ah ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, ukraine's president says a 5th of the country is now under russian control. but what a mere zalinski comments come out of the west promise is more weapons to keep. and russian forces edge closer to capturing the key eastern city of the vero. danielle,

also on the show. you makes a nother concession to hungary in order to pass the latest sanctions package against russia. the block will now drop the head of the russian orthodox church from its proposed blacklist, and she's been on the throne for longer than any monarch in british history. we'll look at how the u. k is celebrating queen elizabeth platinum jubilee. ah. hello, i am claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. sweden and the u. k. are the latest countries to promise ukraine, more weapons after germany and the u. s. pledged advanced air defense and rocket systems. and this comes as ukrainian forces struggle to beat back russia's advance in the eastern don bass region. the governor there says 80 per cent of the industrial hub surveyor don yachts is now under russian control. and

a warning about our next report does contain disturbing images. oh, in the fight for ukraine's east, another life is lost. locals were sheltering in this school in the hockey region. when it was hit. here the russian ground troops have been pushed back, but their air strikes continue to kill civilians. the curriculum to pull by to that i wish they would see those circled liberators. what do they liberate us from? your home is getting out with such pain to make it to sweden and the u. k. have now joined germany and the us in offering more advanced weaponry to help defend ukraine. the kremlin claimed this new military aid wouldn't stop russian advances. of

course, this pumping of ukraine with weapons, especially more modern ones. each time does not change all the parameters of the special military operation. but in any case, the goals of the operation will be achieved. oh, it will simply bring more stuttering to ukraine, which is merely a tool in the hands of those countries that supply it with weapons is undeterred, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski called for more weapons in a speech to luxembourg, parliament outlining the enormity of what ukraine has already lost standing, there wouldn't be controllable by herself to day. the occupiers control almost 20 percent of our territory. my that's almost 125000 square kilometers. this is much larger than the area of all the ban deluxe countries combined. and util. rosalyn

was an almost 300000 square meters, are contaminated with unexploded mines and ammunitions scenario them. yet you narrows them out. russian forces pushing forward towards ukrainian held cities in the dawn. best region. the shelling here is relentless. russia now controls most of the city of submitted on that sc, closing in on full control of the hunts region of the dome. so as we've just heard, russian forces are keeping up their attacks on don bass in eastern ukraine, pounding the area with shells and artillery. many people have fled the region by our correspondent, marches bone and went to one village close to the front line to talk to the volunteers and residence. still holding out there 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 dawn pass. thank you. 3. no, they shoot from tanks. they shoot andy tech missiles canada. i not a career officer, so it's difficult for me to distinguish all of them by sound, which would not, but it shows what it's his nickname is just one of around $100000.00 volunteers. we've 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 some 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 play village now,

soldiers and the remaining villages have got used to each other. russian shells at the village daily, and they had randomly sat he mc alive, which is a veteran area. a beekeeper. look, it didn't get through better than body ana. 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 with shrapnel this year. most of his neighbors have already left. still, there are times when it's come about the 62 year old pop. hi, another battlefield name uses the opportunity to study ukrainian source. i used to speak a mix of ukrainian or russian, but being a soldier in the ukraine in army, i can't be russians speaking. that would be against my principles. now i am

transitioning to ukrainian model or not everybody wants to do it is because of his dog that 82 year old macola each. and chris says he's still here. he was injured by shrapnel the day before but he wants to stay. william 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 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 to day, no shells have get landed nearby. it is in the neighboring village that artillery has taken its toll to day. and relentless rushing,

shelling has reduced ukrainian towns and cities trouble. but there are ambitious plans to rebuild the big name. architects have already offered to help rebuild the countries 2nd largest city. hi keith. as he carbon neutral modern metropolis. but 1st, residents must come to terms with the scale of the destruction. this is downtown hockey have. after months of rest and showing business is churches, houses, whole city blocks destroyed with russian forces repelled for now. people are returning but rebuilding the city will be a monumental task. this team of foreign volunteers and local architects creates 3 d models of the hundreds of monuments that have been damaged or destroyed. and how keith? documenting. what was there for future rebuilding? no one thinks that will happen fast. your to my store. i think it won't take just a year, more likely, 2 years. the destruction is everywhere. but you should also consider that some of

