ah ah ah ah, this is the w news life from berlin, outmanned and outgunned ukraine struggles to hold off russian troops and don bass. but you praise former presidents is to fight where heroic soldiers is keeping and say that have been here. and there we never set our petro course ankle calls for

more weapons to push back a russian to solve this, as were allegations of russian war primes emerge. we visit a ukrainian town where people say they were tortured by russian soldiers. plus, disney defies sensors over its new bus light. years time disney 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 in more than a dozen countries for showing random sherry back to oh hi everyone, i'm layla iraq. it's good to be with you. russian forces are advancing in their assault on the key ukrainian city of samaritan, or regional governors. ukraine is outmanned and outgunned for weeks verginus can

the surrounding area have been the focus of russia's efforts to capture the entire don bass region. the fierce fighting is taking a heavy toll on civilians. in the distance, the sound of russian shelling for the people in missy chance, the twin city of seattle, john, yet the chance to escape is getting smaller and smaller ukrainian police officers drive from house to house to find those who want to leave. but for many here it feels like they're giving up that town you should be able to show that you're working. we weren't sure until it became unbearable. then i got sick with she has an endless list of illnesses and i'm also sick for to put away. bravo middlebrook. there was a hospital here where i would have stayed here until the very last moment. if she'd be only a few kilometers away in seattle done yet so,

leaving has become nearly impossible. with all the main bridges destroyed, the city is now cut off. ukraine says more than $500.00 civilians, a hiding inside the as a chemical factory alongside ukrainian soldiers. moscow announced the humanitarian corridor for the civilians, but then claimed ukrainian shelling disrupted the plan with moscow having more man, power, and weapons. it's becoming increasingly difficult for the ukrainians to hold their few remaining positions in the city. a ration deadline for the forces in the chemical plant to surrender has passed, form a ukrainian president polish anchor told d w. ukraine will not given. situation is extremely difficult and the concentration of troops there is enormous. but our heroic soldiers is keeping service burnouts qui keeping their asoft or is not those of what bizarre chemical plan

and we never surrender ah, away from the don bass. russian forces have been aiming for other high value targets. this foot is shared by the russian military claims to show high precision low range missiles, targeting a depot in the western living region where ammunition for nature supplied weapons stored. if true, it could be russia's latest effort to disrupt the international supply of weapons. and you hurt their former ukrainian, the president petra pershing. go in that report saying we never surrender an earlier did let me correspond as emory rushes told me, that sentiments was held by many ukrainians, definitely and unequivocally. so people here are fighting for their land. they are fighting for, to also defend their own a culture. there's absolutely

a spirit of resilience. there's not one single ukraine and i've been talking to for with, for example, you ready to make territorial confessions. and that even presented the lensky a few days ago. reminded that the goal for crane out of forces was to liberate every single city that has been occupied by russia, even crimea, which has been the next by russia. and since 2014, even if this annexation hasn't been recognized internationally. so very, very resilient population, despite the apply to, despite the told that at the top that this war has been taking on families. i just just want to figure a test 14000000 this place people over 7000000 people have flagged country. oh, so despite, despite every thing of people here very resilient, very determined to keep their land and to fight for it despite very heavy losses.

when an army is losing up to 200 soldiers every day, this is an entire generation of ukrainians, and he's just being lost to this war that has started in february 24th. there was dw course wanted to emulate shazad talking to us earlier from keith. now to some of the other news related to the war in ukraine, ukraine's president, florida, maryland. he says he has accepted an invitation by germany to take part in a g 7 summit. the meetings will be held later this month in southern germany, writing on twitter. he also accepted an invite to participate in a nato summit to be held in spain. germany's economy minister, robert ha, back says russia has once again reduced the supply of natural gas to germany. he says the roof is leak politically, and not technically motivated. mr. hvac has been stressing the need for

a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and away from russian fuse. in particular the u. s. as pledging the largest package of arms support to ukraine since russia's invasion began. he was president joe by an announced an additional $1000000000.00 in military aid to bolster ukraine self defense speaker in brussels. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin called on other countries to also intensify support. mr. austin says the ward has reached a pivotal moment in the meeting. includes nato members, as well as dozens of additional countries known as the ukrainian defense contact group. here is u. s. defense secretary board, austin, speaking earlier since the contact group 1st came together nearly 3 months ago. we built tremendous momentum for donations and delivery of notary assistance. and after this, this afternoon discussions,

