[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. moscow since thousands of troops to attack ukraine's industrial heart land as part of its new offensive in eastern ukraine. equivalent says capturing don bosses now it's main objective, also coming out. russia's seizure of the tra, noble nuclear power plant at the start of its ukraine invasion, had the world fearing an atomic disaster weeks after their withdrawal. more brushes,

dangerous actions there are coming to light. and germany's foreign minister kicks off her tour of the baltic states with a clear message from moscow bowing. nato will protect every corner of its territory to defend freedom plus growing fears. in lithuania, over russian aggression has many worry, their country could be moscow's next target. some are now preparing for the worst case scenario. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. world leaders have condemned russia's latest to pensive in eastern ukraine. the kremlin is seeking to make up for recent military losses around the capital kiya by seizing control of ukraine's industrial heartland. the city of mario pole is also under heavy seas with military commanders warning the city could fall within days. if not, ours. efforts are underway to open a humanitarian corridor,

allowing civilians to leap. i should warn you, our next report contains images you may find distress on ukraine's eastern front. soldiers begin for the fight ahead. that direct russia has re lodged his offensive, hoping to take full control of the dumbass region. in the besieged port city of mario pole. the fight may be almost over not as one of the few bases are appeal to the world, but this could be our last appeal of our lives. we may be facing a last days if not hours, the enemy out numbers as $10.00 to $1.00. while a sense of normal life returns to the capital, keep in cities to the east, the wall rage is own in then seen if the intensity of fire by

russian troops in the hockey direction in dunbar, and in the dimly per region has increased significantly. only basically consider ordinary housing infrastructure, normal targets for them anymore. jane in this wall in the russian army will for ever inscribe itself in world history as perhaps the most barbaric and inhuman on the world. she may be a shovel rascal e, nearly school address at this hospital in chrome, a task. the injured continue to arrive wounded by the 2nd russian offensive era. as international now seems, yesterday, russia started a large scale advance in the area. they use artillery systems heavy artillery drones and g r a d systems. or are they in hockey? family,

say they last good bye to those who we killed in the fight. russia's invasion may have entered a so called new phase. but the pain of loss is a constant in a wall, but far from over. so what are the chances that civilians will be able to finally flee mario poll? i put that to t w. corresponded. manuel shaws, who's in the western city of libby. well, this is a preliminary agreement, terry are in a bit who if i create a women, elderly people and children, but the problem is not just to agree on a humanitarian corridor do use humanitarian corridor on the ukrainian side, hastily to another ukraine and city and not lead to russia, as russia often are offered evacuation route towards each country. this is something that the ukraine doesn't want. now the preliminary agreement today,

it would mean that people, hundreds of civilians still trapped in mar, you, paul, could lead to city or for as appalachia. oh, so in ukraine, but it is all but decided yet. and a mayor of mario paul has said that nothing was certain as of now this is just a preliminary agreement. so it's very much still up in the air. over 6 and a half 1000000 people are displaced with in ukraine. irma, you spoke to some who come to live beef where you are, what are their main challenges that they're facing right now? well terry, yesterday i was at the station and i saw some people coming from the darnedest region and they had waited up until now because well, mostly down elderly people, i talked to a few elderly people who thought they could hold down to their houses and just now, with the new rush and no fancy, that just realised that there's simply no hope to stay safe in their own home. so

de, come here in the western part of the country where did think there can be as safe for some of them have family there for the lucky ones. are but others have no prospects there, do not know what comes next and they are just very much afraid that to destroy the scanner. so come all over here. all of them are told me with no exceptions though they have lost everything. then you am a thank you very much. are corresponding manuel charles, they're in leave, you cray after failing their attempts to take the capital cube or russian forces doing any better in the eastern don box region. here's frank ludwig, a former military intelligence officer. well, terry, the 1st thing they said is, this is in a traditional battle where russia may make small gains and indeed we're seeing mac and nibbling away your credit lines in one or 2 of the more vulnerable areas. are

you currently in the credit position that they're going to, to lose this battle? they have started this operation to early, no competent military force would have taken 2 weeks to try and research from a major defeated or the russians did. which indicates 2 things. first going to political pressure, and secondly, the trying to out race, nato supplies to ukraine, the heavy weapons helene, that was talking about russia faced huge problems and 30 percent casualty. so for not enough mass. they really haven't experienced this kind of operation. so my assessment is they remain in serious trouble. so you doubt that russia will ultimately take down barracks, despite russia's military superiority, because it does have more firepower than ukraine. does it? not? that's all it. there are several aspects to military power. alina, very capably outlined. one of the major ones,

