about time presenting futures past starts april 14th on d. w. ah ah, this is the w news live 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 supplies from russia and

activates an early warning class. this after berlin rejects moscow's demands to pay for gas in rubles ah, i'm glad elf is welcome to the program. rushes pledge to reduce a military operations around the ukrainian capital. keith has been met with skepticism by the united states and ukraine. they say moscow is not reposition. it is just repositioning troops and not withdrawing over and ukraine's eastern region of the nets helped by moscow backed rebels. heavy shell in damage departments and in a pin, a suburb of keith, russian forces have been pushed back, leaving ruins behind roches plates to reduce its operations around 2 ukrainian cities, came off to peace talks between russian ukrainian delegations and his stumble.

ukraine us 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, but it 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 trust 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. don't rush unchallenged as these. no, of course we see all of the risks though,

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 force is for around cave is a re deployment and not a withdrawal i in the world should be prepared for a major offensive against other areas of ukraine offensives that in the future should be stopped by other countries acting as security guard tours, an idea that key if 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 brady w, correspond mathias herb bellinger. he is in kiva mathias. russia says it will

drastically reduce its military activity near tentative in the north and the capital. keith, what's your assessment from the situation on the ground? we're 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 hear from the city sent off 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 there 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 shared 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, what, how, how do we measure a 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 intensified shelling at eastern ukraine. what more can you tell us about that? yeah, we've heard these reports and they're in line with what russia sand russia has said at the same time it would

a ease it's attack here on the capital of key of our and concentrate on what they call the liberation off on bus. which means that sir, they would her 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 align with russia has set it up because one of my teachers pulling other talking to us from here. thank you much years and our next guest is elias snack coff. she's a writer, the author of russia security policy on the putting a 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, that there hasn't been major movements of trips. so that's a rather it's a with it's rather a regrouping and then 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 mariano, to create a land corridor from crimea going all the way to dumbass that will be the focus from now on i was just and out. this is one of the largest armies in the world,

the russian, the russian army. why have they been unable to meet their military objectives so far? so in some ways, we actually have been all day confused about what the military objectives were. so it is the largest army they have in theory, reformed 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 were overstretched. they tried to do it 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 euclidean 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 might put in 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 and shelling of other areas in ukraine. but i would assume, at least for now the focus on is on eastern ukraine. however, that does not mean that the russian operations weren't shift in the future unless now, cuz they're an expert on russian foreign and security policy. thank you very much. thank you. and here are some of the other headlines related to the war and ukraine . the u. n. refugee agencies, there's more than 4000000 people have now flipped the fighting in ukraine. that's nearly 10 percent of the country's pre will population. more than half of all

refugees have crossed from ukraine into neighboring poland. the head of the united nations world food program, david beesley has warned the war and ukraine will have a catastrophic impact on global food supplies. beasley said that countries like lebanon and egypt depend on ukraine for some 80 percent of their grain and ports. and he said, rising food prices could mean having to cut relations in places like yemen. us astronaut, mark vander, hay has departed. the international space station on board, a russian capsule was concerned. he might not be able to leave the, i assess. but despite war related tensions between the us and russia, a and a 2 russian cosmonaut have returned to earth together as scheduled. the german government is activating an early warning plan to prepare for possible shortages of gas deliveries from russia. economy minister hold that havoc says

a crisis team is being established to monitor gas supplies. this follows moscow's demand for payment in rubles, which germany and other importers of gas have rejected, are back. who's with the environmental as green party? and germany is government also urged industry and household to conserve energy. we are then do i know that 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 and more energy in general. like you guys and i'm spawn of more of that . i'm not jumper political correspondence, jared. read. jared, what is this early warning plan? and what does it mean that they've activated it? now regard, well, this is level one of

