a true science into new realms. the rise of a global company. 175 size distorts june 19th on t w. o . d w. news line from berlin. ukraine defies a russian ultimatum to surrender. the better than that. fighting rage is on the devastated city, which is key in the battle for control of eastern ukraine. will ask former

president that the reporter sango, if there is any hope left for it on, but also coming up more accounts of russian war crimes in to print and i was sitting right in this corner. i was beaten here. a mixed ball was painted by another guy, blood dw, visit the town that spent a month under russian occupation and famous welters in an early heat wave temperatures reach record highs for the time of the year. across large parts of the country isn't going to modify the material. we're not gonna cut out anything, especially something as important as a loving relationship with how the new buns aligned here. movie has angered sensors in some countries with its refusal to cut out a lesbian kit. ah,

ah. i married evans, dean. it's good to have you with us. a russian deadline has passed for ukrainian forces in the eastern city of savannah. don't ask to surrender. pro russian forces say the fighters hold up in a chemical plant will face death if they do not lay down their weapons. meanwhile, rushing back forces, say you craning, shelling, disrupted, plans for a humanitarian corridor. moscow said it would evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped alongside the fighters. and the plant and take them to the russian control town of toville. with all bridges leading from severe and unethical destroyed. ukrainian troops are close to being encircled in the city. or i'm now i have joined by a former ukranian president pitch apo shingo, who was an office from a 2014 to 2019. and he joins us from care of mr. a. put a shingo. welcome to

d. w. it is looking rather dire, and don boss, can we assume that russia will take control of this region in a matter of days? so thank you very much. have a invitation, and we are here many times the signal from russia that they capture all you came to in 3 days, which is not happening, neither with the 333 or 3 months. and now put him promise to occupy the boss at least before 9 of may before day a price of 12 of june. this is not happening. situation is extremely difficult. and the concentration of troops there is enormous. but our heroic soldiers is keeping save. it had been you have we keeping the azores are not as old but as

a chemical plan and we never surrender. and i just want to remind you, yes, a 1014, and i was elected president pri, me, i was like, if i don't much was your pride. and it was ukraine. and me as a supreme commander in chief deliberate body open did it. but it's an old one to 5 done, but i'm not some to compare the exactly happened this time. well, ukraine, of course, has been asking nato countries for more weapons in its fight against russia. why do you think those weapons deliveries are falling short? first of all, you should understand that they're delivering over the weapons is the shortest way to the piece. because now we have at 10 times, russia has more to larry weapons will hold them ukrainian soldiers and even in bees balance, ukraine make

a counter attack. and ukraine surprised the world by stopping the so called 2nd biggest army in the world, which is not true. and that's why for the peace, we need 3 pings, weapons, weapons, and weapons. and the fast weapons, he is the tanks of its anti aircraft, me files, july to 2nd, references embargo and sanction. and 3rd weapons is that to deport denies russia. and today's extremely important day, because in brussels we have a contact group meeting, 3rd meeting, reaches named after be very play must now german ramstein and the we definitely a waiting, not only from the american partners, but from german partners from either me to member states,

significant increase the effective weapons for the game changer because kenny imagined that the future of europe, huge of the world, is depending from 1000 personal care. 500 tanks, 100 just 5 to or 300 model for the future of europe. or mister potter sank, or there are some, though, who say that more weapons will only lead to a prolonged war that could conceivably last years. do you think that's worth it? would ukraine, perhaps be willing to agree to some sort of deal with russia to give up some territory in exchange for a cease fire? or do you think the country is prepared to fight for years? are you prepared to win the war? and i have some confidence that their democracy must be protected. and are

we? this is just her paradox. when we have our more weapons to ukraine, this is the way to peace, more weapons to russia. this is the right way to the complete disaster in europe because who knows what would be next. because put him thing that even be a resident where he is served many years. this is also his land. to morrow he knocking the door in the ball unto baltic states who announced may be in any nation in the europe. and that's why we need to different denies russia. that's why we have a historic mission of ukrainian and pauses. and i am proud that this is me as a supreme commander in chief since here, 4014, create the armed forces, who surprise the world, who demonstrate this efficiency, who demonstrate this as a responsibility. and there is no wanting a single attila rachelle in or missiles, a reach or go to the russian territory. we just depend in our soil. we defended our

