ah ah ah ah, this is the w news lie from berlin warnings, not to trust. russia's pledge to pull its troops back from keith. the kremlin says there was no breakthrough at peace talks with ukraine after earlier saying it will reduce military activity around the capitol. but moscow says, this is neither a cease fire nor a retreat. also, coming up, germany is bracing for possible disruptions to his gas deliveries from russia and

activates an early warning system. this after berlin rejects moscow's demands to pay for gas in rubles, and israel is on heightened alert after a spate of attacks. mourners gather for the funeral procession of one of 5 people shot dead, and the telephone suburb, the government as warning of the new wave of ah, i'm gabelle as well come to the program. rushes pledge to reduce military operations around the ukrainian capital. keith has been met with skepticism by the united states and ukraine. they say moscow is just repositioning troops and not withdrawing over in ukraine's eastern region of donetta, held by moscow back rebels. heavy shelling, damaged apartments and it opened as

a suburb of keith. russian forces have been pushed back, leaving ruins behind but ross has pledged to reduce its operations around 2 ukrainian cities came off to p stokes, between rushman ukrainian delegations in his stumbled. ukraine has proposed that it is willing to become permanently neutral, but says it requires security guarantees from a group of nations. another round of peace talks, but this time with 1st signs of progress is ukraine opens up to discuss, adopting a neutral status. russia promised to scale down operations. the, that is, the russian defense ministry has made the important decision to decrease military activity. several fold it in the direction of keith and churn, to his, to increase mutual, trusting and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations. negotiations that will be needed to increase trust, but in action and not in words,

ukraine's presidents stressed talk more than those of other yes, we can say that the signals we hear from the talks are positive. i'll it. but the signals can't silence the explosions from russian shalysea seasonal. of course, we see all of the risks and of course life we don't see ground to trust the words coming from representatives of the country that continues trying to destroy us over your body that are the nozzle. lisa rushes, announcement was also met with skepticism in washington. but i think we should be clear eyed about the reality of what's happening on the ground and no one should be fooled by russia's announcements. we believe any movement of forces around keith is a re deployment and not a withdrawal. i in the world should be prepared for a major offensive against other areas of ukraine. offensive that in the future should be stopped by other countries, acting as security guarantors. an idea that keith proposed in exchange for

neutrality and in place of nato membership as peace talks, gain momentum. there is now also another possibility on the horizon. a high level meeting between both presidents as branded other correspond mathias herb bellinger . he is in kiva mathias. russia says it will drastically reduce its military activity near china if in the north and the capital. keith, what is your assessment from the situation on the ground there? well, from what we're hearing and i mean what we're hearing, what the thunder we're hearing in the air. the shelling that we can hear, even here from the city center of key of are fighting, has not relented. it has if anything intensified, of course we can. knox here who has fired, which rounds. and we also know that the has been offensive and offensive by the ukranian army. but the fighting is at this moment going on. and what we have been

hearing from our officials in this suburb of key of european that the ukranian army claims to have re conquered is that the place is still regularly showed by the russian army. on the other hand, it's also not clear what mean, what it means to reduce fighting it. we know what it means to or hold fighting, but what, how, how do we measure reduction in fighting it's, it's never it at the same intensity level anyway, so um, there are many questions about that and there is also deep distrust here not only from officials but also in the population or what and as far as this announcement is concerned, russia has previously or withdrawn or said it would withdraw or withdraw its troops and, and attacked afterward. so we have to see what happens on the ground until we can make an assessment of that. mother said there have also been reports about

intensive hi shelly, eastern ukraine. what more can you tell us about that? yeah, we've heard these reports and they're in line with what russia san russia has said at the same time it would ease its attack here on the capital of here and concentrate on what they call the liberation of on bus. which means that they would most probably try to conquer as much territory as possible. of these 2 districts lines and done yet, part of which was controlled by the self proclaimed republics that russia has recognized in the run up to this war. so an intense, intensified fighting in that region would be totally in line with what russia has said. did i because one of my tiers billing other talking to us from p a. thank you

much years and our next guest is a glass snack coff. she's a writer and the author of russia security policy under putin. layer russia claims it will reduce its military activity. western government say they have to see it to believe it. are you seeing it? and are you believing it? so i think following the announcements on that the russians would cut down on their shelling of keith and chin. you have at the moment when not seen it, as your correspondence suggest, it has been intensified shelling of both cities overnight. and if we're looking at what's happening on the ground, there has been some withdrawal of russian trips from outside keith. but there hasn't been major movements of trips. so it's rather away now it's a with, it's rather a regrouping and then event a withdrawal. so i think the russians will move towards fighting sort of a warn,

