ah ah ah ah, this is dw used live from berlin laudermill zalinski urges a gathering of world leaders to speed up arms deliveries to ukraine. the ukranian president tells the munich security conference that they are crucial in stopping russian aggression. also on the program. police in pakistan say they've regained

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all areas was the key to stopping rushes aggression. zalinski set the tone comparing ukraine's fighting and russia to david and goliath. he will definitely fall already this year. we can make it all of us together just as david deed. we can make sure that there is no alternative to our victory to john ukraine's president urged western leaders to act quickly. we need to hurry up. we need this feed speed of our agreements. speed of our delivery to strengthen our sling, speed of decisions to limit ration potential was the whiskey pushed for speed? german chancellor, all of sholtes argued for caution the by losses. we will continue to maintain the balance between providing the best possible support to ukraine and avoiding an unwanted escalation. but shorts also challenged western countries to deliver on

promised weapons that so this means that everyone who can supply these battle tanks should actually do so. now, you're french, president emanuel microns packing for ukraine remains firm nudism absolutely more at the us. if you not, we must absolutely intensify our support for the resistance of the ukrainian people . hipaa law, me and army for leading the counselor offensive. which alone, he said, will enable credible negotiations under the conditions chosen by ukraine. h authorities, its people ha lieutenants his authority isn't that? cyclical v with a formal stage set, talks between western allies, began in earnest offstage. with the next step to bolster ukraine against russia's illegal war are being decided. all right, well for more on this said, joining us now from the munich security conference is our chief political correspondent, nina has a nina, great to see you. so we so many heavy weights speaking on the 1st day. what's that

i for you. i'll definitely, the speech from the ukranian president followed me as a lensky who gave his address via video link, where he reiterated his plea that the west needs to keep up its support for ukraine . and he said, ukraine is not just defending itself. it's also defending freedom at large democratic principles, and he also had a message for the international audience saying that rata wouldn't stop by ukraine's borders. so if russia is successful in ukraine than it will go somewhere else. and the french president emanuel, my call very much also stressing this message, saying that now is not the time for negotiations. the ball is very much in vladimir putin court. he could stop this act of aggression against ukraine at any point. and if he's not doing that, then the west needs to keep up it's of court will have such the german chancellor also came out quite strongly saying that to the,

the west at large needs to be prepared for a prolonged war. and that it does need to keep supporting for as long as it takes. well nina, there are countries, china, for example, who don't see russia in the same light as the west and with regards to ukraine. so how do you think today speakers will actually convince states that refuse to get involved, that this war concerns every well the idea of their security conference is also to get other voices and not just western voices to discuss these international security threats. and so definitely one of the highlights that we're all looking forward to is the address by the chinese chief diplomat. one ye, who's going to be interviewed by the organizer of this event on stage here later today. to hear more about what china things we know that china has warned putin against a using nuclear weapons. but where does china see this war headed? this is one of the big questions. and of course,

the address to the global south is something that also the french president and the german chancellor reiterated a then and at the french president, came out quite specifically in saying we have neglected the global south. we need to take those concerns more seriously. many countries around the world say ok, you, europeans have a conflict on your territory now suddenly it's an international conflict. while if there is a similar conflict in our region, then it's a regional conflict. so it does need to be some sort of convincing and a manual am i cause suspect specifically of reforming international institutions to give all these countries like brazil, india, and china, much more of a say yeah, we'll be keeping an eye on what's happening there. immune it. thanks. nina. t w's chief international or chief political correspondent, nina has russia's wagner group claims it has taken control of a village north of the eastern ukrainian city of back. moot,

the head of the mercenary company. yes, jenny, pre pre dudgeon says his forces have captured a village outside backward. the settlement is just 7 kilometers from there, where fierce fighting continues on friday. washington said, it believes that the wagner group has suffered staggering casualties in ukraine, totaling more than 30000, approximately 9000 killed. right, well let's speak now to d. w correspondent, i. e, for him who is standing by for us in keith. i a great to see you. so the wagner group claims it is just captured, a village, an outside bah, moot. has keith given any reaction? we haven't really heard a reaction here from officials in key. and that's not really unusual. pablo, when it comes to details about towns being taken or re taken on the battlefield. oftentimes this is very little information and as journalists,

we don't have full access to these areas for security reasons. i think what's interesting though, it to observe for us to observe is how this is going to play out in terms of the ongoing tension between the russian military, the russian ministry of defense. and that was the wagner group. i mean, they do fight with the same goals, but just in january they the wagner, the wagner group, had claimed that they had taken another town nearby, more solid, or only for 2 days later, for us to hear that from the russian defense ministry that it was actually, russian military, that was there, we have also yet to hear an official response from her from russia itself. so it will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming days that ukraine is pleading for more weapons from the outside world. and that's coming as western leaders are meeting at munich to assess said the almost year long war that's shaken europe and the world. how desperate is there need for these weapons?

right, i mean if there are like short term goals, i would say and for their short term medium goals that you know the goal to basically maintain their positions and not to have to retreat. the question of ammunition is really, really key. we've heard from military officials that if they don't have enough ammunition, they might have, they might need to, you know, retreat until they can have enough to it to fight back. so that is really more of a short to medium term issue. we know that ammunition is in short supply ukraine. he's used in way more than the west can produce at this point is also something that we heard. german chancellor olive shalt address yesterday at the munich security conference. then there's sort of the more longer term goals and that includes things like tank deliveries and the leper to tanks that had been promised to ukraine are not going to arrive until late april. we know there are maintenance issues, training issues and so on. but these have more to do with whether ukraine would

then eventually launch its own counter offensive am. but ukrainian officials will tell you any delay in any weapon or ammunition is costing them lives. thanks. i did of new cars fun and i abraham and keith. well here are some other stories making headlines around the world in the us state of tennessee, 5 former memphis police officers have pleaded not guilty to 2nd degree murder in connection with the violent death of tyree nichols. the 29 year old died in the hospital 3 days after he was savagely beaten by the officers following a traffic stop. here, 6 people are dead following a series of shootings in a rural town in the us state of mississippi. the shootings took place inside a store and at least 2 private homes. police have a suspecting custody authorities discovered for bodies after his arrest. military

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ukranian president vladimir zalinski has urged his allies to speed up arms deliveries in a virtual address to the munich security conference. he said western weapons were key to defeating what he called the russian goliath price to buy. right, that's your news for now. i'll be back with the headlines at the top of the hour and of next sports life looks at the taliban suppression of female athletes. and there's plenty more news on our website or youtube channel, as well as our instagram and twitter account take care to see very, ah, to soon as you're a good push to me today, bus yes, but see if this is the consequence was for those and flips i'm to find out because she couldn't get a symbol anymore, just conflict in ukraine. the europe.