a leash on on violet, pass and re imagine now these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah ah. this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. a fierce battle is underway for a town in eastern ukraine. heavy fighting is reported in solid r as ukrainian forces continue to put up resistance. also in the program, poland is sent to send german made leopard tanks to ukraine. pressure is mounting

on its allies, especially germany to follow suit. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. you crane says fierce fighting in the eastern town of holly. dar is continuing following conflicting reports about whether the town has been captured. this comes amid a major shake up at the top of russia's military, as russian president vladimir putin appoints a new commander to take charge of his war. ukrainian soldiers firing at russian positions. internet's province fighting is concentrated around sola, dar, a mining town near the strategic city. of back moot, these satellite images show the scale of the destruction since august of last year . conditions in back mood are dire. there is no heating or electricity.

most residents flag the fighting. those who didn't are now trapped. or trump causal dollars follow, i sleep in the same clothes. i walk around in there. man, since we haven't bade for 4 months each a war score soon, everything will freeze their coronel so both the kitchen door and the toilet tissue or hard data. there are a lot of people here. grandfather's grandmother's. no one goes anywhere near the leader of the russian mercenary wagner. group claims it has captured sola. dar yevgeny per goshen. released this picture of himself, allegedly in a salt mine near. so le dar, he says the town is surrounded, but ukraine's president refutes those claims as russian propaganda. only bolden for the law usually will present and are already presenting this to their society in

order to support mobilization, to give hope to those who are for the aggression. but the fighting continues. donuts is holding optimal. if solid are falls, it would no doubt boost russian morale. it could also help president putin to appease his critics who say his war effort is fumbling. on wednesday the kremlin announced another shake up among the military leadership. general valeri grass them off, has been appointed as the new commander to head up the offensive in ukraine of direct some of his tasks with turning around russia's fortunes in a war that has been badly legging in recent months. and yet vladimir putin has shown no sign of relenting in his quest to come out ahead against keith. under raj is a senior fellow with the german council on foreign relations. he told us more about general about russian general value or a grass him off. and what his appointment means did he get off to move,

has been the chief of russia general stop since 2000. and about before that he was a commander of russia central military district and had basically a class the full just career. he's appointment as the main commander of the operation. ukraine is unlikely to change how the voice conducted. actually, quite likely the garage would do any operation or command because it was more than 10 years ago when he last time actually commented troops. so the more likely scenario is that the previous commander general, i guess we can begin with not a deputy of get our symbol there still be responsible for most of the operation command by jerry. bye bye. get seymour at the number, one of the supreme commander ensure better coordination between the russia. but again, i do not see his appointment as any kind of a potential change. this is put in the 3rd commanding general in ukraine since the invasion began last february. what does this latest re shuffle?

tell us about the cremeans approached the war. while taking into account how russian troops had been constantly failing in reaching the origin only designated gold. so surprising that the main commander change quite often. because somebody has to take the responsibility, right? actually i wouldn't be quite surprised if it turned out the get see what was not entirely happy about this new appointment. let me also call disco disappointment deleted operation ukraine. it's kind of a hot potato that nobody really wants to have to have in his or her hand. still now get out and given the task. but again, even if his command will be successful at person change a single person or change is unable to patch up for the organization or instructional flows of russia rom forces. what about the battle field itself?

can you tell us, for example, what's happening in solid door because we're getting conflicting reports about who's in control there and what it would mean if russia takes control of the town? first and foremost, i would caution against overestimating the importer for, for a dollar. this is a small mining town which had a population of approximately 10000 before the war. there are hundreds of sites more industrial on the grain. so solid are, is important, not because of itself, but because it constitutes basically the left flank of the defense of buck mode, which is much more important ukrainian, or $45.00. today, with the russian troops had been trying to take for nearly 6 months. and russia had been trying to big buckled quite from tele, attacking, sending one be about another like, constantly saving to get to the city. and now they shifted their, their and trying to be solid. are in debt by cutting off,

