ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin as russia and ukraine, step up, their battle for control of the east nato believes keith is getting the upper hand ukraine from room. this war, nato secretary general says ukrainians, defense of their homeland and rushes miss steps could spell the feet for moscow. also coming up another potential setback for moscow was finland and sweden move a step closer to joining nato. finland's president says his country is entering

a new era rush as president has called the idea a mistake. ah, i manuscripts, mccann, and welcome to the program. ukraine says it is bracing a for a new push from russian forces in the eastern region of dunbar. and in the south president, ville autumn is the lensky said, moscow could not admit that its operation was, quote, us a dead end. and his comments come, as russian forces started withdrawing from the 2nd largest city of cock heave following a ukrainian counter offensive. but while the threat may be receiving from har, he's, the civilians still left in the city conditions. a dire here. for the thousands of people still sheltering and hockey, the metro system, the war is far from over. off to weeks of shelling that's left much of the city in

ruins. some is scared to leave the safety of the underground. hawk ugly shaven i felt were very afraid to go home. but there are so many explosions, so many bombs were very afraid by it's a lot of pressure. my others say that the worst seems to be behind them. longer surely, we were finishing at the beginning. it was extremely hard and we were more because there were a lot of people here and a lot of destruction. we all felt defeated any. what are you now? we haven't heard bombs for last 3 to 4 days when the children is that we withdraw. that's likely to be down to the ukranian counter offensive that seen soldiers retake nearby villages like this one north of har. keith with ukraine, claiming on sunday that some of its troops had even reached the board with russia

and set up a new board post caves gains in the region come as, as it started putting western supplied heavy weapons into action. ukraine's army says this is one of several recently arrived us houses. it's already using on the front line in the east with russia still trying to advance in the don bath. they're certain to see even more action in the days to come and we can frustrate to dw correspondent, i'm in a safe now. he's in levine in western ukraine. i mean, the ukranian military says russian units have self suffered significant losses as they tried to advance through the lance can done yet. regions. what more continue can you tell us about that? the ukrainian military has called this said a devastating set back for russia. and it's

a backed up by british intelligence that russia has lost up to one 3rd of its military forces in the east of ukraine. this is over 10000 soldiers. also hundreds of artillery pieces um and dozen are over a dozen ships. um, now what we are seeing on the ground as we've heard is that har, keith has essentially been liberated from attacks by russia, never fell to russian forces, but it was under attack. and this is, you can't underestimate how much this means for ukrainians. harkins is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. it was one of 3 major cities, including a key of the capital and mar, you pull in the south that came under instant attack by russians after the invasion . and now give, as well as hark har. keith have been liberated from attacks by russians, but harkey, remember, is not exactly in the dumbasses bordering the region and in the don bass,

russia has secured a lot of areas. it's curb bombarding. 23 cities, 23 towns and cities right now, and us intelligence kind of contradicts what we're hearing from british intelligence and ukrainians. and what they're saying is that it's become a stale made in the danverse and that we're likely to see a prolonged conflict there. russian forces fired at our hospital in sierra done yet on sunday. can you get us some more details about what happened there? ukraine said that 9 civilians were wounded in that attack on a hospital severe than yeske is in, within range of russian artillery. so it really puts a strain on the city. russia has almost completely surrounded there have been some gains by ukrainians, including the bombing of a temporary bridge over a river outside of that city, which was a major setback for russia. and they lost a lot of troops, but russia is really focusing on severe underneath. that's because it's the eastern,

most city still under the control of ukrainian troops. and if russia was able to claim that city, it would have de facto control of all the don bass, which is a region which russia has used to justify its invasion of ukraine, saying that it wanted to liberate the east and protect the russian speaking population. there from attacks by ukrainians. he w as i'm in a safe in living thanks so much out a meeting of nato foreign ministers in berlin, secretary generally and stipend, or delivered an update assessment and he cranes battle against invading russian forces. as take a lesson to some of what he had to say, ukraine can win this war, ukrainians or bravely defending their homeland rushes war in ukraine is not going as moscow had planned. they failed to take you there,

pulling back from around called kit major offensive and almost as sol. russia is not achieving it's strategic objectives. now in a historic shift away from neutrality, both finland and sweden have taken steps towards joining nato. and the of is prompted by concern for their own security in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. there is one problem though, and that is that nato member tuck. he could use it's vito power to block the expansion. it's a radical break with the past one that was almost unimaginable just months ago. in finland's capital, the helsinki prime minister, santa marin, announced the country's decision to apply to join nato. after decades of non alignment, they have reached to day an important decision in good cooperation between the government and the president of the republic. we hope that the parliament will

