a documentary series about the future of food. the great debate this week on d. w. ah ah, ah, this is dw news wire from berlin. vladimir putin issued a rally and call to russians to back the war in ukraine. speaking in moscow, shortly before the 1st anniversary of the invasion, gluten describes frontline russian troops as defenders of the fatherland. joe biden wraps up a diplomatic mission to ukraine and poland to the west president reassures nato's

eastern flank. it can count on support in the face of russian aggression. ah, hello, i'm clare richardson, thanks so much for joining us. president vladimir putin has issued a raleigh and call to russians to get behind the war in ukraine. couldn't addressed crowds at a sports stadium in central moscow in the run up the 1st anniversary of the invasion. hootin said russia is proud of its forces fighting in ukraine. and if the whole country supports them, he called russian troops, defenders of the fatherland and said at moscow was fighting for what he called it's historical lands in ukraine. organizers say around 200000 people were expected to attend the rally. wish. earlier we spoke to d w. moscow bureau chief, uri rossetto,

he's now based in the lobby in capital rica, after russian authorities closed down tito these moscow office. he told us what the russian president said to crowds in that moscow stadium well put in, made a short speech, patrick or dick speech. he praised as expected. you mentioned this, the russian army, which according to him, is doing nothing but defending russia. by the way, to morrow is russia, russia's defender of father lundy will be celebrated. and today's opulent propaganda concert is exactly what the kremlin has host several times before at moscow's fav pollution stadium. and these same symbolism the same breath away, cuz the same singers could be seen there. by the way, i wouldn't be surprised, surprised if there was some or the same spectators as last year, because many of them were transported with special bosses. and these are the so called b j, nikki employees or state companies, teachers, and so one. so people who were instructed to join this concert, what was nuclear this year, is that an anti aircraft?

a defense system was reportedly installed to next to the stadium, which shows to the new reality in the russian capital. thanks so much for that uri . could you please stand by? we're going to come back to you in just a moment. i'm 1st might take a look at another issue. earlier futon said he is looking forward to strengthening ties between russia and china. and we know beijing's top indefinite one he met put in at the kremlin, was that relations between beijing and moscow will not be influenced by other countries. newton also said he's looking forward to welcoming china's president. she's in pain to visit moscow. was with us. so back over to you, you're a, what do you think beijing's objective is here? what is the importance of this meeting? of course for moscow is obviously much greater than from being put in his keen to show that he isn't isolated. as were china's objective. there are, we see that a senior chinese diplomat has been traveling to moscow to talk with the russian

president, which means that he obviously raised issues that need to be clarified before the chinese president's visit to moscow. you mentioned that such a visit has already been announced, thought and this issue could only be russia's go against ukraine, and china wants to mediate and show to the world and above all, to the united states. that it is a reliable, international partner. and also very important for china is to show that it isn't going to supply russia with weapons. and china was expressly warrant against this by u. s. president biden. now another major issue regarding the war in ukraine is that the announcement of the suspension of the new start nuclear treaty that putin made yesterday. can you tell us what the latest is on this as expected both the timbers of the russian parliament approved of the suspension of the start 3 t r. the question clear is what's next? and what is the difference between just suspending and to leaving the tree to

completely put in some warning of both suspension or suspending may be a signal that the russia is not going to increase the number of warheads. this was also confirmed by the russian foreign ministry. the good news experts say is that russia obviously, is going to continue to report its launches of into the continent, intercontinental ballistic missiles to the united states. this obligation would continue thanks to another agreement between the former soviet union and usa from $9.00 to $88.00. but if the suspended start 3 to practical and no longer works and that's a bad news, each side will expect, expect divorced from each other. they are for an uncontrolled, unrestricted arms. res could begin, and the threat of atomic war would increase dangerous times. we're living and thank you so much for that update. that's our moscow bureau chief here we were shadow enrica for us. the last presidential biden is wrapping up a 4 day visit to ukraine and poland,

by meeting with leaders from the so called bucharest 9, which includes nations from nato's eastern flank. they came together in response to russia's invasion of ukraine a year ago. the countries worry that moscow could threaten their sovereignty if it's war and ukraine succeeds. widen, has reaffirmed washington's commitment to nato's mutual defense treaty in his speech in warsaw. i spoke earlier to did you correspondence back to regard in warsaw and asked him whether biden's visit has reassured nato's eastern members. but a day again, thousands of poets and also refugees from ukraine to witness the the preceding c at the presidential palace. and they are quite satisfied that president biden again, reiterated, turn the american commitment to defend native territory. every inch of it, as the president said, for him it says sacred commitment that united states has given and also the politicians inside the 9 heads of states and governments that were gathered. there

were a very happy, of course, that the americans are saying this again and again and again. and i think they believe it, and it's also the other way around the case. of course, also the 9 front states, if you will call them. so here from the baltics down to romania, are committed to defend these east and flank also for the other nato members. so it's a task that they are will do together. and can you tell us more about this? how called eucharist 9? how has their role changed in nato since the start of the conflict in ukraine? where this sir booker as 9 group, has already found a 20151 year after the herb, russia annexed at the crimea, and started it's war in eastern ukraine. and, and now after the full fledged invasion into ukraine, of course, this group is even more important. and now you have 8 better groups of nato in