family, we defending our elderly people and we defended our future. and just want to remind you that put him, i understand the language of stem. if you're weak, you cannot find out any compromise. and dos nation whole propose to give some territory to put him should understand that this is only feed in the tiger. and this is just kate in the press of them who motivated it, put into go further. and with this situation, my request, my appeal, no appeasement, to put in. and with that situation, we definitely thing that we need more weapons to do your job. we and neither more save europe, and yet mr. frank a while you were president, you actually did it sign a piece agreement with letting me put in the minced to agreement in 2015. was that

a mistake? and i, and i'd like to explain what exactly you mean by the put in is ation. let's divide by 2 to answer this question, question number one. we have in minsk agreement. there are that withdrawal of rational from green and soil, disarmed of illegal information. was that all heavily tillery, and weapons, and in together, in general, this is the 1st letters of the music agreement, touring you to restore ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international recognized border. now, and this is just a demonstration that put you not keep in the words, and there are lessons we should learn from this music agreement. please don't trust foot you and point number 2, don't be afraid of butcher. and what is their results of the means kicking we, when 8 years to create are we when 8 years to

restore economy we, when 8 years to continue the reforms and to move to the uh, europe in union as well. i think i still, i still, i apologize for, sorry to interrupt you. i do really like i would really like to hear. you clarify this term d, put in a zation that you use. what exactly do you mean by that? to put in a zation in europe, means that we shouldn't allow portion or russia to bribe bowl edition to use guess, or energy as of weapons against whole europe. we to, oh, finance, or by russian. there must media, dear, are angel and political parties, who tim shouldn't use the democratic institute to rule in europe. very simple,

very clear. the same, we need to deploy denies ukraine, because he tried to do exactly the things in our country am. 3rd, we need to deeper denies russia, because russia should again be a democratic free independent country with a place or so the rule of law and everything it goes now, would you deliver lead russia to help? and this is a while put him be in there as a leader of the russia, the danger for their immediate attack. well definitely continue to exist because put in his existential danger. for the whole europe, existential damsel for the whole world, for all of you, and everybody to understand that, ah, that was former cranium. president, petro, for a shank on mr. parish anchor. thank you so much for your time and for sharing your thoughts with us. thank you. thank you for keeping it clean formed

on while they are assigned that german chancellor, olive shoals will soon antic here for his 1st visit there since russia attacking crane. we spoke earlier to where t political editor, michelle christner about who else can be part of that visit. yes, we have seen a newspaper reports in recent days, citing diplomatic sources, expecting the german chancellor french present emanuel, my call, and matthew darby, the italian prime minister to potentially go there together. i'm being so cautious because we decidedly have no confirmation from the german side. but also no denial and that amounts to the expectation that those 3 leaders will head to key if potentially ahead of a key meeting in brussels on friday where a potential you accession status of ukraine could be decided.

and a lot of. 2 ifs and buts, but in my home court certainly already geographically in the region, he's due to head from romania to moldova. today. and i was chief political editor, michelle, a cove nurse speaking to us a bit earlier. well, ukrainian forces have managed to push back russian troops from several areas in places like butcher it a p n and but at the anchor, evidence of atrocities have been found. authorities are now investigating more than 15000 suspected cases of war crimes. georgia nance is a town in northern ukraine. they spent a month under russian occupation. he w rebecca readers went there and she spoke to residents who shared harrowing stories the trust and yet train station, or what's left of it for more than a month. russian troops used it as their headquarters. it was from here, alexander tells me that they carried out some of their crimes. whenever the wall is

here, the russians were based right there where we're going bomb shelter. that's where we're going with them. on exam, under an auto mechanic says the russians came in the night and pulled him straight out of bed. some talisman, he says, were killed on the spot. but he and a handful of others were brought down here into the station's basement, federal. until those i was sitting right in his corner. i was beaten here before him. a miss ball was painted by another guy's blood. his head was smashed with the boots of a gun, and his hands were tied behind his back. he tried to get up and left the blood marks in football. so thought bruce, for groom that man survived for this video shows his body and maybe his mind were badly scarred in the fate of some fellow prisoners is unknown. fury, but po coordinator was a colonel of ukrainian army was brought to you. they beat him badly and

