tree skeletons, alaska scruple, wills when for certain that it's possible to alter national boundaries by force and up by the mighty will try him yet he got booth for keith, and even after a year of lauren bludgeon. sadly, i see no signs that rushes trying to end is like criminal, warned the country putin continual to bank on his irresponsible nuclear conduct. and he is even an owl in saying that the last to teague agreement, the new start agreement with the united states is to be put in reserve on stuff. well, that is depressing us, and yet we must not be discouraged of right. i hope we need to keep austell oppression borderless, so that russia can be returned to the principles of international law in front of and that will finally be ready to sit down at the negotiating table. and of course them of eyes also requires economic to invite measures. in the g 7, we agreed to continue coordinating our sanctions closely in idaho us in the gaps

together. we voice is at pledge to further measures and within the yield, we're going to implement them with a 10th packet of sanctions so that we can do in a lesser f as in regard to my internationally language that we tried to make clear that were the last aggression guidance, ukraine, russia stance and later on in the world. and it starts puzzle in tonight again to visit us where the prison india for the state visit and in he is currently the president of the i 4020. the d. 20 is rather than the grouping of the strongest, are in economy and emerging nation warner being all ant. i very close kind at least prime minister modi for months. and at the g 7, i will, once again make clear our point, if you did try to call get unsettled for that discrete, today on this very sad 1st anniversary of the war. i'm a thought rosenberg, or go to the citizens of ukraine. the people in keys get us on her keith and elsewhere her, you know, can the right ukraine philosophy can continue to rely on,

as germany stands closely or not. and it was, it was i mostly we use our international opportunities and our influence. so that support theory came before ukraine remains unbroken. thank you. contriving chancellor speaking a little early on, we can bring in dw political correspond junior, julia, sally. now who's at the chance? larry, in berlin today? can you give us your impressions of what we just heard from chancellor shouts there? i think most importantly, the reiteration from shulte shots that germany and the other members of the g 7, want to continue to support ukraine as long as it takes. and this is something that also shows the importance that the g 7 as a group of nations coming together has had in the last year in furthering communication and further in agreement with among the richest and most important

countries in the world to support ukraine. germany held the presidency of the g 7 last year and on a february 24th last year or a 1st conference of the g. 7 was called especially to discuss the invasion of ukraine and one year later. again, the g 7 a showing that it is an important forum for 4 countries to come together and further a support for ukraine. another important point. how did you 7 countries have said that they support the i m f. going ahead with a program to help ukraine and especially focusing on more of a long term perspective, looking at helping ukraine rebuild and become more stable. and finally, a focus on countries outside of europe, outside of the western world. countries in the global south and the effort to abide you 7 countries to try to convince countries there that for example, that not supports ukraine in the un general assembly. countries that are still

skirting a sanctions against russia to bring them more in the fold and try to make clear to them that it is important to support ukraine in this instance. for example, india shall. it's mentioned his visit to new delhi this week. he said that he will reiterate germany's view on the ukraine war during his visit yet. you know, as you say, india is among the countries that remain ambivalent on, on this issue. it won't condemn russia and it abstained from yesterday's un vote on the issue. so. so how's he going to approach this, this topic when he's in new delhi, it is timely because shows is heading to india to night, and he reiterated that he will bring the topic forward with modi and with his indian counterparts. but germany also sees india as an important partner. and while on the, on one hand, it's important for germany that india stands on its side and does not continue

in some way supporting russia, for example, by buying russian oil. but it is also important for germany not to initiate india, not to push india to a position where it is in conflict with germany. so it is quite a fine line there for all of shots to try to walk and talk about the, the g 7 nations. again, you mentioned them earlier. they account for just under 30 percent of global g d p . do you think germany might make an effort to sort of take this issue to a wider group such as the drink g 20 well we, we've seen already at the g. 20 meeting of the finance minister is taking place that the issue of the war in ukraine was already raised. there. we've heard from a members of the g 7 countries trying to push for the g 20 as a whole to also look at possible sanctions against russia. and this has been

something that germany has also done during its g 7 presidency, also inviting countries that are not members of the g 7 to take part, to try to open a dialogue, not only on the issues of russia's war in ukraine, but also in general to have a closer broader dialogue with the global self because we've heard from shots also today, it is important to, to listen to the, to the point of view of the could these country something that is not often done in european capitals. now there's been a while there was, i should say, heated debate here about whether germany should supply tanks to ukraine had been decided to do so. so can you tell us what the form of assistance could germany send to you ukraine going forward? what we've heard today that germany's defense ministry has announced the delivery of further for leopard to tags on top of the 14 that it had already promised to

