ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. ukraine reports what it calls good news from the front line. kia claims, more entered, more territorial gains in its southern counter offensive, and says troops hook recaptured several villages in the northeast cart. heat region also on the program that you unveils plans to cap the price of brush and gas to undercut moscow's ability to wage war on ukraine. let me put in his back saying

europe will freeze if it follows through. and the 2nd says, suspect in one of canada's worst, mass killings has died after being taken into custody. police are giving few details about the circumstances of his death ah fellow and terry martin, good to have you with us. you cranes, president laudermill zaleski, is reporting success in the northeastern hockey region, saying the ukrainian flag has returned to several settlements. there, there is no independent confirmation of the gains, but russian media reports of ukrainian advances appear to back up the statement. a spokesperson for the ukrainian military also says forces have re taking control of moral locations in the southern kasan region where troops launched a counter offensive last month. ukrainian troops,

confident of victory. they've been advancing for days here in the southern hassan region. images like these are being shed on social media, purportedly showing recaptured areas like here and visa cavellia. wow. good. oh wow . the ukranian counter offensive has been going on for days in the south and in the east near hawk eve, where there's been fierce fighting over the town of bad, clear, and is strategically important railway bridge, which is key to russian supply efforts. see plain on mine, i think the ukrainians are focusing on the destruction of the russian army supply routes. if the russian army doesn't get more ammunition or more supplies, more man power than of course it's considerably weakened. that's the main thing that's happening right now. theater, keeping the army moving at at the same time, preventing it from getting supplies. national. the counter offensive seems to be having effect must go back to authorities and has san happened

a referendum on joining russia until november. and 2nd, the u. s. putin has even turned to north korea, the ammunition, raising questions of just how weekend rushes army is a theme of his e. from what we can see, the russian army is being hit very hard because although it's resisting, it's still being forced back in many places on that. and that's relatively unusual compared to the situation in the don bus and film for that's likely because they don't have enough ammunition there. if the westwood stopped generally supplying weapons, but instead supply specific equipment like tanks, the ukrainians might be more successful because they'd be able to move more rapidly, which they can't at the moment now live to vegas. meanwhile, russian forces shells hockey again on wednesday. again, hitting civilian targets, rushes defense ministry continues to focus on its claim successes, ignoring the ukrainian counter offensive. ukraine's foremost, on the other hand,

is confident of victory. when ever together we know how to defeat russia because we have no fear. the war taught us not to have fear of the enemy. eve, for other nations in the world would not be afraid of russia. we would put russia in its place much foster. while an official media blackout leaves it hard to judge the true extent of keith's counter offensive, for now at least it seems to have put russia on the back foot or corresponding economy as in kip. i asked him how difficult it is to get a clear picture, what's going on when both ukrainians and russians were claiming success on the battlefield. it is exceedingly difficult to fact check any of these claims. and as you heard in the report, that is pretty much a media blackout here from the ukraine government. we've heard tommy grant officials in presence lensky saying that ukraine's army needs quiet now needs basically the media and grants such to basically back off and not demand much the

way details. and so weirdly enough, the ukrainian media is the most part, quoting russian blog as russian military blog, as russian or other sources. sometimes we get social media looking at geo tags on videos to try work out the geography of all this. but it does seem that russia is on the back foot and that after months and weeks of expecting that conference in the south net had song which is indeed happening. the biggest surprise has been that counter offensive near had keith in the northeast to sports roma. this is ukraine, 2nd big city that is constantly under attack, a concert being shelled. it's only 40 clumps away from the russian border and has lots of russian troops very close. and it seems like the russians have been taken basically, is surprised by this. and on the back foot now having to kind of in a hurry, send more in the way of results that way because there was not an area where they're expecting. and thing, we've had some observers from the u. s. to about 20 kilometer progress by the ukraine force in recent days. and some russian forces liable to be encircled in the

