ah, ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin on independence day ukraine remains locked in a fight for its freedom. on the front lines in the south and east ukraine's military standards, growl stands its ground against a russian advance, president and entity vows to fate. to the end, the country has already paid a high price. after exactly 6 months of war and this grim tally more than 5000 ukrainian civilians killed at 8000 injured among those casualties,

almost a 1000 children. we look back at how russia are least, a 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 loss across the region. ah, i'm glad alphas welcome to the program. it is exactly 6 months to day since russia's invasion of ukraine shattered. a longstanding peace in europe. it's also the day 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. russian ministry of defense as its

forces and the armed forces of the don bus are making progress in the house. on ant donate, screech crane says it's army is just stabilizing the front lines through small troop movements. any pendant stay celebrations in keys are muted with ukrainian president, florida. miss lensky and 1st lady laid off the landscape laying flowers at memorial, dedicated ukrainian soldiers killed in the presidency. lensky warned the public to follow safety rules and to observe curfews on this day, say russian strikes are possible. russia's invasion has devastated ukraine and had 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 the un, estimating that 5000000 have fled the country. a russian blockade has also led to

a massive disruption of shipments from all the world's biggest grain produces, affecting tens of millions globally who depend on this grain and triggered a worldwide energy crisis as disruptions to the global energy supply. put governments everywhere under pressure. i'll correspondence, mathias, berlin recently visited some keith 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. but it was a real kit. it came from over there like this. and sliced off the corner of the building. you saw me it was the 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 with a natural mark over our so raising funds. i think it said that was available. this is the api center of the explosion. there were 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 a while, as you know, who is destroyed room was the one most families in the apartment use. as the kids bedroom, the block was relatively new, built for the key of emerging middle class. the

rocket 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 would fled to germany on the video, they had a camera in the room and they could see on their phone and heard their flag was destroyed. i can't imagine what that feels like. they were safe, but they still saw this happening. linda, it's terrible here. is a foster than love. don't ship the love for flaws for the down lynas 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. the god damn us,

if the calamity has united i will let many of us have become friends of yoshi. this, we understand how important it is to stick together, and when the war is over, 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. ukrainians marking to very different anniversaries on one day w, corresponded young phillips shots gave us his impression of the current mood in the capital. keith 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, but large gatherings are not allowed or we had to pass several checkpoints to get here and they have been basically buried alerts all day people definitely understands 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 off for war has brought with it. so 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. we had decided i should greene with us. 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, mitchell, and i feel nothing. no fear. i traveled almost a 100 kilometers here from near keith. nothing scares me. he do so you just have to do it. even in a, it's a holiday after all, it was filled or food. very defined,

ukrainian stay and philip on a day where the iranian 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, his address 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, i 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 strengthens the national identity and there is not a lot of for signs of so called war fatigue here. all corresponded. jump should it shoal stair, reporting from key of thank you for that. oh, so far ukraine has managed to hold off the kremlin 6 months efforts to assume

control over the country. the w william glucose now takes a look back at how the war started and at 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 danverse 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, vin, maria pope. entire civilian areas were flattened, 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 face. 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 with him. glucose that 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 as dependency on cheap russian gas in ports w's . 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 live 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 they 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. cover this up with it. i believe it has also become

clear to the german public that we are indeed threatens militarily in europe at all, as can var full we unfortunately have to revise our assessments via that. there is no longer a conventional adversary in europe for the german armed forces, which is what we thought it would be early, 2001 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 100000000 euro sensibly and sustainably given 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 push that 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 as 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 of tac, many are still asking where the germany is ready to step up as a leading nation. the american 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 mellow that i would like to see germany play an even stronger role in europe and come 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 role are a leading role at all over there in the uni. oh, love schoultz 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, and i've signed a deal for a future partnership on renewable energy. chance all of shorts and his canadian counterpart have agreed that canada will supply germany with so called green on hydrogen, starting in 3 years. but critic, so the deal will not immediately ease germany is dependent on russian gas or a looming energy shortage this winter sign. now pe, laser, germany and canada having to 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 know,