a 3 level system of preparedness if you like. and what today's announcement means, this is the activation of the early warning level. it means a crisis team is going to be holding daily meetings. they are that this team will be made up of people from within rober, how big ministry as well as representatives from various gas service providers and representatives from the regions in germany. they're gonna going to be monitoring the situation and working out what they will do should the next 2 levels are in this system, be activated, they are the alarm level and the emergency level finally, and i guess the background to all this is rushes demand that going forward its energy, particularly gas, be paid for in rubles, and this is something that earlier this week, the g 7, which is currently led by germany, said that it will not do so. there is,

i guess this uncertainty what germany has done is because of this uncertain, the uncertainty, i guess there formalized the way it's monitoring the situation because it's still very heavily reliant on, on russian energy. and it's trying to reduce that reliance, but it is going to take some time yet. you talk about that reliance. germany has repeatedly said it would not stop importing energy from russia due to that dependence. well, how concerned is belinda? now that moscow may shut off? it's gas lines. well, one of the underlying messages from bobo, hi beck, is that we are not kind of in a panic situation yet that what the government is doing is a very much a precautionary measure. though berlin is looking will be waiting very closely to see an announcement from the kremlin on thursday when they will unveil new

proposals for gas payments. and i just mentioned that it wants to happen in rubles, but the kremlin has said to day that that demand is not going to be immediate. it's going to be a very much a gradual thing though. as i also mentioned, the j 7 said has said, no, it's not going to compromise there. so there is this uncertainty for now though. the government says the kremlin is fulfilling its contractual obligations and that the a doesn't expect that there will be a shortage of gas supply, certain w splitting correspondent, jared read back. thank you, jerry. the leader of the russian province of chechnya, this calling for the storming of ukraine's capital keepers fought of russia so called special military operation. for years, soldiers from stretch now have been fighting alongside pro russian separatists in east the ukraine. chechen separatist ford 2 was against russia after the collapse

of the soviet union, but russia's but russia violently defeated. those separatists now chechnya is part of the russian federation and is ruled by ramson cordero for loyal ally of president vladimir putin put in as repeatedly called upon cut heroes, para military fighters to undertake risky missions in ukraine. but some chechen at separatists have also joined the war fighting against russian forces. they're seen as the muzzle of the russian military feared for their brutality on the battlefield. soldiers from chechnya fighting for president vladimir putin a new train. the chechens are believed to be in the thick of a fighting here. in what's left of mary, a poll federalist 5th footage. they say is from inside, the city is shaved them going house to house and firing on residential buildings.

they're loyal to this man ran sankey, dear of for pro kremlin presidents of chechen republic who calls himself putins foot soldier. but you know what? so i'd like to give some advice to the current president of ukraine volunteers 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 dear ivan, 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 deeroff 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 the 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 set back. the secretary yardage door would be to some say that many of our fighters were killed. no, that would be the national 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 reckon not a single soldier scratched. not a single person has even caught a cold, or nascar 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 graham's unclear of chechens on both sides of a front line in a war within a wall of more this aspect, i am now joined by miriam hess. she's the research fellow as that 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 keith the, just as russia analysis it is scaling back its forces in that area. is he acting outside of the crime is authority? well, 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 him commands something i'm highly skeptical about. i think this maneuver of him really like

trying to emphasize the wor, narrative of being ready to storm and like to 5 key of something which is just like playing into the narrative of him trying to and instrumental lies. the stereotype of the tension was proven. combat experience hydra, in some highly skeptical about him, really acting out of put in command. 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. now on our report, we mentioned that a war with a war tell us more about this very complex role. the chechens and such and fighters are playing in ukraine. yes, i think chechens living in the fire, for example, in europe and 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 witness that not, not like recently and syria. so it is really cetera and now the fighting under ukrainian side is dependent on that. it's really corresponding to the history of like experience and to having experience to 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 that said a narrative on the ukraine, and it's now so, so more like conscious or where for us is or permanent for us is that the war now is a war between ukraine and russia and syria. whole. that section were also very prominent . and very present, but because this was what, like more under the narrative,

i'm kind of g hot and we really not like it took it as a boss. meaning that the tetra, 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 melissa from iraq fighting on the russian tides and really trying to be part of some kind of psychological offer and to frighten me to crane. intellectually surrendering is interesting that you mentioned that it is the frightening the crania and the arrows church, and fighters have a fear, some reputation is justified well, and it is hard to say that is justified because if we think about the history of children or there's not really like a situation at which the chechens on russian type could have proven themselves to be that combat experienced. right?

