ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, a surprise prisoner swap between russia and ukraine. russia releases some 200 prisoners as part of the deal. most of them captured during the siege of matthew paul, also coming up the kremlin decision to

mobilize hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine. sports protests across the country and ukraine's president called for a special war tribunal and lays out his conditions for peace. with russia during his speech at the un general assembly ah, on pablo foliage, welcome to the program. ukraine and russia have carried out a prisoner swap, the largest since moscow launched its invasion nearly 7 months ago. russia has released over 200 prisoners of war and return for 55 russians. many of the ukrainian prisoners had been captured during the bloody siege of marty. you pull. 10 foreigners were among the prisoners handed over by russia, including 5 british and to us national.

all right, well let's connect now with our correspondent manual shares, who's in the ukranian city of harkey. if i am on europe, good to see you. so a significant and perhaps unexpected development that had to involve a great deal of negotiation on to me. good morning, pablo. yes, it was sunday validly a news that a few people were expected were expecting today, 215 are sold is liberated air to day. among them, a $180.00 a members of the as of a battalion, as the news, as tardy to come out last night late at night. or, you know, on social media, there's not one ukrainian or per son. i'm not in touch with or had that i done far on social media who didn't comment on dad. the negotiations, of course, have been, are going on for a long time, apparently,

turkey and saudi arabia and facilitated a doze, with a saudi arabia celebrating also that he ration of fan or foreign nationals. so are here in ukraine. this is a, a great relief for, for to see does. so the is liberated, you know, that here they are considered as a heroes and celebrities celebrated asked by the population. emmanuel tell us a little bit more about the prisoners and am the conditions that may be there in after the release. while i was mentioning among those are 215 people are, there were a 108 fighters of d as as a battalion. those other people are we so pictures are of haunting pictures of backing man, you know, does emaciated faces of her or defenders of the as of 1000 til plans down. really considered heroes dare. so the fact that even the commander in chief of as of

danny's private truck, a banker has been liberated, this really comes as incredible news from the ukranian side to 5 top commanders of as of a have been liberated on the condition that they do not return on ukrainian territory, they are, they are in turkey, well, where they would be able to connect with their families. that was the deal that was as track. and among the prisoners exchange on the russian side was a ukrainian former lo maker, accused of high treason. vito meadow choke with a vladimir putin closest ally emmanuel, was ukraine's negotiating stance, bolstered her all by their recent gains on the battlefield. while there's definitely a change of attitude when it comes to negotiations and negotiating ad that aberration of prisoners afore. because i remember when a victim of virtual cause made prisoner months ago, and here in ukraine,

evanardo me zaleski, had immediately suggested prisoners exchange that the kremlin had completely ruled . that's out at the time. and now that ukraine is making significant gains here on the ground during its counter offensive, it seems that tables have turned a little bit and that definitely ukraine has the upper hand. thank you, emanuel deed of you correspondence manual. shes in hockey as well as the prisoner swap was being conducted. russian police arrested more than 1300 people protesting the mobilization of 300000 reservists to fight in ukraine. president putin says they are to bolster his forces. their western leaders say it's a response to russian losses on the battlefield in a conflict that's been raging much longer than expected. yes, vladimir prudence, latest degree is not going unchallenged in russia,

but the states crackdown is hard. none the less. oh, the protest monitoring groups as mass arrests have been made across the country, including in moscow. yes, well, i'm not afraid and not afraid of anything. the most valuable thing that they can take from us is the life of our children. i won't give them my child life. you wouldn't, has called the mobilization necessary in urgent. he accused the west of crossing a line by providing sophisticated weapons for you, grin her to the pool. i'd like to remind you that our country also has various weapons of destruction and in certain aspects, even more modern weapons, the nato countries. if there is a threat to the territorial integrity of our country in order to protect russia and our people the right, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal. this is not a bluff about us, but his is. the announcement has also triggered and about an exodus of people

unwilling to join the conflict. many of these russians arriving in serbia are still fearful of speaking in opposition to the wall. i asked because you weren't, i afraid i fader because my vermont and hope all is a seed and i don't have problem in my country. but, but i want to say i 3 don't for he way i. i want to please somebody is still pushing the price is a one way flights from russia has been skyrocketing since bought and speech and they're still selling out fast. well, i spoke a short time ago to d w. moscow bureau chief yuri rochelle, who is now based in the lafayette capitol riga after d. w, was forced to leave russia. and he told us more about the descent in russia after president putin's call up of reservists. a descent seems to be wide spread across

