ah ah ah this is d w y from berlin, reports of abuse by russian occupiers, su craned, reclaims more territory and it's northeast with moscow's forces, all the retreat officials in the hockey region say there's evidence that civilians were tortured and murdered during 6 months of occupation. also on the program, millions across the

a you feel being plunged into cold and poverty by soaring energy prices this winter . and take your life to strasburg, where you commission president social a fun to live is expected to use a state of the union address to unveil steps the tactic the crisis. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. president vladimir zalinski says ukrainian forces have liberated 8000 square kilometers and lightning counter offensive in his countries northeast. but as ukrainian troops raised the flag in towns and villages in the hockey region, reports are emerging of the torture and murder of civilians by russian forces. we'll have more on that from our correspondent in the city of hoc in a moment. first, some of the scenes from the past 24 hours with

a mother reunited with her son. he had been fighting in the ukrainian army for days in the hot evasion under his unit, liberated his home village. oh my son, i have been reading for you all. i have kept all your things, everything. they said that a mines in the apartment, mom, you're looking good. as always, i missed his so much ukrainian soldiers follow a trail of destruction as they press that attack. the russians are in a headlong retreat, shedding that equipment as the fallback. visually they were running like mice, they were running and abandoning everything vehicles the wrong man. they even abandoned one of the rhone who was wounded just to get away. the kremlin denies reports that the military setbacks adorning people against president vladimir putin

and employed usually, russian support. the precedent in the mood of the people confirms this of the people stand firmly behind the decisions made by the head of state to burst. but as ukraine continues to rule by gains made by russian forces early in the war drunk, so could you not buddhist decision to invade ukraine through them? i could come back to haunt him. no, it was that it was russia continues to choke off. natural gas applies to europe, millions of europeans are worried about energy price. a potential shortage is across the block. a few minutes will take you live to the european parliament in strasburg, where a commission present. ursula found the lion is about to make her state of the union address in it. she is expected to unveil a package of measures to tackle europe's energy crisis. situation ukraine is also expected to feature, will take you to that speech as soon as it starts versa. a christine manuel reports from belgium on the facts. the war is having on rising energy prices and on households who fear, cold and poverty. as a result,

the forecast is for a difficult winter in europe. but even before the cold season arrives, households across the e, you are already feeling it bite. belgium has one of the highest energy inflation rates in the european union. and the federal government here is in talks and negotiations with the banks to try to bring relief to some of the hardest hit households by deferring mortgage payments. for example, bad households here have been told that they need a brace for what will be likely several years of difficult winters ahead to this family. it is the winter that is only weeks away. that's causing the most anxiety. they are already cutting back on how much energy they use. we already replace all the lamps for l. thee and at night. well most using this lamp. the roof,

most of the most of the house is dark. we are doing the, this wash and we're using the word machine only at nice because the price of the energy is lower. so during the day, even in the weekends, we don't use these machines during the day only at night. everything's more expensive. the fuel, the transport ah, this supermarket, groceries are more expensive with the bills piling up as the cost of living souls, taxpayers in the e. you are looking to their governments for help. and indeed some even countries have announced plans to offer relief to the populations. abbe last meeting, energy and economy ministers agreed on where some of the money to pay for this help would come from the current ideas actually to introduce kind of a profit cap to say ok, there are certain companies, especially in the electricity field, but make a lot of profit because the prices are so high,

although their costs are very low. so that one says we can introduce a kind of a tax. any profit that's above this will go to the government, which gives the government bend the resources to subsidize certain households that it is rashes gas. many countries rely on to keep the heating and lights on and as tensions escalades between brussels and moscow over the war in ukraine. it is free at russia will completely cut off its gas supply plenty millions into freezing darkness. and here ps, economies, and c recession. so as i say we're, we're expecting to hear from your pin, our commission president a us uniform delay in a few minutes in her state of the union address, which is expected to reveal at measures to deal with europe's energy crisis. will bring that to you as soon as it happens. first, let's cross to alexandra for non usa and at the parliament building in strasburg at welcome. alexandra. so tell us more about what we're expecting to hear from ursula