these buildings are architectural, monumental. it's not basic repair. what was it? because he didn't do. it doesn't mean he was outside the capital. keith, in the town of mac, harrison, people repair their houses by daylight and quit when night comes. as soon as russian forces left the area, they got right to work with them on thought that we have a plan to make small repairs then to repair institutional buildings. to be able to open schools and kindergartens for children for the new school year said afterwards, we will rebuild private houses and housing blocks. you will be to school solution, but who will pay for it when the fighting is finally over? ukrainian economy is in ruins. the e u has pledged just under 10000000000 euros to help, but that's a fraction of the estimated hundreds of billions needed to rebuild ukraine's critical infrastructure housing, vital services,

and help the economy get up and running. there have been calls for a modern marshal plan, the u. s. project that help to rebuild europe after world war 2. but so far, not much commitment. there have also been calls to use frozen russian assets, including yachts, to pay for reconstruction. but nothing's been agreed yet. meanwhile, cities like marable, have been largely flattened and are still under russian control. the russian installed government there has announced that the port city and former steel making power house will be rebuilt as a resort. back in how chief people aren't waiting for their musical to be refurbished. who do culture is the basis of everything less than if culture had been more developed. people probably wouldn't be dying and there wouldn't be a war to day. everyone realizes this. maybe they were not so attentive to our

cultural heritage before, but once you lose it, it hurts into the end of the war may be a long way off. but in hoc eve, people insist that life must go on. and i'm very pleased to welcome cynthia cook from the center for strategic and international studies thinktank in washington, d. c. thank you so much for taking the time to start off. i want to ask with this war, still raging? can we even talk about rebuilding in your view? what options for reconstruction are already on the table? it is not too early to start talking about rebuilding them as the discussion just covered. this is going to take an enormous amount of money and the search for funds has already begun. president soleski has started talking about recovery in terms of

funding at the davis economic form. for example, the raise the idea of patronage, whereby funders could select specific funding projects. he sites half a trillion dollars and losses and tens of thousands of facilities destroyed requiring the building of whole cities and industries. the challenge is deciding what to rebuild 1st. it right now, it looks like russian efforts are confined to the east in the south. so damage repair can start outside of the battle zone at some safe distance. and of course, it has already started as people are working to rebuild their homes and, and schools in places of business. and so in your view, that is generally what should take priority in rebuilding. well, the 1st phase of, if we use a disaster recovery framework, the 1st phase of recovery is really think about disaster response. we. the

challenge is making sure that people are safe, that they're evacuated if necessary, that they have access to food and water and shelter. that they connect with their loved ones and let them know that they're safe. so that is the 1st stage once the immediate damage has passed, then is the time to think about recovery. so what are the, what has been damaged or destroyed? what are the damages and needs before investments and recovery are made? there should be careful assessment of what to rebuild. if a bomb destroyed previously dilapidated housing, it can be built back to the latest standards, or perhaps people can be relocated to areas where they can be better supported with housing, medical care, and school. and now you've written recently that lessons learned from dealing with natural disasters. can also be applied in ukraine as the russian invasion has targeted physical natural on human infrastructure. i want to ask you, you've just mentioned these phases that are a part of that equation. where do you place ukraine among those phases? now?

