ah ah, you're watching d w. news from berlin up next. sorry, welcome to at date of new news. the u. s. reilly this allies to arm ukraine against russia. out of somebody in germany, us defense secretary lloyd austin and answers monthly meetings on ukraine calling on allies to move heaven on earth to ensure keith has the weapons, it needs a u. turn from germany on sending heavy weapons to ukraine after criticism. berlin now says it will deliver anti aircraft systems to key

and un secretary general, antonio quoterush holes talks with russia as president in moscow. vladimir putin says he's open to un involvement in evacuating civilians from audi. ah, i'm pablo for lily as welcome to the program. germany now says it will for the 1st time st. heavy anti aircraft weapon systems to ukraine to help fight off rushes invasion. the decision follows weeks of criticism at home and from ukraine. defense minister, christina lam, priced at made the announcement at a u. s. lead meeting of defense and military leaders on tuesday. the u. s. air base in ramstein, germany. this is where the united states and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for ukraine during meeting on tuesday. that was hosted by us

defense secretary, lloyd austin. we don't have any time to waste the briefings. let today laid out clearly why the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we gotta move at the speed of war. and i know that all the leaders leave today more resolve than ever are to support ukraine in his fight against russian aggression. the day kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shift. germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send capehart anti aircraft systems the ambient tried on with we've made the decision that it's now important to support. and he, i craft, offends us that can be done with the good parts and is exactly what's on the list of what ukraine needs. and that is what we coordinated with others are now making possible. we'll continue doing this slide for not everyone in berlin. welcome to

decision, since must increase, i find a problematic germany doesn't even have enough military equipment for itself in the case of tutoring, totally losing control go to. i think it's important. i also think that what the german government is doing is good. but i'm also not sure if offering weapons is actually going to stop the war. and i don't like how hesitant they've been, who you ultimately i would actually be for aggressive weapons. if it's heavier machinery will evolve other shoes. good. in his closing remarks, austin, set the gathering between the u. s. and its allies will not be the last. once a month they'll meet to discuss ukraine's defense needs to help them fight the russian invasion is full. earlier i asked tito, whose washington correspondence to me so misconduct about the significance of this new regular meeting of foreign and defense officials from 40 different countries?

probably i think it's pretty significant. i mean, we heard secretary austin say that they would be meeting monthly and a contact group to ensure that these allies can further discuss how best to aid ukraine. and he called it a vehicle to intensify efforts and focused on winning the fight and struggles to come. and i think those words, paulo really highlight the fact that the u. s. is well aware that ukraine needs support right now in defending itself, and will need more support down the road. and i think it also shows that secretary osman the u. s. they are pleased with this consolation with this exchange because it brought together not only nato allies, but also as we heard from secretary austin, nations of good will. and there were concrete proposals on the table. you mentioned most notably from germany, of those 50 anti aircraft systems seen as an important step forward. well, we've seen a surprising german u turn on sending heavy weapons to ukraine. house the news being received in washington. it's going down pretty well as you might expect. pablo germany is seen

as an important partner, but one that hasn't always pulled its weight on defense and security. and it is believed that these systems, these cheetah systems, as they're called, will actually really help ukraine defend itself. and what we heard from secretary austin in germany was that ukraine can win this war in that time is of the essence . and that is something that i've heard echoed here in washington, where there really is a sense that the battle that's happening right now in the east and in the south of ukraine is decisive. and that ukraine needs heavy weapons quickly to be able to push back russian forces. of course, there is the understanding that this war could go on for several months to come, maybe even longer. but still this short term pushes seen as critical. and that's why germany's decision to provide these anti aircraft systems is welcome news to long lawmakers, by the way on both sides of the aisle will more broadly speaking to me during the ukraine war, has the german government image been bruised among lawmakers in washington?

you know, i think it's safe to say that there has been frustration with germany's position and, but the biden administration itself has actually been pretty quiet overall, especially about germany's reluctance to supply heavy weapons to this point. actually most of the pressure it seems that has been on chance or all that shows has actually come from his own government from the german public, from ukraine. a but lawmakers, both republicans and democrats here and analysts have been critical. and indeed, i spoke to an analyst last week who said he was initially understanding of germany confronted its history. it's, it's longstanding practices ost politic but that this patients was wearing thin. and, but if you're asking whether this image has been bruised, long term, i think at this point, people here in washington, especially lawmakers are just happy to have germany on board acting in line with his allies. especially also if it is able to win itself off of russian gas and oil . i mean that is really seen as another important step in the west's ability to respond going forward. did over the washington correspondence to me. so must

candice speaking to me earlier. un secretary general, antonio garage has used talks in moscow with russian president vladimir putin, to repeat his call for a cease. far after the meeting, antonio quoterush said he'd reached an agreement in principle to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of matthew pope, president putin told the secretary general that he had hoped of a diplomatic solution to the conflict. adding that peace talks with ukraine were continuing virtually earlier in the day. good harish held what he described as a very frank discussion with the russian foreign minister. russia's foreign minister, sir gay leverage, welcomed a special guest to moscow on wednesday, un secretary general. and tanya could cherish the you and chief said he'd come as a messenger if he's but he was seemingly unsuccessful after their meeting lever of accused the west and especially the us of using your credit to harm russia to we do new school, we either resign ourselves to having