interrogated him, they took him somewhere and he never came back with his look. we don't know where he is looking for him. you shall see what happened to alexander and his fellow captives. these alleged war crimes. they happened here under ground when no one could hear their cries or the blows of the russian soldiers. but not all the crimes had took place in this city happened under ground . some happened right up here in broad daylight. the laws of war prohibit attacks on civilians and torture, as well as attacks on hospitals showed you. there was a direct hit from a tank. they were positioned there, and they were shooting at us. not billable, and our shifts over the hospitals. director says the russians knew what they were doing. roughly my of the early players thing. yeah. we have no explanation for this . if there was a big hospital sign, we had a big white flag with a red cross really felt, but it would,

it didn't matter to them at all. no millennia was virginia. dr. shifts over says the 2 nights before the russians left trust units were the worst. the hospital was pounded without stop. the patients and doctors were forced to take refuge under ground book, millennial jewel, in which a dozen little she remembers that a baby was born. the sick and wounded continued to receive treatment. many people prayed that when i from warner, i think there is a god in this world. there is justice. kindness will prevail some day. we will never forgive them for this. for our tears, for the little children we carried out in our arms, these women with tears in their eyes. the grandmothers who cried her, you have to pay for everything in this life and they will pay to that what it dr. shifts over says there is no way or time to extract vengeance, only time to rebuild, but the people of trust in its will never forget. now look at some of the other

stories related to the war and ukraine. nato defense ministers and counterparts from around the world are meeting in brussels to discuss military a to ukraine. he is urgently calling for more heavy weapons and ammunition as its stalks dwindle. nato achieve un stilton barrack says he expects ukraine will get the supported needs defined differences between member countries. russia has banned 29 british journalists and 20 people linked to the u. k. defense industry from entering the country. moscow says the staff is a response to what it calls bias reporting on the war in ukraine, and fueling russ a phobia. in british society you're watching d. w. news still to come a controversial kiss in the new movie about buzz. my dear has got the film barred from more than a dozen countries with more on why they've taken against one of pixar is biggest money makers. more clear to southern europe now.

and spain is facing unusually hot temperatures for early june, with mercury rising. well over 40 degrees celsius and some places, authorities are warning of a risk of wildfires. scientists say climate change is making heat waves more frequent and more intense. the last time it got this hot, this early in the year in spain was in 1981. here in madrid, in the mid day heat temps are soaring, and those who are out, i'm looking for ways to stay cool. some are soaking up the full force of the heat wave, but spain's national weather agency warns conditions could feel even more extreme with sand and dust from the sahara desert being carried north into europe. a spokesperson for the weather agency says heat waves have become 5 times more

frequent in the 21st century. lowered. i call us the on the the do does a moon fine. i've come here with my friends calona, but he's good for you. it provides with them indeed. so i am happy while some are pleased with the high temperatures, not everyone can escape the sweltering heat. was as though it's difficult dealing with the heat in madrid for lavoy muddy. there's not much shade and a lot of asphalt hair, it's hard and we don't have air conditioning at home. grandma, not animals, i've only been o. further south and severe. the situation is even worse. with temps, easily breeching 40 degrees celsius. the heat hitting higher and earlier than it has here in more than 6 decades meteorologist to attribute the high temps to a mass of cloud of hot air. moving through europe from northern africa,

forecasters say the heat wave is due to hit france. next, let's get a cheque now some of the other stories making use this our, the world health organization has said that europe remains the epicenter of the monkey pox outbreak. the w h o will hold a meeting next week to decide if to classify the infection as a public health emergency. over 1500 cases have been confirmed in 25 countries across europe. the british government says is preparing for a new deportation flight to rwanda. the inaugural trip was cancelled following a last minute ruling from the european court of human rights. the decision is regarded as a setback for the policy of sending asylum seekers from the u. k to the central african nation. ryanair has dropped a requirement for a south african passengers to take an africans language test to prove their nationality. that's after a public backlash. the language is spoken by just 12 percent of the country,