russia and people are absolutely nervous. and it said that the partial mobilization, it will affect $3300000.00 reserve, is to which supposed to be just 1 point, one percent of the total number of those who can be called up. but the problem is that most in russia do not believe in partial mobilization and think that much more men will be called up than announced as some are trying to leave the country. we just saw it in the report. our plane tickets have skyrocketed orders, go to an advocate, and the 3rd will probably try to get fake certificates about an illness in order not to be called up. i've got many friends in russia who are now leading in great fear, even though they have never served in the army. yury how estate media treating the call up and how does their coverage of putin move public opinion. well, of course the russian state media leaf, no doubt to the,

to the mobilization in russia is right and to necessary. oh, it's no wonder they absolutely aligned. a war is about dying at the front are overshadowed by other specific warriors, such as what shall i do with my mortgage if i am called to up and my employer officials officially virus, me or will the reserve is to be treated financially the same way in the same way as, as a professional soldiers. of course, all of this a distracts from the real question, will as survive at all or will i have to die at the front like thousands are of other russian soldiers interesting months. but these questions have been not asked are on russian television so far, but on the streets where yesterday thousands of people, protested sir uri, we're seeing descent. we've seen arrests. we've even seen booked a flight. some which many russians seem to be. fling the country. is it likely that that there will be any tangible impact on proven or the conduct of the war in

ukraine as a result of all this? it's pablo difficult to say and if and how many russians are going to take to the streets in the next days or some experts say that to this mobilization is at the beginning over the end of pollutants. korea, because of the mood in the country can changed completely. all of us on the other hand, the don't see any mess protests coming because people are totally intimidated. i think that the russians are just totally disoriented, disoriented to the war that seemed far away. somewhere beyond the board, us is now suddenly in the arrow own country and many who didn't want to know anything about as his so called special operation at many are now directly confronted with the war as for pollutants plans in ukraine. i think that a, with this mobilization has clearly shown that he has no intention of changing his plans of ending this war. on the contrary, his obviously preparing the russians,

the russian people for a long war. thank you. you re did abuse era shadow in the latin capital, reagan, thank ukrainian president to follow de merit zalinski has implored the world to punish russia for its invasion of his country in a much anticipated video address on day 2 of the united nations general assembly. he also laid out 5 conditions for peace with russia. the 2nd day of the united nations general assembly a conference dominated by challenges and crises, global food shortages, late soaring energy prices. the dangers of climate change all overshadowed by the war in ukraine, the pre recorded in a rear video address president, florida may zalinski laid out what he called, the ukrainian peace formula, reading 5 non negotiable conditions to end the conflict you for all 5 items, all our formula punishment for aggression,

protection of life. restoration of security and territorial integrity, security guarantees and determination to defend. one south, i rule out that this settle man can happen on a different basis than they ukrainian peace, formal. but as ukraine outlined conditions for peace, russia prepared for escalation. just hours before the general assembly gathered, russian president vladimir putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists in his own pre recorded address to the nation. he also made veiled threats to defend russia using nuclear weapons. u. s. president joe biden condemned putin's threats as reckless and cold on world leaders to stand against russia and uphold the principles of the united nations

shrine because of nations can pursue their pearl ambitions. without consequences, that we put at risk. everything is very as the church and stands for everything. but despite widespread condemnation in the general assembly, there is little the un can do in practical terms assembly. as one of 5 permanent members of the security council. russia holds the power to veto any binding resolutions of ukrainians to flee their home. all right, for more, let's speak to dr. j to mclean, a russia expert and author who's joining us from the english city of oxford. welcome to d w. so in his speech, vladimir putin threatened to use nuclear weapons and said at quote, it's not a bluff. how seriously do you take this threat? well, i think we have to take a little bit seriously considering that we are talking about the possibility of a nuclear annihilation, which is a very hefty topic in d to be talking about quite early in the morning,

