ah ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin blossom is zalinski says he's willing to consider neutral status for ukraine with the russian invasion. it's 2nd month ukraine's president says negotiators are carefully studying the issue, a central one to russian security demands. israel host a historic summit with the u. s. in for arab states. israel says it's a deepening alliance with its arab neighbors. can help counter the threat posed by iran. and coda wins the best picture at the oscars, but an on stage slap stuns the audience. actor will smith unexpectedly hit chris

rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about smith's wife. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world a michael. ok. some breaking news, just coming in to us. now rushers, justice ministry, has added this broadcast. her daughter bella, to a list of media organizations, it labels as foreign agents. that designation means we are required to label anything we publish with a disclaimer. the term carries negative soviet era come connotations and muttered suggestive of spying. it's not the 1st action taken against the w. in early february, russia ordered the closure of our moscow bureau, and our website was blocked by russia's state communications regulator. earlier

this month for more, i'm joined now by emily, sherwin emily was part of d w's. moscow bureau until russian authorities withdrew accreditation and revoked d w. 's broadcasting license shortly before the start of the ukraine invasion. emily 1st i want to ask you, what is your reaction to this news? on the one hand, you know, this announcement comes as a shock, but in some ways it's not unexpected. you mentioned that dw office in moscow was actually closed down by the russian authorities. in early february they again withdrew our accreditations, including my journalistic accreditation. and at the time they already said that they would consider also labeling deutsch avella for an agent. they've also been talking, you know, various people within the russian government have been talking about that for several years now. what it means, as you said, is that there are more administrative things that a dutch velaz to do with in russia. and also that all publications needs to be

labeled with this disclaimer that we are spreading. you know that we are a foreign agent. this information is being spread by foreign agent. the authorities have always claimed that it doesn't mean that you can't report if you have that a label. but of course, it carries these connotations of spying. and now, you know, during war time, i think these connotation carrying much, much more weight, especially, you know, with early, late february, rather the state prosecutor's office said that eating a foreign government in any way could be considered treason which could carry up to 20 years in prison, so what that means, you know, aiding a foreign government, does that now? mean, if you post, if you re post to deutsch velez publications, is that aiding after government, we don't know at the very least, it certainly makes our jobs harder. tell us more about this of foreign agent law in russia and how it's used by authorities, or in recent weeks since the war started hasn't, you know, come up too much. but last year,

especially early on in 2021. almost all critical media outlets were either labeled extremist or rather undesirable or of foreign agents. now, for the last few weeks since the war began, instead of that, the measures have been actually more extreme. so many media organizations were simply closed down. for example, the radio station, a homeless glee, the t v station dorsey, you mentioned also b, b, c, and d, w medusa were blocked within the country. so several media outlets the report in russian for russians, you know, from abroad. they also, the authorities blocked facebook and instagram declared, the parent company, a facebook and instagram meta extremist. so it's, it's essentially a case where the russian authorities are not letting any critical voices into the media landscape in russia any more. and this newest news is, is kind of an example of that again, well, at least it's good to see you under the same roof d w's. emily show,

in many things, president of lot of his zalinski says he's open to negotiating a potential neutral status for his country. in an interview with several independent russian news organizations which the kremlin banned from publication inside russia. so lensky said his team was carefully studying moscow's demand for ukrainian neutrality. he said that the issue would have to be put to a referendum. it comes as a ukrainian intelligence service warns that russia is trying to split the country into after more than a month of fighting key remains in ukrainian hands, though, increasingly scarred by war. but even those whose homes have been destroyed, believe that victory is possible with enough help. nor does the visit of the war. everything depends on how our western friends help us with the we will win if we get lots of help and we will win soon as it struggles to make advances on

the ground. russia has ramped up its bombardments. much of her heave, just 50 kilometers from the russian border, already lies in ruins. it was ukraine's 2nd largest city. now half of its residents have fled. thousands of those who remain have taken refuge in underground train stations, hiding from rushes heavy shelling in the besieged city of mary. u paul, the situation is even more dire. food and water are scarce and local, say they've had to bury their dead in makeshift graves. ukraine's president is carefully considering how to best and the suffering ballade. amir zalinski said his team was studying russia's demand for ukrainian neutrality. and that the issue would have to be put to a referendum, a good idea of his up wasn't security guarantees and neutrality. non nucular status of our country. we are ready to go for it. that's the most important point. it was

