[000:00:00;00] ah, thousands of people killed millions displaced from their homes and cities reduced to rubble in what has been europe's worst armed conflict indicates the human cost you putin's war on ukraine has been staggering. russia may have been expecting a quick victory when it invaded its peaceful sovereign neighbour, a ukraine's resistance is now at 100 days and counting. i'm claire richardson in berlin, and this is the day. ah, the shame will grieve, defended you, crane for a 100 days already. victory will be ours. it is, is really pro, lived here that raise the children to be cultivated,

the land. they had plans for the future. it was all destroyed in an instant. should the answer, what is the russian world to day its destruction. it's murder and looting. stun landed the group. i feel as if i'm frozen inside because i don't let myself internalize the awful losses we have sustained. if i did, i would fall to pieces. solution actually that was, that was way. ah, also on the day remembering the victims of china's tenement square massacre, huge crowds used to gather in hong kong, but now they've been warned not to. please see, i think the situation will be largely different from last year or before, mainly because of the huge chilling effect that we're experiencing now in the city . ah, to our viewers around the world. thanks so much for joining us. tonight. we take

stock of russia's war in ukraine, 100 days of a conflict that has turned to europe on its head. we've seen a reinvigorated and expanding nato and the harshest sanctions ever seen against russia. we've also seen massive western support for a ukrainian army that has shocked russia and the world with its fierce resistance to the invading forces. in late february, just after the russian tanks started rolling over the border, there were real fears that he would fall within days. and despite the pressure to get out of the capital, ukraine's president fully marizza lensky, sent out this video, telling ukrainian he and his team were staying put them. today, the president gathered his team around him. once again. a little section leader is here. the head of the president's office is here, ukraine's prime minister is here. the president's advisor is here and your president is here. come on, the team is much bigger. the armed forces of ukraine are here,

and most importantly, the people of the people of our state ag, defending ukraine. now for a 100 days the, this shame will be 3, will be ours, glory to ukraine. but i'm all of them all slow green. so rousing words, they're from ukraine's president, but over those $100.00 days, russia's invasion has taken a devastating toll on his country. united nations says that more than 4000 civilians have been killed. thousands more have been wounded. and the un says both numbers are likely to be much higher, with many areas, still inaccessible. it's also hard to know how many soldiers have died. russia last released figures in march, putting it's toll at around $1300.00. but you k intelligence, say the figure is likely to be more than $15000.00. there's also little information on how many ukrainian soldiers have died. but ukraine's president says,

up to 100 fighters are dying every day. heavy losses in what's increasingly looking like a war of attrition. but it's been 100 days of wool. but life in the capital, keith has returned to a state of relative normality. there is signs of the russian invasion everywhere and people are getting on with life. no, but he thinks the war is over much too. that doesn't mean conflict. i think it'll be a long conflict with the war. mind. stop and then start again. i'm preparing for 10 years or can do it all for you. i'm not bringing my family back, but i would like to stay in new crane myself with your bullish over so it's like here almost normal steel icing. the danger is still big. so we have are gathering

of the troops in the, in the border was been russia and any time it could come back and also as everyone in ukraine, we are under the m constant possibility of strike from the air a troop build up in belarus, just a few 100 kilometers to the north of hey, dance, have people on edge. and they are trying to make the most of the relative calm here . many fear that russian successes in the east could emboldened moscow to take another grab at the capital. and so, of yan skin ukraine's east. now, one of the epi centers of russia's invasion war is everywhere. much of the city has been flattened by russian strikes. to like you to know, is it really necessary to launch this rocket on this house? and on this one and the one next door, the little you tell me that. so let that damn page and things that russian missiles

are coming. you know what, how much does it cost? is there a cost millions? what is this rocket designed for? this house is not, you know, ukraine's president thought may zalinski has said that victory will eventually belong to ukraine. even if residents share their president's optimism. here in the dawn bass, that promise feels a long way away. and was bringing detail the is nick connelly. he's been our correspondent in akiva for years since long before the russian invasion, nick, we heard zalinski today vowing victory for ukraine. would you say that that is a widely shared belief there in ukraine? i think most people here see there is no other option. i, i think, after the initial shock of those 1st few weeks where there were and probably justified her questions as to whether you claim will be able to stand up to

