[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news ally from berlin. ukraine calls on its allies to deliver more weapons. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says russia aims to wipe out every city in the eastern dumbass region to defend the country along the front lines in the east and the south. he says more artillery is needed to match russia, superior firepower, and a u. s. law as u. s. lawmakers pushed to improve gun safety, dw meets

a parent turned activist who lost his son in the shooting. that started the national debate in the u. s. on gun ownership. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael ok. ukraine's president villamor zalinski says russia is trying to destroy every city in the eastern dumbass region. rushers, fire power in ukraine's industrial heartland is estimated to be at least 10 times greater than ukraine's. and zalinski says his troops won't be able to hold back. hooton's forces much longer without an increase supply of western weapons. as battles re, john some $300.00 civilians from dumb boss were taken to safer parts of the country on a special evacuation train. i smiled to break the tension. the civilians

had done ads are fleeing as the shelling just closer. war is a reality. many people here now to well thump, actually see ship. they started shelling it and then it intensified. oh was lady, we have been in the war for 8 years already. we live on the front line. now the only thing the kids are worried all the time. it was cancelled. they are free to sleep at night in, so we decided to take them out of here, away from the shelley. early up still. t cities and don bass are under steady attack as ukrainian and russian forces fight for every street in his nightly address. ukraine's president stressed just how crucial these battles are for ukraine's future. weekly shifted about battles, continue some aids precisely now in these very hard battles, that it is decided when the after volcanic robot, it is decided on which particular defense lines will permanently derailed. the occupiers plans, method,

and every one has to remind societies. now the countries of these ongoing battles and of the support that is required now he missouri, zalinski said their success depends on weapons deliveries from the west. cave estimates that russia has between 10 to 15 times as much artillery equipment. shells are being rationed by soldiers on the front lines. as ukraine waits for more weapons. d w. john phillip shots is monitoring the war from ukraine's capital keith . i asked him about the latest developments at the front lines. fears better continue in the danverse region, especially in the area around to support each r. we're a rob to us, a better than that. square russia really throws in all its fire power observer. say russia is making slow but steady gains there. bob. so there's also new intense fighting on more,

a centrally look hated and more southern front lines at the moment, especially in support. each are and, and have sun, but also in the region at, on surround makalya. so a 10 settles at the moment on many front lines. and another interesting development is that russian seemed to try to take over more and more governmental structures in the occupied territories. obviously, increasingly trying to install their own structures, their reminders again, why russia is military capacity, dwarves, ukraine's even though our ukraine's western allies have repeatedly promised times in support. yes, ukraine calls regarding the delivery of more weapons from the west as really growing more and more desperate. every day. the governor in nikolai regions

said that they are simply running out of ammunition, but it's not only a problem of munition, of course. it's also a problem of more heavy weapons and more modern artillery. everybody expected that so the process of those deliveries of more weapons which takes weeks it's, it's a difficult process so logistically and regarding the training for those so weapon systems. but it seems as if the ukraine, ukrainians are really slowly losing their understanding why it's taking so long. it's dw, corresponded yon phillips shots in keep many thanks young. he's you look at some other developments in the war. the mayor of mario paul has warned of a major color outbreak in the southern ukrainian city. he said that with much of the infrastructure damage sure, destroyed people were forced to drink contaminated water. russian troops took control of mariel last month. after weeks of bombardment,

which left the city in ruins, united nations has express concerned after a pro russian court in eastern ukraine sentence 3 foreign fighters to death. the court accused the men to britons in a moroccan of being mercenaries, and therefore not entitled to the status of prisoners of war. the west has condemned a trial as a sham german health minister recall lauterbach has promised more medical health for injured war victims in ukraine. on a visit to levine in the western part of the country, the health minister said germany would build centers for the wounded donate prosthetic ins and san german doctors to the country. in russia, vladimir putin has openly compared himself to the 18th century russians are at peter the great drawing. a parallel between peter's military conquests, and what putin portrayed as

a new quest to win back russian lance. it paid the great for the northern war for 21 years. some might say he was fighting to seize territory from sweden. he wasn't seizing anything he showing that he was taking it back. rachelle dropped by the list of the was what i show you, reclaiming and consolidating. that's what he was doing now. it seems that it's our turn to reclaim and to consolidate. to paula was i share through could for more lets us speak to d. w. russia analyst konstantin agate in vilnius constantino. what do you make of pollutants? remarks? michael loves a continuation of trend that we've seen developing in from a say to lots of things over the last year. and he definitely sees himself as a pillow top figure in russian history, and he's comparison to peter the grades is not accidental. that's what she

