the most exciting sport stories about people, passions and their dr. sports life. every weekend on d w. ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. the toll of the fearsome battle waged or ukraine's don boss. region thousands have died as old sized, or in more firepower, as be born years. one year. our correspondence hears from a man carrying on for his family and for his last comrades to be

friends with craig principle. now it's my duty to fight with craig. also coming up u. s. president joe biden wrapping up his trip to ukraine and toll and promising solidarity with nato's eastern flag. plus palestinian officials say at least 11 people were killed by israeli troops with more than $100.00 wounded while conducting a raid in the occupied west bank. israel says it was targeting militants. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. freshest president has tried to rally his people nearing the anniversary of a war, which is not going his way. vladimir putin has 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 that moscow is 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 precedence still speaks to roaring crowds. ah, when we are together, we have no equal you for the unity of the russian people who are a tens of thousands gathered in moscow's 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 and says, invasion of ukraine. yeah. western intelligence estimates as many as 200000 russian troops have been killed or wounded in the year since invasion. an average of nearly $550.00 soldiers each day. his army once believed to be 2nd only to the u. s. s. is widely considered to be on the ropes and the criminals crackdown and critics has 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 appear to be extending a helping head meeting in moscow. when g pledge to strengthen ties with russia, couldn't 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 the visit a demonstration of defiance at a time when the 2 countries relations with the west are at their lowest point since the cold war. number one, 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 touching the meeting as lightly to further fuel fear to washington that b jane could soon start providing lethal weapons to help moscow turned the tide on the battlefield. be 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. and one year ago, as the russian invasion loomed, we met a military veteran in chief who told us about his fears of being sent to fight. anton column bet has already seen action in dom boss in 2014. when pro russian separatist annexed part of the region, he was not looking forward to fighting again. now one year on dw is funny for char, and her team found him back in uniform. this time a town near the don't ask region here the front line. we are near to don't, yes, frontline. and heading closer. just 15 kilometers from the russians. well within range of their artillery, it's a very dangerous road to take. we are like now in a combat zone. so there olds, you know, roads are like who really was blot of war and every one understand that's and

that's why her old saw always under some surveillance and of course shelling if i will get wounded again. he'll so i couldn't drive any more. you're just drawn away from the car, antoinette, his unit are here to defend these people. the last, once still so close to the russians, they are bracing for the russian offensive. was still hoping for the fighting to stop. she had yet mira magic, but do every one wants people living with these explosions? it's so loud. you don't know where it's coming from, where it will land when at all you might be over. you could up really cute the children of sugar kancheta those li whitfield. they should start negotiations because spilling blood is a big sin before god, and people need to realize the sooner the better. who do those no dumas timber st. symbols welcome far lace. anton has set up a makeshift headquarters in an abundant home. from here, he coordinates his unit and tries to recruit new soldiers for the fraud. but it's

all getting harder. b, u people, just tired. we are fighting almost all year without any stop. a we, we didn't have any rotations, we don't have any location. so actually the only the only chance to get dressed for a month or a jew is to get wounded, which is for 2 days before rushes full skinny invasion. we met antonette home in keith bag, then he was working in veteran affairs, a devoted husband, and father to a 2 year old. anton worried, the army might call him up if russia really invaded. my wife actually is very narrow, narrow about that and she is a freight i understand that actually i'm also afraid. mostly it may be, i'm afraid, moreland, sure. i remember, but he was also ready to leave and defend ukraine if necessary. right?

the rock, what choice do i have actually to do my song leave under slavery or fractions? well, i am not saying that they will and slave him, but i understand that he will live in different country and i want, if it will happen. so he knows that his father made everything everything. so that won't him. he's only seen his family for 3 days since then. a crew minds me why we are fighting for us to fall. so, but of course it is very emotional. you fully understand that every day actually can be a last day, or he preferred not to tell us how many of these comrades have had their last days . many he sat city, my friends, for example, died for something. so they died for ukraine. so now it's my duty to leave also for them and to be for, to fight for new ukraine and to build new ukraine. anton tells us not to stay with

