the opaque world who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to whistle o peak wolves this week on d w ah ah, this is dw news coming to live for berlin. fighting in eastern ukraine takes a growing toll on civilians who want to leave, but camped. emergency crews recover. the bodies of 4 civilians killed in an era strike in that is a chance. the regional governor says they were sheltering at a cultural center. also coming up, leaders of germany, france, italy,

and romania get their support. ukraine's bid to join the e. u. sign of solidarity comes ahead of a european commission recommendation on past tracking, candidacy for kia ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. the toll on the civilian population in ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, the don bass is increasing. the regional governor says attempts to evacuate civilians hold up in the as a chemical plant and severe the nets would be impossible. without a complete cease fire in neighboring loses chunks. he says at least 4 civilians were killed in an air strike, as they sheltered in a cultural center. with the russian term pain intensifying and lucy, chance to people face a difficult choice or whether to leave or stay. it's

a gruesome task rescue workers look for survivors under the rebel at this cultural center in lisa chance they come across some of the victims. the building sheltering dozens of people was destroyed in what de la hans criminal governor says, was the russian air strength and weaknesses describe what happened after the attack . to click it, i heard some one cry. clicking terrible cries yet, but i ran here and saw only ruins and bodies. they were carried away on stretches. ladonna in the 5th, some were alive, some were dead. the lewis lifted chance is just the cross the river from several denounced the key battleground in russia's latest offensive in the dumbass region. and like is not the neighbor. the cities still answer, ukrainian control, but constant russian shelling and rocket attacks. mean,

the civilians here are in grave danger. authorities are trying to convince them to leave. but some refuse we study can none yet. when we are old people, we do not have a place to go do it. where will i go? i'm 72. they will dump me in some village somewhere with her. you guys are fight for peace. let the police come. many though decided to leave, is believe less than the fif of the pre war population of nearly 100000 people still remains in lisa chance. for many of them destroyed houses mean they can only seek shelter in basements like this one. i don't know how to put it into words. people are afraid. this is wall. it's scary . there's no communication. he can't go out anywhere. there's no place to go with no where to go and no and to the fighting inside. these people are praying,

their lives shattered by the brutal conflict will be spared. earlier we spoke to our correspondent roman gunshot anchor, who's in kia. he gave us this update on the fighting in ukraine. the fighting continues all along the front line, which is more than 1000 kilometers long. and the most severe fighting is around the city of several, the nat scan to we have reports that the russians are taken from 9 directions, and there are still civilians had that chemical plant assault. ah, we have new figures. are the ukranian say that there are some 568 civilians there and 38 children? most of them are workers of that plant and their families and they've been staying there for a while on the attempt to save them. to get them out, failed a yesterday, and we expect more attempt to day or in the coming days from russian rock. it's also he, the ukrainian city of nikolai, of which is in the south and lexi and are,

there are new reports from the ukranian armed forces that they the claim to have hit a russian tact boat. many of the island, the snake island, which is a strategically important island in the black sea, just south of odessa and ukraine enforcer say, they hit that tag boat, which was carrying russian troops. now, yesterday we saw some high profile diplomacy and kia the leaders of germany, france, italy, and romania travelled, therefore, face to face talks with ukrainian president blog mills, the landscape. the business leaders said they back ukraine's bid to become an e u membership candidate. and they expressed our outrage at the devastation wrought by russian forces in ukraine. let's take a look. the cities in the ruins of cave suburb, our pin, europe's leaders. so for themselves, the devastation of the walls, portable. the heads of france, germany and italy, met with romania as president to 2 of the suburb where heavy fighting and alleged

war crimes. so many civilians killed their 1st visit to ukraine. since russia invaded was a chance to show europe support and counter criticism over the speed and scale of their responses. lobby difficulty in europe is by your side of football. it will remain so for as long as necessary either until victory is achieved and label in the form of a return to peace in a free and independent ukraine. the opposite of the consequences of the barbarism that we have seen together this morning in airplane. in a joint press conference in keith, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski called for more heavy weaponry of positioning his country as europe's eastern flank said, the wanted shot a here near russia does not choose whom and when to threaten equally pu in europe, to ground safety,

your russian aggression against ukraine through is aggression against all of your recovery, simple against the united, your account, she against every one of us. each of them against our values has not brought in last speak seamlessly. our response of you must be united inertia vba. now president, the european leaders pledged more military aid and backed immediate candidate status for ukraine, joining the european union. okay, know who had thought of ukraine belongs within the european family. i my and a milestone on his journey toward the you would be to receive candidate status santos. i'm a spiteful, it's coming up. the e. u is set to discuss ukraine's candidacy on friday. but even if all member states gray, it could still take years 15 to gain actual membership. so roman a show of solidarity. therefore ukraine by the leaders of the for you countries, was that as much as beloved meal zalinski could hope for?

