ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the west promises you praying more heavy weapons. german chancellor, olaf schultz says berlin will send advanced anti aircraft missiles and the united states, french as powerful rocket system's prompting a warning from moscow. also coming off of denmark, look set to close ranks with other e militaries in referendum. danish voters signal they're ready to join the european

union's common defense policy. after years of opting out, meanwhile, nato applicants, sweden and finland try to overcome turkish objections to their joining the alliance . sweden's defense minister talks exclusively to d. w, and more fall out from russia's war on ukraine. south africans say soaring fuel prices have hit them hard. we'll bring the latest from cape town. ah. hello, i'm clare richardson, thanks much for joining us. western governments are increasing their pleasures of military aid to help ukraine fend off a russian assaults in the countries east. president joe biden says the u. s. will provide precision rocket systems like this,

while germany has promised modern anti aircraft missiles. russian foreign minister survey law firm has responded by saying that the delivery of advanced weapons 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 for letting me zalinski keith hopes 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 it went through scrub junior. our 3rd and 2nd, it's a direct provocation of aim to getting the west involved in combat. william they used to 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. new content wrong. in the coming weeks, we will also deliver further weapons to buy. for example, he'll beat german government has just decided that we will supply the iris t system with the most modern air defense system that germany has. this will enable ukraine to protect an entire city from russian airstrikes. 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. for more, let's bring in a database correspondent, nick connelly and ukraine. and nick, how are these promises from the u. s. and germany to send heavy weapons going down and keith why think the kind of general response here and key of is one of what took you so long? especially when it comes to germany or of see lots of kristen coming from ukraine and not only from crane in recent weeks, months about delays in germany, sending weapons german reluctance to send heavier weapons systems. so that announcement in berlin today of those rocket systems coming very welcome. but the question elsie is about the numbers being sent was for little detail so far about whether the for there been an outs will really be the end of it or will it potential for more to be supplied in the future?

and of sits, question of timing's m, you'll see the fighting industry credit inquiry intense now. and basically the grains been saying that they need all that equipment yesterday rather than to morrow months fun. and so do we have a sense of how long it would take to deploy those systems into combat? there are 2 parts of c, it's the training part. these weapons systems that are new to the ukranian army, not a ones that they have used before in terms of those american supplied rocket systems . we've been told that they expect the training of the ukrainian military personnel to take about a week or 10 days. that's where to be quick and some of those systems already, as we are alleged, believe in europe. so the transport won't take too long. but the question is of say about supply resupply and how fast the ammunition will be used and when more will be coming. as for the german supplies, again, what we've heard that they're expecting to send those rocket launchers to ukraine by the end of june, but it wouldn't be the 1st time or if that ended up taking longer than expected. the same goes for those air defense systems. these coming direct from the

manufacturer rather from germany's military, m an already voice from bill and saying that it could be as late as the late summer, early autumn. so these are all not particularly reassuring bits of news coming here to care of where really the feeling is that the, the outcome of this war has been decided now in the next few weeks. and that really, there isn't a date spent. this is a time, as of the essence. i can you give us a sense of the latest from the front line. so we expected city of civil engineers, ker, 2 full to russian troops entirely within a matter of days if not maybe a week or 2. that's what the military experts hearing here are saying of see the authorities, they're keeping up a brave face and saying that they are still in control of 20 or 30 percent of the city. but russia seemingly focusing all its efforts on that part of the front line bringing what's best troops and it's best weapon systems there to really learning their lesson from the failure of spring and the late winter where russia basically spread itself too thinly and wasn't able to really apply pressure in any way that is comparable to what's going on now where ukraine really has enough manpower even

has more volunteers than it needs are. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are offering to train and offering to join the military various capacities. but they just don't have the heavy weapon systems to a basically put those people on the front lines even if they could train them and an hourly having to take very, very hard decisions about where to use the fire power, where to use their ammunition. and they have been supplied nieto caliber artillery which would allow resupply from western european countries from the u. s. because the soviets are caliber weapon systems that ukraine bessie was using since its independence from the soviet. they are basically now used up and really very difficult weeks ahead now as the ukrainians work out how to stall that russian offense may be in other places, go into local counter attacks in the south and couldn't if his own in the north, near ukraine. 60 had give while trying to prevent a total collapse of front lines in the east and on, but people trying to remain optimistic. looking at the conflict more broadly. did people there really think that these weapon systems are going to help to turn the