russia's numerical sporty and greater em availability of more heavy weapons. i think that's basically a consensus here now is that victory is the only option because they don't believe that if they were to make some kind of compromise, if they were to give up on territory either on the church that russia has annexed or basically occupied since 2014 all the churches that russia has taken since february 24th, that russia will stop there. we've heard time and time again from vladimir putin and he says ukraine is a fate country, them an anti russia and basically the ukrainians are russians that have gone astray and basically need to be returned to fold to. there's no real confidence here that even if they were to make painful, called voices. now, that would stop russia trying to have another go another bite, the cherry m years or decades down the line. and do ukrainians feel like the west has their back in the long run? now i think it's difficult talk about the west to some kind of monolithic grouping. there's a lot of confidence that at least the current

u. s. administration is on their side and is willing to am, find the money to really buy expensive and complicated weapon systems that can really give you cranes small army, a chance of standing up to russian forces. i think that the u. k. m. other eastern european countries, poland the baltic states really invested a lot in popping up ukraine, thinks for the baltic. states have given up to 2 thirds of their annual defense budget in terms of equipment to ukraine in these past 100 days. and when it comes to germany, france, italy, i think the question marks much bigger here in key of they worry that ukraine fatigue setting in and as energy prices rise. but the sanctions are russia that the, basically that the, the public in those countries will put pressure on the governments who even so far, haven't been that fast to provide weapons. and especially with germany, there's been other criticism here from care of that. it's basically lots of promises from berlin very little in the way affects on the ground and actual deliveries that can make a difference now. so there's worry there that those big e u countries are a lot more willing to cut a deal with moscow over cranes. heads and that that support will not be forthcoming if this turns into

a war of attrition. where you cringe resources obviously are going to be much more limited without help from outside compared to russia with its billions in daily energy receipts. as i said, vladimir putin has long said ukraine isn't a proper country in itself. and his long insisted that is instead just another part of his country. and has he here inadvertently forged a stronger nation through this war? what not. so your friends will say that, yes, let me putin's basically been the best recruiting sergeant for ukraine's army. and ever since 2014, where he annexed crimea, and stoke though separatist conflicts in the, in the east. he has a lot to consolidate ukraine's sense of nationhood and it's gary identity. and that obviously has been magnified by this conflict that has affected the entire country, not just to certain regions as was the case in 2014. and i think it just gives you a sense for quite how little actually the, the russian government understands about modern ukraine. they have a few people,

especially people from the younger cove. it's government that fled in 2014, that they go to for advice on this country, but you get a sense, they're really not on the pulse of what the mood is here. even among russian speaking, people in the eastern regions of the country they assumed would meet russian troops with open arms and flowers and had said this war has already cost so many lives and left so much destruction of the you ends as nearly 14000000 have been forced to flee their homes, the majority of them, women and children. how deep do you think this trauma will run? of sleep. we've seen those extraordinary images from bracelet butcher, it pin of total destruction, the stories of a mass killings of torture, of rape. am that obviously is something that is not going away in a hurry, and those people will, obviously, in a way, be defined by those experiences. but more broadly, obviously, this is a conflict that has affected the entire country and not just certain regions here and give a city that felt very peaceful and very normal european capital. all through those years of 2014 where you could almost forget that there was

a war going on 500 clusters down the road that really is over. now this is the country that has been bombed from east to west and from north to south. so busy, everyone has kind of taken part and experienced this. on the other hand, i think lots ukraine's will draw a confidence and courage from the fact that this country, against all the predictions against the predictions of most western governments and intelligence agencies who are offering present volume zalinski the option to get out in the 1st days the warbles they thought discovery, this country which basically fall in a matter of days they have held out and they have proved basically beyond russia's capacity. so i think that is actually a moment of lot of a conference building and the pride from the ukrainians who may be of doing better than they even had expect themselves. and before i let you go out what elva letting her zalinski himself, he has gone through a remarkable transformation to a wartime president, hasn't he? well, that's the thing he wasn't actually doing very well as a peacetime president. he's also had this crazy story, unexpected story from the t, v star, the comedian, the actor who then plays

