[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. russia keeps up its attacks on ukraine despite hopes for reduction in military operations. the eastern region of donetta comes under heavy shelling as part of a possible shift in moscow's war aims. the kremlin says there's been no breakthrough at peace talks and that scaling back its forces. isn't a seas fought? also, coming off,

germany is bracing for possible disruptions to have gas deliveries from russia and activates an early warning class. this after berlin rejects moscow's demands to pay for gas in rubles ah, i'm gabrielle 1st. there's been no let up in russia's attacks on ukrainian cities a day after moscow said it would scale back some operations. following another round of peace talks, f, a been fresh strikes on targets in the east of ukraine as well as on the city of genevieve. in the north, keith was also attacked again, even though russia had said it would also reduce its military activity around the capitol. ah, was mentioned the arc, the was the enemy demonstrated the decrease in activity in the shiny region by

striking museum brought him including by air and spent the whole night hitting shaney heath. so new civil infrastructure objects have been destroyed again, such as libraries, shopping malls, and many other buildings. and you are the enemy were shelling shirley eve all night, but we will restore everything. and alice shall see if it'll be even better than it was uneasy in will be even better. all cities of cheryl eve region will be much better than they are to day. it will be the gross annual. o kremlin has said it says quote, no break through emerging after tuesdays piece talk with ukraine. but russia said it did well come, keeps written proposals put forward you on tuesday, face to face meeting in turkey, 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,

there 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 stock more than those of other yes, we can say that the signals we hear from the talks are positive all it, but the signals can't silence the explosions from russian shell yet, seasonal. 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 forces 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 no also another possibility on the horizon. a high level meeting between both presidents but for the latest on the ground in ukraine when our joint body w correspondent, i'm yoseph, who's in the western city of the viv. i know we just heard the governor of the attorney region judges of charles denying that russia actually reduced its military activity. there's promised yesterday what will, can you tell us? he said that the night was just as he expected, which means that he did not expect russia to reduce any military activity in the

area that there was no trust between his city and the russian military. his city has been under siege since the beginning of the war. this is just about a 100 miles north of kia, the capital of ukraine. he said, the bombing began just hours after russia promised to drastically reduce military activity in area and claimed several lives explosions were also heard in the capital key of that's just south of chinese. and that is also an area where russia said it would be withdrawing its troops soon. there was a damage there. there was also missiles, reportedly shot down that were aimed at the city. so if russia was trying to establish some kind of trust after the negotiations yesterday, it's certainly broken in that region. of course, russia didn't say exactly when it would be reducing its troops, its activity in the region, the u. s. a officials said that there was some evidence that some troops had been

pulled out of the area, but so far, no trust, between ukraine and russia on that front. and now they have also been a more reports of intensive fight shelling in easton, ukraine. how much do we know now in the city of hockey, that's the 2nd biggest city in ukraine. a 180 rockets hit the city just to day. so this is if not a great expansion of military activity in the area, it's certainly a continuation of what the city has been seeing since the beginning of the war. the city is half surrounded by russian troops, but it's still under ukrainian control and it's not part of the occupied don best territory. so this is where you're seeing russia saying that they're trying to expand the military activity. they're concentrating the forces on this area because it's in the east where there's more russian speakers and where they've already had

troops for quite some time now. so that's in accordance with what russia said yesterday about focusing its troops there rather than on the capital key of in central ukraine did abuse. i'm yeah, i see reporting from levin west in ukraine. thank you very much. and our next guest is a glass snack, coff. she's a writer, the author of russia security policy on the putin. a guy at 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 and that the russians which cut down on their shelling of keith and chin yes at the moment when not seen it. as your correspondence suggested, there 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 rather away now it's a with, it's rather a regrouping or then event a withdrawal. so i think the russians will move towards fighting sort of a war and attrition probably closer to the bus. and they're still hoping once they have captured mary opal 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 overstretch 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 must underestimate so that you can 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 are my to to be considering right now? i think at this point they will be focusing on bus. i think the war of attrition, trying to grind the ukrainian forces down in the east. now your book 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 ukraine. however, that does not mean that the russian operations when shift in the future, unless of course, they're an expert on russian foreign and security policy. thank you very much. thank you. let's have a look now. some of the other headlines related to the war in ukraine. the u. n. refugee agency says more than 4000000 people have now fled the fighting in ukraine . that's nearly 10 percent of the country's pre war population. more than half of all refugees have crossed into neighboring poland. the head of the united nations will food program. david beasley has warned the one ukraine will have a catastrophic impact on global food supplies. beasley said that countries like lebanon, egypt depend on ukraine for some 80 percent of their grain in ports. and he said, rising food prices could mean having to cut rations in places like yemen.

