ah ah, this is the w news live for russia's president says he will push on with these war and ukraine. vladimir putin addresses moscow's annual victory day parade, blaming western countries for provoking his invasion and praising russian forces for their efforts despite little recent progress. also on the program in the southern ukrainian city of mc, mccullough of bass, blocking rushes west with advanced and bearing the scars, regional government tells the w how people are resisting a despite the destruction are coming up,

reform or fall apart. european union leaders in strasburg healing citizens demands on making the blob stronger and more democratic. and there's a philippines about to choose a former dictator, son as it's a new president. elections are under way and person space. the choice between ferdinand marcos junior and an antique abduction campaign. ah i'm from gail. welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has upraised his armed forces for fighting his war in ukraine and promised to push on with the invasion. gave a speech in moscow at russia's annual victory day parade, celebrating its 1945 defeat of nazi germany. thousands of troops of military vehicles paraded through red square and hooted, use to speech,

to repeat his claim. that western countries had provoked his attack on crime. he went on to claim falsely, that countries had planned to invade russia, that ukraine tried to obtain a nuclear weapon, and that he'd launch the so called special military operation. only after exhausting every other bid for peace. and i see it with all russia called on the west, to an honest dialogue to search for reasonable mutual solutions to take into account each other's interests, us all in vain. the nato countries did not want to hear us, which means, and in fact, they had completely different plans, and we saw it. there were open preparations for another punitive operation and danverse, and they put us in for an incursion into our historic lands, including crimea. eve announced possible acquisition of nuclear weapons and the nato block started active military colonization of territories belonging to us. so an absolutely unacceptable threat for us was created directly near our borders that

you then you put a none of that's picked through this highly anticipated speech with the w report, aren't tilton, who was corresponding to out about moscow. you're welcome, aaron. this means didn't go as far as many expected buddy you mr. put in also didn't sound like a man looking for an exit strategy. well, you're definitely right. i think a lot of western governments, especially their intelligence services, expected that would declare some type of mass mobilization mass drafts, conscription and maybe than that we could see an official to collect declaration of war against ukraine. he stopped short of that because right now from the rush perspective, this is an award. this is us a military, a special military operation. now instead, what we saw was a man who, i do think to a certain extent on the back foot. he basically was swearing his people to get in the line and basically saying, look, this is going to be a long conflict. there isn't going to be an easy short answer to this. i mean, i think the russian people really did kind of expected a quick victory over ukrainian forces and their military has not been able to

deliver in the us are. so it seems like we saw a vladimir who isn't ready to back down. but at the same time, he's not going to go for that full push for a total war. instead, he's looking at a much longer conflict like a go months and years moving into the future. and he's listening to him in that painting, russia as a victim, knowing what we know, but also knowing that the russian people are only getting one side of the story. yeah, well that's something you really have to remember when you're looking at a lot of political framing that's coming out of russia. they're speaking very much to a home audience. of course, there are some dog whistles little hints to the international community, but this was a speech designed entirely for domestic consumption. now, victory day is very important in the mind of russian people. it represents, you know, the victory over nazi germany, which was a real existential threat for the soviet union and the russian people's come back during the world war 2. now he was invoking that image constantly during this

speech, basically saying that this is another existential threat. just like that, i mean he didn't really mention ukraine by name. very often. however, he said that they were fighting nazis are fighting extreme. it's very much an attempt to portray russia as the victim here, as a country defending itself against western and ukrainian aggression. now of course people watch g w news and read international media will be released and that doesn't jail with the facts on the ground. but the russian media landscape is very different. it's controlled by the kremlin. there isn't really a free opposition media. there aren't those spaces for a lot of democratic opposition and just free discourse when it comes to the conflict in ukraine. so he's very much plain to a captive audience, literally when it comes to this rhetoric. and like i said, his focus now is getting the russian people ready for a long dragged out conflicts similar to what the soviet union got involved with an innocent in the eighty's. ok, thank you for that until to thank you. what crimes, president of all of them is that k has also spoken about the end of the 2nd world

war, and he says, ukraine will soon be celebrating to victory days. no mark, a dynamic. there are no shackles that combine than our free spirit and him out. while there is no occupier, he can take the route in our free land, no more that there is no invader who can rule either our free people. norwood, sooner or later we will. we me, but am i am booked with lucas. some one is fighting for the fathers are the few of the party and the chief and we were fighting for the home lately a while ago. we have never fought against anyone, william, or we will always fight for ourselves. for our freedom, for our independence. she said that the victory of her ancestors was not in vain. they fought val freedom for us and one. but we are fighting with freedom for our children, and therefore we will win. so he did thee, how would you put a mortal, le city of mc alive is on the front lines of the war in southern ukraine. it's been hit by russian attacks time. and again, since march and is blocking and advanced by moscow's forces towards a desa,

