ah ah ah ah ah, business dw news live from berlin. ukraine says its troops may have to retreat from to key east in cities. moscow's forces pound the loo hands regions last remaining pockets and ukrainian hats. russia is aiming to complete its advance through both was one's ukraine's industrial hot land. also on the program. the russian orthodox

church in ukraine cuts ties with moscow and condemns its lead us pro war storms. will ask our religious affairs correspondent, what this place could meet. class pressure gross on texas police to explain their parent in action while children were being shot in an elementary school state officials including the governor, blast the police for failing to act fast enough to end evolve the school massacre. ah, i'm all out like a a one. welcome to the program. rushes. defense ministry says it's forces have taken the strategic railway hub of the man in easton, ukraine. these satellite images show the aftermath of russian bombardments of ukrainian control parts of the done yes. greeted russian forces have been advancing

from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of the battle dawn. yes. and let the chance that the last ukrainian pockets of persistence in the hunts region and keep this its forces may have to retreat, to avoid being surrounded with president joe biden. and now's russian president vladimir putin of working to eradicate ukrainian identity, brutal, brutal, brutal war and your printer. not only are you trying to take over, your crane is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of your great people, tracking schools nursery, hospitals. you, james, would know the purpose and eliminate a culture a director, so on the fundamental tennis rule based international order. let's go straight to the ukranian capital key,

where dw correspondent rebecca recess is standing by for us. that's good to see your rebecca joe biden says putin is eliminating ukrainian culture is that something people are talking about are worried about where you are. well, i don't think people here in key that i've spoken to at least a particularly worried that that's happening here. i mean, that's of rhetorical language, really just referring to the fact that rushes invaded a sovereign nation. but you know that people here not really worried that ukrainian culture is going to be completely stamped out, but as not to say that they're not worried about what is going on in their country . very concerned about this battle happening in the don bass, which, you know, ukraine are losing the grip av so definitely concern about what's going to happen there. and what will that will mean for the future of this conflict if they do end up controlling the dog mass, as they are indeed attempting to do, then will that emboldened them to perhaps attack key if one more time or try and take other parts of the country, so very concerned about what a positive, what

a wind for russia in the dorm bass will, main for the rest of this complex. right. so as we've heard, russia's army has seized their strategic town of la man in easton ukraine. what can you tell us about the situation there now? but it's not looking good for the ukrainian side down in don bass, sir. they've been admitting for a couple of days now that they've lost the upper hand, that the russians have the upper hand in that conflict. they're really outnumbered it, particularly by heavy weapons. they're being pounded, they have lost 95 percent of that, no hands territory and it's looking monthly that they will lose the other 5 percent . soon. as you've mentioned, the last remaining ukranian stronghold, being surrounded by russian forces and the russians at the ukrainians rather looking to have even pull out of that region because they worried that their trips will now be in nichols. i said they're looking to move back into ukrainian

territory to try to shore up the defenses further back. it is looking likely that the russians will succeed in taking at least the hans can possibly don yesco done yet. can that entire don bass region. but president said lensky at pains to say that even if that happens, is not going to be the end of this fight, that the ukraine are going to try and fight back. he is what he had to say in his evening message. that michelle, this is emma, we are protecting our land, the way that our current defense resources allow us or we are doing everything to reinforce it and we will reinforce it. if the occupiers think that lemon and sierra done that school be there, they are wrong. the don bus will be ukrainian because it's us, it's our essence. even if russia brings destruction and suffering there, we will rebuild every city and every community. these people, there is no and there will be no real alternative to our ukrainian flag. grayson, barbara rebecca, the ukrainian president there says he will re enforce his troops,

but does he have the resources this were not military equipment to do that i have all the short answer. ola is, is no, i mean ukraine, a really outnumbered when it comes to heavy weaponry. that's why the president and the foreign minister and the entire ukrainian government calling on the international community to deliver more weapons. there has been a lot of promises, particularly from the u. s, and they have delivered some, but not enough, says ukraine. they say that they just cannot hold back the russian forces with the current equipment that they have. one of the reasons why they're looking at pulling out of that sarah done yet region to pull back and show up defenses elsewhere. but of course, worried about what's going to happen once they do that needed russia is going to keep pushing forward. and unless they get more weaponry, they're going to be really struggling to try and, and defend that. so, short answer to that is no. despite presidents, zalinski is very sort of passionate language there. it's, it's looking at like there's

