had young people clearly had the solution, the future belongs to the 77 percent every weekend. and d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the you plans new sanctions on moscow by february 24 a year since russia's invasion of you cried. european commission, president of a funder line and a team of top you officials have been holding talks with ukraine. vladimir zalinski

in keith, ahead of a summit that on friday, also coming up russia marks 80 years since the battle of stalingrad. president putin commemorates the soviet victory of nazi germany. and attempts to draw parallels with his war of aggression in ukraine. plus scientists in the u. s. i'm trying to piece together the puzzle that is long cove. it trying to find out why people suffer from the effects of coven months, or even years after they've had ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. it's the biggest e u delegation to visit ukraine since the start of russia's invasion, european commission president also left on the line and several other top european officials met with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski and keith,

where they have been discussing new sanctions on moscow. as well as you aid to ukraine, there was the feel of a family get together as members of the e u commission gathered in cave for a historic joint meeting with ukrainian government. he, you commission president ursula von de lion said they were there to show europe stands as firm as ever, with ukraine in its war with russia. our presence in keith to day gives a very clear signal. the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine. for the long haul, and we will stand up for ukraine as we stand up for the fundamental rights and the respect of the international law. but amidst all the smiles in solidarity sits another issue, i guess, for you, ah, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski once she craned to become a fully fledged member of the e. u. family. and quickly i moved that von to lion appears to endorse you. prepared

your application for the european union membership brilliantly. i know it by experience you became a candidate country while fighting an invasion. you'll continue to make impressive progress to meet the 7 steps of the commissions opinion. part of that progress is renewed crack down on corruption, including this rate. just a day before the e u teams arrival at the home of one of ukraine's most prominent billionaires. that timely demonstration of the landscape determination to prove to doubt as in europe that he and his government can be trusted. not only as a future e u member state, but also with billions in aid as and when the country starts to rebuild visible door gl or back regarding for reconstruction. and yes, there were a lot of discussions on various levels in europe research regarding the rebuilding

of our country after the war concret. now it is time, i think, for more concrete detail certainly was both for fast reconstruction and for fast financing of his process for our important process in the here. and now the e. u has promised to continue its support for ukraine by hitting russia with a fresh wave of sanctions who, when it comes to e e. e membership, it looks like president the landscape would just have to wait. did rush as president vladimir putin is in vulgar grad, formerly known as stalingrad, is attending celebrations. to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over german forces at the battle of stalingrad boots began with laying a wreath at the memorial complex to the fallen red army soldiers. he later spoke as an event where he criticized germany for helping to arm ukraine. he said, russia is once again threatened by germany. this is his latest attempt to compare

russia's war against ukraine to the soviet victory over nazi germany in world war 2 . at your school. i had springer, russia analyst concept in the egg or the in vilnius constantly. what did you make of put in speech there? well, i mean, there's nothing much to make, frankly speaking if you watch pollutants her last 2 years. herb, everything in russia today is world war 2. before the new year, they had posters all over moscow with photos from 1941 people, propaganda, posters or people are kind of, ah, during the new year celebration, 9041 mosque was especially besieged by the nazi troops. so, ah, every comparisons, all of all the 2nd world war to day and the fact that now he's comparing lowball tanks that didn't exist during world war 22 tiger tanks, which did exist in 19 forties. ah, is just another proof that put in his framing it as

a vig titanic struggle only comparable to world war 2. and he himself sees himself as stanley. and that is probably the most spooky thing about now use you mentioned had put in the criticise, germany's promised to sent main battle tanks or to support the ukraine, the leopards. let's listen to what he said and you get a yup. no, no fuck. it is unbelievable. noah, but it is a foreign mia scheme. duncan, we are a gang threatened by german lepper tanks with crosses on this side sort of previously with the way we have not sent our tanks to their border, but we have something to answer with this. and the use of armored vehicles will not be the end of it on yet. yeah. everyone should understand this, sir. those in that at that when you might arkansas in what do you think he means when he says russia might have something to answer with? well is as usual, put in the results to this implicit attempt to threaten with nuclear weapons.

i am sure he has been told many times during the last year and we are nearly are a year from the beginning of the full scale invasion that the west will not tolerate his nuclear threats. but he still resorting to because frankly speaking, he doesn't have much to offer. and the, the tanks that are going to be set. if these tanks a sent in meaningful numbers, they could check the outcome of the battle because so far couldn't have been using essentially tara tactics against peaceful civilians in ukraine class, he was destroy. green is infrastructure. that was his plan for the war. for the last few months now, a rival of battle tanks could change the situation. and that's why he's resulting once again to this very vivid propaganda images from a to years ago, which do have to evoke in every russian mind. this idea of

