explain how things, technologies work, how they can go with how they can also go terribly. watch it now. mm hm. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the battle for buck moved intensifies. you at k military intelligence sources say ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure from russia in the fight for the front line city. also coming up, iran agrees to allow further instructions of its nuclear sites after the newlands

atomic agency chief needs iranian president and tara plus 10 thousands of demonstrators rally and the to mission capital against the rising cost of living. and the government's cracked down on the opposition. ah, a married evans dean, welcome. there are signs that russian forces are making progress in a key battle in eastern ukraine. fighting continues to rage around the front lines, city of bar, moot. russia is determined to seize the now destroyed city as part of its wider aim of capturing the entire denette screeching. the 2 sides have been stuck in the bloody stale maint over the city since august of last year. burn to ruins. that's how ukranian president flooded me as a lensky described. bach gluten,

december for months. the small city in eastern ukraine has been the center of the most protracted bottle of rushes gear. long war both sides of port troops and other resources into a savage fight. the exact number of casualties is unknown, but western officials say hundreds of russian and ukrainian forces were killed and wounded. on the worse days. military analysts say its capture would have little strategic value though. so why have russia and ukraine been so invested in winning the battle for back? moot for russia became a political in paris of to show some success on the battlefield. after ukraine were captured, large parts of the car, he region and the port city of has sonata. we good. i think the wanted big picture for some sort of victor, any victory that that,

that they can get. and i don't think it's a strategic victory. i think the, they want to show something, some progress on the ground, the capture of box moot would be ukraine's biggest military loss and months. it could also set up russian forces 1st sold some bigger cities that they would still have to get past the heavily fortified ukrainian defense of line. the full of back moot, would also be a success for the paramilitary russian wagner group on its leader. you have gained pre, goshen potentially strengthening his position, compared to rivals within the russian military. zalinski visited the front lines in the city just before his trip to washington in december . the both them know that this is not just buck moot. it's a symbol, the buck, mood fortress. we do not want russian flags on the ruins of fortresses. you are in

. the loss of bach moved would be a serious symbolic and psychological blow. but ukraine could have made a grim calculation by forcing russia to expand enormous resources in the battle for the city. meaning a russian victory will be hollow, considering the manpower and equipment last. oh, but he a meter on is a defense analyst at kings college, london. and earlier i asked her if the fall of bus route would only be a matter of time. we have heard from all sides. i believe the russians are saying it. you've gained proportion went on telegram and challenge the land ski, saying that he's about to close the lid to the boston with cold run and calling him to withdraw his forces out. we have also heard set a lieutenant general. sarah sky from the ukrainian side has visited buck mood and has laughed of a mood. so as a rule,

there are kind of accounts that the russians are very close to taking buck mood and the key here is, was, the ukraine will indeed give up a moot or sand reinforcements because some news from chess of yar, which is next to book move to the forces ukrainian forces, a waiting for elite ukrainian troops to arrive and to help them to defend bookman from the russian forces. however, the situation is unclear. it would suggest that the russians are very, very close to taking the city, making it a very kind of costly victory for both sides and costly defeat was a ukrainian side. well, as all of this is happening, the united states announced a new military 8 package for ukraine worth $400000000.00. and we understand that part of that package includes tactical bridges. can you explain their significance? well, tactical bridges i important in conjunction with what has been given to ukraine so

far. and i'm talking about main battle tanks, such as the challenge to such as lack for those tactical bridges would increase some ability of the ukrainian forces because the infrastructure is being destroyed . many bridges have been destroyed. and we have seen 2 days that you bring in force has, have destroyed many bridges, and the russians are targeting bridges. and it is a key component in order for the ukrainians to be able to cross rivers using those tanks. so it is not an insignificant aid for the ukrainian forces once all of the tanks arrive and they might be even too heavy for the present bridges that ukraine has. therefore, it's necessary for the ukrainian forces to be able to cross rivers and to be able to, to increase their maneuverability. that was letting a meter on

a defense analyst from king's college london. this was going to check now some of the other stories making news around the world. the russian defense ministry has reported that it's, she's survey chicago has visited troops in the front line in eastern ukraine. he apparently inspected the command post in the southern desk region and handed out metals to soldiers. it was not clear when exactly that trip took place. china's annual meeting of parliament has kicked off from beijing with the largely ceremonial political advisory session. the meeting comes on the eve of the national people's congress, which begins on sunday. the parliament rubber stamps decisions already made behind closed doors by a leadership ping and the communist party leadership. rescuers of the site of greece is worst. train crash are in the final hours of their search operation. at least 57 passengers were killed in the head on collision with the freight train