which is the moral component and i will repeat what you said about the moral element. the fact that credit is defending its own country and so forth. but there's also the conceptual, which is the element of planning and material to conduct a successful attack of the size, the russians, or any size actually that the russians are trying to accomplish. you need to 3213 to one overbearing, all 3 to one superiority russians haven't anywhere near that. what they do have those artillery that's heavily dependent on logistics credits or talking math. russians have demonstrate that very poor elements of what if anything, frank, do you think could change the game for the ukranian forces would more heavy weapons, more artillery be enough? yes, the russians say enough, i don't think it can never have enough firepower with the present to remember. but to answer question directly, what the russians don't have is reserves. what the russians are trying to do. the trainings are trying to generate our exactly that. i'm with assistance, they've had considerable assistance so far from the likes of poland from the u. s.

less so from germany, from the u. k as well. they're trying to generate a will generate reinforcements in reserves. those reinforcements in reserves are what a likely to prevail if heavy weapons continue to flow that way likely to prevail in this war of attrition. ok, just one quick big picture question for you. if you don't mind, what do you see as the broader implications of this war for security in europe because it looks rather bleak at the moment. yes, matters will stabilize you cause i to, i think fort worth is. war is going to go on for much of this year, but what it has achieved is extending nato's board with him from essentially a stone to the 1200 kilometers of finland who are likely to join nato will be far stronger tactical operations, strategic levels, and russia severely, militarily, i kind of speak to the military militarily, we can now for many years to come,

whatever the outcome in the dumbass. frank, thank you very much for talking with lisa. that's former intelligence, military intelligence officer, frank lead, which in oxford rush sees control of the chin noble nuclear power, plant the site of the world's worst nuclear accident early on in its invasion of ukraine. it was the 1st time that a nation has occupied a nuclear power plant as part of its war strategy. weeks after moscow's forces, left reports continue to emerge of the reckless and extremely dangerous actions they took there. this is one of the most radioactive places in the world. yet the more than a month, russian soldiers lived here. digging deep into the contaminated soil of the chernobyl exclusions own ukrainian officials say that bunking down in the zone so called red forest manned up costing some of the troops their lives. horrible molested their shoes,

30 little corporal in the red forest where russians dug trenches, ally, they lived here only breathe in dust here. usual cooked their food and set fire as hair a hoodie le through while when the thought so gross was burnt, and they inhaled burnt substances you with the holy, which hang a 3rd of course it will damage their healthily fixer. it will kill some of them slowly, profoundly, and some of them will be, will die quickly. ah, dick, which with go with it but rushes occupation of this site, but more than lives of its soldiers endanger. for a time, the decommission plant was cut off from the power grid and forced to rely on diesel generators to keep critical safety systems running, sparking phase of immune you could a disaster reaching well beyond ukraine. when russian troops hurt a left, at the end of march, they looted offices some report. lee even stole highly radioactive materials, possibly to sell ukrainian authorities, still unable to monitor radiation levels at the site off to soldiers,

also stole the systems main server. chernobyl was never ready for a military occupation with the russians gone for now, and the anniversary of the 1996 disaster approaching authorities are working to make sure it will be more prepared in the future. slick, at a couple of other developments in this conflict, the un security council has met to consider the war, ukraine's ambassador urge members to address what he called russia's dubious presence in the chamber. russia's representative accused, the u. n. of using ukraine is a pawn in their geopolitical game against russia, with the national monetary fund has cut it's forecast for global growth this year to 3.6 percent. they say the war and western sanctions are putting pressure on the world economy, which is already seeing a slow recovery from the pandemic. russian tennis players have reportedly been

banned from this years wimbleton tournament due to their nations invasion of ukraine. the ban will prevent world number 2 russian done. you med that f from competing in june grand slam event. a kremlin has called the move unacceptable. and in the 8 weeks since russia launched its invasion over 5000000 ukrainians have fled abroad. that's according to the un refugee agency, or than 200003rd country nationals have also escaped to neighboring nations. russia's aggressions have triggered the fastest growing refugee movement in europe since world war 2. ukrainians forced to leave their homeland often endure hardship and danger before reaching safety. in other countries. volunteers who bring in vital supplies and transport women and children away from the fighting can also face hazardous journeys. these volunteers and