attrition, probably closer to the bus. and they're still hoping once they have captured mario, to create a land corridor from crimea going all the way to dumbass that will be the focus from now on. i was just about this is one of the largest armies in the world, the russian, the russian army. why have they been unable to meet the military objectives so far? so in some ways, we actually have been all very confused about what the military objectives were. so it is the largest army they have in theory reform, the army after the failure of the georgia, 2008 war. but it seems that the initial assumptions of a quick operation in ukraine has failed. they will, over stretch, they try to do from 3 fronts. the logistics have been fairly poor. there is a strong lack of coordination. we still have no idea who's actually directing the military operation. and, you know,

there's poor morale on the ground effectively. they have also come up against very great euclidean resistance, so we mustn't underestimate, so the resistance, but also sort of the political failures of choosing this campaign. now the hope of a quick victory has long been dashed. what other options my to to be considering right now? i think at this point they will be focusing on dumbass. i think the war of attrition, trying to grind the ukrainian forces down in the east. now your bill continues to be the focus. and as i said, the creation sort of that land corridor, we will continue seeing shelling of other areas in ukraine. but i would assume, at least for now the focus on is on eastern new crane. however, that does not mean that the russian operations when shift in the future. alas, no cove, they're an expert on the russian foreign and security policy. thank you very much.

thank you. germany's government is activating an early warning plan to prepare for possible shortages of gas deliveries from russia. economy minister hope harbor says a crisis team is being established to monitor gas supplies as follows. moscow's demand for payment in rubles, which germany and many other importers have rejected. harvick who's with the environmental is green party, and germany's government also urged industrial households to conserve energy via zehnder. i'm as address, we are in a situation where i have to say clearly that every kilowatt hour of energy saved helps understand. that is why i would like to combine the triggering of the early warning level for gas supplies with the appeal for health to companies and private consumers. you are helping germany. you are helping ukraine when you reduce your use of gas or energy in general. like in skunked, i'm spawn of little correspondent,

jared read is following this story and joins us now. jared, what is this early warning plan? and what does it mean that it, that they've activated it? right, so again, this is level one of a 3 level response. and basically what this early warning level means is that a crisis team is going to be meeting every day. they will be made up of representatives from a little bit habits industry who we just heard from in that sound bite, but also service providers of energy representatives of the regions in germany. they're going to be meeting every day and monitoring the situation closely. and i guess working out their responses to the next 2 levels, which are the alarm level and then eventually level 3, the emergency level. and as you mentioned, this is in response, i guess, to a demand from vladimir pollution, that gas be paid for going forward in roubles. this is something that the g 7 group

of nations, which is led by germany at the moment, has rejected. and in response, the kremlin is due to announce on thursday a set of rules for how it expects its energy, like gas to be paid for going forward. so what has been set up today, i guess, is a precautionary response in response to this pushed by the kremlin because as countries like germany which are trying to reduce their energy reliance on russia, they're not quite there yet. they need to work out what they will do in a more formal way, if russia does decide to stop supply. now, germany has repeatedly said it would not stop and bore the energy from russia due to its dependence. but how concerned is berlin right now that moscow may shut off its gas applies? well, one of the underlying messages from colbert hardback is that it's not in a kind of panic stations mode, yet there is enough gas for industry and consumers. and he kind of highlighted that

what has been done today is a more precautionary sense. they are waiting to see what these new rules are that are going to be unveiled on thursday by moscow. a little bit hard. big said that as of now, russia is fulfilling its contractual obligations. germany, it must be stress can't immediately do without russian gas, but it is working towards that. it's a goal though that's going to take a few years to achieve. but the government is saying there is no risk of immediate gas shortage. is jared read there? thank you very much. jared. the leader of the russian province of chechnya, this calling for the storming of ukraine's capital keith as part of russia. so hold military special military operation for years. soldiers from chechnya have been fighting alongside pro russian separatists in east and ukraine church and separatists ford to wars against russia after the collapse of the soviet union. but

russia, violet defeated the separatists and now touched now as part of the russian federation, and as ruled by ramson could dearoff that. so loyal ally of president vladimir putin put in as repeatedly called upon could dearest paramilitary fighters to undertake risky missions in ukraine. but some church and separatists have also joined the war fighting against russian forces. they're seen as the muscle of the russian military feared for their brutality on the battlefield . soldiers from chechnya fighting for president vladimir putin in ukraine. the chechens are believed to be in the thick of a fighting here in what's left of mary, a poll federalist a 5th footage. they say is from inside the city, it shows them going house to house and firing on residential buildings.

