ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia says it has taken full control of the as of style steel plant, after ukrainian officials ordered the last remaining defenders to surrender to save their lives. also on the program, a former german chancellor finally cuts his ties to russia, state owned oil company, browse, and after says, god schluter is leaving its board. he was facing the threat of use actions over his ties to the kremlin. and one more step towards erasing women from afghanistan,

society, the taliban forbid women presenters from showing their faces on t v. it's the latest in a long line of dictates forcing women out of public life. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. russia says it's now fully in control of the as of stout steel works in matter. you pull ukrainian soldiers had held onto the plant for weeks, despite being surrounded by russian forces and facing constant bombardment. the order to surrender came from officials and cave hoping to save the soldiers lives. they've been evacuating for days, but the siege of the symbolic battle ground appease to be finally over. in a video released, the commander, the as of battalion says they've been ordered to abandon the defense of mario pole

. which is what we're getting these little our commanders have given the order to save the lives of the men and to abandon the defense of the city on them. you shall, the work is underway to bring the bodies of the killed fighters out just so that ukraine can bury its heroes. which assumable her wonderfully. when defense experts feared there will now likely be a relocating of russian forces. troops of maria poll could now support the offensive in other parts of east in ukraine, where the russian assault is continuing in full force. rush and state television broadcast images of an offensive in landscape ukraine's president brought me the landscape, says the bombardment of the dumbass region has been brutal. i will get this enormous looks in and now my list is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many ukrainians as possible. the rule wanting to destroy as many homes or social institutions and businesses as possible . that there is little genocide to the ukraine on people. and the occupiers will be

held accountable and brought to justice are better pursued the governor of the law hands. gretchen, which he still under ukrainian control, has reported further attacks where more people have been killed. well, mark montgomery is a retired u. s. navy rear admiral and military analyst at the foundation for the defense of democracy. and he joins us now. hi and welcome to d w. how much of a blow is the loss of marty you pull for ukraine? thank you very much for having me follow. you know, the look, it's a, it's an emotional blow. but militarily, this was a last piece of battle space. several weeks ago, and it ends in embarrassment for the russians where they could not a consummate a, see john, what turned out to be about 1000 ukrainian soldiers and some other number of

civilians there. so i don't think it's militarily consequential. i think it was going to happen, and the russians effectively have a land bridge from the don boss region to crimea. right, to the russians have that land bridge. but let's talk a little bit about the russian military. is this a huge morale boost for them? i think it'll have some advantage and they'll certainly do a lot of information. operations are really dis, information operations are about the brigade now and i am confident they'll, you know, they'll run their own eventually run their own show trials and, and such. but i, i don't believe, you know, for the rank and file russian soldiers, this is going to be seen as a significant event. what is the most likely next step for the russian military in ukraine? so i would assume for a moment that they use rational decision making,

then that could be a false assumption. but if they use rational decision making it secure as much of the dom boss region as they can using obviously keeping fighting close to their bases in russia so they can use, you know, rely on very close logistics. they've demonstrated no ability to conduct their long range maneuver logistics. we saw that in their attempt on q 2 months ago. so keep themselves close to their logistics basis. rely heavily on artillery. so they can cut back a little bit on the cruise and ballistic missile defenses, where they're really starting to cut into their inventories that they require for for other operations. if they had a problem with nato. so keep us us close, secure the dumbass, maintain the land bridge to crimea, a rational leader would at that point, realize, you know, he can explain to his, to russian people, i've taken 20 percent more of ukraine. i've liberated, you know, and restored part of the former soviet empire and declare victory. but i

just can't say that we have a rational actor in charge. mark briefly, if you could, are we seen russia make any changes to their whole military strategy? a lot more artillery, i think we're seeing quite a bit more tillery and, and, but the problem is it's still a challenge for them to seize and hold an urban environment. you saw that in the variable, but more explicitly we've, we've seen that in the, in the car keys and several dogs and other areas in the dom bass region. and so i think their strategy at this point is to heavily rely on artillery, keep their logistics lines very, very tight that keeps their command control lines tight. and you know, try to hold as much of the dos as possible. mark montgomery from the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you for your analysis. thank you. well,

here are some other developments in the war in ukraine. several people have been injured in a russian strike on a ukrainian cultural center. presidents zalinski released this surveillance footage of the attack in the town of those over in the eastern region of hockey. if he said russian forces deliberately target at the center, ukraine has accused russia of routinely striking civilian targets. germany's defense ministry says it will deliver the 1st of its 15 gay part or shita anti air tanks to ukraine. in july, keith has been pleading for more heavy weaponry to battle. russian troops in the east critics have accused germany of taking too long to deliver military 8. german chancellor, olaf schultz says tar will play a central role in german plans to cut its dependence on rushing gas. after talks in berlin with guitar, amir shake tommy bin fanny,