keys are loading this old city bus with supplies and food for the people of east ukraine. ralph coupon is from germany, he's the co founder of, i'm is an organization which transports people out of crisis, owns the blonde design. we're planning to evacuate. this village, we have one contact person on location. it's very close to the fighting zone to come sooner and we expect the fighting zone to expand and include this area. it's a 530 kilometer journey from keith to east ukraine. after a small breakdown and a 12 hour drive, they arrive in low silva, things have to go quick and they immediately start unloading at any moment the fighting could flare up again. the russian troops aren't far. if kenya is leaving her home town with a heavy heart, her parents want to stay need them with that though, but i'm sure you were going because the children are suffering and crying with the war. planes are flying overhead. their explosions said it's hopeless. i'm worried

about my parents shoes, thousands of li, which give it's time to say goodbye to the last remaining men. many women are already on their own, their partner's gone to flight for the ukrainian army vault. i had my doubts because i didn't want to leave my husband behind, which he is in the territorial defense forces are borrowing. of course, i'm worried about him. we'll have a 2nd use as i knew i voted on. the people leaving can only take a few personal items and a small suitcase with them. they're deeply traumatized. the moon and leaves employee clay, children, and grandchildren have fled. they went to pull highly cologne. i was alone here. i am a school teacher, but now there are no more children to teach. so i'm leaving to show of what you could be ralph co vaughn ready to head back. he says one reason he wants to help the people here is that he comes from our tall, an area in germany, which was recently heavily flooded,

feminist food can go when you've experienced losing everything you have from one day to the next on you want to help others going through the same on school employ, stuck so on dimensionality from civil and he brings the bus to safety out of east ukraine. it's a long drive, but tomorrow they'll be in poland. german foreign minister, melina bell box, is in the left in capital riga to day to meet with her counterparts from the baltic states in a press conference alongside laugh is foreign minister at gars ring cabbage. she reaffirmed germany's commitment to the security of the 3 former soviet republics, which are now all you and nato member states. mind them then the ohio to hear god all to day. the 4 of us are sending a clear message to moscow. if we will defend peace, i sovereignty and freedom owned the nato. nato will collectively defend its territory and protect every corner of

a mines. i'm sits for moral. let's talk to our correspond, uri, russia, to who's in riga, covering that meeting with the german foreign minister. you're in the baltic states have been critical of germany's ukraine policy. how did their meeting go with germany's top diplomat walter's atmosphere's his though very friendly. it's a meeting, let's say, under allies on the german foreign minister, babylon, underlined to the importance of the bolt countries for the security, for all of you. ah, here as a press conference, as she sat when russia invaded ukraine, every body a walk to a new reality and to germany will face with his curiosity, with all its consequences. as it means, every inch of native territory will be protected. and babcock sat to article 5 of the name to a treaty is undisputable. article 5 states that if one later countries attacked only 2 members will respond. also. mrs. babcock defended that the for you on with the german government and the german chancellor shawls who decided to give you

crane more than 1000000000 euro instead of arming its military with heavy weapons. critic see this as a general reluctance to act against russia. however, with a lot and foreign minister encouraged, added to how important a reliable germany is as a nature part. and i, he further and aligned to the importance of german village, her presence in their brain, lasana. now the baltic states have been warning or their allies about the threat russia poses for a long time. how big is the fear there? you are. read that they could be put in the next target? well as if he is there, because russia under president putin has become an unpredicted and an unpredictable neighbor for all countries along, it's born us. it doesn't matter if it's your grand georgia, all dormer, or in the baltic states are the baltic countries in particular, at cher, painful history with russia. they were part of the soviet union foremost 45 years after bolt were 2. and many people here call it and

a capacious are after the soviet union fell, there was a forced to declare their independence again in 1990, and they definitely don't want to lose this independence, especially people. in lithuania, this baltic country board is russia exclaimed, of calling and drat, which has been massively armed in recent years, and this is exactly where we went last week we met to lithuanians who are worried and arming themselves against a potential russian attack. let's have a look. oh bollywood slash gauss. gus is straining for the worst case scenario. is a member of the lithuanian rifleman union, a state backed paramilitary group that has been growing ever since russia annexed. grand mia? in 2014. 0, oh, so propaganda, old born russian stayed propaganda. targeted lithuania for us. it meant we could be

