what is, there's no escape ah, literature list, laundry german most read ah ah, this is d w. a news live from berlin, ukraine's president orders more reinforcement for the defense of the bach moved. regional commanders vow to continue their defense of the embattled city, even as russian forces tightened their grip on surrounding area. also coming up, ukraine wants israel's iron dough missile defense system, but israel has reservations. it is offering an early warning system instead. but

how can that help save lives from russian airstrikes and china's foreign minister tells reporters that beijing should seek closer relations with russia and warns of conflict and confrontation. if the u. s. doesn't change its path on b. j. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. president volota mir zalinski has ordered military commanders to send reinforcements to help ukrainian troops defend the besieged city of bock, mote, doubts are emerging over the strength of russian forces. now, trying to capture the eastern city, the head of the wagner mercenary group has admitted his troops are running out of

ammunition. the battle for buck boot is the fiercest of the war so far, and has cost thousands of lives. the fighting has been so intense embankment. one ukrainian commander described it as utter hell. now instead of retreating, these troops will reinforce their positions and attempt to reclaim lost ground. they're determined to save the city, but the enemy is also unrelenting. among other my, when they could overflow all that on the perfect vehicle through moore's forces at us to justify the aim of their so called special operation. will you please before, but i think we put on a bargain cute is important because it cuts across roadways and it's higher ground for we football from its height. everything here is open for the russians. so it's important for both us and them was we, we'd learn okay, let me call it so many of them are dying,

hire. i don't understand why doesn't you know, be sure that you like it rushes expected spring offensive, could hit a snag with apparent disunity in its ranks. part of its quest to capture ukraine's don bass region has been fronted by mercenaries from the wagner group who have emerged as rivals of the russian military, even though they're supposed to be partners are advanced resilience good. but wagner's owner yevgeny precaution and alo, vladimir putin, is now warning his fighters might not be able to hold on. because moscow has not replenished their ammunition in what they you do we, if we retreat you, then will go down in history forever. as people who've taken the main step towards losing the war on the show, roguish only whoever wins control of batman will not have much of a city left. after 6 months of fighting, its buildings are in ruins,

and most of its residents have fled. still as one of the oldest cities in the don bass region, it remained symbolic. although the only visible symbol right now is one of devastation. and from more less burgundy, w correspondent, ami as if, who is in chief. and i mean, as we have been hearing, russian forces are said to be closing in on back mood and ukraine's president is now asking for reinforcements. how high a price is ukraine willing to pay to hold this city? well the ukrainians side, is it sending mixed messages. here, zalinski has said on the one hand that his generals are unanimous in sending reinforcements to continue trade, hold back mood, but troops on the ground. ukrainian troops have told journalists there that they believe the fall of buff. mood is inevitable. so for them, it just seems to be a matter of time. now sending reinforcements would not necessarily be

a contradiction there. because if we're looking at the number of ukrainian lives lost, in order to minimize that, a tactical withdraw would inevitably mean they would need reinforcements to help them get out of that one road leading out of bar mood in order to retreat and save as many ukrainian lives as possible. meantime that the russian wagner, mercenary group, which as are spearheading the backward battle, says that it's fighters don't have enough ammunition. what should we make of that? yes, that's right. if good progression who's the chief of the wagner group has been lobbying moscow publicly, that's because the wagner group is a private military organization and doesn't have the same channels of communication with moscow as the military does. he said that he's only gotten 20 percent of the ammunition that he asked for, and he's blamed that lack of ammunition for the high death toll among his soldiers . now, moscow has denied that his claims of this lack of ammunition are true. we don't

know what moscow is thinking, but it could be a simple calculation that russian ammunition rub russian weapons at this point are worth more to putin than the lives of the wagner mercenaries. he w, corresponded amin s. if in case thank you, ukraine's ability to defend its territory against russia is dependent on the supply of high tech weapons from its allies. now keith has repeatedly appealed to israel for help, for example. but israel has so far restricted its support to humanitarian aid and pledges to help with rebuilding. it came to maintain a neutral stance and not upset russia, but the israelis have offered to deliver an early warning system to alert civilians when russian missiles are heading their way. here's a look at how much of a difference the system might make. ah,

when russian missiles target ukraine cities, it's the ukranian air force that raises the alarm. it uses both radar and intelligence information to detect attacks. over the past year, russia has puddled ukrainian cities with air raids and drone attacks destroying infrastructure and all too frequently killing civilians to blue through. so could israel's renowned early warning system built to warn of palestinian rockets helps save lives in ukraine. the system in israel includes a cellphone up, which most israelis have. it produces an alert when a threat is identified. the system uses a mix of radar and electro optic devices to detect an incoming air raid. it also triggers sirens and messages on television and radio. you can classify both the size of the threat and pinpoint on a map,