these countries. and this is a battalion, 1000 people. this is to show the commitment of nato to defend the territory. and these 8 countries, these 9 countries, sorry, are also asking for more troops, a bond, a whole brigade that would be $3500.00 people from nato. and they are also asking the united states to send even more troops, although in poland alone, they are already $10000.00 american troops and a rotating basis. but this is of cause in the view of these countries, not enough. they also wanted more armament more earn logistical support, more interest structure, and not only for themselves, but also for ukraine. this was also a topic here today, but no concrete numbers and no concrete results. and as, and you have to say that only one country in hungary is out of line. victor alban, the prime minister of hungary, says he wants to stay out of the war against russia and all of this he wants to

maintain his good ties with vladimir putin. had there been any reactions in war saturday to the sabre rattling comments by russian president vladimir putin, and particularly regarding his announcement of the suspension of russia's participation in the new star training. there was no official word on this, but the many expert and the media here said, sir, it sabre rattling and it's, it's not so series and put in will not or actually use no nuclear weapons any time soon. there's more concern about and immediate needs that the, that ukraine has more fighter jets, long range missiles, for example, a tillery, there was a demonstration to day in warsaw by pro ukrainian protests urged mister biden to send fighter jets or to ukraine. this will not happen any time soon the americans have and i said, this is not going to happen because it's too complicated to get these weapons in

there and to operate. actually these a jets in ukraine. em, but it's, it's bell. yes, they have to listen to the speech of mister putin that nobody is taking this very seriously. here. are you so much fair reporting and that update as our correspondent and jamaica money from warsaw. i can bring you up to speed now with some other stories making headlines around the world. finished president sally nist says finland would still join nato if sweden's bit is delayed, is that the 2 countries will proceed quote, hand in hand through the process, but that the final decision was not up to them. turkey has held up sweden's membership due to a diplomatic dispute. alice indian officials say that israeli military has killed at least 10 people and wounded more than a 100. in a rate in the occupied westbank city of nablus. israel says it soldiers were fired

on while attempting to arrest alleged palestinian militants. it says the suspected militants are now dead. germany is expelling to iranian diplomat after 10 wrong sentence in iranian german national death. john, she sharma was convicted, convicted by an iranian court over a mock bombing in 2008 supporters allege he was abducted abroad and forcibly taken to iran. and a tropical cyclone has struck madagascar killing at least 4 people cycling. freddy hit the island with windsor around 130 kilometers per hour and heavy rain. the united nations have categorized the storm as dangerous, and it is approaching east africa. now to berlin's international film festival, the berlin olive today was the world premier of 20000 species of beef. it tells the story of an 8 year old child who explores her identity during a summer vacation in her mother's home town in the bath country. the girl doesn't like it when people are dress her by her birth name. and so she goes in search of

the right one and any identity t w reporter and a chauffeur is at the berlin other. and she told me earlier more about the film. hey, claire. the film actually just celebrates or is about to celebrate its international premier just here behind me in the belly, not a palace and the film 20000 species of b as one of 2 competition films this year, starring a child as main protagonist. and as you just mentioned, this one was about the 8 year old leads with who feels that it doesn't really fit in. and over the course of the film we found out why we, we find out why it is said during the summer holidays in a village in the bus country. and, and the little child spends a lot of time with an aunt who is a beekeeper, and slowly and steadily we find out in dialogues with that aunt and with friends that she feels as a girl born, a boy feels as a girl. so she has

a transgender identity, and at some point in the film, she ultimately em finds a new name for herself. she calls herself a lucy. and the story also follows the family who has obviously different levels of acceptance for this identity and the director and a press conference. a said to day that she was especially interested in bringing together different opinions that are very far apart. and she thinks that cinema, especially film, is a great way, a great bridge to do that. absolutely. and we also have another premier in berlin today. it is a german filled by christian at sold called a fire. can you tell us what that is all about? yes i definitely can. i just want to say a quick thing about just thought i could stand pets out. who is a basically bally not a friend. he has been here for years. he has been in the competition with many, many films. and the last a in 2020 with on dina, which is the 1st part of

a trilogy where he worked with act up paula and paula bay. i actually received the silver bad pun intended for performance about film and also in a fire pet salt works. lex again, together with paula back. and the story is about am for young people who spent the summer in a house um close to the baltic sea. and especially one of them li, on a writer seems to have an existential crisis. and this all happens while forest fires come closer and closer to the house. and i have hard to believe that we are already more than half way through the berlin allah. just briefly before let you go, is it already clear who might be taking home one of those coveted bears? well, we're halfway through halfway through su, sam. there's obviously a lot of bust about which fillum could win an award, and one that's really received a lot of positive feedback so far is past lives. the korean american production

about to childhood, friends meeting in new york after a really long time. it is romantic and touching without being cheesy. fabulous. thank you so much for that update. that's data reporter and a sofa. and as soon as update at this hour coming up next d w. news asia has more on the visit to moscow by china's top diplomat long. you. stay tuned for that or check on our website, d, w dot com for more news and analysis. i'm clear, richards in berlin, thank you so much for watching. what secrets my behind these were discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites with d w.