offers, enjoying our services all. be our guest at frankfurt. airport city. managed by fraud lou. ah ah. this is the w news. why? from berlin? the west promise is more heavy weapons to you crate. german chancellor, olaf shout says, brother, we'll send a mob antique aircraft missiles and radar equipment on the united states pledges advanced air defense systems. prompting a warning from moscow also on the program, nato applicant to sweden and finland try to overcome turkish objections to that.

joining the alliance, sweden's defense minister talks exclusively to d. w times germany launch is a summer travel special, just 9 euros a month. and he will travel on public transport as much as they want. as part of the government's efforts to help with the rising energy prices. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. wasn't governments or stuffing or military aid to help ukraine found off russia's assault in the countries east? u. s. president joe biden says he's country will deliver advanced rocket systems. germany has also promised that modern anti aircraft missiles, the weapons that deliver it, come as a russia edges closer to capturing a big key eastern city of surveyor done yet can seizing control of the whole

province of landscape. as the russian assault continues in easton, ukraine locals like those here in the hands of faithful of the looming advance writing in the new york times president joe biden announced to us, we'll send more advanced rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight against russia . long requested by president vladimir lensky. keep hopes this type of weaponry will help it gain the upper hand criminal spokesperson. dmitri pascall said the move by the us is a deliberate escalation of the conflict in a speech to the german parliament. on wednesday,

chancellor owner schultz followed him biden's footsteps. he announced that germany will be sending modern air defense systems to ukraine, as well as rocket launchers in coordination with united states near golden rule. in the coming weeks, we will also deliver further weapons on by, for example, your beat german government has just decided that we will supply the iris t system. the most modern air defense system that germany has. this will enable ukraine to protect an entire city from russian air strikes. that, too, is a decision by the federal government. ukraine's army chief has said that these rocket systems provided by the u. s. will be crucial encountering russian attacks in the long battle over ukraine's eastern territory as get more data because bonnet, mathias, bullying her a in the ukranian capital. welcome mathias,

ukraine's been asking the west for heavier weapons for weeks and it looks like there please have finally been her. yeah, i mean, oh, there have been announcements before for these rocket launchers. there has been a bit of confusion or when biden announced that they would not deliver rocket launches that have a ray that would be able to hit russian cities. but there was about the range of the rockets they deliver. um, that was not about the principal and the rocket launchers is something that ukraine has asked for for some time because they hoped they would be able to destroy russian positions. basically, more effectively, especially in the danbury where russia has brought a lot of heavy artillery and germ. yeah, of course everybody we've spoken to in the military have said that this kind of have your tillery rocket launches a long range, how it says, et cetera, which could change their situation in their own, it, in their fate, in their, in their to their

okay, what's the situation is, let's talk about what's going on in a dumbass or how are you cranium, forces, ferry? there. this all, it's from the russians on all the positions of the ukraine's have been very heavy. and what russia has done, what is there is also learned from what they have done before and where they have failed before is that they concentrate a lot of firepower on the next place. they want to take, often just raising the cities that they are attacking to, to rubble and gem. this is what they have done. it has worked. they are advancing in the places where they have used this tactics, but it works slowly and the ukrainians have done pretty well. also at fighting back many of these attacks. but let's save their 10 attacks at 10 different points at along the frontline, which is a 500 kilometer frontline. at some point,

one of them will succeed and this is what we are seeing. the russian successes are mostly mostly very expensive. hard fought for advances where they have used a lot of ammunition in particular to get to these positions over the long term. however, these are advances and the ukrainians are under huge pressure. i was so much of this fighting now concentrated in the east. how are people farther west in like, like in the, in cave where you are? how are they coping if you visited keith to day and you hadn't been here before, and you hadn't followed the news you and i think is that there's a war here. life is pretty much back to normal. people are out on the streets. there's still some shops close there. so there's some proper precautions. there's also a curfew still on. but overall it looks very different from what we've seen just a month ago or even 3 months ago. so that life is pretty, pretty, pretty relaxed actually here,

and key of people are returning to the city and returning to their normal lives. having said that, there are threats against key of the have been warnings that russia might attack you again. but this is not in a shirt or something they could do in the shirt short term. they would have to have major successes in the east, in or the order to free some troops to attack key of again or other places in ukraine. and at the moment it doesn't look like it. thank you for that. mit is bullying and keep a take a closer look now at the the latest batch offer weapons promised to ukraine will talk to military analyst at frank that which, who joins us from oxford in the u. k. welcome france. so at 2 am systems promised her by separately by the u. s. and germany talk us through what they are, what they do. last mathias was saying the tactics of the russians are based around blasting that way through to local tactical success rather than any

