ah, all right, the russians are declaring victory in the eastern ukraine region of new hans, one down, one more to go in the neighboring region of the nest reports of a drastic increase in missile attacks to day the mere of the city of so beyond telling remaining residents evacuation now. russia has the momentum at the moment, but an advisor to ukraine's president to day made it clear. crucial rocket artillery from the u. s. is arriving, pushing back the russians is now a matter of time lou. hans, he said, will be the only russian victory in ukraine. i'm broke off in berlin. this is the day ah, that mentions devastation to homeschool hospitals and other critical infrastructure

will take years to rebuild. you will recover and they will destroy again, it will be on finish the process. and this which ensuring a peaceful life in the territories controlled by russian troops will continue to those. and he'll do. they keep shelling us, shelling and more shelling with a view to recovery. we must increase our support. it costs more than 7. 100000000000 the most adequate and just way is to season youth rushes, assa frozen, and our sanctions recovery. it's always about business. it is also a moral duty on moral obligation. also coming up the ever changing and mutating corona virus. europe is seeing a rise in cases. could this be the start of a summer search dividers does not seem to have the season, is seamless,

seamless to others through the thought he lives? it still does me civility so high that even if people stop living outdoors like in the summit, then we'll still be transmission into our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with the war in ukraine and the battle. russia has won. the head of the russian military reported to president putin late on monday, that his forces now completely control the eastern ukrainian region of lou hans for vladimir putin. a mini mission accomplished moment as the war rages on cities in ukraine's don't escort region are the main target of rushing, shelling and air strikes. now the attacks so severe in the city of soviet that the mayor has ordered all remaining residents to evacuate. our russian forces in a position to continue taking control of one region in eastern ukraine after the

next from the ukrainian president's office to night. the short answer. no, we have more now in this report. the streets of lizza chanced have fallen quiet, but the wreckage is everywhere. the capture of the city means that all of the lou haskell region is now in russian hands and objective that moscow has coveted. since that will began, in february, ukrainian military commanders ordered their forces to pull back, rather than attempting to hold the city. for the exhausted soldiers who retreated, rushes, artillery advantage proved overwhelming. the schools wanted to leave this. there is at least 5 times more russian artillery here than what we have a glory than up to 10 times more daily with him points up to $169.00 enemy positions that are active. all of the same time ukrainian forces have retreated to

the done yet screeching, which along with lu hans makes up, the white don bus was still here. they have been reinforcing defensive positions for months. but russian forces have already turned their i towards the done yet screeching, particularly the major cities of slow vianza and cram at oscar. slow vianza has been bombarded for over a week now, leaving many residents with little options, but to evacuate. yeah, pretty high. we got into the city literally for 2 days to pick up my things and mount it. now we are trying to take everything we have and to me because life here has become scary. we only had time to evacuate to children. i don't know. i think it's only going to get worse. i don't even know. i'm already thinking about leaving . it would be wise not to expect things to get better. those who stay behind a bracing for the worst. as the front line creeps ever closer. well,

my 1st gifted eye is bradley bowman. he is the senior director of the center on military and political power at the foundation for defense of democracies. he's also served as a national security advisor in the u. s. senate and he's a former black or chopper pilot bailey. it's good to have you back on the show. let's look at what's happening right now. i'm in ukraine. can ukrainian forces, can they defend the rest of the eastern? don't best region, or will they have to withdraw? what do you say? thanks for the option to join you and thanks for the question. why? sure hope they can, whether they'll be able to or not, i think, depends on a number of factors and, and is discouraging as it is to see the russians seizing a essentially a control. who, hans, i think it was a necessary decision for keith to make to do this retrograde this retreat so that they would have more defensible lines. but what we've been seen really is

a war of attrition. that's been characterized primarily by our artillery long range artillery. and so that's why the provision by the united states and others of the 155 millimeter howitzers. and also the higher our systems, high mobility artillery rocket systems is so helpful. but we need to get a heck of a lot more of those, and we need to continue to re supply them with the ammunition i'm. our system can fire roughly 75 kilometers and that's exactly what he needs right now. for the coming days and weeks. you know, we, we heard from an adviser to the grinning president saying that once we get the heavy weaponry that we need, we will push the russians back. but to your point, how likely is it that ukraine will get the weapons that it needs fast enough to be able to push back those russian forces? is a great question. a lot of the, the, the assistance that the united states is provided since the february 24 invasion has been what we call draw down authority. and whenever your viewers see that we're

