[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, a new frogs and putin's war brushes this, it has halted, gas applies to poland and bulgaria. ukraine on the u accused moscow of black mailing europe. also coming up, russia makes territorial gains in eastern and southern ukraine. keith says russian forces have captured several eastern villages as part of it's offensive. and the don bostwick jump. explosions, destroy radio towers in

a break away region of moldova, backed by russia. fueling fears that the conflict and ukraine could spill over and to ukrainian refugees forced to flee the war, find peace in germany after a football club paved the way. ah, i'm monica jones. welcome to the program. russia state controlled energy company gas. prom says it is a suspending gas deliveries to both poland and will guerria. neither of the 2 nations have complied with the demand from the kremlin to stop paying for deliveries in roubles. most e nations, including germany, have said they will not pay in the russian currency, even though several are heavily reliant on russian gas. european commission president was left on their line tweeter to that halting supplies was an attempt at

blackmail. a gemini is also raising to cut its dependence on russian fossil fuels. it's economy minister warned that berlin must diversify its energy supply will be left defenceless. does it sooner shouldn't. it would be cynical if big and powerful germany thought was, oh, well, you can beat up the little guys a little bit, but that's a warning for, you know, this is reality of this is the reality where energy is used as a weapon and we have to make sure we're not defenseless in when energy is used as a weapon. as often i knew that stood expression, we need to diversify our energy infrastructure accordingly. i'm and focus our energy infrastructure around renewable energy, fun and massive savings on so that we are not defenseless. danasia mission viejo assumed. not only i spoke to our political correspondent leoni han homa shine, and asked her what stood out to her from hopping speech. yeah, well the 1st thing that stood out for me was, were we,

it's exactly what we listen to because the questions on every month. the question was everybody's mind right now, obviously is whether germany will be next after poland and bulgaria have been cut off from russian gas and, and we heard the economy minister as they are speaking about how seriously germany is taking this that but he later also said that, you know, energy supplies will remain stable and, but emphasized how important it is for germany to diversify it's n as energy imports. and he also said that germany has already been able to reduce its dependence on russian gas and, and reduce the sheer off russian gas imports from 55 percent. what there were at the beginning of the war to 35 percent. but overall was interesting today to observe again a little bit habit as sort of the in official crisis communicator of this german government. when he was talking about how, you know, what

a high price germany is already paying for its backing off ukraine. and the economic forecast, economic growth forecast for germany is lower than expected. but having made short to remind germs of why it is paying this high prize and said that nothing less than sort of the liberal freedom in europe is at stake. more right, leon. if on how much diet in berlin, thank is much. russia says it has made significant territorial gains in the east and the south of ukraine, claiming it has captured the entire hassan region. meanwhile, in the capital key, if authorities dismantled a soviet era monument once a symbol of friendship, between russia and ukraine, this monument is not merely a reminder of the betrayal. kias has decided to demolish the statue. 2 months of to russia invaded ukraine. freeform of 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 vision, whatever mercy, i am convinced, a monument like this has an entirely different meaning. now, ours moore's law. and me 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 that happens in the fighting. we'll put it as of the lensky has warned, 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 on our troops near her. keep in dawn bass shoots. and what does this give? russia only knew losses. meanwhile,

fighting in the east and on bass region is ongoing. ukrainian forces sago as russia has continued to shall villages. like here in alexandria, the army was able to evacuate many civilians from the area while it stays behind to fight. for more i'm joined now by the w correspondent, a man where shes in live, if in western ukraine, a man, well, i can imagine that all across ukraine, people are on high alert. tell us what is the situation on day 63 of this war? well indeed monica, the whole population of your current is on the high alert and data most constantly . even this morning we had to take shelter in a bunker. this is just the every day of reality or for us and for the round 40000000 ukrainians living here. or who are, you know, hit by air strike alarms, sometimes many times

