ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a pro russian court sentences 3 foreign fight his to day for fighting for you. crime. the west calls the proceedings a sham and a violation of the rules of war. russia, back to authorities in the don bass region site, dagwood mercenaries acting for keith. also coming up the prime time warning about

the fragility of us democracy. january 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup. the committee investigating the attack on the u. s. capital presents its findings including previously unseen video with the violence. the lawmakers warned that us democracy remains at risk. and thailand gives the green light to grow as and consumers of marijuana in a country known for its strict anti drug laws. minis day, it's high time for a change. ah, i'm jarrett rage, thank you for your company. western countries have condemned. the death sentence is given to 3 foreign fighters by a pro russian court. now the court in the sill claims don't yet. people's republic

accused the group of being mercenaries for keith. the men to britain's animal rockin are the 1st foreign fighters to be tried by ukraine's russian backed rebels . meanwhile, president zalinski says he's countries forces a holding off russian troops near the se, in city of operation. and making gains. nick hock heath. bought insta very don. it's troops are fighting street to street. as russia pushes hard to take control of that key city surveyor done yet is being pounded into rubble. the ukrainian governor of the surrounding lu, hence region says its defenders will be forced back if the russian bombardment continues up to you. sure this more. ah, if the artillery shall he stays as intense as it is now. the time will come when their positions will simply be entirely destroyed that a full clue which us there'll be no place for the soldiers to hide. who should any

foreigners from him? um then they will most likely have to move to new positions when you move, vp non move you put those new positions because well end up being here in this a chance. but severe done yet his twin city has also come under relentless shelling . ukrainian authority say they've been trying to evacuate residence, but thousands of them are either unwilling or unable to flee. persona just 30 kilometers to the south, provide some signs of what may await them. footage from russian state media shows the town which fell to russian troops last month after fierce fighting, lying in ruins. in assigned pro, russian forces a tightening that grip on the region. cleanup has begun in parts of the don bass under their control. with a clear message sent ukrainian fighters on thursday, a separatist caught in the region sentence 3 captured foreign fighters to death.

the 2 britons and one moroccan were convicted of being mercenaries after a trial that lasted just 3 days. the u. k has slammed the ruling as a sham saying the geneva convention prohibits the prosecution of prisoners of war. but with russia opening over a 1000 investigations into other captured soldiers, they're unlikely to be the last to face trial or even death. d w, corresponded yon phillip shots is in keith earlier i spoke to him about the sentencing of these 3 foreign fighters. but 1st we talked about the latest on the fighting in the don bass region. battles over the key cities of silverado, nets, and bliss it shuns are continue and bay continue with all fours and even with fir, renewed st. battles. ukrainian authorities say they still controlled parts of those cities, especially also parts of civil bennett's and everything else. all the reports by the russian side that they've taken over settled on that's pure propaganda. but the

soldiers, the ukrainian, so just also stressed that they are desperately waiting for the delivery of lung arranged weapons and other artillery. the humanitarian situation, unheard of airdesk is increasingly difficult. one very important bridge anita needed for the delivery of humanitarian goods has come under fire. and we should also not forget that even though we focus a lot on the don bus region at the moment. so there's also fighting taking place in other parts of ukraine. the ukrainian military talked about son, military success, but also a lot of kill 2 civilians in regents more towards the center of the country and especially also in the north eastern parts in the area around kalki. now yon phillip russian rebels in the dumbass region had sent in some foreign side as the

days. what's been the reaction to the east where you are all the people we have talked to officials and ordinary citizens on the street. they condemn a sentence and fe, speak about a pure show trial ukrainians. officials stress that this sentence as of absolutely no legal significance because only ukrainian courts can take decisions on ukrainian territory. and ukraine also says those fighters are part of the ukrainian military. and as such, they deserve the treatment or treatment according to international conventions. regarding the treatment of prisoners of war, the ukrainian government stresses they do everything that is possible to make sure

that those are prisoners can be released. now yon phillip ukrainian president lensky did invite foreigners to come and fight when the war started. do we know how significant of a role they're playing and how many there are? it's difficult to say because there's very little official information about it, but i would say they are quite so significant. there are even reports that they a play a role in the current fighting and several dannetta. i think it's difficult to generalize their importance because there are many different types of fighters. there are a lot of highly trained a soldiers, but they're also some not so well it's rain. so adventure has at least in the beginning, there were some not so well trained, adventurous, but a lot of them were not accepted and they had to leave the country. so at the moments that probably a few thousands of foreign fighters in the ukrainian military,

