worse, who's behind who benefits and why are they a threat to us all o peak worlds this week on d, w ah, ah, this is the w news live from berlin tonight more russian attacks in eastern ukraine . the governor of lou hunt say everything that can burn is on fire is russian missiles, rain down, ukraine is still waiting for more heavy weapons from the west. also coming up tonight, a diplomatic crisis escalate between russia and lithuania. moscow demanding that

the nato country lift a rail blockade on sanctioned goods destined for kalynne and grok, plus reports of fresh atrocities in ethiopia. he w news visits a town ravaged by ethnic fighting in the country's north. there are reports of a camp there with inhumane conditions. and do you see what i see accusations of anti semitism at one to germany's largest art show? ah, i'm burned gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world, it's good to have you with us on this tuesday. and we begin with a battle for ukraine's eastern industrial part land. russia is making advances in the region known as the don't bass. ukraine says,

russian forces had captured several more settlements, and now control almost all of the loo hunch region. some heavy weapons have now arrived from germany, but ukraine says they are just a drop in the ocean of what is needed to push the russians back. everything that can burn is on fire. that's how the governor of ukraine's blue hands region described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defenders in chaverra de netscape still holding out in the besieged as ot chemical plant. their last stronghold in the city, hundreds of civilians are sheltering their and their russian troops withdrew from her cave last month. the shelling has started once again. this footed shows what was once an educational building now in ruins.

oh, bruno, there were no armed forces, all representatives of territorial defense from all the national guard and in this building when it was hit ok. so this strike was solely directed as a place of city infrastructure in order to intimidate the civilian population. and we've also legal that intimidation takes the form of words as well as weapons. without directly mentioning ukraine, russian president vladimir putin announced that a new nuclear capable ballistic missile system, known as sam matt would be ready for deployment by the end of the year. new. when you was a missouri is in addition to the new weapons already tested on the battlefield before the troops began to receive s 500. a missile defense system was so unlike any other, the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile sa, matt, was successfully tested. if it's that a month, it is planned that the 1st complex will appear on combat duty at the end of the year. you would use also, oh ukraine heights that appears to its military arsenal in the form of long awaited

how it says from germany may help it pushed back against the russian assault. but keith says it's received only a fraction of what it needs. not long after they were delivered for this was russia's response footage, released by russians defense ministry, which they say shows the destruction of how it says sent by the u. s. and a u. but ukraine's morale and will to defend itself is proving much harder to destroy it more. no, i'm joined by chris dorothy. he's a weapons and defense specialists at the center for a new american security in washington d. c. chris is good to have you on the program. let me get your take on the, the battle against time here. i mean, we were hearing from the ukrainian military that their soldiers still have to wait several weeks until they have the weapons that they need to launch

a counter offensive against the russians. does that mean that the russians for the time being have the upper hand? i think so as far as the battle for places like ever do netscape missus shaun's ah, go in that portion of the dumbass. there is such a significant concentration of russian artillery that no matter what the ukrainians do, they are going to be facing overwhelming fires. we see numerous reports of what that does to the combat forces in those areas and how difficult it is for them to hold on to that terrain. we're in 4 months into this war. and today we saw the 1st delivery of german heavy weaponry in ukraine. how significant it is today in of itself, not terribly significant, but as part of a larger pattern of western age the ukrainians. i think it is quite significant. i think what we're going to see increasingly is ever more capable ukrainian forces

operating western rather than former soviet equipment with higher abilities with more effective targeting, with longer ranges with better communications capabilities and in theory that should allow the ukrainians to offset russian advantages in total manpower, the number of armored fighting vehicles in the number of artillery tubes. is that going to allow ukrainian forces to push russian forces back? or are we talking about static front lines here for the foreseeable future? i think you're going to see static front lines for the foreseeable future, but i think the ukrainians will be able to strike in depth behind the russian front lines in a way that they may not be able to right now. so rather than continually seating ground to a slow grinding rush and offensive, like be seen and separate in, you're going to see a more, an even more static line where the ukrainians are holding their ground. potentially even counter attacking is limited places, but they simply right now and in for the foreseeable future,

don't have the mass of fighters and equipment necessary to create a breakthrough and then explain it. so are we headed though, eventually to a place where there will be a clear winner here a victor? will ukraine be able to claim victory or are we looking at here at a protracted war of attrition? i think we're looking at a projected war of attrition. i wish i could say otherwise, but the facts as they stand in the ground, the quantity of forces arrayed and the static nature of the lines at this moment suggest to me that we're in for much more fighting like this. and i think the question going forward is less exact number of fighters at the front or the number of weapons be liberal on either side. but what are the long term implications of political will and economic steadfastness of the 2 sides? yeah, i think the calendar is going to be long and heavy and i'm sure we'll be talking again. chris doroty from the center for a new american security in washington

