there is never been any real dialogue. how did this confrontation begin? how great is the danger that it will spread? the long war? he's real. you run usa starts june 15th on d, w. ah ah. this is deed of you news live from berlin. ukraine says is, forces are still holding on and the eastern city of city or the next. there is intense street fighting there, and the region is under heavy russian challenge. also coming up french voters had

to the pools in the 1st round of parliamentary elections. president emanuel back hall is being challenged by a new coalition of left wing parties, led by john middle also on the program missing in the amazon. the search for a british journalist and brazilian colleague who disappeared while on the reporting trip a week. ah, unexpired. welcome to the program. ukraine says it remains in control of a chemical factory in the eastern city of soviet or the next hundreds of civilians are sheltering inside the plant. the city has become the epicenter of the battle and eastern ukraine. both said, yet the desk and the nearby town of lucy chance got under massive attack by russian artillery ukrainian soldiers in list

a chance under fire from russian artillery. though they managed to evacuate a wounded civilian another barrage forces them to take cover. again. this chance is the twin city to see ever done, yet sk which remains the focus of russia's offensive in the dawn. bus russian and separatist forces have so far struggled to fully claim the city sever dynette is not completely all 100 percent liberated. while kiva reports that ukrainian forces are still holding out. let's see what the enemy conducts a sold operations in the city of civil de nancy a little, but without success, there might with street fighting, still raging across the city. most of ukraine's forces are hold up in the adult chemical plant, along with an unknown number of civilians. the fist fighting has made evacuating

the city impossible. but in this war of attrition, the dawn bus is not russia's only target. the russian ministry of defense has released this footage of strikes against what it claims a ukrainian strongholds. a russian news agency is also reporting claims that a large stock pile of u. s. and european supplied weapons in west and ukraine was destroyed. the loss of these supplies would be a major blow for ukrainian forces. with some troops warning they are running low on ammunition. the west has promised to send additional weapons and for ukrainian troops in the don bus. these can't come soon enough. and for more on the military situation in ukraine, we're going to bring in your a sack. he is an advisor to the ukrainian defense minister and joined us from keith . ah, thanks for joining us mister sack. tell me how concerned are you about the situation? the situation in it, lucy chance can and said yes,

denise can particularly the case of the civilians. well, as you know, the battle for sen than last already more than 2 weeks. and the situation there was deteriorating day by day in terms of the amount of heavy weaponry that the russian aggressors are using, the amount of shell and that russia does on the center of the cities that are just nearby. so in the situation, in terms of m prices, it's very, very difficult. but you trade in forces are still in control of the industrial part of the net. and we could say with certainty that another one of russia's beliefs, trees, and say, because they, they, because of the resistance and resilience of the crate, you know,

they have to postpone the date of the complete control of gaining complete control over 7 and the region. i suppose the industrial zone and so here are the nest that you're just referring to. it feels a bit like that very long siege mario paul, which, which lasted a lot longer than people thought. is it your impression that the fighters in there and the civilians and can, can hold out for a while longer? well, in these situations, in many respects, begin to resemble what was happening in money all. and what happened was all style steel mark. but what we have to understand is that the situation is very dynamic. it's the situation of street street fighting. it's a great army is even counter attacking some places. so, and all of this can be done more efficiently. of course, the sooner you train receives heavy weapons which we are requesting from the west.

let me ask you about the president soleski has been asking repeatedly for more western weather, particularly precise long range artillery and the mobile rockets and to get them faster. is that happening, and can you comment about that? russian allegation that they've destroyed to weapons the pool in the west of ukraine elite we had received. and we began receiving ramstein out of the meeting and the ramstein air force base in germany. you're going to began receiving heavy artillery, legal standard, $855.00 caliber. and we have already received and deployed to the front of $150.00 of such items. and they are efficiently used along the battlefield. and of course, as our president and as a minister of defense continues to say, we need more of these and we need more, of course,

the multi large rocker systems and high mars a shift already occurred. the u. s. has said already that they will provide ukraine way for system, so i must be ready said they were providing you with m r. s. systems. but just so that you understand, according to the general start of the cranium armed forces, ukraine currently needs about a 100 effect systems to be able to conduct a counter offensive to be able to liberate our life. so timing is crucial and we received the systems as for your 2nd question. fortunately, i cannot comment on these issues because we bought a commission. you know, we understanding everything we have with everything that we have understood, thank you so much for your time. you're a sac advisor to the training defense minister. thank you so much. here's

