ah ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. a high profile european delegation arrives in ukraine, the leaders of france, italy and germany are pictured on board a night train to key of the much anticipated trip comes after days of speculation. and intense pressure on the west of food support for ukraine. also coming up as

ukraine admit, it's outmanned and outgunned in the don boss region, the former president is defiant. heroic soul just is keeping to say that have been yes. and we never said, i'm good for a par. shanker calls for more weapons to push back the russian assault. and a confession brings the search for 2 missing men in the amazon to a gruesome conclusion. brazilian police say a suspect and the disappearance of a british journalist and an indigenous expert as admitted to killing them and has led authorities to human remains. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. we begin with this breaking news. the leaders of france, germany and italy have arrived in here in a show of solidarity with ukraine. right now they're in air pin. one of the towns

that came from ah, came on to russian occupation. i believe we're looking at live picture here. the high profile visit by italian prime minister mario drug, french president of manuel michael and german transfer, all of sholtes, comes after days of speculation about a joint visit. and as ukraine asked for more heavy weapons from western countries with them, let's get an update from our correspond rebecca richards, who joined us from chia rebecca, tell us what chancellor sholtes is hoping to achieve with this visit on terry. this is a very, a high stakes visit from both sides. i hope you didn't hear me, excuse me. there's some song about here playing on the made on square at the moment, but it shouldn't be too long. now this visit is incredibly high stakes. as i just said, this is high stakes of both sides. president lensky on his part,

desperately wants these european leaders to be bringing promises of more heavy weaponry to help ukraine push back the russian advance in the east. what, what the, the european leaders are obviously trying to give their assurances that they. * are with, if they have been highly criticized for not doing enough and everything that they have promised sofa hasn't really been delivered in good time. so there's been a lot of criticism there out what they are going to bring. anything remains to be seen as someone from president zalinski is office has said that he's worried that rather than bringing bringing weapons or bringing promises, they're actually going to be bringing demands because this is a people time for this visit. i mean, as we know the a you is going is set to decide whether or not the ukraine will be allowed to take candidate status to apply to become a member of the a you. so this is a really crucial time. this import, today's meeting is very important. so military aid and you membership on the table

there. rebecca, what sort of reception can these european leaders expect to get from the ukranian president? well i, i do think that the, the reception will be, are friendly. they will be welcomed with open arms despite a growing criticism, of course, from the ukrainian side that germany hasn't been doing enough that europe hasn't been doing enough. and there is a growing frustration here, particularly as we say, rush are advancing in the east, albeit slowly, but they are. ukraine is outgunned, at least $10.00 to $1.00, if not more, and their leaders here the, the military leaders and the political leaders have been saying that they are fast running out of weapons running out of ammunition. so it, you know, a very important time for this me meeting to be happening. but i do believe that they will be met with friend friendly. it will be a very civil meeting. president zalinski, probably very relieved. it's finally happening is made a lot of frustration that this hasn't, that it's taken so long for this high level meeting,

but it is happening at last and it will be met with open arms. okay, of course many the details about should this visit by the 3 european leaders have not been released, or we now know that they're in iraq pain or tell us more about the significance of that location why they are there? yeah, it's been an incredibly, a top secret visit. as you can imagine, security is very, very tight, very high. only a very select member, members of the press that are traveling from europe with the delegation, have been able to go on the tour. as for security reasons, as you can imagine, they are going to be at least we know now that they are visiting a pain that has been confirmed. they're there at the moment. as you said. now these suburbs are just north of cave. we're, we're under occupation for some time. we know we've seen the devastating pictures all the with the war crimes that are alleged to have taken place there during that russian occupation. these are very symbolic locations and ones that most villa

visiting delegations have gone to her when not yet sure where the bell visit the other cities of butcher aboard yank. and they time is really tight on their schedule and they obviously have a lot to discuss. so they'll be coming back to cave, we believe they'll be making an appearance here on may dan square before heading into that meeting. that going to european is obviously going to be an emotional experience having witnessed, or having seen the remnants of atrocities that were apparently committed there. we know that the u. s. was now committed a 100. another 1000000000 euros in military aid to ukraine just announced that yesterday. what can we expect from italy, france, and germany, the biggest countries in europe to contribute to, to ukraine's efforts to push the russians back? well, as i mentioned, that really is top secret remains to be same. we do not know what they will be discussing or what the outcome of their discussion will be. there are hopes,

