i really think we need to talk about all the topics that more divide and unite. and this i have invited many a year and well, i guess, and i would like to invite you to an end ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. the west promises ukraine more heavy weapons. german chancellor, olaf shalt, says berlin, we'll send modern anti aircraft missiles and radar equipment. i'm united states pledges, advanced air defense systems, prompting a warning from moscow. also on the program. later applicant, sweden and finland to try to overcome turkish objections to their joining the

alliance. sweden's defense minister talks exclusively to the w. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. western governments are increasing their pledges of miller, ga, to help you crane found off a russian assault in the countries east. yes, president joe biden says he's country will provide advance rocket systems while germany has promised and bought an anti aircraft, missiles, russian foreign minister. so again, ralph has responded by saying the supplier for us advanced rocket launchers to ukraine, risks bringing what he called a 3rd country into the conflict these at the advanced rocket systems, the u. s. will be sending to ukraine long requested by president vladimir zalinski

. keith harps these type of weaponry, we'll give it the upper hand. these medium range missiles could strike into russian territory, but ukraine has a great not to use them to do so. writing in the new york times, president biden announced the latest military aid to help ukraine in its fight against the invading forces. but russia's foreign minister warned the deliveries could draw a 3rd country into the wall. the key these conditions wishes to such risks, of course exist to what the key of regime is demanding from its western suppliers in such a categorical manner as we went. first, it crosses all boundaries of decency and diplomatic communication. i'm pretty sure a diplomacy scrub junior. our 3rd and 2nd, it's a direct provocation of aim to getting the west involved in combat william reduced will actually in a speech to the german parliament on wednesday, chancellor,

olaf schultz followed in biden's footsteps. he announced that germany would be sending modern air defense systems to ukraine, as well as rocket launches in coordination with the united states kong, the in the coming weeks, we will also deliver further weapons to embark, for example, you'll be 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 ass 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 where they w correspondent mathias bollinger is in cave. i asked him if he's promised his, from the rest in germany,

when ukraine's military would finally get what it needs. yeah, i mean, oh, there have been announcements before for these rocket launchers. there has been a bit of confusion 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. 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 danverse where russia has brought a lot of heavy artillery. and um, yeah, of course everybody we spoken to in the military have said that this kind of have your tillery rocket launches, long range, how it is, et cetera, which could change their situation in their own it, in their faith. what says the situation is, let's talk about what's going on in a dumbass or how are you korean 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 he has that there's a war here. life is pretty much back to normal people out on the streets there 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 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 much is bullying in keith. call of other stories making news around the world. no usa, secretary of state antony blinking, has warned turkey against any military offensive in northern syria. the statement came after turkish president reggie typo and told parliament in ankara. he wants to launch an operation against kurdish groups. they're all of the groups. the y p g has been in a u. s. ally in the fight against a so called islamic state un hundreds of demonstrators including supporters of islamist groups rallied outside the un mission. incidence capital r car to a calling for it's chief to step down. protest is accused the organisation of interfering in the countries affairs missions been trying to resolve us to dance political crisis following a military coup. last year. chinese official says 6 point one,

magnitude earthquake has killed 4 people than injured 14 others in the southwest and fish, one province with horses in the city of young, which was at the epicenter of deployed. nearly 4500 rescue workers report suggests the quake triggered a landslide that damage several homes. a sweden and finland are pushing ahead with their landmark beds to 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. nato man, but turkey opposes the bids and turkish president friendships. i've heard when accuses sweetness, supporting terrorists and is angry about stock homes, embargo on sales to speaking exclusively to d. w. news, a swedish defense minister peter hunter krist explained what was behind his country's historic shift situation before the 24th of february

was salon 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. so mentally we have also decided off the security to go to nato membership together. we've seen land or, well, you're saying well us at other countries in europe for example, your money and, and others. we try to great piece and we tried to play the food solutions, but we are not my, you, we see it well, a month around us. we must also make conclusions from from, that's the place and now we have the 1st big more in our neighborhood since the 2nd world war. so there is one mental change and,

and it's 100 percent raso responsibility swedish vents versa. peter holds crist oh vases in denmark, going to the post they in a referendum on whether the country should join the european union's common defense policy than rocky as an a u member, but has negotiated exemptions to various policies, including defense, against a backdrop of russian aggression danger being asked whether they still want to opt out of a you defense planning. denmark has a history of seeing new to europe in referendums. it is long been concerned about to close the 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. her thought they did, she do a show. the day after digit changes. show that now we need the stronger ural

while european countries we're looking for more military co operation. 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 cut meg 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 or how that 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 their saw hair as to her gather tear 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 fortress forward. opinion

pulse for sea image already for yes. but parties 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 . a south africa was already grappling with high unemployment and economic decline . and now it's facing another challenge, rising fuel prices. the latest increase was triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine and means fuels now around 40 percent more expensive than a year ago. d, w, south africa correspondent, other increase reports about one year of 40 per liter. that's the current cost of fuel here in south africa, that's the double amount. then in the beginning of the pandemic about 2 years ago, and it is a massive problem for those who rely on fuel for their transport to get to work are no longer driving to work. so are you popping shines what people gone live like

this anymore? it's, it's crazy, it's k use. we are look or yes, world law in this state we living in this, but i see as this coming up been up and up. it's crazy. i can even deal any more. it says the fact everyone, because as you know, it fixes the prices of the bicycle more details in the shops. actually, your affects everything. a price increases its profits, even the price of the taxes when people are coming to work, it affects even obasi. the overprice will go up to effect if, but now the salaries of people are going on. price increase will definitely hit the most vulnerable. the hardest food prices have also been going up in the past weeks and every 30 south african is unemployed. those who live on a minimum wage of about $250.00 euros per month already spent a huge percentage of their income on public transport. and the rising fuel costs likely translate into a rise in public transport costs. in the next weeks,

the printer is a bi weekly. we could see the same day. we don't know how much pull up the, the phase to make like a problem full or what we do. we got everything when we would, we would have been to those up, it means that the, the picks it up and then pick the economy and then they pick the poor people. the government announced that it will continue to reduce the fuel levy for 2 months . otherwise, the cost of fuel would have gone up by almost 20 percent instead of 10. by then the government hopes that the international oil prices that have been rising since russia invaded ukraine will have cools. but at this stage, nobody knows if that will really be the case how to increase. this is the w news coming up next in news, asia, shanghai, renewables after a 2 month long time,

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