on d w ah ah, this is the w news live from by lay, and russia warns at stepping up missile strikes on keith. ah, right sirens and bomb blast i heard in the capital after russia accuses ukraine of carrying out cross border as strikes. i'm q claims it's miss styles helps think of russian worship also on the program to meet some of the ukrainian soldiers who help push back russian forces from around the capital. they say they need more heavy weapons to repel. unexpected assault in the east south africa starts to clean up

after devastating floods thousands of homeless and the tide neighborhoods wiped out on the search for the missing continued since the death told nearest 403 years after a devastating fire. frances president macro promised that the restoration of paris is not down. cathedral will be complete by 2024 experts that he could take much longer. ah, i'm fil gail a welcome to the program. as rush as war on you, crime passes its 50th day. moscow says it will increase massage attacks on keep warning follows unverified. russian claims that you cried. carried out as strikes on villages in russian territory and sank russia's largest warship in the black sea today. air raid sirens have been sounding across ukraine.

ah, 50 days into the war, and this is still the wake up colon keefe. heavy explosions were heard here over night. they said to be the most powerful, since russian forces pulled out of the region around the capitol hill progress. russia says it will step up its attacks. alicia, sir william mosher were to night. the sea based high precision long range missiles hit, a military facility on the outskirts of keys. the number and scale of missile strikes against objects and keep will increase in response to any attacks of a terrorist nature or sabotage on russian territory. by the keyed nationalist regime, the distorted sama asking if it's also in retaliation for the sinking of this war ship them moskva, russia is acknowledged, the ship has been lost, but not that it was due to ukrainian missiles. either way, a big blow. according to the pentagon, this is

a cruiser. they only have 3 in this class, and it's basically designed for air defense. that's, that, that's what the ship is designed to do, not unlike our own cruisers. so it's going to have an impact on their capabilities . certainly in the near term, but this for th, from the southern port city of mary you, paul, serves as a reminder of moscow's military might and brutality. with russia now focusing its attention on ukraine's east, mary, you, paul, would be key and connecting the southern and eastern france despite a strong russian presence. ukraine says the city hasn't fall, and yet the country's president used his nightly address to praise ukrainian resilience. yackel gushing if tunable for to put it mildly, no one was sure that we would survive. she's beat everyone's sympathised. heart of dora. many advised us to leave the country and other folk, the advisors to actually surrender to tyranny. i'll evil means that they didn't

know us either holiness and they did not know how brave ukrainians asked me how much we value freedom, national our opportunity to live the way we want to walk some way. this war continues and ukrainians will need to show even more of that bravery if that repel the eminent russian onslaughts. in the east of dw corresponded rebecca written in boucher, which ukraine recently recaptured from russian forces. i asked her about the situation man, now i am here in that town that has now been liberated, sir. why? what i mean is definitely net. nothing resembling normal phil here it's a ghost town. but one thing i was really surprised by having to really struck me was just the pace at which everything has been cleared away. you know, the world by now the world is pretty much seen those horrific images when it, when you try and finally gained access to this area again of all the tanks and the

debris and stuff in that residential block that ever one was seeing all of that pretty much has now been cleared. it was really quite surprising. i was surprised. i've only been in cave one day myself, so i didn't see any of it previously. but definitely everyone here just really trying hard to get this city back on its feet. some of the people we spoke to, definitely telling me of the atrocities that took place here. and showing me welcoming me into their homes, which have been all but destroyed. one gentleman whose house had been been used as a russian headquarters and his house had been completely destroy. the russians blew it up before they left or just after they left, i suppose. and so it's going to take a very long time. you'll see behind me everything, all the shops completely still destroyed like a very long time, but people doing what they can to get this back on its fate. and. and how are