chancellor shoals said germany would construct infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas by ship. car wants to start sending the gas to germany in 2024. 1 of germany's former chancellors has resigned from the board of russia, state oil company, ross, left garage, luda was facing mounting criticism over his ties to russia. and this week the european parliament called for him to face sanctions. if he didn't quit, mister schluter is also a long time friend of latimer prudent dw correspondent, simon young reports. for years gearhart heard it has been criticized for his closeness to russian interests. some called him the kremlin chief lobbyist in germany. schroeder has refused to criticize the invasion of ukraine and he played down crimes committed by russian forces within the s b d. the party that schroeder once led, many felt his bees were unacceptable. calls grew for him either to leave

voluntarily or face expulsion. this week chancellor shalt himself added to that pressure. one more thing is important to me if i may add, it would be best if galahad square to resign from his post. schroeder has never made a secret of his friendship with vladimir putin. while he was chancellor from 1998 to 2005, he signed the deal to bring russian guest to germany by the north string pipeline through the baltic sea. and he raised eyebrows by referring to the russian leader as a flawless democrat. soon after leaving office, he accepted a job with russian energy company gas problem. he later became chairman of the supervisory board of another russian oil giant ra, sniffed. and he's also on the board of the nod stream operating company. just why florida has finally changed tack is not clear. he could be down to a motion in the european parliament to put him on

a list of those with russian lengths. he could face sanctions, including asset freezes, maybe the decision by the bundled stock to withdraw privileges such as a fully staffed office and a driver forced the ex chancellor to think again. whatever the truth, many say, sure, the support for putin has tarnished german is international reputation. and that damage cannot easily be undone. a rare tornado has swept through western germany, injuring dozens of people and causing severe damage. the twister tore through the city of potter bon injuring dozens of people. heavy damage was also reported in the nearby town of lip shot. the shopping mole in pa to bone was among the buildings damaged as the storm unleashed its destructive force. local police set the storm injured up to 40 people in portable and at least 10 of them seriously. a police statement said the tornado closed millions of euros of

damage as it swept through the west and german city. ah, the storm left a trail of destruction in its wake, with trees uprooted and roofs ripped off. many trees fell on parked cause the tornado also calls extensive damage. 35 kilometers to the west in lip shot a local resident film. these images near the town square st. trees were scattered and roofs blown off buildings, no heavy rain and gale force winds. co, severe property damage here as well. around $120.00 bathers were temporarily trapped at a local swimming pool. off to fallen. trees blocked the entrance

now to some of the other stories making use around the world. european health officials say they are concerned about the growing number of monkey parks infections on the continent. they warn that the virus could spread at an accelerated rate during the warm summer months. france, germany and belgium or reported their 1st cases on friday. french president amanew, i'm icons, new look cabinet has been unveiled. among the changes a new fort, a new foreign minister, career diplomat, catalina colonna, who last served as ambassador to britain. earlier this week, my cons team announced that elizabeth born would become frances, 1st female prime minister. in 30 years. you get your hopefully is wanda vaughn. in afghanistan, the taliban have ordered female tv presenters to now cover their faces on screen. it's the latest in the taliban growing list of restrictions on women. the rules also include covering themselves from head to toe,

being allowed to travel only with mail guardians, restrictions on working and urban on education for teenage girls. some say it seems the taliban want afghan women visibly erased from society. a popular tv presenter shows herself getting ready for a show the same day she wrote a woman being erased on orders from the virtue and vice ministry. but on the hold on the back, this was yelder ali, back in september 2021 on me right now, showing her face on air has become a crime on her protest, a strong widespread support on twitter, some se, yelder ali is a hero. others ask her to stay strong, but there are also comments like this. seeing westerners have brainwashed muslim women an opinion shared by the taliban, which less than 2 weeks ago audit women to where they're all covering,

had to told walker in public. despite vows to respect women, when it came to power in august, it also asked them to stay home. schools for girls remain closed. long distance travel for women is no longer possible without a close male relative. the tale bounce, growing. repression has confirmed the fears of the international community. what we're seeing is a, is an expanding set of restrictions on are on women. and it's quite systematic and it's, it's certainly not looking good as, as one, as one of on women characterized it to me. she said that she had a sense that there was a taliban, a war on women, and did the this i think is it something to, to really take stock or is that women and i honestly don't feel under siege yet many remain resilient. these women say they will not lead to boca hide their

identity. they're determined to defend their rights for as long as they can. well, that's all for now after the break, rob watts will be here with the business news. and don't forget, you can stay up to date on our website, d, w dot com, or you can follow up on our social media accounts. on pablo foias in berlin from the team here, take care, see the top of the next hour. so i'm kinda, i think that hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this reliance? what's your story. ready he wasn't, i was women, especially victims of violence and i love it.