at least in european time. that said, he does tend to resort to nuclear blackmail when russia is suffering defeats or is not doing well in the war. and the use of nuclear rhetoric has been a longstanding feature. president sees take place as 2012 and because the nuclear, their nuclear stockpile is one of the remaining ways in which russia is, is quite clearly still a superpower. and perhaps, especially at the time when the military is not doing as well as, as they might hope it's, it's a useful being for, for the right. well, yesterday you tweeted that russians marching and fleeing now aren't protesting the killing of ukrainians. they're protesting that they'll have to kill ukrainians or be killed by them. so could this motivate enough russians to stand up to putin's war? yes, i think as a clarification, of course, some russians are protesting both. i think it's more what i mean is the act is

different. the act of my mobilization is not the act to protest. mobilization is not the same as the act to protesting against ukrainian when it doesn't involve you directly. i do think that this is potentially quite a dangerous situation, because ultimately, the russian government relies on removing political agency from people. and so, if part of your entire kind of ammo, modus operandi is to remove political agency from people and expect them to just sort of accept things and to stay out of politics. then if a me, if you give them political agency one you, they might not like it and they might protest it even if they're not necessarily against the war or 2. they might like it very much and they might really get a taste of this political agency and you know what they might do with that. do you see a way that the president could ever accept the conditions to end the conflict laid

out by president follow damira zelinski. sorry, apologies. no, not really. i don't see any situation and i think as well even is very difficult. a zalinski talks about trials for example, but i don't see of war crimes, but really that, that seems quite unlikely. what i do think of good is that it helps to kind of broaden the overton window of what the west might see is acceptable. and of course for all of them is let's get every right to ask. they seems, i think really, everybody would like to see one everybody. but most people who are supportive of ukraine would like to see such trials, but they're just not realistic without even the total defeat of russia. which for the reasons we discussed, i e. rush is a nuclear superpower, is not possible all russia's agreement, which i think seems very unlikely because this isn't just about defeating putin, but there's an entire mind that resonate and why russians not support, but perhaps of acquiesced to the war at least until now. dr. jade mclinn in the

english city of oxford. thank you. thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. european union foreign policy chief to set burrell it says the you will impose, impose more sanctions on russia. put out, spoke after an emergency meeting of you foreign ministers on the sidelines of the un general assembly. the decision comes in response to the criminal order to mobilize reserve troops or the war in cray. you went back to court in cambodia has upheld a genocide conviction against the last surviving leader of the commander rouge in 2018 q. some fun was jailed for life on charges of genocide against ethnic minority vietnamese. it's estimated that nearly 2000000 people were killed during the summer . rouge is rule from 1975 to 979.

most of a group of about $230.00 pilot whales. the beach on the west coast of tasmania. in australia. i believe to have perished. locals try to help the animals before a rescue team arrived. pods of pilot whales occasionally lose their bearings and beach. in large numbers. the german parliament has begun an investigation into the botched evacuation of german troops from afghanistan last summer. in particular, the committee will focus on the many local afghan helpers who were left behind during the chaotic withdrawal, putting them at risk of being targeted by the taliban. these images from afghanistan, shock, the world. afghans fleeing the country. after us, german and allied troops withdrew, ending a 20 year mission. western backed afghan forces crumbled, and the taliban quickly regained power. the taliban were very strategic and they em

. i think sometimes i had the impression they were always 3 steps ahead of our a strategy and our negotiations. germany like other countries faced intense criticism over the long wars outcome. berlin is accused of having misjudged the security situation in the country. the failures and their consequences now a subject of a german parliamentary investigation. so i think this will be quite a sensitive issue and, and with very sensitive discussions. so they, i think and yes, maybe we need some clarity about what went wrong in the end. during the evacuation . critics say german organizations have abandoned many local staff members and their families, leaving them at risk from the taliban. more than $6000.00 afghans are still waiting to be evacuated to germany. i'm joined now by one of the lawmakers

