ah ah ah ah, this is d w. a news alive from berlin, war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's done by 3 gen drags on russian forces pound cities and kill civilians as ukraine struggles to hold off the onslaught. also coming out, the u. k. government says julian assange can be sent to the us to face spying

charges that we can expound or has been resisting extradition for over a decade. but his supporters say his fight is not over yet. ah, i'm all azako. it's good to have you with us. there's no let up in the fierce fighting raging in ukraine's eastern industrial heart land, the don bass region. you crate enforcers are battling to prevent russia taking full control of the city of soviet are done yet. the regional governor says constant shelling is making it impossible to evacuate. hundreds of civilians traps in a chemical plant. their russian troops are also targeting neighboring less. he chanced where 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 were a russian missile strike hit. it's been 114 days since the invasion began, and civilians and pisa, she near the north eastern city of ha, keith still have to live with shelling was lose good. significant damage was caused a multi story buildings private vehicles and also factory workshops. course. moreover, one administrative building owned by pisec jean village council was damaged when it was christmas. workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted. merchantable we tested equipment for construction company, somebody. there was no military object in here. new york, i just called buford with number one more than 500 kilometers to the south residential buildings and michel, i have hit by mistletoe. local authorities say 2 people were killed and 20 wounded

. but besides attacks in the north, east and south, the heaviest fighting is currently happening in the east and don bus region. in the embattled city of sierra donetta, ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped. and as a chemical plant which has been almost completely destroyed, the regional governor of low hands says only a complete ceasefire 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 d w as

a manual shells is in cave and has the latest on the situation in lisa chance. 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 her from the russian side on lizzie shannon's gone several done years. can eliza 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 several danielle, or in chemical blondie as all chemical plans. over 550 people have taken a shelter there waiting for evacuation. this is no longer possible. the 3 bridges leading to the city have been destroyed. and now also the motto away the highway leading in, in and out of the 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 estoppel, reesha and harrison. but it's really, you know, the war, the 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 dumbass region. so fighting intensifies selling continues and civilians continue to die. manual shares in keys now in a major boost cave. the european commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal membership candidate status. along with more dover, candidate status would allow both countries to start negotiations with brussels. is the 1st step in a process that could take many years. commission president also found the lion said ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the blocks 27 members will discuss the

recommendation next week. it follows an endorsement for foss tracking ukraine's candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy. we visited keith this week, facing the progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards for the lion said the commission had considered it's decision carefully. and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with the european dream earlier d w vessel. talk to us through the process that now lies ahead. the accession process. what happens after ukraine has become a candidate country and after negotiation have started because there is another period of time between those 2 points will take years. of course, because the ukraine is a country that will be ravaged by war afterwards. there will have to be

a huge and very costly reconstruction process and all this needs to be done at the same time while the country needs to reform itself to sort of reach european standards. particularly with regard to the economy. part in that is one of the important aspect. and so all this will take time bought today. this was a political message. it was a geo political message message, if you will, because the european commission decided that under the circumstances the when ukraine is under pressure, the when you create an is fighting for europe. and that is something that everybody understands here. they have to have this, let's say, reward. they have to have this boost. they have to have all the help they can get from europe. and this is something that the commission can put, pushed for, and can put the can set on the way that ukraine can start. this exception forces can have this, this idea that yes,

we will belong to europe. it will take some time. but we are on the way and that's a very important psychological factor. everyone believes barbara vessel in brussels now to some other developments related to the war and ukraine. russia has reduced its natural gas exposed to europe for a 3rd consecutive day flows to italy. in slovakia have been cut by half and delivery of from these completely. european leaders have called the move political while russia is claiming the costs on a technical problem. russian president vladimir putin says his country is not to blame for rising global food prices. speaking at the international economic forum and st. petersburg person instead of cues the united states of driving up prices. the president also slammed the sanctions imposed by the us in europe as reckless and insane. people with a russian own cpr seized in fiji. last month has arrived in hawaii,

the $300000000.00 medea belongs to sanction rus, russian oligarchy, filament kerry above it was seized at the request of us authorities. britain has approve the extradition of wikileaks found a julian assange to the united states. he's wanted there on 18 criminal charges including spying. washington says this aren't put lives at risk by publishing troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. sanchez, supporters are vowing to fight the decision 175 years 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 se they'll appeal using every legal avenue to keep him out of us hands.

the fact is that if he is expedited 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 . so 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 us 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 journalist from editor and media working 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 road extra dining assigned to the u. s. would not impinge on his rights, including his right to a fair trial and free speech. a son has been fighting extradition for more than a decade. in 2019, he was sentenced to less than a year for breaking bail conditions. but he's now been held without conviction for more than 2 years. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. in nigeria, a mass funeral has been held for the victims of a church massacre. 40 people were killed when gunman targeted a catholic church in the southwest on those states nearly 2 weeks ago. children were among the dead. such attacks in the state are red. elise in brazil have

officially identify the remains of british journalist dom phillips. he was found buried in the amazon along with indigenous expert, bruno ferrera phillips and farrah had been on a research trip when they went missing. they were last seen on june. 5th is one of the biggest art events in the world, and one of the most groundbreaking, the documents are art festival, is only held once every 5 years in the german city of casso. this year as being curated by a collective from indonesia. and they're turning the spotlights on artists from the global south. this is not your usual art show. this documentary is about community and causes, like the hardship facing small de reformers in thailand. skate, bolting artists tell a story. for the 1st time, the key rate is behind documentary collective re one group or from indonesia. they

invited of the collectives who invited even more collectives from mostly developing countries. they called their communal philosophy, lumbering. originally it means a shed, rice bomb these low matter. it's a formica letter term in indonesia law. it's not our invention and we use it though to refer to ah mechanism. how to call goth learn resources. the way in which we worked was everyone would contribute ideas and resources and us kill, go like i don't like, i don't that man from 54 artists and collectives. the invitations kept snowballing, hundreds of artists if not more. and now exhibiting here in castle germany, including the indonesian collective who brought these cobbled figures, usually used at social justice rallies, a percentage of documents. his budget is also being set aside to support grassroots artists initiatives around the world. like this kenyan collective which pays

tribute to life in an i, robot. slum it's about dignity. amid the hardships is, is that so don't agree. yeah. our strength, our hope, and our beauty, is what we want to tell, not all of the negative that you hear. the news documentary is one of the world's leading art events. but this time, the art market is barely playing a role. although there are a few big names like aboriginal australian painter, richard bell, my message is probably am that we should all be involved in more collective behavior. oh, well, be kinder to each other as well. no, because to herself we've all got a long way to go to make the world a kind to place the problems. o documents is big experiments, is to see how much more we can achieve if we work together.

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