we said light events and their consequences. 6 months that have changed ukraine and the world on all platforms brought to my jobs. ah ah, this is dee double the news alive from berlin, a show of support for you crime. 6 months after russia's board began, leaders pledge billions of heroes in new age and weapons for key full. so coming up, germany signed to deal with canada to produce and ship green hydrogen,

to country's leaders. call it a historic step. that'll help fight climate change and help germany's dependence on russian gas and voters in angola asset to head to the poles. long time governing party face. serious competition. ah, i'm anthony. how it's good to have you with us. john chancellor, all shots is pledged 500000000 euros in additional weapons to help ukraine fend off the ongoing russian invasion berlin's pledge came as ukrainian president vladimir so lensky hosted a virtual summit of thousands of world leaders to rally support for the return of the crimean peninsula which russia occupied and annexed in 2014 berlin's weapons. pledge came as the cranium. president said he would do everything necessary to

break, take control of the region. although schultz was just one of the leaders to pledge support canadian prime minister just and trudeau was among them. when the russian regime blames sanctions for the food crisis around the world. they're engaging in dis, information. we need to continue fighting russian dis information. that's why canada will create a dedicated team to help increase our capacity to monitor and detect russian and other state sponsored different dis information. the international community also has to engage actively in the long term reconstruction of ukraine. rearing in mind the size of the challenge, we need to accelerate the work that we started a new run in support of this process, like capacity as president of the g 7. and together with the european commission, i will host an international high level expert conference for reconstruction and dawn and october. we will never recognize the illegal annexation of crimea and

save us to poll by the russian federation. we are deeply concerned about the human rights violations in the crimean peninsula. the disappearances, the torture. the killings, the persecution of crimean tartarus, the intimidation and incarceration of journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders. this is the dark reality of proteins, occupation. the european union will tirelessly work with the ukrainian authorities and our partners to expose these violations, to hold those responsible, accountable, and to support the victims we are with you or earlier, the doubly correspond that is building a told us what this latest round of pledges from western allies means v

every weapon that arrives in the ukraine is seen as a relief here because the biggest problem of the ukranian army is still that they are, they have less weapons and less ammunition than the russians. this has shifted somewhat or with the western weapons arriving, and it being more effective actually than the russian weapons being more able to target specifically or targets behind the frontline, for example, ammunition dumps and, and, and a strategic objects. and that has, of course, eased the pressure on the ukrainian army that was very high in, in may. but still, russia is a, has much more ammunition and is shelling indiscriminately along the front lines and her ukraine, things every ukrainian souls i've talked to says we have no more weapons, we can defend ourselves better. but it's not enough to eventually start an

offensive or to move on. fast asthma test, pulling it in cave or wednesday marks 6 months since russia began its invasion of ukraine. and it's also ukraine's independence day. ne crowns. government has banned public celebrations and warned that russia may use the occasion for what it describes as an ugly use of force. the doubly reporter with him grew glue, croft rather, looks back now on some of the major turning points in the war sofa. after months of speculation, warnings, fears and a massive troop build up. i'm 3 sides of ukraine. russian president vladimir putin finally revealed his deadly intentions on february 24th. first, let's look at how things were on the eve of the war. now russia already occupied. the crimean peninsula in the south, in 2014, and at the same time helped separatists take control of part of ukraine's eastern dondo region. now in that conflict,

the united nations estimates 14000 civilians had been killed in the years since now starting february 24th putin launched a full scale invasion of ukraine by land, by sea, and by air. the russian leader claims the ukrainian government has committed crimes against russian speaking ukrainians. but outside russia, the war seen as a desperate effort to stop ukraine's further integration with the west, which putin views as a threat to his power. now in the 1st stage of the war until around the beginning of april, russian forces pounded the capital key and other major urban centers like hockey ethan, maria polk. entire civilian areas were flat, millions of people fled to neighboring countries or to ukraine, somewhat safer western region. but russia under estimated ukraine's resistance, and it's military, couldn't establish air superiority. it tried, but failed to surround keith and decapitate ukraine's democratically elected government. so after several weeks of little progress from the north of the country,

russian commanders ordered a withdrawal to concentrate their firepower on the east. that is the wars 2nd face . ukrainian troops are outmanned and outgunned, and they were forced to steadily retreat, allowing russian forces to consolidate gains on the ground. now what you see here doesn't mean that russia has full control of these areas. what we can say is that in the south and the east is where russia has advanced the most and desert, some level of administrative control. it's these areas that if seen the heaviest fighting. and now we're in the 3rd phase. ukraine says it's fighting back with the help of us and other western weapons. both sides have suffered tremendous losses, though it's impossible to put a precise figure on that. same goes for the civilian toll which the united nations officially puts at $13000.00 killed and wounded. but they acknowledge it's likely a gross under cat now is unclear what putin's end game is here as the war becomes

