ah ah this is the w news life from berlin, russia points the new commander to lead its invasion of ukraine. the shakeup comes amid conflicting claims over the fate of the eastern town on a dot, poland office to supply leopard, thanks to ukraine. the pledge piles pressure on western allies to send in more heavy weapons and german police,

clear out activists trying to stop the expansion of a giant coal mine activists say the new brush a cold makes a mockery of germany's climate goals. ah, i'm ben puzzle and thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin has appointed and you commanded to take charge of warring, you credit. general banner, he goes to martin, replaces a general who had only been appointed in october garrison off has been russia's top general since 2012. according to the russian defense ministry, his job would be to better coordinate the russian attack. after a series of big trees by ukrainian forces, bratia is struggling to regain ground. a key battle is understood to be raging in the town of sola darwin, eastern ukraine. ukraine says, fighting is ongoing disputing. russian claims it had taken control of the town is

a closer look at the situation. another salvo launched at ukrainian trenches in their muslim campaign to take the city of baltimore. russian forces have concentrated their firepower on the nearby town of solider. they are claiming progress brazilian will go for just airborne units have blocked. solid are from the northern and southern parts of the city. what russia's air force is targeting enemy strongholds, storm troops are fighting in the city. the assault is led by the wagner group, mercenaries under the command of putin at i. if gainey for goshen progression has released this picture of him in a salt minute solider and claims that the town is surrounded. but ukraine denies that solid hours last and points to rush and losses the optimal much more up. so we see an absolutely irresponsible to put it mildly, attitude of the russian elite towards their military personnel when they die there

by the thousands. what was a whole lot of blood, a lot of artillery jewels, a lot of contact combat especially and solid are to day full about is that when the my, this is the hottest point in the war to day for the new ah, the ukrainians amounting a stiff resistance here, a german supplied how it's a, it's battering russian positions before shifting location. shoot and scoot along a slow moving front line. but most of the pretty much the deadly impact of such high precision strikes is captured by a drone used by ukrainian soldiers and solider to acquire targets. russian unit comes on the fire and is forced to withdraw after heavy losses a term and to fight for every inch of territory. i will pay a high price for any progress of good battlefield over the years of butterfly,

dw correspondence on your found like a joins us now from cave. sonia we've been getting conflicting reports over the past couple days about the situation. and so the dog can you give us any more clarity duck, right. i mean that, that's right. there are contradictory reports about who hold solider and we have no independent uh confirmation by the russian site or other by the wagner group that they are in control of that city. the ukrainian military for its part says they are still very much in control, that the fighting is continuing. the forces are holding out the putting up a stiff resistance and, and i think will ukraine now, you know, the fighting in on the door and the fighting in and around bucks which is also inflicted heavy losses in the old troops has become thumping off a national symbol of defiance. you know, last night a president lensky in his daily address was very defiant. he said the fighting l for so the dar continues, he rubbish, you know, russian claims up achieving some success in the area. and he says that on yet front

is, is very much a holding up and that everything is being done to strengthen ukraine's defenses. the russians still haven't been able to take me by, but would either. and now they've appointed a new commander for their forces in ukraine. has ukraine reacted to that well, there has been no official reaction from the government to the latest a shakeup, a by russia, its military command in ukraine. but it is certainly is being interpreted here among analysts as the liter sign of russia's faltering invasion and to be cleared. i mean, there was no love lost here in ukraine for this ousted commander, said good earth a sort of akin, you know, shortly after he was appointed, a last october, russia began its campaign of targeting ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. launching waves of messiah and drawn attacks against ukrainian cities targeting power plants and sub stations, and really leaving millions without power and running water for extended periods in

the depths of winter. so i pink of the, i'll store this, the commander is very much being seen here. as the latest sign of disarray in rushes waterford, and what about the humanitarian situation in and around our mortar? believe thousands of people have been flee. that's right, i mean we have no clear picture off that there are some scattered reports here in the media. lots of images on social media kind of towards showing total widespread devastation in solid are the governor of the 20th region has been speaking to the acquainted media, and he says that more than 80 percent of the town has been completely destroyed. he says most residents have left and are those that are those that are still there are really kind of hunkering down in their basements, not leaving their homes and are really reliant, i think on, on out kind of a few wanted to groups in the area that were hearing hanging out of food supplies and, and offering some medical stabilization points. so you found

a car there on the situation is on the dying bar, or thank you very much for your reporting from keith. poland is offering to supply you claim with german made leopard tanks, but only as part of a wider international coalition. polish president on j duda has been holding talks with one of his lensky in the. if the pledge puts pressure on germany, which is so far, refused to deliver the advance tanks to you for feel. ukraine needs heavier weapons that has been, keeps message to its western allies. for months on top of the list, the german built levered to battle tank. so far, western nations have been reluctant, fearing further escalation with a new killer armed russia. but that might be all about to change over fattening darcia to be sure, we have decided that the moment for poland to decisively support ukraine has comes

