ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. european union agreed to ban most russian oil imports by the end of this year. of the weeks of in fighting e u. member states reach a compromise that will allow some oil to keep flowing. still, you leaders are highlighted as a blow to financing rushes warmer she also coming on. brushing forces are pushing

deeper into the eastern ukraine, the ukrainian city of sierra road donuts authorities, fear the city could meet the same faith as mario bold, which rushes bombardment or but flat and investigating war crimes. ukrainian prosecutors meet with i. c. c. officials to coordinate their work, but holding perpetrators to account could get harder as more areas come on, the russian control. ah, i'm glad elf is welcome to the program. european union leaders have agreed to a partial ban on russian oil imports. that's the toughest sanctions imposed on russia since the invasion of ukraine. the deal is the result of difficult negotiations and more member states that ended in concessions to some you countries,

which are heavily dependent on russian oil. oil pumped from russian fields is no longer welcome. in most parts of the u. e. u leaders and brussels reached an unexpected breakthrough on the 6th sanctions package. just around midnight. collins so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil inputs by the end of the year. who's the embargo. a move that had been proposed by the commission weeks ago. and the ukranian president had urged leaders to finally make, keep, or don't do you have rope on my europe must show strength with you because only russia perceives power as an arguments. it is time, but it is time for you to be not separate, not fragments, but one whole mil lumpkin. i you, dean, him, ceiling. however, member states are still not entirely united on the issue that you plans to cut russian oil transported by see only a concession made in order to get hungary on board hungarian prime minister victor,

oregon has formed close ties with russia in the past, making the country heavily dependent on russian energy, hungary will be able to continue to receive oil by pipeline for now. the sanctions package also excludes russia's largest bank from the swift system benz 3 more russian state own broadcasters and sanctions individuals responsible for war crimes. some leaders like the lottery and prime minister have call to go even further now. but opinions differ from oates. men perspective from my perspective, we temporarily have reached our limits. definitely regarding sanctions that have to do with energies the to market never met in are here. despite hungary not playing along, the latest round of sanctions are believed to be some of the most damaging measures taken by the you so far. or the w brussels bureau chief, a son of a nom,

joins me now. the sandra, bring this into perspective for us. how much as of a success? is this been well, the last 3 weeks a, we're very embarrassing for the european union when all this back and forth negotiating arguing. and we started to see 1st cracks in the community. so now to see that the european leaders were able to get their act together, that they are able to push through that with this oil embargo is a huge success. when we take into accounts that banning all petroleum products and oil shipments would amount to 2 thirds of all russian oil imports to the european union. that is something. and we also have to consider that 2 member states, poland and germany have already announced that they are going to quit all russian imports by the end of this year, regardless of how they are being transported to the european or to those countries

. and that would amount to 90 percent of all russian oil imports. so at this is something that sounds like a lot what kind of impact or are these measures expected to have own rush overall? well, we have to stress that by buying russian oil, the european union puts around 260000000 euros in cookies put ins pocket every day. so this is a significant amount of money. of course, we have to consider that our buying russian gas and they are paying much more so that could be, should be the next step. but we have to say that that would be very difficult to achieve an agreement here in the european union. now we just heard the belgian prime minister in our report. they're saying that from his perspective b, u has temporarily reached its limits regarding energy sanctions. what other

sanctions could the in you agree on? well, i think that 1st of all, we should have a look at these are 6 sanctions package ad that was in principle approved by d. u. leaders here in brussels. and that includes sanctions against the largest russian banks. burbank that it's important. they are going to blacklist military officials held responsible for the atrocities in butcher and other towns in ukraine . and a dad could make a difference. this is a huge step and they are already working on a severance package of sanctions planning to ban oil lash russian imports. are bad to that remains to be seen how quickly they can agree on that b. w. russell, spirits, if, alexander phenomena, thank you. russian forces have and entered the city of seattle donates

in eastern ukraine. keith says it's troops are battling to hold their positions, street, both streets of the days of intense shelling, rushes pushing to seize the entire eastern region of dawn boss, which has already been partially in separatist hands since 2014 ukrainian president . rather. miss lensky says several of the nights cars, the scene widespread destruction, similar to what happened in the port city of maria po, previously, a city under siege severe donetta has been battered by intent shelling for weeks. now russian forces have entered the city and fears a growing that it may share mary. repulse fate. thousands of civilians a thought to still be in the city, the largest in the loo. hence, grecian still held by ukraine. according to the mare, the relentless bombardment has left it impossible to keep track of casualties

