i get into the future in the you with slowly in february on d, w. m. ah, this is dw news live from berlin. vladimir pierson urges russians to back the war in ukraine almost one year into his invasion, brewton issues a rallying call, and praises front line russian troops as defend is all the fatherland. also coming up, u. s. president joe biden,

rab stop and diplomatic mission to ukraine and poland with the promise of solidarity with nice host, easton flag. and new filmmakers in the spotlight had berlin's international film festival. spanish drama. $20000.00 species of bees told the story of a 9 year old child's quest for identity. it's in the running for the festivals top cries the prestigious golden bell. ah, i'm jared rate. thanks for your company today. russia's president has tried to rally his people nearing the anniversary of a war, which is not going his way. vladimir putin is urged russians to get behind the war in ukraine as the one year mark approaches. on friday, he called frontline russian troops, defenders of the fatherland and said moscow with fighting for what he called. it's

historical lands in ukraine. ah, he may be isolated on the international stage, but at home, russia's precedent still speaks to roaring crowds. when we are together, we have no equal the you for the unity of the russian people who are a tens of thousands gathered in moscow bush, nikki stadium, to honor their soldiers fighting in ukraine. right here behind the patriotic fanfare. putin is a leader with little to cheer about one year inches. invasion of ukraine. yeah. western intelligence estimate as many as 200000 russian troops had been killed or wounded in the ear since invasion. an average of nearly $550.00 soldiers each day.

his army once believe to be 2nd only to the u. s. s. is widely considered to be on the ropes. and the criminals cracked down on critics as made it difficult to gauge popular support for the war. but put in his bank and on bay ging to help change his fortunes. and on wednesday, china's top diplomat appeared to be extending a helping head meeting in moscow when g pledge to strengthen ties with russia. good me yet. wondering who were willing to work with the russian side to maintain strategic stability and deepened, political trust, taught actually to strength and strategic cooperation and expand all round practical cooperation, so as to maintain a greater role in safeguarding the legitimate rights of our 2 countries. so you the visit, a demonstration of defiance at

a time when the 2 countries relations with the west are at their lowest points since the cold war number, when the comprehensive strategic partnership between russia and china has never been directed against any 3rd party. and of course, it will not be impacted by interference and provocation from any 3rd party group. we will not yield to any coercion by any 3rd party. tasha the meeting is likely to further fuel fear to washington the bay. jane could soon start providing lethal weapons to help moscow turned the tide on the battlefield. he adding to the tension the kremlin on wednesday suspended a critical nuclear arms control treaty with the wes, leaving western leaders worried that the 2nd year the war could turn even uglier than the 1st. earlier we spoke with d w. moscow bureau chief yuri rochester,

who is now based in the latvian capital rica after rational tardies closed down t w's moscow office. he told us more about the significance of putin speech. put his book for 3 and a half minutes only. he emphasized, in his short, pathetic speech of the importance of the russian army, that is, in his opinion, defending you mentioned it, defending russia and is supported by the whole country. so each of the russians is in some way, the defender of the fatherland, his end, and many of those waving russia, flags during this opulent propaganda event, who are the so called to puget, nikki. so teachers, officials, employees of state companies who was brought by buses from moscow's suburbs and instructed to join his concert. among them were there was supposedly some paid spectators on social media. there was information circulating about the money people will paid for. the participation and immobile anti craft defense system was

reported. the protecting, the crowds installed close to the stadium. that was a sign of a new reality in moscow. the re reset or u. s. president joe biden has wrapped up a diplomatic mission to ukraine and poland, by meeting with leaders from the so called bucharest, 9. these are countries along nato's eastern flag. they came together in response to russia's invasion of ukraine a year ago. these countries warry that moscow could threaten their sovereignty if it's war in ukraine 16th bite, and reaffirmed washington's commitment to defend every inch of nitro territory. that also has wrapped up security on has ramped up, i'm sorry, security on its eastern flank to help reassure these countries. the alliance has deployed extra troops through the baltic states of estonia, latvia and lithuania, as well as poland, slovakia, romania and no national member. moldova also nervous about russia, moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up

ammunition production, putting hundreds of thousands of troops on high hello nato is not the warring part in ukraine, but the company has led to a dramatic change in its strategy. the alliance is going back to its roots assess defense expert ian lisa is reinforced a shift in nato strategy away from thinking about expeditionary warfare, which has been in crisis management, which has been dominating for the last decades prior to thinking again about territorial defense in a very serious way nuclear strategy is discussed in a very serious way again. so all of these things that we hadn't really focused on for decades are now at the core of debates inside native since the start of russia's invasion, need to allies have continuously increased our support for ukraine, starting with simple anti tank weapons and missiles. and then gradually deploying more advanced weapons,