drawn down what that means is we're sending ukraine u. s. reserves. so i support doing that because the stakes are so high, they're in ukraine for all of us. but at some point, those reserves either are alls all used up or becomes dangerous for us to provide. so much of that. and so as those draw down, authorities are depleted, we have to start putting things on contract and having things built by us and our allies in europe, and that takes weeks or months even years. and so, you know, we can and should be more on high mars. i'm, i'm counter battery radars and missions and these sorts of things. but unfortunately, i think it's only going to get harder rather than easier. the longer time goes on. if that's the case for the west, when it comes to providing help to ukraine, what about russia and its capability of defending what it has already taken me? the military apparently has not been hurt much by international sanctions yet. but

what do you think things are going to look like in a year's time? if this more drugs on that walk? it's a great point. i mean, sometimes we focus on our own problems and we missed that the other side, our officers having problems too. i mean, russia is getting hit with extraordinary sanctions, or more isolated than they've been in the long, long time. so they have their own problems. but the battle is in ukraine. the battle field is in ukraine and not russia. and so we literally have a lot of ukrainian defense, industrial base being destroyed. and so they're going to not going to be able to sustain and maintain their russian soviet origin equipment. that's why it's so important that the u. s. or european allies be looking around the world for other sources of russian and equipment. they can be provided in our research. and if he suggests there's a whole lot of places, we can find that while we simultaneously try to over time, transition them to need a weapons that we can more effectively sustain and maintain. and frankly, in most cases, more capable, when you say the united states,

cindy and cindy weapons to ukraine, almost everything that is being sent in terms of military 8 is coming from the us. some is coming from the u. k. continental europe, the, the numbers or mnemic at best, doesn't europe have to pick up here and carry more of a load if we expect ukraine to win? short answer, i would say yes, i don't want to be dismissive of some of the excellent efforts that we've seen. i would highlight the british is one example of a country and then really is done quite a bit. i was very disappointed with germany's policy towards providing arms ukraine, pre invasion. thankfully they change that. but i mean, the broader thing here is that are valuable european allies really have to continue to step up and step up for the long term. you know, and when you still have 20 to 30, you know, allies not spending 2 percent of their g p on defense. that's going to be a problem. and let me ask you about what we heard from the president of ukraine.

zalinski tolling for reconstruction to begin now and not after the war is over. you as a military man, do you think that this is even feasible, or would it be sensible? is it sensible to rebuild while russia is still attacking parts of the country? you know, if i were once again and let me just say, you know what, an extraordinary brain liter he's been, as i said here in the safety of the united states, you know, i will be calling for the same thing. i mean, some parts of the country are, you probably can start rebuilding a but we're not talking about a weeks or months thing here. we're talking about years and years and years. i mean bottom are put, is really destroying to destroy russia and ukraine. and so, yes, we should do what we can to help you. crane rebuilt. but meanwhile, we continue to have things destroyed. so if i had to prioritize one of the 2, i would prioritize getting ukraine, the weapons that need to defend against this unprovoked invasion. but there are things we can do to help them rebuild sustainably rebuild them. let's get those

started. but it's going to be a long, long. yeah, and you bring up a good point. rebuilding will be an effort for ukraine, but also for russia. once this nightmare is over, bradley bowman is always we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. oh, i discount club on thing is quite clear. the current crisis is not going to pass in a few months. i spoke very early on about a turning point, and this is what we're talking about here. russia is war of aggression against ukraine has changed everything under the same time. supply chains have still not recovered from the pandemic. and general uncertainty is growing dyed fixed. that was gibbons, as earl of souls, had a meeting with trade unions on monday, driving home. his message that europe's largest economy will take a hit as the war in ukraine shows no sign of ending soon. germany, like most countries, reporting inflation rates not seen in decades. the cost of living if skyrocketing

in noun, germany's export machine, it's ability to sell to the world is looking weaker numbers out for the month of may show that for the 1st time in 30 years, germany recorded a trade deficit, imports into germany were worth nearly a 1000000000 euros more than german exports in that month. unusual towards my college, you know, of the volume for me to be a business, joins me now. you know, you know, we, we hear about the us having a trade deficit with china. we've been here about that. know for years, but not germany. right. so it makes it a big deal doesn't. indeed we've arrived at different territory for germany after it's spent years enjoying this trade surplus. and, you know, just going back a little, i suppose. what makes it difference from different from the u. s. is that germany had a strategy to get that trade surplus and it was of cost management. it was able to keep its cost flow. so just as an example, it in it employed wage restraints. so,