last tuesday. disaster triggered protests overlap the safety standards across the railway system. well, the head of the international atomic energy agency is, says iran has agreed to allow further inspections of its nuclear sites. statement from rafael grossi came after he met iranian president, abraham r e. c. in t. ron, just days ago, un inspectors said they found uranium particles enriched to near weapons grade level at an underground irina facility. the ra nuclear agreement collapsed in 2018 after the u. s. was drawl negotiations to revive the deal have installed since last year. but grossi says there has been some improvement. the process has been long, i must say i, i have not hidden that for us, it has been too long. ah,

but well, these things happened important for me. the importance of today is where we are today. and that i believe that a, an improvement, a marked improvement, at least in terms of my dialogue with the iranian government has been registered. i think i was, i was heard and i hope we will be seeing results soon. let's bring in elaina. so cova, she's an expert on nuclear security and also executive director of the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. welcome to the w. so do you believe that iran has been working on developing nuclear weapons since the nuclear deal broke down 5 years ago? now? you must certainly need some stamps and raise concern. and most importantly, worked on the enrichment of uranium,

which is the key ingredient for a nuclear weapon. after the administration withdrew from the j 6 or on deal you're on has reaching the level of enrichment of uranium, increasing the level of engagement of uranium and also accumulating and large amounts of this year in you. and from the recent report from the i, e, they accumulated are 87 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, which is getting pretty close to the material that could be used on you, happens to so called weapons. great. however, we also heard last week, some of the comments from the u. s. boast, the under secretary of defense over in the policy. and then from the head of the ca, where they say that according to then how much the supreme leader has

yet made a decision to resume that one's program that iran so sort of stopped in 2003, but obviously the level of engagement iran rates and accumulate it during the concern. and that was also one of the reasons that gross it went because of the current level of monitoring in iran was not sufficient to ensure that it does not produce even more and more highly. right? so you say that the level of oversight is not sufficient. so why do you think that the you and nuclear chief raphael grossi was sounding so optimistic today, when he spoke about his talks in tehran, he was sounding optimistic because, according to him,

until the statement that the 2 sides issued right after his is that there will be additional inspections, as some of the monitoring equipment that in wrong previously disconnected from monitoring won't be re install according to royce, if 4 percent of inspections will be a at this facility. this is significant improvement, but we're not there yet. i wouldn't say that all issues are a result. we need to see how the process develops. that was elaine is the cova with the v in the center for disarmament and nonproliferation. thank you so much. thank you. let's turn our attention to tunisia where thousands of people have rallied in a capital tunis against an ongoing economic crisis and

a government crackdown on the opposition. the protest was organized by the countries labor union. demonstrators are angry at present. i said, who has ruled by decrease in suspending parliament in 2021 in a power grab. and in recent weeks, anger over the rising cost of living has boiled over into unrest. thousands of demonstrators on the streets of tunis. they answered a call to rally by the country's largest labor union. and there are many reasons to protest, food and other necessities are scarce. on employment and inflation or high. and now a crackdown on politicians and journalists ordered by president katy saeed, who had claimed those arrested were guilty of corruption or walk in one critic se, it's another step towards a new dictatorship. if i go, he say he does not have anything to offer the 2000000 people. he does not have

realistic or tangible solutions. all he does is suppress parties, organizations, and civic groups. he has no options. we're asking him to provide tangible solutions that can improve the lives of 2000000 people. already shot records. away from the protests. a group of mullins living in tunisia have been preparing to return back home. oh, they to have been targeted by president side. in a recent speech he blamed migrants for most of the countries crime. the result was quick and violent rights groups report a spike in vigilante attacks, including stabbings, against sub saharan africans. even for those with residents permits. it's becoming too risky to stay more the situation is become critical. it's my 4th year here to nicea, i'm doing my master's degree. but in the middle of the academic year, i decided to leave my studies behind and go home because i don't feel safe,

excuse him. so pause, recurring tunisia was once considered the sole democratic success story to emerge from the arab spring. now with the president's ongoing crackdown, many tunisians feel their country is being ruled. i one man with an iron fist. and that is the latest unbeatable u. news. this our marion evans seen on the back of the top of the hour with more headlines for you. up next is d w reporter for me and the entire nice team in berlin. thanks for the company. ah, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner chat hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot.