on what is important, i think tomorrow now exploring opportunities for media professionals in times of crisis. google media for june 2020 to your ticket now. ah ah. this is debbie news line from berlin out numbered, but holding out prisons. lansky says ukrainian forces are doing everything possible to resist the russian all sought in the key eastern city of savannah. jeanette also coming up a promise of supports on a visit to lithuania,

chance for all of shawls vows to strengthen nato's eastern flag, made growing fears of further russian aggression and waves of grief. nigeria mourns and survivors speak out after massacre at a catholic church. 22 people were killed by a group of gunman armed with explosives, but it's still not known who is behind the attack. ah, hi, everyone are my iraq. thank you so much for your company. we open our coverage with the fear street fighting reportedly underway. any key battleground in eastern ukraine, ukrainian present voluntary zalinski says his troops are holding out in the battle . for silverado nets, despite being heavily outnumbered russian forces are fighting for the city street

by street taking it could be crucial for russia sees in control of the eastern don bass region, inflicting maximum damage. that is the goal for moscow, which released this footage of the pallets us at walk across ukraine's east. the destruction is evident. many of those who the mean have lost everything from yet. so i do not even know where to start for you. i am standing here and looking, but i have no idea what to do with blood. i thought you crying, do i come down? then i cry again. and again, before the focus now is on the city of 7, o dot net, which could be key to gain control of the don bass.

ukraine says it's troops out numbered, but holding strong. now she's annoyed, and as the youth was, our heroes are not giving up their positions in severe ordones. woolley fierce street fights continue in the city. and i'm a guy. the russian army is trying to deploy additional forces in the danverse direction. but it's the 103rd day you and the ukrainians. understand, see, it stands firmly. the cost of that resistance has been high. even as russia tightens dire consequences to more help from the west. ukraine says that for its embattled to more weapons, would be the difference between life and death. and it of course, when i met his billing or is in cave and earlier i asked him if it's clear what is happening in severity and ask very hard to say what's going on there. they le,

it's some herb heavily fought about what we know is that the ukrainians seem to hold firmly to the industrial zone of their city, which is a little bit on the western side. and the russians seem to have dug in pretty well on the eastern side of the city. and everything that's in between is being fought about. the latest news that the russians were, again, controlling 80 percent of these residential quarters, or even the whole of these residential quarters yesterday and the day before it looked like the ukraine's had pushed them back pretty much to the east of the city . so um, well, what we can do the conclusions we can draw from that is that it spect back and forth in the center of the city, much of the city seems to be destroyed, which also makes it more difficult for her for the, for both armies to seek shelter and her holds positions and russia has sent new troops in there. we are hearing that sher recruits from mother to her russian controlled separatist republics from milo. hans and donates cab arrived and ukraine

has also reinforced its troops there already a few days ago. for bo size, i think this is a highly symbolic battle and a her and i could have be a big impact on, on, on how this was going on. now as you know, there is a growing international concern about the tons of grain that are stuck in russian controlled ukrainian ports. is there any solution in sight? it's a big amount of grain. 20000000 tons that ukraine has been stock piling it because it was an able to export them. and her, what has been so far been what, what ukraine has been able to explore by other ways, way, roads and railroads is of course much less than the ports are ships. just have the bigger capacity, but the ports are mine by the ukrainians because they few russian attack and blocked by the russians while out there with their black sea fleet. and that's the problem, the way out would be for both sides to agree to create

a safe passage for them, which would meet ne demining by the ukrainians, or at least 30 mining some, a parts of it in front of the pools. and it would need the the russians to let the ships pass and no sight has enough confidence in the other side . the ukrainians fear that if they would d mind parts of these areas the russians would use might use this as a means of attack. and russia, of course, has also used these grain exports as leverage, economic leverage on ukraine. they asked talk, scheduled about these, but it's very difficult task to resolve. and final thought from you, or mathias of worrying reports coming out of the russian occupied mario ball. yeah, we have been hearing that sir. the senator is situation there is decreasing. it is a city where maybe up to 50000 people have been killed. that's the latest number

given by the ukrainian or authorities of although i doubt that anybody has a very exact number. and many of them had been either buried in the streets in the back yards of the or of the residential areas or just not buried. are there under the rubble and that causes, of course, a severe concerns for drinking water. for example we, i have also been hearing that the have been problems with a water being brought into the city. there seemed to be, have been at, by some efforts by the russians to bring water there. but that all that means that to the worries i increasing about diseases and we are hearing about a cholera outbreak that might be on its way in the city did have you corresponded mathias bellinger reporting from the ukrainian capital. keep. thank you. german chance all of shawl says berlin is ready to boost its military mission in lithuania, on a visit to vilnius. he also met with leaders of the other 2 baltic states,