on the line on europe spiking energy prices. welfare for sure. i thought she started to speak. so let's, let's go and hear what the president is saying. argument debated the state of our union with war, raging on european soil. and we all remember that fateful morning and late february, europeans from across. our union woke up this made by what they saw, shaken by the resurgent and ruthless face of evil. haunted by the sounds of sirens and the sheer brutality of war. but from that very moment on, a whole continent has risen in solidarity at the border crossings where refugees found shelter in our streets filled with ukrainian flag in the classrooms where

ukrainian children made new friends. from that very moment, europeans neither head nor hesitated. they found the courage to do the right thing . and from that very moment, our union, as a whole, has risen to the occasion. 15 years ago, during the financial crisis, it took us years to find lasting solutions. a decade later, when the grow the pandemic, it, it took us only weeks. but this here, as soon as russia troops cross the border into ukraine, our response was united, determined, and immediate. and i think we can be proud of that. we

have brought your inner strength back to the surface and we will need all this strength. the moments ahead of us will not be easy. we try the families who are struggling to make ends meet our businesses who are facing tough choices concerning the future. let us be very clear, much is at stake, not just for ukraine, but for all of europe and the world at large. and we will be tested tested by those who want to exploit any kind of division between us. and this is not only a war unleashed by russia against ukraine. this is also warn our energy. it's a warn our economy. it's a war on our values. it is a war on our future. it is about autocracy against democracy.

and i stand here with a conviction that with the necessary courage and with the necessary solidarity, 14 will fail, and ukraine and europe will prevail today . courage has a name. and that name is ukraine. courage has a face. and that face is the face of ukrainian men, and women was standing up to the russian aggression. i remember a moment in the early weeks of the invasion when the 1st lady of ukraine

alena zalinski, gathered the parents of ukrainian children killed by the invader. hundreds of families for whom the war will never end and for whom life will never go back to what it was before. we saw the 1st lady leading a silent crowd of hard, broken mothers and fathers, and hang small bells in the trees. one for every fallen child. and now these bells will ring for ever in the wind and forever. the innocent victims of this war will live in our memories. and yes, she's here with us today. my dear alina zalinski. it took immense courage to resist fourteen's cruelty. but you found the courage

and a nation of heroes has risen today in your crane stand strong because an entire country has fought street by street and house by house. and we are seeing in the last days the bravery of the ukrainians is paying off. ukraine stand strong because people like your husband, president zalinski, have stayed in keith to leave the resistance together with you and your children. you have given courage to a whole nation. you have given a voice to your people on a global stage. you have given hope to all of us. so today we want to thank you

and all ukrainians, glory to a country of european heroes. flava ukraine. europe, sunny dairy t with ukraine will remain unshakable from day one on. europe has stood at ukraine's side with weapons. with funds, with hospitality for refugees, and with a tougher sanctions. the world has ever seen. russia's financial sector is on life support. we have cut off 3 quarters of russia's banking sector from international markets. nearly 1000 international companies have left the country. the production of cars fell by 75 percent compared to last year. i or of flood is grounding plains because they are no more spare parts. the russian military is taking

ships from dish washers and refrigerators to fix their military hardware because there are no semiconductors anymore. russia's industry is in tatters. and it is the kremlin that has put russia as economy on the path of oblivion. that is the price for russians rush, us, and fourteen's trail of death and destruction. and i want to make it very clear. the sanctions are here to stay. this is time for us for resolve and not for appeasement. this has to be very clear the same is true for financial support for ukraine. so far, tim, europe has provided more than 19000000000 euros in financial assistance. and this

is without counting the military support. and we are in for the long haul. ukraine's reconstruction will require massive resources. for instance, russian stripes have damaged or destroyed more than 70 schools. half a 1000000 ukrainian children have started this school year and the european union, but many other ukrainian children simply do not have a classroom to go to. and you told me yesterday dear alana that every day when the parents are sending the children to school, they dont only give them the school bag but also an emergency back with water, with food, with band aids, medical supply, with socks and an underwear to change. and just imagine you send in the morning, your child to school hand back in to school and you do not know whether you gonna