they're loyal to this man, ram sanky deer, of for proclaiming presence of a chechen republic who calls himself putin's foot soldier badger though at. so i'd like to give some advice to the current president of ukraine vala deems zalinski before he becomes a former president of ukraine. stubborn prescott. you should hurry up and call our president the commander in chief of vladimir putin and asked for his forgiveness. but basil isn't in love with during the 2nd chechen war could deeroff in his militia helped moscow defeat separate his rebels and bring chechnya back into russia control. it was a brutal war but left for capital grossly in ruins. seen similar to the destruction seen to day in ukraine, he dear, of claims, tens of thousands of his men are fighting in ukraine. whatever their true number they're seen as a potent psychological weapon for vladimir putin. for analysts suggest they might

actually be more hype than help. this footage filmed by the ukrainian mandatory on b outskirts of keith claims to show what's left of a chechen column after an ambush, burns how armor litters road book a day, rough denies his forces suffered any setback near to your dash. 2 will be to some say that many of our fighters were killed. no, it would be the not measure by so long when i see it from the other. we have not sustained a single loss. no, it's not a single soldier has been wounded to that. not a single soldier scratched. not a single person has even caught a cold or nast more conversion. a fierce fire fight in a village northeast of keys. this video was posted on social media by ukrainian volunteer unit. is believed fighters from chechnya over in its ranks fighting for

the government in heath and against rams and kidney, rav chechens on both sides of a front line in a war within a wall of more. this aspect i am now joined by miriam hes. she's a research fellow as the and the german council on foreign relations who's written extensively on chechnya and it's malicious. now, ramson kabir, of calling for the storming of keys there, just as russia analysis. it is scaling back its forces in that area is he acting outside the crime is authority? well, 1st of all, i think we have to understand kind of rule really in the put in a power structure. and this is more that could, you know, it's really the only person or one of the person that is only loyal to put in him. right. so i think this narrative of him acting outside of, put in command is something i'm highly skeptical about. i think this maneuver of

him really like trying to emphasize the more narrative of being ready to storm and like to 5 key of something which just like playing into the narrative of him trying to instrumental lies. the stereotype of the tension was proven. combat experience hydra, in some highly skeptical about him, really acting out of put him commands. i rather think that he's trying to look at some fight experience. narrative again to the conflict as russia now, like allegedly retreating his troops from here, 9, our report. we mentioned that a war with in a war tell us more about this very complex role. the chechens and tension fighters are playing in ukraine. yes, i think chechens living in the side for example, in europe then trying to fight russia and some kind of international bed of to,

to something that is not new. it is not new. now. we also witnessed that not, not like, recently and syria. so it is really such and now fighting under ukrainian side is a pen and on that a 3 d corresponding to the history of like experience and to having experience 2 bars. and they're now trying to like, really extend and continue the fight against the russian system. or a russian machine, because now the fights of the 2nd sexual warfare sample was initiated by putin. and so of course, the leader and what makes the said the narrative on the ukrainian, it's now so, so more like conscious or aware for us is or permanent for us is that the war now is a war between ukraine and russia and syria. sample. that section where also very prominent

and very present, but because this was what, like more under the narrative. i'm kind of d hot. we really not like it took it as it boss. meaning that the captions fighting on the training side are really trying to continue the battle against russia on the russian side. as it said already, there are the, you know, the meaning, the private military militia, from fighting on the russian tides, and really trying to like be part of some kind of psychological offer and to frighten ukraine intellectually surrendering is interesting that you mentioned that it is the frightening the ukrainian career of church and fighters have a fear some reputation is justified. well, it is hard to tell you that this justify because we think about the history of chestnut. there's not really like a situation in which the exceptions on russian side could have proven themselves to be that convert experience dr. because the tension that are fighting now on the

promotion side rather jani. and the war is over not only for 2 years, but a little longer. so there is not really like, it's no proof that they are really that's why it's uncommon experience. it is rather rather like really trained to secure protest until like a new, secure, any kind of political opposition with them. but it is really hard to say ok, so this, those are the guys with ukraine. we should really be afraid of because there's no like no recent example where we could have been really like yes. see there come back experience. yeah, i'm has them with the german council on foreign relations. thank you very much for joining us. and israel, the military says its forces in the west bank of arrested 5 palestinians in connection with wednesday's gun attack. that killed 5 people. mourners have

