suite on d w. someone else to the tv highlights, it's selected for you. every week in your inbox. subscribe now. ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. high profile european delegation arrives in ukraine. the leaders of france, italy, and germany visit one of the keys suburbs that came under russian occupation early in the wall visit comes as ukrainian leaders raised the pressure to speed up the supply of heavy work. also in the program,

we are prepared for long all of us are prepared to continue to provide substantial, unprecedented support to your grade. as a 2 day meeting of defense ministers draws to a close, nato secretary general pledges unwavering solidarity for ukraine. add a confession, brings the search for 2 missing men in the amazon 2 gruesome complex brazilian police say a suspect in the disappearance of a british journalist and an indigenous expert as admitted to killing them. does lead authorities to human re max? ah, i'm gabelle has welcome to the program and we begin with is breaking news. the leaders of france, germany and italy have arrived in keith and so solidarity with ukraine in one of

them are called ola sholtes. and mario druggie tour, the chief suburb of urban, which was largely destroyed in fighting between ukrainian and russian. wilson was a will at a high profile visit chums off the days of speculation over whether it would go ahead and as you train intensifiers, it's please for more heavy weapons from western. our speaking as the 3 leaders arrived in ukraine, french president manuel mccaul had a message of unity for the ukrainian people. the only reason we are here focused on, i will meet with present lensky now to visit a war site where massacres were committed and then to her plan talks with present lensky live with quite the korea. i think it's an important moment. we don't think it's okay for you at a critical thinking to them a model. i mean, do you have a message for the ukrainians?

and he says it is a message of unity. we're sending clear craniums yes or support to speak about today. but also the future because we know the weeks to come will be very difficult for president my call speaking there earlier. now let's get an update from our correspondent manuel shows who's in keith at the iconic might on square of european leave, as i expected shortly at the leaders of 3 of you, 3 biggest countries, germany, france, and italy in here today. what's the significance of this visit? of course, garrett, this is highly significant. it was highly anticipated. highly waited since the beginning of the war almost 4 months ago. you can see behind me some press a price, a cause also delegations are starting to arrive here onto might. and this is a visit dots of a lot of use the lens key, the ukranian president. it was calling for us. well, since the very beginning of this war and a german president of german chancellor,

pardon me, allah shows has said that he would only come in care for something significant. he wouldn't come and show up empty handed just for a photo operation. but of course, if you look at the bigger picture, the fact that he is coming to ghetto was french president emanuel macro with italian prime minister. marya draggy, of course, this is a huge sign of support from the west to ukraine. highly significant visit here today in key f and a very strong words or so for a manual. my crawl, who visited, who was, are so a visiting a in this morning who said this was a massacre and out there war crimes had taken place here. so finally, i would say for ukraine, friends for germany and easily are showing solidarity here on the ground. no, especially with all of shows, there was a lot of discord and a diplomatic back and forth about him going to keith. what sort of reception

can he and the other european leaders expect from ukraine's president in florida? zalinski today? well, you know, a from germany, we, so a german policy, foreign policy, germany is defense and operate in a huge you turn since the beginning of the war. but seeing from here from kia, what people have witnessed is just the timidity of germany to send out the needed weapons to heavy weapons. and definitely those records are we be what is of interest right now for the population. because here in your korean people, there's not one family who doesn't or someone who's on the front line. there's not one family who doesn't know just how dire the situation is ease and they're in the east under frontline. and what they need is not just thoughts and prayers, not just support in words. they also need that the delivery of the weapons that

have been promised by the the west finally takes place. here. you mentioned a heavy weapons there. emma. all 3 leaders really expected to offer any material help for ukraine to deal with the russian invasion well, much has been promised go how much has been promised by the west, by france, by germany as well included, included heavy weapons even by germany, which have the very beginning of the war had ruled that out. the promise is out there at people ukraine and forces are sent to j. my need for training on some of the heavy weapons that will be delivered, but in fact, very little has been delivered so far. in fact, there's been a study published today on what has been delivered to what has not and just in absolute figures, 8 the us, which is the biggest provider and the biggest supporter of ukraine are here, has to lever 10 times more weapons are dotted,

has promised to your grand in comparison to germany. so i think that would be a lot of explanation. explaining to do on the last hold says pop, who knows it or he, he has been talking about it for quite a while. he also say this morning that germany would continue to support ukraine also with heavy weapons and that this would be on the long hold. it wasn't as one of operation. so are we expecting him to discuss that today with president for letting me zaleski? emma tells us they're unclear for us. thank you. well, today the german government has approved the delivery of around 350000000 euros worth of weapons to ukraine. keith has been making urgent calls for more weaponry, such as tanks had multiple rocket launch systems. but there have been accusations from the opposition here in berlin to that germany has been dragging its heels when it comes to supplying every weapons. all i've shown it's under pressure. wherever

he goes, the german chancellor feels compelled to defend germany's record on military support for ukraine is the saw, the thought on another vista, germany is one of the main military supporters of ukraine. nobody delivers as much as us, on the dodge understood as get there a few that are also doing a lot like the united states. but germany is one of the countries that is committing its capabilities on a very large scale from funky movies, cut lines, etc. we have provided large numbers of anti tank weapons, anti aircraft, missiles and ammunition in huge quantities ming but the weapons germany has so far provided a small fry compared to heavy weapon systems. other countries have already delivered, and that ukraine says it desperately needs. in the historic vote at the end of april, the german parliament agreed to supply heavy weapons to ukraine. but so far not a single piece of heavy artillery has reached ukraine from germany. but much has