a correspondent mathias bullying her accompanied the ukrainian army on the front line near mc alive and spoke to residents who have lived through the onslaught. suburb dreams shattered lives destroyed by 8 russian bombs. the southern ukrainian city of mich alive has been plagued by bombing and shelling since the beginning of the war. alexander was sitting in his garden in early march when 2 planes flew overhead, dropping bombs, libya was thank you, bill. there were explosions. there was white smoke everywhere. the boys. it took off the roof and the fence or bull was over. there is but 2 people died. he. oh, the quill. it was a clear day. so bill they were flying low. i knew they must have seen that there are no soldiers here with nicole. yes. well yes, they can just as civilians. okay. would you like

the fighting continues in the region during a visit. it was here in mac alive that the rational bonds was stopped. now the city is blocking a russian advance towards odessa, but the price is destruction. in late march the governor's resident's became at target. this building was hit by a russian clever messiah the obvious target. being the governor who has been one of the most important public figures during this war. the rover on. good morning, we're from ukraine. through last night, they bombed and be bombed and bombed. we are from ukraine, the opening line of vitaly. kim's daily video has become famous, being at the frontline, his videos are watched all over the country. the governor is a close ally to president. zalinski will have no chance for now to ah,

to get through our defense. so i don't think they had no forces to get through our defense for now, for the, for, for a, for a couple days at less. for now, pressure on the city has eased a priorities to restore water supplies for 3 weeks. now the tops in the city have run dry wood williams. as we are fighting and overcoming all difficulties, we always hope for the best. i think hope for the future and optimism are probably characteristic. traits of ukrainian people come with nothing can break us. you thought you did know much is in life within the next week the city administration has promised tap water will be running again. will they w correspond mathias bullying? her file that report is now in cave and i asked him, a russian offensives had gathered pace to coincide with today's victory day

celebrations. her shelling has intensified. odessa has been hit again today. now that's 3 days in a row that rockets were fired on that city, or lake or the surrounding areas. um, there has also been intensive fighting in don bass in the frontline. this is where most of the action most of the fighting is happening right now. the russians have been advancing a little bit, ukraine's have been advancing in another point over the last few days have been intense, but it was not the barrage that people have expected or some people have her have predicted that we have seen so far. ok. and that the fight for the east a course at rages on. what's the latest there? their resins have made an incremental gains in some places. ah, but the ukrainians have been able to drive the russians back in other places the

city of harker is now more or less slid. the russian forces have been driven away from the city of hark. if significantly that's significant because of the ukrainians have take many of the positions from where the city was shell during the past few weeks. and, and that caused this destruction in the city that the russian troops had never entered a batch. on the other hand, the ukraine had to retreat from some of the smaller towns in dawn, baths and fighting is intense there. they are also counter offensives, as the hope that the rush of the ukrainian troops are the friendships are trying to cut supply lines by moving in from the hark. if area towards east cutting off some of the russian troops for the south of this. but these positions, but nothing has been decided there yet, it's still a very intense battle. this is aware, a lot of the things of that will happen next weeks will be decided. and a brief word about the capital cave of authority to be wanting residents to,

to brace for more s drive. so what's happening there at the moment? it's a beautiful day and it's quite so far and the day has not ended yet. we don't know what's going to happen in the next few days, but so far these are, these predictions have not materialized. okay, thank you for that. and it only correspondent mathias, bring it in. keith, a european union leaders waiting strossberg of restated their support for ukraine adjoining the a you, they were winding up a year long consultation process asking versus for their views on how to strengthen the blocks democracy and unity. i commission present. ursula fonda lion revealed batter, ukrainian president of logmein savanski, had formerly requested membership for his country, for the commission is expected to respond next month. and the doctor found the line. i went on to say that the war in ukraine means strengthening the

e. u is more important than ever. the memory of our ha has always framed our future. and that is all the more important at a time when the unsinkable has returned to our continent. russia's flagrant attempts to redraw maps and to rewrite, even the most tragic parts of our history have reminded us of the dangers of losing our grip on both our past and our future. on living in a perpetual present, i'm thinking that things can never be different. but there cannot be better ways of doing things. and even worse, that things will always stay the same if only we do not change that so wrong. standing still is falling back. but this

conference, this conference has shown us that europeans, i determined not to make this mistake. you, you will have told us that you want to build a better future by living up to the most enduring promises of the pass promises of peace and prosperity. fairness and progress. friends present a manual macro spoke at the same conference at european the parliament in strasburg . he said it's imperative for the european union to give its full support to ukraine when ha, for this war to hampton and so we've adopted unprecedented sanctions. won't cover, you have ramos to not make it difficult, but again, always to finance the law in russia to support his ukraine. but we've mobilized

military financial humanitarian resources like never before. and we need to set these efforts up on the fuel to ensure we have an effective response when it comes to food security. and we will continue to spell this unit so that justice can speak . we will fight again by the my thing as the impunity for the crime of that have been committed in ukraine. whatever. we are not though, for out of it with russia, we are fighting in europe to maintain the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine for the return of peace to our continent. ellison. and it's up to ukraine, only, only legal to decide on negotiating conditions with rational code of our duty. that is a good our duty is to be by ukraine sides to obtain a ceasefire and then peace. so and then we will be ran when it comes to rebuilding ukraine. as