city of bleckley. so lots of elements, but a very difficult situation to cover and to really back up with fact melonick the u . n is saying that there are credible reports of ukrainians, including children being forcibly taken to russia. here's what you at the u. n's. assistant secretary general for human rights said about this. there had been credible allegations of voice transfers of unaccompanied children to ration occupied territory or to the russian federation itself. we are concerned that the rational authorities have adopted a simplified procedure to grant ration citizenship to children without our into care. and that these children would be eligible for adoption. i ration families, children being forced to leave ukraine taken to russia. nick, what can you tell us about these allegations? this is something that ukraine government has been talking about for a long time,

but seemingly only recently is something that the u. another outside observers are wanting to engage with. i think that's the question. so of them being able to kind of effect check these claims, the ombudsman hearing, he have talked about 7000 children who have been taken to russia. that is on top of what's believe to be more than a 1000000 ukrainians or of m families and of all ages that have at now and up on russian territory to port to redmond, cities like mario paul, after the russian army turned up. there were the so called filtration camps were basically they were looking for anyone who near the russian military thought could pose a threats the russian occupation regime. any one we linked to ukraine's military or ukraine's politics. and it seems like my apple are basically not able to support their pre war populations and the water supply, the food supply, it is all still in ruins. so lots could have been taken to russia. some have been able to get back to ukraine, sometimes traveling 1000 kilometers through neighboring countries, like estonia or georgia, but many, many austell. their many complain that they've had their documents,

the ukrainian travel dockins taken away from them. they've had their money taken away from her. now ended up in far flung regions of russian far east in siberia and basically stuck their seemingly through ukrainian line on this is that this is an attempt by the russian leadership basically to gain some territory to gain some population rather and to settle a kind of empty, a bits of russia with ukraine is against their will, and it's definitely something the ukraine government wants to make more of in the weeks. come dig. thank you very much. our correspondent, nick connelly. they're in kill. well, russian president vladimir putin says moscow will halt all energy shipments to europe. if brussels goes through with a plan price camp on russian gas. his comments come as e u countries ponder ways to tackle the growing energy crisis with winter approaching that an economic for him and the eastern russian city of blood, boston putin also blasted western sanctions saying they were a danger for the whole world with him. good evening, near ludovic, putin struck a defined tone at the economic form in vladivostok. when you had you,

he said any efforts to isolate his country with futile stressing that moscow now was looking to the east and iran for new opportunities. and not one to mince words, put in with straight up about what he thought of the western sanctions against his country. i hear russia is coping with economic, financial, and technological aggression of the wesley's hughes. i'm talking about aggression. there's no the word for political foreign currency exchanges and target changes that stabilize humans. we're in the gracie that years with he said the sanctions were causing world wide instability and compromised europeans, quality of life. economic crises, western governments began imposing sanctions on russia. after invaded ukraine in february. since then the european union has moved to cut its reliance on russian gas and oil causing energy prices to saw. the situation deteriorated further at the beginning of september when russia state own gas company gas. brom said it was

closing a crucial gas pipeline to the you. again, the criminal since the closure is due to technical issues, contract obligations and international sanctions. placing the blame firmly on brussels, e. u officials refute his claims and accused russia of trying to blackmail the block. they truly say we are using energy as a weapon. they put themselves in the situation and don't know what to do now. they painted themselves into a sanction coroner only took the last week g, 7 nations, a grade to a russian oil price cap to rein in russia's revenues and stabilize energy markets. now the use commission president is also calling for a cap on gas. we aim at lowering the costs of gas and therefore we will propose a price cup on russian gas. of course, the objective is very clear. we all know that our sanctions,

deeply grinding into the russian economy with heavy negative impact. but putting it's partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues. so here the objective is we must cut rushes, revenues, which put in uses to finance his atrocious war and ukraine. while poaching has called the latest move, quote, stupid. the use intention is clear, even if the details are not yet. the plan is expected to be tabled at a european energy council meeting on friday. police in canada say the 2nd suspect and a man stabbing has died after he was arrested. this ends of 4 day man hunt following one of canada's dead leaves incidents of mass violence. 10 people were killed in 18 injured in the stabbing rampage in saskatchewan province. the suspect brother also thought to have been involved in the attack was found dead on monday.