gathered for a funeral procession for one of the victims in the tel aviv suburb where the shooting took place. it was the 3rd incident of its kind in the country within a week is rarely prime minister enough for the bennett as warning of a new wave of terrorism. and as you told an emergency meeting with security officials, a warning that are following report contains images that some viewers might find upsetting. this video shows the alleged gunman on his shooting spree. witness said that the assailant began shooting at apartment balconies and other people on the street and at a car. he was then subsequently killed by police. the deadly assault follows 2 other attacks in the country in recent days. on sunday, 2 police officers were killed in ha, dara y last week. 4 people died in a bombing in the city of beersheba. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for both attacks. wow,

give me an argument. how we ever going to end this problem? how can we leave our homes every day in a different place every day? alicia, this is my home, is really officials had warned about a possible search in assaults for april in the run up to the muslim holy month of ramadan. a period in which violence has spiked in the past. i love you as a citizens of israel. these are difficulties in every few years that the state of israel faces a wave of terrorism. after a period of quiet, it is a violent outburst from those who are trying to destroy us. call those who want to harm us at all. costs certainly whose hatred of the jews of the state of israel drives them. mat elisha, those who are willing to die as long as we do not live in peace. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility for this most recent attack yet. but israel

remains on high alert. some sports now and football senegal are heading to the world cup after defeating egypt on penalties in their playoffs, just as they did in february's african nations cup. final senegal scott early to make it 11 on aggregates. there were no further goals, meaning the tie went to penalties. egypt star, player mohammed seller missed his, bought kick before sodium, and i scored the winning penalty to cents, senegal, to the 3rd world cup in the country's history. gonna cameroon morocco antennas, or will johnson of all as african representation in cotton and other european side of woke up qualification. 2 of the 3 remaining spots have been filled. portugal defeated north macedonia, to knelt to send christiana rinaldo, to his 5th world cup. bolan's beads, sweden to knelt with or 11 da street among the goals chorus. ukraine's play of semi

final with scotland has been postponed until at least june, due to the war. though winter will take on wales for place in cutoffs or for more on the woke up a play of i'm not jumper. chris harrington from dw sports. so portugal of through christiane ronaldo gets one more shot at the world title. what are their chances? well, let me focus on chris rinaldo. prior to that kick off, he made a promise. he said they were not going to go out like italy did to north macedonia known as the giant killers. and he delivered on his promise. he actually contributed to one of bruno fernandez his goals. he needed a brace in their victory. he went to social media, rinaldo, immediately actor st. goal to cheat when our rightful place we belong in the world cup. there is no rural cut without portugal. as far as how they'll do, you know, their last woke up, they finish to the round of 16. their best finish was way back in 66966 3rd,

chris or shirley will be trying to go out with the bang. this potentially be his last, his 5th will copies as his name to a short list with germany is low to mathias at italy's gigi before among others on that heralded list. so let's talk about ukraine. do you still see them reaching the well call? well is tough to say, you know, right now they had a woke up qualifier with scotland that was postponed. their head coach alexander alexander, petra coff recently spoke out and addressed the issue. he's from keith. he's not going anywhere right now. he said football is the furthest thing from his mind. he understood that there was an expectation. they would play scholar this make a match in june. they have nations league matches scheduled in june as well. but right now his focus is on safety. in the concern, you know, for his fellow countrymen right now as the world is focused on this issue. so it remains to be seen, but they have to match, they'll have to deal with, and every one will be pulling for them. undoubtedly, preservation from

d. w. sports, thank you very much, chris. thank you. and that's it from me. i'm crazy and the whole new see mir and belinda go way up next us special edition of made in germany looking at the people caused by the war in the ukraine. i'll gab office in berlin, i have an update for you at the top of the hour. in the meantime, thanks with

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answers for 2 years. the author accompanies us our fist family in northern syria. insights into the isolated world of radical islamists, a film about family, faith, masculinity of fathers and sons starts april 16th on d, w. ah ah ah ah, ah rushes war and ukraine is now more than a month old. millions of people have fled their homes and ukraine and thousands have been killed. meanwhile, the phrase that hasn't driven it in german economic policy for decades. randall dish handle or changed through trade is now being re thought since the cold war,

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