a look at some of the developments in the war. for mcdonald's restaurants in russia have reopened under a new name and logo delicious full stop. but not all russians are happy about the change. the opening ceremony, moscow was instructed by protest are holding at the sign, mending the return of the big mac. mcdonald's close $850.00 russian outlets in response to more than a visit to helsinki. nato secretary general. yes. stilton burke has said that turkey security concerns over swedish and finish nato membership are legitimate to nordic countries applied to join the alliance last month because of russia's nation of ukraine. the turkeys president, wretched type air to one is a post. he used to countries of back and kurdish opposition groups are cause terrorist french voters are heading to the polls once again. this time to choose law makers and parliamentary elections. the 1st of 2 rounds takes place today. paul

show that president emanuel mack call centrist alliance is neck and neck with a new coalition of left wing parties, led by john middle losing the majority here could be, could stop rather or even reverse back holes plans for reform. and d. w correspondence. lisa lewis explained earlier, what's at stake in the elections? is a long egg stay greeted according to french law. the parliament can actually revoke the government here in france. and that would mean that if the left wing alliance that new laughing lines under fall party left constance and we were to win the parliamentary elections. and that then the government where she left wing. so that center, right, president in my, my call would have to govern together with a left when government and that would make it a lot more complicated for him to push through certain reforms. certainly not those

that aiming to increase the wages of people working for the hospital or teachers, but others more market orientated reforms such as pushing up the pension age from the current 60 to 26465 years. and so it would be much more complicated for him to govern france. that would be good news for certain left wing voters, but rather bad news for certain conservative voters. and also for economists who are worried about francis public debt that is currently at about 110 percent of g d p. as debbie correspond at lisa louis reporting, forrest from paris. some other world news now. pope frances has apologized the faithful gathered in st. peter's where for postponing his trip to congo and south sudan nie problems, which had put him in a wheelchair have led doctors to advise them to stay at home. the pontiff said the postponement was a source of great regret. orthodox christians are celebrating an important day in their religions calendar. pentecost is one of the oldest christian holidays falling

on the 8th sunday after easter for believers. if marks, the holy spirit is coming in the world and the foundation of the church of christ to ruse. parts of the eastern philippines have been covered in ash after the blue sand volcano volcano rather erupted for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. emergency workers have worn drivers to slow down due to poor visibility. no casualties have been reported, but authorities warn there could be still further are options a week has passed since a journalist and his researcher went missing in brazil. yesterday, investigators raised the prospect that schuman remains found near a river might hold a clue to the men's whereabouts, but to day. reuters news agencies reporting that federal police are skeptical of that british journalist dom phillips and his associate burnham herrera who previously led the government's indigenous agency, had been reporting on issues in the amazon, including deforestation,

and the encroachment of business interests on 2 indigenous lands. the search continued british journalist dom phillips and brazilian indigenous expert bruno paddy era, were last seen on june 5th. the 2 had received chats as they conducted research in brazil, java, he valley a forested region, which has seen a surge in illegal fishing, logging, mining and drug trafficking. police have arrested one man so far suspected of tailing, the missing men. a spot of blood was found on his boat. lucas have joined in on the search too, but there is still no sign of the missing men. that we haven't found anything. we came all the way on the river and there is nothing. i don't mean to me and brazilian authorities, including the president, said they are taking action bears your pre middleman from the moment they went

missing. our armed forces and federal police have been unstoppable in the tireless search for these people. follow, we pray to god that they are found alive. you vision in contrast with you, this but precious mounting. while the bull sonata government, which has faced accusations that it did not scale up the such fast enough good. he did his appearances. i did have flexion of a state policy of complete disregard for the environmental cause for protected ages, for the public servants, for state solven's, fulfilling their function and for the indigenous themselves in that own data to d. o. the far right president has also been criticized for allowing a surge in default a station in the amazon and pushing to open protected indigenous lands to mining subjects. the 2 missing men were looking into transport. so and formula

one max 1st up and has one the azerbaijan grand prix to extend his lead at the top of the standings. the red bull driver took advantage after ferrari's sharlitra. again failed to finish after starting and poll position ferrari sharla. clerk has secured all but to pull positions this season, but a pole to pole finish wasn't in the car on the streets and bach, who in the very 1st turn red bull. sergio perez overcame locklear perez won the last race and looked set to possibly repeat. ferrari showed size of car trouble early and red bull took advantage. being a good teammate perez, made way for reigning champion, macs finished stopping one lat 15. and then more bad news for ferrari on lat. 21. law clerk managed to get the lead back. but with his engine clearly gone over for it was game over laclare 2nd did not finish after

starting in pole red bulls max fish stop in made good. what ferrari's engine failure to claim his 5th victory. this sees it. red bull have dominated in 2020 to winning all but 2 races. your of course watching deed of you news live from berlin, coming up next is world stories the week in reports. you can always get the latest news and analysis on our website, d, w dot com on nick spicer. thanks for watching. ah, i would people have to say matters to us.