lot via and estonia, given their proximity to russia. they've been calling for increased nato support to deter and offend against any aggression from moscow corporation. this is what german chancello left schultz and lithuanian president catan us. no said i wanted to convey the to announce preparations for an expansion of the multinational nato combat unit. currently stationed in lithuania and who left shoulder was keen to shut down criticism regarding germany support to ukraine . that the okay in a vitamin roughly, we will continue supporting ukraine with weapons deliveries. germany has been doing this more intensely than almost anybody else and will continue with support in the near term. as long as will be needed to rebuff fresh and aggression to come. but words are not enough for both ukraine and nato allies, which pressed berlin to step up its military support with the baltic,

hats of state, stressing their determination to stop rush us aggression against ukraine as well. oh got gallegos who saluted the i believe that our colleagues always have the right to try all the options. they want to try euro, but this is not lithuanian position, but so we think it is difficult to talk to a head of state who has redrawing the borders and the 21st century. steve, the seattle tuesday meeting was intended to show unity among nato allies. but germany support will likely be judged by what weapons and boots on the ground it actually provides both to ukraine and to its nato allies on its own. now, by the other stories, we're keeping an eye on. germany's vice chancellor robert tom beck has met with palestinian prime minister mohammed shuttle in the west bank city of am allah. their talks focused on creating a political horizon for the future of a 2 state solution in the mid east. havoc also sent germany wants to help the

region develop renewable energy japan and nato have a greatest step up co operation. this follows a meeting between the chief of nato's military and excuse me, committee and the head of japan's self defense forces on the ukranian war. japan's general yamazik koji told reporters that unilateral efforts to change the status quo by forced force rather must not be tolerated. italian authorities have seized 4.3 tons of cocaine. in a large scale investigation targeting and major columbian drug cartel, the seas, drugs have an estimated street value of some 240000000 euros. the year long operation is let's arrest warrants for 38 people in 6 different countries. and we turn out to nigeria where waves of grief are rippling through

a community after sunday's mass shooting. in a catholic church, 22 people were killed and 50 injured. when a group of gunmen opened fire on worshippers marking the christian holiday pentecost, no group has claimed responsibility for the killings. the attack took place in the village of oak, in the south of nigeria, a region which is usually spare at the violence, suffered by some communities in the north. and earlier i spoke to did abuse elisa shakuma, who stood in front of the hospital in the tragedy stricken nigerian town of o, where survivors of sundays attack are being treated. yes, indeed, layla. i'm standing outside the emergency. we're all the gradual medical center, right in all walk on those states, southwest nigeria where just about 5 minutes away from the church. what incident happened on sunday?

where about group the people was shot that live in many one did many dead. so yes, this is incredible. vital medical sense, i want to be to our medical center into town where lots of patients are being brought in here. since sunday went outside happening to judge. now you have actually been to the church a moments ago. you've witnessed a town being traumatized. a community is shaken, how are people being supported? what are local authorities doing well, but one thing we can say is that they have been not stop talking stop from the state, government and federal government about 110 down to gunman code out there on sunday in a catholic church in france. right? yet in the state, we had business on the vice president himself yesterday, right there with medical center over a couple of minutes away. i did charge itself. we had the ruling leda, apc but not been able also come into the charts. i'm visiting patients through

those goals yesterday. right. all walk, so support has been coming from the federal government and people that authorities included cash 75000000. myra donated from one addition to the medical center. and so the big thing who somebody contacts sunday, so that's supposed to get important jammed up police investigations that were not to get on to grew or what groups carried out to south park on sunday. so what's next now for oh, after this terror attack? well it has to be a healing process for the town, for the church, and even for the medical center, i just paid some figures for you. we've been speaking with some medical right here about 17 bodies brought in 25 bodies in social left at the mug. about 44 people, hospital life, those they've had surgery, they've had amputation,

they've had left the ration, they've had burn, gunshot wounds, and so many things that we witness what the whole start from somewhere get the job . so that's what they want because they've also witnessed a mac right from the women, not the women had to check center this afternoon. they wrap really wailing and crying and they came out in the number the women themselves crying out, why had this happen to them? so did pay the same for them. where did they go from? yeah, it's a, it's a big question, not just go on and say, what it in my jewelry, i didn't for our country because it seemed like no way it's safe. if this can happen in the south west of the country, they w lisa tacoma in the tragedy stricken niger in town of always standing right us at the hospital where many of sundays attacks victims are being treated with a thank you for important reporting. he wants to get a renews coming up for in news asia after short break chasing space dreams. china

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