a, ah, this is d w. news live from bill g 7 countries called for an end to russia's food war in ukraine. german foreign minister, and a lena bear box has millions of tons of crying. a going to waste is russia, blockades. he prints ports triggering a food crisis. g 7 members pledge to step up their support for kit. also coming up with russia offensive in the east of ukraine, runs into difficulties counter attacking ukrainian forces, very tight territory around the city of hockey. and the clear favorite to win. this

is your vision song contest. ah, the korean hippo fact channels the emotions of a nation in a contest in which culture and politics have become inseparable. ah matheney, how'd woke him? russia's war on ukraine is in the spotlight at high level diplomatic talks here in germany. foreign ministers from nato countries are making over their long term strategy ministers from finland and sweden are expected to make their turkish count about their after turkey's president indicated he may resist, they beat to join the military alliance. meanwhile, foreign ministers from a group of 7 nations are continuing their talks. they have pledged to support you crime, to quote, until victory,

the spotlight. there has been on the 3rd security concerns with global supplies from ukraine, hit by russian blockades, german foreign minister, and a lena bear balk, who is hosting the j 7 meeting said russia was waging, i quote, food war on the world. thus get tighter. all grain can no longer be shipped out of ukraine. 25000000 tons of grain are currently blocked out ukrainian ports. above all, odessa was on the front. odessa, the outside grain is a staple fade for millions across the world, and is desperately needed, particularly an african and middle eastern countries lend on one to non austin could call to baton. they doubly chief international editor, richard walker is at the g 7 meeting forest. richard, the final press conference is not far off starting. is there anything that j 7 foreign ministers have found agreement on your entry? there's certainly been a wide sense of agreement on the importance of supporting ukraine. there's been an

awful lot of talk of unity in that support for ukraine and opposition for the to the russian invasion. and but to take the example that has been talked about a lot here, we just heard the, the german foreign minister analynn about talking about it. now this issue of getting 25 or 1000000 or so, tons of grain out of ukraine onto world markets to prevent a new hunger crisis that the world food program is warning about am. there's been a lot of talk about potential logistical alternatives, trying to get some of that grain out of ukraine overland, whether it's of ports down either in romania or potentially up in poland or in the baltic states. but so far there's been no real concrete plan emerging from the leaders here. now the, the g 7 organizes always stress that the g 7 is not really an operational organization. it's something we're usually talk about, the kind of big strategic picture. but still, there has been a sense of a lot of talk about this issue of grain,

but we haven't really heard the solution yet or to trying to get all of that grain out of the crate. and as a ticking clock here, because once the next harvest it starts to come up, getting that great now to you, craig will be essential or otherwise. there won't be any way to put that harvest in the old. the old grain harvest from last winter will of course, start going bad. so a potential major problem looming, but we haven't heard really the solution to crack it yet. later today, the foreign ministers will make with their nato counterparts, finland, and sweden, who's neither membership is on the table, are also set to join the meeting. has there been any pushback yet? well, the g 7 member states who are also members of nato, all heading down to berlin for those talks later today. and certainly finland and sweden. this is going to be one of the main focus is these 2 countries that as a result of pollutants war. now say that they want to join nato. there's been wide

support across the nato alliance for that. the german hosts here been saying, absolutely, they're very welcoming nato. joe biden talking to the leaders of both countries just yesterday or so, signaling support. but his turkey that might be trying to throw a spanner in the works, sir richard type ad one, the turkish president saying that he has a problem with these 2 countries joining saying that they, he sees them as harboring terrorists. now there's this to people by surprise here, there's lot of kind of questions about whether to add a one who's very well known as so transactional deal may, can maybe he wants something in return for supporting a finland and sweden adjoining data. you can certainly expect that the turkish foreign minister taking part in this nato talked in berlin this weekend. he's going to get a lot of attention from his colleagues about why turkey seems to be opposing this at this point. at the g 7 meeting, the de blue chip international is richard walker. thanks so much. we'll ukrainian forces appear close to claiming victory of

a rush of the attempt to take the 2nd largest city hock, heave western military analysts. a 3rd russian troops were withdrawing from areas around the city due to limited reinforcements and ukrainian counter attacks. despite the latest gains president vladimir zalinski as used his nightly address to warn of a long war head, he said more than a 1000 settlements had now been de occupied. these were left behind in a village east of hockey of when the russian army was forced to retreat. ukrainian soldiers have managed to retake several villages on the outskirts of the city. but they remain on high alert. earn possessive with forbidden rental to the front lines of the which is not stable. politically, molly, from all over the village, went from hand to hand her wallet. our guys took