that's our correspondent in key of yon phillip shelves. john phillips, thank you. now the sentencing. all of those 3 man is certain to raise concerns for the fight of other captured foreign fighters. as early as february, the 27th ukraine announced the formation of a foreign legion. many of those who enlisted came from neighboring bella roost. they now see ukraine as their only means of fighting vladimir putin's growing influence in the region. he is more now from d. w correspondent mathias bowling. there are no bullets to day, but soon these men will be fighting for their future against the russian army in this south and east. they are serving in the ukrainian army, but they're all from bellows chosen with them. living with a lexi joined up 8 years ago after that. my dad protests when the conflict in the east start graham and ukraine is one of the last 3 countries of the former soviet

union. golfing in ukraine had lost its freedom during the my don protests on if they had been repressed and he will be no future for the whole region, of course of will not view crane and not for batteries going to belittles roughly, there are now several 100 bella russia fighters in ukraine, enough to form a regiment, any fled to homes in 2020. when bella rose dictator, alexander lucas shanker, crept down on huge demonstrations against him. this man who didn't want to be identified by name took part in the protests. and all widows literally not worse than was more some new we were hoping to overthrow notice shameka by peacefulness. dunkin ye sprouted, but our hopes were dashed in the question the regime held on me. so my talk

now is to do everything possible arsenal, to destroy lucas sion, catherine schumacher version will russian checkmark with tray booth. newton. the idea is that the beller russian, regina is so closely tied to russia that a defeat for pu gin would also be a defeat valko shanker. but that if at least fighters, the war in ukraine is also about the future of their country. and they can't go home until things change. i mean, it took, i put a job with them at the least a lifelong imprisonment would await me. there are the worst boyish execution law. the thought that they could pin extremism on me for taking part in the protests. in 2020, and on top of that now that charge me as a mercenary for taking part in the war. your wife wasn't. alexi was injured during the 2nd week of the war, wasn't a reconnaissance mission in butcher you mind when a shell blew away his leg. for now he trains new recruits waiting for

a better prosthetic leg that will enable him to serve closely to the front again. at the whistling your boy, i never thought that i made my sacrifices, and that would be it. people make sacrifices every day at the front. that's life. that's war. there was the winner. it may be a long way to go, but he says retiring from active duty is not an option. or earlier i spoke to military analysts, frank lead, which in the u. k. and asked him what the role of foreign armed groups in this war has been. well, john, and since the start of the start really was 2014, this war has been heavily internationalized, especially about the ukrainian side. so the international needs of the territorial defense which young philip was talking about is composed of several nationalities

veterans. of course we already spoken about we'll talk about soon. got the george and then another very significant group on the check trans bizarrely due to chechen battalions on the russian side. they to been trying, trying hard to get other nationalities in maybe through the means of mercenaries, the credit report. they killed about 15 syrians down in dog bass a couple of months ago, but they've obviously failed to get how they need that. but on the credit side, yet there's quite a significant involvement of international groups. how close are the formal ties between this bill arrested melissa group and the ukranian armed forces? well, the generally international legion is part of the armed force and it goes up, plays back into these war crime. circled war time, crunch, tries to russians are conducting now. so the part of the ukrainian army, the legion is and is composed of several battalions in the case the russians. they were incorporated formally, the color blue sky, but time incorporated formally in march into the credit army and they're not recruiting another battalion. the pony battalion. so that they're very integrated

part of the you credit on forces that part of the army. they are integrated as you say. now they are serving in the ukranian army to the members of this bill. a routine unit have designs on possibly undermining the regime back. i mean, beller is well, john, as i understand it, their motto is 1st grade, then belarus, which would perhaps provide an answer to that. but the political background, i think, i think that this should be well understood in better says all the different from other, some other forms of the state. so any different than russia it is, it is going to heavily independent minded opposition. and as we saw last year, that opposition is very strong. and consequently beller bella poll show is quite supportive, but very supportive actually of ukraine. and we've seen sabotage and southern valerie, and that's the political background to the, to the, to the beller bella risk regimen. it now is a 2 battalions. so the answer is yes,