the main point for the russian federation. that's why they started this war. the funny is evelyn actually away. on sunday, ukrainian authority said an agreement had been reached with russia on a humanitarian court or out of mary you, paul, giving residence the chance to try and reach safety. those who do make it out may well join the ever growing number of refugees like these crossing into romania via ferry for some more insight. let's bring in lawrence, she cheese, the former moscow bureau chief of u. s. broadcast npr. he joins us from odessa, ukraine. oh, it's nice to see you of lawrence, a president zalinski is signaling. he's open to some kind of compromise. but is that message even getting through to russians? i'm not certain that it's getting to the russians because as you, as you alluded to, even mister lensky interview, which was intended for

a russian audience in russian and russian journalists was forbade, was forbidden to be broadcast in russia under unclear circumstances. there's no statute for this. they were just simply ordered. do not broadcast interview. i don't think that it really would come as a surprise because support for needle membership. if you go back to say 2005 was less than 20 percent and ukraine, it's slightly above 50 percent according to let his polls and his growing. but it's not beyond the pale that it would be something which number one you would want to put to referendum to make sure that you have public support for it in ukraine. and how you do that. i don't know during a war which has consume the eastern half the country for the most part, enters the car, give which your correspondent mentioned. so i'm not too surprised that he is putting idea of a referendum. i'm curious, given your, your history covering the area. what other crucial issues,

particularly related to this war? do you believe the russian people may very well be in the dark about i think they're in the dark about just about everything. everyone in this city in odessa, which by the way, is an overwhelmingly russian speaking city. it has a deep heritage and deep tie to well to the jewish community in eastern and central europe. i mean, a dresser was plurality, majority jewish city until 941. but everyone has a story. i set the table yesterday with ukrainian friends. all of them are russian speakers, by the way, they are, you agree? and the, all the story about contacting relatives or relatives contacting them by telephone in russia and saying, look, we're coming to liberate you. and they say to their friends, and these are people. they've known for years, we don't need the ration you don't understand what's going on so that i'm sure that most russians don't know what's going on. they have access to state television only

if they want, of course. and this is always been the case with the vacation, the soviet union. they have access to short wave radio. they can use the peons. they can use other means of obtaining information. but even the vpn issue, infuse the internet. rumors are being floated inside russia that if you use a vpn, this is critically, will find you. this was what i was told yesterday, be my ukrainian friends who speak russian or russian speakers. they're being told this by the relatives in russia and price. you know, i'm curious, presidency lensky has warned that russia's actions in ukraine threatened to instill a deep hatred toward russia, which is what president important claims he's fighting against. is there any discussion as far as you can see from your vantage point in russia, about how this conflict is hurting attitudes towards the country? well, i'm sure that there is, there was always an expression in russian soviet times which was called was co horn

install them. it meant the high under, behind the kitchen table at the kitchen table, things like this were discussed. and of course, the discussions going on between people, but this is limited probably to that percent of the population who is really interested in getting information and motivated to get information. and not afraid of losing their jobs or tentative measures. perhaps the broader swath of the population simply isn't interested and are intent on believing what they're told by state television and analyst a lauren's sheet reporting from odessa ukraine. many, thanks her. thank you. military drones are an important weapons for both sides and the warn ukraine. the unmanned aircraft coming of a variety of sizes and do many jobs from aerial surveillance to launching missiles . the u. s. is now sending ultra light drones to help you create the switch play

drones as they are known or small enough to fit in a backpack. but are able to strike targets with high precision and i in the sky with a deadly payload. this is a promotional video by the maker of this switch, blade loitering munition. it hangs out in the air and images back for humans to figure out targets. then it becomes a missile. switch blades are advertised online, they way just a few kilograms and can be launched from a small tube, requiring little setup or training. but it's the weapon system whose name cannot be spoken, at least by u. s. officials. i can't confirm a particular systems that president did speak over. we did speak of tactical unmanned aerial systems. we provided and are providing a 100 of those systems. but i'm not in position to to speak to all the specific systems and may be included in that package. ukraine has already been using so

called loitering munitions to strike russian forces. turkish made drones carried lightweight laser guided bombs. this footage purportedly shows the result of their strikes on russian targets. meanwhile, the russian military has been using drones, both big and small as part of its arsenal against ukraine. this video shows the aftermath of an alleged drone missiles strike on a science institute and keith and a small drone recovered at the scene. will the switch blades be a game changer? some analysts say the u. s. is sending too few of them a supply that will only last a couple of days. but as ukraine battles against the superior firepower of its invader, ukrainians can use all the help. they can get let's find out more now from arthur holland, michelle. he's a senior fellow at the carnegie council for ethics in international affairs in barcelona. welcome to d. w sir. tell us