a day. and the west end us out of the country are not completely spared, because there are military infrastructures, there are re weigh infrastructures which are the targets for the russian military. so there's dads, and on the other hand, in the eastern part of the country does almost continuous bombing by the russian forces and not least on the city of mario ball. mario boulware dis, did around a 1000 ukraine. nan sold is or who are holding their position in their d as the the other style is do you plan to they are, they're stuck with civilians. we don't know how many civilians are still are still there? birds are, we are heard reports from soldiers who are currently in the, as of our plant, saying that the situation is very dire, that a drinkable water is almost missing, that there's no medicine and as a lot of people being injured. so are the fights at the fighting's are very much

continue with mario paul, also being despite russian claim still a bombed according to ukraine and forces so, so much pain, a so much hardship you mention the constant bomb being in, in eastern ukraine and ukrainian authority is now, one that russia is just speeding up, it's offensive. what are you hearing? are russian forces gaining momentum right now? well, i did did sees a number of a small towns in the eastern part of the country. and just to give you an example of yesterday, and there were miss a missile, the strikes are near or death are on the bridge of the near per, or estuary. and this bridge was really a strategic points for ukraine and forces. this was the only way to go from mainland, for, from the ukrainian region into, into odessa. so this will,

of course affect the ukraine and forces greatly. that being said, for example, i was mentioning mario paul, russia has claimed victory of the city of murray of bull. but when you consider dandy as our style is still a plant, e constitutes one 3rd of the city of mar you, paul. and it is still being held by ukraine and forces. well, this is a so far, not a victory for the russian army. i dw correspondent in man, we have shas reporting for us from the western ukraine's city of live. if for emmanuel, thank you so much. meanwhile he is growing that the conflict could spill over into neighboring countries, such as moldova, the u. n. is called for com. thereafter series of explosions, targeted radio masts used to broadcast russian programs and the breakaway territory of trans nestor. the area is backed by russia and has been under the control of

separatist authorities as a war with moldova, some 30 years ago. around 1500 russian troops are based in the region. and he has more now on the incidence that have been raising tensions there in the last few days to radio towers used to broadcast russian news. now scrap metal, the blast site in moldova is just 5 kilometers from the ukranian border. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. and that is elena red flags us the our analysis shows their attentions between various forces who are interested and destabilizing this region. they studies out out seek lights, yoshi black zan pixar. this is a complex and tens situation. but we will arrange vigilant, and we'll take all necessary measures to prevent escalation, to strengthen our security and to protect our citizens sitting there with we must

remain calm that he would stand formed using verified sources and avoid distributing false information with you know, the explosion of the radio towers was the 2nd unclaimed attack this week in the mold oven, separatist region of trans nestor. the 1st was on the state security ministry, inter rosabelle. tensions in the region have been high since russia invaded ukraine . moscow has suggested it wants to create a land corridor, a long southern ukraine between trans nustar and the russian controlled territories and eastern ukraine. it's believed russia keeps around $1500.00 troops and trans. mr. and analysts say the area could be used to launch an attack on ukraine. the region remained pro russian after the collapse of the soviet union, but the international community considers it part of moldova. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski said he believed the recent attacks were orchestrated by moscow

and that his country is prepared for any offensive from that direction. just still solution to change a class for the russian troops that have been constantly stationed in the temporarily occupied territories of moldova, in particular and trans nissan her. we know that they're in constant combat readiness, waiting for an order. his name must show only a faustine hopefulness. g. chico, thought she and shall not go. we know their power and will you what ukrainian armed forces are prepared for them and are not afraid of them nimble. yet moldova authorities have raised the country's terror alert to its highest level. there worried the war in ukraine could spill across the border into trans nestor and then to the rest of the country. early i spoke to sebastian schaeffer, the managing director of the institute for the danny, a breach and, and central europe, which is a vienna based of foreign policy think tank and asked him whom he believed to was responsible for the growing tensions in moldova. thank you very much for having me and, well, it's, of course,

all speculation i'm and as it has been mentioned before, there is a various claims from various sites that are pointed to each other. i would say it looks like the russian playbook to, for, to print a pretext for war. and we have heard that there is, of course, the, the usual suppression of russian speaking citizens there. there might be now a false flag operation that gives a possibility to escalate the situation. ukraine is lacking this scenario that this was a false like operation by the f as b, a russia and printing extra itself. although being a little bit more neutral than the russian federation with regards to war, they blame actually ukraine. and we've heard also from the mold oven

president, that there is a possibility that there is an internal battle going on in the de facto region. and what's the likelihood that it says if it's russia's intention not necessary to wage war against moldova, a drama open up another front in its war against ukraine, this time from the west? yes, absolutely. i still believe that the capturing of the whole of southern and especially southwestern ukraine is one of the most important goals that the russian federation still has. especially when it comes to the access to ports where we have seen that there is a bridge that is connecting odessa with southwest of ukraine and then further on to the next. and only available port in romania has also been attacked.

