ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, more ukrainian fighters leave the as old style steel plant and mariel. paul under russian guard, boscoe says more than 1700 soldiers have surrendered, but there's been no independent confirmation of where they have been taken. keith has to comment yet to comment on how many fighters may still be there. also on the program, the u. s. president offers his full throated support for finland and sweden's nato bits. they meet every nato requirement, and then so in order he's raised to join the alliance,

has russia wages war on ukraine return? if you could derail their plan? amik. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. russia says a total of $1700.00 ukrainian fighters have now surrendered at the as of south steel plant and mariel paul, moscow. his most have been taken to a prison colony in russian controlled territory. while the injured are in hospital, these images come from russia's defense ministry in the international red cross as it has registered hundreds of prisoners of war from the steel plant, including wounded fighters, keep hopes to get the soldiers back in a prisoner swath. while moscow has threatened to put some on trial for alleged war crimes. earlier i spoke to d. w correspondent mathias brinninger. i asked him, what else is known about the ukrainian fighters who left the plant to day?

yeah, we've heard that the red cross has registered them as prisoners of war. so there is a record on who has, who is now in the hands of the russians. but of course it is not clear at what is going to happen. then we understand that there has been an agreement between ukraine and russia on these on an exchange of these fighters from the steel steel works for russian prisoners of war here in ukraine. but it's very unclear whether this is going to happen. you've just mentioned the news there, many people in russia inside the russian elite or inside the russian government, demanding that they will be somehow punished that there will be declared terrorists and so on. so russia has now something in their hands with that they can negotiate a very, very heavy, a negotiating power. and because ukraine has said that they want to see them back alive. zelinski has said he wants he, he's trying to save every life of

a ukrainian soldier that he can save. and that's an important thing because this is one of the things that are the narratives of the ukrainians in this war, that they don't treat their soldiers as cruelly as the russians. it's something they have been telling the people they've been showing the people how cruel russians are treating their own soldiers. so it's an important, it's important for ukraine to get them back. and that gives russia a lot of leverage. of course, you're in cocaine now just to shifted to you, look how, what's the situation on the ground there hockey is still being sold, but it's now being shared like other cities with rockets, et cetera. the artillery is mostly out of range from the city. so this constant bombardment of several, some parts of the city we've been to, one part to day, the northern at the very, very edge of the city where fighting was very close and there is virtually, it's,

it's, it's a, it's a high rise. it's a settlement with a lot of high rise buildings, and virtually none of them is on damaged. many of them are burnt out. it's hundreds or thousands of uh, apartments destroyed here in the city. it's a bit calmer. life is slowly returning, but really slowly. we've also been in the shelter today. we've asked people in the metro station and they have said they are still afraid to god. and they actually want to stay in the metro station. although the city wants to get the metro running again to get back to a bit more normal functioning of the city. so, but they say no, they don't, they don't want to get out. they're afraid of going back outside there that many of the houses have been destroyed. so it's very is so many people are stupid, psychologically suffering from the past. they are still wary about what's the situation is now, as we can imagine, of course, mathias billing a reporting for us from

a car keys. u. s. president joe barton has given his full support to sweden and finland application to join nato. barton met the 2 countries leaders at the white house. the nordic nations applied to join the defense lines this week in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. turkey however, has blocked the start of accession talks in the nato council thing. the 2 countries support kurdish militia groups that it used as a terrorist organization. however bad and stress that sweden and finland and his estimation meet all the criteria to join the alliance. sweden and settled, have strong democratic institutions, strong militaries, and strong and transparent economies. and a strong moral sense of what is right. they meet every nato requirement and then so having to know nato members in the high north

will hand the security of our alliance, deepen our security cooperation across the border and did abuse washington bureau chief in st. paul told me how biden is supporting sweden and finland in their bids to join nato. well and nick, we just saw the press conference from president biden and the 2 leaders of finland and sweden and all 3 of them really wanted to celebrate this as a very historic moment, which indeed it is. because we have to keep in mind that this, the nato membership of sweden and finland would kind of end up 200 years or so of military, none, alignment of these 2 countries. so both, all 3 of them i shall say, really try to put out a, a happy mood and especially a president biden, also kind of try to draw attention to the fact that he himself really sees him as kind of the builder as a very strong and important force in this movements toward the extension with 2

members of nato. so it was a moment of celebration and the moment of unity. ok, but spoiling the celebrations. as we all know, is turkey, which has expressed skepticism about the 2 countries. joining me to howard our, the americans in present, been hoping to overcome that opposition. very good pointed nick. it was interesting that a president biden did not mention turkey at all. it was only the finish, a president who said that they are in good negotiations with turkey, that turkey will support the security of finland and sweden. and so would finland do, vice versa. and the, the point is that we hear that the bite and administration is in very close conversation with the turkish administration of the administration of president out

