ah wise, available will come with 175 size starts to maintain on p w ah ah, this is news life from berlin, war of attrition. the battle for you, great. don bass region drags on russian forces pound cities and kill civilians. cranium forces struggle to hold off the onslaught. also coming up, the u. k. government says julianna's sargje can be sent to the us to face buying

charges. the wiki lease founder has been resisting extradition for over a decade. but is supporter, see his fight is not over yet. ah . hello everyone, i'm layla iraq, welcome. there's been no let up in the fierce fighting, raging in ukraine's eastern industrial heart land. the dumbass region. ukrainian forces are battling to prevent russia taking for control of the city of severity and ask the regional governor says constant shelling is making it impossible to evacuate. hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant. there. i should groups are also targeting neighboring. they see chance square the civilian death toll is mounting. but the russian military offensive is not limited to the dumbass region. ukraine has reported strikes on several cities elsewhere in the country. a crater in the ground where

a russian missile strike hit. it's been 114 days since the invasion began, and civilians and pisa, she near the north east in city of ha, keith still have to live with shelling las rouge. good. significant damage was caused a multi story buildings private vehicles, and also factory workshops. other course, moreover, one administrative building owned by pisec jean village council was damaged when it was a pleasure for social workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted. movable, we tested equipment for construction company, somebody. there was no military object in here. new york, i was called your total number one more than 500 kilometers to the south residential buildings and michel, i, if hit by mistletoe. local authorities said 2 people were killed and 20 wounded.

but besides attacks in the north, east and south, the heaviest fighting is currently happening in the eastern don bus region. in the embattled city of sierra done yet ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped in the as a chemical plant which has been almost completely destroyed. the regional governor of the hans says only a complete cease fire would allow them to be evacuated. the last city in this battle, ground region that still under ukrainian control is neighboring lucy chance, but shelling has also increased here in recent days. smoke still rising from this culture center after 30 days, bombing sparked to fire. here for people who are sheltering in the building died for the people of lucy chance. it's becoming harder and harder to find a safe haven from russian shelling a short while ago i asked you to use emily rushes and keith for the latest on the situation and lucy chance well now you've

been talking about a war of attrition and it's really what it has come down to for the past 2 months and a week's death. heavy shelling thus continuing our from a de russian side on lizzie charles, gone several done years can in lizard chance there has been indiscriminate shelling a school has been completely destroyed. a residential area has also been destroyed . countless people civilians are dead in civil ordonia in chemical blondie as odd chemical plans over 550 people have taken a shelter there waiting for evacuation. this is no longer possible. the 3 bridges, the leading to the city have been destroyed. and now also the motto away the highway leading in, in and out of this city has been rendered out of used due to constant selling to day. they have also been some advances from the ukrainian forces in the areas of

zappa, reesha and harrison. but it's really, you know, the war a de fighting intensifies in the west at the time where russia ease are, you know, we are reassembling its troops or so ascending more equipment and really focus is it's offensive on the don bus region. so, fighting intensifies selling continues and civilians continue to die, or as fighting intensifiers or in eastern ukraine after yesterday's high profile visited you, leaders to keep, i understand ukraine's presence. alaska had another important visitor today. exactly. are you case? maurice johnson, 5 minister boys johnson was here for a 2nd time. says the thoughts of the rush of the war against you quin 2nd time in key if ended he didn't come empty handed. he said that the united kingdom will

intensify. its support to ukraine would also offer more training to up to 10000 ukrainian soldiers. so another shore support up to after, for a european leaders came here in a key of to show that western europe was really a western allies. were really there before ukraine. a gesture of goodwill, a gesture of support, much appreciated here and keep and by ukrainian president, a lot of music in just a few words. emma, of course, has been a groundbreaking do for you. cranky, received you candidate status. what was the reaction? the general reaction to general reaction is of course, also a lot of joy at it at this news. you know, here in key of a lot of people are pro european and now, so let's not forget that this war is also a war against european values against democracy. all, all the things that ukraine has been trying to, to tend to over the past few years,

ukraine has undertaken. so many reforms. and of course, there are more to come if it intends to join the european union, but also feeling of relief that all those efforts have paid off with the recommendation by d. u. a commission for the candidacy of ukraine. so lots of relieved lots of jo tonight or this announcement did abuse interruptions reporting for mckee, ukraine. thank you so much as well as we heard there are the european commissions recommendation that ukraine be granted in candidate status is a major boost retrieve old over got the same recommendation. candidate status would allow both countries start negotiations with brussels. is the 1st step in a process that could take many years. commission present or serve under alliance, said ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the box 27 member states will discuss the recommendation next week and follows an endorsement for fast tracking ukraine's

candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy who visited keep on thursday, praising the progress already made by ukraine and adopting european standards. vander lions said the commission had considered its decision carefully, and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. well, in order to keep the hope of a jo, membership alive you agree must 1st fend off the ongoing russian invasion for this task. they desperately need weapons. ukraine has repeatedly asked germany to supply heavy weaponry with mixed results on our day after visiting. keep german chancellor, all the shots told germany's dpa press agency weapons will be delivered to ukraine . we understand what is needed now is a tillery, and this is exactly what we will deliver at this moment. ukraine and soldiers are

trained in germany for being able to use to very modern howard. so we will deliver it together with our dutch colleagues. and we also decided to go over the u. k of united states that we will deliver multiple rocket launchers which will be very hopeful for fighting from of more on the distance and which is exactly what is needed now as we understood having discussed. and so this is of essence, no. 3rd of this, we are really helping with the necessary things, for instance, fighting against drones, helicopters, or crops, especially trying to liberal for this, the training of the soldiers is going on in germany at this time also. but the timeline for the delivery of that long list of weapons remains unclear as the 2 political course, one at thomas sparrow explains. the german chancellor said that they would arrive in time to make a difference in the don barza oversea. now the question is,

what that exactly means? what does in time mean? it's important also to understand a bit of context here because germany in particular, the german chancellor have been under a lot of pressure recently about those promised weapons that nevertheless have not been delivered. there seems to be a discrepancy between those promises and the delivery of heavy weapons. and that's one of the criticisms that has been particularly leveled against the german chancellor and the german government in recent weeks when it comes to weapons in ukraine under such the german chancellor then stressed that they would arrive in time. i imagine that statement by mister shots in that interview will raise even more questions as to when those weapons can be delivered. some of them, he clearly stated, depend on whether and when those ukrainian soldiers are trained here in germany. the delivery will happen only afterwards. but that is not the case with every weapon here involved. so as of now,

we know very little concrete measures about when those weapons will actually arrive in ukraine. there was some sparrow speaking to me earlier. now 2 other developments related to the war in ukraine. russia has reduced its natural gas exports to europe for 3rd consecutive date. flows to italy in slovakia have been cut by half and deliveries to france. have seized completely. european leaders have called the move political while russia says it blames rather the cuts on a technical problem. russian president vladimir putin says his country is not to blame for rising global foot prices. speaking of the international economic form and st. petersburg, president putin, instead accused the united states of driving prices. the president also slammed the sanctions imposed by the western europe as quote, reckless and insane. britain has approved the expedition of wiki leagues found or

drilling assange to the united states. he's wanted there on 18 criminal charges, including spying. washington says mister sancha, put lives at risk by publishing troves of classified military records and diplomatic cables. mister sanchez, supporters are vowing to fight the decision. 175, he is in prison. that's the maximum sentence wiki lakes founder julian assange could face in the us. the u. k is home secretary has now moved him a step closer ordering his extradition. but the assange tame say they'll appeal, using every legal avenue to keep him out of us hands. the fact is that if he is extradited to the united states, the conditions he will be under will be so oppressive the case he is facing is so oppressive that it will drive him to take his own life. the u. s.

accuses assange of working with whistleblower chelsea manning to steal and publish classified material from military operations in iraq and afghanistan, regal. they say this put the lives of us agents in danger. his lawyers argue that no one was harmed, support his c assange as a courageous journalist who brought to light u. s. war crimes. they say his case sets a dangerous precedent. this decision is a grave threat to freedom of speech. not just the julian, but for every jonathan editor and media worker in this country, he faces a 175 years in prison for publishing information, which he's one. jim was in the world over and had been nominated for the nobel peace prize. but the u. k courts rolled extra dining assigned to the us would not impinge on his rights, including his right to

a fair trial and free speech. assange has been fighting extradition for more than a decade. in 2019, he was sentenced to less than a year for breaching bail conditions, but he's now been held without conviction for more than 2 years. ukraine says it will ask the eurovision song contest to reconsider its decision not to hold next year's event in ukraine. the cultural minister says cave believes it will be able to host the competition despite the ongoing war. or traditionally, the event is hosted by the previous year's winner. due to the fighting and the complexity of staging this live televised event. the organizers say it is regretfully not feasible. ukraine's coach orchestra on the 2022 contests with their so i

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