really it's too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people who are behind the bars. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d, w. ah ah, this is the w news live from burle. it the you plan's new sanctions on moscow by february 24th a year since roches invasion of you. christ european commission president, also a funder line and the team of talk you officials have been holding talks with

ukraine's bottom is zalinski and keith ahead of a summit. there on friday, also coming up, russia mark's 80 years since the battle of stalingrad. president putin commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany. and attempts to draw parallels with his old war of aggression in ukraine. and drugs, gangs wage a deadly battle for the market in europe. police struggle to control the cocaine trade at the port of antwerp in belgium. and many port workers, us scared to talk about what they know. ah, i'm gabelle as well come to the program. it's the biggest a you delegation to visit ukraine since the start of russia invasion, european commission president, also a funder lion and several other top european officials met both ukrainian president

vladimir zalinski in keith, where they have been discussing new sanctions on moscow as well as e u aide to ukraine. there is the feel of a family get together as members of the you commission gathered in cave, for a historic joint meeting with the ukranian government. he, you, commission president, ought to live on the lion said they were there to show you up stands as firmly as ever, with ukraine in its war with russia. our presence in keep today 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, uh huh. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski once she craned to become a fully fledged member of the

e. u. family. and quickly i moved that bond to lion appears to endorse you. prepared your application for the european union membership brilliantly. i know it by experience you became a candidate at country while fighting an invasion. you continue to make impressive progress to meet the 7 steps of the commission's opinion. part of that progress is renewed crack down on corruption, including this rate at the home of one year crane's most prominent billionaires. just a day before the you teams arrival in cave, 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 video door below. but regarding for reconstruction, if there were

a lot of discussions on various levels in europe regarding the rebuilding of our country after the war, concret. now it is time, i think, for more concrete details luasa both for fast reconstruction and for fast financing of his process for our importance over a 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. but when it comes to e e. e membership, it looks like president the landscape would just have to wait. it was a russian 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 sullen cross. put in, began with laying a wreath at the memorial complex to the fallen red army soldiers. he later spoke at an event where he criticized germany for helping to arm ukraine. he said russia is

once again threatened by germany. this is only as late as the attempt to compare russia's war against ukraine to the soviet victory of nazi germany in world war 2. is that your school? and earlier i asked her, are russia analyst conference in exit for his take on, put in speech? well, i mean, there's nothing much to make, frankly speaking, if you watch futons 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 with mosque was especially besieged by the nancy troops. so, ah, every comparisons all of our 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 as ah vig titanic, struggle all the corporal world 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 promise to send main battle tanks or to support ukraine, the leopards. let's listen to what he said. you are a yup. no, no fuck, it is unbelievable. nora, but it is a foreign mia scheme. duncan, we are a gang threatened by german lepper tanks with crosses on this side slur recently 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. see those in a, at a bring your might. our concept in what do you think he means when he says rush, i might have something to answer with. well, is as usual,

put in the results to this implicit attempt to threaten with nuclear weapons. i'm sure he's been told many times during the last year and we are a 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 thanks 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. and 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 patry artic struggle. ah, 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 for the german side of things that we also spoke with our political correspondent, simon. yeah. yet had i think the response from the german government will be measured. com and frankly unimpressed. are vladimir putin, these are making, these are the specific threats of possible retaliation. and this is exactly one of the things that method of 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 with 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 or 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, correspondent simon younger here in berlin. thank you. son turned out to have a look at some of the other stores making headlights today. the prime ministers of finland and sweden, se they remain committed to joining nato at the same time. they were speaking a day after the turkish president repeated his opposition to sweden's bait. a recent koran burning and stockholm had angered ankara. a court and 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 killed 4 people and injured 23 before he himself was shot dead by police. hope frances has addressed thousands of young people at the stadium in the 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 visit to one of africa's most catholic countries. the european central bank has hiked interest rates again, increasing them by half a point to 3 percent on thursday. it's the 5th height in a row intended to curb euros zone inflation, e c. b president, christine la, guard underlined the banks continuing dr. tame inflation rate, even as european economy is slowing at a steady pace. the port of antwerp and belgium has become the number one gateway for latin american cocaine destined for europe. the trade is controlled by

a powerful international gangs and comes with high levels of violence and corruption. the problem is so acute that adverbs mayer is calling for the army to be deployed the w's. terry schultz reports looks to me like a kalashnikov very small and completely roams. is that what the drug dealers are using some forms on the recent shooting death of an 11 year old girl in her family home in antwerp, believe to be an accidental killing in a dispute between gangs has drug culture research to in rotan, fearing attacks will now spiral, i hope it won't be cycle revenge, because then you have a whole new level of violence in infant predictable dynamics. beltran authorities seized a $110.00 tons of cocaine last year, a record, but they estimate that's only about 10 percent of what's imported. not enough to disrupt criminals business. they're boosting their efforts planning to deploy more than a 100 extra people at the port along with new scanning equipment. but the added scrutiny

may make smugglers even more determined to recruit insiders to help get the cocaine on to land. they're already targeting port employees. they approach you very directly as show pictures of your family, of your kits, of, of friends. and this is a, not a very subtle way of working it's, it's a real threats. stephan vanham is the general manager at alpha port vodka, which represents employers at the port of antwerp. he said it was risky to even speak with us on the topic. i realized that this is a danger maybe also for myself and my family. i think there's no alternative than being open about this problem. if you stay silent, i considered us to be cooperation to these guys. i think we need to stop them. that's a top priority for the e. u. police agency euro pool because so many other crimes are linked to drug trafficking. whoever is involved in a drug trafficking is also involved in money laundering and document for europe,

whole emphasizes. it can't even begin to tackle this problem without help from around the globe. yon up in north says they are increasingly teaming up with origin countries like colombia, as well as places where king pins often. he says it's working step by step. quite a few high volume targets were taken out, were arrested in dubai. and, and they were alleged lee orchestrating cocaine trafficking into the you from dubai . so this loophole will be close to so many loopholes remain open, but 10 voting says doing nothing. it is not an option. you just cannot say, oh, we just let them do their way and, and let the did the city of the country and europe flocked with cocaine. it is not an option. in the meantime though, the piles of confiscating cocaine in belgium are so big already that authorities feared the gangs will try to steal the drugs back before they can be destroyed.

terry shows reporting that it what you did a be news. here's a reminder of our top story. european commission president was up on the line and said that the you plans to place fresh sanctions on moscow before the 24th of february. that's exactly one year of the russia and beta ukraine for the line made the announcements announcement at a summit in t. the sanctions. i expect it to include additional price caps on russian petroleum products. that's it from you on the news to him, don't go away. i'll documentary theories is next measuring the environmental cost of to so called super foods, blueberries, and the other cargoes don't miss the gamma alford with stories that move people of the world.