ah, ah, ah ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin holding the line in eastern ukraine as forces battle for control of the industrial heartland. we hear from the foreign volunteers fighting against russia also on the program. 33 years on the t ottoman square protests are still making waves in china. we look back at the brutal crack down and we report from hong kong where tough security laws ban any commemoration of the events of 1989 and a trained crash in southern germany kills at least 5 people. rescuers fear they'll

find more bodies in the wreckage. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world on michael ok. more than 3 months into the russian invasion, ukraine says a 5th of its land is under enemy control. but its own troops are holding the line in the key eastern city of several, no dental. that's a local governor, says ukrainian forces have pushed back the invading troops with help from volunteer fighters from abroad. the road to severity on yet in eastern ukraine for weeks or so cheaply important city has been a key objective of russian attacks this union. the craning army with foreign volunteers is to help in the defense of the city where russian troops had been advancing street by st. we're going to put russians back is gonna take your name on

for a year. does matters. ah, we are on the right side of the history. if severity on yet the last ukrainian stronghold in lou henson, providence were to full russia will re one step closer to one of its declared goals . the complete capture of the don bass, moscow set on friday. $100.00 days after the start of the war and had already achieved some of its aims, claiming it liberated areas from what it dubbed pro nazi ukrainian forces. according to ukrainian data, russia currently controls one 5th of ukrainian territory. analysts sworn that this situation could well be long lasting a given was. i think we have to be prepared for this was not last, just another 100 days, but 20300, maybe even 1000 days. moscow is determined to achieve its goals. it is change the nature of the war, and that means we're not seeing a fost operation any more, but something much slower pushed forward with a lot of firepower and foraging firepower and false signs of this russian strategy

can be seen across ukraine, not just in the east butcher mary poll, a peen places now infamous for alleged russian war crimes against civilians. according to the united nations, at least 4183 civilians had been killed since the start of the war. earlier i spoke to carrie roodick, a member of the ukrainian parliament. i asked her how people are coping hello, thank you so much for having me. well, we do understand that there needs to be a switch from the best friend to the merits. and we are ready to this man on we do understand that it will be top bill. so i do understand that we will have to get our old resilience an old result. and to make sure that we push them back. this is i am traveling right now, and this is i am calling for every single leader of every single county you

actually necessary to do at the residence, to give us the money to give us this applies to. we can make this final push the bush trashes back, because while we have the support of our life, while we have the results, i would people that i'm very sure that we can win this war. you talk about the international community coming together for these weapons. germany and other western countries have promised ukraine more advanced weapons with intense fighting going on in the dumb bus. are you concerned about whether they will reach ukrainian troops on time? yes, i'm concerned about that because it's only now in fact, receiving the 11th and the applied to be her promise. make sure the 2 monsters all the logistics is complicated. it's not the amazon prime. we do understand that, but we also understand that our lives are working on they can only do faster and we do understand that they are trying to get you to us in time. so what we can go

from our side is to make sure that logistics in your brain is working properly, and that's a close to the border. we delivered to the front as soon as possible. as you well know, they've now been sick sanctions packages directed against russia this week the you agreed on the latest a band on most oil imports. is this enough in your view? no, this is not an out. well 1st of all, these sanctions a half measure. so there you allowed hungary to pull them back and allow of par chevy their wild b a. b still use. secondly, they will only started work lea 6 months from now. so my people will have to spend filled and fight for 6 months before they actually start working. because before you know, the encounters were still paying a $1000000000.00 a day, were russian oil understood that is a kiera roodick,