been promised part of shots pledge or 7 german made, how it such who thousands ukrainian soldiers currently being trained her to use them at a german army base. the how it says will likely be sent to ukraine at the end of june. the german chancellor also agreed to provide 50 gephart or cheater antiaircraft tanks, the 1st of which could be delivered in july. at the start of june, schultz announced that iris t surface to air missiles would also be ready for ukraine's use. these missiles are germany's most modern air defense system and would enable ukraine to defend an entire city from russian air attacks show. it said, again, there is no clear deadline for when ukraine will receive them. on a recent visit to berlin, the head of ukraine's parliament welcomed sholtes announcement, but stressed that deliveries needed to arrive quickly with dozens of ukrainians dying every day. the country has no time to lose. for the

german perspective of this visit, i am now joined by d. w as chief political at a time she left some sheila it's taken some time, but now finally he is in shoals is in key. if what, what's the purpose of this trip? well, the purpose, as he's stated through his spokesman, and also there is to demonstrate european unity that europe stands at the side of ukraine. of course, he's there with the french president, the italian prime minister and remains president as well. so a clear symbolism, an interesting me that's almost what he pledged. he wouldn't do that. he would go beyond that if he went to key. if so, they went to up and which is nea boucher were also, civilians were found dead and they had themselves basically informed by the special envoy of the ukrainian president about what's going on there and all sorts. also,

as spoke of the brutality that we saw french present in monument actually going beyond not saying that war crimes were committed that. so at the european leaders, it will be held by that was to actually treat this as such. also in facing up to vasa. now shawls famous, he said, i'm not going to care of just for a photo opportunity. what does he carry now? what, what, what can you actually put on the table? well, we have as yet, but they're so press conference, do not learnt of anything and knew that europe is pledging, but quite clearly it's on the inside. the interest is that to persuade these very leaders that it's worth finding a united voice to grant ukraine. accession status, the decision that is expected from brussels on friday. what that will go ahead or not. and those the does that set in the amount of my call and also the german chance that being a bit skeptical. whether that can be a fast track for ukraine and ukraine, of course, seeking a safe haven if it's not nato, it's close association with the european union. so

a lot will be in the tone and also in the symbolism. yes, the chance is not just going there for one photo up and going back, but i'm so we'll see that terribly much more than that. now, we've touched upon this that it's taken a long time for sholtes to actually go to you to q of why has it taken so long? well, we're not getting a clear answer for that, but there was some diplomatic turbulence. after germany's president hung vita stein maya was planning on going and was essentially disinvited from going to ukraine. of course, the social democrats particularly hung by the state maya, the former german foreign minister, being one of the key architects of german policy towards ross and also seeking closer ties with russia. something ukraine felt was the problem in the past. that is led to this, a blunt confrontation and clearly from the statements we've seen from law to me,

is the lensky accusing germany, essentially, of still doing a balancing act between a standing at the crane side, but also the policy towards russia. they still doubt whether germany really means it, when it says it will be standing by ukraine at the stuck, our will find out whether germany really amuse it. and we, because we've heard in the report, there's been a lot of criticism about germany's sluggish weapons deliveries to ukraine and german defense minister. so c lumber gave an update a short while ago. so let's have a listen damn against law that's was argued, come after us. we have to, we have made a very clear commitment that along with our dutch friends, we will provide the armored howitzer. 2020. i was below as fast push lawson when the training is almost complete and also they can be deploy to ukraine along with the ukranian soldiers who have been transferred to our order, the veterans out of it together with the u. k. and us we will also supply multiple

rocket launchers efforts, relief and, and germany will provide 3 such systems such as, along with the appropriate number of rocket, 2nd and spare parts, key and training and went out here today to oust belong to give her the anti aircraft tank ipad will be delivered in a timely manner to germany is standing by ukraine arch launched it. and as i took that ocarina from his defense minister, just in lambert speaking there, and she said, germany is standing by ukraine. this with german politicians have been saying all along are just how far they're willing to well, they are now getting more concrete in actually delivering those heavy weapons demanded from the ukrainian side. so far, germany has delivered hundreds of millions of years worth of ammunition and also small arms, but the heavy weapons still have not arrived on the ground. and that's what the minister is referring to at those. how it says in total. 12 together with the duct deployment of how it says will now arrive over the coming weeks. those would be the

1st heavy weapons pledged from a very long list to actually physically arrive there. and that's been the standing criticism from the ukranian side that simply not arriving fast enough. also, those swaps with other nato partners who were sending russian made tanks for german tanks. that, that is way too slow because every day counts, the crane aside, keeps dressing. now where does public german public opinion stand on this involvement and do the heavy weapons deliveries? well, it's interesting. we just saw whole out come out yesterday, which actually sees 68 percent of germans. there's just one of several poles here in germany as stating that they don't, that germans don't feel that it will have sold is too hesitant. there's a very much a pacifist part, a pastor tradition here in germany, a real caution. and so what is seen as hesitancy in the german chancellor appears to reflect the opinion of a majority of germans at this moment in time.