agreements between unions and employers, the type of wage hikes and check and that kept cost flow for the companies and german products, more competitive on the international market. but perhaps more relevant to our discussion today. ah, germany also bought cheap a russian energy and that powered the manufacturing machine that deliver those made in germany products to the west, to china, to rush up. and you know, if your strategy is being able to produce cheaply, well, that's not proving to be so tenable anymore. as you know, as you say, the cost of living rises. everything is more expensive across the board. and that's why we're seeing the, you know, the trade deficit for the 1st time in a very long time in europe. biggest economy and we've good, so we've got, you know, these issues, you brought up, particularly the cost of energy and this is not going to go away any time soon. so what is this going to mean been for germany's future as yet europe's export champion. well, you know, this trade deficit is a monthly figure, right?

but it's so hard to trying to figure out what's going to happen to germany and of the long run when so many short term things are unclear. so just to give you an example, in the next phase, russia is expected to cut off a gas flows to germany by other nor stream one pipeline for, you know, for 10 days as it undergoes some scheduled maintenance. and it's just not clear whether russia is going to turn on those tops again after that maintenance is over . and you know, this prospect of more of things contributing to the energy supply crunch is another cause for a headache for germany's economic policy makers. but essentially what we're seeing is energy insecurity, really threatening this saw model that underpinned durham in prosperity for such a long time. and it's hard to see germany going back to business as usual, or just the way it was after that it had there been plenty of critics of the trade

surplus that germany has had mil for years. so those critics, what did they make of what's happening now? well, it's true that the trade surplus had many critics, you know, the fact that germany was able to make its products more competitive by design meant that germany had an edge and that pushed out other countries, products. and there were really things that germany could have done more such as raising wages and increasing public expenditure. but brent, i don't really think that this was the rebalancing about other countries or looking for these things, like snarled up supply chain, energy costs and inflation. now it's not just going to be germany, that is changed by all of this. so is exactly right. what's going to have the supply chain issues alone impacting everyone? anyone who gets anything delivered, and that's actually almost everyone on the planet to pneumonia from dw businesses, always to know. thank you. thank ah.

and now the pandemic corona virus infections are again on the rise around the world . portugal was among the 1st european countries hit by a new summer wave of infections. and while kings numbers there are now starting to fall, there are, they are increasing in countries including the u. k, and germany. so what can, what can we learn from portugal? recent experience or burial nicole wrists reports to night from list when catalog like 1000 voice fills, the air of the glue that he father in lisbon. every but he listens. the melancholy sounds of the traditional portuguese music i once again attracting big crowds. the pandemic seems far away. there's no social distancing, no masks, just music. oh. in portugal, we have some sunk realty about it,

because more than 90 percent of the portuguese people it is vaccinated. so we try to come back to our way of living. and of course, sometimes we have afraid when we see the news and something like that. news as such as that about the new amik runs up very and be a 5. it spreading so quickly that infected numbers in portugal recently reached an old time high. but with less severe illness, covetous less of an issue for hospitals at the moment, while many patients have tested positive that actually been treated for other diseases. still the spike and infections brought high a covert deaf rates among the elderly. now that case numbers are declining epidemiologists like manuel carmel gomez, are able to evaluate the severity of the last wave. the lumber of infections goes by, army, gro was so big, so much bigger than previous variance, that it's no wonder if you were a great, the absolute numbered offsets that,

that was expected. and i will show you there the in the day in my slides. but if you do go the number off goes. busy up there was into what count. then you have loop bell b, which is the percentage of cases beth die. and look, bear with me as really made very low after or be grow. actually, it's so level that is comparable to susan all flu, or even wes caramel. gomez says that then you on the chrome sub baron's very likely evade the antibodies that people have developed at least 15 percent of cobra cases in portugal. ari infections due to the many waves fueled by new variance. what impact this may have on human health is not yet clear. experts agree new waves will be part of our new normal? well, one thing for sure, or we can count on is that we are going to stay with these virus at reasonable. reasonably, i levels of situation in the population for quite

a long time. are these vidas those lot seem to have a seasonal l. what you seem like similar to other was beautifully flavors. it's throws me severely, be so high yet, even if people stop living outdoors like in the summer, it's then we'll still be transmission. he's hoping for a new generation of vaccines that not only prevents severe disease, but also suppressed transmission. in the meantime, it's mindful that people remain alert carmel. gomez says that while cove, it still cannot be treated like any other respiratory disease, people should learn to live with the situation, which is what these tourists are doing as they enjoy wine tasting and traveling again. we've waited for 2 years. have to come here we. i think this trip was cancelled in one way or another at least 4 times. and when we had the opportunity to come this summer, we decided it's okay. we've been vaccinated, we've been boosted, and so we were going to come regardless. and coven is very bad in washington dc. so