particular skills or aptitude. and that's because the russians go very major on our taylor and always have back decades after about a 100 years. so in the eighty's, nato developed these multi lot rocket systems, specifically to challenge this problem of russian artillery. and what was, what we see now, announced the hyman system from the u. s. is the latest iteration of that. and it's specifically designed to reach behind the lines and attack russian equivalence on their supply lines. so it's taking the battle more deeply into russian lines. it's very good news for the ukrainians. the american gift. very bad news for russian guns also act to offset the lack of power on gradient side of the circle interdiction role, which is cutting off supplies and attacking that support is kind of an aircraft. and of course, the credit is a pretty shorter than surprisingly, got anything,

actually the other system, the iris team, it has to be working together actually because clearly the, all the kinds of positions available to russia are pretty reluctant actually to go the ukrainian lines. but they be far more reluctant now with iris t the other radar systems. so to be deployed, i would say one thing though, we're not going to see these on the front lines or deploy the 20 battle. but for many weeks training needs to be done. ration and so forth, but good use the credit. and now we have a russian foreign minister. i love rob saying that there is a risk that a 3rd country could become involved in the conflict. is this a threat? you think to the u. s. and germany? yes, the usual saber rattling and we should ignore it and get it to treat it with the content because we've been hearing this really since day one. the west has been assisting you crazy since day one, and we'll continue to do so. despite the red lines and threats issuing from moscow

and it's i satellites should be noted, treated properly unless now there may well be sort of behind it. behind the scenes negotiations which are taking place between russian u. s. but that, that, that's, that's going to be rather covered. just ok. so and just to pick up on a point that we heard from a test that has been a gap, that between promise is from the west and actual delivery of equipment on the ground. that must be very dispiriting. if you're a new crane. well yes, but on the other hand, the announcement today we'll get a real lift. about 4 weeks ago we heard of the transfer about a 100 artillery guns. and they've only gone got to the front line in the last week or 2. you need to train crews, you need to integrate the systems. so we can expect that there's going to be a like the problem i have of many others have is that perhaps the time is come,

we should start litigation, which system and what is going to want numbers and leave the intelligence service to do a bit of a bit of hard work in finding out for themselves what's been transferred it slightly just to me as an internal act 4 times. it's awesome to hear well that they transmit this not weapon system. it does help. it does help the other side. i see why they're doing it, but perhaps you should sort of wrote back on, right. and a quick, what about the comments that lots of comments that i'm hearing today saying that that despite their advances in easton ukraine, russia is actually repeating mistakes made at the start of the war. is that your assessment? yes, the pentagon has said, came up with this in the last couple of days. russia has the same problems and since day one it's got a caught out on me. it lacks infantry, it's equipment is in poor order. its command systems are antiquated. where's the, where's the ukrainians are in far better shape than all of those in all of those

departments? just finally, one point. remember, the russians are operating on peace time manning on with reduced reduced units, ukrainians of war time, money, and have no problem at all with mom park. their issue is with the kind of kit they have the capabilities. and that's why these announcements today are so important. thank you for that. a franca led, rich and oxford. thank you very much pleasure. but he crunched top, prosecutors preparing to charge dozens of suspected russian war criminals. hundreds more are being investigated. they include the military chiefs, politicians, and propaganda agents. some soldiers have already been found guilty and jailed with more ukrainian territory. russia takes the harder it will be to gather evidence and bring charges. alex report contains images that you may find upsetting. images that shocked the world in boucher,

the evidence of alleged atrocities was plain to see what happened. there is just one example of retreating russian forces leaving horace in their wake. ukraine's has now investigated nearly 15000 suspected war crimes ranging from pillaging and looting, rape and summary execution to indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure and keeps. investigators aren't on their own that aided by a growing group of european prosecutors, the eas, judicial agency euro just is coordinating the joint investigation team, which includes staff from ukraine, poland, lithuania, and the international criminal court. with latvia, estonia and slovakia joining on tuesday, ukraine's prosecutor general welcomed the team's expansion at a news conference and said it was clear who was to blame for alleged war crimes. of course, this president of russian federation and his team actually who started this war,

who started to kill civilians, rape, or, or city allowance, tortured civilians, every, all these atrocities. what to and now hell on the wrong to ukraine. she's dressed as well. how vital the investigation is to ukraine for us very important to win, to win on military front, to win on traditional front to win on diplomatic front. it's very, very important. all ukrainians want justice, justice, accountability and justice. but that will likely be a hard task. while these captured russian soldiers may have been found guilty of war crimes, putin and his associates remain far out of the reach of any ukrainian court or sweden and finland or pushing ahead with their landmark beds to try and join nato for sweden joining the military alliance would mean giving up more than 2 centuries of neutrality. public opinion in favor of joining, grew to around 50 percent after russia invaded ukraine. but nato member turkey

