[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw live from burly. ukraine's military makes progress as rushes operations stalls. keefe says troops defending the key city of cow king have advanced as far as the russian border, but also preparing for new attacks in the don bos region. also coming up risking his life to rescue civilians, we meet a foreign foreman night club owner from the besieged city of mario pope was trying

to bring as many people as he can to safety and moscow walls of far reaching consequences of the finland and sweden take steps to join nato, about finland's minister of european affairs tells d w. she is not too worried about russia's reaction to what it sees as a new threat on its board. plus north korea is mobilizing the army and other forces to deal with what it's calling an explosive outbreak of cove it. but fears are growing for the population because no one in the country has been vaccinated. ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. keith says it is still bracing for a new offensive from russian forces in the eastern region of don bass. president, florida, zalinski said moscow could not admit that it's moved to

a ration was close at a dead end. ukrainian forces said they have successfully pushed the russians back from the eastern city of crockett and have advanced as far as the russian border. but 4 civilians still left in hockey if conditions are dire. for the thousands of people still sheltering and hark, eaves metro system. the war is far from over. after weeks of shelling that's left much of the city in ruins. some a 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. long last year live we were finishing at the beginning. it was extremely hard. we

were more because there were a lot of people here, had a lot of destruction. we all felt defeated in yeah, what are you now? we haven't heard bombs for last 3 to 4 days when the children that we were through . that's likely to be down to the ukranian counter offensive that seen soldiers retake near by villages like this one north of hark eve with ukraine, claiming on sunday, the sum of its troops had even reached the board with russia and set up a new board post keith's gains in the region come as it had 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 dumbass. they're certain to see even

more action in the days to come earlier. my spoke to a correspondence, but he was billing. i was in chief, i asked him about the impact the recent losses by the russian military were having on the conflict. yeah. as we have seen, they have been pushed pretty far back in the hock of region, almost back to russian territory. i'm so things look pretty good there for the ukranian army in the don bus region. that's the 2 of the 2 districts you have just mentioned to. hans can't donate the fighting. he still fears are the situation is very tens. i'm the ukrainians have said that they have inflicted or quite a big damage on the russians. again, because of poor tactics by the other side, that acts exposed many of their soldiers, the ukrainians claim that they have killed 400 soldier in one attack alone. but there is considerable pressure from the russian side on the ukrainian positions as well. the russians have made

a few strategic gains. they're not big and territory these gains, but they put them in a position now to attack saver at annette. that's the administrative capital of the ukranian territories are ukrainian control territory of the lou hands original. it probably going to see a very tough battle for this city in the next few days that the military situation . but for weeks, thousands of civilians were stuck in the port city of maria on the constant bombardment. without enough food or water was a situation like now. so most of the city is now under russian control. that means also that these areas are not contested. there's not no fighting in these areas, but are, but are they under russian control? the most of the biggest fighting spot, the, the biggest a hotspot is still the steel plan. the other steel plant where a few 100 ukrainian fighters, ukrainian soldiers are still, they are still defending this position. we are have seen pictures of what could

possibly be phosphor bombs, that means a fire bombs that have been dropped on this on this steel plant. and we've ear about many wounded soldiers in there. so this is the most the biggest hot spot. however, for the areas where the civilians live, um we still hear that many people are trying to leave the city since the beginning people have been trying to escape the city, although it has never been safe to get out from there. and i have met a man who has brought hundreds out of the city. yup. and most horrible present. i understood that the cities on the siege and nobody's driving there now. but my employees were there and i just promised them i would come yellow, my friends and i were pulling money to buy this bus. i am on the road, i hope all will be fine and i will get there. you had slipped by me and could i

