ah, ah ah, this is dw live from burly on independence day. ukraine remains locked in a fight for its freedom. on the front lines in the southeast, ukraine's military standards ground against a russian advance, president reads the vows to fight to the end. the country has already paid a high price after exactly 6 months or pool pool, and $5000.00 ukranian civilians killed and nearly $8000.00 injured among those casualties. almost a 1000 children. we look back at how russia are least,

the wave of death and destruction sending shock waves across europe and around the world. also coming up, drought and dread along italy's river pole. one of europe's largest rivers is drying up, causing a ripple effect of floss across the ridge. ah, i'm girls as well come to the program. it is exactly 6 months since russia's invasion of ukraine shattered. a longstanding peace in europe. it's also the de ukraine marks the anniversary of its independence from the soviet union. but instead of celebrating, it finds itself locked in a war of attrition against russian forces. the russian ministry of defense says its forces and the armed forces of the don barza making progress in the carson and

donuts regions. ukraine says its army is stabilized the front lines through small independence day celebrations in key. if i muted today with ukrainian president vladimir lensky and 1st lady alena silica lane, flowers and a memorial dedicated to ukrainian soldiers killed in the dawn bus region during the war, president savanski warned the public to follow safety rules and to observe curfews on this day, saying russian stripes are possible. russia invasion has devastated ukraine and have major repercussions on the rest of the world. it has produced the worst refugee crisis in europe since the 2nd world war with 7000000 people displaced inside ukraine and un, estimating that 5000000 have fled the country. russian blockade has led to a massive disruption of shipments from one of the world's biggest grain producers

affecting tens of millions globally who depend on that grain. and it triggered the world wide energy crisis as disruptions to the global energy supply. put governments everywhere, under pressure, are corresponded. marty has billing and recently visited some key of residents who lived through the earliest attack on a residential building in the capital. up in the sky there working to fix the damage. at the bottom, it was a real kit. it came from over there like this and sliced off a corner of the building. you saw me it was a 3 of the war. this was the 1st residential building and keith to be hit. they've

started reconstruction, even though the war hasn't yet ended. the city council is paying for most of the repairs, but residents like lena mac, over our so raising funds, a dated fence that was available. this is the api center of the explosion. the number 2 apartments here. and if you look over here, this corner, there was another room here at the rock at chick the corner off and the whole room after the explosion also hit the 2 apartments above and below. i only was at a while, as you know, who is destroyed room was the one most families in the apartment use as a kids bedroom. the block was relatively new, built for the key of emerging middle class. the

rock had wrecked 4 floors, but no one was killed. they were either in different parts of their apartments or had left the city like one family who had fled to germany. on the video, they had a camera in the room and they could see on their phone and her their flag was destroyed. i can't imagine what that feels like. they were safe, but they still saw this happening. terrible visit office did on the shift. last for flaws for the down. all in as apartment was on damaged, even the glasses intact. still, she's happy. she wasn't home when the rocket hit some neighbors were there suffered a terrible shock and still have trouble returning. they stay in close contact at the mercy of the calamity has united i will let many of us have become

friends of yours that we understand how important it is to stick together. and when the war is over yet, i'm sure we will quarrel. again, the kick defiance from the people was building was the 1st and keith to be hit in this war. so ukrainians are marking to very different anniversary adversaries. on one day to dubuque, responded jump. phillips shots gave us his impression of the current mood in the capitol. well, it's definitely very different celebrations this year here in here for as you can see behind me, there are some people on my dad's square about large gatherings are not allowed. if we had to pass several checkpoints to get here and there have been basically buried alerts all day, people definitely understand that there is the risk of an attack on such and such

a symbolic day. i think in general, the moods of the ukrainian ukrainians is very mixed. their feelings are a mix. of course they're very proud that they have for forge of the russian basin so well. but at the same time, of course, they feel the, sorry, that half a year of for war has brought with it sir. let's listen ourselves to, to some of the statements of the people here. and as a formalism, i come from hostile, near keith, all the burnt tanks here are from there. my house was completely destroyed. nothing is left where there's a decisive national grain with this. i'm very proud of our country's luka. you know, i'm glad that we came back from europe, where we had fled to, to celebrate here. now on this day with our fellow citizens mutual enjoy. i feel nothing. no fear. i traveled almost a 100 kilometers here from near keith. nothing scares me. he'd do it for you just have to do it even, and it's a holiday after all,

it was filled or feeling very defined ukrainians day and 5th on a day where the ukrainian government has actually warned that russia may launch new strikes. how are you? fine is preparing for this or by avoiding city center and by avoiding government facilities at places closer to the front lines like a hard key. for example. there's also an all day curfew and officials hep stressed that there should be a high level of alertness, not only today, but also in the coming days because it could also be a psychological strategy to attack when some kind of a relaxation sets in. so the moods is tense, you can feel it here in the air. people are careful, but they are not scared. now do you get a sense that that rushes invasion has rather strengthened ukrainian resolve and identity as a nation?

