ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russian forces are on the verge of taken the key city of soviet ordinance as they step up their offensive across the east of ukraine. also coming up, we meet the ukrainian volunteers, defending a village close to the front line and hear from residence how it feels to be in the line of russian fire. and she has been on the throne for longer than any other monarch in british history. we look at how the u. k, celebrating queen elizabeth platinum jubilee.

ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. russian forces are edging closer to capturing a key ukrainian city after days of fighting st. battles on the way in the industrial harbor of severity nets in the east and don boss region. the governor there says that 80 percent of the city is now under russian control. but in a booth for ukraine, germany and the united states have announced additional weapon support for keith, including advanced rocket systems, with a range of up to 80 kilometers. for more i spoke to the w correspondent, rebecca rit, as in the ukrainian capital, keith well on the, on the battlefield, get hard things are moving pretty slowly. we are looking at a war of attrition at the moment. been, as you say,

russians making as small gains in that case, city in the house gets rivera, and yet, as the governor, they're the governor of that region. now saying that they do, indeed, the russia has now round about 80 percent of that city under its control. we saw 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 it 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 up 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 go. russia really taking all control of it now. now the ukranian se they desperately need heavy weapons to turn the tide. do we know how long it will take for it to deploy 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. karen, as we've heard, russian forces are keeping up their tax on don bus at eastern new crime, pounding the area with artillery. many people have fled the region, but all corresponded what he has building up and several other journalists went to one village close to the front light to talk to the volunteers and residence. still holding up their when the war broke out, who it's immediately registered as

a volunteer for ukraine's territory defense forces. now he's guarding this village on the front line in dawn pass. thank you. 3. no, they shoot from tags. they shoot and detect missiles. kennedy. i'm not a career officer, so it is difficult for me to distinguish all of them by sound. pretty short cuts. what it's, his nickname is just one of around 100000 volunteers who joined units like have since the beginning of the war. many are fighting for the 1st time from a rocket. the village is just 3 kilometers from the front line. it's an important defense position. me. i think the locals were suspicious of us in the beginning. they were watching us. we were patrolling the streets looking out to the place and they were hiding. but as things got worse here with electricity and food, we started to help out here and there. and slowly trust has been building with them

. who quoted the video for 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, 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 major. they will go crazy, but we'll have honey was shrapnel this year. most of his neighbors have already left. still, there are times when it's called the 62 year old popeye, another battlefield name, uses the opportunity to study ukrainian versus models. i used to speak

a mix of ukrainian and russian but, but being a soldier in the ukranian army, i can't be russian speaking. that would be against my principles. now i am transitioning to ukrainian or more the whole, the foolish. not everybody wants to do it is because of his dog that 82 year old macola. if jim chris says he is still here, he was injured by shrapnel the day before but he wants to stay more. jim 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. will be useless. there is no way to be russia, but they continued to do everything to make things worse even for themselves. i am talking about the leadership, not the ordinary people, ordinary russians. what the same thing as everybody else got a decent life. sir jeff harris was you at least for to day. no

shells have get landed near by. it is in the neighboring village that artillery has taken its toll to day. now let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day in the us for people have been shot dead on a hospital campus in tulsa, the state of, of oklahoma. the police say that the gunman, aunt, with a rifle and a hand gun, apparently killed himself. this is the latest in a series of mas shootings to shake the united states. israeli forces have blown up the house of a palestinian gunmen who had shot dead. 5 people in an israeli city and march these railey re than the west bank village of your bod spock clashes between residents and soldiers. palestinian officials said one man was killed and 2 others wounded. a civil trial against former comedian bill cosby has begun in the us. he 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 a false. cosby was freed from prison last year of the criminal charges against him were overturned. and the actor johnny depp has come out on top. in his defamation case, against his ex wife and a heard, a u. s. court ordered her to pay him more than $10000000.00 in damages, but heard was also awarded $2000000.00 after jurors found that dep had defend her as well through his lawyer. the 6 week trial made headlines around the world with the 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. heard, 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 on line . after leaving the court. saying that she was disappointed beyond words by the ruling and dubbing it 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 herd 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. hud has

already announced she's planning to appeal the verdict. united kingdom is beginning a 4 day celebration for the platinum jubilee marking. 70 years of the reign of queen elizabeth. the 2nd country's longest serving monarch ceremonial parade is currently taking place in london. was the live pictures here. the green is expected to appear on the balcony of buckingham palace for a military fly past a little later today. and for more on that, i'm not joined in the studio by my colleague alexandra forest whiting a alex a. what else can we expect from this weekend in terms of facilities? well, i think the 1st of all just have to put into context how extraordinary this event

is that this woman has been on the throne for 70 years, please. it is amazing. she is the longest, raining on british monic ever a great, great, great grandmother. queen victoria i think, was on the same for 63 years as close as any of his record, which was the previous record. so it, it really is extraordinary. and, and, you know, i think that many people are very pleased that they have got to this point that they can celebrate over these 4 days. and this platinum jubilee. and the fact that the queen is still with them. we know that there have been some issues over her mobility and over her health, but she is still a very much on present and we are expected to see her later today on the balcony of buckingham palace. she won't be on, on the ground, with these troops for tripping the color, which of course is to celebrate her official birthday. but she will be on the balcony of buckingham palace. that is what we are at least have been told and are hoping for unless of course something happens and she is unable to do that. you

mentioned herb, her health has been a little song about her house, of course, and her age and also after she's lost her husband. the duke read both recently. how much of her will we see in public in the future? you recon? well, we have seen much less of her over the past few months. in particular, for example, one of her main jobs on is the official state opening of parliament. that's when the parliamentary session in the u. k. begins and she is always present, but this year she didn't do it and has some prince charles was there instead of that was a big marker, i think for the fact that she really is, i'm beginning to withdraw much more from her public life. so we are going to see her over the next 4 days, but we don't know exactly what we will see of her that the, the palace has not been able to confirm that. and, but we will see her, at least in part in the future. we will see much more. prince johnson, also his son, prince william, now look alive,

pictures here best tens of thousands of people are lining the streets of london a beautiful day like this, of course. but the public image of the royal has suffered. there is no denying that in the last couple of years quickly how much enthusiasm is left in the bridge public. i think there is enormous as she is yet from for the queen. she is seen as person a person of duty. she has always put her robe before everything else, and she will always remain popular. what happens once she disappears? i'm, we're not sure. the wall family is not perhaps, as popular as it was. and i think that that will be something that they will have to decide once that time comes alex for whiting there. thank you very much, alex and for the full coverage of the queen's platinum, jubilee hill can go to our youtube channel. we be broadcasting coverage of the military rate and all the celebrations ongoing in the seconds you could find us at youtube dot com forward slash dw news. and that's it from me and alex and the news

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