opposes the beds to his present. reggie type early on accuses sweden of supporting terrorists and his angry about stock homes embargo on arms sales to his country. while speaking exclusively to d. w noon, swedish defense minister peter hall, chris explained what was behind sweden's historic shift from neutrality neutrality to seeking nato membership. the situation before the 24th of the february was long situation on the situation of the russian attack against ukraine wilson. it's another we have a situation where we have the real war in our neighborhood and that they've changed the situation from the mentally. we have also decided off the security to go to make a membership together. we've seen land or, well, you're saying well us at other countries in europe for example, your money and,

and we try to great piece and we tried to play the food solutions, but we are not now you will see to development around us. we must also make conclusions from, from that situation. now we have the 1st big war in our neighborhood since the 2nd world war. so there is one mental change and it's 100 percent. russell responsibility. a swedish defense minister peter holmquist are denmark is voting in a referendum today on whether the country should join the european union's common defense policy. denmark is an, a you member, but has negotiated exemptions on policies including defense. now, against the backdrop of russian aggression, danes are being asked whether i still want to opt out of a you defense planning. denmark has a history of seeing new to europe. in referendums, it has long been concerned about to close a union and being swallowed up by bigger neighbors. only 30 years ago,

they decided to opt out of a common european defense policy. danes wanted nothing to do with it, and the eel went ahead without them. personally, they should do a show the day after they did change it show that now we need the stronger ural. while european countries were looking for more military cooperation, denmark rather focused on its membership in nato, just recently, they increased their presence in estonia to help protect the baltics against russian aggression. but it was russia's invasion of ukraine that finally changed the political mood and copenhagen. in spite of traditional your skepticism, there is also a realization amongst the public that we are in a crisis situation. so maybe it's not that bad, an idea to reconsider out. and mike is participating in security defense prime

minister meta frederickson called a referendum on whether to reverse course and opt in to the use joint defense policies. me there saw here as who are gather tier to night have agreed that a referendum will be held on the 1st of june. this year. we very strongly urged the danes to abolish the defense reservation at our scuff force was forward opinion pulse for c majority for yes, but is on the extreme left and right. are campaigning against giving up the opt out option and danes have been known to change their minds before from today, people here in germany will be able to travel for the month on most public transport for just 9 euros. the cheap deal is a response to rising energy prices organizes also hope it'll lose people away from their cars. millions of already bought their tickets, but there are concerns that it might end up being a bit of a train crash. endless possibilities. a long list of regional trains

ready to take people across germany. and all you need is 9. your us. anyone in germany residence and tourists alike can purchase a monthly pass for this bargain price. it will be available for the month of june, july, and august. it's an easy deal. you can buy the ticket at a machine like this one online or on the app. and once you have the ticket, you can travel anywhere you want. in fact, the past can be used on local public transport like buses, trams or the metro, but also on regional trains across the country. the aim is to incentivize the use of more climate friendly, public transport, but also the counter rising energy prices. this train is headed to the ball 16th. now normally a return ticket would cost around $50.00 euros, but with the 9 euro ticket,

it is all included in the price. you can go there and back. anytime you want at no additional cost. the trips might be a long one, though high speed trains like this one are not included in the path which only covers trips on slower trains. but the ticket doesn't only cover long distance travel, it makes local public transport more accessible to. it's also a relief for video computers wouldn't normally have to pay for quite an expensive monthly path. so the 9 year ticket isn't only for the holiday makers. it also makes it more affordable to get to the office. at berlin's main train station, people seem excited about it. this is a funded very, very good. i'm actually not a big use of public transport, but at man euros one should consider it to me. it's a good idea for the circle to have it in the entire country. that's. that's very cool. yeah. my lawyer. yeah. it's been so tomas is

a great measure. it makes public transport more attractive and perhaps brings people on board to have him tried it out yet picked up a. but i think it will be a challenge to manage a search and travelers which is to be expected. that's how i was on crowds like these are a big worry. there are concerns that the infrastructure will not be able to handle an influx of new passengers. and it's sometimes hard to figure out which trains are covered by the ticket. but despite some possible glitches, this is gearing up to be the summer of climate friendly rail travel in germany. a report from julius how delhi, who joins us from berlin central station. welcome julie, it looks like tickets are selling. well yes, we've heard it from the deutscher van. germany's real service that up until today. 7000000 tickets have been sold germany wide and that is quite