yes, it has definitely a strengthened the air or identity of the nation. you could say here it in president lensky is addressed to the nation. he said that so the day that a russia invaded the country ukraine was reborn and there will only be an end to this war when there is victory. and i think this pretty much reflects the moods in society in general, the mood with many ukrainians when i went to have a coffee this morning at work as a cafe, were collecting money for soldiers at the front line and they were absolutely convinced that they will be victorious, so yes, it has strengthened the national identity and there is not a lot of for signs of so called war 14 here. all corresponded. jump should, it shows their reporting from key if thank you for that. let's have a look at some other news about russia's born ukraine making headlines today. your

current president lensky denied. his country's involvement in the killing of daddy are doing up the daughter of an also nationalist intellectual. allied with president vladimir putin. to lensky said, the cobble that killed, do, you know, was not ukraine's responsibility. russia and ukraine traded accusations over who is endangering this up. what is your nuclear plot? russia called un security council meeting to discuss the dangerous. there are fears that the damaged reactive could leak radiation across the region. you and urged both sides to stop any fighting around the power plant on them. your friend's flag is flying high over new york city to day and a show of solidarity. new wheels met eric adams phrased the country's brazilians on the day that celebrates 31st year 31 years since the battle nice and left. the so did you. oh, of so far ukraine has managed to hold off the kremlin 6 months efforts to take over

the country. the w william bluecross takes a look back and how the will at how the will started. and some of its major turning points. after months of speculation, warnings, fears and a massive troop build up on 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 don. this 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 cave and other major urban centers like hockey and 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 its 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 exert some level of administrative control. it's these areas that have 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, where the 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. several,

c, w, william blue cross dance. now, the russian invasion of ukraine has also put a freeze on berlin's relations with moscow. the war came as a shock after 3 relatively peaceful decades since the breakup of the soviet union. now germany must navigate a series of crises, sheltering a new wave of refugees and breaking its dependency on cheap russian gas in ports. de w simon young reports already. the brutal conflict in ukraine threatens peace across europe. after 6 months, the ripples from a, a felt far and wide a few 100 kilometers to the west. almost a 1000000 refugees from ukraine have arrived in germany. they've needed places to live schools, health care for they also needed jobs and german industry needed the skills many ukrainians brought from a german viewpoint of an official effect of the war. but has germany been profoundly changed by putin's invasion of ukraine for chancellor schulte speaking

just days after the attack began. it was a transformative moment, here, a limb, and it's we are experiencing a watershed moment with us. but all this means the world afterwards are not. is not the same as the world before we develop the for the big break with the past is surely the government's massive spending increase for germany's armed forces. a special $100000000000.00 euro fund will push the annual defense budget closer to the nato target of tea percent of g d. p. another symbol of the new military stance heavy weapons delivered, albeit after some hesitation to the ukrainian battlefield. sending arms to conflict, jones was once to boot politicians and public once allergic to anything that smacked of militarism. and now more ready to accept the importance of a solid security strategy covered herself with it. i believe it has also become

clear to the german public that we are indeed threatened militarily in europe at all as canvas for we unfortunately have to revise our assessments. i are that i was no longer a conventional adversary in york for the german armed forces, which is what we thought it would be early, 2, thousands, one for almost 25 years. we've emptied the cupboard. we close depots and dissolved units. that's why it's very important that we spend these 100000000000 euros sensibly and sustainably in the war has also forced a change in germany's energy policy from getting more than half of the natural gas it needs from russia. it is pushed back down to a quarter and pledge to reduce it even further. the green part is economy and climate minister robert harvick has even allowed some polluting coal fired power stations to return to operation to keep the lights on through the winter. these are pragmatic responses allow shots,

his coalition came to power promising balanced budget. instead, they've opened the public coffers. they wanted to tackle climate change, but the war has pushed the focus on to energy security. and yet, despite these changes attack many are still asking where the germany is ready to step up as a leading nation. and they have a paradigm that we say, we don't really want to lead, we would rather be in the middle, even if we are a big country. we have to put that aside now and grow up in terms of security policy. is really mil office. i would like to say germany play an even stronger role in europe before i can imagine that in terms of sanctions and also on the question of which individuals in russia should still be sanctioned. who bear responsibility for this war. germany could take on a stronger old are a leading role at all ever lived in the union. ola sholtes himself was accused of having the wrong instinct on vladimir pu technical from seeking cooperation rather than confrontation. some say he has still not committed himself to ukraine's

victory, but it is not the chancellor alone whose position has needed to change across germany. attitudes are being shifted by a not so distant war. germany and canada have signed a deal for a future partnership on renewable energy chance that will of shorts and his canadian counterpart have agreed that canada will supply germany with so called green hydrogen starting in 3 years. but critics at the deal will not immediately ease germany's dependence on ration gas or a looming energy shortage this winter. sine now pay later. germany and canada have inked a deal to deliver green hydrogen across the atlantic. canada will get a big customer. germany will get clean energy from an ally. it's a long term project, but chancellor olive shots is planning ahead. the time to act as now. not only in