a bit more about what makes these switch blades and brought to our show different. well, the thing about a loitering munition is it's kind of a mix between a missile and a drone. so unlike a large drone, it doesn't need an air field or lots of infrastructure to launch it is very small. as the report mentioned, it can be carried in a backpack. and unlike a missile, it gives you time to actually identify the target, get situational awareness and, and actually then literally drive the, the missile drone into the, the target manually or with some target recognition. and so it sort of combines the capabilities of those type of weapon system. and i imagine that these would be of particular use an advantage for the ukrainians. you right now, don't have the vision that you would get with with ariel power. yeah, well ukraine does actually have some aerial recognizance capabilities with anom

drones, including small commercial quad kupta on social media. we've seen a lot of videos that purport to show ukrainian military using these small drones to scout out positions, conduct recognizance and identify targets, but certainly they would be an additional capability. is this so tell, tell me more now about how each side is using a drone technology for their own particular purposes. so there are basically 3 types of missions that each side is using. drones for one is to, as i said, conduct intelligence recognizance, identify targets. maybe find targets for artillery strikes in the case of, of russia, more toss strikes. the 2nd is limited actual drone strike. so using drones that have weapons on them to target enemy positions neither side has done that extensively. and then 3rd is perhaps the most significant is sort of publicity,

you know, to capture imagery, any image that a drone captures of tactical operations can be shed easily on social media. and so that really has a, a significant psychological effect, which is something that drones always, ah, capable of doing in conflict psychological effect, which would, of course, speak to morale of the troops. you've written. that drums are another step in the gradual autumn ization of warfare that further removes humans and human judgment from the subjects of their decisions. what are the implications of that affectively? it reduces the accountability of warfare every time that you have a computer system or a drone that is intermediary between the, the human who's making the decision and the target of that decision. you can always blame the computer malfunction or, you know, communications issues or coding issues on these areas. and that reduces the ability

to apply laws of war to humans in the conduct of military operations. interesting that so arthur holland, michelle michelle, i'm sorry, a senior fellow at the carnegie council for ethics in international affairs in barcelona. ne, thank sir. thanks. you are a secretary of state antony blinkin has met with his counterparts from israel and for arab countries and has said that washington and its allies will continue to work together to confront security challenges and threats, including from iran and its proxies. the beginning of the give summit was overshadowed by an attack by the so called islamic state in the israeli city of a dera to gunman. open fire before being shot dead by police. for more i am joined by dw corresponded tanya kramer, incidental care in the negative desert at the summit. atanya, as we just mentioned,

i imagine the terrorist attack that took place last night is drawing at least some attention away from the summer while absolutely and behind it again, i in the closing statements off all of the foreign ministers just as some time ago, condemning this attack, but also emphasizing that this is also why such a sum it needs to happen to combat extremism. like what we sing, it is a boring development in israel. it is rarely a prime minister, enough tale. bennett has said that it's a something new that needs to be addressed. it is actually the 2nd time in a week that such an attack, a deadly attack has happened with reportedly linked to the so called ex islamic state. so the summit just ended what came out of the media? well, i think what tongue as struck me was said the tone of the closing statements of the

foreign ministers. they were actually in a emphasizing that there is a need to strengthen the ties to work on this or on these relationships between the countries. for some of them. of course, this is a very new thing that started with the signing of the opera. hm. a courts or the normalization agreements in 2020. so just about a 2 a years ago for egypt has also take part to day on the p. st. is one of the longest piece partners of as well of us 43 years ago. and so what's a stood out as well. the emphasis was also and that was a bit unexpected on the palestinian issue. the a foreign minister explicitly said there is a need to call for a 2 state solution to create a situation where negotiations can take place and where a seeing instead can be a created. and all of this will result, of course, here what we heard,