and amidst the tensions over the war, a moment of corporation to russian cosmonaut land back on earth, bring with m u. s. s. mark van the high called a ride home from the international space station on border russian capsule group touch down a short time ago. in cousin the german government is activating an early warning plan to prepare for possible shortages of gas deliveries from russia. economy minister over at harbor it 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. how big, who's with the environmental is green party? and germany's government has also urged industry and households to conserve energy . we are zehnder, i'm a drug. 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 even skunked, i'm spot of a moral that i'm large on bar 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 will one of the underlying messages from hallberg, how big 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, we'll 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 that to happen in rubles, but the kremlin has said today 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 g 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

there, it doesn't expect that there will be a shortage of gas supply. certain did abuse, political correspondent, jo reed there. thank you. jerry. the leader of the russian province of chechnya is calling for the storming of ukraine's capital give us part of russia, so called special military operation. for years. soldiers from chechnya have been fighting alongside pro russian separatists in easton, you crate church and separatists 42 was against russia after the collapse of the soviet union. but russia violently defeated that separatists and now church, there's part of the russian federation and is ruled by rams. and could dear of a loyal ally of president vladimir putin and put in as repeatedly called upon cordero paramilitary fighters to undertake risk emissions in ukraine. but some chechen separatists have also joined the war in the ukrainian side, fighting against the russians. ah,

they're seen as the muscle of a russian military feared for their brutality on the battlefield. soldiers from chechnya fighting for president vladimir putin in your brain. the chechens are believed to be in the thick of a fighting here in what's left of mary, a po, beverly sophist footage. they say is from inside the city. he shaved them going house to house and firing on residential buildings. they're loyal to this man, ram sanky, deer, of the pro kremlin presidents 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 demille 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. he 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 growth in the in ruins. seen similar to the destruction seen today in ukraine. kirov 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 country yardage to will be to

some say that many of our fighters were killed, nuggets are not natural 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 up. not a single soldier scratched. not a single person has even caught a cold, or nascar conversion. a fierce fire fight in the 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 arcadia 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 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 keith. they're just,

as russia announces it is scaling back its forces in that area. is he acting outside the crime is authority we're proof of our 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 command at 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 with just like playing into the narrative of him trying to instrumental lies. the stereotype of the tension was proven. combat experienced hydra, in some highly skeptical about him, really acting out of put him c'mon,

i rather think that he's trying to add 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 in a war tell us more about this very complex role. the chechens and touch 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 fighting under ukrainian side is a pen. and on that it's really 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 tension warfare sample was initiated by putin. and so of course, the leader and what makes the said to narrative on the ukrainian 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 because this war was like more under the narrative. i'm kind of d hot and we really not like it took it as a boss. meaning that the tensions fighting on the training side are really trying to continue the battle against russia on the russian side as it's, that's already there are the, you know, the meaning, the private military melissa from iraq fighting on the russian pilots 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 ukrainian career of church and fighters have a fear some reputation is justified. well i'm, it is hard to say that the justify because if we think about the history of church, no, there's not really like a situation at which the chechens on russian side 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's not really like, there's no proof that they are really that tight encumbered experience. it is rather the very rather like really trained to secure protest and to like really secure any kind of political position 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 example where we could be really like yes, seen there compact experience here i'm has them the german council on foreign relations. thank you very much for joining us. let's have a look at some sports news now. and football, senegal, i'm heading to the world cup after defeating egypt on penalties in their play of justice. they did in fabulous african nations cup final synagogue scott early to make it 11 on aggregate them and no further goals meeting with ty went to penalties . egypt star player mom at sala missed his sport, kick before sodium, and i scored the winning penalty to cents. cynical to the 3rd woke up in the country's history, ghana, cameroon, morocco, and tanisha will join cynical as african representation in total on the

european side of world cup qualification, 2 of the 3 remaining spots have been filled. portugal defeated north macedonia to nil, to send christiane a rinaldo, to his 5th woke up poland, beat sweden to nil over lavon, dorski among the gold scores there. ukraine's play of semi final with scotland has been postponed until at least june due to the war in ukraine. the winner will take on wales for place in catawba, but for more on the world cup playoffs, i'm a jumper, chris harrington from d. w sports. so portugal of through christiane ronaldo gets one more shot at the world title. what are their chances? well, let me focus on kristen, 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 world cut without portugal. as far as how they will do. you know, their last woke up. they finish to the round of 16. their best finish was way back in 66. 1966 3rd christian or not, or 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 a heralded list. so let's talk about ukraine. do you still see them reaching the wild card? well is stuff to say, you know, right now they had a woke up qualifier with scotland that was postponed, or had coach alexander alexander. petra cough recently spoke out an address 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 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, they'll have to deal with. and every one will be pulling for them. undoubtedly present in from d. w sports. thank you very much, chris. thank you. are finally many volunteers around europe are doing what they can to help your cranium. refugees during offering up this special talents in spain. a chef is serving free lunches, all the regional rice dish pay in his restaurant in valencia. he says he wants to do something for people who have been left with nothing and have travelled for many days. the restaurant has become a meeting place for ukrainians, found refuge in valencia. you're watching t w news coming up next in d, w. news, asia, sri lankan saw having to stand

a long hughes so many daily essentials. what's happened? the countries and prices also spiking in bangladesh as the muslim, muslim holy month of ramadan approaches, assuring meals for people at sundown has become a harrowing talk. and that's it for me. on the new scene. powerful alias will have an update at the top of the hour. gabels is israel in the team. thanks for watching. ah,

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