order to reach our ambitious climate targets and secure energy supply, but also in view of international competition around the world, green hydrogen is developing an electrifying pace. the technology converts water into hydrogen, which can be transported and used as fuel. it needs lots of renewable energy to create prime minister just untrue dose as windy canada is the ideal place for large scale production. we are clear that to and every science teacher can create hydrogen in their classroom. how do we figure out how to scale it up so that we can respond to the not just replacing russian energy in the world. but the increase in energy requirements, hydrogen is already being used to fuel vehicles, which only emit water as exhaust. but there's currently little infrastructure to generate or deliver the low carbon fuel. now the long term pipe dream is getting

a new boost rushes, illegal and unjustifiable invasion of ukraine has meant that everything gets accelerated, that the pivot to reduce our carbon emissions to replace our oil and gas from russia for europe. but to accelerate the transition towards cleaner energy is happening now. now can't come soon enough. trudeau says, the 1st shipment, the jew in 2025 person schoultz will have to wait for the rewards of his hotel in terms of politics on the drought conditions that prevail in parts of europe. this sum of the half left some regions reeling where once there was plenty of water for every one, water shortages have had a knock on effect that was unimaginable for many europeans. a case in point. the po river in northern italy, which was once known as the king of rivers. it usually spreads out far and wide over the neighboring country side. but not this year. the red po has reduced

to a trickle in italy's lombardy rate, and it hasn't rained here properly since spring stefan a crappy is keeping an eye on the red sand banks which are growing white at by the day. sam, only of a lot of my tissue. the water levels under 3.68 meters man man means they live unusually. it's much higher here at the black line when i last year, the acidity this in your near. that's where the water was limited in the the aqua, not only farmers are affected, some 90 percent of the small hydro power stations that line the rivers channels have shut down tanks ah, empty one of the big plants easily there. feeney closed down back in june. there wasn't enough water to power its turbines. usually almost a 5th of italy's electricity is generated through hydro power. now production has been cut by 40 percent. pharma gen luca tech kini is concerned about the poor

quality of his cone. the plants on his fields simply didn't get enough water. he harvested this field well most 2 months early. rena me again banish the 3rd and 4th . but our situation is tragic. we had to harvest her 20 days ago, was talking because i ran out of water and everything dried. oh, why savage garden, in order to save a small bit of the harvest or yeah, well i have to cut everything down, yada west or crystal council. the regents thomas are losing half of that rain and rise crops. all know so part of the real baby was survivors. loss was a little or we'll have to close up shop at the end of the year in the book. i barranca fyodor. picturesque lake garda is where the river pole gets a part of its water from, but the lake only has 60 percent of its usual water. 1000000000 locals are worried . tourists are making the best of new swimming spots. but if i don't remember that, that you can have a nice holiday it get, i mean, it was somebody to say, such as the quality of the water is,

is fine. here there was at least some rightful a short while ago where the focus to say it'll be september before more is on the way a little earlier, i spoke to dr. matina clements from the stockholm international water institute. and i asked her about the relationship ship between water and peace. it was actually very much tight for denby was think. and so we are looking into when we have too much water up to little water or to dr. water, can this lead to conflicts or can be it may decrease opportunity for corporation, as you can see in many parts of the same diseases and other issues. that's not one of the borders. so just, it's really up to a human look. can we make up something to be seated as an opportunity for better corporation or both just really lead to more complex? now we just saw that we thought about italian farmers actually suffering, and many of them are simply hoping for rain and a better harvest next year. if rain does not come,

could hopeful farmers turn into rioting, farmers. and so 1st i would be better off to things that we will see water rights in europe. but on a 2nd, the water is something very emotional. if we compared to other parts of the world, it's not, it goes much more beyond livelihoods, for example, it's a place where their families funder for generations. so it raises a lot of emotions. and i think that it's, it's not be surprising. we really do see because it's not only a. 1 likelihood it, this is really about hope, this is a future, it's about hope for future generation. some people actually take it beyond riots. the people paints that picture over a global water boy. how realistic is that kind of scenario? i think i can come in here and to same area of go go to words a mish bad. what can happen is that shortages or threats and other disasters in

actually pure conflicts that are already existing and be seen in many parts of the world than when we have a not stable government. we have them under challenges. and then on top of that, let me see, want to shortage is that can really think additional problems. so this is really something we need to keep an eye on. okay, so what can we do to, to stop any of this as to that to stop conflicts, real armed conflicts arising from the lack of water? i think everybody has a role to play and for general public something that we can do, we can really think when we go grocery shopping, not to buy a produce that this comes from areas affected by water shortages very think very or more to miles down from think or i will kind of comes from and really if you can make these decisions, we can also think wendy, by or could there is that was it made there doesn't come from the also x or fixed.

so i think everyone can make a difference by today by the choices be dr. matina clements, they're from the stock home international water institute. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. good afternoon and have some sports news for your jamaica's olympic champion. you st. bold says he wants to trade mark his famous lightning bold celebration pose, just like michael jordan's dunc bold wants to use the silhouette of his distinctive hose on a number of products. these 36 year old want multiple olympic titles and world championship goals during his career, and he still holds the world record in the 10200 me to sprints it was ended up being used. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you. president vladimir zalinski has bout ukraine will fight until the end of the country marks it's independence day. am to 6 months since the russian invasion begun. authorities have won't people

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