a member of ukrainian parliament and a leader of the political party gallows. many, many thanks. thank you and glory through crane. a heavy police presence in hong kong is preventing any public commemoration of the anniversary of china's genamin square massacre. police have made several arrest authorities have sealed off victoria park where thousands gathered annually until beijing security law band rallies last year. back in 1989 students in beijing brought china to a tipping point. when thousands protested in tianna men square, demanding democracy, the communist party sent in the army to confront the defenseless demonstrators. here's a look back at how events unfolded. ah, after weeks of protests, 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. the began on tenements 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 on vale, the 10 meter high goddess of democracy, mottled on the statue of liberty in front of the forbidden city. days before the massacre party chief jolts a young visited the students, accompanied by future premier wen jiabao. chow, pleased with the student protesters to leave, but was ignored. he was purged on. he lived out his days under house 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 focus turns to china's repression and to bet she's young and hong kong, more than 3 decades later, the events on tenement square in 1989 still resonates. d. w 's, a cb kong is in hong kong. the one place in china where large scale remembrance of the massacre used to be allowed. i asked her what's changed while i am now standing at the entrance of the victoria park, which was ones and the traditional venue off the ferry, massive r, a massive commemoration, a candlelight vigil over the past few decades in hong kong, but not any more scenes. beijing, its national security that wasn't post in hong kong about 2 years ago. so that law

has a lash these typo such a commemoration to put eco defense in hong kong. and that's like, like in the past, it was intolerable in hong kong. but now it's like a kind of like a sense of fia, looming in the city. as we seen, like the park was closed the night before, the end of february, and it's now guarded by hundreds of police offices with barrett case surrounding the whole park. so it shows a sense of like, like suppression light on such a commemoration. and it's also all that lashley because of the, the, all the nice thing group was forced to disband nastier and his leader well, we're now detained. are now to take to our 4th bush and charge under the national security at all. so this year he's actually the very 1st anniversary our sins on that. so since epa, that's no one applies for such a commemoration assembly. so it is like becoming a kind of one of the most sensitive political taboos in hong kong show. there are

clear constraints, but are you seeing any form of commemoration there today at all? well though are the ways of commemoration have become more steptoe and all like an individual, as like, scattered in hong kong that on massive pro tasks or light latch crowns are no longer seen on the streets of hong kong because of the heavy preston's off the security port yes, we have as you can see, and also like people are resorting to more creative ways by some, some out like this stating blank papers on the streets and some lie just about ads and victoria hawk with white flowers to show their respect and tribute to the victims of the tenement track down, but as though it was kind of like a risky action that with some little chaos. and now, some activists were taken away by police, i,

because of the actions and the police were reading, trying hard to stifle any form of like action to a more on the tenement track down that d. w, corresponding phoebe kong in hong kong. many things. phoebe some of the other stories making use around the world at this hour, humanitarian organizations see, watch has rescued more than 200 people on the mediterranean. they were floating in overcrowded rubber and wooden boats. the united nation says almost $700.00 migrants have died or gone missing, trying to reach europe so far this year. a tropical storm has swamped cuba and its capital habana. at least 3 people have been killed by flooding. weather warnings are also in force for the bahamas and florida. forecasters are predicting another heavy hurricane season. a train crash in southern germany has killed at

least 5 people and injured dozens of others. carriages, derailed and overturned near the popular holiday resort of gomez python kitchen. in bavaria 15 people are being treated in hospital. the regional transport minister says a technical fault probably caused the accident. the crash seen on saturday morning. rescuers are in a race against time to lift the d railed carriages. they fear people may be trapped underneath. and these cranes offer the best hope of reaching them rescue teams work through the night. on friday, the accident happened just to school holidays got underway in the germans date of bavaria. $140.00 passengers were on the regional train, which was traveling from garmin. pardon carrion to munich on saturday,

the state premier said the crash seen with heart wrenching what to say about no mention for he saw a still missing and that is our biggest worry. we hope that we don't find any one under the and that those who are missing will soon be able to get in touch with their loved ones. but i'm googling newton. germany's interior minister also visited the site which brought a good, a terrible catastrophe. i am deeply shocked when i came here to express the deepest sympathies of the government. and especially those of chancellor olaf shorts for the cause of the crash is still unclear. the various transport minister said no other train or vehicle was involved, leading him to assume it was due to a technical fault. it's one of germany's worst train accidents in recent years. in tennis is shrunk,

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