with russia, bringing its overwhelming advantage in artillery to bear in its assault on the dumbass, ukraine is pleading with its allies to provide it with more advanced long range weapon systems. do us was reportedly considering the move, but president biden has now thrown that into doubt a rock with the rock. but while ukraine's allies debate, russia continues to concentrate its fire power in the dawn bass. were you the showman, the fighting has reached its maximum intensity with russian troops firing along the entire line of contact and trying to fire artillery deep into our defenses. at the same time, the assault is continuing in several directions. they can call them up to him. for now, at least ukrainian forces continue to fight on in the face of the russian onslaught

. we are now joined by our regular military on was franklin, which in from oxford in the u. k. frank, the fight foresee ever the nets has been described as a race against time for the kremlin. why the rush? well, the monica hunt, russia is still believe it or not a peace time army. so the money situation is a peace time is a peace time army. so that to that the fact that that caught out by corruption casualties and a lack of morale, they cannot sustain the momentum very much longer. now to the 1st, the russian army that they've gone on so long such intensity is a real credit, but they simply cannot sustain that. are the into that the factor so much to weapons getting through. then you have, if not a time limit, then you have an operational limit on what can be achieved for what amounts to

frank frank, a very limited success. and so speaking about western weapons deliveries, as we heard in that report earlier, you as president biden appears to put a damper ukrainian hopes of getting heavier weapons soon saying washing to will not to live a long range rocket systems. what do you make of that? and how big of a blow is this for your crime? yeah, we can compare this to the makes decision back in february. only this is far more important. this is an artillery war. the only chance ukrainians have of holding the russians back is by matching them in artillery, likely to be able to do that without those western supplies. the long way to rocket systems are absolutely critical for the credit. but with the challenge russian supply lines, this is a political, not a military decision. as a political decision, it deeply flawed. the idea that the difference implied in biden's hope that we have heard before between defensive and offensive weapons is absolutely false. this is

a decision is going to cost lives and cost land for the credit. we still have to spend even greater quantities to retake the land. they're gonna, they're going to lose a short sighted decision. you just said that this is an artillery war, but it seems to me that one of the more overlooked aspects of the fighting is the naval front. the fight for sealants has become increasingly important for key person. yes, it has. and we've heard little flashes of this, of course, with the sinking of the bar and the various bottles for snake island in the last few weeks, which you kind of seem to last. russian have taken the other, not surprisingly, but all those battles of moscow snake on the attacks on russian frigates and so forth. and under control. those are all in support. the idea of taking back or at least challenging for control of those c legs not a yesterday when very few agencies and really get credit for this. to point out that lithuania, which is always been very forward leading in this war,

has proposed that at least nato probably more worldly. an international coalition convoy vehicles in and out of the port of augusta. now the reason for that is military. obviously, it's a challenge for that control, but that secondary, here's the political problem. ukraine is looking at a situation where if it fails to provide that entry to the c, it's a mercantile nation. it's looking at being a landlocked state which cannot get its exports, particularly food out and a landlocked failing state with a big army in the medium term is not viable. it's not viable for itself. and it's not viable, of course, for europe any fall of european security in the longer term. it's absolutely vital his utmost of readers who used to be subpoena our commander in europe said that this was just as important as weston supplies coming in from the west. this being forcing an entry or supporting an entry into odessa and i think over the next few

weeks, what we're going to see is that front the naval front becoming ever more important . get hot. are monitor alice frank lead, which them. thank you frank. thank you. god, in any i'm conflict, intelligence gathering is crucial there, so to is deceiving the enemy on the battlefield. during world war 2, the allies used inflatable decoys of heavy machinery to fool nasty aerial recognizance. but it seems some 70 years on the technique has not lost its effectiveness. ah, an m 60 battle tank american made traveling across a meadow in the north of the czech republic, near the german border. from the join footage, it's not easy to recognize that this is not actually heavy weaponry at all. it's an inflatable decoy driven by an ordinary car. no one's playing