a single country and it's satellites control all of humanity which or humanity lives together on the basis of the united nations. nobody wants of heaven forbid will boudreau proceed. but there is one thing that is true and obvious and that no arguments can change. we have not ukrainian troops in the 30 tory of the russian federation, but we have russian troops in the territory of ukrainian federation. later, good cherish held long awaited talks with president putin referring specifically to the kremlin invasion of ukraine as a war terminology that's banned in russia. well, here's a look at some other developments related to the war in ukraine. russian energy, giant gas prom has told poland and bulgaria it will cut off their gas supplies. moscow had threatened to hold deliveries to european countries unless they start

paying for gas in rubles following sanctions against russian banks. ukraine has accused russia of trying to spark on rest in a russia back separatist region of moldova ukrainian president. follow to me to landscape said moscow wants to de stabilize the situation in the trans nissan region. violence has flared in the area in the last 2 days. feeling fears to conflict in neighboring ukraine could spill over. russia's military says it has made significant territorial gains in eastern and southern ukraine, claiming it has captured the entire harrison region. but ukraine says moscow has not yet managed to break through its defenses in the area. in the capital, keith authorities dismantled a huge soviet era monument that was once meant to embody the close ties between the 2 countries, once a symbol of friendship, between russia and ukraine. this monument is no merely

a reminder of the betrayal he is, has decided to demolish the statue. 2 months of to russia invaded ukraine tape army . the exam will resume this monument used to symbolized the friendship between ukraine and russia on but now we see what this friendship is. the destruction of ukrainian cities ruining the lives of ukrainians, killing tens of thousands of peaceful people, receptive pieces, whatever, welcome to you. i am convinced a monument like this has an entirely different meaning now, us whistle any a few kilometers away. president zalinski visited children at a hospital. they had been evacuated from the devastated southern port city of mary paul hankey, that many lost their parents in the fighting. we opened it as of the landscape, mourned that attack from the south will intensify with short today, russian troops kept launching missiles,

strikes on our land. particularly in the odessa region, and they kept up their attacks in our troops near her cave, in don bass fight, i should say. and what does this give? russia only knew losses. roches, defense ministry says they have now taken control of the entire southern region of carson. but earlier ukraine's military said, russia was not able to break through its defence line. meanwhile, fighting in the east and on beth's region is ongoing. ukrainian forces say that russia has continued to shall villages, like here in alexandria, co. the army was able to evacuate many civilians from the area while it stays behind to fight the head of the u. n's. nuclear watchdog has visited chernobyl on the 36th anniversary of the new care disaster. there. i. e, a chief graph l, mariano gross. he said rushes. recent occupation have been very dangerous. he said

. radiation levels went up during the take over, but are now back to normal. he don't use my ts billing reports. the world's most dangerous route, sealed under giant concrete hood, the chernobyl disaster side is once again the focus of attention. now that russian occupation troops have withdrawn the head of the international atomic energy authority can assess its condition. the 1st ready must go to the operator with these people here because they carried on their work. in spite of all the difficulties, in spite of the stress, in spite of the fact that they could not be working normally, they continue working as if nothing had happened. so they get this equation stable, so to speak. and these, in this one, commence the worst at work, of course about the 1st task is replacing equipment that was destroyed or stolen. just the 1st one,

you will have to push on a good cooking, the starting his teams cousin, wasn't my vehicle. they weren't admitted to the critical parts of the structure meal, but they left a lot of chaos and they stole equipment from us. our computers as just unusual log ebony. if any of actually us 36 years ago, this nuclear block behind me exploded. it was the worst nuclear accident in human history. now, 36 years later, the war has brought back the nuclear threat. the russians took over the site on the 1st day of the war. hollow was cut several times putting the cooling system at risk . and ukraine says the russians, dark trenches in highly contaminated forests, releasing radiation from contaminated, so barrel door. lisa did a little room and i on the edges of the forest, we didn't go. indeed, we found levels of radiation 50 times higher than the norm will norm where cameras

will discarded food packaging suggests the soldiers spend time there possibly becoming contaminated in the process. rescue workers and other staff remained in the town of chin. alby, during the occupation, hoping the russian forces would understand the danger they were putting the world in. i'm, we got up with ocean rosler, shore snow, rosalind. they were quite diverse and there were different groups, some understood where they were and some did not. there was so many of them the 1st arrived than another than a 3rd and so on by some behaved reasonably, others less so, but i can't tell you what was going on in the head cinema. homeschool are shown you will have it with its general bill has escaped another disaster. now it's about securing this site for the future. here watching did over the news from berlin up lax. the 2nd part of a dark film documentary looking at the history of the russian red army. and if you

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