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guilty to accounts could get harder is more areas come under russian control. ah, i'm anthony, how it's good. happy with us. the european union has handed down its harshest measures yet to punish russia for its aggression in ukraine. after weeks of wrangling, the $27.00 member states making in brussels have agreed a ban on most russian oil imports by sea, by the end of the key, which hungry opposed a total embargo because it relies heavily on russian supplies. the compromise was described to by some european leaders as the best that could be achieved. we were published and shortly like we did yesterday, or brussels correspond max and joins me now. max, what do you make of what was a long time coming? how much of the success is this russian oil band really?

right from what we just heard at the press conference with the with the commission president and the council president sha michelle on to the, on the line. they seem to be happy that after days, almost a month of wrangling, actually, the steel could be struck. and this has the potential to have a great impact on the russian economy. that being said, you do not show a united front entirely. and there has been a bit of a gap there with the hungry not partaking in the sanctions. and that there has to, they had to come up with his work around. but, but all in all, it is a good thing in the eyes of the you, whether there is a solution now on the table, a lot of wrangling max, but it is down and we have that package and how much? oh, what's, what sort of impact you begin to speak to that a bit further?

what sort of impact you think this is going to have on the russian academy? what does he or expect? right, so that you gets about 25 percent of it. so oil imports from russia and oil means it means diesel means a petrol beans or other products that also cannot be exported from, from russia. so this has the potential to have a strong, strong impact on, on, on the russian economy. and at the same time, russia does not have, they say they will look to other markets, they might be looking southwards and eastwards to india and china and try to sell their products there. but at the same time, we're hearing from experts that are these. and these are exports are legal, max out, and that they do the actions. it can only be incremental add on sarah in that regard. so at the end of the day, this is going to have an impact on,

on the russian economy. mex looking forward. is there anything more we can reasonably expect you to do at beyond this, in terms of imposing energy sanctions on russia right at the moment and many have been calling for actually going forward in terms of energy sanctions. we've been talking about the oil, but we also been talking about gas. that is unlikely at the moment because a lot of countries, including germany, are very dependent on, on, on russian gas. but then there are others like the baltics, for example, that are actually have been coming out during the summer than have been asking to, to go further and take these are financial hits in order to, to, to, to hurt russia more. but energy sanctions, that is actually where the money is right now, and that is where the russian economy can be, can be had hardest max and are in brussels. thanks so much what you are now by

mikhail critiquing. he's an oil and gas expert based in all like good day to you, macau, i wonder how much is this partial oil embargo really going to hurt rushes economy? i think the impact is going to be to remind us because we witness oil production sites and say, area slowing down and do the refineries and breast we sprint use a lot of work or refined products which is explore to tour europe. they also will have to cut down their production will decrease, or some of them will close down, talk to me and all that know if we consider all the impact on the industry is the hell oil in the process or can i believe that the ribbon use the restroom federal budget this year or 5 are

going to lose about 25 percent to we dressed. 25 percent is such a massive figure that he has been discussing an oil embargo for weeks. and the deadline for this to come into effect is the end of the he has russia got time to work around this to 18 to that 25 percent hit. i believe the efforts to equate sincere according to the declarations. all the rest of the government officials and the president itself, himself, but well, evidence in point to doubt to re routing the export flows of oil and very fine products to some other destinations, china and india. but we know that the transportation, the roadster chain are loaded to full capacity. and just maybe in a couple of pan curse, which would be able to deliver oil from baltic cords to china, is not going to be a solution. and end,

it is not prepared to accept more than maybe $5.00 to 6000000 dollars 1000000 dollars a year. and when we look at europe, europe is consuming about $110000000000.00 a year compared to the incremental delivers to india. he will surgical at this stage, i don't think in there can be a solution as well. so you're saying this and that, that these other countries, they cannot 8 or they cannot take any of this surplus product. it's worth backing over. you think there's nothing or not much russia can do to mitigate against this band. they are going to lose and lose big. yes, i think it is a pretty good all. this is the thresh, he's going to lose about 22 percent of its oil production. this year and next year if this it is for a serious of the decrease will be about 50 percent over us and russian oil

production. the country is not going to be recognized as the major energy power in the world. the flow on effect to this, to the, to the average russian, mikhail, what impact will these sanctions have been on the ordinary russian people? i think 1st of the oh, there will be quite a great wave off people come in from oil reach area, student center, all rational. seduce elza, unemployed, a labor force, and it will however, it great impress. then i do not think that the russian government is go into degrees of the price over at gasoline and the diesel oil of her petrol stations. because of the government will need additional. oh, income for amr retail sales to compensate quarterly for the loss of revenues from exports. and so i do not believe that there will be any improvement for russian

citizens in terms of the energy sector. i significant day oil and gas expect me have click critique in in oslo. many thanks for your time. will the mayor of seattle done nets in easton, ukraine says russian forces now control about half of the city. one relief organization estimates as many as $12000.00 civilians are trapped without food and power unable to flee because of the heavy fighting. russia is pushing to seize the entire region of don bass already partially in separatist hands since $21420.00 president. the lot of miss lensky says she ever at the nets, has seen destruction on a similar scale. tomato, a city under siege severe donetta has been battered by intense shelling for weeks. now russian forces have entered the city and fears