or was he expecting more well, the landscape himself shall said he was satisfied. i think he was pretty happy with that support for the ukrainian you bid. ah, maybe he was a bit disappointed that there were no or very few new commitments to, to supply ukraine with arms with hey, we arms with artillery in the 1st place. and i think he might have been disappointed that there was a, there were no specific commitments as to the sanctions, new sanctions against russia, especially known your sanctions. i am no embargo on russian gas, which is which would hit russia really hard. and this is something that ukraine is hoping for, but in general, i think your king is rather satisfied with the results of that visit. yes. if ukraine does formerly become an e. u. candidate country roman. would that change any thing in the effort to end the russian invasion? well,

this will not change anything immediately on the battlefield, but we shouldn't underestimate. it's an extremely important sign, put a sign of political support for ukraine. it's a moral booster for the ukranian society, which i'm has been hoping for that a chance to be to become a new member for, for many decades, for 2 decades actually. and, and it's, it's a historical event. and we've heard those words historic yesterday during the press conference several times. but practically speaking, this will give you crane more money from the european union, a to conductor forms to, to strengthen democracy. and it will give also you expertise to ukraine will give her your opinion and a possibility to send more experts to ukraine to help it become a member of the european union one day roman. thank you very much. that was d. w, as roman gone to ranko in keith european commission today will

issue it's recommendation on ukraine's application for you membership. but the final decision on that status rests with the leaders of the u. member states themselves who meet for council summit. next week. the commission is expected to recommend candidacy status for ukraine and neighboring moldova. but there's a host of other states who have been waiting for years to join the e. u here in dark blue, notably turkey and countries and the western balkans. so the past to membership could be long and difficult. and as our brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena told us earlier, some you states, or opposed to letting ukraine into the bought the are we talking about states such as portugal, for instance, or denmark or the netherlands to are saying that it's not a of the right thing to do it, do grand ukraine own candidate status,

because the country is at war. and accession talks could only begin after the war is over. they are also saying that it would be not fair to, for ukraine to jump the q, or when we consider that are that they are, there are other states such as montenegro knows macedonia, for instance, who have been in the waiting room for years, even though they are official candidates, staves, and there are also a voices are saying that the european union itself is not ready to welcome new members. because at before that they need to reform the blog. so as you see, there are some member seeds who are very skeptical and of course, to grand ukraine. a in you candidates state, as we would need to all the member states, the you would need all the member states to be on board. alexander, thank you very much. as always, our brussels bureau chief,

alexandra from nomine. now to south asia, which has been suffering unseasonably hot weather and earlier than usual heat wave in india and pakistan is being blamed for at least 9 the death so far this year dw manner chowdhury husband speaking to farmers in western india. they told her they've never experienced weather patterns as extreme as what they're seeing right now. more stretches of land and with ever a region in the western state of my russia looked like this during the summer months. several districts here are categorized as climate change, hotspots, soaring temperatures, and the shortage of water makes life difficult for the millions of farmers who live you bound to rank away says this, the earth heat wave is terrible and it's almost impossible to work in these conditions. he says it's not just farmer's productivity, but also how much they produce that is impacted or delivery actually. but tiny

organisms which live in the soil make it fertile over if it gets to. hoppy organisms are affected, run hopefully if they are wiped out entirely because of such heat. loved will eventually become barren. what is wonder them in where the hanging fruit farmer go? john and perry also says he has never experienced such blistering, heat, which hath destroyed the orange plantations, for which this area is best known. he adds that the region has been recently prone to sudden weather changes which affect people's work and income. then again, duncan, that the, when the pattern see have become erratic or last year, it's suddenly rain, very heavily destroying our crawl. so let us pharmacy and we're completely dependent on nature for farming. and when there is a natural calamity, it's affects our yield. load little, the monson rains are white, the crops in india. this year the rains have been delayed here. the reason of the dunbar economically dependent on agriculture is highly sensitive to climate change

. intense heat, long dry spells unseasonal here storms and changing green patterns impact the process of farming and the crop yield all year long. but these fell gradually bigger and agriculture. expert bible says, what did it deal? soil has rapidly degraded because the lease changes are based on what the rising temperature over the years. we have seen that the rising temperatures and later monsoons are 2 of the biggest problems affecting indian agriculture. agriculture. pharmacy are very dependent on the reins from amend such delays. effect production, i make the rivers awareness among farmers, one at best agricultural practices is me and helps them implement measures to corporate climate change. what is clearly needed is for policy makers to strongly intervene to mitigate the impact of climate change. for the farmers toiling in the scorching sun, there is no time to waste. though they are at the mercy of global by the changes

they cannot give up as they struggle to make a living. forego just a quick look at our top story, this our, the governor of ukraine's la hans region says 4 civilians were killed in a rush, an air strike, as they sheltered in a cultural center. in the city of lizzie shines fighting is intensifying their last city in the region under ukrainian control. watching dw news from berlin up next we got part 3 of the opaque worlds documentary series, or you looking at the growth of the global criminal underworld. i'm terry martin, thanks with the green you feel worried about the planet to? i'm the old hosting, the on the green fence post ghost and to me it's clear we need to change. join me for the.