ah, ah, ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin will tonight be ukraine's last stand in mario poll . soldiers are defying a russian ultimatum to lay down their arms. this could be our last appeal of our lives. we may be facing a lust days if not hours, the enemy out numbers as tend to wound. and there are reports that ukraine has now proposed direct talks with russia to save the lives of those still trapped in the city. also coming up german foreign minister on the lead of air bach announcing her country germany will hold all russian oil imports by the end of this year. and the

biggest tournament in tennis, wimbledon banning, russian and bill ruffian players over the war in ukraine. ah, i'm brit. gov. it's good to have you with us. there are developments coming out of the besieged city of mario pole. this our ukraine says that it has proposed a special round of negotiations to save the lives of those. you are still trapped inside the city. a top aid to ukrainian president zalinski saying that he has spoken to the cities defenders and is ready for direct talks with russia on evacuating. the city's remaining soldiers and civilians. ukrainian troops in mario pole had been defying russian demands to surrendered the city. recent efforts to open humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leap have been largely

unsuccessful. with on ukraine's eastern front. soldiers begin for the fight ahead. ned direct. russia has re lodged his offensive, hoping to take full control of the dumbass region. in the besieged port city of mario paul. the fight may be almost over let the voting of a few bases are appealed to the walls. when this could be our last appeal of our lives. we may be facing our last days, if not ours, the enemy out numbers as 10 to one. while a sense of normal life returns to the capital, keep in cities to the east, the wall rages on in the, in seen. if the intensity of fire by russian troops in the hockey direction,

in dumb bar on, in the dimly per region has increased significantly. only basically consider ordinary housing infrastructure, normal targets for them anymore. jane in this wall, the russian army will for ever inscribe itself in world history as perhaps the most barbaric and inhuman on the world. can they be a, shall our school e mailed school address at these hospital in chrome, a task? the injured continue to arrive wounded, followed by the 2nd russian offensive era. as it should, i should 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, products in ha, keep families say their 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 that's far from over in our corresponding but he is brilliant. he is in the ukrainian capital key, and i asked him what he is hearing from mario paul. as russia moved closer to capturing the city, what we have heard to day is that there was another green corridor that failed to humanitarian corridor, where people would have been able to evacuate to what we have heard from the ukrainian side. is that due to heavy shelling, people were not able to board the buses that were arriving for them and they remain in this factory together with the lot of the soldiers that are still there in my teams, what do we know about the this new russian offensive across the don't boss,

eastern new, great well it is, it seems to be very different from what we have seen in the 1st phase of the war. our russia has amassed a lot of heavy artillery and a lot of us as soldiers there. and they are planning to they seem to be planning to a different tactic to move in with much more force with much more firepower and to advance may be slower than they had planned in the 1st phase that has failed, where they wanted to do to, to to, to advance as quickly as possible, and then they were taken out by the ukrainian forces because they hadn't, did not bring their back up and at etc, etc. so this looks like a much more, much more heavy attack, a much slower and heavier attack, and that's something of course, um that might lead to a lot more casualties than,

than we have seen before on the military side. but also on the civilian side, we have seen in mary, you, paul, that the russians half shell of the city indiscriminately living quarters, hospitals and military positions of course as well. and the fear is that this blood battle in don bos would be very bloody. we know there was a surprise visit to day in keep the european council president charles michelle. he met with the ukranian president zalinski b. we saw the press conference, the 2 very warm with each other. we know that zalinski wants more heavy artillery and weapons from the west, from the european union. give us a sense of, of where we are right now. does ukraine feel like it's getting what it needs? well as far as i understood michelle to day and others is it, is that it's not there yet. the europeans are still discussing among themselves. but michelle has announced that they will deliver more weapons to ukraine.

more worth a lot more money than their he has pledged so far. the u. u has pledged so far. i'm . it is very clear what your crane once you claim, once tanks, heavy artillery to counter this offensive. it that we expect in the, in the don barza that has already started in the dorm bus from what we are seeing. and yet the signals from michelle, we're positive, but i think they are still discussions ongoing in the european union or corresponding that he is really good with the late tonight from keith. but he has thank you rushes, defense ministry says that it have successfully completed a test launch of its new intercontinental ballistic missile. the ministry says that the watch was carried out close to the border with finland. the czar math is a heavy missile, which russian officials say is capable of evading or penetrating all missile defense systems. president putin says it will make any one threatening russia,

