ah ah ah, this is the w. news ly, from berlin. russian forces are on the verge of taking the key city of severe nets as they step up their offensive across across the east of ukraine. also coming off, we meet the ukrainian volunteers, defending a village close to the front line and here from residence. oh,

it feels to be in the line of russian 5 and a legal victory for the actor, johnny depp, us, jury sides with the hollywood superstar concluding his ex wife and the herd, defamed him in an opinion article in which she claimed she was a victim of abuse cloth, that country may be a war, but ukraine's football team has managed to come one step closer to qualify for the world cup after crushing scotland in bloss. ah, i'm gabelle has woke up to the program. russian forces i edging closer to capturing a key ukrainian city of the days of fighting st battle saw under way of the industrial harbour of severe auto nets in the eastern don boss region. the governor

there says that 80 percent of the city is now under russian control, but in a boost for ukraine, germany and the united states and an additional weapon support for q, including advanced rocket systems with a range of up to 80 kilometer. for moy earlier spoke to w correspondence, rebecca riches in the ukrainian capital well, on the, on the battlefield. gerhard, things are moving pretty slowly. we are looking at a war of attrition at the moment. but as you say, russians making as small gains in that case, city in the hands of era, and yet as the governor there, the governor of that region. now saying that they do, indeed, russia has now round about 80 percent of that city under its control. we saw a, one of the chemical plants there. it is an industrial city. one chemical plant was heat yesterday and we saw plumes of toxic smoke went out, told that civilians are trying to hide in that factory. but the governor saying this will not be an as of style to if you will,

referring to that the steel plant in mary you poll. that's now infamous in this battle. and on the other side of the river sever several donetta is a cease to city with lucy chance as on the other side of a river, and the russians are struggling to get across that river. they're now trying a tactic of bombarding from another angle around the, at the other side of the city so that they don't indeed have to cross that river because that has been proven quite difficult for them in the war so far. they haven't been very successful at crossing rivers, so we'll have to see what happens there. but yeah, as you say, it is not looking good for ukraine in lieu hands or russia really taking all control of it now. now the ukranian, so they desperately need heavy weapons to turn the tide. do we know how long it will take for it to be ploy for these weapons that were promised by germany and the u. s. is that announcement of weapons from the u. s. and

germany was very welcomed here in ukraine, but of course it won't be immediate. we will see what we're seeing at the moment carry on for some weeks. we're hearing that the pentagon estimate that these heavy weapons from the u. s. could take around 3 wakes to arrive here, of course you grannies will need to be trained on them as well. and there is that we're hearing about delays potentially from the german anti aircraft, anti defense systems that have been promised that they're not, not going to come from stuck pulse within the german army. they're actually going to come directly from the manufacturer. so that could add delays, so not really sure exactly of a time frame there. we do know that ukraine desperately need them as soon as possible. we're hearing now that you, the u. k. is also a great to send some of these a longer range weapon systems and are also going to be training the ukrainians in how to use them as well. so we will see some are some to benefit from those weapons, but not for some weeks. we don't know what's gonna happen in between then whether you crank and hold back or whether russia's just going to keep storming ahead.

probably the latter and, but definitely, well welcome news that these weapon systems are on their way. rebecca route, as they're reporting live from t of thank you to come in while russia has accused the u. s. so deliberately escalating the war by ascending advanced military aid to ukraine. russia's foreign minister say gay lover off warned that western weapons deliveries were raising the risk of other countries being drawn into this conflict. but u. s. secretary state entity blinkin said that washington has assurances from keith that ukraine will not use these weapons to strike targets inside russia again. and earlier i spoke to our military analyst, frank led, which from oxford, and asked him how seriously we should take this warning from moscow. the words used by love for direct provocation. strong implication was that the, the publication was by ukraine. and he did say, look,

it such risks exist of escalation and that in one sense is no more than a statement of fact. but it's another way of looking at this. we've had this saber rattling from the start of the war in february. i mean, we have occasionally, every time a new weapons delivery is announced, which course reflects the, the impact on the ground that such reinforcements are having to look. it's nothing rushes interest to take on the west. by contrast, on the other side, let's not forget what bite inside it is on the i think it was on monday. he said, look, as long as we are allies on to tact us troops won't be going into ukraine and normally take on, take on russia. so look it up to take place that would signal the end of the russian adventure in ukraine, and probably the end of the russian on force is a going concern for quite some time. so there's 2 sides. there's a line is being walked and i think we should treat this with the sort of mild content it deserves at the moment. ok,

