even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards juice is still pervasive. oh, a history that you semitism starts july 2nd on d w with ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight more russian attacks in eastern new crate . the governor of lou hunter 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 escalates between russia and lithuania. moscow demanding that

the nato member lift a rail blockade on sanctioned goods destined for collecting grub. plus an anti semitism controversy overshadows germany's documentary art ship. organizers decide to remove one of the art works after it triggers fierce criticism. blue eyebrow. gov is good to have you with this or we begin with the battle for ukraine's eastern industrial heart land. russia is making advances in the don best region. ukraine says that russian forces have captured several more settlements and now control almost all of the loo. hunt's 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. doubts how the governor of ukraine's blue hands region described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defenders. interviewed de netscape still holding out in the besieged assault chemical plant. their last stronghold in the city. hundreds of civilians are sheltering there and the russian troops withdrew from her cave last month. the shelling has started once again. this footage shows what was once an educational building now in ruins. oh was blue and 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

you've also wolf 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 by new was always in addition to the new weapons, already tested on the battlefield. where the troops began to receive s $500.00 m missile defense systems. so unlike any other, the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile sar, matt was successfully tested, give her ceremony. it is planned that the 1st complex will appear on combat duty. at the end of the year, you would years also oh, ukraine hopes that a boost to its military arsenal in the form of long awaited houses from germany may help it pushed back against the ration of salt. 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 russia's defense ministry, which they say shows the destruction of how it says sent by the u. s. and e u. but ukraine's morale and will to defend itself is proving much harder to destroy. earlier i spoke with chris doors and he's a weapons and defense specialist at the center for a new american security in washington, d. c. and with ukraine still waiting on heavy weapons to launch a counter offensive. you said the russians have the upper hand in parts of the don't bass for the battle for places like severed and ask in this is shawn in that portion of the us. there's such a significant concentration of russian artillery that no matter what the ukrainians do, they're 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 4 months into this war. and

today we saw the 1st delivery of german heavy weaponry in ukraine. how significant is 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 russian offensive, like we've seen. and so now 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 on 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 the exact number of fighters at the front or the number of weapons being delivered on either side. but what are the long term implications of political will and economic steadfast this of the 2 sides? you know, i think the calendar is going to be long and heavy and i'm sure we'll be talking again chris story 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. a diplomatic dispute between russia in lithuania is escalating so much so that the u . s. says it's nato commitment to defend lithuania is quote, ironclad. russia has threatened lithuania for blocking some rail shipments to its exclaim of coline rock. this border crossing on the belly roost lithuanian border. freight trains have come to a halt. those from russia carrying materials such as metal and coal bound for

moscow's baltic. sea exclaimed colon and grad have not been allowed to pass for a week. that's due to e. u. sanctions imposed on russia. moscow has slammed what it calls the blockade as hostile and illegal de lithuanian prime minister rejects this to bring at a york way not interested in an escalation, but sanctions must be implemented. your honest, it's ironic to hear that russia is 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. russia's baltic fleet is headquartered there, armed with iskander missiles, rockets that can be fitted with nuclear warheads. people in the russian exclaimed, are nervous. most of it's jennifer with baby crisis will go up. or there will be no

goods that we use to at all. dorothy stevenson, and actually, i think we should pack our belongings and leave before we can't go anywhere. this is never happened before. when the orders were open, we could go to poland, where everything was cheap. sure. it was a totally different the far she chestnut trust or it's the german chancellor, olaf schultz reassured lithuania of germany, support halbens and thornton. and i promised al, at the winnie and friends that will provide them a robust combat brigade to be stationed in lithuania, hot wondered, and crisis situation be quickly bolted with losses 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. when he w constantine edgar is following the developments from lithuania, the capital building. yes. earlier i asked him how worried lithuanians are about

possible russian aggression on their doorstep given that the invasion of ukraine called many by surprise. yes, no one told the going to invade, but also no one thought that this invasion going to go. so anywhere. so i think we've gone to the 20th, it is a completely different game. most leadership understands that this is natal territory and supplementing that we have confirmation yet again from joe biden. that america is going to fight and he's going to, it's going to basically live up to its expectations of collective defense. on the big 3 d people in lithuania, war it ever since 2014, ever since the unexcused premier people here consider we need to be a problem said that's what we pay here, including officials, but all the other. but all the other hand, i've spoken to some people who are in governments, and they told me today that they think that this particular best of 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 20th today that was konstantin exit. they're reporting. let's take a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world in the u. s. the committee investigating the january 6 riots. death focused on testimony from officials around the country who fended off. donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. arizona's republican state health speaker group rusty bowers was among the key witnesses who described the public pressure from trump. in his ellers took place in south africa, residence of johannesburg as to whether township protested today in front of the mayor's office. they were demanding an end to poor public services, and they called for an into power cuts as well as demanding better drinking water in sanitary provisions. shalaka has

a shed schools and non essential state services for 2 weeks. in an effort to save few, the nation in the grips of its worst ever. economic crisis calls for the president to resign are growing louder as people fees. severe shortages of essential nearly half a 1000000 people have been evacuated in southern china. as the heaviest rains in decades wreak havoc readily mornings were issued on tuesday. with forecasters predicting more heavy del was last summer, catastrophic flooding in central china hills. almost 400 people were here in germany. a renowned art show is removing one of the works on display over anti semitic imagery. the controversy around the pieces overshadowed the opening of the document, a modern art exhibition which is held every 5 years in the german city. of castle politicians and organizers have condemned the art work a pigs face labels with the

word massage. there's really secret police for many documented visitors this cliched and derogatory reference towards jews. it's a clear example of anti semitic art. if, if guns class is anti semitic, anti israeli, 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 city 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 things i'm we are and that we would intervene immediately if there were hyper these as hush. we did not ship this promise and that should never have happened yonder.

before the opening, there were talks about the possibility of anti semitism. at the event. my mom had to if there had been a willingness to listen, there were 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 of the exhibits in advance, when it feels like it's because they didn't want to to have mouth meeting, john boy, following the uproar about the controversial exhibit, it was covered up and removed, but the controversy about anti semitism, a documentary isn't going anywhere. in the u. k, people are gathered at the pre historic stonehenge monument to mark the longest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere. thousands of druids, pagans, and new age tree huggers greeted the dawn of the ancient stone sword, whole to celebrate the summer solstice. it was the 1st time they were able to do that in 3 years. due to pandemic restrictions on june 21st every year. the sun

rises behind the largest stone in the circle. that circle built some 5000 years ago. we still don't know how but we do know how you're going to get your business news after the break, steven beardsley will have that. i'll see you tomorrow. ah. ah what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating boiled heritage sites d w.