a bargain, killed that, pushed the russian forces out using artillery swee and kicked them out towards the water all the way from that russian horses continued to launch artillery. moving behind the path of destruction, north of hark, eve, recent shelling destroyed this cultural center. while local residents were receiving humanitarian aid. at least 2 civilians were killed in the attack. meanwhile in the west of her cave, residents have started to return to what is left of their homes. this village was liberated any a few weeks ago. oh yes, sure, i loosen up of the road. everything is destroyed, but there will look at the road a little last year. the road was fixed and everything was getting better. but after the russian troops made darkness, we came to rebuild our house. we need to live somewhere. we can't live in the

subway forever. as residence, grapple with a scale of destruction here, at least there's hope, but the will will seem they doubly correspondent mathias billing. it is in here. if we asked him if there is for the progress by ukrainian troops in clearing russian forces from around hockey, that's what we're hearing and the area that has been re taken by the ukranian troops now is quite large. we are even seeing observers with predicting that russia will withdraw completely, that as they have done in the areas around key of the situation was very similar. they are russian troops standing in the north of the city and forming a half circle around the city until they were until they were pushed back by a counter offensive and then decided to leave. i'm in hark. if they have been

staying longer, they have been a trying to hold the territory, but as they are losing more and more territory, we might see the same scenario that they're completely withdrawn from the area. we've heard the term style not used in some places. are there any other places in the east where forces are making any type of significant progress on either side? i, the situation and on bus is much different from what we're seeing in hawk, if no side has the upper hand in it in there. and if you're fighting is very intense there, and the russians have made some gains there. the, the, the town of robina, it's north of siever, underneath that one of the 2 main administrative centers of the ukrainian control territories is said to be fully under russian control. which means that they have advanced quite a, quite a bit towards this critical a city of similar donetta. so,

um, and is another place where the russians have also made advances. however, these advances are not breakthroughs. so they're not that they haven't decided that the, the, the trajectory of, of, of the war yet there are other ukrainians are putting a fierce resistance to these advances. so stalemate is of course, one term that we could use there. he often about how galvanized how committed the cranium people are to the defense of their country. is news of progress in places like hockey, allowing some genuine optimism to grow in ukraine. good news or fueling optimism? that's not a secret, but i would say that this optimism and this are resolve that the ukrainians have shown i was pretty much formed before the war on one hand, but also in the, within the 1st days of the war when ukrainian forces showed that they could put up

resistance to russian advances and when the russian advances that were quite quick in the 1st few days are met with fierce resistance and they were stalled and they were not able to encircle key if the president stayed in the city. and this is i think, where optimism had started to grow. and of course everything that now works in favor of the ukrainian forces fuels that optimism the w correspondent mathias billing in keith. thank you. will love it or low that tonight is a big night for pop music, fans it. you're a vision time and this year the song contest takes place in children in italy. your vision is supposed to avoid politics, but this year russia has been banned. and the cliff favor is sending a message against the wall. oh ukrainian for hip hop and colors orchestra is riding a wave of good will at the eurovision song contest this year. while i in the

contest talk prize their songs tiffany: a fuses, traditional ukrainian folk music with hip hop, underscoring the importance of ukrainian culture and tradition. it's attribute to frontman olive fuchs, mother. and although written before, the war, the song has come to symbolize the mother of an entire nation with the ukrainian band feels huge responsibility representing their country at a time when fellow citizens are defending their homeland against russia's continued assault. the name of this is so important for us because these days they're trying to destroy our culture. and we're here to prove that ukrainian culture and ukrainian music are alive. they exist and have a unique signature. automate portion. 41 countries qualified for this year's contest, but russia was excluded from the event in the wake of its invasion of ukraine in february, a clear change of tune for a contest that has always maintained its not

a political event. but politics are everywhere, even if ukrainian fancy the music does offer some comfort and respite arisen is like a breach of normal life that we have before the war started and may be like for a couple of units. for in our day, we're good to still safe on my, my best friends or my, my girls that are is it in to you from my really well. and i also were this caused them from him because i know what they beautiful at rehearsals, endure in the memo of callous orchestra are doing their best to keep the momentum. oh, the webinar. more serious about any victory in any aspect would be very important for ukraine. these days because winning the eurovision song contest would lift the

spirit of ukrainians. and it would be very good news because we don't have much good news these days on the la announcement i bought the house, collins austin, just culture and politics clearly inseparable at this year's eurovision song contest. an event that holds more significance than most europeans can ever remember. now, before we go, as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you, j 7 foreign ministers have been meeting in germany where they called for an end to rush us blockades. a few transports, which have triggered a world wide food costs that our foreign ministers are also meeting in germany to disgust ukrainian forces appear close to climbing victory either rushes attempt to take the 2nd largest city hockey. western military analysts say russian troops were withdrawing from areas around the city due to limited reinforcements and ukrainian counter attacks. if now coming up our documentary series don't film goes to

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