ah, ah, an order of lovers guiding by vibrating asian cities 5 a local artists, ah indeed meek experience of their craft. join us for exclusive master classes. well done by your to do this week on w. b. o. is the russian military gaining the upper hand in eastern ukraine. r 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 though, say military officials admit that it will be weeks before their soldiers have

weapons, powerful enough to push the russians into reverse and may be to lift the fog from this war. i'm bri, gotham, berlin. this is the day. ah, this is an evil that can only be defeated on the battlefield. we go to themes, if during the special military operation where proud that our fathers act with courage, professionalism, like real heroes, there's been more fruitless sultan, that done bus nothing by say, just those 3 days of the missiles have been flying back and forth here. adam, if we will continue to develop and strengthen our armed forces, we will continue to support ukraine with weapons for as long as ukraine needs. our support also coming up the vicious of civil war in

northern ethiopia with new reports of mass killings and ethnic violence. tonight, a d, w, special report from the conflict. so as you can see, the destruction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged, but to grind fighters went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find. went to our viewers watching a p b s. in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with a warning to civilians in russian occupied eastern ukraine. get out while you can bombs and bloodshed are on the way you trains military is preparing an attack to win back territory that is still occupied by russia. the messaging for civilians is frightening and it's meant to be that way. but military analysts say the warnings could be an over abundance of caution. mixed with some wishful thinking. ukrainian forces are not able to launch a major attack because they are still waiting for weapons. delivery will take weeks

were told. in the meantime, russian troops are expected to inch their way forward with no let up in the fighting. consider the words of the governor from the eastern region of lou hunts. everything that can burn is on fire. around 95 percent of that region is now under russian control. several don't ask is a focus of the attacks amid fierce fighting ukrainian forces say they have held a chemical plant in the city were about 500 civilians. a fault to be sheltered. the lo hunter, governor, as also warned that russia is preparing an even bigger offensive in the region. a western countries have been delivering increasingly heavy weapons to ukraine to help it fight back against russian aggression. and those deliveries include heavy field artillery multiple rocket launcher systems have also been promised among other equipment that germany is providing 7 high tech mobile artillery units to

ukraine. ukrainian defense ministry says those have now arrived in form part of the countries arsenal. it's no surprise, no news. germany has faced criticism for perceived foot, dragging over cindy weapons to ukraine, german chance olaf sholtes again today, underlined berlin's commitment to supporting ukraine whilst lance on russia's relentless war of aggression against ukraine is a fundamental blow to peace in europe. and that blatant breach of international law, this internet is non forecast. it represents an apocalypse evil in europe, around the world and on book and attending point for all of us and it's site vendor films. other, you can integrate ukraine belongs among us from it belongs to the european family of the falls, a milestone on this pre conditional european path is the status of an exception candidate. the e u. member states will be discussing this in the next few days. but germany is in

favor of a positive decision in favor of ukraine, and i will push for a unified position at the european council dogma. and it's quite clear that we will continue to support ukraine event. we will continue to support ukraine with weapons for as long as ukraine needs our support be, do you know, understood, so been my 1st gift to 9 to knows both worlds of ukrainian diplomacy and ukrainian big business alexander share, but is a former ambassador to austria from ukraine and is currently chief advisor to the ceo of north target that's ukraine's state energy company. he's also the author of ukraine versus darkness. that's a collection of essays based on the 2 and a half decades that he spent as a career diplomat and speech writer. for ukrainian leaders. mr. shepherd, good to have you on the program tonight. let me ask you this question on

gas. if ukraine wants to prevent russia from earning money on gas exports. why is it ukraine preventing russian gas from transiting across ukrainian territory? or is that the case? thank you for having me. huh. well, the answer is very simple because so we know that 2 companies like germany, austria still need the guess become when his policy and the company's position. and the positional matthew menu, our co workers, quite frankly, is clear, russian guess. so this will be, i guess, and mark on russia and poland. barbara, but we don't want to be the one who just cut through. i will, we need to, we need to, johnny was and other countries to do it on themselves on their own. and i think

they're approaching the right decision introducing guess embargo. and then of course ukraine will play along in let me ask you to mr. chevy, just to clarify, for our viewers, am, is ukraine still receiving transit fees from russia when that a gas or oil crosses its territory? i mean, are you making money real surrealism farms? yes. if correct. so we are both doing our contractual obligations. a country between russia and the european union, they're not taking and by russian guess since 2015 as being but we are friends in the russian guess this, correct. we know that ukraine is paying a huge price for its sovereignty and it's, it's freedom, right?