bundled. but even if florida falls, this alone would not be able for the russians to cut the supply line leading to buckboard, let them know and circling the city. so here, one more thing. how do they extend to? kimberly gifford will been sort of fighting is still going, going in. but what so a story in florida. so the russian claims about taking the entire city are, don't, i mean, don't seem to be for the ground it fighting, get going on their defense analysts under a rush in budapest, thank you very much. thank you. last mentioned, poland is offering to supply ukraine with german made leopard tanks as part of an international coalition. the announcement polos talks between polish present on j, judah and ukraine's volume is the landscape or the pledge puts pressure on germany, which has so far, refused to deliver the advance tanks to ukraine itself. boy, field ukraine needs heavier weapons that has been,

keeps message to its western allies for months on top of the list, the german built leopard to battle tank. so far, western nations have been reluctant, fearing further escalation with the 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 grammar would have on our call, 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. although who 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 ish and ukrainian people killed who was born, but we will definitely keep going to the end of the but it's just that the cost will be very high. ali thing love, poland, and other nato allies are leaning ever harder on the german chancellor to change his to sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. you as present, jo biden's legal team says he says it is found more classified documents have his delaware home earlier this week, news broke, that secret reports had been found in an office biden used after his time. as vice

president in november, biden's has said his cooperating with the justice department inquiry. you. europe's largest known deposit of rare earth elements has been found near the swedish mining city of corona mining company, l. k. a b said the newly discovered pair higher deposit contains more than a 1000000 tons of the minerals. they are essential for many technologies considered vital to the green transition. europe currently relies heavily on chinese imports of rare earths police in western germany are continuing to forcibly evict climate activists from a bill age at the center of a battle over coal mining protesters moved into stop energy giant r w. we from demolishing the homes to make way for operations. the government insists the coal is essential to maintain energy supplies. activists dispute this, they say germany's climate goals should come per st. a peaceful protest to his

escorted away from a condemned farm house. police raided the building after a tense over night stand off. within minutes, hundreds of officers had flooded the complex to route out. hideaway is the eyes washington. it was very scary in the morning when the alarm went off and the police stormed the barricades. it was really a very scary situation. aisd and circles. they just beat police then turned their attention to the hard core faction. hold up down the street. the barricaded themselves inside what was once residential apartments. it began with a game of cotton mouse but grew more menacing as please try to clear the way. activists through fireworks and glass bottles from makeshift ramparts projectiles

drew ever more vulgar. police retreated then made their move. storming the building from 2 sides. a sportsman said police were negotiating with the activists inside my mind enforcement according to my information, one yard has already been completely cleared and other buildings talks are still under. we with the activists to me then leave voluntarily and independently. but the situation is very complex. in the meantime, work has been done on a wide range of buildings. so it's not possible to have a detailed overview. i'll put it this way. we're making progress. progress for the police though, is a set back for activists. and they say for global climate change,

i finished your other. i'm feeling very shaddick disappointed. what's vibrant on this and a little that last fall on l. liptrot's last stand may not save the village. but if nothing else, it's brought attention to their cause. finally, what have rock music's most influential guitarists jeff beck has died aged 78, rolling stone magazine, once named the british rocker the 5th best guitar player of all time. beck explored jazz rock blues and r and b shaping the music world for decades. and earning 7 grammys and 8 gold albums along the way. jeff beck and his fender strata castor, the instrument, he called his other arm. his innovative technique and style were the envy of many guitarists who tried to imitate him for decades. beck was

21 when he got his big break. replacing eric clapton in the yard birds, his solos helped to make some of the yard birds biggest hits, including shapes of things. back wasn't happy with the band though he left after a year and a half and formed the jeff beck group together with rod stewart. but it was a one off instrumental recording with led zeppelin founder jimmy page and the who drummer keith moon. there remains one of his most famous beck's bolero. this songs primal, almost psychedelic energy, inspired even jimmy hendrix by continued making albums, but became a kind of musicians musician playing with eric clapton and bb king recording solos for tina turner, kate bush, and most recently collaborating with johnny depp. he'll be remembered by many other

musicians who admired him. despite plenty of accolades, jeff back never became a superstar, like many of his peers. he said that was for the best. ah, you're watching dw news from berlin coming up next year. agree? it'll be here with all the news from asia, including a report on japan trying to tackle it's population problem. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these was discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites.