for 2 reasons, for your professionals in times of crisis. google media for june 2020 to do your ticket now. ah ah. this is the w news alive from berlin. the west promises ukraine more heavy weapons . german chancellor, olaf shoulds, says berlin, we'll send advanced anti aircraft missiles and the united states pledges powerful rockets system's prompting. a warning from moscow also coming off of denmark, looks that to close ranks with other e u militaries. in

a referendum danish voters signal they are ready to join the european union's common defense policy. after years of opting out and a big legal victory for johnny depp, a u. s. and jury sides with the hollywood superstar concluding his ex wife amber heard to fame him in a 2018 opinion article. ah, hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. western governments are increasing their pledges of military aid to help ukraine fend off a russian assault in the countries east. president jo biden's as the u. s. will provide precision rocket systems 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 is 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 could useless 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 1st, it crosses all boundaries of decency and diplomatic communication. i'm pretty sure

a diploma description in our 3rd and 2nd, it's a direct provocation of aim to getting the west involved in combat volume they used to 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. new kong, the in the coming weeks we will also deliver further weapons to embark, for example, you'll beat german government has just decided that we will supply the irish 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 crucial encountering russian attacks in

the long battle over ukraine's eastern territory. earlier, i talked to dw correspondent nick connelly in tears, and he told us how the german and american promise as to send heavy weapons went down in ukraine. 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 grain in recent weeks, months about delays in germany, sending weapons german reluctance to send heavier weapon systems. so that announcement bullen 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 to with potential for more to be supplied in the future. and of its question of timing's m, you'll see the fighting and his new credit inquiry intense now. and basically the grain has been saying that they need all that equipment yesterday rather than to morrow. and amongst 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 c, about supply resupply and how fast the ammunition will be used and when more will be coming. as for the german supplies, again we're, we've heard that they are 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 berlin 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 spend it is a time as of the us as 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. and 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 an hour. 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 soviet or caliber weapon systems that ukraine bessy 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 them 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? obviously there remains a dis balance between ukraine and russian terms of the population, tbs,

the economic capacity house. 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 are convinced that, given their different motivation, their motivation to protect their countries independence and it's borders that they can make good some of that in balance, but obviously with our ammunition without guns and can able to achieve that. so really, these deliveries all of the essence and people here in ukraine or ask themselves every day where others deliveries and when they can be on the front lines. did you respond? nick connelly for us. greatest you there again? nick, thanks for joining us. and voters and denmark have back to the country, joining the european union's common defense policy with nearly all the ballots. counted b, yes, option has it. denmark is an e u member, but in the past negotiated an exemption on the blocks to funds policy. now against a backdrop of russian aggression around 2 thirds of danes voted to opt in. earlier i spoke with d. w correspondent,

barbara visa in copenhagen and asked her what this will mean for denmark that the country now wants to join the use common defense policy. it means for denmark that they have really let go off stead 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 tendon that maybe 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. and the fact that this was put to

a referendum is quite interesting. and why is this significant for denmark? it 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 no coastline and borderline towards russia as so danes feel that this war changes everything for them. it changes that they're feeling that they need togetherness with others, and that is a totally new step and a real see change in endangered politics. you have your correspondent barbara hazel

there in copenhagen speaking to me earlier. well, johnny depp has won his defamation case against his ex wife. actor amber hurt. the jury awarded the pirates of the caribbean. st. are $15000000.00 in damages. dep had sued her for $50000000.00. over a newspaper article she wrote in 2018 deps had the piece implied, he was abusive during their marriage. herd counter soon, deb for $100000000.00. the 6 week trial made headlines around the world with the pair swapping off in a lurid claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse. and i spoke earlier to entertainment and journalist ron say, as on beta about the verdict and asked him what the jury's decision means for both actors or for johnny depp. if means a bit of redemption i, he gets to say that in a court of law he was found to have been defamed and makes it possible for him to go back to his career i guess. and for amber heard i, i think this is some though,

hang over her for a while, even though she was successful on one of her 3 statements in her counter suit. but i think this will hang over her for a while, but it's r o grant. i think there's also been so soon to be growing for him her because people do feel like a lot of this was slanted against her, so i don't think it's all. it's all bad for her either. right now, even before the verdict in the court of public opinion, i, it was clear that there's been a winner for weeks now. what you think gave johnny depp the upper hand in this case? i think he was by far the biggest star. so he came in with that advantage. but i think there is also a very coordinated a twitter campaign against ever heard in which are the parties who were not necessarily fans. we're, we're seizing on this moment to kind of season massage any and use that against her and to demonize her. and so all that worked in his favor early in the court of public opinion. absolutely, there was a huge amount of attention on social media,

as you say. and instead of being a sobering case study on how domestic abuse can affect both men and women. instead we end up seeing this media circus. how do you think that came to pass? neither made theories actually vice just reported that some right wing websites had actually bought, spent thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars on ads on anti amber hurt ads. so to kind of jin up a resentment against her. so that's one evidence. but i think there are other people who are, who just have seen this as a moment to take out all their frustrations against the me to move it. and to just take a little deeper into that. i mean, some abuse survivors have argued that the coverage of this trial has been particularly painful for survivors of abuse. i can you explain that more in some ways it's been quite atrocious. i think people have just god, like i said, sees on the moment and basically you try to discard every the neighborhood has said

i, even though there is evidence there, there are corroborating witnesses, who said there's truth to sombre accusations as so i hope in the future of we're a bit more careful with how we report a such a serious news event. and what effect do you think this trial is going to have on both of their careers going forward with the job? it, like i said, i think it's definitely a big win for johnny depp. i'm the producer of the pirates franchise. jerry brook hammer has always been up and big us about what the future of the franchise would be. and now they have this verdict. i think it's a green light for them to bring him back on board. all right, thank you. very much, journalist runs a as gung beta. i preach. appreciate your time joining us onto the luminous. are they? before we go, let's get some sports news and in world cup, qualifying ukraine, have beaten scotland to one. the match had been postponed in march after russia's

invasion of ukraine, andre yar malenko opened the scoring for ukraine just after the half hour mark. and then romana urine ciocca netted their 2nd early in the 2nd half. a late scotland goal was too little too late. if you crane beat wales on sunday, they will have qualified for the world's cup. that is your news update at this hour . christy plots in is coming up next with the business news. so stay tuned for that . you can of course, always find us on our website. that's t w dot com, thanks much for watching every day for us and for our planet. glue ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make.