a growing that it may share. mary paul's fate. thousands of civilians are thought to still be in the city, the largest in the loo, hence region, 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. the u. s. was reportedly considering the move, but president biden has now thrown that into doubt. a rotten with but while ukraine's allies debate, russia continues to concentrate its fire power in the don bass

with some of 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. huh. they can call them up to him . for now at least ukrainian forces continue to fight on in the face of the russian onslaught. oh for the lightest let's crossed the 2 correspond mathias building in the cranium. capital mathias, russian forces on making progress in the east. what has enabled them to do this artillery, artillery and artillery. basically, the russians have tried to advance with if we take the beginning of the war quickly in columns and they've all been destroyed by the ukrainians, they have huge losses. what they're doing now is they dig themselves in, they bring in a lot of artillery and then they continue. and then they start shooting, shelling basically everything that is in their way. and then they move into these

destroyed areas. they're concentrated their firepower around 7 or the next. we don't see the same amount of fighting along the whole line. there are 2 or 3 points where they bring in all of their firepower, many soldiers. and then they advance really step by step they, i haven't been able to break through the ukrainian lines, but they have been able to push them back in some places. but is he just returned from the don bass? oh, what did you see there? what did you witness? well, the situation, especially along these, along the front line and in these places is really grim. there are people living in, in, in cities like lisa chance that just across the river from savior, the next a but russian soldiers are not able to get into there because there's a river and it's also uphill. but they are shelling the city, of course, from the other side. you can watch over there,

you see shells hitting destruction. and people are trapped there. some don't want to leave. some think it's too dangerous to leave and they don't know what to do at all in these places. other places as well, shelling shelling is intense along the whole line, although it's not as concentrated as and see that are done yet. aah! and the russian soldiers we've been speaking to have told us that they feel really that they aren't depression. and so the cronies, they must be looking for hope. is there any hope for those ukrainians in the east that the tables could turn if they get more weapons deliveries that have been promised by the west? yeah, the situation is very tough for those on the front line now. but they are hoping that more artillery comes in, and the artillery that has already been coming in, especially the american m 777,

or how it says we've been told they have made a big difference. they have been able to slow down or stop the russian advances in some places, not everywhere, and not in this region, not around. see, what are the netscape, not in the, in the don bus, but in the hark, if region road is the ukrainians, have been able to make quite some advances. pushing back the russians from the city board of ark, if that was a few weeks ago. and now we are here young several news that are similar from the very south do we know mathias, what percentage of those weapons have arrived and had difficult it's been to get those weapons on the front line. we've been hearing that weapons have arrived. m the m 777. how it is seen. most of them seem to have arrived there waiting now for multiple rocket launches. um, but what we are um what we don't know is how they

arrive. they don't disclose that it's of course the military secret, but things come yeah, i know, but i can hear myself fucking the w correspond mathias bullying in keith. thank you . will you grant top prosecutor is preparing to try dozens of suspected russian war criminals with hundreds more russian suspects under investigation. she says the list includes the senior military officers, politicians, and propaganda agents. some trials have already begun thanks to meticulous documentation on the ground. but investigating war crimes could prove difficult as russia controls more territory. a warning that our next report contains some disturbing images. images that no one should have to see civilians strewn across the street in butcher the immediate aftermath of a strike on a maternity hospital in mary,

you pull a mass grave holding the unidentified bodies of fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, grandparents 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 east and 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 mar, you poll aerial pitches showed the word children dogged outside the theatre. building that was hit by russian asked, writes 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 that 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 that victims of russian aggression. they say what? now russia is focusing its assault on the loo hunter 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 or join i by our correspond terry schultz in the hague. terry, what's the latest from ukraine's chief prosecutor? hi, i just spoke with you, prince chief prosecutor arena of an addictive a. and she talked about a lot of things you've just seen in that piece. how difficult it is to go into these, these scenes where war crimes are believed to have been committed to gather the evidence. in fact, she said that after a day in which euro just the european union's judicial agency was celebrating the

cooperation. she said that at times the situation is so dangerous that only ukrainians can gather this evidence on the ground that, that the investigators who are helping ukraine from other countries may not even be able to, to go to the scenes. and she said that with that while there are other countries, the international criminal court euro just helping her country, she believes the prime responsibility lies with her and her investigators. and as we heard, there are thousands of cases being opened by ukraine. hundreds of suspects already named. and just for context, how does this investigation then compare to other walk crunch, trav? there has never been cooperation between countries between institutions like we are seeing now in ukraine. the international criminal court is working with the european union's judicial agency. you have this joint investigations team which we, we heard from today, which was started by lithuania and poland and these other institutions. just today