one. but we hardly hear any details. the major take here in washington is that other one won't really dare to stop nader, finland, and sweden from joining nato. but that he really wants to make most of this very moment. and just a quick last question for me is, what does it change to have 2 new countries in nato as regards the war and ukraine? well, 1st of all, both are really a powerful military forces, or they have been working closely with the nato and american troops anyhow. and it's, it's as, as a strong signal of the war in ukraine flooding me, put in is not able to weaken nato. it's quite the opposite. he made nato even stronger. okay, in his pool in washington, thanks so much for that. and president john barton on another issue is facing mounting political pressure over

a shortage of baby formula. the supply chain disruption began when the largest formula manufacturing plant in the united states had to close due to safety concerns. now the president has invoked the defense production act to revives domestic supplies. and to allay the fears of worried parents. while americans got used to certain products missing from supermarket shelves during the pandemic, the shortage of this product could potentially be life threatening baby formula. a nightmare, especially for mothers who are unable to breast feed late late junior. and i started to see that there was a formula sorted. so i was telling my husband, i said, honey, we got to go and find this one because this is a crisis you thought everything is going to be all right. you know, all of a sudden we go to buy formula, everything is gone. it all started in february when top us manufacturer abbott laboratories had to close their plant in michigan after recalling formulas. babies became sick with bacterial infections. after consuming the products,

at least 2 infants died to battle. the shortage u. s. president joe biden invoked the defense production act. it requires suppliers a formula manufacturers to fulfill their orders before delivering to other customers. he also authorized special flights to import supplies from overseas. our director at the department of defense and the department of health and human services to send aircraft planes overseas to pick up him from formula that meets us health and safety standards. so he can get on store shelves faster. the shortage has sparked a search of interest at milk banks. mothers are increasingly coming here to feed the children with donated milk from other women. we were able to come here and get as many hours as needed to keep her fed and keep her growing on this chest. friedman cod a jess, wasn't any. a now boss has been pretty scary to. she realized

that you may not be able to teach her baby. great, so it's a public health crisis that could easily turn into a political crisis for the by an administration. the u. s. president will be hoping his executive action will end the shortage and prevent further political fallout. the german parliament has ruled that former chancellor gerhard schroeder will lose some of his special privileges as a former leader. schroeder has been heavily criticized for his business and political ties with russia. european parliament has also calls for sanctions against the former chancellor schroeder left office in 2005 and immediately went to work for russian state energy companies including gas prom, and ross f. d w political correspondent simon young explained to us earlier what privileges were talking about well as a form of chancellor, god should has an office at the buddhist dog and that's an office that has

a full time staff attached to it as a driver. and he's also compensated for some travel expenses. so under this decision, he'll lose all of that decision that's been tabled by the governing coalition policies, including mr. hood as own social democrat party, what he will apparently be able to keep is his pension. although the opposition christian democrats called for him to leave that as well, and they will also keep his personal protection detailed with these entitled to keep it. simon showed has been criticized for his close types of food. and for a long time, the war's been going on for some 3 months now, why is all of this coming to a head now? well, i think it's part of a growing course of criticism that to gouge that has not broken links with

vladimir putin despite the ongoing war in ukraine and within the s b d. the leadership of his party have been asking him to step down or leave the party if he's not willing to step away from russia. and there are even applications for him to be expelled from the party. we've also got a motion in the european parliament for actually to be added to a list of people facing sanctions because of their involvement with russia. so i think there's just a growing, a feeling particularly here in berlin, that it doesn't, the right to be funding and supporting the activities of someone who is supporting the kremlin, particularly when the europeans, ah, adding ramping up sanctions against those kind of people the time. okay. simon, we turned to football news now and wednesday night saw a thrilling conclusion to the europa league with an trash frankfurt winning in

a penalty shooter. the bonus league aside far off scotlands rangers in a tough final in seville. and an emotional reception awaits the team. back in frankfort, where fans have been packing the city's main swear to hail their heroes. and we are now looking at life pictures. you could get a sense of the feeling in the crowd, a celebration to see their victories home team come home after their 1st such when in 40 years and clearly getting ready to party for some of them, it's going to be a 2nd night in a row coach oliver glosser is on his way with the trophy. that's what they're waiting for him and the team. and we'll be covering their arrival when they get there. you're watching d. w. use coming up next at we're here, we're queer, a documentary on the importance of role models for the l g. b t q. community in the

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