the summit will be put into something more, a stable, a forum that will meet annually as we understand to talk about trade security and economic economic issues. you know, the image of all those gentlemen standing there is perhaps striking for many um, how significant has this meeting in israel been for the region with top diplomats from for arab countries and delegates from the united states having attended my was certainly unprecedented. that hasn't happened before, it was made a possible through this no monetization process. and of course, it was also at the same time, a highly symbolic, but nevertheless no. by creating such a forum, they say this is something that is the start of something that should continue between those countries. but of course, and not every country in the region on supports. this normalization process. there has been a criticism, especially because it left it usually has left out the palestinian

a issue. but of course it does reflect, you know, the changing landscape here and changing alliances as well in the region as always are many things t w's tanya cream. well, the feel good family film coda was named a best picture at the oscars in a surprise when making it the 1st streamed film to pick up the prize. but the most memorable moment of the ceremony was an outburst of violence from one of holowitz biggest starch actor will smith got up on stage and slapped comedian chris rock in the face. it was the year's biggest night in hollywood with a star studded line up the academy awards honoring the film industry's best movies at the oscars ceremony. but the night was overshadowed by an incident on stage. comedian chris rock made a joke about, act at will smith's wife, j pink at smith, who suffer strong alopecia. it didn't go down to, well,

taylor log her j j into can't wait to see you. ah. oh ricka. oh, wow. wow. do it was a g. i jane joe, he mark boy. oh yeah. a jaw dropping moment for viewers around the world. smith and then went on to win best actor for his performance in king richard. a movie about the father of tennis does venus and serena williams, and he apologized in his acceptance speech. your part imitates life. i looked like the crazy father lives like they say like crazy father. just like they said about with you or your mom, but law will make you do crazy things. the lapd says it won't take things further.

as chris rock declined to file a police report. oscars organizes tweeted that it does not condone violence. the academy also tried to show off its diversity compared to previous years. apple t miss coda took the spotlight starting deaf actors in leading roles. it won best picture mocking the 1st time a streaming service took home the film award to do the power of the dog, which lead 12 nominations picked up on jane canyons directing when jessica chastine landed best actress for her role in the eyes of tammy faye mcgrew and best international film was awarded to japan's drive my car while the oscars was hoping to have a booster ratings to see as physical confrontation between 2 superstars certainly

dominated the headlines. i'm now joined by scott roxborough from a d w culture. scott: i did not need to your coffee this morning when i saw this image on television. this must be an oscar 1st. will it hurt? will smith's career yet we'll have to see. i mean, it was utterly shocking. i was watching this. who in the morning here in germany and i was suddenly, you know, snapped awake a by this a lot of people were saying, right after it's all, this must have been stage. it definitely didn't look staged to me. and i honestly don't believe chris rock is that good an actor, but he could have pulled that off. i'm. it is, it is really, really shocking. and all of these, such an act of violence is utterly inexcusable. we'll have to wait to see em. how will smith responds and with response around him is i was actually texting with a colleague of mine in los angeles was at the van b. their party right after the wards and saw will smith and his family a dancing on the dance floor ripping up. so obviously it has an impact them that

much yet, but we'll see especially we'll see how this plays out on social media over the next couple hours. just know very quickly. will smith look like he was laughing at the beginning, but his wife certainly was not. let's talk about some of the other winners starting with best picture. going a coda. the film is, has mostly deaf actors in a, in a nutshell. what's it about? well, it's about a, the only hearing member of a otherwise deaf family. she's a child of death. adults that's what cota stands for and it's basically it's a sort of a feel good movie. it's about this a young girl who is a child of adults, but she discover she has a talent for singing. and then she's caught between staying with her family or sort of pursuing her dreams, actually very standard hollywood style story. and as i say, very feel good movie. it was in some ways, a very mainstream choice for the oscars given what happened, chris will, will smith. i wonder whether you remember any other moments from that evening, but what else stood out for you? well, i mean, it is interesting because coat is the 1st a streaming film to win the oscars. that would have been big news. a had this event

not happened with will smith. i was also thought it was great to see jane campion, when best director, only female to win the best director warden really well deserve for her filling the power of the dog. as you say, this event with a will smith and chris rock and hitting him on stage that overshadowed everything else. basically, all the other films have been forgotten in the wake of what happened last night. i always enjoy getting your opinions. what was your favorite movie of all the winners last night? i have to say, i really love doing it 16 offers all technical or didn't win any the acting awards or anything like that. but it was only the only feel of the ones normally that was a really big hollywood blockbuster. i think that's kind of films. we really need to get people back into the theater. so that was my absolute favorite classroom. great . take great take is always that is scott roxborough from d w culture. well,

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