which has 11 other official languages. the south african government called is 8 backward profiling system. pixar is new movie light year is out this week starring the beloved toy story character, buzz lightyear, but the movie it will not be shown everywhere. it's been denied release in more than a dozen. mainly muslim countries, and it's unlikely to open in china after disney refuse to cut a scene that shows to women sharing a kiss. was what your mission long started? 39. 0, the world's most famous toy astronaut is back buzz lightyear. he's a go who are you talk to? no one you were narrating again. i was not, but the buzz is all about his sidekick alicia, his palin partner, who seam and the film kissing her girlfriend. that's way more and more countries are refusing to show the film model. but the studio and it's stars stand by the lesbian romance, including actor chris evans,

the voice of bud light. you it's great that we are a martin, something that making steps forward in the, in the social inclusion capacity. but it's, it's frustrating that there are still places that aren't where they should be, is freidman than it. i feel feel proud for the rest of my life. we don't have to say, oh wow, weird. it is not weird is normal and it should be normalized. why don't they answer? like your is a prequel to pixar, is toy story. it's about time travel and friendship with same sex romance playing a small part. but one that pixar is parent company, disney says, is not negotiable, 7 months. why didn't i know that? we've done requests for things to come. disney isn't going to modify the material. we're not gonna cut out anything, especially something as important as the loving and inspiration relationship that shows buzz what he's missing to ranches. and that means this time viewers in

several countries will be missing, buys to infinity. and beyond who you are clear, 5 logical people. people and david levitz tentatively culture who filed that report as you're in the studio with me to talk a bit about this movie. so david, i did not see that scene in your report. i was hoping we would see what all the fuss is about. i know they the kiss heard about around the world. we haven't seen it yet, and they don't have it. pixar doesn't have it in any of its promotional material, which means that if you want to see, because you have to go see the movie, if you're allowed to in your country, if it's not bands, right? so as we mentioned, it is banned in numerous countries. most of them in the middle east and asia. but does this include china? do we know for sure whether china is banning the film aren't we don't know for sure . disney is assuming at this point, they've said they assume at this point that it won't be shown in china,

but it's not really clear. china is, of course, the world's biggest movie market. for pixar, though, it's not a, it's not a make or break movie marketed accounts for about 3 percent of their revenue. but what this means is, normally, what it means really is that this is potentially a turning point for disney. because normally, disney, like many other hollywood studios, a quietly sensor there, films, i take out little scenes here and there in order to get through the sensors in authoritarian countries, including china. and here it's different. they're taking a stand, they're saying they're keeping this same sex kiss in the movie even if it's not going to be shown in a lot of countries. and this comes actually made a lot of pressure also from within pixar, within the company, employees writing to the big bosses saying we're sick and tired of having the same sex relationships cut from our films that we make. so is this, then the change in culture and disney, and is it also going to be the way forward? i mean, we'll be then be seeing many more algebra,

2 characters and disney films. well, i think we will just because that's the way that this is, this is going any way. but what i think is really notable here is that me as a company that for a long time, is that a reputation as a gay, friendly company as a gay, friendly employer. and now they're really having to take a stand. they can't just say they can't just try to appeal to everyone, including the, the nations in the markets that aren't gay, friendly anymore. and a lot of that has to do with the polarized climate in the united states, around l, g, b, t, q plus representation. if you look at florida, where there are laws about this that are being passed under the governor, governor to stand. this is being seen, the sort of a new trump and disney came under a lot of pressure to criticize him and did end up criticizing him. now will they stick to their guns, or will they eventually back pedal when they decide that they do want to sell more to china? that's. that's the question looking forward. well,

as far as i understood this kid is just very brief, i mean it's not even the focus of the film. so if disney is wanting to make a point about being gay friendly, why would they do it this way? well, i think that a lot of activists gay rights activists will say, you know, until there's a lesbian princess who's the main character, then we're not really there yet. but i do think that this normal kiss and whether you think of that's good to have that kind of representation like i do, or you think that it's brain washing, children like a lot of people do, you can't deny that it's powerful in normalizing same sex relationships absolutely, and for some people it may even be a reason to go out and see that mean absolutely. for those who can they levitz friendly to lee culture. all is great to talk to you. thanks. you're watching dw news coming up next in the w news. asia 3 sisters in india and their own life

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