confirmed that decision to apply for native membership. during the coming days. it will be based on a strong mandate. finland shares a border of over 1000 kilometers with russia. after russia invaded ukraine, public opinion based in part on fears that it's easter neighbor would do the same to finland, moved strongly in favor of joining nato. this happened as foreign ministers from the military alliance as member countries meant in berlin. nato secretary general appeared at that meeting via video link. he welcomed finland's decision and encouraged sweden to follow. this would be a historic moment. their membership in a 2 would increase our shared security. the most would love naples door is open and that the aggression does not pay the meetings. host

german foreign minister and elaine of burbock added an enthusiastic note she is on finland. if you are ready, we are ready, piano soon after sweden's prime minister answered the call, thus just unprovoked invasion of ukraine is not the only illegal and indefensible. it also undermines the european, secure it, the order that sweden bits it security on. as the member of nato, sweden will not only achieve more security, but also contribute to more c court to more security one potential problem. turkey has expressed reservations about letting the 2 nordic countries join anchor a blame them for sheltering kurdish activists that turkey considers enemies of the state. there should be absolute security guarantees here. and this is not just about to candidate countries, but also about allied states who need to stop supporting terrorist organizations.

but officials said they were certain those differences could be resolved quickly. meanwhile, nothing will change right away. the finished parliament must ratify the decision and the nato application process could take up to a year. for months now, ukrainians have been showing the world that determination to resist russians. the invasion authorities and civilians alike have been actively engaged in the war effort. he w correspondent emanuel his shots visited a greek catholic monastery in the western ukrainian city of yvonne. oh frank esque, where monks and church go as make supplies from scratch for soldiers on the front line surrounded by a green park in the middle of social housing from the communist era. this monastery exert. com in the middle of turmoil. since the beginning of the war, it's been hosting displaced families plane, the atrocities, and eastern and central ukraine. but brother,

yvonne wants to show us that hospitality and pres a, not all that's been done here. among the also actively supporting ukraine's armed forces is that us provide the you can see how we make the camouflage nichols just from the net itself to the camouflage clothing. it was nowhere. the monks are not alone in their war effort. volunteers meet in the monastery every day to hand craft camouflage nets, which the army desperately needs still led thee a new me since i can't shoot, i do what i can learn a little. i could be cooking dumplings, but i prefer making these nads, although they can protect someone's life, especially that of our soldiers in another room volunteer stitched together underwear for the soldiers. that's not all they make to support the war. here is what brother yvonne calls the war cabinet where military gear and 1st aid kits for combat zones are assembled and were saying we saw the complete medical kits according to the molar system where we fully complete them. he was at the moment,

we're only missing torn a case, but otherwise we have all other necessary items which are from since the beginning of the war, we've sent 30 bulletproof this as it is to the arm life with my this part. we also have to order to plates local fill. the monastery has even been making custom military footwear for the soldiers mall. we ordered them from the factory key. we designed them on the computer and they've produced their shoes from basement to attic. every room of the monastery is used for manufacturing goods needed for the war effort. they also beg hundreds of loaves of bread and energy bows, at least once a week. although supplies are transported by one of the monks to the front line. it's the way these men of god have chosen to support ukrainian men at war. all right, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the

world. north korean leader kim jong and has ordered his military to get involved in facing a growing cove. at 19 outbreak. state media reported nearly 400000 more people with fever symptoms on monday and put the death toll so far at 50 is thought most of north korea's population of 26000000 is unvaccinated. one person has died and 5 others were injured after a gunman opened fire at a church in california on sunday. authorities said church go is detained. the perpetrator, who is now in police custody custody. this is the 2nd math shooting in the us over the weekend after a gunman killed 10 in a racially motivated attack in buffalo, new york. and the party of german chancellor will have shots, has hit a record low in elections in germany's most popular state, north rhine west failure. the s p d finished 2nd with almost 27 percent in its former stronghold. the conservative seed you which is in opposition in the national parliament is set to lead the next

state assembly. now in the world of tenants, novak brokovich has won the italian open. and with that, his 1st title of the season, the serbian overcame stefan it's. it's a pass and the final fix loves that $76.00 in convincing fashion jokers which also won the tournament without dropping a single set, lifting this particular trophy for a sick time in his illustrious career. now a full moon over the weekend provided spectacular views to spectators around the world. as to astronomical events took place. at the same time, stargazers across europe witnessed a full lunar eclipse as the earth passed directly between the sun and the moon. turning it a shade of dark red. the event also coincided with a super moon, which is when the celestial body appears larger. as it passes close to us. and in

the americas, the eclipse fell at night, treating people to the full spectacle. the lunar event was visible across much of the world with australia, one of the few countries not able to see the phenomenon that should use update coming up next. well, stories the we can report the stick around for that if you can. i manuscripts. makennan. thanks. so much for watching oh, really natural spectacle improved world of return to the comes to with the success stories rational bio diversity.