their objective is over throw lucas shanker. and what do we know exactly about how the fighters have been deployed in ukraine? not too much the ukrainians, quite understandably, very cage about pretty much everything they do. and that's right. but as far as we know, as young philip said, the foreign fighters are in general somewhere between i think probably around $20000.00. that's the best number. whether all of those are as was hinted, effective combat troops is a slightly different thing. something maybe in the rear guard. you 2 still are useful, but it seems that they're deployed largely as light infantry and recognizance troops are not there. and how about hillary or tanks or anything like that? as far as we know that some military analyst, frank led with frank. it's been great to talk to. thank you very much. thank you. janet can, let's get a quick round up now of some of the other headlines making will use to day germany,

the united kingdom and france have urged iran to stop what they call a nuclear escalation and quickly move towards reviving the 2015 nuclear courts. the joint statement came off to the un atomic energy watchdog accused iran of removing 27 security cameras that monitored its nuclear program. it's not a hampshire police in pakistan. are investigating the sudden death of prominent tell evangelist and politician emilia quite hussein. the controversial tv host was found unconscious at his time in karachi, on thursday, he was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. in washington, the congressional committee investigating last year's january the 6th, the attack on the west capital. as accused former president donald trump of trying to derail democracy. it was presenting its findings after a year of collecting evidence. the chairman of the panel explained that the attack on the capital was not just a protest that got out of hand,

but an orchestrated attempt to prevent the transition of power to incoming president joe biden. ah grim footage of violins and kills that in god. the u. s capital some of it never before seen. these were among a mass of evidence presented by the u. s. house select committee, investigating the general 6 aback in its very 1st public hearing that president trump's call to george january 6, was the culmination of an attempted cou. a brazen attempt as one right to put it shortly after january 6, to overthrow the government. the violence was no accident, it represents senate prompts last fan, most desperate chance to haul the transfer of pow, the vice, the urine presented accounts of some of the top officials in the trump white house

. i told the president no uncertain terms as i did not see evidence of fraud and that would have affected the outcome of the election. and frankly, a year and a half later, i haven't seen anything to change my mind on that active about the former president's daughter. and it also does divide about the fraud claims. i respect attorney general bar. so a accepted what he sent was saying to share the capitol police officer, katelyn edwards, one of the 2 in bozeman witnesses no recounted her harrowing memories from that day or on the penalty of perjury. i couldn't believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground and you know, they were bleeding, they were throwing up. they were, you know, they had,

i mean i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood. madi diaz are expected to emerge in the following sessions as the committee lays out its case against from let's get more on this 1st round of life hearings with d, w report and u. s. political analysts. william glue. croft william. hi. what are some of your key takeaways from, from these televised hearings yesterday? well, for me, jared, it was that this was really all about trump trying to pin this attack on january 6th as not just some random collection of angry or disaffected or anti establishment people. but really a coordinate efforts starting with trump to overturn a fair and free election where there were no actual facts to show that there was fraud as trump was pushing. so this was what they were really trying to, to frame all of the evidence as leading back to trump. police presumably in the hopes of either politically damaging him. so he is no longer a threatened 2024,

and his allies in 2022 or even legally speaking of him being able to pin actual charges against him. and the other thing of course was that we heard from many of his advisors and supporters saying how they were china. we try to stop them from doing this, trying to get the call off the mob. of course, what i find very interesting is that that was all happening very privately at the time. they were all publicly speaking. many of his advisors, his family members were all stalwart supporters of donald trump publicly. but privately they're saying a very different thing. what you're talking about, the attempts to pin things on donald trump given the bitter by patterns bipartisanship. what elsa democrats hoping to accomplish here, i would say, there are 2 tracks that democrats are going, or one is of course, political. the mid term elections are in november, history is not on the democrat side. usually the party that has the white house. if they also have congress, they lose seats in that mid term election. so history is not on their side. they have razor thin margins. they're trying to remind people what's at stake,

trying to, if they can't, commits republican voters at least to drive more of their democratic voters, to the polls in member to come out for them. so that's the political side of things . there's also of course, the legal side, while the house of representatives and this committee don't of course have the ability to charge anybody. they're not the judiciary, they're not the, they're not the department of justice. they are collecting evidence. all everything we're seeing is evidence that could potentially be used in criminal actions in cases against donald trump. his advisors and many of the people are actually on the ground there on january 6th. so those are kind of the 2 political legal where these will actually go, that we're going to see over the weeks and months to come leading up to the midterms that went in in november. gotcha. so lots and lots of evidence. how does this committee's work fit into the patchwork of investigations that are already underway against those involved and what happened in general, it is really a dizzying picture of what's happening or because you have this put basically

a political investigation being led mostly by democrats to republicans in the house, what we've seen this, this committee, but there are a number of cases i'm going against. donald trump, against his businesses, against his family members. you have both criminal and civil cases against the trump organization in manhattan and in the state of new york. you have georgia, prosecutors looking into election fraud and the effort to overturn the results in georgia. you have, of course, the criminal side of the january 6. you have the largest investigation in american history. having made hundreds, an almost a 1000 arrests, made hundreds of charges. hundreds of guilty please against the people are actually on the ground there including sedition charges, which is a very rare and very difficult charge to actually prove against members of people like the oath keepers and the proud boys he's far right groups. you have investigations against the moral lago accusations of classified information, being lee being improperly used at trumps resort. you also have

a west chester golf club of him. so there's a, a large array of civil and legal political action being used against donald trump. and none of this has stuck so far, and we'll have to see if anything will going forward. we certainly will certainly a lot going on that. so d, w reporter and us politics analysts, william, gwyn croft. william, thank you. let's go to thailand now, which is become the 1st country in asia to legalize the growing and possession of marijuana. although smoking it in public is still banned. grow as we'll have to register with the government. and when marijuana is offered in food or drink, its strength will have to be limited. i, there's plenty of public interest. and a triumphant 1st customer with options resembling a fast food menu. closely scrutinizing the product.

wow. oh, and buying some apparel as well to mark the occasion. country me the last time i got here last night, after work, i showered and took the bus. i knew the shop was still closed, so i waited with some beers and watched the staff getting ready. i wanted to witness the beginning of change will be the hold that i had on. now i got in gallup on but too much change is not what authorities want. the cannabis on sale is low potency, and people are being warned against smoking in public and creating a stink violations can bring fines and even jail and beyond. the head shops, getting lit is not something everyone approves of. ah young lives at law, i think am me my mom and i feel like tie people are not fully ready for the legalization

because people do not properly understand the use of cannabis. that's why they need to be educated on how to use kind of it and also the limitations because as we all know, it could cause more harm than benefit. there are also concerns about unwonted drug tourism that bangkok could become an asian amsterdam. others are less worried. i just think that she's got a lot more to offer than just made out to smoke. cannabis mother is a beautiful, beautiful part of the world. and so i don't think hannah's kind of his be legalized would make me come any more. so for better or worse, thailand's cannabis experiment is open for business. well, thanks. he is one of the world's most celebrated contemporary artist artists, and his unknown identity only adds to the ora. many of his installations are only temporary, so fans often have to move fast if they want to see the works for themselves. now,

thanks to an exhibition in new york lucky visitors can marvel at dozens of bank sees all under one roof. girl with balloon probably the best known image and a phantom artist who shows himself on walls and streets around the world. $120.00 original works for private collectors and now being brought together for the 1st time, what was once considered vandalism is now art worth millions. there is no public collection about banks, it's artwork. all built education browsers have been down with best control, which is the company that bank c, old score, dis, process integration. thanks, he subversive protests as established art. and yet keeping with the times against war and weapons, consumerism and police violence. it wants to be disruptive because he wants to take

a precise stance. a gaze off in his mind is unfair and unjust. the visitors can also try their hand, a street artist and leave behind a message of the room. really makes us think about like what we're do and the consumer isn't a lot of global issues. he wants to, you know, make change through his artwork. and i respect that and you know, he and he gets around since the pandemic and ukraine war banks. he has been quiet. many fans are hoping the graffiti gorilla will soon be visible again, and not just in the museum. before we go, let's take a quick look at our top stories this, our ukraine and western allies have denounced a pro russian court in the don boss, sentencing 3 foreign fighters to death. they cite the trial of the 2 bridges and one rock and was a sham and vile lights. the rules of wool and the committee investigating the

january 6th attack on the u. s. capital has begun presenting its findings in a 1st televised hearing the committee chair. say a former prisoner, donald trump, was at the center of an attempted coup and that you waste democracy remains at risk . the committee also shared you video of fun and you're up to date here on j. w. stay tuned for global 3000. now show focusing on the opportunities and risks of globalization. i'm sorry, rating building, thanks to with with

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