the areas that are in danger. so it's very specific, at least when it comes to predicting the rockets typically fired by palestinian militants. they keep to a ballistic trajectory, making it possible to predict the area where they'll hit russian forces in ukraine by contrast, mainly use cruise missiles that can change their direction. that makes it much harder to calculate where they'll hit. still during a visit to key of last month, israeli foreign minister, eli cohen renewed or pledge to help ukraine develop a similar system for its citizens. the process is expected to take several months and what initially be a pilot project, the will only cover one city, likely keith, ukraine's president followed him. his lensky has welcome this commitment. but what ukraine really wants is israel's multi layered missile defense system, including the famous iron dome. this system actually shoots down miss williams

and is extremely effective, but supplying that is a step that israel is so fond not willing to take. no time as foreign minister has warned that there will be, quote, confrontation and conflict between china and the u. s. if washington does not change its approach to his country, speaking on the side lines of the national people's congress, china's rubber stamp parliament. the foreign minister also held the relationship between beijing and moscow. he said that it set an example for how foreign relations should be conducted. he also blamed the u. s. or rising tension over taiwan. yvonne, china's foreign minister has also announced that diplomatic ties with russia will be strengthened. journalist 5 in crutch, moore and beijing told us more earlier. yeah, i mean, he was praising the bilateral ties between the china and russia as quote unquote, setting a model for the international stage. and he also mentioned that they are strategic

partners. ship that is characterized by labor. neighborliness will continue to advance and head off states seating ping and flooding me. putting now to give you some context, this really very cozy rhetoric and a friendly rhetoric is not very surprising. china has always been very close and very loyal and towards russia throughout the whole of the last year. when are russia, a tech, to crane? and it's also interesting how chin gang china's foreign minister frame to the warrant ukraine. he didn't call it a war. he a basically said it's a ukraine crisis and he also didn't mention it mentioned russia as the aggressor basically did not criticize russia with one syllable. he said that basically the war or the of the conflict as he said it resulted to because of the european security architecture. but he also made it clear that china has not delivered any weapons to either side of this conflict. and that was journalist having treacher speaking with us earlier from beijing. here's

a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. in turkey and alliance of opposition parties has agreed on a joint candidate to challenge president wretch of type air to one came all hillock . duck warlord of the republican people's party will run against air to one in holes scheduled in may opinion survey suggests that it will be the closest contests in 2 decades. people across france are experiencing widespread disruption today as millions strike against president microns pension reforms. almost all train and metro services are suspended and schools across the country are closed. it is the 6th day of strikes over the proposed reforms. since mid january at least 15 people were killed when heavy rains triggered landslides on a remote island in indonesia. dozens more. i thought to be missing. rescue efforts are being hindered by poor weather. communications with the area are also down.

mexican authorities have rescued more than $300.00 migrants left abandoned in a truck trailer. around a 3rd were unaccompanied children. the trailer carrying the travellers was equipped for people smuggling with fans and ventilation ports. none of the migrants were harmed. now the united nation says that the taliban is treatment of women and girls in afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity. the hard liners have cut back on women's civil freedoms, including the right to attend school and university. universities in afghanistan reopened this week after the winter break. but after the taliban barred female students in december, the only students to return were mail back to class after the winter break. and a chance to catch up with friends after time away. but the only sign of women at this private university in kabul is on the walls. and the post is encouraging female

students to wear a hit job a remind to have life here before the taliban band, women from higher education late last year. i mean, we didn't have any issue with our sisters having segregated classes from us. i'll point was that even if they had to study alone, we were happy about it. last year we were segregated and they was studying who were happy about it. there was no issue with it. that's what i mean. yeah. the ruling in december was met with protest submit wide spread global outrage with many of those taking to the streets. young women now being denied access, the higher education such as the music burtwell. my personal view is that if girls are not educated, half of the society will be paralyzed. so half of the society needs to come out of this paralysis. the more progress you have in the society, the better goals are also human or whatever they love, all like whatever they want to become in the future,

they must continue and they must study in schools or at university wide from her pumpkin jo mccormick, ellsworth, that is why the, the taliban says the decision to bar women from university classrooms was made because dress codes and gender based religious restrictions were being ignored. the country is now among the most restrictive in the world for women's education, with a similar bond still in place for girls at secondary school. the united nation says the direct his could create a last generation, claiming every one has the right to an education. and celebrations of the hindu festival known as holy are taking place in south asia. the colorful event celebrates the coming of spring and the victory of good over evil. i'll leave you now with some images of the celebrations across india, pakistan, and nepal. thank you so much for watching the the news. i'm sarah kelly in berlin. take care. oh

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