d. c. chris, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. well, since the beginning of the war, volunteers across ukraine have been doing their part for the war effort. some are turning to recycling to help save soldiers lives. and to find out more about how this is being done. or very rebecca readers travel to southern ukraine to the region around. nikolai, this own junkyard is a junk count. knowing more when war broke out, volunteers took over the space and turned it into a military workshop. dimmer is a sound engineer and voice of the artist. now he makes flak, jackets moves across number, little of it really fully profess were requested from google. so we decided to try make some, a small number 30 pieces. we wanted to raise 47000 her if near for that's sure, people wrote so connected that we raised 150000 in the 1st 3 to 4 days or so. we made 3 times as many of the your morsbow brothers were due. so far they've sent

more than $700.00 of the vests to the front lines. places like hunt, keith, china, his and mc alive, there's recycling involved and the work looks aren't, isn't all that the product is military grade level certificate. this mitchell is certified to 8 millimeters thick. at 1 o'clock, this rubber from a conveyor belt is glued on top of its liam. it acts as an anti fragmentation layer where this robert traps or splinters from the bullets through my of c or of golf. if you call it the metal and rubber a bound together in strong tape, and like holy cross, ne, if a dog hasn't o'clock, work fireproof material usually used to make sofas forms the outer shell of the vests, just pop the pipes inside these purpose built pockets. and hey, presto, westfield pretty good, once you get it on it quite comfortable and much lighter than you might expect, much lighter than some of the press fest i've even had to wear in the field. but

the real test, of course, is going to be whether or not he can stop a bullet. the plates deflect shots from an a k 47 standard equipment for the russian army what's likely oh, well then send it in with his outside he shows his old tractor wheels that will go in to some of the vessels feel. soldiers arrived to pick up some for the comrades. they learn what kind of bullets their new body armor can stop. sherwin williams was up to work with him, a quick trip into the shop to take what they need. and they're off to the front lines. we get to save lives made in ukraine. oh, that was rebecca riddle's reporting there. a diplomatic dispute between russia and

lithuania is escalating so much so that the united states says it's nato commitment to defend lithuania is quote, iron clad. russia has threatened lithuania for blocking rel, shipments to its exclaim, known as coline rock. this is the latest dispute around western sanctions imposed over russia's invasion of ukraine. this border crossing on the bell roost lithuanian border. freight trains have come to a halt. those from russia carrying materials such as metal and coal bound from moscow's baltic, sea exclaimed calling in grad have not been allowed to pass for a week. that's true to you. sanctions imposed on russia. moscow has slammed what it calls the blockade as hostile and illegal. the lithuanian prime minister rejects this to bring it or your way not interested in an escalation, but sanctions must be implemented. your honest, it's ironic to hear that russia was accusing us of international treaty violations

. because i don't know if there are any international treaties that russia itself hasn't violated. the sir. colon and grad doesn't share a border with mainland russia. he, it's cut off by e. u. member states, poland and lithuania, but it's extremely important to moscow rushes kalsich. sleet is headquartered there . armed with escandone missiles, rockets that can be fitted with nuclear warheads. people in the russian exclaimed, are nervous. most of it's in. if we sit by the crisis will go up all there will be no good that way. used to at all do with it because of it's not that. so i think we should pack our belongings and leave before we can't go anywhere. this is never happened before. when the doors were open, we could go to poland, where everything was shaped shirt. it was a totally different thought. she chestnut schusters. the german chancellor, olaf sholtes reassured lithuania of germany, support halbens and fun. and i promised i lithuanian friends that will provide them

a robust combat brigade to be stationed in lithuania, houghton one that in the crisis situation can be quickly boasted with forces from germany 1st act, that in the immediate aftermath of russia's invasion of ukraine, germany quickly increased its military presence in lithuania and throughout the region. the baltic states their fear, they could be the next to face russian aggression, dw correspondence and russia, expert konstantin, exit. he is following this story from lithuanian capital vilnius. a little earlier, i asked him if russia is really willing to let this diplomatic ro escalate into something bigger? well, i think is usually likes the world to think it's so crazy that everyone has to rush and pacifies. but i suppose that's in such circumstances that will be a c lyn suicidal. mission. cleaning route is, as you rightly said, places natal directly voters, only 2 countries, both nato members,

