take world who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to whistle open equals this week on d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, more russian attacks and eastern ukraine. the governor of hans says everything that can burn is already on fire there. as russian missiles, rain down, ukraine is still waiting for more heavy weapons from the west. a devil that a crisis escalates between russia and lithuania, moscow demand nate,

the need to remember lift a rail blockade, and sanctioned goods to clinic grad plus an anti semitism controversy overshadow germany's documentary art show. organizers decide to remove one of the artworks african triggers. fierce criticism. ah, i'm aaron tilton, welcome to the program. we begin with the battle for ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. russia is making advances in the don't bus. ukraine says russian forces have captured several more settlements. now control almost all of the husk region, some heavy weapons that will ride from germany. but ukraine says that there just a drop in the bucket of what is needed to push back rushes advance. everything that can be done is on fire. that's how the governor of ukraine's hands

region described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defenders, inch of yellow denounced, still holding out in the besieged as a 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 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. also, wolfe 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 were also, 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 sa, matt, was successfully tested for ceremony. it is planned that the 1st complex will appear on combat duty at the end of the year. you will use also. oh, ukraine hopes that a boost to its military arsenal, in the form of long awaited howitzers from germany, may help it push 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 we spoke to chris doherty weapons and defense specialist at the center for a new american security in washington d. c. we asked him how significant the 1st delivery of germany, heavy weaponry is for ukraine in and 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. a

diplomatic dispute between russian lithuanian, escalating so much so that the u. s. says it's natal commitment to defend lithuania is quote, iron clad. russia has threatened lithuania for blocking some rail shipments to its exclaim of colon and god. 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 for moscow's baltic. sea exclaimed calin 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. 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 baltic. fleet is headquartered there . armed with escandone missiles, rockets that can be fitted with nuclear warheads. people in the russian exclaimed, nervous, most of it's in a pharmacist. maybe crisis will go up, or there will be no good that way used to at all, do with it because of it's not actually, i think we should pack our belongings and leave before we can't go anywhere here. this is never happened before. when at all is we're open, we could go to poland, where everything was cheap. sure. it was a totally different the far switches, no trust routes. the german chancellor, oliver schultz reassured lithuania or of germany support halbens and one and i promised i lithuanian friends that will provide them a robust combat brigade to be stationed in lithuania, hot one that and the crisis situation can be quickly bolstered with is from germany

1st act, 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. did have his concert in egerton, following the developments from lithuania, capital, villainous. earlier we asked him how worried lithuanians are about possible russian aggression on their doorstep. given the invasion of ukraine caught many by surprise . yes, no, i thought the pin is going to invade, but also no one thought that this invasion going to go haywire. so i think we've gone to the 20th, it is a completely different game. moscow leadership understands that this is natal territory and it's not promoting 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 3,

these people in lithuania ward ever since 2014, ever since the unexcused premier people here considering that we need to be a problem. so that's what we say here in leaving official. but all the other hand, i've spoken to some people who are in governance and they told me today that they think that this particular dust of moscow irritation and rage is more propaganda than fact. actually. ready apart from actual military action against the brakes, there is not much that the groom and can do 2020 today. one can front of the conference, roger crane is a struggle for energy. russia has got gas supplies to europe, including its supply to germany, through the nordstrom one pipeline. moscow says it's due to technical reasons, but many analysts believe it's retaliation for western sanctions. germany is now looking at postponing the closure of coal fired power plants. a tough decision for a government with green credentials, less russian gas,

the needy is getting through to germany right now. that is prompting worries about what might happen this coming winter. people need gas in their homes and industry relies on it as well. to make sure there's enough gas when demand is highest, the government wants to build up its reserves. one way to do that is the burn more coal instead of gas painful step, especially for germany's minister for climate and the economy. a green politician. mission, we did not do this, we run the risk, but by the end of the year, the storage facilities will not be full enough and then will be open to the little black mail. that means ensuring the reserves are full. is the top political imperative. just board burning coal is not good for the environment. it produces about twice as much c,

o 2 as gas. the german government has set itself the target of ending coal burning by 2030 bucks and hub ex plan some more bold coal power stations could be reactivated for a limited period. at least germany would burn more of its mass, live night reserves, and also import hard coal from abroad. a drastic step. but according to her back part of the way to confrontation between the western russia, which is this is a kind of arm wrestle where initially poochie and has had a longer. this doesn't mean that with increased effort, we can't develop a strong ground in stock. and i'm become chron. the plan also foresees paying industry to reduce its gas consumption. and perhaps even encouraging germans to endure a lower temperatures in their homes. but one idea is not on the cards, extending the life of germany's 3 remaining nuclear power stations. they are still due to be switched off at the end of this year. let's take

a quick look now at some other stories making headline that is our texas public safety chief is told a state senate hearing that the police response to the will of all the school shooting was a quote abject failure. last month, the teenage government killed $900.00 school children and 2 teachers. their police waited over one hour before storming the classrooms. thousands of eco dorians have taken to the streets or a 9th day of protests over fuel prices, the least use to your gas and water cannon to disperse protestors the capital quito . the protests are led by equity. indigenous people wards proportionately affected by rising inflation, unemployment and poverty. 2 in south africa, residents of johannesburg, so wait to township protested today in front of the mayor's office, they demanded an end to poor public services. and they called for an end to power cups as well as for better drinking water and sanitary provisions. british well,

workers are staging their biggest national strike in 30 years. that works will largely be brought to a standstill on 3rd tuesday rather thursday and saturday. this week. some $40000.00 staff have walked off the job, demanding higher pay in england, scotland and wales. renowned german art show is removing one of the works on display over at the semitic imagery. the controversy around the pieces overshadowed the opening of the document to modern art exhibition, which is held every 5 years. the city of castle politicians and organizers have condemned the piece of artwork. 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 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 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, the mines on it, one call thought one grouper, the artistic team, the artist, and i promised that there would be no anti semitic content at document. at 15 civilians i'm we are and that we would intervene immediately if there were high thesis hush. we did not hit this promise and that should never have happened to the under. before the opening, there were talks about the possibility of anti semitism at the event in my head if i 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, when it feels like it's because they didn't want to have my meeting, john boy,

following me 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. in the u. k, people have gather at the pre historic stonehenge monument to mark the longest day of the year of the northern hemisphere. thousands of druid pagans and new eat revelers greeted the dawn at the age and stone circle to celebrate the summer solstice. it was the 1st time they were allowed to gather in 3 years due to pandemic restrictions on june 21st. every year the sun rises behind the largest stone in the circle, which was built some 5000 years ago. and before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. at this hour. russia is making advances in ukraine's eastern don't bass region. ukraine says russian forces have captured several more settlements and now control almost all of the loo hunter region. kia says it has

only received a fraction of the western heavy weaponry. it needs to push the russians back. all right, don't go away. stephen beardsley has your business news in just a moment, and remember, you can always check out our website. it's there for you for all your latest news needs, stats d, w dot com. and of course we're also on twitter and instagram at dw news. i'm aaron tilton, that's it for now. thanks for watching ah tag a. this facade starts in germany here in the world. the w serrano really were in.