a president on tv and then becomes the present for real. and he'd been really struggling. it seemed to sometimes that he didn't have the patience needed for peace time politics. he kept on changing his ministers trying to keep his ratings high and didn't really seem willing to get in to the to go nitty gritty of policy. and here he is. someone who has confounded his critics and also his skeptics abroad, and we'll have see if he has the capacity and the energy to keep going. he's definitely seems understandably tired of 200 days of pretty much nonstop action. but whether he'll actually be able to keep that political unity within the country where basically the country's political opponents of all put their differences aside and kept together to really allow ukraine to concentrate on this war. where they be able to keep that unity and keep company economy going after basically 3 months, where basically no one's been earning any money and they're now seeing their savings running out far. so lots of chances ahead, but definitely a much stronger performance than any one could expected from him or correspondent in ukraine. nick connelly,

thanks has always fear reporting. i want to turn it now to the millions who have been pushed from their homes. the, when it says more than 6800000 people have left you crazy. the war started those on have since returned. millions more are just placed within the country. and then there's the destruction over a 1000 schools and hundreds of hospitals are in ruins. in addition to houses, roads, bridges, and factories, it's widely agree that the cost to rebuild will run into the hundreds of billions of euro's in the black sea port of mario full face to be full on force of that destructive of firepower. russian troops laid siege to the city for 3 months, hounding it into ruins before claiming victory. the human cost is still largely unknown. mario poles displaced mer says at least 22000 people died in the fighting . he says,

100000 people are still in the city in dire circumstances when russia was preparing for this war. today, we can say this with confidence after, because they quickly worked out the critical infrastructure. could a patient that was we went for a total testing within a week. the city was left without electricity within a week, the city was left without communication, without heat, without gas and crucially, very crucial without drinking water. but nobody for city remains on the brink of the humanitarian catastrophe. when you try to make a tester for an a please to welcome deanna berg and artist who was in mario poll during the russian onslaught against the city. she joins me now from here in the german capital berlin, 100 days of war in ukraine. there must be a lot of things going through your mind today. hi. first say must correct you will is the point cd not on black c,

but on as of c. and as of c is what us very important for us maria bowlers. and since it really resembles the as a fridge imminent, that was. and he's still fighting for us and yes, thank you for having me today. thank you for inviting me and this 100 days of was not we were ever expected. we really expected this to be quick and to be and not that terrifying and harsh. so not to be at this point in $100.00 days to begin with. and i'd like a little bit about your own personal experience of what you saw happen in mario, paul. and how you escaped. yes indeed, like just a reverse speaker told just in one week when it was left not only under constant brutal bonding and shilling,

but also deprived of all the utilities like electricity and connection. now, water tap water and drinking water and with no gas and heating and it was very cold by that time it was the end of february, march. and i was there from around 10 days since the beginning of invasion. and he already felt like hell. so i wanted to be there as long as they could because i felt my like home since they lost my home in 2014 in then. yes. but it was really unbearable. so me and my husband, we did decide to break through. although we didn't know whether it is still how dangerous it is to break through the encircled minute. but how was it, how many troops of russians there were around us? so it was we can,

but it was she was sidled missions either to say or to leave. and in the beginning of march we just sat in our car, took some things, emergency bags, and we did. if they succeed, as you can see, since i'm alive to break through. but although we pass the 3 lines of rations for now at this moment, is it there to go from where you go to that says a body shop. the closer to crate and controlled town is around 30 check points for russians. while there is no information getting in and none getting out, that still seems to be the case. local authorities, however, are estimating that there are 100000 people still in mario ball who can't get to save territory in ukraine. how worried are you about them? oh,

luckily we have most of our friends and relatives evacuated. and this is very, very, i say that this is the most challenging and difficult project our to project we're working on is 1st, if i q e 2 people from manual to creating a control territory and then for those who are deported to, to upgrade them to safety but indeed there are some people we know personally that left in what you left behind and we have close to nothing of information about them. um, but most of our relatives, it was only we feel like that most of our close ones and the ones were able to escape. but there was too many, i would say elderly people who don't want to leave their, they space and i can understand them. i remember the same in then yes,