authorities going about gathering evidence yet? well, that is the next step. i mean, at the moment, authorities are working hard to gather evidence of war crime so far. the human rights commission of ukraine as of today, has over 6000 a documented cases. authorities definitely going through to talk to people hundreds, if not thousands of journalists as well, have been through and spoken to paypal organizations such as human rights watch and the like. and that is sort of the next phase at the moment here also. so much is being concentrated on the humanitarian effort. the city is still cut off from power and water and telecommunications have been restored now, but obviously that is the 1st step. and then of course, comes the documentation of, of all the war crimes i, yesterday i was speaking to the commissioner or the ombudsman, rather for the human rights commission. and she was saying they've also set up hot lines so that people couldn't report. she said it was really important, particularly in the cases of the sexual violence claims because many people were

still terrified and traumatized and found it very difficult to come forward. so there are hot lines also set up to be able to take testimony in russian forces. and now now seem to be focusing their attention on the east of the country. bring us up to date with what's happening there. well, that's right, a heavy bombardment or re focus of russian efforts is expected really any day now in the aisd. so obviously for the last week or so, authorities have been telling residents to just get out of that area while they still can. i was reporting from down near, near, near that area on the region bordering don bass on the weekend. talk to lots of people from the hans gone yet. close areas in the don bass. mass evacuations going on from the east and the south. but not everybody is leaving of course, as of the other day, still around about 30 percent of people were staying in no hands. i spoke to a gentleman at the train station when i was leaving that area and he was leaving to

but he was telling me about some friends of his in law hans that simply didn't want to leave. they were gonna stick around and try and defend. they said they've lost everything already in 2014. they weren't prepared to do it again and he broke down in t is as he was telling me the story. obviously, the scenes that you just saw in that report there from are you paul, the scenes that we've seen here from places such as boot? every one worries, sad, we're going to see similar things like that. down in the east. is rebecca written in boucher, the ukraine's plight has prompted lots of offers of help from around the world. but when asked what they need most the answer from the ukrainian leadership is always the same. as william flew, craft explained ukraine's foreign minister demitra could eva told natal last week that all his country was looking for is weapons. lots of them and more serious ones . now. so far, western allies have delivered equipment like anti tank, an anti aircraft, missiles alley, $17000.00 such weapons against tanks have come from nato members like the united

states, natty kingdom, and germany. they seem to have proven highly effective against russian armor as have turkish made drones armed with air to surface missiles. the t p to drone has been a workhorse for ukrainian forces. the u. s. may also deliver hundreds of small fast drones called switch blades. that also go after armor. now, these sorts of lighter weapons have beat back russian forces, making them downsize their war ambitions and contain their assault to ukraine's east. but to fully defeat the russian invasion, ukraine is said it's been hounding allies for heavier weapons, such as tanks, long range artillery, anti ship missiles, and helicopters. now some of these are on the list of the a $100000000.00 of new military aid that u. s. president joe biden recently approved western allies also trying to figure

out if eastern european countries consent, older equipment that ukrainian troops are already familiar with. which newer stock could then replace the u. k. and the european union had been stepping up efforts, a total of 1500000000 euros is coming out of what the e calls it's piece, facility, a budget for equipment, medical supplies, and military aid. however, it's germany that's coming under pressure to do more right now. the government is deadlocked over sending heavy weapons for ukraine. foreign minister alena burbock and many others have come out in favor, but whether ukraine starts getting german tanks will ultimately be a decision made by chancellor. a lot shells. william blue cross, let's get more on this from limb. collin season retired. us special forces colonel and has been the military advisor to you crime, executive director of the madison policy form, and joins us from west point 8 united states. so welcome to d, w. m, all these weapons of pouring into ukraine. but how long is it?