and this is very well a possibility to escalate the attentions in this part of ukraine that is bordering moldova. now the government of moldova says that it wants to join the european union. if that happened to either the country, if this conflict within the country are continues that even worsens back. how would that make things more difficult on the ground to also with his ambition to join the you? well of course, if there is an unresolved conflict, the likelihood of moldova becoming a new member, it's very small. nevertheless, we've seen in the past how long such a process of becoming a member can take a look at the countries of the western markins. and i'm sure that there will be a long negotiation process driven freshly unfortunately by that you member states.

so it's nothing that would have to be immediately hindering moldova, joining the european union as there is no possibility to do so. nevertheless, of course, yes, when we think in longer terms, and then this could certainly a continuation. and even my escalation over conflict could hinder a further approximation answer. i think this is why it's necessary to finally come to terms and understand that it's not only ukraine who's at war with the russian federation, but that russian federation in here, especially the kremlin, and the system coaching, is waging war against europe. and this includes mold over this includes also you member states at sebastian schafer with the institute for the danube regional and central europe. thank you so much for sharing insights with us. western and ukrainian sources estimate there to well over 10000 russian soldiers have been

killed in the conflict of ukraine. but moscow has admitted to the death of around $1500.00 troops. as families across russia bury their dead to the caribbean is telling russians the war, or special operation as they call it, is needed to protect the countries board. us report now from the city once known as starling got now called vulgar grant. dmitri was just 19 years old. ivan 21. every week, more remote grades have been dug in miss cemetery in vol. garad, mostly for young soldiers who died in the president's so called special military operation. oh boy, now i think be molested. if these young people should be able to enjoy their lives . they still had their whole lives ahead of them. no one needs or especially not ordinary people who do not hate the ukrainians. a tall young lives to crane from one of the,

even though still though he ple are dying on both sides. but what can you do? look here had a poor man lies there. would only get very big me every day. families grieving in russia usually in place as far from moscow. lakia invited kept us in the foothills of the caucus mountains in the city of vulgar god, along with the cries of grief. justification for the wall can also be heard so which usually it is very painful, but it's necessary. there has to be victims. god is with us, we will triumph. it will be jim victor shuttle fulton the battle of stalingrad in the 2nd world wal mart. he's where russia is again, seen fallen soldiers, but nevertheless supports president vladimir putin's actions are sure,

and it's very painful that they are dying. but russia has to defend its boulders and keep ukraine out of nato. up this cemetery, friends and relatives of 26 year old andre, have gathered to say a final farewell. he was also killed fighting in ukraine. as a crumbling continues to champion fallen soldiers as a price worth paying for putin's wall dw russia correspond. emily sharon is here in the studio with me and many good to see you. clearly huge discrepancies when it comes to the number of fallen russian soldiers. how is the criminal handling? the new numbers coming in? while the kremlin is tightly controlling information about the numbers of dead, the ministry of defense in russia only published numbers of fallen russian soldiers twice. the last was the end of march, around $1500.00. you said yourself and a good example that tight control is the re send sinking of the musk vase ship,

the fragment of the am russian black sea fleet. there was a lot of mystery around that. initially, russia said that all the crew members were fully evacuated from the ship, and there was a ceremony where essentially a people said good bye to the ship and the re thread to the ship and its crew. so journalist started looking into this, they started talking to parents who were posting on line as well about their children being missing. and they found maybe around 40 people were dead. and it was only last week. you know, of, over a week later on that there was an official admission that one person was killed and 27 were missing. was unclear whether that's the full picture. and it's been like that, you know, similar things have happened with, with, with numbers of dead in the past. and there's actually a law that russia doesn't have to publish the numbers of russian dead since 2050. that's the law. no, right. so what do we know about the people who fight a futons war and those who fall? well,