but with ukraine burning through artillery shells and other ammunition much faster than the west can produce them. it is becoming difficult for nato countries to match the war time demand. these problems are not surprising, says richard sheriff, a retired british army general and natal for my deputy supreme allied commander, europe towards the end of the day. if you want to fight, protect yourself, protect your country, protect ground and seize ground back. you need the heavy metal of armored forces, including time, solid infantry on out ought to re on the light. and there's been lack of investment in that, as there has been a complete and frankly scandalous, lack of investment in the sinews of war. the ammunition logistic sustainability require nato has already doubled its forces on the eastern flank. in addition to 4 already existing battle groups in the baltic states and in poland, the alliance has established for more in south eastern europe. the plan is to

strengthen ear and missile defense systems and to feather of beef up the number of troops there. i think we should be talking about divisions not brigade, insignificant, really significant numbers. a band of steel along nato's eastern flank, to demonstrate unequivocally to russia of nature, is ready and prepared to defend itself. so far, allies have reminded united in their commitment to support ukraine and with the former neutral countries of sweden and finland now poised to join the alliance. nato has become even more relevant says under spoke rasmussen, former nato secretary general and now adviser to the government in keith. it's very clear that pu chin has achieved the opposite of what he wanted. he wanted less nato. he has got more ne show, but the longer the war drinks on,

the greater the risk of an uncontrollable escalation for all its new found strength and purpose. the conflict in ukraine remains a balancing act for nato. let's get a round up of some of the world news headlines now. un secretary general antonio good terror has told an emergency station of the un general assembly that rushes, recent threats to use nuclear weapons are unacceptable. good terrorist was referencing moscow's implicit threats to use. so called tactical nukes in ukraine. the u. n. was meeting to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of moscow's invasion. he is also the mexican president until he is manuel lopez. abra door has offered asylum to opponents of his nicaraguan counterpart. daniel ortega, he said, mexico's doors were open to all those who wanted to be there. ortega has crack down on dissidence. dissent. i'm sorry, in recent years,

a british woman who joined the so called his lennox died in syria, has lost an appeal against her citizenship being stripped should mima big him who left the u. k. as a schoolgirl in 2015 is being held in a syrian detention camp, the british government revoked her nationality, citing security concerns. a tropical cyclone has struck madagascar killing at least 4 people cycling. freddy hit the island with winds around 130 kilometers per hour and heavy rain. the u. n. has categorized the storm as dangerous. it's approaching east africa, the want of palestinian officials say the israeli military has killed at least 10 people and wounded 100 more than 100 in a ride in the occupied westbank city of knob blows. israel says its soldiers were fired on while attempting to arrest alleged to palestinian militants, who they say. and how did you, where says it's extremely concerned about the levels of violence. this building

reduced to rapid a date time military operation. but destroy forces don't directly palestinian official fee. is daily troops killed or den palestinians an injured more than 100 people in the 5th thank read and the clashes that followed. these dragon minutely fed the operation was aimed at arresting. millington, accused of planning and getting out a deck the flames. their troops shot back after coming under fire. they reported that i suspected militants and now dead, and that there were no israeli casualties. while it unfolded, palestinians came out onto the street and confronted the troops version and not this honest man, we were surprised at 9 30 am when we heard explosions. and it was said there were special forces, a large number of israeli soldiers storm the whole airy hospital,

not a good. we stayed in the house and we didn't know what was going on. just last month . and i did read in the city of, janine also ended with 10 people killed these to read. i bit deputy best man operations in years. the u. n. has warned that if efforts are not meet to de escalate the violence, good spite and out of control now to berlin's international film festival, the berlin, ala dead on, sorry, on wednesday, was the world premiere of 20000 species of bees. now this tells the story of a transgender child who explores her identity through a during a summer vacation in her mother's home town in the basque country. the 8 year old girl doesn't like it when he will address her by her birth name. and so she goes in search of the right one and a new identity. did hobbies on a ship?

her was at the bowling alley and told us more about the film i did earlier. film is one of 2 competition films this year that stars a child as the main protagonist. and let me tell you about this girl. her name is as a fiano terrell and she is incredible. her performance is so genuine, so raw and so touching. so she completely blew me away in that film. and as you mentioned before, and she placed that a 8 year old child dead kind of feels not right in this world. she, she feels she doesn't belong and, and you're over the course of the film we find out why that is. so the child is spending some time in the countryside with family over summertime. and there the child really spent a lot of time with her aunt, who is a beekeeper, and also with friends and in dialogues more and more, she opens up about her transgender identity. so she was born in the body of a boy, but she identifies as a girl and eventually she even and chooses a new name. she calls herself lucille and, and the film follows her journey,

but also the journey of the family who has different levels of acceptance with that topic. and that was also what i'm the director. she told us that at the press conference was particularly interested in. she wanted to bring together different points of view that are very far apart. and she thinks that film in general, it's a really great bridge to talk about topics like that. and the ship has the berlin oliver. well, that's all for now. rob, what's has your business and died after a short break? don't go ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day and in the footsteps of who wriggled.