because the children that are hiding now on the promotion site, a rather young and the war is over not only for 2 years, but a little longer. so there is not really like there is no proof that they are really that pied encumbered experience. it is rather than the, or they rather like really trained to secure a protest and to like really secure any kind of political possess opposition within checkmark. but it is really hard to like say, ok. so this, those are the guys within ukraine. we should really be afraid of because there's no like no recent his early example where he could be really like, yes, seen there compact experience. mia, i'm has them the german council on foreign relations. thank you very much for joining us. let's have a look now. some of the other stories were following for you this our officials in nigeria, i'm say at least 7 people who have been killed and many injured in an attack on a major railway line on monday,

security sources. so some $970.00 passengers were on board a train linking a buddha with a north west city of kaduna. when assailants detonated a bomb on the tracks before then open opening fire u. s. health officials have authorized the 2nd cove. it 19 booster. those 4 people aged, 50, and older, the regulators decision offers a further dose of the pfizer biotech or modern vaccines to that age group at least 4 months after their previous booster. that the and football senegal are heading to the world cup after defeating egypt on penalties and their playoff just as they did in february's african nations cup final synagogues caught early to make it $11.00 on aggregates. there were no further goals meeting with ty went to the penalties. egypt star player mom at sala missed his spot, kick before sally old man. i scored the winning penalty to sent senegal to the 3rd

world cup in the country's history. garner, cameroon, morocco. antonyms will join, senegal as african representation in cutoff. on the european side of woke up qualification. 2 of the 3 remaining spots have been filled. portugal defeated north macedonia, to nil, to send christiana rinaldo, to his 5th world cup. poland beat sweden tanelle with over there been dusky among with gold scores. and ukraine's play of semi final with scotland has been postponed until at least due due to the war and ukraine. the winner will take on wales for a place in cats are for more on the world cup, a play of them, the jumper, chris harrington from d. w. sports. so portugal of thru christiane, rinaldo 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 day 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 merely actor st. goal, the cheat when our rightful place we belong in the world. cut, there is no rural cut with our portugal. as far as how they'll do, you know, their last record, they finish to the round of 16. their best finish was way back in 66. 1966 3rd christian on rinaldo. shirley will be trying to go out with the bang. this potentially be his last, his 5th world 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 was gotten that was postponed, their head coach alexander alexander, petra cough 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 place galyn this make a match in june. they nations league match is 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 it. they'll have to deal with. and every one will be pulling for them. undoubtedly, presentation from d w. sports. thank you very much, chris. thank you. you are saying dw news is a recap of all mine story. russia as well, comes ukraine's proposal at their latest round of peace talks, but says there is no sign of a breakthrough. at the top in istanbul, russia pledged to scale back its military operation in no than ukraine, including the capital p, if, but that's been met with skepticism by the united states and by crime. they say

moscow is just repositioning troops and north withdrawing them. and that's it. from me and the news team for now this more news at the top of the hour. of course, don't forget, you can always keep up to date on a website that's of course w don't comment to follow us on social media. if you don't already on gabrielle 1st from me and the team with

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it takes by policemen for being a pain dealer. we are here. he's actually on fire made for mines now into a 2nd month, the war in ukraine has failed to give russia the quick v she is wanted. and there are signs of growing discontent among the political and security elite back in moscow. a small band of investigative journalists is managed to pierce the veil of secrecy around those officials. among them and dress alberta, founder and editor of the again tour of website which tracks russia's intelligence services. he's my guest this week from london. how worried are russia spies about

the progress of the war? people inside are not really.