a patry arctic struggle are, but i think that that's a bit of a thin propaganda because frankly speaking of the uh, the, the, the threat of nuclear weapons will go nowhere. herb, i'm prepared to bet my reputation, that he will not use even imitation nuclear device during this conflict. are russia analyst content in egg, a bath in vilnius? thank you. consulted. thank you. now for the german side of things that sir farmer did of your political correspondent, a simon young simon, how there is this statement by putin being received in berlin. yoga had, i think the response from the german government will be measured. com, and frankly at unimpressed ah, vladimir putin, these are making, these are the specific threats of possible retaliation. and this is exactly one of the things that are meant that the la shots was very cautious when they're

considering the question of delivering tanks to ukraine. and is also why the german government repeatedly said that it's the weapons that it has sent to ukraine. are specifically for the self defense of ukraine. they're not for any attack against russia. and of course, germany is very well aware that any action it takes her in supporting ukraine can be sort of portrayed by putin as somehow and t russian given that to it particularly easy ukraine's, the sight of many nazi crimes of putin was speaking at the sight of styling grad, the bloodiest battle in history, where the death toll of more than 2000000. so either germany is acutely aware of that. as to nuclear, a potential for nuclear wept battlefield weapons to be used. i think that the german government thinks that unlikely,

but the sensitivity is high are more than half of germans when polled. so they're still worried about germany being dragged directly into this war and that that number is rising. so i think there's concern, but i don't think people are in the government, at least will be very impressed with this ablative cuz wanted some young. they're here in berlin. thank your son. as a look. now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the prime ministers of finland and sweden save a remain committed to joining nato. at the same time they were speaking a day of the turkish president repeated his opposition to sweden's bed. a recent koran burning and stockholm had angered ankara. a court in austria has given 4 men prison sentences for assisting the perpetrator of the 2020 vienna islamist terror attack. they were found guilty of helping him obtain guns and

ammunition. the attack of killed 4 people and injured 23 before he himself was shot dead by police. but frances has addressed thousands of young people at the stadium in these democratic republic of congo, capital kinshasa. he called again for forgiveness and reconciliation in the war torn nation. it's the 3rd day of the pope's visits to one of africa's most catholic countries. b o, p and central bank has high interest rates, again, increasing them by half a point to 3 percent on thursday. it's the 5th hike in a row. intended to curb euros on inflation. easy be president, christine law, god on the line and underlined the bank's continuing drive to tame inflation. even as the european economy is slowing at a steady pace, because it 19 panoramic was officially declared a global health crisis 3 years ago by the world health organization. this week,

the w h o said that the pandemic is not yet over. nevertheless, many countries around the world are returning to some sort of normality measures such as wearing mass in public places have been scrapped. but life is far from normal for the millions of people who continue to suffer from the effects of cove it months or even years after they have had it. they have what's called long cove. it and one family in the u. k. showed us how it's changed their lives abandoned. that's often how people with long covert feel. sammy mcfarland was infected with cove at 193 years ago. she still suffers from lethargy, difficulty concentrating, and the loss of her sense of smell. she's had to give up working and sell her house . her husband has become her carer. but her daughter who was 14, when she caught covet, has had an even worse time of it. as she was blacking out painting and she had really severe abdominal pain. and the pain would paralyze her. sammy is slowly

recovering. but her daughter kitty is still having a tough time with hong at enclave it because they have strong uses a young a healthy. i'm 16. i was 14 when i go. i was, it's 40 young, active nature. there were lots of brilliant, curious doctors and reset south there, but it isn't yet enough and hasn't yet found a treatment. and that, you know, there's a lot of what to be done. we need investment in biomedical research in britain about $70000.00 children suffered covered symptoms for longer than 3 months. london's university college hospital is carrying out the world's biggest study tracking 7011 to 17 year olds. long covert affects about 10 percent. most eventually recover, but for about one percent of the cases,

symptoms can persist for a very long time. it's commoner in girls and boys. it's commoner in older children than younger children. are the things that seem to make you more vulnerable. ah, if you've got health problems, physical or mental health problems before the pandemic, there is no quick cure and it's not yet well understood. professor stevenson says long cold. it is still a puzzle for sammy. she tries to deal with it by getting back to her old hobbies like swimming in the sea. her daughter kitty is also making slow progress. you're watching the w. c. as a reminder of our top story, european commission president, also a funder lion, has said that the you plans to place fresh sanctions on moscow before the 24th of february, exactly one year after russia invaded the ukraine from the line made the announcement

at the summit and keith, the sanctions are expected to include additional price cops on russian petroleum products. and russian president vladimir putin is attending celebrations to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over german forces at the battle of stalingrad. put in use the speech to criticize germany for sending to you credit. that's it for me and the news seemed don't go away. news asia is next with my colleague, be rushed back. i've got office in berlin from me on the news team here and thought ah, what people have to say matters to us. mm.