on the parliamentary commission of inquiry and fellowship. ghoulish is a member of the pro business free democratic party, the f t p, which is a junior member of chance for all of shelters coalition government here in germany . welcome to d, w. m. is it already clear that germany has not done enough to provide safe refuge for those political persecuted in afghanistan? well, we, at the beginning, good morning. we at the beginning of the process of the investigation committee today we will meet here in bell in worth 12 experts who will discuss with us and explain their view on the situation after the do her agreement was been done. so we are, as we, as i said, we are just at the beginning of the process and we will see from there what, what, what needs to be done and what, what the learnings can be from, from, from this mission. all right, but in the coalition agreement, signed by the 3 governing parties, including your party, the government pledge to protect representatives of civil society such as

journalists, activists, and scientists. why has that not happened? well, earlier the far end of the foreign office is in the process also together with the ministry of the interior to put together a refugee program for those people who are still at risk and still in afghanistan. and this is very, very urgent because we aware of the critical situation for this group, but they are also lot of practical obstacles. for example, in pakistan, there has been a flooding and also some countries around afghanistan to not accept and then taking people without passports. so there are lot of practical and obstacles, but we do want to get people out who are at risk. now do you think it's right to speak of a political and strategic failure

a so members of the committee have done well, i think it's a little bit too early, but we do know that a lot of mistakes have been done. so there was definitely a lack of preparedness with regard to local stuff. and i mean, an after the door high agreement has been signed, maybe there was a lot of wishful thinking that the, that staying in afghanistan would last much longer for father german. and also the u. s. troops. and, but we should have been prepared much more with regard to locust staff like putting up lists and, and consolidate lists and, and being aware how to evacuate people eventually. and also quickly if needed. now this inquiry is not you to report it findings until 2024. isn't that a bit long to wait, though? there is, of course, as the long way and the people who suffer the most un and way to get at least a little bit of justice from this a committee for them. this time is a long time,

but it's also a huge bag of documents that we need to investigate. a lot of witnesses we need to talk to. but this investigation committee is no obstacle in putting up the, the refugee program, which i have talked to. so these are 2 entirely on coupons its own processes. lawmaker an oscar use of the governing f t p party. thank you. thank you. thank you. now to germany's world renowned exhibition of contemporary art document which this year has been mired in controversy and scandal, organizers have spent the past 100 days and policies trying to defend themselves against accusations of anti semitism and censorship. as the turbulent exhibition draws to a close, we take stock and assess the damage done. hey. 2 law this year,

instead of inviting establish, does the document to wanted to highlight artists from countries without major art markets, all curated by the indonesian art collective rank group up. but those lofty goals were soon overshadowed by a scandal that shook the art world and that to cause for political sanctions classes. classic anti semitism, obvious anti semitism is not what i expected about a pilot from the arches collective charging party showing anti semitic stereotypes . jews depicted with the faces of pigs, an orthodox jew wearing nazi symbols. it was quickly covered up then taken down in animals. this can't happen in the country like germany, with its history and the responsibility it bears. it wasn't just the banner. there were other controversial works, including a video installation showing blatantly antisemitic palestinian propaganda films.

critics cold for the document to remove the work from the exhibition the ruined group, a collective officially apologized, but insisted they saw the job as networkers and organizers and not as q writers or sensors of the artists on display. none of us were clean as a curator if people call us loretta. oh, we don't could these ice but we'd never call our st face. a curator. some have defended the group. hang. they did what they were invited by the documentary to do show the art world in the global ne, the perspective of artists in the global south. ah, actually they showed to everybody a vision of the world from another point of the world in all. so you know, it is known as the document of collective nurse and corporation which is through

the controversy probably helped boost attendance at this year documentary and the networking and exchanging castle between the invited artists and collectives worked much as intended. but the scandal may have done lasting damage to the image of germany's largest and most declaimed art show. oh, here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. ukraine and russia have carried, i've a surprise prisoner swap with russia releasing over 200 prisoners of war and return for 55 russians and an oligarchy. ally of russian president vladimir putin, many of the ukrainian prisoners have been captured during the siege of mighty you pull russian security forces have arrested hundreds of people protesting against vladimir putin, mobilization of civilians to fight in ukraine. moscow is calling up an extra 300000

reservists. western leaders say the move is in response to russian losses on the battlefield. well, that's all for now. coming up next focus on europe, and don't forget you can get your news around the clock on our website. that's d w dot com. and don't forget to follow us on our social media accounts or handle is the de leon. he's on pablo foias for me on the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. take care. and we'll see you again at the top of the next down. ah, with

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