a part of europe always will be w, corresponded barbara vazo has been fallen. today's events in strasburg, i'm joined us now. welcome, a barbara. i'm pick some, a couple of highlights from, there's a speeches if you would, from emanuel micron, ursula on the line fortune one was probably, europe will have to change. it will have to take action change very quickly if it is, will going to survive if it wants to have a future at this democratic and peaceful future. and that also funded line, and manuel mccracken referred to several times in their speech. this was in a way full if you want the counter event to what we saw this morning in moscow with the rocket launcher and general sent aggressive and sort of for military language. and what we heard here in strasburg, of course,

was talk about democracy and peaceful or the peaceful living together of european peoples. and this is what this is about. but there is tremendous pressure on the european union and everyone knows this. it this whole exercise here talking about talking with citizens and then instead of taking their proposals into account, had started over a year ago in more peaceful times. but now this whole event is sort of and in taking place in the shadow of the war in ukraine, and everything is informed by it why i should have found a lion revealed that president of the landscape has given her all completed the paperwork in order that you crank can be considered for a, you know, membership, is that likely to happen quickly? 5000 pages of a questionnaire of for the accession process. or you have to grin about this. who

and keith found the time to do this. some people must have been sitting and basements and sort of scribbling away. however, of course, it's a symbolic act. and emmanuel from mac rung the french president, referred to it, and he talked about, we need to re think europe the european union. we need to rethink how we structure europe in the future, geographically and politically. so he referred to this old idea of it to speed europe, that there would be the core of the member states because this, it exception pro says, is quite difficult and it does take quite a while years at the least at but on the other hand, you could have countries on the periphery like ukraine, georgia, moldova, and even there may be some of the balkan countries and that are not yet ready to join. and they could be like in a 2nd round off the european union have a lot of the advantages, but not all of the rights, for instance voting rights. and that seems to be a solution that under the circumstances,

many people might be ready to pick up again. right. and there was talk of significant reform that was one. you mentioned that, but they were, there were others, but perhaps raised a few eyebrows. of course, i mean the, one of the most problematic aspects of that is that they arm people here and that, and manual mcclung said he was one of them that are ready to open the european of the european treaty. say we have to rewrite as some parts of it in order to become more effective. abby, a to become more united, and they are others, for instance, scandinavian countries and some eastern europeans to who were already open road. some sort of open letter. he said, are you crazy if once we opened this treaty will never get it closed again because member states will come with so many wishes and desires and, and ideas and proposals that

a week simply can't get it signed again. so this is still up in the air that is very ambitious, and it's probably not going to happen. thank you, barbara. barbara vazo and strossberg. thank you. good luck. had some all sorts of making headlines at this hour. we'll start in sweden, where the ruling a social democrats will announce their decision on seeking nato membership. later this week, sweden has been militarily non allied for 200 years, but public opinion has shifted since the invasion of ukraine. trailer soldiers of short, deb to palestinians and separate incidents to other palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of killing 3 people of israel's independence day violence involving both communities researched in recent weeks to lincoln. president m a hinder roger potter has resigned after violent classes of police. i left one more my head dead and dozens of people wounded in as went from the prime minister's spokesman comes

amid the islands at worst economic crisis. a since independence of the philippines, which is electing a new president to day with $67000000.00 eligible voters. the front runner is ferdinand mosque, junior, the son of the country. so formative tighter he's up against a vice president at lenny, rob rader, who's promising to clean up corruption. millions of filipinos are heading to the ball study to choose who leads their country for the next 6 years. dead options include the son of an alfred dictator, a human rights lawyer and a box. so the la la value, ve filipinos are facing a lot of hardships and we need a change of leadership as that. so i hope people will use their minds, their hearts and their intelligence to what for what is right. but, but it's been a man, i hope that the new leadership provides better services. and i hope the one that i

picked that so well that the liability go well for la lenny. dog gretel guaranteed the country's vice president has focused her camping on education and welfare. promising a clean and transparent government. yeah, will know the stuff that i read the and she is very that i also agree either we can see that during her vice presidency and during the month. but boy predictions put burden on michael's junior fought in the lead bung bong. as mock was junior gold is the son and name seek off a former dictator who was ousted by a people's uprising over 2 decades ago. but marco's junior seems to have had success in re lighting his father's legacy or on another we have had a lot of presidents but he the elder ford and on michael has done the most for the

philippines. so i picked his son because of what his father did well in the past. what been us know? if mark was junior vents, he will be responsible for serious corruption investigations into his family. the winner will be taking over and economy battered by the pandemic record poverty and the aftermath of controversial outgoing leader draco, the 30th cracked down on drugs. i'm a look at a cup of sports doors. now we'll start with bundling of football and champions by and played host to struggling stood guard, knowing that a wind would condemn the visitors to the relegation zone before the final game of the season. but with bands carnation that planned for the final whistle, stuttgart took advantage of a rare lapse and concentration the mice. the shallow was in town for binds title, winning celebrations. botched got were hoping to spoil a party, but as league

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