[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine defies our russian ultimatum to surrender innovator. the next, a former president tells the w that ukraine will win the war where your work soldiers is keeping, say that i've been here. and we never sort of bob had our potter sankoh says ukraine desperately needs more weapons to push back the russian assault. and don boss, also coming up more accounts of war crimes and ukraine,

our correspondent visit the town that spent a month under russian occupation and tears from locals, whose faith, they were tortured. disney defies sensors over its new buzz. lightyear movie isn't going to modify the material. we're not gonna cut out anything, especially something as important as loving and inspiration, relationships. the film is denied release and more than a dozen countries for showing 2 women sharing a ah a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. a russian deadline has passed for ukrainian forces in the eastern city of savannah and 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. while

meanwhile, rushing back forces fe ukrainian showing disrupted, plans for humanitarian corridor. moscow said it would evacuated hundreds of civilians trapped alongside the fighters in the plans and take them to the russian controlled town of toville. with all bridges leading from seattle on that's destroyed. ukrainian troops are close to being encircled in the city or earlier i as former ukrainian president pivotal pro shanker who is in office from 2014 to 2019. if we can assume that russia will soon take control of the don bus region. we hear many times the signal from russia that the capture told you came in 3 days, which is not happening, neither with a 333 or 3 months. and now put him promise to occupy don't boss at least before 9 of may before day of process 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 say, that had been yes, we keeping the adults are not as old, but as a chemical plan and we never surrender. and i just want to remind you yet the 1014 and i was elected president prime me, i was like, if i don't much was ok pride. and it was ukraine. and me as a supreme commander in chief deliberate body open, did about a 7 year old to get 5 done. but i'm absolutely confident that it's 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 the delivery of the weapon 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 fast weapons. he has the tanks of its anti aircraft, me files. jeff fi to 2nd reference is embargo and sanction. and 3rd weapons is a to did put, denies russia. and today's extremely important day, because in brussels we have a contact group meeting, 3rd meeting,

which is named after be very famous 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, your child, the world, is depending from 1000 personal care. 500 tanks, 100 just 5 to or 300 multiple clone system. and this is exactly what we are waiting to be equipped our soldiers because we don't need major soldiers on ukrainian soil . we help please help us to save europe, help us to do your job. and there, this is my appeal to the german government be sold. it to sold it with us,

and this is the vital for the future of europe. mr. punishment. 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? absolutely confident that their democracy must be protected and are we? this is just her paradox. when we have no more weapons to ukraine, this is the way to peace, more weapons to russia. this is the way to the complete disaster in europe because

who knows what would be next. because put him think that even be better as than where he is served many years. this is also, he's land to morrow. he knock in the door in the ball unto baltic states who announced maybe in any nation and the europe. and that's why we need to different demos, 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, 1014, create the armed forces, who surprised the world, who demonstrate this efficiency could demonstrate this as the 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 depend in our family, we defending our elderly people and we defend in our future. and just want to remind you that put him understand the language of stem. if you're weak,

you cannot find out any compromise. and those nation who 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 in putting to 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 your mr. frank a while you were president, you actually did it sign a piece agreement with let me putin, the minced to agreement in 2015. was that a mistake? and i, and i'd like you to explain what exactly you mean by the put in ization? let's divide by to the answer this question. question number one. we have in minsk

agreement. there are the withdrawal of rational from green and soil. disarmed of illegal on formation, was that all heavily tillery, and weapons. and in together, in general, this is the 1st letters of the music agreement to renew, 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 means curriculum. and please don't trust foot you and point on, but to don't be afraid of william and or 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, and 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 ization that you use. what exactly do you mean by that? dividends ation in europe means that we shouldn't allow fujen or russia to bribe politician to use gas or energy as a weapons against whole europe. went to finance by russian, the mass media, the angel and political parties put him shouldn't use the democratic institute to rule in europe. very simple, very clear. the same. we need to deep denies ukraine because he tried to do exactly the things in our country and fed. we need to deeper denies russia,

because russia should again be a democratic free, independent country with the basis of the rule of law. and everything that goes now would you deliver lead russia to help? and this while put him be in there as a leader of the russia. the danger for the immediate attack will definitely continue to exist because put in is existential danger. for the whole year to exist them so danger for the whole world, for all of you. and everybody understand that that was former ukrainian president petro shanker. mr. ferrara shank, of thank you so much for your time and for sharing your thoughts with us. while the more in ukraine is not the same conflict that it was in the beginning, as we've been reporting the finding is now focused on the eastern danverse region where it's essentially turned into an artillery dual, a slow and costly war of attrition. what key of needs most now is it keeps saying,

our heavy weapons. now ukraine has received about 300 artillery pieces from the west with more on the way, for example, the em 77 howitzer. around a 100 of these have arrived from the united states and they allow the ukrainians to shoot farther, and in some places even out gun russian forces. western allies have also sent more than 40 multiple rocket launchers and key of his eagerly awaiting the delivery of several of these m $270.00 rocket systems from britain, which can fire much farther than conventional artillery and also with greater precision. and germany has also promised to supply rocket launchers, along with self propelled hauser is anti aircraft guns and service to air missile systems. but so far, it has not delivered any of what it promised to the frustration of kiev and smaller countries have been making very generous contributions. poland alone has sent more