be reunited in the afternoon after school. so my dear alana, i am announcing that we will work with you to support the rehabilitation of damaged ukrainian schools. we will provide what you need. this is 100000000 euros because the future of ukraine begins in the schools and with the children. we will not only support financially, but also empower ukraine to make the most of its potential. ukraine has already a rising tech hub and home is home to many very young smart companies. so i want us to mobilize the full power of our single market to help accelerate growth and create opportunities. please remember in march, we collected successfully ukraine to our electricity grid. it was planned for 2024 . we did it in 2 weeks only. and today, ukraine is exporting electricity to the european union. so i want to significantly

expend this mutual beneficial trade. we have already suspended import duties on ukrainian exports to ukraine. we will bring ukraine into our europe in free roaming area. it's really time to do that now. our solidarity lions, our big success, and building on all of that. the commission will work with ukraine to go a step further and to ensure a seamless access to the single market of the european union. our single market is one of your ubs, great to success stories. we know the power that lays lies in the single market. so now it is time to make it a success story far ukrainian friends to. and this is why today i am going to give to discuss all this with president zalinski and to show him what the single market is as a potential for ukraine's future to my

own remembers. one lesson from this war is we should have listened to those who know, putting to annapolis cost scale and all the russian journalists who exposed the crimes and paid the ultimate price to our friends in ukraine mode of georgia and the opposition in bella homes. we should have listened to the voices inside ours union in poland, in the baltics and all across central and eastern europe. they have been telling us for years that put in would not stop and they act accordingly. our friends in the baltics have worked hard to end. that dependency on russia. they have invested heavily in renewable energy. in l n. g terminals in interconnect.

they made the experience. yes, this comes at a cost, but dependency on russian fossil fuels comes at a much, much higher price. so we have to get rid of this a dependency over all over europe. as you know, therefore we agreed to join storage. we're now at 84 percent. that's good, we're overshooting our targets, but unfortunately, this will not be enough. we have to diversify away from russia to submit reliable suppliers like the united states and norway and algeria and others. 2 figures that i interesting last year, russian gas accounted for 40 percent of our imported gas. today, it's down to 9 percent. but we also see that russia keeps actively manipulating our energy market. i mean,

they prefer to flare the gas instead of sending it to europe according to the contracts that are existing. so this market is not functioning anymore. and in addition, the climate crisis is heavily weighing in our bills. heat waves have boosted electricity demand. droughts shut down hydro and nuclear plants and as a result, prices have risen by more than 10 times compared to before the pandemic. making ends meet is becoming a source of anxiety for millions of businesses and households in the european union . but we also see how your opinions are coping with this challenge. think of the workers in ceramic factories in central italy who have decided to move their shift to the early morning to benefit from the lower energy prices. and just imagine the mothers and fathers among those workers having to leave home early when the kids

are still sleeping because of a war they have not chosen. this is one example in the 1000000 of examples of europeans adapting to the new reality. and i want our union to take a sample from its people. so reducing demand, june peak hours will make supply last longer and it will bring prices down. this is why we're putting forward measures from member state to reduce their overall electricity consumption. and then targeted support is needed for small and medium enterprises, like the glass makers across europe who cannot longer turn on their ovens. are single parents facing one daunting bill after the next. if they look at electricity, millions of europeans need support. this is why we are proposing

a cap on the revenues of companies that produce electricity at low cost. these companies are making revenues. they never accounted for. they never even dreamt off. and don't get me wrong in our social market economy. profits are okay. they are good, but in these times, it is wrong to receive extraordinary record revenues and profits benefiting from war and on the back of our consumers. in these times, profits must be shared and channeled to those who need it most and therefore, our proposal also includes the fossil fuel electricity producers who have to give a crisis contribution. and over all our proposal will raise more than 140000000000

yours for member states to cushion the blow directly. these are all emergency and temporary measures. we are working on, including our discussion on gas price caps. we need to keep working on lower gas prices. so on one hand we have to ensure the security of supply. on the other hand, we have to ensure global competitiveness, the security of supply because the gas still has to come to the european union, the energy of all. on the other hand, if it's too expensive, it's damaging our global competitiveness. so we will develop with a member states, a set of measures to take into account the specific nature of our relationship with suppliers, ranging from unreliable suppliers such as russia to re liable friends such as