we heard that estonia lot the a slovakia have joined the team. and what that means is that this evidence is being gathered on the ground in ukraine is going to be stored centrally. going to be filed here under the coordination of euro, just so that every country that opens its own investigation, every agency that wants to investigate war crimes. the international criminal court, for example, will be able to use the same repository of evidence that is being held here. in a very secure and confidential manner and that's expected to, to really speed up the cases. admittedly, they take a long time to prove war crimes anyway. but they hope that this will streamline the process to even with that a extension. a extensive cooperation. how hot is it, and how hard is it going to be to hold alleged? will criminals accountable? there is an incredibly high threshold for evidence to prove war crimes to prove the crime of genocide, for example, which we hear people throw around

a lot when it comes to ukraine. it is practically impossible to prove that crime. it has been done only a handful of times and that is what they're up against here. even as many people, many legal minds believe that genocide is being committed, they may go for other crimes, 1st other war crimes. and in fact, there's a lot of discussion about opening another tribunal to try the crime of aggression. because the threshold for evidence is so much lower, you merely need to prove that there was intent to commit a crime of aggression against another country. and people say that it was done when a russian president vladimir putin announced he was going to move in to ukraine. so we've got a lot of layers of, of judicial process is going on here. and in the context of a war, the tongue going thousands of illegible crimes to investigate. is there any indication how long the process could take from him? well, this depends a lot on where you're talking about a jurisdiction. for example, we've seen that ukraine has already convicted one person. in fact, there were,

there were more convictions today. so they're moving along very quickly. and this crimes of aggression, not war crimes, not, and not genocide, a indictments, but they are definitely moving the process along quickly in ukraine for these international cases. it's going to take longer to build them. but what we heard today from the i c. c, from euro, just from prosecutors from individual countries. they are moving along as fast as they can hindered, of course, by the fact that there's a hot war going on and investigators are putting themselves in danger. but we've never seen a level of cooperation like this. and intensity in, in moving ahead with the prosecutions as we've seen here with ukraine to results reporting for us from the hype. thanks so much of ease of brass and aggression are spreading beyond ukraine to the united states where there's a boom in demand for private bunkers. the dublin in his pole visited the factory, turning out luxury shelters for those who can afford them. he turned on the news,

he say, north korea, talking about nukes, you say russia talking about nukes, you see china talking about news. i've never seen so many people talking about nuclear weapons in my lifetime, and it's scary. and that drives people to buy bunkers. ron hubbard owns one of the biggest spunk of building companies in the u. s. he founded atlas so vital shelter, 11 years ago. the factories based just one hour drive out of dallas, texas. these bunkers are not cheap. they average anywhere from $40000.00 to a $1000000.00. everybody on board? no one thinks anybody's crazy from i'm. i'm shelters. now. we have a good business right now in ukraine and poland because war is going on there. i have several ukrainian customers. so there are wealthy people and ukraine. they want to get a bunker as soon as they can like mediately. we'll go on this one. this is a standard 10 food by 40 foot bunker,

starting at $200000.00. this is the new american trend. i sell millions of dollars of these every week. it's got a regular flush, the toilet van at 8 granite counters. it's beautiful, sliding doors. it has the under floor storage care, so the april and all this down here are stored, then there's also water tanks that are built in so he can keep all his food and supplies down here. and then of course the most important thing, the air would run through this carbon filter with the hepa filter, and it would give you a breathable air. and when this is furnished and everything is going, you just feel like you're in an apartment or flat. demand is not only growing in eastern europe, it's also exploding in the us, even though ukraine is far away. hubbard sees the reason behind that. in the fear

obo, violence in the country struggling with extreme inequality and polarization, were more worried about other americans. been hungry and starving, and looting and robbing. that's our immediate concerns. so people want a place where they can take their family cape, uncomfortable, safe, and underground budget. who can actually afford that. exclusive type of safety tv will be there and you're thinking, what about the regular people it's, it's unfortunate, but it's not fair, but the, the least, the wealthy, get to live a better life than the rest of us. that quick look of some of the other stories making news around the world. the south funerals have begun for the victims of the school shooting and texas when 19 children and 2 teachers were killed, we could go. the tragedy in the town of evolving has rekindled the debate of the gun control them us. german police say a man arrested in cologne,

had many images of child sex abuse on his computer. the cases, the cases highlight. i shop increase in reports of sexual violence against children in germany. shanghai is ending its 2 month cove in 19 locked animal soon allow shops to reopen police people in low risk areas will finally be able to leave the homes at some restrictions of public venues still apply. mexico's 1st hurricane of the season has hit the southern pacific coast. hurricane agatha made history last month as the strongest hurricane ever recorded. coming ashore in may, bringing torrential rains and threats of flooding shelters were prepared in advance with capacity to house 26000 people. a reminder, before we go of the top story, we're following for you. european union ladies have imposed their harshest measures yet to punish russia for its aggression in ukraine. the 27 member states of agreed

a partial ban on russian oil imports by the end of the seas. and you're up to that coming up after the break date of the news. asia with parish energy. don't forget you can get all the news round the clock on d w dot com or you can find us on social media handle you need is at d. w. news on anthony howard. i will be back at the top of the hour with another bullet. thanks so much. ah,

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