than 230 t 72 tanks, the czech republic, more than 61 armored personnel carriers. and 14 fighter jets from bulgaria are in the skies over ukraine. well now we can speak to thomas v gold. he is a freelance defense and security journalist in berlin, mr. v. god, a welcome to d w. so we just have this overview of the weaponry that ukraine has received so far . but how does that compare to what it actually needs? well actually if you look at those m l r s multiple rocket launchers, there is still a severe need because russia has a lot of these weapons systems. and ukraine hasn't received any of the modern systems yet. the u. k has promised due to the u. s. have promised her and germany as well,

but they have not been delivered. according to the washington post of the training of ukrainian soldiers on the systems is to finish today. which means they were coming to service in the coming days, probably in the coming weeks. ok, so you mentioned that they've not been delivered yet. we keep hearing from nato countries that they're willing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, but are they able to actually do that? i mean, are there enough stocks to be able to send them over quickly? well, ukraine has published a list of what they need, what they want to few days ago by put dork who is the advisor to the president. and those figures given there are pretty much unrealistic because it's more than even the u. s. or larger nato countries have in stock. so there will be a small number of the systems ukraine will ask for more will press for more will

need more. and we'll see what nato countries, especially of a larger nato countries, are willing to provide. so far we've seen that you mentioned in triple 7 from the us. how it from norway of all places and things like that. it puts us to those figures us. it's still pretty low. well, we keep talking about the countries delivering the weapons, but what about the role of commercial suppliers? i mean, how relevant can they be in getting ukraine to weapons it needs? there can be relevant. one main point is ammunition. most probably nato countries will not be willing to deplete test talks to deliver it all to your crane. so it will be a question for both companies, how far they can produce new ammunition and they can deliver it. on the other hand,

we have the german company alignment top one of the because of the biggest german military procurement company, and which has said that they have mazda infantry fighting because all ready to deliver. but they have no permission by the government yet. so it's a mixture of both the industry can deliver if they get permission, but still not as fast as well as ukraine wants it. that was journalist and military expert, thomas, he goes, mr. regal. thank you so much for your in science. you're welcome. let's take a look now at some of the other news related to the war in ukraine, nato, defense ministers and counterparts from around the world are meeting in brussels to discuss military aid to ukraine. here is urgently calling for more heavy weapons

and ammunition as its stalks dwindle. nato cheesy and stilton barrack says he expects ukraine will get the support. it needs to find some differences between member countries on time, but that russia has banned 29 british journalists than 20 people linked to the u. k . defense industry from entering the country. moscow says the step is a response to what it calls biased reporting on the war and ukraine, and fueling ross, a phobia in british society. well, ukrainian forces have managed to push back russian troops from several areas. but in places like butcher european and but duncan, evidence of atrocities have been found. florida are now investigating more than 15 thousands. the cit suspected cases of war crimes throw cns is a town in northern ukraine that spent a month under russian occupation d. 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 there, the russians were based right there where we're going. bomb shelter, thoughts were we going to remove them? alexander, 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 dot's i was sitting right in his corner. i was beaten here before him. a miss ball was painted by an of the 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, but though so slight bruce for groom. that man survived, for this video,

shows his body and maybe his mind were badly scarred in the fight of some fellow prisoners is unknown. beery, but po coordinator is 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 him. we don't know where he is looking for him. you shall see. of course, 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 that took place in this city happened on the 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. so there, 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 play are thing. we have no explanation for this. it 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 nudging, her doctor 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. bergmann adroitly wicked down you little, she remembers that a baby was born. the sick and wounded continued to receive treatment. many people prayed, never my from warner to me. 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. harry, you have to pay for everything in this life and they will pay to that blanket.

doctor shifts over, says there's no way or time to extract vengeance, only time to rebuild, but the people of trust in its will never forget. very devastating stories there. well, we would now like to turn our attention to some culture news, and pixar as a new movie line here is out this week, starring the beloved toy story character, buzz lightyear, that the movie will not be shown everywhere. it's been denied release and more than a dozen, mainly muslim countries. and it's unlikely to open in china after disney refused to cut a scene that shows to women sharing a kiss. both what your mission long started 39 of the world's most famous toy astronaut is back. buzz lightyear is a go who are you talk to? no one you are narrating. again. i was not, but the buzz is all about his sidekick alisha, his power partner who seem in the film kissing her girlfriend. that's why 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 boys like you. it's great that we are a martin, something good making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity. but it's, it's frustrating that there's still places that aren't where they should be freidman. um, but 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 as a pre quotes for pixar, toy story, it's about time travel and friendship with same sex romance playing a small part. but one that pixar parent company, disney says, is not negotiable, 7 months. why didn't i know that we've gone requests for things to climb? 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 buys what he's missing branches. and that means this time viewers in several countries will be missing, buys to infinity, and beyond who you are clear for, i belong, ah, and david levins, m d w culture who filed that report. if 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 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, as, of course, the world's biggest movie market. for pixar though it's not a, it's not a make or break moving market. it 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 picks are within the company. employees writing to the big boss is 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, we then be seeing many more l g, b, t, q characters, and disney films? well, i think we will, but just because that's the way that this is, this is going anyway. but what i think is really notable here is that disney is 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 and 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 just, and this is being seen a 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 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? why 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 kind of representation, even if it's not the center of the story, is very powerful and we're seeing how powerful it is with all of these bands around the world. but the reason it's so powerful is that it doesn't, it sends the message that this is normal. you know, it's not a big drama. it's not the center of the movie. this is to normal characters sharing a normal kiss. and whether you think that 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 do levitz, family culture, all these great to talk to you. thanks. and that is the latest on dw news. this our stay tuned for our business program made in germany up next. i'm marian evans team from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching.

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