huge, they have so much to lose, shattering the glass ceiling women in architecture to smooth this has to be really, really good. start september 30th on d, w. ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia cools off, reservists to fight in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin announced as the partial mobilization in a national address is comes as moscow plans to hold so called referendums in occupied parts. if you crate an urgent push to claim the territories for russia

also coming up well, leaders condemn russia's referendum plans at the un general assembly. germany's child sla blasts russia for what he calls a war of imperialism against you. crate will show it tells the general assembly that keith must be armed to fight back against moscow's invasion. and how recon fiona levels up to a category for it wreaks havoc and the caribbean. the storm has back to the turks and k call silence. while puerto rico is picking up the pieces after it left a trail of destruction there ah, and i many campus mckinnon. a very warm welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin says he has signed a decree, ordering the partial military mobilization of russia's armed forces. beginning to

day in an address to the nation, putin said reserve. it will be drafted into the army, to fight in ukraine. he said, the aim is to quote, liberate the don baths at region. 13 said the west wants to destroy russia and does not want peace in ukraine, the heathen of to protect our motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity to ensure the security of our nation. and people in the liberator territories, i consider it necessary to support the defense ministries and general staffs proposals to hold partial mobilization in russia mobility. and for more on putin strategy in ukraine, i'm joined now by donna tila sag ramos. so she's a security and rough expert at kings college london. welcome to the w delma tila. what's your immediate reaction to putin's mobilization announcement? while i think that this, unfortunately, we resigned probably not escalation of the war because there was going to be

a lot of pressure on our, on the waste, especially in the united states to provide additional military equipment and more and more sort of long range besides to ukraine at which gun sort of have an impact on the carry on the ground. so i think we're going to see a puddle nation of the war on and, and, and also sort of on, as i said on an escalation which can have sort of implications on the ground. and also for sort of that global economy. let's talk about the timing. why do you think he's doing this now? while i think that the impact of the defeat in the, in their front on, in car keeping the north and north east, you know, forced to put into it sort of make a decision. he could either sort of cut his losses and go, which he is not ready to do, or he could decide to escalate. and i'm sort of poor for before barshan mobilization, which is also very costly for him internally. i mean, there isn't

a lot of support for among the russian public to actually fight this war for you all may be supportive of the operation as a whole, but that he's very good friend to start participating and unmoving. the russian economy to sort of full for the sort of war mobilization. so i think that that is going to be a risky and i, the buddied explain sort of the position that putting finds himself in his, under a lot of pressure from the sort of more nationalist comp those in the military who have been all getting back to the way the war was being conducted was not effective . that relying too much on the contract. so years on local low goes from the ones on and on. yet people so called people's republics was not really a game changer. and that it was necessary probably to, to carry out the effective mobilization. so i think this is sort of the moment one point in had to decide, you know, how he was going to approach. because he was under

a lot of pressure from the sort of more nationally quarters. but he also face is precious. from those who are more on the liberal, come on those who are not supportive of the school are interesting for example, that a very famous russian actress. i never got a few days ago posted on instagram a very long, very clear, oppose an opposition to this wall. and she has a lot of following. so, you know, i think we, we might start hearing also voices again, you know, calling for an end to this, to the school. you spoke earlier about the possibility of escalation. what does this mean for the war in ukraine going forward? while i mean, there is been a lot of requests by the ukrainians for their delivery of soap, horned articles, which are the non range me talk to going to miss nancy stems, which i would be under to longer to arrange and are very powerful. and they could hit behind the line and make what he does of ammunition deposed on command and

control center. so, you know, we're going to see, you know, questioning about whether you know that why should sort of escalate on. i'm sure we're going to hear voices of from those more on this a peaceful kind. we're going to argue that garage i sort of in some way unbeatable . and that is sort of, i, i think i mistake, but i think that is very much ingrained among those who think that no russia was not a and was not defeated in the 2nd one. boy, you know, not defeated by napoleon. so we are, we are against this very strong power and it's better to come to some kind of compromise. i think that is the wrong approach. i think russia faces, i lot of challenges with these mobilization. it's going to be very costly. he doesn't have their right infrastructure to actually train and equip all these forces. so we have to develop, they said scrolling on industries to support this i'm that this is a whole sort of undertaking that is not necessarily going to produce very good results on the ground. but we're going to see some, you know,

probably some impact on the ground because if we have an additional $300000.00 troops, that, that can, you know, change certain sectors on the front. especially, i think we're thinking about the northern sector around how to keep what russia has most white gender of ground. they'll tell us like remote so from king's college london. thanks so much for those insights. now at the un general assembly, a new york world leaders have condemned moscow's plans to hold referendums in parts of ukraine. on joining russia, separatist leaders in russian controlled lou hunt's done yet sc jennifer asia and her son say 4 days of those saying will begin on friday. now the move could swallow up around 15 percent if ukrainian territory, the cool for the verse in russian occupied regions comes as the ukrainian military has made sweeping gains in its counter offensive against the invading russian forces. lou,