deliver to ukraine. that makes it possible together with contributions from other european partners to deliver to battalions to ukraine. in terms of lepper to thanks, we know that germany is also looking to deliver leopard one tanks and it is also providing training to ukrainian soldiers here in germany on how to use these vehicles. and these things are, there has been talk in the last few weeks of, of delivering fighter jets. this is something that germany's government has said. they don't plan on doing also because of the tanks that ukraine is caught at the sorry, the fighter jets that ukraine is calling for our f. so 16 jets that germany does not even have. so at the moment we're looking at possibly more vehicles, more tanks, more humanitarian support and financial support. and that is definitely something that germany says it wants to continue to contribute in the coming months. julia, thanks so much. thus political correspondent julius her deli,

at the chancery in berlin. and staying here in berlin, activists have parked the wreck of the russian tank in front of the russian embassy . the t $272.00 tank was destroyed during fighting near boucher in ukraine in march last year. campaigners say the tank will stay outside the russian embassy over the weekend. berlin court had given the go ahead for this protest to take place also in berlin. the german parliament raised the yellow and blue ukrainian flag over its building. in the heart of the german capsule. elementary officials say the move is meant to demonstrate a particularly clear sign of solidarity with the ukrainian now, the ukrainian city of butcher, a suburb of cave, is now known for the trail of death and destruction left behind by the russian occupation. human rights experts say it is a war crime scene with evidence of summary executions, torture and,

and false disappearances. d w. special correspondent abraham met one butcher resident who is on a quest to find justice for his family. all that alexandre check mary of ever wanted. was to keep his family safe. he brought them to butcher after rushing back to forces attack their home town in eastern ukraine in 2014. the check mary office bought a house and made it how much than we would do. so it was so that we could escape the war here to be, but we did not put in found us even in butrend was pharmacy. you couldn't see full scale war and ukraine. february 2022 brought russian troops to alexander's doorstep. his children could no longer take the sound of shelling. their father brought them here, a shelter under their home and planned their 2nd escape. the chick marianne left

one early morning in their car with their neighbor holly behind them. they barely made it out of their street when they saw a russian armored vehicle where you will osgood a couple of you though i've heard of live, but rita, my wife shout me. let's turn around. we didn't and managed to get away. you cigna that other parts of this shooting, begun at my car, caught fire loading. so alexander was wounded, but when he looked back, his wife and children were dead looking so stood emily. this is the end of his story. the story of my wife and my children. the sidewalk is still charged from when alexander's car caught fire, marking the exact spot where he last saw his family alive. alexander story, sadly that of so many here in boucher, their reports of torture, rape, an extra judicial killings where i'm standing right now. this actually used to be

the sight of a mass grave of civilians. they all had to be exempt, identified and re buried when ukrainian forces retook the town. almost a year on. the question on everyone's mind is, where is justice and can it ever be delivered? ukraine's prosecutor general has set up a web page where anyone can report a legit war crimes committed by russian forces. authorities have received almost 70000 cases, a number that goes up every day in the key of region alone, which includes boucher, that numbers 10000. a prosecutor for the jurisdiction tells me very well, some older kid with whom we are identifying the names of russian soldiers investigating preparing charges and bring them to coach upon the problem. well, no one has through the full of williams studies, limitations does not apply to will crumbs or for working non stop room school. so

far. nationwide, 25 russian troops have been convicted for war crimes. the international criminal court and the un have also opened up their own investigations. but justice can be slow, often taking years to examine crimes committed in minutes, minutes. that will stay with alexander forever. he spoken to both ukrainian and international investigators, hoping it might help with the pain. with them to watch it. i want to look this people in the i us. that's when i will know, god, they have been punished thus i'm sure on the i will feel much better about when there are results of the and not just legal procedures, but the thought lenses, people who have been given a shock. he to live aquatic. for now, he's kept his family home exactly as it was. the children's toys are still in their

drawers. the bet sheets are fresh and their pictures are everywhere. it's not always easy being surrounded by reminders of the life he's lost. but until alexandre finds justice for his family, that is all he's got a year and the war ukraine and the west are preparing for the biggest reconstruction project since world war 2. and we have more on this now from our business, asked of cape magazine. ah, now as well as the widespread human suffering caused by russia's invasion, the war has had a devastating economic impact to key parts of ukraine's infrastructure have been under repeated attack including its power grids. the cost of rebuilding will be enormous but determination, escrow says russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. the ukrainian economy has suffered the heaviest losses and damages since its one its independence

from the soviet union. in 1991, the heavy toll on ukraine's economy revealed the surf and intolerable figures. a preliminary estimate by the ministry of economy of ukraine shows that ukraine's con me shrunk by 20 percent in 2022. disrupted logistic services and extended power cuts caused by the continuous attacks trained economic activity in ukraine. soaring food and energy prices, every worst use of economic progress in january year on unit places in ukraine stood at 26 percent retreating slightly from a 7 year peak of 26.6 percent. in october, though it is lower than expected, the supply chain disruptions and power cuts debt crippling blows on ukraine's konami. despite the ongoing attacks from russia, she was looking towards the postwar reconstruction. it's long and expensive project . the ukranian government,