and i'm quoting here, it will make them think twice. so why are we seeing this demonstration of force? now i put that earlier to d. w's, russia, analysts, konstantin exit. well, i think it, it is a sign of desperation, or at least uncertainty about the ability to, to win on that conventional battle ground. from a breath. i do not think that luncheon at a ballistic missile. this circumstance was called for in terms of any kind of misery, the sense of the also it to launch of the as the russian said. so basically that means that probably quite a bit of real testing has to be, has to be done. and we've seen a lot of russian defense staff, the russian military, bragging about the progress of rushman, the technology. well,

so far it wasn't something you didn't something that will really, charlie can this in the room on the battleground. i think it is a p r. sounds it is an attempt to, to, to, to threats and to scare book, present speaking. i do not know who the west will not be scared than ukrainians, probably think. and probably rightly that's how much is not going to be used against them. and then, you know, at the same time the kremlin today saying that that it made it concrete creed proposal to the ukrainians regarding a peace deal. do we know what's inside that? that paper? no, i think about this this, this announcement was made by prospects for me to be discussed in a phone. go with the press and what are these proposal? we do not know whether they really exist. we also do not know to me. it looks,

i mean, it may be true, but it loops as if it is just kind of a p r and a p r. addition, if you wish to this decisive battle, who you stage of operation, that putin has an es. essentially we've seen it already for weeks. on the one hand you have a 10 say you have showing up in an area, you have lots of things going on which, which we shock the world on the other hand, always kind of talk of peace. and i think to a large extent, it is an attempt to convince the domestic audience that russia is not making war. we will roll about piece where every piece will, is just the landscape. we stubborn, the granular war, stubborn and who do not want peace. i think it is for now more over p r. stand. unless we learn something dramatic in a different country. what about the possibility that, that the criminal is trying to create an off ramp for itself that, that it can say come victory day and may that there is

a tangible victory here that we can show either a p still, or they one territory in the don't bass. well, how many? how many times we've heard about this necessity to see the gremlins connect to face? i think if you're talking about the day which, which is an important you know, something that i think it's more about. and i'm saying, for example, control of the whole of did when the african hands call bloss, that probably isn't the pipeline, especially the russian forces take money. but i do not think that you can clinch a piece do your sincere about that, which i don't think the government is in such a short time. so i think i would still think about it as is kind of propaganda flyer, which a company in google minutes compared konstantin anger is always constantly. we appreciate your analysis. thank you. thank you. germany has vowed

to hold all imports of russian oil by the end of this year, foreign minister and only to bare bach today made that announcement after meeting with her counterparts from a stony lafayette. and that the waned, yet bare buck also sent an unequivocal message of support, saying nato allies can rely on germany. 100 percent mine sums entity i want to hear today the 4 of us are sending a clear message to moscow. we will defend peace sovereignty. and freedom owned do not to nato will collectively defended territory and protect you every corner of the minds should of the german foreign minister there. here are some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour. in a televised debate, french president emanuel micron have strongly attacked his far right election challenger, maureen le pen, for her links to russia. le pen accused the incumbent of not doing enough to tackle

the rising cost of living macaroni his leading in the polls ahead of sundays, run off a presidential vote. a court in london has issued an order to extradite wiki league's founder julian assange to the us to face trial releasing classified information. if this final appeal does not work, the you case, interior minister will then decide a sanchez faith assigned could face a wife sentence in prison if found guilty in the us. wimbledon organizers have banned russian and bill ruffian tennis players from this year's tournament because of the war in ukraine. the band will prevent a number of top rate players from competing and jude's grand slam event. now the kremlin has called this unacceptable, and both the men's and women's tennis association say, the ban is discriminatory. the green, green grass of wimbledon, pos, of what makes it, arguably the most well known tennis tournaments in the world. but this year,

no russians are better, ruffians will grace the hollow, tough organize is taking the decision because quote, it would be unacceptable for the russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvements of rational belarus in play. as with the championships, the band means big name players like the needle medford of the russian world. number 2 and battery says arena isabella anchor, who reached the wimbledon semifinals last year. won't be allowed to take part. in february, the international olympic committee called on sports bodies to pan russian and bell roost in athletes. but wimbledon is going against the grain in tennis at regular tournaments, players from russia and batteries can take part as neutrals, others in the sport, believing it's unfair to punish individuals for regimes actions. when bowden though, closing its gates to russia and belarus, the possibility of someone from those countries lifting the famous trophy and the

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