our norwegian friends. for example. i have agreed with prime minister stora to set up a task force so that the teams work for this aim together to look how are we able to lower in a reasonable manner, the price for gas. another important topic is on the agenda. today, our gas markets have changed dramatically from pipeline gauss used to have in abundance mainly to increasing amounts of allen g. gus. but the benchmark used in the gas market, the so called ti t f has not adapted. so this is why the commission will work on establishing a more representative benchmark. father electricity trading that really reflects this change in the market we have seen. and at the same time rolled to know that energy companies are facing severe problems with liquidity. in

electricity futures markets, we will work with the market regulators to ease these problems by amending the rules on collateral. and by taking measures to limit the intra day price one or to lety. and we will amend the temporary state aid framework and october to allow for the provision of state guarantees while preserving a level playing field. this is very complex. this is not at all trivial, but i must say these are only the 1st steps. but because as we deal with immediate crisis, we must also look forward. and therefore, my diagnosis is the current electricity market designed that is based on the principle of merit order is not fit for purpose any more. it's not just for consumers anymore. consumers

should read the benefits of low cost renewables. that must be the purpose. so we have to decouple the dominant influence of gas on the price of electricity. and this is why we will do a deep and comprehensive reform of the electricity market. now hon members, there is one important point half a century ago. in the 1970s the world faced another fossil fuel crisis. some of us remember the car free weekends to save energy, yet we kept driving on the same road. we did not get rid of our defend pendency on order. and worse, fossil fuels were even massively subsidized. this was wrong, not just for the climate, but also fall public finances and follow our independence as we know today. and

we're still paying the price for that. only a few visionaries understood that the real problems problem was the fossil fuels themselves, not their price. and among them, well danish friends. when the old crisis hit, denmark started to invest heavily into harnessing the power of the wind. they laid the foundation for its global leadership in the sector and create a tens of thousands of new jobs. this is the way to go, not just a quick fix, but a change of paradigm, a leap into the future, and that must be our principal to day with this crisis to hon members. made up of the maturity. putin, le bon venue to satisfy marcial, net sale,

a common c l i do your mail. do know your mail voltage. when is it a mom or a massive more of a student? lillian amir allotted on the scene will approve. gaunt is in solaire, develop co driver beyond thought locked down the average in that i saw the panel slave. yes dollar not the landline you will, it is, you know, always does on it region was in there are now running on green hydrogen leadership . oh sure. she hydrogen can change the situation completely for the new. we have to move from a leash market towards on the mass market for hydrogen. yeah. big re power you know with re power you. we have no one on board. we are the redoubled our objectives. we want to produce 10000000 tons of renewable hydrogen by 2030, only part of the need. to achieve that anonymous, we need to create only goshen,

a commonly lanier new hydrogen market to either build that front gap law and some notch supply and demand for the future worship or not. so usually. so today i will be announcing the, you know, value that we have created a new european hydrogen bank. ha. again, this will help should guarantee not time on the earth. so the, for the supply of hydrogen using money from the innovation fund or will be able to invest 3000000000 urine. so we're here to help to construction a future hydrogen market. can use that on the advantage or no media is how we will build the economy of the future very poorly. that is the green deal in a little to see or could be that mean one of the last few months that we've all seen to what extent the green deal is important to me that the summer 2022 will remain

in people's members. really review, assess, we've all seen the dried up rivers, the burning forest, extreme heat. yeah. through graph. and the situation is much worse than what we can see. the glass here is i. on saturday, the close out the alpine glass years have been an emergency reserved for rivers like the rhone and the rhyme. plaster for berkeley vitale. europe's glasses of melting faster than expected. future drought will be much more serious. a ladder that we have to work tirelessly to a debt not to climate change and to make nature, our 1st ally not to in your post up up when i called them. and that's why our union will push for a global agreement on nature that is ambitious. so let me do that. when we go to the united nations conference on biodiversity, which will take place in montreal this year, the men law, we will do the same shot at the.