so talk about this line that the western leaders are trading right now, enabling the ukrainians to fight back without provoking put in to the extent that he will eventually retaliate. that's difficult, isn't it? yes it is. the us, particularly, especially as a company kind of 2nd has taken break strong steps to indicate that they've given, i think back channel and indeed open are orders to the ukraine is the medium range weapons they deliver, it will not be used against against russia. interestingly, i'll just say this in passing, the u. k. defense actually bad wallace, 6 weeks ago said that there's no reason why you couldn't, shouldn't use nuclear weapons against russia, although they were short range very unlike to be that way. so look, i think, yes, the west is drawing its own so premises of the delivery of these weapons. and this is a, this is a, this year. so subtle messaging, i think, between the 2 large sides in this, that's to say,

the west and russia. ukraine caught in between, needless to say, now frank bowel estimate, this war is going to drag on for months, at least at what point, or will there be a point where the west can no longer afford to watch from the sidelines. and i'm reminded those were to be told that may remember bosnia where this kind of a by, russian forces agree just showing of civilian areas. i've tried murder of non competence, mass killings and so forth. the western by essentially had since a strategic board, and i don't sense that yet, but let's not forget that the chinese are fighting back effectively and the west is involved. but this treading this line is difficult, asked for and will remain difficult. by the way, i would say another thing we makes it's conceivable might see some form of russian retaliation, not on the ground against western force, but possibly another to main cyber space. but i put that aside, notebook,

this war is going to go on now till the end of this year. it's going to run into next year and possibly beyond as the ukrainians shape up to counter attack. and maybe some months before that even starts. a military analysts find lead, which there. thank you frank. thank you. god. as we have heard, russian forces are keeping up their attacks on don bus and isn't ukraine pounding the area with artillery? many people have fled the region, but our correspondence, but he has berlin and other correspondence went to one village close to the front line to talk to the volunteers and residence. still holding out that when the war broke out, what it's immediately registered as a volunteer for ukraine's territory defense forces. now he's guarding this village on the front line in don bass. donkeys. they shoot from tanks. they shoot andy tech missiles canada. i'm not a career officer,

so it's difficult for me to distinguish all of them by sound talk, which would not. but you know, what? it's his nickname is just one of around 100000 volunteers who joined unit like have since the beginning of the war. many fighting for the 1st time from a rocket. the village is just 3 kilometers from the frontline. it's an important defense position. me. i think the locals were suspicious of us in the beginning of they were watching us. we were patrolling the streets looking out to the place and they were hiding. but if things got worse here with electricity and food, we started to help out here and there. and slowly trust has been building at them. who quoted the video by us. now soldiers and the remaining villages have got used to each other. russia shells at the village daily

and they had randomly said he mc alive, which is a veteran area. and a beekeeper look, it didn't get through better than body armor. the village used to be his get away spot. now he plans to leave. you can also psyche is wrecked. we hide all the time from the shooting. look, that's a new one. it landed recently. poor me that will go crazy. will have honey was shrapnel this year. most of his neighbors have already left. still, there are times when it's come with a 62 year old pop. hi, another battlefield name uses the opportunity to study ukrainian model. so i used to speak a mix of ukrainian or russian, but being a soldier in the cranium army, i can't be russian speaking. that would be against my principals. now i am transitioning ukrainian little more the whole not everybody wants to do it is because of his dog that 82 year old nicola,

each and christ says he is still here. he was injured by shrapnel the day before, but he wants to stay where you will live as long as the devil doesn't come after us . macola has been working in russia for many years. he says he has very few illusions about the fate of his village. but the, you can see there is no way to be russia, but they continue to do everything to make things worse even for themselves. i'm talking about the leadership, not the ordinary people, ordinary russians with the same thing as everybody else got a decent life. so her job at least for today, no shells have get landed nearby. it is in the neighboring village that artillery has taken its toll to day. voters in denmark of overwhelmingly back de referendum to join the european union's common defense policy. more than 2

thirds voted yes and wednesdays pull on whether to abandon denmark's long held position of opting out of the shad. you defense decisions. russian aggression in ukraine prompted that land bach ballad. a pile of yes ballots. just a handful of nose. danish vote is cast away decades of resistance to marching lockstep with the european union on matters of defense. a decision once unlikely this year became essential, says denmark's prime minister met frederickson. there was a europe before february 24th before the russian invasion. and there is another europe, off der wende threats to liberty, our on europe stool. and there is once again war and not continent. then you can't be neutral. in 3 previous referendums, danes had voted against close at