we're not just going to maintain that momentum. we're gonna move even faster and push even hard. will deepen our coordination and cooperation and will book bolster ukraine's armed forces to help them repel russian aggression. now and in the future, liam collins served for 27 years in the u. s. army and from 2016 to 2018, he was a defense advisor to ukraine. he recently returned from the country and i asked him earlier how he would describe the state of the ukrainian forces. yeah, i mean the population is definitely, i mean they're, they're gonna continue to fight to the motivation. the will remain strong, even though they're, they're, they're suffering losses on the, on the eastern front. now, because, you know, they've been out man and our guns, it started the war. but what's kind of, what we seen over the last few weeks is in a battle and maneuver warfare, right? they had the edge over the russians. but in kind of this war of attrition, that's purely a more of a matter of massing combat. busy power doesn't require

a lot of skill. i mean, you crush your russians, have some edge there. so you seen russians get some, you know, land gains there, but at the same time, they make it, make it some a, b as an east russian of last territory, ukrainian counterattacks knickers on o, blast of this out in a, by our keep in northeast. and it would you agree with you as defense? secretary, i would, austin, that the u. s. has built a tremendous momentum, a delivery of military assistance in ukraine, and that, that is making a difference in the battlefield. yet without a doubt of making a difference. now 1st it comes with having, you know, trained well trained well lead force is by the ukrainians. they can actually employ these weapon systems. but right through the smaller military we absolutely have to replace or weapon systems in their ammunition. they getting a trinity to as long as they continue to get these weapon systems in ammunition, they'll be able to hold off in ultimately, you know, counter attack against the russians. now of course there's, it's a race against time for ukraine. ukrainian forces requires special training to operate weapon systems from the west. um, i mean, can they get trained in time?

yeah, i mean, they are, they will, they will be able to get trained in time. but right during that they will probably have to give up some territory because as a smaller military, right they, they, they cannot avoid to take significant loss is just an old territory. so that is something that we will probably see as he's weapon systems, right? they got to get trained on and there's no point of giving them weapon systems that they can't maintain. they aren't trained on, it won't have the effects in so it will take 3 or 4 weeks to get some of these weapon systems in there for them to employ them. but they, they will be able to hold during that time again, they might lose some character territory, but they'll be able to counter attack and fight back as they've done it. like even in our keep to the north so far in this war, cliff and cook, my final question to you, sir, will this will be decided by the outcome of individual battles? or is this is going to come down to who ones out of money and ammunition 1st?

yeah, i more the latter. right. i mean, this is a war was going to last months and years. ukraine. you just heard from president bush anchor, who i worked with when i was over there. right? ukrainians are gonna give up and lose territory. they didn't get that done bass back after 8 years, so they're not in a new negotiated settlement to lose more territory and potent right. he's not gonna leave or the loss so it's going to drag on until it ukrainians cannot. that they're treated to a level, they can't fight back or it's exhaust russia and they have to pull out. but that's money. that's really years away. they've got collins is from a director of the modern war institute at west point. thank you sir very much for joining us. thank you. want to tell you about the other stories in the headlines right now. the world health organization has said that your for may's, the, at the center of the monkey pox outbreak, to 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

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in the capital. we ought media say it's part of a crack down on homosexuality, the conservative kingdom outlaws. same sex relationships, it considers them a cat, a capital offense, punishable by the death penalty. pixar is new movie light year is out this week, starring the beloved toy story character, buzz lightyear, but the movie won't be shown everywhere. it has 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. was like your mission long start a 39 of the world's most famous toy astronaut is back buzz lightyear. he's a guy who are you talk to? no one you are narrating and i was not. but the buzz is all about his sidekick alisha. his palin partner, who seen in the film kissing her girlfriend. that's why more and more countries are

refusing to show to fill them out. but the studio and it's stars stand by the lesbian romance, including actor chris evans, the voice of buzz lightyear. it's great that we are a part of something that is making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity. but it's, it's frustrating that there's still places that that aren't where they should be freidman and it, i feel feel proud for the rest of my life. we don't have to think, oh wow, weird. it is not weird is normal and it should be normalized. why don't they answer? white 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 picks our parent company, disney says, is not negotiable, 7 months. why didn't i know that we've done 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

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