tide on the battle ground in ukraine's favor opposite. there remains dis, balance between ukraine and russian terms of the population terms of economic capacity . having said that was the ukraine is getting extensive support from the us, from european countries. so that really helps to balance that out. and people here all convinced that given their different motivation, their motivation to protect their country's independence and it's borders that they can make good some of that in balance, but of the without amunition without guns and can be able to achieve that. so really these deliveries of the essence and the people here in ukraine, aust, consoles every day where others deliveries and when we can be on the front lines, dw, horse bonnet, net, connolly for us. greatest you there again, nick, thanks for joining us. and to dive into this further, i'd like to bring in liam collins, executive director of the madison policy forum, a think tank on a security policy in new york. thank you so much, sir, for taking the time to join us today. the u. s. is sending these sophisticated

rocket systems to ukraine. what about them specifically is going to be helpful for ukraine to slow russian progress? i guess probably one of the easier things, dr. shan right, is the simply the range of these right now. russia's being able to range with his rockets and his cities like center to desk and other cities, right would, would you kind of care range them what their artillery is and this will allow them to take out. so russia, you, you to artillery that's kind of attacking him without really much risks. as recently as monday, president biden said the u. s. was not going to send ukraine rocket systems that could strike deep into russia. what is behind the apparent change of heart? yeah, i mean, i think there's this constant, this fear of, you know, somehow ukraine is going to use the used to go on the offensive against, into rush in conduct an attack which is not going to do right. these weapons are purely ticked for a democratic society. to defend their sovereign territory with international law,

there's no rest of them, right? in b, russia, even if they were a, you know, conducting attacks against russian military forces that are there foreign from russia, the russian side of the border. but i think it has more of do with the risk of escalation, which rushes to just simply, not people escalating this conflict. it can barely achieve success in the east when they concentrate everything. they're right, losing ground up in harkey and losing ground and cures on the south of the really i think it really has to do with the fear of escalation, which is realistic. well, if policymakers believe there is no risk of escalation, are these weapons deliveries then coming too late? i mean, ukraine has been asking for this kind of weaponry. for months now. i wouldn't say too late. i knew it would have been obviously better if they came to meet them, the onset of the conflict. but i think if you look at the opening days of the war, right, western nations programs, he's out, they didn't expect you to have the success of the kind of providing them just the arms to kinda be, you know, to inflict some pain on to russian and what it wasn't until it became obvious that ukraine could actually defend its territory. they started to increase that support

ukraine into a kind of fits that timeline and it's going to take time to get there. i would definitely not say too late, right russians having some success, they're just like they had some success throughout the war, but their ability to maintain the gains that they make. they've not necessarily shown a great capability of doing that today. so in your view, do you think these deliveries could turn the tide or are we looking at putting more weapons on to a long grinding war of attrition? no, i mean this is going to be a long war, right? wars are typically longer than most belligerents think, otherwise it wouldn't go into the war in the 1st place. and so it's going to be a long war. that doesn't mean that's not a bad investment. i mean, i guess it's a bad investment if you think those dollars spent to, you know, see the, you know, the population ukraine for authoritarian regime in bio, any international orders that you might not think it's a wise investment, but it's going to be a long war into these weapons are absolutely critical the ukrainians to maintain their defense. and i will ask you just one more thing,

the interpol chief to day warned of the possibility that many of the weapons being sent to ukraine could end up in a criminal hands. he said that there needs to be a program in place to effectively track them to have a sense of what that could look like. no, i mean there's always some risk with weapons any up in the, in the hands of criminals. but the reality is criminals get their hands and i'm, i'm pretty much weapons around the world in the current state. so we were not doing a good job of preventing those in. it's not like there criminals are going to take rocket systems or tanks, right. we're talking small arms, automatic weapons, those kind of things, and there's already adequate methods for criminals to get our hands on those, those weapon system. so i don't think you want to slow down the distribution of those weapons for a fear that's probably not significant. ok, liam collins from the madison policy form. i want to thank you again so much for taking the time to speak with us this evening. and let's bring up to speed. now