now casualties in defining are, are huge. is the military aid? is it getting through? so, i mean, sufficiently mean, are you convinced that western countries are committed to helping ukraine when this war when meliss apartments in the west, sir, we are confident that they understand the nature of this war, that we are fighting for our freedom. and we don't know the weight, but to keep fighting because we know what will happen once was taught the will, didn't know your grand lube know you bring your language. there will be no are freedom. there was actually a rather remarkable article published in moscow and spatial this war. it was titled what we should do with the grain. and then he sent very clearly a general size of ukrainians in spoke about on the grains collective guilt and collective banishment that the deserves for at least one

generation. so we have no other way. but to find what i like over foreign minister said, even if we don't get the weapons, we'll fight with space. well, a, an article in the new york times to day reports that us officials are briefing that the weapons ukraine has received or is receiving will help it to hold on to its territory. do you agree with that? i mean, is that enough for your country in terms of, of ending this conflict satisfactorily? wow. b, a land lease program on the part of the united states is open ended. so there is no clear limits as to what to bring her needs are receiving will receive. i hope we indeed will receive whatever it takes. we know that what was already read wrong

is a lot and it can make a huge difference on the front line. the problem is it hasn't, for the most part, it hasn't come yet from the united states, from many european countries, including unfortunately johnny, although up to date was the huge news that finally john oser arrived in germany until that the sang from the whole heart. when asked you about perceptions of russia, i'm french president emanuel macaroni. he has been reminding people, particularly last week that ukraine will have to negotiate with russia. in the end . is there a rift between the ukrainian perceptions of russia and how western countries such as france see russia?

well, i think everybody said changing their perception of russia after this war. so everybody who had any kind of trust in russia, russia now it has to rethink and be there the way you saw rush. so rush, last couple of the gate. so only great part i can say now was enemy aggression rushing. me like, well, many, many great, and it will never forget whatever good, what connecting our to conflict donation. it has been destroyed in this remarkable by been almost 4 months barbaric war. but yeah. chrome. right. so we'll have to negotiate on the we'll put in what you see

on when you feel losing the work. that's my take a while in what you'd take on what we continue to hear from some german law makers and policy makers. that europe, germany should not push. let me putin too far because we still want to be able to negotiate with them when this war is over. are they guilty of giving an aggressive russia a future free pass? absolutes him, they are new to their guilty over her allow him good to grow and to become this monster guilty. i'm not listening to what ukraine was saying for years about players, they are guilty. we're selling the soul of europe to this monster in moscow

and embracing him while he was planning this war. and they're saying right now that we should be careful about the emotions of this insane as cynical evil person in moscow than once again, be a guilty of a guilty be either foolish or greedy or are not courageous enough in despite all that mister share with the european union is expected this week to grant new crane candidacy status to one day become a member of the e. u. i mean, given that this process is likely to take years, sometimes it can take decades. why is this official recognition? why is it so important for your country? because this war is about freedom for freedom. oh,

to be $1.00 to $1.00, to be and to want to be was europe. we want to be like europe. we want to be a success like euro, and just to be recognize, just to have this all wish officially recognized by the european union knowing how this done. europe was wrong. that when just wants to go just, it means a lot it's. it's the right symbol in the right moment to the right concrete, the right nation. i know that you had worked with ukrainian leaders since independence 31 years ago. how would you describe president low to me? zalinski is leadership. at the current time, i mean, he is a wartime president. no, we are mostly proud of him like her, like her. oh, great young american journalists. well,

i just love that song said zalinski the hero. when you are here said the joker, she tweeted in jokingly, but indeed president laskey is a hero ho many, many people, many ukrainians like myself. we will now forget the day of february 24th. when we went up to beth, hearing these lands rushing planes flying over to you and not knowing or to which kind of really to wake up tomorrow and then waking up next day and seen president zalinski a sending this message, hello ukrainians. i'm here. i say, i don't need, right, i need them all. and that was the moment when you started really, really go really research allison, the shepherd. we've covered a lot of territory tonight, but there's still much more to talk about. we hope that you can join us again. here on the day, thank you. thank you. ah