convinced himself that he is someone who gives russia it's new identity and it's last territory. and i'd say that this means that war with the ukraine or invasion of the crane assault on the ground, will continue for as long as we don't think it's necessary in depth in his mind. as far as i understand is necessary for only one reason, either to complete the subjugated grain or to destroy it. so there will be no end to this war. i read it like that. i'm sure you also took note of putin's reference to peter the great assault on the city of nava which is now in estonia as russia reclaiming and strengthening its territory house that being received in the baltics . well, yes, not always on the border with, with russia. and i've been there several times. it's literally separated by the very, very narrow river from, from the russian territory. and still has quite

a lot of russian speakers leading that it is yet another signal over the last week that made the baltic states angry, very angry, i would say, because before that one of the russian duma members, members of the plan put his plan, parliament suggested that the ussr act recognizing independence of but it's when it should be remote. so yes, in the baltic states, frankly speaking at the forefront or warning about intentions. this is just another confirmation that fortune's russia is dangerous. and that is, i think, what, what didn't news riga and talent will continue to impress on western european who maybe some of them do not believe it yet. konstantin, very briefly, russia has started distributing russian passports in parts of the occupied areas in eastern ukraine. the start of russian annexation yes it is. i think that puts

in, in terms to grab as much of eastern se new grants as he can for now, but he will not stop. he'll continue. that is konstantin eggers, as always, many, many things. konstantin, thank. let's get a round up now of some of the other headlines making news to day australia has agreed to pay 555000000 euros and compensation to a french submarine maker. the settlement comes after australia cancelled a decade old contract in favor of deal with the u. s. and u. k. for nuclear powered submarines, both australia and france. hope the payment will allow for a reset in their bilateral relationship. brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for a british journalist and an indigenous official. the pair went missing on

a reporting trip in the remote amazon rain forest indigenous group. se both men had received threats for their work in the region which has been exploited by illegal fishing mining and drug trafficking. u. s. president joe biden and leaders from the western hemisphere have unveiled a new migration plan on the closing day of the americas summit. the so called los angeles declaration will create incentives for countries taking in migrants and refugees in the region. more than 20 nations are joining the accord us lawmakers in the house of representatives have passed a series of gun safety restrictions, including raising the age to buy certain semi automatic firearms from 18 to 21. the legislation comes after another series of mash shootings. but the bill is expected to fail in the senate. we're democrats don't have the votes. they need to pass stricter gun control. there have been more than 240 mass shootings in the us. so

far this year. the w corresponded to missile misconduct, travel to the state of colorado, where a massacre 20 years ago, set off a cycle of national debates. over guns in america, columbine, a name that became synonymous with anguish and terror. notch us here in this community outside of denver. but around the world, on april 20th 1999 to armed teenagers, went on a shooting rampage in the columbine high school library. 12 students and one teacher were killed. shocking images were beamed on to tv screens across the country. and it's bird. many americans to demand action on gun safety. to day, the columbine memorial sits just half a mile from the high school, a place to remember the victims and trauma wrought upon this community. tom mouser, son daniel,

was killed in the massacre. he was just 15 and already worried about gun violence in the u. s. and was just 2 weeks before columbine. he asked me a question, the dinner table. dad, did you know there were loopholes in the brady bill. brady bill is the national law that requires background checks for gun purchases. i said no, i didn't know about that. daniel. 2 weeks later he was killed with a gun that was purchased through a loophole in the brady bill. how could i not respond to that? i had to, so tom joined, colorado cease fire, a group pushing for stronger gun loss. and colorado did react in acting universal background checks in colorado and closing a loophole that made it easier to buy fire arms at gun show. but there was a standoff between people and politicians on gun law waiting on a national level. most americans want some restriction around, but federal lawmakers are gridlocked along hardest in life magazine. it's pretty

clear when you have 90 percent of the people supporting something and you can't get that pass in congress, there's really something something terribly wrong. he says he has consoled so many families who have lost children in school shooting since columbine, that he has little faith that federal politicians will act to day. he carries a piece of daniel with him. so he was wearing that purpose. so one thing i wanted, when they finally returned his belongings, he was the same shoe sizes me. so to me was very symbolic. when i'm walking and daniel shoots and he will continue to walk. he says, until significant action is taken to protect lives like his son, the streets of bangkok or a wash with color as thailand celebrates its 1st official pride parade. thousands have marched through the capital waving rainbow flags and supportive l g

b t q writes many called for the legalization of same sex marriage and greater rights for sex workers. bank hawks, newly elected governor joined in on the festivities, where he announced that pride month will become a regular celebration in the capital. that's all for now, but stay with us for a documentary. looking at germany's volcanic eiffel region. unlike the local morn using 45 minutes, it is a secret war, the scene endless one absence of the conflict between iran on the one hand and israel in the united states on the other. for more than 40 years, the adversaries have been irreconcilable. the long war israel iran