well was also hour. and then when i drove past the last ukrainian checkpoint in odette horrible, i encountered the war with the mines de burned out. tanks and all the horrors. did you see this was a lack of dorothea vigorous here. mm hm. will immediately i had to bibles here and to hear lovely and nonetheless the few was still there ill, but i drove yeah, yeah. hm. no, mrs. muddle but i had a business in maria poll, which was a club, but most of the space was in the basement. it had concrete ceilings, so we transformed it into a bomb shelter. there was a grill, so we could cook food and water. we would joke that is a 5 star bomb shelter of mumbled maricia beds, wheels. mm. really all in law we did come under fire, but everything that came at us missed something. it here and here and here. yes,

with a car drove by that moment and in that car, grandma died. there's no rush to see. the children makes me cry. they are so scared screaming, i hope god will save them. it's horrific. we try our best with so it's horrible. the memories are coming back. oh, dear rosen at the 1st opportunity we left, we took children pregnant women and mothers with children mentions, did my local, my passengers are wiping to the camera myself. oh it. it was terrifying when we came across mines and tanks. but there were lots

of mannequins, i mean the dead people o as in us, another bus has joined us. we are becoming more and more it was there available. again, i was my 1st trip. i was the only one on my 3rd trip. i would already be standing in the queue at checkpoints for 40 minutes. there was so many people who wanted to help and get people out of there earlier today. ah, the volunteers have brought thousands out of the city in their own cars and many did not return some hit a mine. some came into crossfire while driving at night. these are regular ukrainians, regular people mm. are impressive reports m a g s e, but me carlo. he is not the only one right. you have met or heard about others as well as far as we know, he was the 1st one to drive there when the fighting was severe. but as he drove

many have joined him, we don't know how many people have been driving in and out of the city. also, whenever a convoy was coming in and, and bringing people out whenever, even he alone was driving in many people would join him in many people from the city would join him in their cars and he's just returned from another trip. and he said there were a few dozen cars who just drove behind him because they saw him driving out so they thought they would risk it. ok. respondents mathias bullying of their reporting from keith. thank you much. yes, finland and sweden have made clear their intentions to join the nato alliance in a historic step away from neutrality for the 2 countries. both nations want to bolster their security following russia invasion of ukraine, redrawing the security map of europe, turkey as expressed concerns over them joining saying they must 1st provide security guarantees. russia has called it

a mistake and said it would be forced to restore military balance, including by deploying nuclear weapons. a little earlier, i spoke to 22 foreign and she's the finish minister for european affairs. and she explained to me why finland has now decided to apply for natal membership. well, 320. it changed everything for us. it was to wake up call. not tough for us. been spotted to us all to assess the changing security environment. and let us be clear that has not been neutral in any sense. we have been firmly rooted in the west the world we have the member in the european union since 1995. so you know that since it was quite natural for our public to react to be the war in a way that the support for nathan membership was huge already from the pers balls holes in early march. now russia,

russia has already voice this disapproval of sweden and finland joined via laws. what kind of reaction i was expecting from moscow? no. well, no, none of us is surprised that claim is not in favor of nature. and last month, it has expressed these may for already been and, and sweden joining nato already for many years so that he's not being used. and they also said that they will have to do some kind of balancing misers if we should join nato, that we will not let russia intimidate us. russia cannot to dictate our own national sense. and on the other hand, it can also be possible that restless simply states the obvious that the one has already been so close to nato. we have in hans opportunities, partnership with nato, so we also already so close as one can be without being actual member. so it can be

possible bad for us to simply adapt to this new reality. so you do know you don't expect any harsh reactions from moscow. what about energy security in finland? well, we don't expect any military absence against us. it is perfectly safe. here it is peaceful and quiet about order, so the intelligence fails that nothing like that is coming back of all kind of hybrid influencing is possible. we've already seen some in the parents in the electricity markets, and also gas deliveries can be some kind of a problem. but for us, it's not going to be and you may to grow blend. we already are almost done when it comes to electricity, and gas is only 6 percent in our energy mix. so we have a very versatile energy tool box here in the land, and that's proved to be very valuable in doing these durable in times. now you're nato membership of finland's nato. a membership is not all done and dusted. turkey has misgivings,