with some of the other developments in this war, rush, as a foreign minister, sergey laffer has met with various foreign ministers at the gulf cooperation council in riyadh, saudi arabia. the focus of the talks was not clear bought comes a day after european union leaders agree to ban most russian oil imports by the end of the year. hope francis has said wheat exports from ukraine should be allowed to leave the country freely and that food should not be used as a weapon of war. the russian blockade of ukrainian ports is causing global shortages and pushing up prices as demand increases. and it appears voters in denmark have said yes to the country, joining the european union's common defense policy according to a public broadcaster exit polls. more than 69 percent have supported the plan for in a referendum and then market is and you member bought in the past and negotiated an exemption on the blocks to friends policy. now, against

a backdrop of russian aggression from deans, we're asked whether they want to opt in with if lou 5 comma 8 was, it is so straight to date of your correspondent barbara visa, who is in copenhagen with the latest on this referendum. barbara exit polls pointing to a yes from a denmark voting in favor of joining the used common defense policy after 30 years of opting out. what is this going to mean for denmark? it means for denmark that they have really let go off, dead so deeply ingrained skepticism against the european union. it means that they will now come to the table with other european countries to co ordinate. for instance, they are weapons, coordinate missions, participate in e u emissions, for instance the one and molly and another places in the world. and that they want to come inside the tent. and that may be, is the most important point. it danes have been looking at the war in ukraine, and they found it increasingly disquieting. they found that at the,

the time for being isolated and being apart from others, sort of loftily saying are, we can do our own things. this time is over and they really have changed their mind and coming back into the fold. the fact that this was put to a referendum is quite interesting. and why is this significant for denmark? is really significant for them because they will now sort of be part of the wider defense family of europe. but it also means that the political in atmosphere in denmark has changed, that people are looking at politics in a different way. they felt sort of aloof, they felt sort of, apart from other countries, they thought they could sort of do things according to their own ideas. but now they find that every one is threatened. it's the baltic countries that are not that far from here it is. it's finland was the very long coast of very non coastline and

borderline towards russia as so danes feel that this war changes everything for them. it changes there. they're feeling that they need togetherness with others. and that is a totally new step and a real see change in endangered politics. so is it fair to say then that this plays into the overall nordic shift in defense policy, with its neighbors, sweden and finland deciding that they want to join nato? oh, absolutely. because danes now think, okay, finance sweden coming to nato. and that means that we can form one big defense family here in the north take in the baltic countries, norway, of course sweden, finland, denmark, at the country's and not that big taking by themselves. but together, they can form some political, they can have some political weight, and they can sort of really sort of reinforce each other. they can have common pro j jacks. they can sort of stand up for each other. and that really means something

to the, to the self confidence of danes. and they are really ready now to sort of give up all a lot of the resilience their head in the past, against this togetherness. and it means that they have become the slightest slightest touch more pro european. he doesn't correspond it. barbara fazel in a copenhagen thanks. as always for your reporting. we've just heard sweden and finland are pushing ahead with their landmark bids to join nato for suite. in 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 nieto member turkey opposes the bids. turkish president, rush up at tie up to one accuses a suite of supporting terrorists and is angry about stock homes embargo on arms sales to turkey city quarter you are speaking exclusively to dw news. the swedish

defense minister pater fest explained what was behind his country's historic shift waste. before the 24th, the february was to be placed on the situation of the russian attack against ukraine wilson. it's another we have a situation when 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 create peace and we try to play the full solutions. but we are not my, you received it well, a month around us. we must also make conclusions from, from that situation. now we have the 1st big more in our neighborhood since the 2nd

world war. so there is one mental change and it's 100 percent raso responsibility. the swedish defense minister minister of pe to hold crisp speaking there. now let's turn our attention to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of demonstrators including supporters of islamist groups have rallied outside the un mission in su dan's capital har. tomb calling for its chief to step down. protestors accused the organization of interfering in the countries affairs. the mission has been trying to resolve sedans, political crisis, following a military coup last year. chinese officials say a 6 point one, magnitude earthquake has killed 4 people and injured 14 others in the south western ceased one province, authorities in the city of ja, on which was at the epicenter, have deployed nearly 4500 rescue workers. reports suggest the quake triggered