one of attrition. whether ukraine has the strength to push back against russian advances. whether russia has the resources to establish itself as an occupying power. and whether the winter ahead will freeze fighting and force some kind of deal. that was d. w 's with him glue, croft or germany in canada of signed a hydrogen energy supply deal with shipments from canada expected to start in 2025 central. all i've shown prime minister justin trudeau visited a canadian town where a green hydrogen plant is being developed using wind energy to produce the low carbon fuel. the german later is on a, to a seeking new energy sources to produce the countries reliance on russian gas and oil, or the federal level. our political correspondent mean has a, is in canada. she says the hydrogen deal won't provide a quick solution for germany's problem of replacing russian energy with other sources. this trip was never about delivering any short term solutions to germany's

current problem of reduce gas supplies from russia. this trip was about intensifying the already existing strong economic and political partnership between canada and germany. both countries see each other as reliable partners that they think they can count upon over the next couple of decades. it is not looking very likely that canada will export liquefied natural gas to germany anytime soon. canadians are hesitant that germans even will want to import gas for very much longer. but when it comes to the hydrogen agreement, there is a political message. both countries want to transform their industry towards carbon utility. so the hydrogen agreement might have happened anyway. but russia's war on ukraine has definitely helped give this new technology a political boost. and it has helped canada jump up a few ranks on the list of countries that germany intends to invest in, in the future. now from the in house, let's take

a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. u. s. official say iran has these demands that have been blocking the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. this includes iran allowing un inspections at nuclear facilities. indirect negotiations between the 2 countries have been at a stalemate for more than a year. u. s. is expected to respond soon through you mediators. international criminal court chief prosecutor has expressed frustration over the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the death for conflict in sudan. addressing the un security council by video link. the prosecutor said survivors of the armed conflict needed action, not words. my father's in portugal captured a phenomenon in on camera. rather, as i battled a wildfire in the north of the country, fire tornadoes like this one can dramatically worse and serious blazes, making them spread rapidly, like several european countries. portugal has seen an increased number of wildfires

this year. all civil war and oil boom and corruption scandals. recent events have been a rough ride for angola against that backdrop vote has go to the polls on wednesday and for the 1st time in its democratic history. the long time governing party to m p l i is facing a serious challenge. ah, music, dance and good mood. what looks like a massive party is infected opposition, really and angola, capital luanda. and despite the good mood, supporters of the opposition party or nita have serious demise. i want to change this time because of the opportunity is that we don't have here and i'm gonna mentally has young. hey look, i see a lot of guys who are form it bob, we don't have a budget to ward. i got it. how it up with just i'm supposed to have a proper job, but i don't. i have to wash carson motorcycles to make

a living. that's why we need change on and all that emotional doesn't and good. i, as a country of stark contrasts, africa's biggest oil producer has one of the most expensive capitals in the world. yet the majority of an goldens still live in over to the former independence movement, m p l. a has been in power for almost 5 decades. 5 years ago, president router and so took over branding himself as a reformer. now he wants to be re elected, nor brown, or if the bus will be real man followed up on top of the fall. we had the courage to break it up too and start the fight against corruption. we told the justice system to do what they are supposed to do. and this is what they did say. yes, thank you blah blah. marriage the did. but many angolan say the promises where not fulfills corruption remains the problem and the oil welf hasn't trickled down to

the general population. people here are expecting the most competitive elections in the history of the country. well, at least at the surface, the country doesn't have a history of free and fair elections, and many doubt it will be any different. this time in the evening, we meet hammond did obasi, one of the thousands of unemployed graduates who lost trust in the system. his mother and father died years ago, but he shows us that they are still in the vote at database manager says yes, complicated is that a gather ashburn is up. i don't know if that process is transparent. if we have minor sort that people on the database, we can't agree with the electoral procedures that say ya, 9 dash one, ace, and these. but the government has dismissed these instances as technical issues saying there no reasons for consume. making the opposition really main candidate adobe auto junior is confident his party juanita will. when this time,

despite tensions, a mid expected tide results so far, the campaigns have been peaceful to sport now and make his olympic champion. you st. bolt says he wants the trademark, his famous lightning bolt celebration post, just like michael jordan's doug. but wants to use the silhouette of his distinctive pose on a number of commercial products. 36 year old on the multiple olympic titles and world championship golds during his career, and he still holds the world record in the $1200.00 made a sprints he grinds. premier league has started its new football season amid the ongoing war with russia. all the games are to be played in empty stadiums because of the risk involved. several of the leagues clubs are based in territory held by per russian separatist and have to play in stadiums of clubs in other regions. for example, the season opener on tuesday between checked out and etc, and middling cock give, took place in the capital. keith, president vladimir,

selena keep address the teams from another location before kickoff. not so easily your for you and that is all for now. a documentary series to film is up next with a look at a growing shortage of a precious resource water. stay tuned for that. you're watching day w. news live from berlin. i'm anthony hampton. i'll be back with one is headlines at the top of the state. you think the green you feel worried about the planet me to on the old hosting the on the green fence podcast and to me it's clear remains to change.