and could theoretically spoil your bid. do you expect to veto from anchor? what are you doing to against it? well, we'd heard a lot of, ah, indications of support to us and then to nato's open door policy applies and we believe so. we have been told repeatedly that we are welcome and we certainly believe says, but we need to be humble. of course it needs to be ratified in each and every member a member state. so the axis and gt is something that is at the end in the hands of nathan members including turkey, boss, i don't expect any, any major problems with turkey. we understand that they can be some different use and of course, that's totally possible. but we share the same goal to fight against terrorism. that's the thing is ambition. that is also very important for germany. and it was

a high priority in nato's. i believe that we can work together. there was to, to, to brian in the finish, a minister for european affairs speaking to us earlier for months now ukrainians have been showing the world their determination to resist russia's invasion authorities and civilians alike. i've been actively engaged in the war efforts to w. corresponded. de manuel shars visited a greek catholic monastery and the western ukrainian city of yvonne or franco gifts . where mom, son, churchgoers, make supplies from scratch for soldiers on the front lines. surrounded by a green park in the middle of social housing from the communist era. this monastery exudes con, in the middle of turmoil. since the beginning of the war, it's been hosting displaced families framed the atrocities and eastern and central ukraine. but brother yvonne wants to show us that hospitality and prayers are not all that's been done here. amongst are also actively supporting ukraine's armed

forces. is that us for wash the you can see how we make the camouflage nicholas just from the net itself to the camouflage close. it was lowered. 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 to lead the new me since i can't shoot, i do what i can and the girl 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 we're saying we saw the complete medical kits according to the modest system, are we fully complete them? he opens at the moment where on the missing toner case. but otherwise we have all other necessary items which are from since the beginning of the war with st. 30

bullet proof this that says to the omelette with my this part, but we also have to order the plates. most of them in the monastery has even been making custom military footwear for the soldiers mold. we ordered them from the factory and 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 bake 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. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. one person has died and 5 others were injured after a gunman opened fire the church in california on sunday authorities se churchgoers detained to the perpetrator,

who is now in police custody. this is the 2nd mass judy in the us over the last weekend after a gun and killed 10 people in a racially motivated attack in buffalo in the state of new york on saturday. more than a 1000000 people in north korea and have now been infected with cov, 19, according to state media, that the country's unelected leader kim jong on has blasted health officials and ordered the army to help bring the pandemic under control. nationwide, lockdown is now in place. mcdonalds has announced that it will sell all its restaurants and exit the russian market following the countries invasion of ukraine. fast foods giant close to all its outlets in the country back in march, or than 30 years after it opened its 1st branch in moscow's pushkin's where russia president vladimir putin has been welcoming leaders of the russian lead

collective security treaty organization in moscow. but arose select, sandra lucas shanker, is one of the presidents joining the military alliance meeting at the kremlin. the summit is time to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the collective tensions between russia and nato nations are currently growing over the nato membership id by finland. and sweden, members of this, c, s t o, include russia, armenia, bella roost, kazakhstan. the target stands and to jacob stones. brutal did abuse you re rossetto is in riga. earlier i asked him about the significance of this meeting in light of the finish in swedish, ne to applications. while this eurasian military alliance was originated from the remains of the soviet union, a kind of thrash, russia natal, are as this year's organization is celebrating, a beginning nursery. it was created exactly 30 years ago. but this year is of course, also very distinctive for the alliance because of the boy ukraine. and because of this,

it really has never been as serious as to day god. so what are the differences between the a, c, s, t, o and, and nato, and of so we see this meeting in the light of the finish and swedish, ne to applications. while the collector scurried to treat organization, includes that the so called collective redford reaction forces, and this is a joint task force designed to repulse military aggression and combat terrorism on russia has been training c. s t or soldiers in its military educational institutions. similar to late joint military exercises also held regularly, but compared to nato as easiest, he always significantly smaller. there are only 6 member countries, nato has 30, ah, just like the best and military aligned to this is to or is a mutual defense packed in the event of a military threat against one of the participating countries. the entire alliance comes to its defense like natal did of use the you wishes are reporting them. now the head of a russia's orthodox church patriarch,