e u alignment. but russia's attack on ukraine. convinced devoted that cooperation is more important than isolation in times of war. it's obviously important to, to state if you feel that you want to join this community and not agree we should join. because otherwise, just that one friend who never buys round the outcome means danish troops can take part when e, you states put boots on the ground in operations such as those held in molly and elsewhere, and benefit from joint weapons purchases. denmark is the latest nordic state to reverse course on military strategy. it's previously neutral neighbors, sweden and finland have applied to joined the nato, a military alliance for, for small european states, being wholly integrated in the european security architecture. whether it be the you or nato is increasingly important at the moment. denmark's decision shows

russia's attempts to divide the european union of bringing its countries closer together. the ws babble of visitors in copenhagen lie also earlier. what the danish decision means for the country's defense spending and participation in e u military missions. i care how did they are required, but it always is, of course, voluntary, but they're no slouches militarily. so they just recently sent troops to estonia to reinforce the eastern border. so they will probably participate in european missions and they have already. and just a little while ago, increase their defense budget up to 2 percent, which is the beaded limit demanded in the amount demanded by ne, tomorrow, as. and it's a big increase for a small country like this. so yes they are there on board was this, but what's really remarkable about it is this tremendous change in feeling and,

and political atmosphere here in the country. because in the past they is more or less, for chronically said no to anything that came from europe. but this time they really have failed. this is a time and a situation where you have to step inside the tent where it's better to be together with others. dw barbara is there reporting from copenhagen. you are watching a dw news still to come. she has been on the throne for longer than any other british monarch in history. we look at how the u. k. is celebrated queen elizabeth platinum, jubilee. but 1st, let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. in the us for people have been shot dead on hospital campus and at tulsa in the state of oklahoma. the police say that the gunman, armed with a rifle and a hand gun, apparently killed himself. this is the latest in

a series of mast shootings to shake the united states with israeli forces have blown up the house of a palestinian gunmen who had shot dead 5 people in an israeli city. in march. the a rated the west bank village of your bard spark clashes between residents and soldiers. palestinian officials said one man was killed and 2 others wounded. croatia said to become the 20th e u country to adopt the euro. the european commission says the balkan nation has now fulfilled the necessary criteria krasier plans to replace its national currency . the corner of the start of next year the european commissioner has approved a covert recovery fund for poland. warsaw would receive more than 35000000000 heroes in exchange for making reforms to the judiciary. the plan had been on hold for months over the polish governments refusal to ease control over the judicial

system. a civil trial against former comedian bill cosby has begun and the us is being sued by a woman who alleges he molested her almost 50 years ago. while cosby is not attending the trial. his spokesman says the allegations are false. cosby was freed from prison last year after criminal charges against him were overturned. the actor johnny depp has come out on top in his defamation case against his ex wife ob, heard you escort auditory to pay him more than $10000000.00 of damages. but heard was also awarded $2000000.00 off the juris father. deb had defamed her as well through his lawyer. the 6 weeks trial made headlines around the world with a couple making often lurid claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse. mister depth claim for amber heard it was a bitter end to an intense trial hearing. do you find that mister dev has proven all the elements of defamation?

answer yes. had listened with her eyes downcast as it became clear that jurors had emphatically sided with her ex husband. finding that she had defamed him by implying he was abusive during their marriage in a 2018 newspaper article. dep was in england as the verdict was delivered. but posted a triumphant statement online in it, he thanked the jury, saying they had given him his life back heard to release her own statement online. after leaving the court. saying that she was disappointed beyond words by the ruling and dubbing at a set back for the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously. the result was a remarkable turnaround for dep from just 2 years ago when a british court ruled that he had repeatedly assaulted, heard based on much of the same evidence presented in court in virginia. but while the latest chapter of that highly public legal saga may have ended in a victory for dep,

it's unlikely to be the last time the pair face each other in court. heard has already announced she's planning to appeal the verdict. football news now in the world cup qualifier. ukraine to have beaten scotland 31. the match had been postponed in march after russia's invasion of ukraine under young ankle opened the scoring for ukraine just after the half hour and then roman your m. chuck. net at their 2nd early in the 2nd half a late scotland goal was too little, too late. if you crane bede wails on sunday, they will have qualified for the world cup. i don't, i mean, are in the studio to talk more about ukraine's quest for world cop qualifications done, abbas alone d w sports donna a how and where did ukraine manage to prepare their country as a war? yeah, this was very difficult. now as we saw this game was initially supposed to play in