my friends are the don boss, is returning home with that leader of the self proclaimed in its people's republic, announced a vote on joining russia. authorities in the neighboring self declared people's republic, a blue hans as well as the occupied parts of the hassan and separation regions. have announced similar poles to begin on friday and denounce some residence. welcome the move when speaking to journalists with separatist mind as nasty, but we all supports us, all of us. so i think it will all be fine. this long journey won't be for nothing. we will make us the victory will be ours. what would you get on? we're so happy. this is happening when the operation started back in february. we're screaming. hooray. and that's what we're saying today. he wouldn't, but ukraine's foreign minister dmitri qu labor was quick to condemn the hastily organized votes as sham referendums sang ukraine would keep liberating its

territory in separation. ukrainians who had fled russian occupied areas, pulled scorn on the plans with my no means can i call it a referendum because what happened was a real seizure of toiletries and what the russian federation wants to do with those territories. i believe it is illegal and pointless home. it is the fake exercise to show that the occupied territories want to join the russian federation, which is a total lie. lou. the votes come as ukraine continues to press its counter offensive in the east, where it's retaken, thousands of square kilometers within just weeks with ukrainian officials saying on monday, it's forces had even recaptured a village in the loop, hence region o and germany has joined other nations the un general assembly and blasting the

permanent sir security council member russia over its war in ukraine, and hard hitting speech chance that will show its accused the kremlin of bringing imperialism back to europe. he said the world must not accept a global order dictated by russia through military force. he also pledged germany's continued support to ukraine in the form of supplying weapons to keith. day. one of the un talks was also marked by a grim assessment of the state of the world by the un secretary general. but i have commended a world conference dominated by a growing list of global crises. the 77th session of the un general assembly was the 1st in person gathering of wealth leaders since the beginning of the coven 19 pandemic. but it was far from a celebration. in his opening address, the un secretary general was blunt in his assessment of the global situation cost of living christ. let's have no illusions. we are in rough seas. a week that of

global discontent is on the horizon. a cost of living cries is his raging thrust. these crumbling inequalities are exploding, and our planet is bunny. people are hurting, with the most vulnerable suffering the most. but amidst the host of crises discussed on the 1st day of the assembly, russia's war in ukraine quickly took center stage. japanese prime minister fumey okesha condemned the invasion as a direct threat to the international order. gressick elizabeth, we must face the fact that the credibility of the united nations is at stake due to the aggression against ukraine by russia. he need a permanent member of the security council. look, she should not givea 90 percent. while others focus their accusations directly at the russian president, i see them. ok. german chancellor old f sholtes lashed out at what he called

prudence, imperialist ambitions, and vowed to continue supporting ukraine most often asked. so he isn't just destroying ukraine. he's also ruining his own country, miss law. this is why we will not accept a piece dictated by russia, and this is why we will not accept any sham referendums heiner. and this is why ukraine must be able to defend itself against russia's invasion once before. up via them come, but despite the wide spread condemnation, it remains unclear just how the u. n. will be able to respond. and as delegates prepare for more speeches in new york, all will be keeping an eye on the conflict raging half a world away. that smell store is making headlines around the world. germany has reached a deal to nationalize the country's largest gas in puerto univer. under the agreement, german lee, germany will invest 8000000000 euros and the company unit has been hit by soaring

a gas prices and cuts and supplies from russia. and nigeria is battling its worst floods in a decade after torrential rains, battered the region. officials say more than 300 people have been killed by the floods since july, and more than 100000 have been displaced. a combination of water from a dam opened in camera in last week, and persistent, heavy rain is expected to flood nearly half of all nigerian states and hurricane of fiona as wreaking havoc across the caribbean. winds of more than 100 kilometers an hour, have left much of puerto rico without electricity and clean water. national guard troops have rescued hundreds of people stranded by flooding. this bridge was installed in recent years at a cost of some $3000000.00. beyond

widespread damaged, we infrastructure overflowing roubles have also forced housings of people from the homes. authorities have opened more than a 100, shall those across the island? those will haven't fled the homes have had to travel long distances to get a central supplies. one of them were looking for gasoline, water, ice, all the supplies necessary for getting through the storm. i felt we were hoping it wouldn't be so big like that, but well, it was bigger than we expected about that little. but you have to make do with what you have or where i go. very such scenes of devastation of familiar input are equal which never fully recovered from hurricane maria. the 2017 storm was the, was recorded on the island. it left about 3000 people dead. now, many areas in puerto rico are once again in darkness, noted,

if it looks like the governor has one that it could take days to get the bar back on it more just audio in many areas that had never seen flooding, are you local? there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water in which in fact, in many areas it was greater than what we saw during hurricane maria edward gong, maria, a poor dc. it is due to early to know the full scope of the damage and you're up to date, south next hour documentary about the brown friction between the baltic states and neighboring russia. i'm on the campus mckennan, thanks for watching a w how did she become at all hitler's favorite director and how did he become a forgotten film pioneer linearly finished i and on ode funk.