to re meeting the hearing there a journey this week, w ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin, ukrainian authorities say they found mass graves outside the city of indian, which was liberated from russian forces 6 days ago. president flood moved, the lensky says, russia must be held responsible for leaving behind a trail of death. also, on the show, the german chancellor calls russia the greatest threat to nato countries. will

upshaw. it says the german military must become the best equipped in europe. and that europe must take on more responsibility within the nato alliance. ah, i'm an nicu, mccann, and thanks so much for joining us. a mass grave has been found outside is e m. in easton, ukraine, just days after the city was liberated. authority say it is one of the largest burial sites found in any city recaptured from the russian army. ukrainian police say most of the people buried there all civilians. the united nations is planning to send monitors, to verify the findings a pine forest hiding a horrific mass grave. and ukraine and soldiers have found more than 400

bodies buried near the city of israel, after it was freed from russian control over. here lie the bodies of 17 of their comrades, surrounded by hundreds of individual graves with only crushes to mark them. a typical one. and we only found this place because russian soldiers opposed to the video on line a lot. the for, for is there with though it's, if you, those ever and with whom i am on the cross that says there's 17 bodies, but i'm that video. well, in that there were more addition, lucian, that we have not counted them yet, but i think there must be at least 25 or 30 bodies will say she may be, this is not the only mass grave here. and we now have to work and identify every one who died here, calling. ah, earlier this week, president lensky raised the ukrainian flag in indian wagner. now the city had been under russian control for more than 5 months. it now shows scenes of

destruction, visibility and people are without running water, electricity, or heat. sa lensky said an investigation would follow the findings in the forest. me which machine we want the world to know what is happening and what the russian occupation has led to watch in butcher mario, paul. and now unfortunately is you are see if russia is leaving death behind it everywhere and must be held responsible. the world must bring russia to real responsibility for this war, that we will do everything for this 0 more said little ukraine, able to reclaim all its territory after retaking izzy. him. however, russia still holds around a 5th of the country. all right,

let's get more from the daily correspondent, nick connelly who's in hockey than the east of ukraine, high neck. now, until we know how these people died, is it right to say that the suspicion will be that those mass graves and is young constitute more evidence of russian war crimes. all what we've been hearing from the region is that some of these people are believed to have been killed to have lost their lives during artillery during shelling of their town. but the big picture is that we don't have any real indication that the russian army, seeing if we change its behavior towards the civilians compared to what we saw earlier in the year. the spring around kira baseline had been in butcher. so definitely there is that expectation of lots of gruesome discoveries and new mass graves to come in villages that have been recently liberated from russian forces. we came across people talking about people who've disappeared, who just basically it have not been seen for weeks and months. people who tried to get to crane control territory through the russian lines and who lost their lives

and whose body's not been recovered. there's definitely a sense that there is a lot more a lot more gruesome and sad at discoveries ahead. and i think important to him as that is going to take a very long time in case a butcher pin that was question of weeks and months before those dna analysis could be done before all the people, the can, the relatives, the families, that the friends of the people who lost their lives were found because in refugee crisis, like we've seen in ukraine, people are spread all across the country in western europe, summer, in russia. so before they can really make a kind of full picture of what's going on there, it's going to take weeks. but of see, these are shocking images and ones that are likely to reach themselves in towns around this region. a ukrainian forces pushed russian troops out of izzy in a week ago as part of this lightening counter offensive. and have they been able to maintain that momentum since then? it is still going, it hasn't stopped, but it is going either slower pace. there are a few reasons for that. the russians now have some slightly more advantageous kind

of bits of geography helping to protect their new front lines, rivers, and ground that it's easier to defend. oversee this has been a huge shock to the russian military ships. they have sent reinforcements in, but we are seeing that the loss of these churches has really hit a russia hard in terms of logistics. his ability, bringing resources and manpower to the dumbass region was able to fighting now or can southeast from where i am now close to the cities of this a chance are which if you remember long summer was a huge russian victory that was bought at the cost of thousands of russian life. so since that ukraine is looking to push the russians back from their most recent or recent wins, it's bought to rember. here ukraine has in the space of basically a week recovered. more church than rush picked up in more than 5 months. that gives you sense of just how kind of one imbalance there is here in terms of what russia spent weeks and months achieving. only crazed now be able to roll back it commonly reporting from i keith, thanks so much. now that may threatens russia

poses the greatest current threat to nato. those of the words of german chancellor will have shots and a key note speech delivered a short time ago to germany's armed forces. the bundis there shall it's told, the german military leaders that they should accept, that russia will define itself as an adverse adversary to the european union, the u. s. and nato for the foreseeable future. and he said, germany's armed forces must become the best equipped military force in europe. dodson is polite and fumed. germany is ready to take on leadership responsibility for the security of our continent, continents. as before, gonzalez, the most populous nation in europe with the largest economy. and as a country in the middle of a continent and our army must become a corner stone of conventional defense in europe or something come the best equipped military force is to see that is the goal. when does,