carol as supported put his war in ukraine from the start. he described the opponents of the invasion as the forces of evil and urged his followers to rally against what he called moscow's external and internal enemies. and this led to calls for western sanctions on curl. it also angered many ukrainians. they say carol has given his blessing to putin to kill them. so far russian attacks have damaged as many as 92 churches and places of worship in ukraine. there have also been increasing reports of attacks against the clergy, their rushes war. it seems also has a religious dimension. much of this religious conflict has been fueled by the russian orthodox church in moscow, and in particular by its head, patriarch kiro. ah,

long before the start of the invasion, kiro positioned himself and his church, a strong ideological allies of the kremlin hero has repeatedly cast russia as a defender of divine law, against the forces of evil, which he identifies as emanating from western democracies. carol's proximity to the kremlin goes hand in hand with putin's commitment to the church. in 2012, the patriarch described putin's political project as a miracle of god. over the next few years, he became a staunch supporter of the kremlin agenda. in a sermon in march, this year carol rebuked members of his own church, who opposed the war. we will never make peace. he said, with those who violate the law of god. for carol, the invasion of ukraine is a religious crusade,

aimed at defending divine law. those who oppose it are therefore enemies of god. the kremlin and its forces have effectively been granted a religious stamp of approval for their actions. many of the victims of the violence unleashed by the kremlin and blessed by the church and moscow are carol's own faithful ukraine has almost $12000.00 russian orthodox parishes, many of which now stand in the way of russian munitions. and only enough or more is religious as expert martin martin. welcome to the studio. we saw in that report how close the relationship between carroll and brought me putin is. how important is the path for putting i think the battery can. the church in general provides 2 very important things. one is a very close ideological ally because in fact, i mean carol has been a major proponent of this kind of very conservative approach to all sorts of social issues which resonates very strongly with

a lot of putting space. but on the other hand, one has to keep in mind that about 80 percent of rush actually is very much committed to the, to the russian orthodox church. which means that as a political conduit within the social fabric of russia, the patriot and his church are extremely, extremely important. so i think that both of these functions are fulfilled. the fact is, when we're point is that being a supporter of the war has helped actually to distribute that message across the flock. so why is carol so supportive? i think that part of the answer is indeed that they have a very sort of very close idea of what essentially you know, the good life and what is the idea of the moral life. and i think that the foil has been consistently for both of these figures progressive causes emanating from, from the west. i mean, girl has mentioned gay pride parades repeatedly and for many sounds quite laughable to make that a mean political target. but the fact is that it is very explain indicative of the

kind of mindset concerning that vance of new forms of life, which, you know, in many conservative parts of the country had not been seen. now what's the influence that this relationship between putting of 0 and that it has on the church? well it's, it's a question that it's very difficult to gauge. i mean, what direction the police station of politics is stronger? i think it's very clear that one of the being, you know, being essentially to some degree, national churches, the orthodox church and it's got conglomeration within it. very strong. russia is something that would make for a very strong church at the same time. obviously a very strong church would also be a very strong political thing. but i think that it's really a marriage of convenience of sorts. which both arts need the other to be strong sanctions. carol is on the sanctions this why section the pres, mostly it is besides lewis because of the proximity of girl to put in and it is the

fact that he has been a very important proponent of the war. so i mean, it actually has helped to essentially extend the message and propagated among the flood, as i said before, purely it's rumor to have actually pretty strong portfolio and be the holder of property even in europe. so that makes him a target of fossil sanctions. are just a factor is one of martin got in the studio. thank you much. you're welcome. the food has provided spectacular views of the weekend as to astronomical events took place at the same time. star gazes across europe with full lunar eclipse. as the earth passed directly between the sun and the moon, turning it a shade of dark red event also coincided with the so called super mood, which is when the moon appears larger, as it passes closer to you watching d w news coming up next n d w news, asia, north korea scrambles to contain a deadly caron of ours, all break full, which it is

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