a prank on residence near the town of ditch in the fake tank is made by a civilian armaments company and the czech republic. instead of being assembled like a real tank, this one takes about half an hour to inflate. then it looks, at least from a distance deceptively real for enemy recognizance. when asked if we also have systems installed to deceive radar and thermal cameras. and even when looking through binoculars, our products are difficult to recognise from a distance to school that is not tele. the use of rubber decoys is not new. the us used them to full denazi's during world war 2. nato armies are still ordering inflatable decoys today. the company says its versions of soviet designed equipment are currently in high demand. it's easy to assume that the inflatable weapons are most likely being used in ukraine. the company can produce 15 rubber tanks in a month, all hand base. this is the view,

this was in the view. most of these are the individual parts of a tank. when they are then sewn together according to the design drawing, then it just needs to be inflated. and it looks like the real vehicle process is a little over. the company doesn't just produce tanks, but a whole range of large military equipments. like the s 8 anti aircraft, missiles, systems inflated in just 10 minutes. a lot of hot here for 25000 years. but according to the manufacturer, even modern thermal imaging cameras and radar systems can be fooled by built in heating coils of we often hear from pilots that i wasn't sure if it was a dummy or real hardware. and that's what we're all about or confusing the enemy. i think it's also important is that an attack with ammunition powerful enough to

destroy a real vehicle? cost the enemy $5.00 to $8.00 times more than the cost of our damira. he nation, her daughter 3, and i said that he even if it might seem like a lot of hot air for the layman, experts know that this technology is anything but and it gives a whole new meaning to military air power. ukraine stop, prosecutor, and as you to meet her counterpart from the international criminal court in the hague. later today, that we're looking at ways of how best to coordinate investigations into alleged war crimes by russian soldiers in ukraine. some trials have already begun thanks to meticulous documentation on the ground, but investigating potential war crimes could be more of a challenge in regions where russia has already taken control. a warning our next report contains some disturbing images. images that no one should have to see civilians strewn across the street in their chair. the immediate aftermath of

a strike on a maternity hospital in mary u. pole. a mass grave holding the unidentified bodies of fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, grand parents, and children after ukrainian fighters pushed russian forces back from towns and villages they'd occupied evidence of atrocities began to pile up all being documented by human rights groups. ukrainian officials and journalists on the ground. now, almost 2 months later, you cranes, prosecutor general, says investigations are underway into well over 10000 suspected war crimes. ranging from pillaging and looting, rape and summary execution, to indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure.

the 1st war crimes trial concluded last week, resulting in a guilty verdict for a 21 year old russian soldier, charged with shooting an unarmed ukrainian man. but in the eastern don bass region where the war is still being fought, tracking down evidence and prosecuting potential war crimes could prove a lot more difficult. in the southern city of mary you, paul ariel pitches showed the word children dogged outside the theatre building. that was hit by russian asterix in march and associated press investigation suggests as many as 600 people may have been killed that as they sought shelter. ukraine says russia knew it was a civilian target. now, mary, you poll is in russian hands and an independent investigation at the site has been impossible. exactly who and how many people died there may never be known.

in april satellite images showed apparent mass graves near the city. local officials say up to $9000.00 bodies could be buried their victims of russian aggression. they say, what now russia is focusing its assault on the loo hunt region. the fear is if more towns and cities fall under russian control, the harder it will become to investigate potential war crimes and hold any one there to account for more and are joined by shoe williamson. he is with shoe and rice, water, and berlin. are there have been thousands of suspected war crimes in the ukraine? how long will it take to investigate them or are we going to see justice? good morning, thanks for having me. i'm. i certainly hope so. obviously it's difficult to estimate how long it's gonna take. it's important that investigations teams have

already started. as you heard in your report, the ukrainian prosecutor's office is busy with his su, international criminal court. the said experts to ukraine as well. it's important that these teams are well coordinated, sharing resources, supporting the prosecutor's office in the work they're doing. um, i live on that basis. um that what needs to be thorough and independent, but obviously needs to move forward as fast as possible. so what are the, the problems are that investigators are confronting right now while they're collecting evidence of potential war crimes? i mean, evidently with this is happening in the midst of a war and that poses huge problems, security problems for those investigating problems of securing the evidence, allowing access for forensic experts and so on. ukrainian authorities obviously extremely stretched, and therefore they do need the support from other prosecution teams and so on.