rushes foreign ministry have summoned the european union's ambassador to russian over what moscow calls a blow blockade on goods transiting through lithuania. to the russian exclaim of clinic gra. that the way nia halted the rail transit of goods including construction material, metals, and coal. after a new package of e u sanctions against russia came into force late last week. and as you see right there, coline grad is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. a for more now i'm joined by a correspondent konstantin anger. he is in lithuania, constantine. it's good to see you again. this enclave of coline grub. it's russian territory and it's as a border with it. the way near this is where russia and nato meet head on. what's your sense is moscow signaling to the world that it is willing to let the situation

escalate into something more than a diplomatic rel. 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's actually the, the, the transit of that it blocked out according to the you direct it, which state from the sanctions. not because russia is this, this kind of transit that has nothing to do. for example,

military shipments that continue to go violate, went into canadian rock. 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 rod is in a very precarious situation. so it is essentially completely surrounded by nature. 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

back with regard to the 20th, it is a completely different game. most leadership understands that it has nato territory in stock or 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 warren, ever since 2014, ever since the annexation of the crimea. people here consider that we need to be a frog lines. they, that's what they say here, including officials. but all 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 20 and

a giving us excellent analysis on what is going on surrounding the enclave of collinearity because and he thank you. thank you. ah, but to east africa, where the death toll from a massacre in ethiopians or m a region has risen to at least $260.00 is the latest atrocity and ethiopia of nearly 2 year old civil war. the began in the northern he gray region. government forces are fighting the t gray people's liberation fraught the dw correspondence mario mueller visited one town on the border of the t great region. shattered by ethnic by deserted and destroyed in december last year to grand fight. as loyal to the t gray people's liberation front or t p l. f. attack the border town of a balla, and they left their mark. a ballet used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grants and afar. in the days leading up to the tip,

a laugh, attack witnesses tell us. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines between afar residence a far militia and local to grounds, causing many to leave. as you can see, the destruction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged. the ground fight as went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find was to he has seen the mayor of abala has since returned together with armed men. an attempt to reinstate some sense of security on the cylinder cabanas at 8 o'clock, the shelling was relentless. smoke like rain in more than 225 people died in what all manner they killed the elderly in their homes and others while they were escaping. good mother followed them as, as soon as was those and killed them on the lovely him at the mag. 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 tpl f i t as withdrew from abala and other territories in the afar 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 there up there. now don't scale come back once. they've received enough food aid as warranty, they had enough of it. they will use it that a 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 carroll, i have a heavy heart and glares manager. i am lost for words by them later, 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. without its vocal that they destroyed the hospital with everything that's useful. the x ray machine, the cam lab and the laboratory i was, they took everything and they broke the rest of the jaretha and, and thought 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 a government run camp meant accommodate, about 1500 people this on ah, national and international standards that remote, that's, that, that should be living candy living human conditions. he says, among those detained air, 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 died 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. no president at auction, the money you're marked for an unexpected group. russian journalist dmitri mural donated his nobel peace prize metal. and the top bid more than a $100000000.00 will go to children,

refugees from ukraine. i realize it was a special kind of auction associated by this man. do you me to remove that off russian discipline journalist, a nobel peace prize winner on the block, the nobel prize medal. he also bought it just last year. he's pledged to proceed to children affected by russia's invasion ukraine, a movie reductive because it used to be we felt a sense of helplessness at our newspaper actually because of what started people were dying and my country was involved in all of this. if i'm a chest with my us drama, our country am, and we didn't know what to do. that sense of helplessness that we felt on the 24th of february onwards. it's familiar to many americans. michael, in the face of moscow's increasingly draconian press laws were a tough suspended publication of his novi. i guess that on newspaper what now he's

found another way to make a difference by helping children traumatized by the conflict with what can we do? so the future is not ruined and swept away like that demolished cities, especially. i have a ah, over 100000000 either. doesn't even matter what it is over a $100000000.00. been ladies and gentlemen. done. all right. oh, the amount raised exceeded expectations and turned to peace prize into a fund that will alleviate the suffering of war. was he tomorrow? ah, ah, ah ah ah ah

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oh, a history that you semitism starts july 2nd on d w ah ah, ah ah, this is dw news live in from berlin tonight more russian attacks in eastern new crate. the governor of the hunt says everything that can burn is on fire. as russian missiles, rain down, ukraine is still waiting for more heavy weapons from the west of the coming up a diplomatic crisis escalades between russia and little.