the next ones with especially if you live here in the saw called swanky gap, lethal any us only land connection with its western natal? pardon us? this stretch of land is crucial for the transport of goods and military equipment. the sir walter gap is just 65 kilometers wide. it's located exactly here between the russian exclaim of calling and growth on the one site and thrushes l i. belarus on the, on the site. in lithuania, many fears that russia might try to cut this land breached of the west. tensions with moscow have been rising. lithuania has been a member of nato since 2004. but since the start of the void, ukraine, politicians and normal citizens have grown more determined, i would say we owe you more what drugs, which should defend your freedom and so on. it's like understanding before forces,

fundamental things we have just few here of to prepare ourselves. that's why we need, ah, more natal presence in our region as a very credible that of deterrence against russia. this is also the aim of an unusual art exhibition in the capital videos. this strain from moscow stops twice a day here on its way to the russian exclaim of calling and grat. russian passengers are not allowed to get off, but they are confronted with photos of war outside to their windows. when polio astonished kolscott is not training for battle, he takes off his rifle, manny uniform to work as a lawyer. he believes that the kremlin and not ordinary russian citizens are responsible for the war in the ukraine. federal globe. oh,

so i have russian clients that i keep in touch with. i don't feel any personal hatred towards them, but rather towards the russian state. and russian stayed propaganda around was the working for many here would agree with him. lithuanians have been called to between a constant state of vigilance and resilience. but with the onset, all the boys, ukraine, people living in the so while gap i looking to the future with even more concern you're, you've been traveling through the baltic stage quite a bit in recent weeks. those countries are home to lot of ethnic russians. how do they view this war? well, terry, there are many russians in the baltics, especially here in latvia. every 4th person living in latvia is actually the russian. and there are some latin media outlets the to ride broadcast in russia. that's obviously not the problem most to russian speaking,

people in the baltics condemned the war and sympathized with the grain. you can also see the ukraine and flag on many, many building see in lakeville and estonia, lithuania, and there are protests in front of the russian embassy. so the problem here is in prussian language or culture, but at least until recently there was a problem with russian state propaganda that many here have been consuming through russian television. ah, now all russian channels are bent, at least he and latiere. although there, of course, still available on the internet for beach, the all the people in particular get a completely different view of what is currently happening in ukraine. you're a thank you very much. our correspondent, you're a rash. chateau in the laughing capital rica. let's take a look at some world headlines away from the war in ukraine. yemen has sworn in a new presidential council. the internationally recognized body was appointed this

month after former president hardy stepped aside. the move was meant to unify the fragment had auntie, who the camp amid ongoing efforts to bring yelman's long running civil war to an end was authorities and brazil had arrested 7 people in connection with efforts to dismantle an international drug smuggling ring. they are suspected of transporting thousands of kilos of cocaine to portugal. police are looking for another 40 individuals in connection with the seizures and brazilian football legend pena has been hospitalized in south paolo, the 81 year old is receiving treatment for colon cancer. his clinical condition is being described as good and stable. last year, paley meant a spent a month in hospital, but this time doctors expect him to be discharged. in a matter of days, now to south africa were catastrophic. floods of left over 400 people dead in tens of thousands more homeless. the country's military is deployed 10000 troops to help

with search and rescue and relief efforts. millions are still without water. more than a week after deadly storms pounded the region. south africa's government is calling it the worst natural disaster and living memory. well over 400 people have lost their lives in the floods. dozens are still missing. around 40000 people have been left homeless. the president says it's a humanitarian catastrophe, and has declared a state of emergency. it is going to take a massive effort, drawing on the resources and capabilities of the entire nation. to recover from this disaster. as government, we will make financial resources available to meet this challenge. it is estimated that the economic loss is caused by the flooding will run into the hundreds of millions of years. but that's only the financial cost. the human hall has been

catastrophic. people continue to search for the loved ones in many places in the east and quite zulu natal province. la. if we're looking for our neighbor who has swept away by the river, we're sure that she was tucked away by the river because we found her son's body that we haven't found her from george. meanwhile, the heavy rainfalls have east, but the cleanup will probably take months. you're watching dw news. just reminder of our top story is this. our russia is intensifying it's offensive in ukraine's east to saying it's made objective now is control of the da boss region. the assault on don't foss comes after the failure by moscow to take the ukrainian capital, keith and german foreign minister elena bow. bach is in the latvian capital rica, meeting with her counterparts from the baltic states in a press conference. she reaffirm germany's commitment to the security of the 3 former soviet republics, which are full members of the

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