u. s. president joe biden is stepping up efforts to assist you allies announcing a task force to reduce europe's reliance on russian fossil fuels. between european union. there were going to work to ensure an additional 115-1515 1000000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas l. n. g for europe this year. and as you're, as you worked to discontinue it by russian gas, well before 2030 and was, will also work to ensure additional you market demand for 50000000000 cubic meters . rowan g from united states annually by 2030 with almost half of the ears, natural gas coming from russia. the european commission president said it sends a clear message that europe won't help fuel russia's war. mister president. joe, this war will be a strategic failure for putting so we want as europeans to diversify away from

russia, towards suppliers that we trust that our friends and that are reliable. on thursday western powers gathered in brussels for back to back meetings of nato, the e u. and g 7 topping the agenda, confronting the unprecedented threat to europe, stability and the unpredictable aggression of russia's war against ukraine. natal chief reaffirmed his support for ukraine and a response if russia deployed a nuclear or biological attack, our top military commander, general walters house, activated naples, chemical, biological, or rather logical and nuclear. the fence elements on ours are deploying additional chemical and biological and nuclear defenses to reinforce or existing on new vacuums. for moscow they promised more punishment and isolation,

including new sanctions against hundreds of individuals and entities. g 7 leaders announced that they'll restrict the russian central banks use of gold, major, wheat producers, canada, and the u. s. that they'd increase exports to help combat the growing food security crisis caused by russia invasion of ukraine nail. luckily, but ukraine's president appealed for more military support and called out the block for not taking action against russia fast enough. he has added with this, the smaller sanity, uva plight sanctions. and we're grateful to pulling these are powerful steps to keep these, but it was a little late. we civil war because of the was preventive club. russia would not have gone to war. no one knows for sure. but at least there was a chairs with nearly 4000000 ukrainians having fled the war by the announce planned to welcome 100000 refugees before leaving for poland to assess the humanitarian

situation on the border with ukraine. while the west or for the children says by piling more pressure on russia and pivoting away from its energy supply, fighting ranges on into its 2nd month urgency to find peace and stability has never been more pressing. german chancellor offshore spoke a short while ago at a european union press conference for more or less bringing political correspondent, simon young. 5 and what are your mean take away from the summit? well, the, the discussion, the c name i see seems to have been dominated by an argument about what to do about high energy prices across europe's a problem in many european countries. and it was even before the war, which of course has made it a lot worse. so you've got different countries. for instance, many of the mediterranean countries like spain, chiefly saying that there should be intervention at european level caps on prices

for oil and gas. other countries like germany disagree, so there wasn't agreement on that this evening but to the european commission is going to go away and look at reforming the way energy prices are calculated and report back by may more widely. of course, this was a summit, intended to just reaffirm europe's commitment to supporting ukraine and showing unity in the face of rough and aggression. aside from showing that unity, the u. s. and the u, announcing this energy deal, how much will this agreement help countries that are dependent on russian gas, particularly germany we had it there. president joe, by announcing 15000000000 cubic leases of liquefied natural gas to come to the u this year. but it's worth saying that's just a 10th of what the you get from russia. but then again, biden says, well, you know,

that the amount delivered could go up to 50000000000 leases a year in the longer term. so this is all part of a, a shift away from dependence on russian energy sources. we've seen the german economy minister, robert ha, back going to the gulf to sign deals with countries they have on energy supply. and he's also saying, by the way, that reliance on rushing coal will come down by half in the next few weeks and the expect a reliance on russian energy of russian oil, excuse me, from germany at to be virtually ended by the middle of 2024 as he seeing all these kind of positive signals, people say we can do without rushing russian oil and gas when we need to mention the phasing out of this by the mid of 2024, but in germany. but that's not fast enough for some of the other european countries . can you talk to a little bit about the divisions within the block when it comes to an embargo on

energy from russia? well, i think, you know, the, there is a discrepancy between them. the baltic countries and poland on the one hand who of course are, are as if you like frontline states in the context of this war. they say you should in dependence now because that gas, in particular that's being bought from russia is effectively paying for the russian war effort. other countries like germany, like actually say, well, we can't turn the turn the supply off overnight. that would be too much of a blow for our industry and our economy and would actually make our overall strategic situation worse paradoxically. so they say, well, you gotta do it step by step. but as i've suggested, they say they're really getting on with it fast. d w correspondent, find young thanks your time, simon. just hours after agreeing on that new energy deal with the

u. u. s. president joe biden travel to poland. he's now in the capital. warsaw, after spending some time near the border with ukraine. there he met with polish president and j duda. the south eastern city of j job is where the u. s. military serves a long 5 polish troops as part of nato biden. we'll hold more talks, we'll do dad this weekend on the collective military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at a briefing with president, do that, and military officials biden was clear about what he thinks is the way forward. the single most important thing that we can do is keep democracy united in our opposition or effort to devastation occurring in quite frankly, because walk free from legal definition. well,

t w's barbara vessel explains what the american president hoped to signal with his visit. the message is absolutely clear, he has particularly by traveling to the border region, was ukraine as sent the message to president putin, and that the nato alliance is ready to defend every foot off their territory. so that was something that the major leaders reiterated when they mentioned brooks on thursday, and that is the main message of president biden. he said around $10000.00 us soldiers are stationed in poland. and this town know that he visited today has about 2700 of them. and you set down was them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and you said, we're very grateful for your service and it is very important ed to descend the