a significant number. considering that the ticket came into force only today. and we've heard a lot of enthusiasm about the ticket from people we've spoken to both people who already use public transport, but also people who might give it a shot. and now that it's, it's become cheaper. and this is also an advantage for not only residents of germany, but also tourists who come here over the summer. they can also take advantage of this ticket and it is quite a significant benefit. germany, of course, famous for it's called, it's all to bonds, not so much for it's public transport. efficiently took you to a new direction for the country. well, it is definitely an attempt to try to incentivize the use of, of plumb public transport and trains. but well, we've also seen criticism of the measure, for example, people seeing that instead of spending all this money on this cheaper ticket, they could have invested the money and improving the real infrastructure. and also at the same time as the introduction of this ticket,

the government has also lowered taxes on petrol. and that is also seen as a sign of the government actually still subsidizing a cars and car drivers. so this is definitely an attempt to try to push people to use trains more. but whether it is a such a big change in terms of mobility in germany, that remains to be seen. ok. so i'm going to presume that you have a bought one of these 9 euro tickets. where will you be going? well actually i already have a monthly pass and the great thing is that with this monthly past is normally costs around 60 euro's and i can only use it in berlin. and now i only have to pay the 9 euros and i can travel with it across germany. and i think i will go and try to visit the baltic coast. it is a great summer destination in germany with beautiful beaches. and i just have to hope that the trains aren't be too full to get there. okay, thank you for that to julia. so deli, off to the beach. all right,

now to some other news on the south korean superstar b t s if it's at the white house 4 talks with you as president joe biden on the final day of asian pacific american heritage bumps the boy band, came to talk about asian inclusion and a recent spike in the anti asian hate crimes. outside the white house gates, an army of fans got to see this happen meant back a bob k pop band. hello everybody. good afternoon, caper band b. d. a steak did the stage in washington. all the much smaller than the usual gigs . i know we are the chopped off bus game with an important message and get some kids in high repeats. yes. and it is a great honor to be invited to the white house today to discuss the important issues of anti asian hate crimes, asian inclusion, and diversity. there we were devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes, including hate crimes against asian americans and due to put

a stop to this day and support this cause. we would like to take this opportunity to use our voices. once again. the south korean boy band have become a global music sensation since the deb you in 2013 bts is holding for concerts in los angeles. they've previously used the platform verbally to fans around social justice, causes a legion of those fans gathered outside the white house in hopes of catching a glimpse of them. it would be a big deal to see them. it would also be great to so that they recognized that we've come here to support their message about a people. but it is amazing to see them grow as being my like you know, americans get into it until it's like, i think that i would never imagine happening. i grew up in like north carolina, which is very countryside. but for them to really, really kind of crazy and then a bill when they're not going to take any b

d as did not sing award at the white house. the message from the briefing room podium was loud and clear. i had finally one for the harry potter fans. how much would you pay for a signed copy of the 1st book in the series london auction house. christine is hoping this 1st edition of harry potter and the philosopher stone of at least 200000 pounds, about 230000 euros when he goes under a hammer. the harbour is one of just $500.00 printed and the 1st run in 1997. the high price is despite the word philosopher being mis spelled on the back cover. is reminder of our top stories base. our german chancellor ala shoulds has promised to provide modern air defense systems to ukraine. in a speech to the german parliament, he announced he denounced what he called russia imperialist onslaught, and promised to continue to support ukraine as long as necessary. coming up next

day and dw news, asia shanghai reopens after 2 months, locked down with some resident sphere could easily lose their freedom again. and fishermen in india have launched an extreme form of protest against the local track down on their right spanish. we will have those stories are more in just a moment. i'll be back at the top of the day with a, with

who a they were underestimated and discriminated against that they have proven themselves female and trip in india. which is the secret to their success.

what, how do they overcome and what do they need to achieve? true equality made in germany in 60 minutes on d. w is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like, a return in the normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult. a success in our weekly coven, 19 special. every thursday con d. w. every day counts for us and for our planet. a global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener?

how can we protect animals and their habitats? what to do with all our waste? we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable smart new solutions over steam set in our ways or is truly unique. and we know that, that uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive. google ideas, the environmental c global 3000 on d. w, and online visit . eat up the news, asia coming up today. shank, eyes day of freedom residence, rejoice often. policies lifted cobit loft down the last 2 months, but amidst the celebrations portion as some fit at a time to these drastic measures should infections go up. we bring the moon in the city of trenton.