a real turn happening here. and ukraine is not winning this battle at the moment. jason was enough. weapons there to fight back briefly can. what can you tell us about the civilians living in these towns still under ukrainian control? are they? how are they preparing? should russia take control whether the humanitarian situation in that region is dire? older people living primarily on the, on the ground in, in bomb shelters of that area has been being bombarded for weeks. now they've been living without water, electricity, and other utilities for weeks. they're running out of food medication and other supplies and it's getting harder and harder for people to be able to take in that humanitarian aid. you know, the roads, the ukrainian roads still that are open and accessible are becoming few and far between and a being constantly hit so humanitarian aid almost not getting in at all. so a dire situation for the people living in the dumbass becker. it is in a key of many thanks to you.

ukrainian branch of the russian orthodox church is cutting ties with moscow because of the pro war stance of the churches lead up patriarch. carol is a staunch supporter of russian president vladimir putin and his invasion of ukraine . ukraine in church to post the ball and has now declared full independence, has been under moscow spiritual leadership, full centuries. and from all are joined by dw religious affairs analyst moss, and gac it's good to see you martin. when will the 3 august you into this war? why this break now? the impressionist does the ukranian orthodox church of the of the russian of the russian orthodox church. the church is quite split, has tried for the last 3 months to really, you know, convenience must go to patrick and moscow to actually take

a mediation position and to try to win him over a to defend essentially what he's for largely green. he's flock inside ukraine, which is obviously, you know, standing under directly under russian, russian artillery. i think that what becomes clear from this last episode is that they, they consider that they have failed. and that essentially curial the patrick in moscow to whom they actually have a formal relation since 1919. but as you mentioned, i mean the relation with the church or the way that the church actually rules over the ukrainian orthodox church goes back to centuries. they essentially understand that they have failed and that girl is 1st and foremost operating us in a logical, you know, agent off the ground. and so just how significant is this break indeed, it's very significant because it is a schism winning orthodoxy,

which already started sort of about 5 years ago when part of the orthodox church to because i rigged, you know, rick, that rick the position to the, to the russian, patrick, they actually split from the russian, patrick and they were recognized by essentially what he would be. something like a pope like fear which is based so in constantinople. so that would be one of the head or the main head of the orthodox church. curial has taken a very cautious approach to the ukranian church, at least. so was the case in 201415 because he understood that that was his flock. that was essentially being attacked by the moscow political power that change significantly. which goes to say that it is really the russian orthodox church that has lost a massive amount of territory, essentially the entire ukrainian territory of people. i mean, that will belong to the church of til today there were about 12000 parishes in ukraine that belong to the russian orthodox church. they are now independent. this

of course leaves moscow's pe track, increasingly isolated. briefly. what's the reaction russia we have not seen much of a reaction yet. well, it has to be assumed that it will be very similar to the one that they had when the ukranian orthodox church went independent, which is a much smaller group. but i think that at this point, i mean moscow has essentially split relations merlots with about again, they had become quite tense, contention over the over ukraine. they have actually had a very rough going with constantinople, which is essentially the center for the oxy and know they lose the rest of your brain. there are other russian orthodox churches around the world. most famously amsterdam, which have actually broken relations with moscow, which is essentially their mother church no longer. it's actually, but was for a very long time. so i think that door talks, church of russia under the most go,

patrick. he finds itself in a very awkward political position. i think that this is going to be recognized sooner or later. did any of religious assess analyst? nothing. gag. many thanks to you. ok, thank you very much. police and you have all the texas have admitted. they made mistakes and their response to tuesday, school shooting, waiting instead of moving in against the government. 19 children and 2 teachers died and just 3 days later, the biggest gun lobby in the u. s. the national rifle association has begun its annual convention and the texas city of houston. there's been an outcry over the location and timing of the event as more north and you've already texas, grieve, the loss of loved ones in yet another. my shooting. the countries mean done right whole if national convention in the same state

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