poland and lithuania. and frankly speaking, it is a very important military base for that is also very fertile because of its geographic location. i, i think that are actually the, the, the transit that it blocked out according to the you direct it, which state from the sanctions, not because russian is this kind of transit that has nothing to do. for example, military shipments that continue to go violate went into the canadian route. it has to do with basically for example, something like steel and ferris metals that are banned from transiting you territory. so i think that it is on the one hand at traditional kremlin bravado. but all the other hand, i'm sure that people in the graham and know it is this piece of land on the baltic

sea coast cleaning rock is in a very precarious situation. so it is essentially completely surrounded by yeah, you know, a year ago many people thought that a russian threat to invade ukraine was also bravado. and we know where we are tonight. what about the way, how concerned are people there that the situation could escalate into a ukraine to point out runs. conversely, yes, no one thought the book is going to invade, but also no one thought that this invasion is going to go so haywire. so i think that we were going to the 20th it is a completely different game. most leadership understands that this is nato territory in stockton. nothing that we have confirmation yet again from july that america is going to fight. and he's going to is going to basically live up to its expectations of collective defense on the, on the north atlantic treaty. people in lithuania, brent ward ever since 2014,

ever since the annexation of the crimea. people here considered many to be a frog lines. they, that's what they say here, including officials. but on the other hand, i've spoken to some people who have been in government. and they told me today that they think that this particular all the best of a moscow irritation and rage is more propaganda than fact actually, apart from actual military action against the great, there is not much that the government can do to the planning and giving us excellent analysis on what is going on surrounding the enclave of coline gra, cause and he, thank you. thank you. and here's the round up now, other stories related to the war in ukraine. this, our, the russian army says that russian television is now broadcasting in ukraine. southern harrison region, people there can now access 24 russian channels for free. moscow has already

introduced its currency in the area and started distributing russian passports, the editor of one of russia's last independent newspapers. the enters named dimitry muir, it off. he has auctioned off his 2021 nobel peace prize metal. now the metal fetched a record $103500000.00. that money will now be donated to help children displaced by the war in ukraine. now to east africa, where the death toll from a massacre in ethiopia, as a romeo region, has risen to at least 260 officials saying that rebels targeted ethnic. i'm har, villagers, now it's the latest atrocity in ethiopia, where a civil war that began as you see here in the northern te gray region, has been raging for nearly 2 years. government forces are trying to oust the t great people's liberation front from its strong hope there. but the war has spilled

over into other parts of the country, leaving thousands dead. millions displaced. dw correspondent mario mueller visited a town on the border of the t great region that has been shattered by ethnic by deserted and destroyed in december last year to grand fight, as loyal to the te gray people's liberation front or t p. f. attack the buddha town of alba and they left their mark. abala used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grants and afar in the days leading up to the tip. a laugh. attack witnesses tellers. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines between afar residence a far militia and local to grants, causing many to leave. as you can see, the distraction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged. the to grind fight of went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find was to he has seen the mayor of bella

has since returned together with armed men and attend to reinstate some sense of security on the cylinder cabanas at 8 o'clock in the shelling was relentless about like rain. more than 225 people died. amazon. they killed the elderly in their homes and others while they were escaping. comedy, followed them as, as shortened as was those and killed them on the lima to migrate. they also raved several women, he says the t p l f and the government declared a ceasefire. it's fragile, but it's been in for since march. in late april t, p l f i t as withdrew from abala and other territories in the fall region, little allowing 8 convoys into the t gray region. but a palace may r t i s n says the t p a laugh never really left a father less than a loaner that really say we're fully withdrawn from a thought level, but they haven't really fully left of level the hill that you see. there are,

they're up there now don't scale. come back once. they have received enough food aid as warned, they had enough of it. they will use it for war jojo looked at a nearby cemetery. we meet mohammed to sane. a local health official who has helped very close to 60 bodies. among them were several children. he tells us. but alan capital, i have a heavy heart and glitter manager. i am lost for words by them made this has left a scar in my life. if al and i'll never forget this over to mother's home, but it's not just lives that have been lost. local infrastructure lies in ruins as well. citizens wagner that they destroyed the hospital with everything that's useful. the x ray machine, the cam lab and the laboratory. oh, they took everything and they broke the rest of the written code. the fighting has caused a rift between the 2 communities. both now accused each other of massacres, destruction and looting. we found signs of t p. laugh actions,