of course, from president zalinski and the ukrainians that they are going to be coming with a promise of weapons of heavy weapons in particular. but that really does remain to be same. terry, we don't know. as i said, that a members of the ukrainian government, all spokespeople for business, unless you have said that they are actually worried that instead of bringing promises, they may actually be bringing de on. so we know this a, you, a session talks ah, taking place and you know, the candidacy of ukraine as that going forward into the next step of this process is did being determined within days. so you know that they're actually, they're worried that the european delegation coming to say, hey guys, this is what you need to do if you want to be given that candidacy status. but, you know, let see, it's going to be a very tough talk. i imagine it will go on for some hours and you know, i'm certainly that we have also heard from the french and the germans, that they don't want to come empty handed in the past and not this coming for a photo opportunity. so there's lots of high hopes here and expectations that

weapons will follow. now we've been hearing from chancellor schultz is offers or that he would not be going to chia to visit ukraine unless he heard something concrete to put on the table unless there's something that can be discussed in concrete terms. of course, there's a lot of speculation about what that meant, what that might be. the german chancellor has been under tremendous pressure in recent weeks and months to make a visit to kia. this is finally happening now. what is the significance of this visit, particularly for the german chancellor? i mean, it goes without saying how significant this visit eden prairie chancellor shalt rather has been highly criticized for taking so long to come here. it wasn't even confirmed. we weren't even 100 percent. sure. until we saw the pictures on the train really that he was actually on this visit. these, these top level visits are incredibly an insecure, that they are very,

they kept very private details and kept very low, very, very, you know, under the carpet. so, but this visit is so significant from germany that he has been under a lot of pressure from both within the government and internationally, from nato allies, from other european countries. this is a very significant moment and of course the europe, ukrainians, hoping that he is coming with something concrete with something that they can use, something that they value and not just empty promises. rebecca, thank you very much. that was our correspond rebecca rivers there in cio. of course will be bringing you much more on the visit, bothers european leaders to ukraine throughout the day. well as europe steps up, it show of support for ukraine. at the diplomatic level, the governor in the low hunts region has again underscored the urgent need for more military support. he says, rushing forces are advancing in their assault on the key city of so better denounced. can that ukrainian troops are out mand and outgunned?

the pierce fighting is taking a heavy toll on civilians. not only in spirit and as but in neighboring lucy chanced to in the distance, the sound of russian shelling for the people in missy chance. the twin city of seattle jonetta, 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. she will, she really showed that your partner, we weren't sure until it became unbearable. then i got sick long. she has an endless list of illnesses and i'm also sick to put away for after a little boy, if there was a hospital here where i would have stayed here until the very last moment. she's only a few kilometers away and see if you haven't done yet. 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 a 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 cellular burnouts qui keeping their asoft are not those of what present chemical plan and we never surrender ah,

away from the dumbass. russian forces have been aiming for other high value targets . this footage, 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 as stuart. if true, it could be russia's latest efforts to disrupt the international supply of weapons . police in brazil say a man has confessed a fatal shooting and indigenous expert. and a british journalist who went missing earlier this month. the suspect led officers to a remote area where he served the bodies were buried. the search for don phillips and bruno perrera had shed light on tensions between local indigenous communities and illegal poachers. fishermen and mining companies and the amazon a tragic end to an 11 days such brazilian police said the bodies of missing british

journalists, dom phillips, and brazilian indigenous expert drone or better. yet our history may have been found off. authorities see a suspect confessed to fatal shooting the 2 men. oh, we won't let me know the more. the 1st suspect arrested in this case confessed to the crime. he described it in detail and pinpoint where he had buried the bodies close emerged throughout the week. a spot of blood on the suspects boat. the belongings all the missing men, but authorities joke criticism for dragging their feet on the investigation. members of brazil's indigenous agency for nie which betty eta had booked for held a vigil for the 2 men. they are protesting what they see as the government's

complicity. oh no, no, no, no. some of him today bruno and don't were not adventurers. if they were exceptional role models at the forefront of their work, they were violently murdered by criminals in the jewelry riley valley who the brazilian stayed under the bulls. narrow government did not combat deal. the 2 men had received hats for their work in the jaw body, each renowned for illegal fishing, logging, mining and drug trafficking, their killings out a grim reminder to indigenous rights. workers in the region of the dangers, the faith for go. just a quick look at the top story, we're following for you this hour. the leaders of germany, france and italy have arrived in ukraine on a much anticipated visit offshore to manuel michael and mario druggie are making a visit to your pain in northern northern suburb that came under russian occupation

earlier in the war. bill later hold talks with president vladimir zalinski in general. sholtes has been under pressure over his failure to visit until now you're watching the w news from berlin. coming up next to got a documentary film for you, the long war is really israel ran usa. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here is d. w. thanks for watching with we're all set to go beyond the obvious citizenship and we're all in. as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter to you.