there are some reports that some conscripts are actually fighting in the war. in no rush, i was denied that many of the soldiers are on contracts. and military experts have been saying that many of the people dying and actually fighting in this war are from regions that are far away from moscow. so poor regions are within russia like body ikea air, which is near lake by call in siberia and also digest on in the caucasus people who are of non russian ethnicity. so they look very different from ukrainians. in other words, and some experts even estimate that around half the dead are from boyar tear. and, you know, as i said, one of the poorest regions people apparently are actively signing up to give themselves a purpose. you know, they come from this disenfranchised region essentially. and there's also an economic factor. the bbc has found that thousands of job applications have been published on line p, you know, looking for soldiers, essentially for just like $400.00 to $600.00 euros

a month or the criminal has been very clear. criticism is not exactly well come just briefly as criticism seems to be on the rise. will the kremlin crack down on that? well, there has already been a crackdown essentially on civil society. you're not allowed to talk about the war as a war. and that, of course, makes it hard even for the, the relatives of the exams to consolidate and come out. great, a movement of any sort. absolutely must be very hard to image show in there. thank you so much. and here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. the european union has initiated a never before use procedure against member nation hungary, over alleged violations of the rule of law. the move could see you funding to the eastern european country cut and comes just over 3 weeks after prime minister victor or buns re election magazine. should you go for richard? chinese authorities have expanded mass testing in beijing to 11 of the cities. a 16 districts,

some areas have been put on the lockdown after another $22.00 cases were detected in the last 24 hours. china's largest city shanghai has been under a city wide lockdown for 4 weeks. a caught a meal mine is convicted to the country's former leader on censored she of corruption and sentenced her to 5 years in prison. so she is already serving a 6 year jail term and faces 10 more corruption charges, all of which she denies. she was ousted by the army last year. thick smoke has engulfed the indian capital daily from a fire at a huge rubbish dump on the outskirts of the city authorities are investigating the course of the place. prime minister now rand remedy has called for nationwide fire safety audits warning that rapidly rising temperatures could cause more outbreaks all in a show of solidarity bruce edwards, one to one of germany's biggest football clubs, hosted ukrainian club. and i'm and keith in a charity football match on tuesday,

it raised 400000 euros for humanitarian causes in ukraine. and among the crowd of fans were ukrainians 19 year old victoria and her 8 year old brother taras that who couldn't have led the war strict nation months ago, without an invaluable assist. oh smiles come easy. when one does things they love. for 19 year old victoria in her younger brother terrace. it's no different watching their favorite football club. dynamo key play a dorman is an escape was bo hope so. and it's for me to think about sampson out sir. 2 am maybe 2, and my favorite scene is sir, to watch football. play. football had always been

a family affair. victoria here and a match with her father years ago. but when war broke out with russia invading ukraine, things changed. both her mother and father joined the war effort at victoria in terrace were forced to leave ukraine. they were prepared to, i knew said sir, if something happens said, i'll take the glass into her. go. ah, but sir, it was hot. it was had serv. i cried, i had to be honest her, but i understood her and i can do. and now sir, it's on your way to escape is my branson escaping wouldn't have been possible without the of a lower division football club in western germany and exchange program between the club and victoria school set the plan in motion after

a week of traveling on the road and in the hare victoria in terrace, arrived in germany is to follow to safe. so i hope i had to do what to it's and i am going to head there. and as i said since it and with my prize and sir my browser is safe and say to spec, inputted for me and seen their team from key play well, gives victoria hope for the situation back home. everyone was hip into those who obeyed lean of the of or is it the same way as a to so great? now that is the same feeling to have to pay visits. we are proud of our content. so it's, i think it's really so for every ukrainian after the game, victoria and her brother send

a quick message to mom and dad that i'm, i'm coming up next is the news asia, ah, you can always say find out more global headline sir, by visiting our website that's d w dot com. i'm monica jones from in the team. thanks for watching. and if you want, we meet again at the top of the hour for the latest. ah ah,

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