journalist louise lopez has been following this story in western canada. i asked him for more on these latest developments. terry does all came to a dramatic annie here? police tonight just a few hours ago. confirm mile sanderson, who had been on the rhine, is now dead. police say he went into medical distress shortly after being arrested his afternoon. he was transported to a hospital in saskatoon, where he was pronounced dead. we still don't know the exact cause of miles is dead . there's to allow, we don't know yet as we just said, terry miles broader damien sanders was found dead on monday. we don't know 2 miles had anything to do with his brother's death. leasers to trying to piece that together. but just to give you a bit of a perspective on how things are folded city, how miles was thought it all started with an alert from police, about a person with a knife traveling in a vehicle in a community just over an hour south of james smith creek's creek,

a nation miles had stolen a get away pickup truck from that community. and there was a long search that unfolded that afternoon. and he was caught, the authorities have released the names of all the victims, or is there a connection between them that explains why they were targeted in this stabbing rampage? or were they all attacked at random? terry, the last update from police on that they said that they believe some of the attacks were targeted. others were in the random fashion. they have no motive yet for the attacks. they are doing surely a huge investigation involving multiple crime scenes. but as you mentioned, terry police did release the name of all day to day. the one confirm any relationships, but it's been reported as some are related, including a mother and her 2020 year old sign. other victims also include

a community 1st responder with died while responding to a crisis call, trying to help others among the dead mothers, grandmothers, sons, and daughters. you know, vigils had been going on over night in their memory as we speak, the star of the healing process for so many for sure. certainly, terry, come to grips with that with this tragedy. they say that the police don't have a motive yet. um, but now with both suspects dead, how likely is it that they will ever determine ah, the motive for these killings police are she putting together that part of the investigation? but they did acknowledge that they may not fully know how things unfolded as both suspects are dead. the community has been reacting to that as well. many people has reported to local media that dear. now breathing aside relief. they still want to know what unfolded exactly what happened, the one canister to their questions,

you know, a bit of disappointment from for them who i wanted to hear directly from the suspect. so a lot of unanswered questions still here, terry. and along with grieving tonight, indeed, louise, thank you very much. journalist louise lopez in vancouver and less crossover to ramstein the u. s. military base in germany, where a meeting of the ukraine defense contact group is about to get underway. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is due to address the gathering in just a moment. the group why the way comprises ministers of defense from more than 50 countries. so we're seeing some lie pictures from the room now on those countries of course, include nato member states. i with the group was formed after russia invaded ukraine in february. its 1st meeting was held in april. um yeah. okay. okay. if you could cut her, which cross straight over to our correspondent,

our benyamin alvarez gruber, he's there in ramstein is covering this as we wait for lloyd austin, who he just saw there to give his speech. benjamin what quakes back from today's meeting, what they're saying, the host, the u. s. is waiting for this opening remarks that they will show them wavering support with ukraine. they'll think about sending more heavy weapons. we're speaking about leo pot. ponce's of had the artillery to continue is supporting ukraine at this. a statement that will listen any minutes in narr could be next to the u. s. defense minutes. the secretary of defense, la dawson, also his ukranian counter patch was also here with many delegations. i just went to the room. we'll chat. no, any mean? it's just getting underway. we're gonna cross. there are the 20 lloyd austin, now ministry defense, alexi rush, rosemont carvin, deputy chief of the france, lieutenant general, moisture you korean are ukranian,

armed forces have inspired the world with their determination to defend their democracy. and you, my friend, have inspired every one in his contact group with your resilience and courage. so thanks again for being here with us in person today. today we're back at ramstein, where this contact group was founded. and we're here to renew our commitment and intensify our momentum to support the brave defenders of ukraine for the long term . now, our group 1st came together 4 months ago at a turning point in rushes, reckless and ruthless war of choice against ukraine. back then rush, i had lost his battle to take heave the conquer a peaceful neighbour and to overthrow the democratically elected government of ukraine. and during that initial phase of the war, we joined with nations of good will from around the world. and together we surged