him for a long shelling can started any time basically when it geo, when it tanks, when it went on when it's her airplanes, when it everything actually. and so right now he'll on the on boss we are buying time by life. we leave until in the wars don't we're time and lives are starting to run short. i sprang in d w correspondent, funny for char, who filed that report. funny, how was it to meet anton one year later difficult to actually fall of us because remember under we saw a consensus, we have met him a year ago with his family here in key for region. and now obviously him looking at his pictures, images himself and trying to hold back tears. not be emotionally in front of the camera, obviously because he wants to make sure the people who see this video also see that he remains strong. just like the comrades that he's fighting with on that frontline

in the don bus region. but certainly he story represents the story of so many people here. millions that have went through. i've gone through major change here over the course of the past year. millions of lies have been just strictly changed and appended, as this war has begun here, fabri 24th last year. and what i found quite interesting, apart from the fact that you really meet a man who was a family man. basically he was a devoted husband and, and, and just enjoy doing administrative work basically, and key a free janasia that you also see the sense of urgency that much different, of course, at the frontline compared to so many parts of the world where there's a still this and negotiations on a diplomatic level and, and on a political level domestically many parts of europe trying to make up minds just what kind of weapons to send, how soon are those weapons are going to deliver, but delivered and so on. what i found quite striking, however,

as well that local civilians there more often than just a few months ago when i was here in this country sad, there must be some sort of a negotiation here. there must be a stop to the small. but when i asked them hold, should these negotiations really start? this is, this is really that the question that is difficult to answer to lot of people here because they wonder, really just how to start negotiations with a country with russia that just keeps bomb being this country. and as that fighting rate is funny, right now in dumbass, anton said that the ukrainians are buying time with lives. how dire is the situation on the front line you're speaking about a frontline is stretches over 1000 kilometers. so you can imagine, even though we do not have official numbers by the ukrainian government, just how many ukrainian forces have been killed in this, in this ongoing war. we do now at least president zalinski hinted at that that these resources are not limitless, not in fitted in particular. he pointed out,

but when it comes to about mood, that town, it's heavily embattled in the dorm bus region that yes, ukraine is going to defend it, but not at any price. we do not know about the dynamics. i had a what's going to happen now with a looming offensive by russia and whether ukraine can contract against said what we do now that ukraine is racing now for to morrow, for the 1st anniversary of these horrible war. funny for char and keith. thank you . and harris, mother stories making news around the world. china's top diplomat has said that beijing is ready to deepen strategic cooperation with russia when ye met president vladimir putin in moscow on wednesday, just days ahead of the one year mark of the war in ukraine. the u. s has warned beijing against providing material support for russia's invasion. un

secretary general, antonia lieutenant has told an emergency session of the un general assembly that russia's recent threats to use nuclear weapons are unacceptable. who ted as was referencing moscow's implicit threat to use so called tactical nuclear weapons in ukraine. the u. n. was meeting to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of lossless invasion on pollution. look at us global food. these really military says that fixed rockets from the gaza strip have been fired toward the country south just hours after in israeli army raid in the occupied west bank in which 11 palestinians were killed. more than 100 were wounded in that wednesday raid. and the ensuing gun battle, according to palestinian health officials. the u. s. says it is extremely concerned about the levels of violence this building reduced to rubble. a date by military operation by his dry. he forced this stone deadly. by this

damien official fe, is dryly troops killed or den palestinian from injured more than 100 people in the best bang greet and the clashes that followed. these dragging manipulate fit, the operation was aimed at arresting, militant, accused of planning and getting out of decks. the flames the troops shot back after coming under fire. did it bought it that i suspected militants are now dead and that there were no israeli casualties? while did it unfold it by the stinging game out onto the street and confronted the troops. raja 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 month of a good we stayed in the house of about when we didn't know what was going on just last month and i did read in the city of janine also ended pick 10 people killed

these 2 dates at the deadliest best man operations in yes, the un has warned that if efforts are not meet to de escalate the violence, good spite and out of control. and with that now you're up to date here on d, w. it is. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. after a very short break, i'd as business news with my colleague, janelle did milan to stay with us if you can for that ah mine is with getting ahead.