is it going to take for them to become useful for ukrainian soldiers to be trained and able to use them to good effect? it really depends on the weapon system and what the capability is, for example, that the list of most recent aid to ukraine, including what i saw in the u. s. in my 17 helicopters, which are rushing helicopters that their parents are more than capable of flying. so that something they can integrate right away, javelin weapon systems. we started given those in january of 2018 to again, that's a weapon you can disseminate and immediately employ the switchblade drones that you spoke about those we've been training them on for the last few weeks. and so we have a cadre that's train, but obviously not everybody out in the fields, and that will take time. so it really depends on a specific weapon system and what the training time is. right. and so it looks like ukraine is not going to be short of hardware supplies. how's it doing in terms of actual troops to operate these weapons? yeah, i mean, that really haven't, you know, seen a lot of news on that in terms of what losses they've taken. i mean it's,

they're fighting, overwhelming combat power by the russians, and they're slowly getting it treated. so we have to constantly place those weapon systems. the ammunition that they're, that they're exhausting. but right, the fighters are going to be harder to replace, but they do have tens of thousands of right volunteers in their territorial defense force that, that can supplement that effort. so it looks like they've been able to maintain that manpower for the time being, and they just got to continue to do that. and what are you hearing about i russia is doing in terms of rearming. i'm putting itself in a position to keep up the pressure. we do hear a lot about their hardware being defective and badly maintained, but they do seem to be in a bind. they've got millions of dollars coming in every day from gas exports. but sanctions mean a dwindling number of sources of technology to maintain and replenish their hardware. yeah, me for the most part, right. that those gas exports and those sanctions, those are more longer term effects. you're not going to affect the immediate war fighting capability. it's really, russia has a large amount stockpiles,

which is getting those back piles to the fight. and as you said, some are dilapidated. they haven't been maintained. some of those weapon systems, they don't have a good logistical support system and we see throughout this war and so now they're right, trying to reposition troops that have already been you know, some of been beat down pretty badly backed up and even harkey in there trying to re position them to the so it's going to be, you know, a challenge to put good capable units into the fight on the east that haven't taken a significant action already. let's talk about this because we have, this is what we've been hearing now that the, that russia is preparing to go again at your christ ukraine's at east and south. how do you see that pining out? yeah, i mean obviously a person's trying to salvage some kind of victory and he knows he can't get up in the north. so he's trying to consolidate his forces and see what he can pull out of this. and it's arctic. i expect to see it play out similar to what we've seen to date, right? you've got the overwhelming combat power of russia against the much more tactically, competent, ukranian armed forces, right? that has good leaders, well trained,

professional forces that are going to beat them in the tactical fight. so it's just a matter of can russia a trick? you know, the more capable force to a great enough level though a town allowed to achieve victory or can ukraine continue to hold off? you know, the, the russian hord with smart, smartly tight, you know, good defenses and, and, and smart timed counter attacks that they can do it to their advantage. on a brief, what about mario, paul, how bad a loss would it be if it's for ukraine? if we're russia to take that port city. yeah, i mean it's not a strategic capability. i mean, it in not, not in times of war, right. it's a key trading port they needed for that capability. but i mean, they haven't had that since the war began in, so it, yeah, i mean we, we heard about the bridge between crimea and the east, but it's, it's not as strategic as people are making it out to be at. ukraine cannot write it initially, right. defend all their territory, they were gonna take losses early in the war in terms of territory that they had to

fight back as they get up in the north and keep in harkey. so that's what i'd expect to see there in russia still, despite his efforts down, there has not been able to take control of it at this point. ok, good. talking to you. thank you so much for joining us. kind of liam collins from the madison policy for well as ukraine await. see. arrival of those promised weapons d. w. 's. alexandra fall. norman has been to meet members of the countries territorial defense forces. we say they repelled russian troops near cave with weapons made in the last century on the move with members of the 114th brigade, part of ukraine territorial defense force. we are in mitrovica, one of the villages that were in the way of the russian invaders and their offensive on the keith o memphis local drama. a convoy was approaching on the street, la boucher. we were holding our positions at the neighbouring village and the highway. one of us was the, came from the left. we were told to re position to strengthen our line than,