in critical military aid to help ukraine defend itself from flagrant russian aggression. in late april russia shifted, it's shifted to massive artillery strikes against sovereign ukraine territory. and the don boss, in this contact group responded swiftly to the changing character of russia's war of choice to help ukraine defend its territory. we've committed unprecedented security assistance. the united states has swiftly delivered a broad range of capabilities, including stinger and aircraft systems. i'm a personnel carriers grenade launchers, in my 17 helicopters body armor and millions of rounds of small arms munitions. to take just one example among many consider howitzers. in april,

the united states delivered our 1st batch of m triple 7. how it serves, including nato standard, or introducing nato standard artillery pieces to ukraine for the 1st time. and today the united states has delivered 126 of those howitzers. and along with countries around the world, we've increased the number of how it's her system systems for ukraine's defenders by more than 18 fold. and since our 1st contact group meeting the united states and our allies and partners have delivered a total of $26.00 long range rocket artillery systems, and he associated gamblers, rockets, and all these capabilities have demonstrably helped ukraine fight back against russia's aggression. and even a enabled ukraine to resist russia's ongoing on slot. so we've come a long way by working together. and today for months after our initial contact

group meeting, the war is at another key moment. russian forces continue to cruelly bombard ukrainian cities and civilians with missiles and artillery far but ukrainian forces and begun their counter offensive in the south of their country. and they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory. so it's fitting that we're meeting back here at ramstein. we establish this contact group as a free world was racing to meet ukraine's most urgent requirements. but today, this contract group needs to position itself to sustain ukraine's brave defenders for the long haul. and that means the continued and determined flow of capability. now it means urgently moving urgently to innovate and to push all of our defense industrial basis to provide ukraine with the tools that it will need

for the, the hard road ahead. and it means renewing and deepening our resolve to stand by ukraine, with support and strength. that doesn't hand on any one particular battle. we're here because we refuse to live in a world where a big powers trampled borders by force. our support for ukraine's bedrock right to defend itself doesn't waiver based on any given quite clash. and ladies and gentlemen, the face of the war is changing. and so is the mission of this contact group. we will work together to train ukraine's forces. for the long haul. we work together to help integrate ukraine's capabilities and bolster its joint operations. for the long haul,

we'll work together to upgrade our defense industrial basis to meet ukraine's requirements for the long haul. and we'll work together for the, for production and innovation to meet ukraine. self defense needs for the long haul . now we're seeing the demonstrative all success of our common efforts on the battlefield. and every day we see the resolve of the allies and partners worldwide, who were helping ukraine resist, rushes, illegal, imperial and indefensible war of conquests. and we must evolve as the fight evolves. in the weeks, it says the contact group last met the united states has committed another 6300000000 dollars insecurity of systems to ukraine. in yesterday, the president approved the latest crunch of u. s. assistance to ukraine, valued up up to $675000000.00. and

this is the biden's at minute the biden administration's 20th drawdown of equipment from us stock since for the ukraine since last august. the latest package includes more gamblers, 105 millimeter howitzers, artillery munitions, or missiles, humvees armored ambulances, and i tank systems small arms and more. and since our last meeting in july, many allies and partners have come forward with their own important new deliveries of advance radars and tanks and armored personnel carriers. the u. k. has sent a 2nd tranche of em to 70 m r s grantors ammunitions. and that brings british assistance to ukraine to a total of $2300000000.00 pounds. germany and denmark have

both also announced significant packages of military assistance. and let me especially thank minister alon brecht, for germany's recent commitment to boosting ukraine's air defenses. i'd also like to thank poland for serving as a lynch pin of our efforts to support the ukrainians and forest generous donations of military equipment. earlier this summer, for example, poland transferred 3 battalions of 155 millimeters. so put to propel howard service to ukraine. and meanwhile, slovakia, north macedonia, and several other countries have announced their own critical donations of tanks and other heavy armor. so i look forward to building on that momentum and finding more innovative ways for all of us to support ukraine's defenders like momentum and finding more innovative ways for all of us to support ukraine's defenders. that