they are fully in the response phase, as long as the war is going on. there are dire and immediate human needs that have to be met in parts of the nation, farther away from the war zone. it is not too early to start thinking about recovery and rebuilding. but right now the battle with russia is still the primary focus and as, as it should be. so looking ahead, you've also mentioned that ukraine is going to need to rebuild sometimes cities from scratch, that may mean things will not be rebuilt exactly as they were before. and that in itself could be in a way, an opportunity in what areas can you think of some examples of that? well, the idea here is falls into the old build back better framework, which is if that if the housing is dilapidated,

you want to make sure that it's billed back to the latest standards. but even beyond that, the question is, where do you want to build a house? where should people live? some people may want to go back to their home communities, others may be willing to be relocated to be closer to schools, medical care of places of work. the challenge and the opportunity will lie in getting the people of ukraine to figure out what they want and what their best path forward is. this is not something that a recovery plan can not be imposed on you grain from outside. it has to come from the people of ukraine itself and its leaders, cynthia cook from the center for strategic and international studies in washington, dc. i want to thank you again so much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you. and let's get a quick round up of some other developments in this war. the un that says the conflict could put up to 15000000 people at risk of hunger. this year,

russia and ukraine account for more than a 3rd of global serial exports. it's estimated that the war means ukraine's grain production could fall by more than 50 percent this season. the russian defense ministry meanwhile, has said a cargo vessels with grain will be allowed to leave ukraine's ports via humanitarian corridors. it added that it's ready to guarantee their safety. keith had accused russia of blocking its ports in the black sea, hampering the deliveries of grain to africa and the middle east. and of a lot in years, lensky says 200000 children are among the ukrainians forcibly taken to russia with ukrainian president said children had been abducted from orphanages or taken with their parents, but did not provide evidence. russia has previously claimed its transfer to thousands of ukrainian refugees to russian territory voluntarily.

and the e. u has agreed and not to sanction the head of the russian orthodox church after protest from member state hungary. it is one of these several concessions made to budapest. as the block seeks to impose a 6th round of sanctions on russia. over the war patriarch carol is believed to be one of the wealthiest men in russia. and is an avid supporter of president vladimir putin. hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon said, his opposition to sanctioning carol has been long known and should not have come as a surprise, rosalie looked through my lum good. while our correspondent christine what is in brussels, and she told us more about the eaves reaction to hungary obstruction tactics can teddy, that there is a lot of anger. i, especially among e u. invoice, our who feel at that the hungarians are effectively being given too much shy in a sense that we know that for example, the, the ambassador off of france who was chairing the meeting yesterday. we hungry ab

voiced. it's a opposition suit to this black listing off this says senior clary and was really frustrated saying it's a direct kind of change could not be made at this stage in the game, but it appears they are seeking to press on with this to go for did this that guarantee clearly dug in their heels and were not willing to compromise on that because these sanctions need to add an agreement, consensus agreement from all of the members states. so if the hungarians were going to be digging in their heels on this, this package could not go through. so am i remember listening to the lithuanian foreign minister a few weeks ago about being held hostage a by, by hungry and that is the feeling and the sense that that many member states do share that the hungarians, in the way of delaying this round of sanctions and now of course, the latest impulse really dragging the heels off of the entire block. that was christine moon, were reporting for us from brussels. i'll take a closer look at the patriarch carol and why the you wanted to put him on it.

sanctions blacklist. the mom before the start of the invasion, hero positioned himself and his church, a strong ideological allies of the kremlin. the hero has repeatedly cast russia as a defender of divine law, against the forces of evil, which he had done to 5 as emanating from western democracies. carol's proximity to the kremlin, goes hand in hand with putin's commitment to the church. in 2012, the patriarch described pollutants political projects as a miracle of gone. over the next few years, he became a staunch supporter of the kremlin agenda. in a sermon in march, this year carol rebuked members of his own church, who opposed the war. we will never make peace. he said, with those who violate the law of god. for carol, the invasion of ukraine is

a religious crusade, aimed at defending divine law. those who oppose it are therefore enemies of god. the kremlin and its forces have effectively been granted a religious stamp of approval for their actions. many of the victims of the violence unleashed by the kremlin, and blessed by the church and moscow. our carols own faithful ukraine has almost $12000.00 russian orthodox parishes, many of which now stand in the way of russian munition. you're watching the w news still to come on the show. fix the decade, the oven satisfaction will show you how the rolling stones kicked off their 60th anniversary tour in thing. for now, let's turn to some of the other stories making news around the world. israeli forces have blown up the house of a palestinian gunmen who had shot dead 5 people in an israeli city. in march

