too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people far behind the boss. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th, on dw, with mrs. deed of the news live from berlin. ukraine deserves you membership talks this year. that's a declaration from ukraine's president as european commission. she was left on the line and a team of top do you officials are visiting cuba, where they'll hold a summit with president villa premier. the landscape also coming up. russia marks

80 years since the battle of stalingrad vladimir put in commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany. and attempts to draw parallels with his war of aggression in ukraine. and ukraine won't. it won't go to paris for next year's olympics, as long as russian and billy risdon athletes can compete. look at how the war in ukraine is fueling calls for an olympic boycott. ah, and told me, allowable, welcome to the program ukraine's president villa demur. zalesky says his country deserves to start talks this year on joining the european union as comments in his nightly address came after initial meetings with you, commission president was left on the line ahead of a major european summit set for friday in the ukrainian capital. but as russia's

war drags on, which is gone for nearly a year, now realizing that membership dream isn't likely to happen as quickly as keith would like. there is the steel of a family get together. this members of the you commission gathered in keith for a historic joint meeting with the ukranian government. he, you commission president or sullivan de lion said they were there to show you up stands as firmly as ever, with ukraine in its war with russia. our presence in chief 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 crane 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 commission's opinion. part of that progress is renewed, crackdown on corruption, including this rate at the home of one of your cranes most prominent billionaires. just a day before the e. u. 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 states, but also with billions in aid as him when the country starts to rebuild

visible door below. but regarding for reconstruction. so were a lot of discussions on various levels in europe regarding the rebuilding of our country after the war. now it is time, i think, for more concrete details both for fast reconstruction and fast financing of his process or important process in the heaven. 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 you membership looks like president the landscape would just have to wait until we talk to a journalist, i'll yeah, shandra, who is the editor in chief, your maiden press in keith. she told us what ukrainian people think about the summit with your officials today. well, ukrainians are demonstrating wrecker high support for you membership, and i'm more than 86 percent of the credits or the countries question to nate or

even more supportive session to the union union. so we are very happy that the summit of seeking place in cuba definitely sounds a strong signal that you is together with us. you are supporting us as a commissioner of presidents of underlines words today that the future of that use being decided and ukraine today. they really, it sounds an unprecedented signal of sports and we are very grateful for this that we're not alone and fight against russia. you member states chosen to support us on our quest for freedom and they use synonymous with you is really it's a symbol of what we aspire to, to be free russian empire and authoritarian regime. ok, so today's summit in cuba definitely sounds a strong signal that they use boarding ukrainians. and our

vladimir putin has presided over the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over german forces at the battle of stalingrad, which to day is known as vulgar grad. he criticized germany for helping arm ukraine, saying russia is once again threatened by german tanks. starting grad on the 80th anniversary of the most famous battle of world war 2. the city of the vulgar, once again carries the name of the soviet tyrant, a celebrated figure. in 2 days, russia, historical uniforms and equipment is paraded at one of the soviet soldiers who perished in a battle that turned the tide of the war parties group the city. until the course of 5 months. the german 6th army was 1st repelled, that encircled and finally defeated miss darling rock cauldron. around and 1000000 people lost their lives fighting. soldiers from old

soviet states fought installing rod including ukrainians letter letting me putin. this is primarily a russian victory. russian president also claims that history is repeating, that passion is once again threatening his country. neither i yet it's unbelievable that i happen to know from believable but it's a fact nor we are again threatening with german leopard tanks. and again, they are going to war against russia on ukrainian soil. casey, with the help of pictures, airs. ukraine. the assembly. okay. in. okay. possibly the she get vera, but us russia honest. those who defended the city against the german onslaught. 80 years ago, the soldiers of fighting a war of aggression of their own and as take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. israel's foreign minister as attended diplomatic talks in sudan and says the 2 countries expect to

fully normalize relations later. this year the agreement would be the 4th israel has signed as part of the u. s. brokered abraham accords. the following the deals with the united arab emirates, bahrain and morocco. mac level. in the u. s. republicans have voted to remove representative illinois omar from the foreign affairs committee. over commons she made about israel apologized for 2019 remarks, which were condemned as anti semitic democrats. a housing is political revenge for removals they made in the last congress was going to be displayed. tech stocks have posted their biggest gains in 5 months on wall street. the rally was fueled by facebook parent company metters quarterly revenue report, which showed a better than expected 23.3 percent increase. the tech heavy nasdaq stock index rose 3.3 percent of the broader dow index remained flat.

protestors in the democratic republic of congo have urge both frances to address sexual abuse in the church. the demonstrators gathered ahead of the pontiff arrival at martyrdom cathedral in the capital. kinshasa is the 3rd day of the pope's visit to one of africa. most catholic countries, the coven 19 pandemic, was officially declared a global health crisis 3 years ago by the world health organization. this week, the dublin shows that the pandemic is not yet over. yet many countries around the world are returning to some sort of normality and of scrapped measures such as wearing masks in public places. but life is far from normal for the millions of people who continue to suffer from defects of coven months, or even years after they had it. they have what's called long cove. it one family in the u. k. showed us how it has 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 covered, 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 long and i asked a young and healthy, i'm 60 i was school. i was 40 young active. 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 work 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 cove. it 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 are um, 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. ukraine is threatening to keep its athletes away from paris. the 2024 olympics. if russian and belarus in athletes participate as follows, an announcement by the international olympic committee that com, that it's considering letting sports men and women from those countries take part in the games. however, they would have to compete under a neutral flag. some of ukraine's top athletes have joined its armed forces and some have fallen in the fighting. to kathleen for lot a mere andrew shirk was one of ukraine's most promising sportsman. he died in combat last week. as a member of the national team, he didn't have to fight in the war. but he chose to

a young life once full of hope for the parish olympics, cut short over, lucid to come to the phone was a very talented sportsman. he had the perfect character for sports, where he had everything to be successful in training and in competition higher than what the best sadness, but also anger here. and what these people see is a grave injustice. why should russians and barris eons get to compete in paris? when many ukrainians can't because of the death and destruction, ukraine says 340 sports facilities have been damaged or ruined since the war began . a boy course of the gains has been moose it unless the international olympic committee changes. course. its president thomas bock personally called out by one of ukraine's biggest sport stars. you proposed to retros russian and viola rush

netlist to participate in the perez games. i tell you the russians are linked to champions in crimes against civilians. they have the gold medal and deportation children and rep of women. you cannot put your olympic emblem on describe because you will be an accomplice with his abominable war. the i o. c called click go statements defamatory. it says its mission is to bring all athletes together in the name of peace. only now that mission won't include follow to me or andro shook. one more victim of rushes. war is a reminder of our top stories. the president of ukraine says his country deserves to begin membership tolts with the e. u. this year redeemer zaleski has been holding talks with you. commission president was left on the line on the eve of a major summit aimed at strengthening ties. russian president vladimir

putin has attended celebrations to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory. overt german forces, the battle of stalingrad who didn't use a speech to criticize, gemini was sending to you play up next is rob watts with dw business. with all the latest news from the european central bank state june, that is more news and analysis is always on d w dot com. you can also follow us social media handlers at dw news. i'm totally illogical. thanks with every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out, you've used them tim, one day indian.