it's sort of how to maneuver through the, the bad parts of it as have many others. he in lisbon to the glue that a father has plenty of bookings into coming months. got to lush like, thou is happy about that for now. portugal is in cruise control. are want to pull in now eric fight holding. he's an epidemiologist, he's the kobe task force, chief in co founder of the world help network. he joins me tonight from washington . eric is good to see you again. as we just heard their report, this virus changing all the time, we're seeing new sub variance emerge. what should our level of concern be right now? i'm actually getting more concerned because now people are getting a blog about these variants. but these variance, in certain ways, are better pole vaulter over your pre existing immunity are better than ever before

and emerging faster than ever before. previously, it took like half a year. it was one new variance than was every quarter. and now we're getting a new variance, almost every to one to 2 months, and a very those taken over the world in many ways. and portugal, you know, they're like, heavily vaccinated by their hostile numbers are really bad in many ways. i think we're in the, at the beginning of a major wave in europe and us that's much bigger than any spring wave that we've seen so far because of this highly basic b a 5 b, or barrier or emerging. tell me how, how can we be sure of what the real time picture is here? because if i look at what's happening, i'm here in germany where people have been able to get free cobra testing. those sites are shutting down now where we're seeing the same thing in the united states . the data that's being presented now is, is less and less compared to what it was a year ago. do we really know where we are in this pandemic?

yeah, this is one of those things. the government in certain ways are shutting down, testing no testing, no pandemic. in certain ways it's, it's a very horrible thing to do and everything else is know that you need testing to protect, prevent people from getting the virus and onward transmission. honestly, what governments are doing by downplaying, this is really bad because hospitalization, you know, you can lie about testing in cases by removing testing, availability, but you can't avoid the reality of hospitals over run in hospitals are being strained to the brain. can you k right now and there, and they're still at the upswing or gospel ation. the worse is still yet to come. and excess mortality does not lie. yes, is mortality still growing in many parts of the world way higher than any pre pandemic levels? and i think people took it out of sight out of mind because people in the hospital are not in the streets. oh, where tourists are, but didn't grown toe. our society,

not just hospitalization, but also long cove debilitation, disability, immunocompromised by cobit, it's going to be with us for years and potentially decades to come. well, what about re infections? we hear more and more stories about people getting co, but not once, not twice. i saw on your twitter feed, there was a doctor who had been infected. what 5 times in the last 2 years, his t cell levels were abysmally low. i mean, are we taking this seriously? yeah, this is the reality. you know, the doctor at least has access to test and know whenever she's been infected 5 times. and but venus, we know that cove, it actually damages t cells. they suppress a t cells. but we don't know how long, but we know it's depleting the cells in many ways, hopefully not for long,

but it is making people vulnerable. and in many ways, the more re infections you happen to get these new variance whenever your previous immunity meets a new variance. it doesn't recognize it fully. and it basically, it can simply, you know, leap over po, over your pre existing unit, quite easily. can just so i'm really making society much more compromise and hence i think long code is not just going to be a one 5th or one 4th. it could be up to one 3rd of all people later on. i mean, we're running out of time. i just got a minute here. want to ask you there. i mean, are we just going to look at, you know, getting boosted and boosted a boosted for in perpetuity. and also what about monkey pox? and it's help to read about one minute left. yeah, monkey pox is a huge threat, and i would say that right now we're sleep at the wheel because we want, we don't want to miss that. we're in a 2nd pandemic. but i think we're clearly in the 2nd pandemic. and it's going to get worse. and i think boosting and so with the old hon back scenes recover,

it is not enough. we need faster adaptive vaccines. and we need vaccines. plus we need mass and $95.00 mass ventilation systems and manage mandated and all public restaurants and businesses. and that is how we will stop by stopping transmission. not just relying on vaccines alone. yeah, i can, i can tell you when i travel and i travel a lot, i'm still wearing the face mask. every fi, golding is always are. we appreciate your time and your insight. we don't appreciate to pandemic, but that's what we've got. thank you. is it? well, the day's almost done the conversation, it continues online. you'll find us on twitter either the w news, you can follow me on twitter at brent gov. tv, and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see that everybody think

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