and we should be motivated by the knowledge that our european partners and friends do not proceed. this go, us are threatened to support as reassurance zones and wondering he w, a chief political correspondent melinda crane, has been following the chancellor's speech at the annual bonus there conference here in the lead, and she joins us now. melinda, the german chancellor saying germany is ready to take on a leading role in europe. security. now that's something that would have been unimaginable just a year ago. is the german military ready for this? certainly the military is still very under equipped. the chancellor himself acknowledged major gaps and deficits in military readiness and said that in fact, the boned is fair, is working on multiple fronts at the moment to try to close those gaps, not least with increasing budgetary support. but as we heard there, he did make it clear that he sees this as an absolutely top priority. that germany

equipped the bonus fair in such a way that it became can become a foundational pillar of european security. and he mentioned that germany's friends and allies in that, that remark that we just heard. in fact, many friends and allies found themselves asking in february after the chancellor gave his historic turning point speech. whether this represents the moment when germany finally starts punching out its weight. and actually assuming a security and defense rule commensurate with its economic role in europe. and clearly the chancellor was saying, here we are ready to do that. he said, sometimes he's heard people ask, well, this new 100000000000 special fund to equip the bond is fair. does that mean it's going to be business as usual, but with a little more money. and he said, no, it's not. we have a different set of priorities going forward. now certainly that those will,

that will be music to the ears of those who are looking for germany to take on more leadership in that division of responsibility. a within nato. but many will still be waiting to see whether this government is ready to walk the talk. absolutely. and what else did the chancellor say in his speech? well, many people who were waiting to see whether he would mention additional weapons deliveries and military support for ukraine will have been disappointed that was not on his agenda. but in fact, the defense minister had said yesterday that germany will now be supplying multiple a missile launchers and also, and also armored vehicles to ukraine not however, the battle tank so that you create itself has been pushing for. and beyond that, there was a very clear acknowledgement from chancellor sholtes that when the government looks

to the risks that germany and europe face, as you mentioned earlier, russia is absolutely at the top of the threat list. but that these threats are not simply conventional, military and defense threats, but very much also cyber security threats, energy security threats, that demand and all of government approach really far beyond the military alone. and that also demand much stronger coordination with allies d, w 's. maninder crane. thanks so much for that. all right, let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. berlin has put li gym and subsidiary of russian oil giant rose nest. under trusteeship, now that means of federal regulator will take control of a large refinery in the east and town of short 8. what use to drill 100 percent of its oil from russia. germany has committed to ending all russian oil imports and is

now looking for alternative sources to keep that refinery running. hey, francis has said he believes it is marked morally right. the countries to supply weapons to help ukraine defend itself against russia. the pontiff was common thing to journalists on a plane after returning from a religious conference in kazakhstan. he said the catholic church is just war. principles allow for proportional use of deadly weapons. and a major fire has broken out in a skyscraper in the central chinese city. of changsha, the number of casualties is still unknown. chinese state media reported that dozens of stories of the more than 200 meter tall, china, telecom building, quote, burnt with great intensity and entry to the queue to see queen elizabeth, lying and state has been paused for several hours. you k government officials say, as because the lengthy line has now reached capacity. mourners have lined up for as

long as 9 hours to see the late british monex coffin in westminster hall, where she will lion state until have funeral on monday. some sports news now in tennis, a legend roger federer has announced his retirement. the 41 year old as undergone 3 knee surgeries in recent years. and he says he's decided to give his body a rest fans around the world will certainly miss this all time. great. mm roger federer can look back on a long professional career. but after next week's lever cup will finally come to an end as cetera announced on social media. i say more than 1005 on a matches over 24 years. janice has treated me more generously than i ever would have dreamt. and now must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career. the swiss ledgent made his professional abuse in 1998 and was ranked number one in the world for 310 weeks, including

a record 237 consecutive weeks. but fans will remember him not just 1st impressive stats, but for this style he was so fluid in made it look easy, no sweat, even when it was tough mat to point to me the jordan of tennis style class, amazing tennis player. so i been watching him since i was like, you know, 15 the 20 grand slam singles when i was dog by injuries in recent years and has been overtaken on the grand slam, raised by rivals ruffled, nadar and nova. joke of ich federer is one of the highest paid athletes and sports and as well known for his charity work around children's access to sports and disaster relief. though he'll hang up his racket by the months end. federal impact on tennis will stand strong for the years to come. what cdw, news, and his a quick reminder of our top story, ukrainian authorities say they found a mass grave outside the eastern city of indian,

which was liberated this week. please say most of those very that all civilians and that it's one of the largest burial sites found in any city recaptured from the russian army. and that's what we have time for the stay tuned for dw business with my colleagues, stephen beardsley. he'll have more on berlin's decision to take over operation of russian control oil refineries. here in germany. americans mckinnon. thanks so much for watching d. w ah, with fur i'm skin that i got tired and then the some me you are not locked up to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this? this is rely.