borders here and defend the nato alliance and to show the moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this visit here. he dalia correspondent, are available in warsaw. they're now the fridays for future climate movement is taking to the streets around the world as young activists protest and the conflict and ukraine has given the demonstrations added urgency. ah, the war in ukraine was at the heart of the climate, strikes, 10000 people chic to the streets and berlin. to demonstrate for a rapid fossil fuel phase out for climate justice and above all for peace. for that they demanded an input band on russian oil, gas and coal, michelle mormon tom. i'm ashamed at the moment that we don't touch the heart to end this war by stopping the oil imports and mundane video early for lunch, stop by the korean hang. natural surprises are of course,

connected to many ways of meaning that will cause us enormous damage to the climate . when cities are destroyed, human lives destroyed bombs, so dropped that causes considerable damage to the climate. that's what's incredibly important to think about. crisis together, all these crisis have to be considered and solved together. the protests in berlin was the largest of around $300.00 events in germany. world wide demonstrations took place in more than 1000 places from taiwan to nigeria and australia. there demonstrate us gathered in front of the prime minister's office to demand better climate protection in the phase of more frequent natural disasters. west main climate disaster after climate disaster with bush fires and floods and not not just bush buys, mega bush by the mega floods that are just absolutely ravaging our communities. and we know that it's fossil fuels that are exacerbating these floods in these climate is also climate activists in else trailyn. berlin hopes that the war in ukraine

will end soon. however, they are fight for climate justice will probably continue for a very long time. 16 female foreign ministers from around the world have urged the taliban to reverse their decision on closing schools for the girls and afghanistan, the taliban unexpectedly changed course and announced on wednesday that there would be no schooling for girls above the 6th grade. the decision has left many wondering about their place and taliban ruled afghanistan. i dreamed for the future. crushed once again. i the tell upon sudden reversal means girls above the 6th grade can't go to school until further notice. m. m. deck and mac that they threw our dreams in the dirt, laughter. we are girls and we want to become doctors or engineers, but they don't want us to study at all in a to go ah,

is it a sin that we're girl? is it a sin that we study? just a few hours earlier. these classrooms were filled with hope. learning again after 7 months stuck at home. but by mid day, the taliban broke its promise. a decision that the u. n. has called a major setback for afghan girls. the secretary general says his denial of education not only violates the equal rights of women and girls education. it also jeopardizes the country's future in view of the tremendous contributions by afghan women and girls. the taliban education ministry has offered little in the way of explanation, saying in afghanistan, especially in the villages, the mindsets are not ready. we have some cultural restrictions. still, school girls came by the thousands for putting day assigned that many families do

believe their daughters deserve an education. i want these amik emerett says we must live according to his mom at laws. so they need to please open the schools because it is in the koran that both men and women are allowed to continue their education and study that's going on. no matter what these girls want for their future. they must wait for the men in power to decide if it is possible now to some of the other stories were falling for in this hour. saudi arabia is blaming demons. iran back to the movement for an explosion at an oil storage facility and jetta, the city is also the location of this weekend. saudi arabian formula. one grand prix smoke billowed throughout the day and could be seen and smelled during practice, runs for the race. hope frances has led

a ceremony at the vatican to consecrate both russia and ukraine to the immaculate heart of the virgin mary. the prayer ritual is of deep spiritual importance to many catholics. the service was frances, as latest effort for peace, of pope has yet to publicly condemn russia's war. conclude to the russian onslaught has sent millions of ukrainians searching for shelter. many left their homes in a hurry, taking only what they could carry for many of those arriving in la live, there has been a pleasant surprise, though, provided by one of ukraine's top chefs dw amin, as if visited his kitchen and live in western ukraine. if you need a free meal and the vive, 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 me going to be like that about the gravy that's i'm fees

and the wild mushroom global tank. it was certainly one of the most well known ships, the new cream. he won the reality show master chef ukraine. in 2015 and had a restaurant in here, which he left behind the very day russia and made it as a man of fighting age corporate tank cannot leave the country. what have to enlist of the military called that he will do anything to help you brain. but as a soldier, he wouldn't be much help. my world is like being world, you know, with the law be and everyone, it's like my world. that's why i'm thinking that if i take the gun, i will be like just the one of the worst soldiers in the, in the world. but if i take knife and they 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 you can comp

a tank from our smartphone from face. he's doing a good thing. we're very grateful to him. in such difficult time, she's made a menu for us, for the refugees were very grateful. the free menu number 2 is paid for by profits for menu number one, which attracts those looking to support the cause and rub shoulders with a celebrity chef isn't good lie of lust nica kaiser. so that when my wife heard about a mon tv, but it's a mile on the line, jim could live it's a de la button now, but she told me about it and we decided to come and see if there was really a free menu for refugee, etc. well, we wanted to love them. support the restaurant is jalencia. lloyd is my bit the name of the of last night gothic m a. d. m a. for now the beast, dro is called others. but that name says club wood. tank o could change. nothing right now in the vive can be set in stone.

you watching d w news. here's a recap of our main story. russia military has signaled it may be reducing its military ambitions and you crank a senior russian army officer, says the 1st stage of its military campaign. there has been largely complete it and that moscow would increasingly focus its efforts in eastern ukraine. this is d. w meaningfully back after the break with a day to station if you can. and abby called us and for all of us here of berlin, thanks for being with us. with ah, with

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