than the squadrons commander gave the order to open fire or to morrow m of o. my cousin, cuz the war lawyer, that's his nickname, shows me john footage of the attack. the russians were disoriented. he says they didn't seem to expect resistance. they tried to break through, but lawyer with his soviet major rocket launcher, stood in their way. it boomers was, but we had modern weapons. we would have destroyed them all forward to see that we had to use what we've got are for weapons from the last century. for robert, for prince is just for losing the ukrainian forces, do not lack enthusiasm or the courage to fight against all odds. but what they say they need are happy weapons as soon as possible, as the whole country braces for a great battle in these only better equipped and armed, they say they can repel russian attacks and prevent more war crimes from happening . many fear the destruction left behind by russian soldiers around key if is

a grim omen of what may be in store for the east. cook is originally from the don't ask region in eastern ukraine to some more. go on your system. i have mixed feelings. casual is hard if you're hain grief, now we are soldiers. so we have to pull ourselves together and we must not shore pain and fear for our children. and wives depend on us. women, mister, your zalman. awesome. and they depend on each other. the worst moment is the one before the battle. cook says that when it starts, he adds, it, fear is gone. look at some headlines away from the war. will start in israel, where police of class with palestinians at the out acts a mosque in jerusalem after friday morning ramadan. pres, israeli security forces have been on high alert following a series of debt. the palestinian st attacks size is revered by jews as the temple mountain muslims of the noble century chinese social media use as of posted images

of police in shanghai, in hazmat. suits tracking, screaming residents from their apartments where bo uses sell, thirties, have taken over several residential buildings in order to quarantine cobra. 1000 patients has been mounting frustration in the city where millions of households have been locked down since the end of march. the 3 chinese astronauts aboard the sheds, zoom 13 space ship preparing to return to earth after 6 months as longer than any previous chinese mission. schanzer is now set to detach from china space station and landed crew of 2 men, one woman at a site, a chimes in a mongolia autonomous region. german foreign minister adelina bareback has been in the share where she called on the international community to prevent a famine in parts of africa. i think food price isn't climate change. a worsting food shortages. burbock said, industrialized nations had a responsibility to control what you called a hurricane of crises. south africa is cleaning up after one of the biggest

natural disasters in its history. devastating floods triggered by 2 days of intense rain this week of killed nearly 400 people in the region around the port city of durban. d w, corresponded adrian creech reports from up lay, looked like toys, but they are heavy shipping containers moved away by floss. sachi and harry suncoast company store at 1500 containers at this depot. they are now trying to recover them. what they added to this atrocity is the looting deleted earth offices, digital computers. they basically cut all the cables from diseases, fringes of microwaves, area spares, whatever was it, whatever the conservative, it basically took it out. so, oh, hard work. you know, but it is what's,

what it is we just have to rebuild from you. but the 1st question for the team is, where do you even start? you can see this massive destruction and the force of nature right here. we cannot make consequences of these natural disasters. they are very visible now, but they are likely going to be troubling this region. for a long time. the destruction is visible in many parts of durban. thousands lost their houses, and help hasn't reached every one pick up corn, our houses are destroyed. some of us don't have jobs and no money. don't even know where we would like to not. you know, we have lost food, grocery, everything, even our clothes and property looks like we don't know what we are going to do. so many people have the idea for being a pleading for assistance that we don't want on the promise less less. morgan lewis gaining accord, hey, efforts are very, very, very bad because i have no place to sleep. i'm sleeping, i'm standing like this,

but i can't sleep. so i can't do nothing. my, my 2 children, my dad children now went mad on the bus because we have got no place to sleep. rescue operations by helicopters and away as some places are still not accessible by roads, the death toll is likely to continue rising. the 1st 2 days we were all going for the risk using risk using just trying to make a difference in getting people out for the last 2 days. and i think the couple of days to come in, it's just party recoveries, sir. we all, we've all got that urging us and that, that hope that we still find a few people alive folks. yeah, it's just mostly body recoveries. back at the container depot, sachi hurry, some co and his team are still busy removing containers from the nearby highway. so at least the traffic can flow again,