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 at 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 justin true dose as windy canada is the ideal place for large scale production. we are clear that 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, set 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 shipments a jew in 2025 schoultz will have to wait for the rewards of his trip. now, it is a politics turner to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. the german government has agreed on the legal basis for new measures to contract possible uptake in cove it 19 infections. this autumn are fans for strict unmasked rules on trains and plains. health minister col auto said he expects a new wave of infections, but ruled out further locked downs or school closures. government correspondence with former us president donald trump's legal team has revealed that more than 100

documents marked as classified were recovered from his florida residence earlier this year. the files more than 700 pages were retrieved from mara lago months before the f. b. i seized further classified records. earlier in august. journalist in mexico have been protesting the death of the cali, cali for justice, and an end to the cultural impunity columnist freddie roman was shot dead in his car. he was the 12th journalist to be killed in the country. this year. the drought conditions that prevail and parts of europe that some have 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 repents. a case in point the pull river in northern italy, which was once known as king of rivers. it usually spreads out far and wide over

the neighboring countryside. but not anymore. there is, a po has reduced to a trickle in italy's lum buddy region. it hasn't rained here properly since spring stefan a crappy is keeping an eye on the rivers, sand banks which are growing wider by the day. sam, only of a lot of my cache or the water levels under 3.6 meters or mean they live unusually . it's much higher here at the black line when i last year. the issue is here, this in unit, that's where the water was limited in for the aqua. not only farmers are affected some 90 percent of the small hydro power stations deadline. the robust channels have shut down. tanks are empty. one of the big plants easily it, i feeney, close down back in june. there wasn't enough water to power it's 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 corn. the plants on his fields simply didn't get enough water. he harvested this field well most 2 months, early green m yards in then as the importer, our situation is tragic. we had to harvest her 20 days ago, was talking cause i ran out of water and everything dried o r y savage garden. in order to save a small bit of the harvest order, we'll have to cut everything, diet west or crystal council. the regions thomas are losing half of their grain and rice crops, all or so part of the veil maybe was survivors mossey a little or we'll have to close up shop at the end of the year in the book i bronco, if you would picture west lake garda is whether the public gets a part of its will to from, but the lake only has 60 percent of its usual water. bogan locals are worried. tourists are making the best of new swimming spots. but i don't know about that, but you can have a nice holiday. good. i mean, for somebody to say,

such as the quality of the water is, is fine. here there was at least some rainfall 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 store called international water institute . and i asked her about the relationship between water and peace. it is actually very much time for denby, inc. and that we are looking into when we have too much water to little water or to dr. holt, her can to sneak to conflicts or can this may be crazy oppertunity for corporation, as you can see in many parts of which are the same as diseases and other issues that's not recognize political holders. so this is really just humans and the make up if you see this as an opportunity or corporation or about this really leads to more complex. now we just saw the report about italian farmers actually suffering,

and many of them are simply hoping for rain and the better harvest next year. if rain does not come, could hopeful farmers turn into rioting farms. so 1st i would be better off to think that we will see more to riots in europe, but one second falls 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 if 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 call me here at the scenario of global tourism miss,

but what can happen is that shortages or flux, an utter disaster can actually pure conflicts that are already existing and the scenes in many parts of the world. then when we have a not stable government, we have other challenges and then on top of that shortage is that can really bring additional problems. so this is really some think we need to keep an eye on. okay, so what can we do to, to stop any of this to that, to stop conflicts, real arm conflicts arising from the lack of water? i think everybody has to play and for the 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 area affected by water shortages very think very or come on, come from think or your i will kind of comes from and really they can make these decisions. we can also think going to be by clips,

very variables it might or doesn't come from. this also affects multiple links. so i think everyone can make a difference by debate by the choices we make. dr. martinez cleaner staff from stock home international water institute. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having a good afternoon. it was sticky w news. he has the reminder of the top stories we are following for you. president vladimir zalinski has vowed you brand will fight until the end of the country marks its independence day. and 6 months since the russian invasion began, authorities have won't people not to gather in public, all the fears a fresh russian is coming up next. and d, w, a news, asia, all the war and ukraine is changing the power politics in asia and where it's taking russian relations with china and india parish advantage. he is up next with that story and more on news. asia and

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