back it 8 years ago that people just didn't want to leave their home. they were building for years and they don't feel they can, you know, start all over from scratch elsewhere. that's a 100000 people. and i think this is the correct estimate, pretty much of those who are left behind. now, understandably, they don't want to leave. i mean, you personally are one of around 14000000 ukrainians who have had to leave home in ukraine since the invasion began. what happens for you if this war drags on? how do you plan a future? if going back home isn't an option. you know, i've been there, i've done it 8 years ago. so i know that it's not the right time to blend anything . war is not the good time to plan. you have to let yourself feel no

magic. let yourself feel nowhere 1st couple of months for now i feel that my home now you crazy. ok, i was deprived of home again. second time i have 2 pairs of keys from the net and what you, what apartments you know, and i don't know where i'm coming back to morrow tomorrow i have a boss to of if we're a go next. i don't know. this is something every yeah, every craner has to understand. we have to let, let it just be ok and enough i sent you. some chairs are week to exactly deanna back. i want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us and share your experience and you take care. thank you. thank you bye. and you can keep up with the latest developments in the ukraine war with live updates on d. w website d, w dot com or with d t w app will. saturday

marks the 33rd anniversary of beijing's bloody crackdown on pro democracy protesters in the heart of the city in 1989, many died. many more were injured. however, it remains a taboo subject in mainland china. hong kong was for decades. the only place where people could remember the victims of the tragedy candle lit vigils in hong kong victoria park were the norm. but following the passage of beijing's national security law in 2020, who's visuals have been banned. still over the past 2 years, people have found a way to protest whether that will happen on saturday though remains to be seen was partly because hong kong police say any commemoration in the city of the gentlemen square massacre will be unlawful. so we'll protesters at turn out anyway, here's a deed of you corresponded phoebe con for the past, the whole phone guzman, and the commemorative the job sighting pandemic restrictions that even so we

witnessed that some people still tried to turn out and it's fine to police then that can those or the cellphone, the lights on 2 more victims office right now. but the see, i think the situation will be a lot different from last year or before that like like mainly because of the huge shilling effects that we are experiencing now in the city that i don't think we are expecting a significant dell or protest or action on the streets around victoria park. and that's also because the police explicitly warned people that they would breaking the law by maybe even going to they for toria park on the phone with others with similar purpose. i'm so this is a kind of like warning and try to deter people from showing up and we'll talk all i conduct any kind of action to commemorate the tenant correct out. on the 1989

protests at genamin square in beijing famously brought china to a tipping point. student led protestors demanded reform and democracy, but the communist party did not. what followed was a violent army led crackdown where troops open fire against defenceless students. this is how it unfolds it on the night between the 3rd and 4th of june, 33 years ago. ah, after weeks of protest, the people's liberation army came at nice thousands of soldiers. they use live rounds and tear gas to disperse the huge gathering and central beijing. protesters seeking a different china. there were running battles overnight and in the early hours of june, 4th tanks and armored personnel carriers began their attack on tenement square. the soldiers beat people, shot people, ran people over with tanks. by dawn, the vast concourse was clear. the official death toll was 241. but other estimates

believe at least 10000 people were killed by their own military. the communist party has resisted any calls for an investigation into how many perished. it was a brutal conclusion to a dream of democracy that began on genamin square in april with students some bicycles, calling for reform. by june, around a 1000000 people from all walks of life had made the way to the heart of the capital. the gathering inspired supporting demonstrations around the country. they were calling for an end to soaring inflation, greater transparency and less corruption. they wanted the chance to elect their own government for the communist party was a challenge to its very existence. they labeled a student's treacherous bandits and imposed martial law. the world watched the students unveiled a 10 meter high goddess of democracy, mottled on the statue of liberty in front of the forbidden city. blue days before

the massacre party chief jolts the young visited the students, accompanied by future premier wen jiabao. chow, pleased with the student protesters to leave, but was ignored. he was purged, and he lived out his days under has arrest. the day after the massacre, a man stood his ground before a column of advancing tanks on chang on boulevard, which runs directly into tenement square tank man solitary act became the defining image of the protests. and one that has blighted the communist party's reputation. to this day, every year at this time, the party detains human rights activists and sensors, discussions of the crackdown algorithm, scrub bonnie online references to the massacre on china's parallel internet overseas. the focused turns to china's repression into bet she's young and hong kong. more than 3 decades later, the events on tenements square in 1989 still resonates. that was the day

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