the european commission and world bank jointly estimated that the cost of rebuilding ukraine's infrastructure would be nearly $350000000000.00. that's based on the 1st to what a ration of war impacts across 20 different sectors. that amount is more than one and a half times higher than the 2021 g d, p of ukraine. it is certain that this figure will increase as the war rages on. the world bank is expected to relieve an updated estimate on the cost of reconstruction in the coming month. but despite the costs, the resilience to rebuild remain strong. now, earlier we spoke to marks and tim jenko, a ceo of detect the largest private investor in ukraine's energy industry. we asked him to describe the state of ukraine's energy infrastructure after it was targeted by mythos strikes last year. so 11 year ago we started the whole image of war and the next in the front line of the school. you

know that that wouldn't. russians has been defeated on military front line and they started physical destruction of things such as. ringback especially on tends to be the massive, massive mix and drawn back to that time would be the last of all 50 percent of all your ration capacity and sound regency have to stay in destruction of all all agreed but we are fighting and i think it's a good example key if regional was the libby arrayed in april last year, we managed to restore policy by 45 days. today. we don't have black college that they extend to be we had 3 to 3 months ago. of course, we need deals of dollars of investments into our agree at the moment. but what is the most important for us that people live?

and he today, at this moment and the war and ukraine has, of course, also had a marked impact on russia's economy. since the invasion, the western countries have imposed a string of functions aimed at missing moscow's ability to wage war. must have they had the desired effect, as we'll see in our next report. guessing reliable figures out of russia is a difficult task. more than 30 countries have impose sanctions against russia in the year since it invaded ukraine. blocking financial transactions, halting crucial exports, and substantially reducing energy imports. the impact to russia's economy has been colossal. exactly how colossal is difficult to tell. russia says its economy shrank last year by just 2 point one percent. and the i m f believes it's economy will grow further this year by 0.3. but those figures may not be reliable as they're

based on shaky data out of russia. the heads, the i m f, the world bank won't tell you this, but they have no idea what rushes actual imports and exports are. why? because by q 222, they stopped reporting and yet we don't know about foreign direct investment. we don't know about any of the metrics that are required to be a participant in the i m f in the world bank. all they're getting is invented numbers. president putin has used the growth figures to try and bolster his support and dismiss sanctions. but he is going to come on, the russian economy turned out to be much stronger than the west had thought, thanks to the joint work of the government parliament, the bank of russia, the regional governments, and of course, the business community and labor communities we had showed the stability of the economic situation, protected citizens safe jobs, prevented market shortages and propped up the financial system. when you,

when you're ready, numerous companies have left russia since the start of the war, pledging to pull away from the country even if it affects their bottom line. brands like mcdonald, starbucks, and others have exited russia completely. but professors on, in feld's yale team has also tracked over 240 companies who are digging in, so to speak, and maintaining full operations in russia, among them, germany, siemens, health and ears, and air china. he says, this is one example where shutting down operations came with financial rewards. for example, of royal dutch shell, or, or bp or exxon they, they shut down completely and immediately a b p wrote down $9000000000.00 right away. and what happened there, rewarded enormously, almost 2 and a half times over in the financial markets. so it turned out not costing them

anything. you don't look at an investment in terms of what it, what you, what it costs. you take a look at what the return is in the return dwarfs, whatever they invested in their corporate character in the reputation. it's hard to do business in russia right now. it's not a smart place to be. after one year of war, rushes economy may not be as resilient as the government claims. now, ukraine central bank has unveiled a new bank no to mark the 1st on a bursary of the war. the new bill has a conversion value of about 50 euro cents on one side. it shows 3 ukrainian soldiers raising the country's flag and on the other an image of 2 hands tied with tape, a reference to an edge to russian war crimes in occupied territories. thanks to an influx of foreign aid, ukraine's hard currency reserves have grown to nearly $30000000.00 a little higher than the stars of the war. and now it's back to the news

desk for your new, more coverage of the anniversary. ah, welcome back. i'm an keeps in the can and in you are watching d. w news and all special coverage marking a year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine. now commemorations and rallies have been taking place throughout the day and around the world on the battlefields of ukraine, though a grinding war of attrition has set in a long a 1000 kilometer frontline. we're going to take a look now how moscow's initial plan faltered. and what the next steps might look like, is it rumps up a new offensive? one year ago, russia attacks ukraine from 3 sides in the north armored units came over the border from russia's ally, belarus. there were air and land attacks from russia itself in the east and from