but to grind witnesses also made claims of a foreign militia aggressions. they say they're targeted and killed several to ground residence before transporting several 1000 to the regional capital samarra. the head of the u. n. h. c. r. 's field office in samarra confirmed that around 8000 people have been held at our government run camp men to accommodate about 1500 people this on ah, national and international standards that remote, that's that, that she'll lincoln living human conditions. he says, among those detained are about 1200 children, many suffering from malnourishment. we tried to gain access to the camp, but were denied by local authorities who also refused to grant us interviews. we did, however, manage to hear from one of the people in the camp. he sent us these pictures. he told us via fawn that people are suffering from diseases like scabies, diarrhea, and pneumonia. that there is not enough food and no medical care. he says 70 people,

including 5 children, have diet since december due to lack of medicines and food. no one knows when the border towns residence will return, or if they will ever get to call a balla their home again. let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world in the u. s. is the committee investigating the january 6th riots focused on testimony from officials around the country who fended off? don't trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election? arizona's republican state health speaker, rusty low bowers was among the key witnesses who described the public pressure from trump and his allies. one of those in south africa residents of johannesburg. so whether township protested today in front of the mayor's office, they're demanding it into poor public services and persisting inequalities. they say they would also like to see an end to power cuts, as well as better drinking water in sanitary conditions. here in

germany, a renowned art show is removing one of the works on display over its anti semitic content. the controversy around the piece is overshadowed the opening of the document of modern art exhibition, which is held every 5 years in the city of casa politicians and organizers have condemned the working question, which is a giant banner using anti semitic stereotypes to portray jewish israelis. a pigs face labels with the word massage. there's railey secret police for many documented visitors. this cliched and derogatory reference towards jews is a clear example of anti semitic art. if, if guns class is anti semitic, anti is railey and racist. and with that being so obvious, it is inexcusable that the city of castle is making public space available to these people. as the cit castle is really a liberal,

an open minded city. so something like this doesn't fit on the head of documentary issued an official apology on behalf of the indonesian artist who created the work good minds on that one cool thought one grouper the artistic team, the artist, and i promised that there would be no anti semitic content at document 15 for via kindly and that we would intervene immediately if there were high thesis hush. we did not ship this commerce and that should never have happened to yonder before the opening. there were talks about the possibility of anti semitism at the event in my head if there had been a willingness to listen. there was certainly enough warnings that should have been taken seriously before the event. there were concerns about anti semitism and if they weren't able to take a closer look at the exhibits in advance and it feels like it's because i didn't want to have my uh, meeting chown, boy, following the up were about the controversial exhibit. it was covered up and

removed, but the controversy about anti semitism at document it isn't going anywhere. ah, socrates now in france, world cup winner po haga as well. fans and his parents, native country of guinea. the midfielder flew in to play in a charity match and was even cheekily asked if he might like to trade in the pitch for politics. oh god, but might have help friends to will cook glory in 2018. but he was proudly draped in the flag of guinea on his arrival. the land of his parents gave him a special welcome, and he was quickly dressed in traditional clothes. he is in connect me to plain a charity football match. to try to give something back to the community. he feels very much a part of it goes off, it's been 11 years since i came here. so i said we were going to come to guinea

because we're doing this for guinea to help guinea move forward. but i know because of the chance allah gave me and coming to help my country, i'm here, i'm going to help my country move forward with the rigor. it was music to the is that the canadian people with one local women's rights activist? wondering if he might one day want a high profile job on that 0. we are proud to de angelo for today is a great day for us, some done. okay, and we came to welcome our son. our brother woke up. he's bringing his contribution to our development about, look at the development, we want him to join the government for the development of this country for the development, especially of sports, one of the rock markets. her super papa is actually leaving cliffside, manchester united at the end of the month. he is expected to resign with italian team event us, which will always be well for him if he wants

a new challenge in guinea. ah, you know, he's a quick look at our top story this, our russia is making advances in ukraine's eastern. don't beth region? ukraine says, russian forces have captured several more settlements and now control almost all of these hans reach. keith, who says it has only received a fraction of the western heavy weaponry, but it needs to push the russians. beth, you want to dw news after a short break? i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around. we will be right back with with

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already asia and the arctic lovers guiding by vibrating asian cities 5 local artists, ah indeed meek experience of their craft joined us for exclusive master classes. it well done about i know to do this week on d. w. o is the russian military, gaining the upper hand in eastern ukraine or ukrainian force is holding the line and beginning to push back russian troops. well, we simply do not know ukrainian forces say that we should brace for an eminent counter attack against the russians in the south of the country. but those same military officials.