means reinvigorating our defense industrial basis to match both ukraine's priorities and our own needs. and it means coming up with new ways to accelerate our production of key capabilities. and so in our discussions today, we'll also talk through the next steps and standing up and international training emission for the ukrainian forces. we're also going to talk about a new push to bring together our national armaments directors under the auspices of this contact group to intensify our efforts to meet ukraine's long term needs and liaison gentleman just looking around the table. i can see our unity of purpose . i see determine allies and partners who are just as resolute and supporting ukraine as we were in april when we 1st met here at ramstein. and so we got

a lot of work to do today. but i know that we're all going to leave ramstein this time with even greater momentum. we've done so much and we're determined to do even more. and i know that we're going to deepen our shared, resolved to help the people of ukraine in their fight for freedom. thank you very much. special live coverage from ramstein. ah, in germany, the u. s. air force base there. that was a lloyd austin, the u. s. secretary of defense addressing the, the meeting of the defense contact group on ukraine, lloyd austin there, outlining the, the amount of support has been provided to ukraine so far. and, and suggesting that the resolve within that contact group was strong and would continue. he did mention however, that it would be a hard road ahead. and several times he said that the,

it's important that the allies, they are gathered in that room there, there are 50 or more of would be committed to the long haul for assisting ukraine in its war with russia are corresponded benyamin over as gruber is there in ramstein for as he's been following. ah, this all along he'll be. he'll be with us now for a for a while. tell us benjamin. ah, what did you make of lloyd austin's speech there? we must evolve as to warry. vol said was one of the sentences that the secretary of defense sad. he said that it's important for them for the allies to show the commitment with ukraine 4 months after the 1st meeting of this ukraine contact group here in ramstein. during the 1st meeting at germany's defense minister, sad that germany will be sending heavy weapons, this anti tanks, artillery systems escape hot system. so what he said now is that they want to continue training ukrainian soldiers for

a long haul to renew the commitment to help the brave defenders of ukraine as he called them. and he also presented another military package with $675000000.00. saying that they have many talks a hand today the we'll talk about i q, they can further support ukraine. he said that the war is at the key moment now, and as the war is changing, also the mission of this group is changing so that they will have talks. and they will also have a press conference later on to say what the new ideas and the new support military support this group can a gift to ukraine will look like the u. s. defense minister. oh boy dawson, he, he and he and his speech just now. he singled out several countries of 4 or thanking them for their support for ukraine in this war effort. germany was among them together with poland and slovakia, north macedonia. regarding germany, benyamin ukraine is asking germany right now for more modern lee leopard to

tax. how likely is it that germany will prove that stony at least is open to there were german chancellor has repeated. the germany will not go its way alone, that they will talk to partners to see what they can do. ukraine's prime minister meant with german chancellor, ola sholtes over the past week, and according to the ukrainian site, you ask exactly it for these tanks that you just mentioned. dear journey is open, but it has repeatedly sad that it will not take a decision along without talking to allies. but what we've heard from the industry is that the could be able to deliver them. we know that it's been a long stretch from germany, turning on to this really long policy of actually sending weapons with light to weapons. and with this, a other system said to have a manish and a half promised the questions, not only if germany is pledging to send that, but when they arrive. and there is criticism to the german government to the point that they even have a published a list of weapons enough ammunition that i have sent to ukraine. you crate it,

benjamin. thank you very much. that was our correspond benjamin elbows gruber in ramstein. you're watching dw news, sir. we've been bringing you special coverage of the meeting of the ukraine defense contact group here in germany. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. ah rushes. jewish community has been watching the war in ukraine with mounting alarm, but most of kept silent, fearing state reprisals if they spoke out against the kremlin. and he answers the fighting, intensified a senior figure in the community, felt that silence was immoral. so he fled moscow after 30 years as the city's chief rabbi in order to speak freely and he joins me now from berlin. these pincus, goldsmith press.