the south forces flowed from russian occupy crimea. russia's navy also attacked from the black sea ukrainian soon showed that the russians had underestimated them. a massive column of russian tanks heading towards key. it was stopped in its tracks. the battle the kia was lost, and it was clear that wouldn't be the quick victory. the moscow that many expected by april russian troops had retreated from the north. they regrouped to focus their efforts on the east and the south. the strategic se and port city of mary, you will have been surrounded since the early days of the war. and in may, it finally fell to russian forces. the city that had been home to 450000 people, lay in ruins. but russian victories remain few and far between. in september, ukraine's military surprised russia with

a lightning offensive that reclaimed large sways of the hockey region. ukraine then proceeded to liberate the city of her son too, in a major humiliation for the russian army russian troop morale was said to be low. meanwhile, ukraine was benefiting from an increasing flow of high tech western weapons, including the high mars multiple rocket launcher. this allowed caves forces to hit far behind enemy lines, cutting off supply routes and hitting ammunition depos. since re taking har give and her son, the front line has been mainly stable with russia focused on capturing the city of bath malt. this is part of an effort to take the entirety of the done yet scanned the hands provinces, one of russia's original stated goals. so what's next? russia has pulled hundreds of thousands of new conscripts into the fight. but the latest offensive pushing along the front line and the dumbass has so far yielded no

major gains for russia. meanwhile, ukraine is also gearing up for a counter offensive, and is expecting deliveries of dozens of advanced battle tanks from germany, poland written on the u. s. ukrainian soldiers are also getting training from nato on sophisticated military maneuvers that could help them punch through the russian lines and take back more territory. how far they can go is another question. it's clear that give can only keep fighting as long as the weapons keep flowing from its western allies. now we're waiting to hear from germany. foreign minister and alina . bab, oak, who is about to address the un security council, special special session to month one year. since russia's invasion of ukraine and talk about all of that, i'm joined here in this to you by d w senior political analyst melinda crane. and joining us from the u. n. in new

york is w. washington bureau chief in his pool. welcome to both and if i'd like to start with you and talk about what we've heard so far today at the you and we heard from the un secretary general from the ukrainian foreign minister and the secretary of state and nibbling can all on the same page or condemning the war yes, and i do, the ed was very strong words, always kind of coming back to the idea of un referring. if that's i'm quoting here of the secretary of state lincoln. if we give up your grain, we are giving up the you and chart are. so that's what they stressing here it is not only about russia, it is not only about ukraine, it's really about the idea of the un, which was founded off to the 2nd world war with the idea to help those countries to defend themselves, which are not a strong enough, or sorry,

i repeat that to have those country to defend themselves, which do not have enough weapons to do so without the help of others. so this is always coming back to the un charter here. melinda, if we can talk a little bit about what if any impacts today's debate at the un security council, and we'll, we'll really have, i mean, what bullets affect be? well in fact, if we do go back to the un charter this organ, the security council is the central part of the un for enforcing and maintaining peace and security. and it has the power to, to agree on resolutions, unfortunately unanimously. which can then essentially gonna have to interrupt she right there. i'm so sorry, melinda, because we're going across live now to the in un in new york, and listen to atlanta aggression against ukraine is causing nothing but destruction

suffering and death. yesterday the general assembly sent a powerful message against this ruthless war nova whelming majority of 141 states, stood united for peace in ukraine, a peace that is just comprehensive and lasting. and the general assembly presented a peace plan. a peace plan that is based on the principles of our un charter to day the eyes of the world are on the security council, the body that bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security. in this world. every further effort to move to woods piece from a member of this council. is it my point of view valuable?

that piece must mean piece piece must not mean that we ignore who the aggressors and who the victim. because subrogation is not peace. not naming the aggressor would mean accepting a world in which the mighty rule it would mean accepting a world in which bombing schools, kidnapping children, and shooting people off their bicycle is part of foreign policy. not standing by the side of the victim would mean a world in which none of us would be able to sleep peacefully because we would all have to fear and a check. oh all i was stronger neighbor to prevent such a world. the united nation was founded. that's why we cannot stand idly

by the charter obliges us as the nations of the world to act. now that some of you claim that by sanctioning the aggressor by standing by the side of you train by supporting ukraine, by its right to self defense, we are adding fuel to the fire. i would like to ask you, where would you crane that voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because it believed in peace would be to day if we had not supported, it's right to defend itself supported their people, elderly mothers, fathers, children, together with so many international partners can we imagine what this would mean

to have mob watches hockey gifts? maria pulls more battles, metro cities against civilians. my children, wrong pictures with a house where they are, be laughed once, once lived, mention war crimes, mark fight against humanity. and we would have stand idle by i don't want to imagine such a world. i don't want to be responsible for such a world. i think most of us don't want to be responsible for such a world. therefore, i would like to underline with secretary blinking said if ukraine stops defending itself, ukraine and if we would stop standing, the side of ukraine. ukraine would end the russian representatives asked.