other, other european countries of also send teams to, to ukraine. so resources are an important point, but also independence is a vital point as well. you know, ukraine is in the middle of a war and therefore sense a sense of sort of national pride and anti russian sentiment is obviously strong. nevertheless, the prosecutor's office needs to assess things through the judicial lens and make sure the trials are free and fair, which is a challenging task for them in a war situation. but it's absolutely vital for that to happen if the, the results and the verdicts are to be seen as credible in the longer term. and now we see more and more evidence of alleged war crimes in regions that russian troops have left. should we expect any investigations to take place in the area still held by the russians? i mean, it's obviously difficult for invest difficult if not impossible for investigators

to go there regarding russian war crimes. nevertheless, it's possible to gather evidence human rights watch, for instance, in mary or paul. one of the main cities now seemingly under russian control has been gathering evidence for weeks and weeks. they're both remotely, through assessing videos, photos that have been placed online and so on. and looking at patterns of bombing by russia, for instance, but also by interviewing people who have left maddie or poll. we've done a whole range of interviews with people in towns relatively nearby. so it's certainly possible to gather evidence, but in real time as it were, and to make that available to prosecutor. so they can start building cases even for in areas which are still under russian control. q, whoops, and they're from human rights watch. thank you very much. thanks for your time. let's have a quick look now as some of the other stories making headlines around the world.

funerals have begun for the victims of the school shooting in you valley and texas, where 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. a week ago, a memorial gathering for a 10 year old girl was held at a funeral home across the street. from that school tragedy has rekindled the debate over gun control. in the u. s. global mercy, the world's largest civilian hospital ship is making its african w in the synagogues port of the car. the 7000 square me to ship will stay for 4 weeks to train health professionals. it arrival it's arrival comes just days after 11 babies died in a hospital fire tragedy that sparked anger over the sinner goals, health system police in india, the i investigated the killing of a popular punjabi wrapper. the 28 year old musician see to moose walla was shot dead while driving his car in the northern in northern india's put jobs,

state authorities say an initial investigation indicates the killing was linked to gang rivalry. shanghai is ending it's 2 months locked down and will soon allow shops to reopen. people in low risk areas will finally be able to leave their homes, but some restrictions at public venues will still apply. and people will need to show a negative cova test and to brazil now, where landslides and flooding have threat of the dental rains have killed at least 91 people in the countries north east present. able to narrow has visited the devastated areas by air as armed forces continue to search for the dozens that are still missing. balls in our who's up for reelection later this year has been criticized for his environmental policies. which activists say are contributing to climate change. whole chunks of land carved typed by major mud slides. we can talk as the torrential floods from the last few days,

slowly recede. the devastating extent of the damage caused is becoming clear. rescue efforts continue in the hopes of finding more survivors. dozens of people are still missing. many residents are waiting for news on their loved ones while dealing with the loss of their homes. beautiful to me, i'm not sleeping. i'm not eating because it was such a painful experience for them so very painful and i never before has so much rain fallen in such a short time as it did no more. i live very near hill. i know all those who died and i saw everything when it happened on the seal and a gesture of support. president jam ballston aro, visited the affected areas from the air. he said they were unable to land safely jude the damage, but attended a press conference nearby. mo, supposed them of,

we are all obviously saddened. or when we express our sorrow to the relatives. monday through a 3rd was awarded plaza. also let me drive north and our main objective is to comfort the relatives and to attend to the population with material means are to be a proposal. the government has announced an aid package to help rebuild people's homes. who are neighborhoods like this one are often hit the hardest, and the risk of further flooding remains very high for the people here. archaeologists working near cairo have announced hundreds of ancient egyptian coffins and bronze statuettes. the objects were found at the cemetery and sakura. that's the home of egypt. oldest pyramids. the statues of gold said one of the paramedics architect in hotels. the painted coffins contain mummies and amulets, and a thought to be more than 2500 years old. one contained the rapturous roll. the

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