march, there was a lot of uncertainty around when the game was going to be played if it could be played. so that's very difficult for players number one. number 2, also a large handful of the ukranian national team players are playing domestically in the ukranian league, which also got suspended. so as a player for you, you need that competitive training games. we can we go, didn't have that. now they just gathered at the beginning of may and sylvania to have a training camp where they were training 2 times a day, which is really necessary because a month to prepare for games of this magnitude is very little. they had some training matches against club sides like munching. glad back and, and bully. but actually if we look at the game yesterday, it worked pretty well for them despite the short preparation time that they had now well done against scotland. but they still have an uphill battle to qualified on. yeah, it's, it's not going to be easy, of course, because this is

a massive game. the biggest game they've played in a long time. now, for every country to qualify for the world cup it's, it's a dream. so, you know, they've had a really emotional game against scotland. and physically and emotionally, it's very difficult because they're going to need to recover if they want to be wells. now that is where it's going to get a little bit tricky for them because they don't have that weekly match practice. but they are lucky. they have a handful of players that have been playing in leagues in europe like alexanders in tango for manchester city. and they're going to rely on them, of course, to bring that extra intensity and spill spiel practice to their match. now, should they actually qualify for, for the, for the woke up what, what would that mean? quality, i mean, for any country making the world cut is the biggest achievement you could possibly have in football for ukraine. right now, it's more than just sport. it's unity for the country. everyone is looking forward

to having a little bit of light in this dark time. now the players have even said that they're in constant communication with soldiers on the front lines, with people that are back in ukraine, their families. and they say everybody just wants us to really win for the country and take us to the world cup. so where maybe they physically are not right ready where they should be. they have that extra emotional push, and that's really the power of sport. it unites people and it gives the country really it would if they qualified for the walcott a little bit of happiness in a time where all they've known is darkness, essentially desperately that, that when i should think don't have us. a lot of them are sports team. thank you very much, donna. thank it. but for days of celebrations are beginning in the u. k. today to mark queen elizabeth platinum, jubilee elizabeth has been on the throne for 70 years. longer than any other british monarch before. the w bigot mass looks at how people that plan to mark the

occasion and what the queen means to them. ah, for most brits, she's always been part of their lives. queen elizabeth the 2nd and now she's celebrating her platinum jubilee. 70 years of rule. a record there's a determination about that said to put on the smile on the clothes, go out and do what she's got to do. she's maintained relations around the world, which i don't sing as any of the person in the whole world that has done so well at that. i most grits admire her if not adore her. the ladies at the women's institute, i'm south london, certainly do. it's an organization that traditionally stands up for women's rights re. these ladies meet regularly to work with their hands. this time it's knitting.

corgis, the favorite dogs of the monarch on 2 slides associate the queen more with horses than caucus. but nonetheless, i'm quite happy to knit very bad corgis mind pick don't look really like cork is, but i've done my best. the queen will no doubt to prove at least the effort. in fact, she loves animals. he can see how enthusiastic she is when she said the horse races or how relaxed years with her own corgis. and that's since she was a child at royal functions, they are omni present. even at state visit with you on april, each has been collecting pictures of the queen once she even saw it in person. her mother had taken her long to a building. the queen was inaugurating, which is also where a pruitt's mother worked. even though my mom was just

a cleaner, she stopped and spoke to them. she didn't just walk by and smile or anything. it was just she actually stopped and spoke to them as well. so here my mom was well impressed with that day i, for most brits, the queen is a symbolic figure, mainly unreachable. and yet at the same time, always around for the past 7 to years. ah, the queen's just been and it's is a safety when all our lives change all of the time. you've got to be over 70 to have not known her as the moment and, and, oh no, the queen, the lady herself, the women's institute, have been distributing the knitted colby's across the entire country. these are supposed to be a very passionate, lucky job, as well as an expression of adoration for pat majesty. a well

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bertha found a guarantor of website which tracked russia, who can do services is really difficult for like a logical plate. low because i've only been on dw, with soccer, is was supportive in many colors and, and the children in this mountain village to know them all, pima where's blue, the color of her favorite teen sex. it's traditions prevent her from going to games and play an insurmountable obstacle. little girl football on the page in 45 minutes on d w. oh. she beat it out. unfortunately. and a south,

a mother is going to spend the rest of her life behind bars for murdering her 3 daughter with the site that was part of a psychosis. isn't awful illness. postpartum is a nasty mothers nightmare starts june 4th on d. w. now into its 2nd months, the war in ukraine has failed to give russia the quick victory is wanting. and there are signs of growing discontent among the political and security elite. back in moscow, a small band of investigative journalists is managed to pierce the veil of secrecy around those officials among them. andre sold.