things won't get back to normal any time soon, the south african says, but at least fortunately, his company was in short a francis marking the 3rd anniversary of a fire that damaged paris is iconic. not a damn cathedral. these images from the 15th of april 2019 shocked the world. when a fire started in the gothic masterpiece, in the heart of the french capital, thought to have been sparked by an electrical short circuit, it brought down the wooden spire and melted the lead roof. immense task of reconstruction can almost immediately french government now says it hopes to restore the church to its former glory in the next 2 years. scott rooks for from d. w culture is here with a progress update. welcome scott's 3 years on how things looking. yeah, actually much better than a lot of people expected. i mean it's progressing quite quickly at the moment, not a dom is completely encased and scaffolding both sort of outside and inside the

church. and there was, i mean, really extensive damage the roof itself, which is the, the, the sort of wood lattice a roof plus the, the lead roof that was all, almost including the short, 2 thirds of it destroyed the lead melted. but is the sort of mean stone structure was largely and damages to largely intact and within the church itself. sort of the artifacts and the artworks are most them escape without a lot of damage. including the main oregon of the church, which has been shipped to a workshop in the south of france with being completely restored. every sort of pipe restored and all the ship back. but when it comes to the roof itself, the wooden structure vast, be completely rebuilt and they've already cut down something like a 1000 trees across the force of france, 100 year old trees, to which are being timbered now, and will be sort of put back in place assembled in place in the church, in paris, hopefully next year. but there's still a heck of a lot of work to be done. the extended, the damage was very extensive and it's incredibly difficult to do the work because

because of the, the leg contamination the roof was led, as i said. and that's created sort of a covering of lead dust throughout the church, which makes it very, very difficult. and very, very hazardous to do any work with this after to move in a sort of painstaking stage by stage process as a likely to meet it at 2024 deadline, the present macros. yeah. what we'll see. i mean macro on made this very ambitious, a statement a very shortly after the fire, he was on the location of the fire and not on very soon after it started. and then he went on french television and made this pledge. in 5 years. we will restore or to dom, to its former glory and will reopen the idea being that it will reopen in time for the 2024 summer olympics in paris. but i haven't seen any a people who are familiar with this type of work who are being directly paid by the french government to restore the cathedral who think that this is a reasonable timeline. i mentioned the, the, the contamination from the lead. there's also a lot of water damage from the,

the process when they put out the fire, which has sort of soaked into the wooden structures of, of the church of bass to spend really years drying out before they can properly restore it. it was sure that the church after to restore it will be stable again so . so we'll see. but at the moment i'm a cromwell. he does have a election to win, is pledging. this will happen. and in 2 years time noted i'm will be able to reopen . so sounds like it's a bit of a book to. yeah, i think so. i mean, there is an alternative. if you miss a thing, not random. there was a french film team that shot in the cathedral just before the fire, and they were invited back in to a film, the restoration of process. they use sometimes robot cameras to go to areas that are too dangerous for people to go into at the moment. and they put out a documentary film called restoring look radar, which combines the footage from before the fire and after the fire and everything was shot in 360 degree virtual reality cameras. so you can actually walk through

the church as, as if you were there live. that's pretty well the only option for anyone at the moment. ok, thank you for that scott rockford from d. w culture stable news live from berlin. reminder of our top story, this, our air raid sirens and explosions have been heard across. you cried as the war passes its 50th day. russia said it would increase a 1000000 missiles, strikes on key after accusing ukrainian forces of carrying out cross border air rates. ukraine has claimed credit for the thinking of russia's largest warship in the black sea half mobile news at the top of the our next on the w, our environmental magazine, eco india. and i'll play out not way but chinese pianist land land performing at europe, the highest altitude tracking station in this without having been ah

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