israeli rate in the west bank. the village of bod, sparks clashes between residents and soldiers. palestinian officials said one, a man was killed and 2 others wounded. tunisian president, keith sy, it has dismissed 57 judges. after passing a law strengthening his grip on the judiciary, president sigh, it has extended his grip on power after sacking the government and expanding his legislative and executive powers last july. critics accuse him of undermining democracy. not the last. while thousands of people have gathered in central london for the start of 4 days of celebrations, our king queen elizabeth, on a precedent did a platinum jubilee. 70 years on the throne makes her britons longest reigning monarch. oh, they were in high spirits from the thought. 2 of this is walt that we had to see

trooping the cooler took place under sunny london skies to mock the queen's platinum jubilee. ah, there was the usual pomp and circumstance. we've seen the royal's arriving carriages as has happened, often a recent events. prince charles stood in for the queen arriving on hall spock for his ceremonial duties. several people were detained after breaching the security perimeter on the mile. but most were here to enjoy the party. i just think is a moment in history, whatever. have you know, you from england or from anywhere in the world. this is a history, you know, as a moments a dead. i don't know when when we're going to see again i'm so she has,

john said is my i am broad mother, my mother myself and my daughter for generation. it's just an amazing achievement. lien. so much fun. the queen made the 1st of 2 appearances on the buckingham palace balcony to welcome back the procession. following an $82.00 gun salute, crowd sloped down the mouth to witness the main event. after much anticipation, it was time for the honorific fly past celebrating her 70 years on the throne. adam iconic moments in british history. ah, and deed of you correspondence, charlotte shall some pill is in london. we asked her if the queen's platinum jubilee is more than just an extended public holiday foremost, brits,

she is marking 70 years on the throne that does make her the longest reigning british monarch in history. and that means that this event, this 4 day celebration, is completely unprecedented. i think it's a fad. best for me to assume that i won't see another one of these events in my lifetime. and i think that is the reason that so many thousands of people turned out on to the street earlier today. they wanted to witness this moment in history. essentially seeing the royal family on the balcony, the queen crucially who's dropped out of a number of a public public appearances lately seeing high we in fact spoke to people from around the world who come here for this. we can specifically, so a group of people from the us who addressed up in real sort of royal wedding vibes . he said that they come specifically and really looking forward says all of the pump and pageantry that to day entailed. and regardless, really, whether or not you are a fan of the monarchy,

a lot of people really just reflecting on the fact that she has been this centerpiece in britain for 70 years. that's 14 prime ministers, 14 us presidents. a lot of people really taking the time to reflect on that and the rolling stones are celebrating 6 decades of rock royalty with a new european chore. and as the bands of 1st since the death of founding drummer charlie watts last year, the group kicked off a run of 14 shows with a gig in the spanish capital. now, 45000 fans from around the world flocked to the wanda metropolitan o stadium in madrid to see the rolling stones live and in person weather. and as expected mc keith and ron did not disappoint ah, trunk man, mick jagger and 78 was in top form the youngest band member ronnie wood,

celebrated his 75th birthday on stage. and of course, the equally unbeatable guitarist keith richard. ah, 2 and a half hours of pure energy, the night clubs place they are unique. there is no one like them. you know. i mean, i can have them up. we've seen the many times. this is my 2nd time and it's your val 11th time. it was back track under under 50 up in 2012. we said this might be the last time you say, you know, we seen them around europe. money, thompson said, wanted england to shows or planned in germany before the rolling stones. 62 are wrapped up in stockholm at the end of july. ah,

and before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you. ukraine's president of all admin lensky says russia now controls a 5th of ukrainian territory. russian forces are also edging closer to capturing the key eastern city of silverado, next with 80 percent of the city now under russian control. coming up next, our discussion program to the point to look at russia's war in ukraine and asked, is the tide turning in his favor? stay tuned for that. i'm clay richardson in berlin. thank you so much for watching with

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