a landslide that damaged several homes and some $250.00 rabbis from across europe have wrapped up a conference in munich aimed at fighting antisemitism. they called on world leaders to learn the lessons of the past, say religious persecution cannot be tolerated. and the war in ukraine was also on the agenda, as thousands of ukrainian jews have been forced to flee their homelands. this is doc, how near munich, the site of the 1st concentration camp, the nazis built during world war 2. it's also where the conference of european rabbis draws to an end with the solemn ceremony. these as long as they will of this camp is no original site of the terror of the national socialists. and for us to day, it's a place that like no other in germany reminds us of the motto. never again, levy to us could never again, exclusion english though never again, deprivation of rights. never again murder men. she will never again dehumanization

for and for the jewish people never to be victimized again, say the commemoration marks the end of a 3 day gathering of rabbis from around the world. nearly 250, attended, representing 47 different countries. the war in ukraine was a big topic as thousands of ukrainian jews have sought refuge in other european countries. many russian jews have also left their homeland. we need peace and we pray for peace on the do this with so many jewish leaders gathered in one place, german officials ramped up security to protect them. the rise of anti semitism in germany and elsewhere in europe was also discussed. young god, al, inside nicole no pond him. during much of the corona virus pandemic inside we saw right wing extremists like to be a conspiracy theorists and others. and by holding jews responsible for this pandemic figure out

a completely absurd accusation. warden and but you can sense the kind of agitation and hatred that's being spread again. and we in germany that must take a clear stand against this incline. kingston. this also the conference of european rabbis has been active for more than 6 decades. the meeting closed at the former concentration camp and dachau with the group calling for more education to protect all religious freedoms in europe. while south africa was already grappling with high unemployment and economic decline, and now it's facing a another challenge, rising fuel prices. the latest increase was triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine and means fuel is now around 40 percent more expensive. and a year ago, t w, south africa correspondent agent trish reports about one year of 40 per liter with the current cost of fuel here in south africa. that's the double amount. then at 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. i'm no longer driving to work. so i use pop insurance, but people gone live like this anymore. it's, it's crazy. it's k use. we are look, i, yes, world law in the state. we loving in it, but i see just discovering up been up and up. it's crazy. i can even deal any more . it says the fact everyone, because as you know, it affects it, the prices of the physical, more details in the shops actually cure affects everything. a v a price increases its profits, even the price of the taxes. when people are coming to work, it affects even oboes. see the overpriced o r p to affect it. but now the sellers of people are going on. price entries 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 the pick that we've got survive. we got, we got freed up in the same day. really, we don't know how we must pull up the the phase to make like a problem. oh, well, what we do, because every time when we would really with the printer, the hose up, it means that the, the, the picture of it should also go up a little bit, the economy gonna effect 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. and south korean superstars bt ass visit at the white house 4 talks with you as president and joe biden on the final day of asian pacific american heritage month. the boy band came to talk about asian inclusion and a recent spike, an anti asian hate crimes. an army of fans gathered outside the white house gates to try and catch a glimpse of their cape pop idols. hello everybody. good afternoon, caper band, bts. take to the stage in washington made a right, although much smaller than the usual gigs. the job was game with an important message and give some gifts and highway beats. 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 diversity. they're really devastated by the recent surge of heat crimes, including hate crimes against asian americans. 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 sal

korean boy band have become a global music sensation since the w in 2013 b t. s is holding for concerts in los angeles. there previously used the platform to rally the 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 so that they, i recognized that we'd come out here day to support their message about a fine bag against anti agent and some people, but amazing to see them grow as being my like, you know, american friends getting into. it's like, i think that i would never imagine happening. i grew up in like, uh, north carolina, which is very countryside, but for them to engage with really, really crowded and bill, we're not going to take any while bts did not single would at the white house. the message from the briefing room podium was loud and clear. it does not

go. and before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you. german chancellor, all s sholtes has promised to send modern air defense systems to you've crank the speech to parliament. the chancellor denounced what he called russia's imperialist on thought and promised to continue supporting ukraine as long as necessary that he needs update conflicts out is up. next, a stay tuned for that for check us out online at and t v dot com. thanks for watching. ah ah ah ah

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instead of going to class, i can attend classes only after they finish working millions of children over the world can't go to school in. we ask why? because education makes the world more just it make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. now into its 2nd month, the war in ukraine has failed to give russia the quick victory wanted. and there are signs of growing discontent among the political and security elite. back in moscow, a small band of investigative journalists was managed to pierce the veil of secrecy around those officials. among them, andreas alberta, founder and editor of the again.