with throwing force k. now stumpy, a company of la tags will be handed over as part of a coalition. low bother her rama would go on your car. you'd see the offer from poland. president on j. duda is a welcome one for keith. but there's a catch without germany's approval of the nations cannot supply leopard tanks to ukraine. poland coal for an international coalition to deliver the weapons piles additional pressure on german chancellor, olaf schultz. so far he's been reluctant to commit but as russia claims it's making fair the gains in easton ukraine. keith says berlin's foot dragging is costing lives on the walk for only the transfer of weapons will end this war who didn't die. otherwise, the war will go on and on. luxury, the novel ukrainian cities will be destroyed, hash and ukrainian. people killed elizabeth,

but we will definitely keep going to the end of the but it's just that the costs will be very high. ali thing long, poland and other nato allies are leaning ever harder on the german chancellor to change his tune. i looked now at some other stories making headlights. we believe that there is a b u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin has said he does not believe china is about to invade tie while he was speaking, it talks between senior you in japanese officials. japan's foreign minister yas yoshi massa says china represents an unprecedented strategic challenge. equal plans to double weights defense spending in the next 4 years. your new school joy caught convicted the head of turkey's medical association of spreading so called terrorist propaganda said n for nancy was sentenced to only 3 years in prison. she's been released while she appeals. nancy called for a prob, into allegations that turkey use chemical weapons against kurdish militants in iraq

. brazil's new cabinets includes 2 new female ministers for indigenous peoples and racial equality. on your hata was elected to congress in muscleteo desolation. she says her appointment represents a moment of historic revelry, reparation for brazil. improving equality was a campaign promise for president luis. enough, eluded a set of up police in western germany are continuing to forcibly evict climate activists from a village at the center of a battle over coal mining protest is moved into stop energy giant r w e from demolishing homes to get to the coal under ground the government insists the coal there is essential to maintain energy supplies, but activists dispute this and say, germany's climate goals need to come 1st one by one police from these, the activists occupying due to that or 30 say,

several 100 left a village voluntarily. most others resisting peacefully as officers moved in to dislodge them. from tree has is suspended platforms and the roof tops of abandoned homes. that gold to stop energy giant r w e from excavating late night. the dirtiest form of coal. from deep beneath the village the lion sean mirrors by burning the coal from under the village. germany is breaking the paris climate agreement. and at a time when the climate crisis is escalating, we have to make sure that emissions are drastically reduced. and that's why coal mining has to stop here. now that's often the german government has struck a deal with the energy company to phase out co by 2030. the demolition of this village is part of a compromise. excavate here now spare others in the future but host oh does. i'm

also tired of screens that a large part of the villages actually, irma for demolition will not need a bonus. one or 2 qualities were hundreds of people still live, your will not lose their homes in law which oh, dos commercials on protests from ball up. oh, i do think the protest mead symbols, but looks at art where nobody lives anymore kinds wrong symbols my knowledge of switches and boy, with the war in ukraine and the energy crisis. coal has seen a revival in germany. still experts, diet, that the cold underneath little heart is really needed. our studies and also other studies show that it's not necessary to mind the call, especially beyond and below are the village of little heart and not our best failure. because we do have enough coal in other areas of gods by law and the other mining regions, sir, that is necessary to,

to meet the energy transition and also the climate goals. ah, but in the end it's energy company r w e, who legally owns the village, and they want to stick to that fans. they expect profits with several 1000000000 euros from the additional coal. the police operation to clear the activists has proved complex and highly divisive. as germany grapples with its energy transition, the world health organization says uganda as late as the bola outbreak is over, more than 50 people have died since the disease to cold law september. but no new cases have been registered in the last 6 weeks. no more bishan in def makeshift, a boy, luckily nick in sight. the beds are finally empty. and this is a moment to celebrate. the deadly outbreak of a bullet in uganda has ended. authorities give credit to the committed health

workers. i'm really, i really feel so so great because he has one of the people who was the 1st line health walker. i'm really happy was i'm still alive, though some of our own one in uganda was hit by the outbreak in september last year . around a 140 people were infected, more than 50 people lost their life for the high. the outbreak was caused by the rear, so downstream for which there is no proven vaccine. as the number of cases spiked, the country, imposed locked down, so unaffected, hideous, and health stuff was mobilized. the global community is learning a lot from this success. this success is not only of uganda. it's a global fixed as and the global health community will learn. and follow uganda

directly to cease sprits to, to party leave fluids of infected birth and it often causes fever and bleeding and has a fidelity rate of foot on 50 percent. the end of outbreak of 1st arrest by to communities who have lost hundreds in federal outbreaks that had hit the country. it was only w news from berlin. christie platt said, we'll be up next with more about the battle of coal. here in germany, i've been for solon, see an excellent aah . several did, and right wing extremists writes requests and again world lobby and coping rate and burned in south africa, people with disabilities.