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from those who want to destroy it and violence in israel as police entered jerusalem's, our acts and lost during the holy month of ramadan. ah, i'm fo gail welcome to the program ukrainian present. vladimir zalinski has found poland for its support in the war with russia. he received an official welcome from polish president andre duda during your visit to warsaw. poland has been one of you cranes closest and most vocal allies and has provided extensive military support. president do that? said he's country is now ready to send you credit. all of it remaining, make fighter jets on top of those already promised. mr. savanski is due to meet some of the 1600000 ukrainians who sought to refuge in poland since the invasion.

so where would that polish promise of all of its mig fighter jets leave poland ability to defend itself? i asked our correspondent, christine montoya in warsaw. that's a very good question and phil and i spoke to a defense analyst, i who expressed concern or what she called the demilitarization of europe. as a result, to add the, because of all the supports are in weaponry, being sent over to ukraine as analysts was concerned that for example, the nato secretary general last j october. already i had indicated that it will take years to replenish nato stockpiles. and that in some cases, certain weaponry had to be sought elsewhere because as at the different militaries of them estates went into their stockpiles, they realised that some equipment and armory just wasn't available or wasn't in shape to be sent over for, for use. so that is certainly a concern for ford defense and at a watches looking at, at, at all the support,

especially from countries i pulled. and as you mentioned, this really is one of ukraine's biggest military donors. it has led the way in the supply of tanks. it is also been very vocal at e u level it in nato level, in, in rallying at them in the states to do the absolute same on what has been present . zalinski said message to the polish people today. well, we're told that president zalinski wants to deliver a personal thank you to, to the, the, to the people of poland today for the support that they have shown for ukraine, for the solidarity as you were mentioning at the top of the show fil more than a 1000000 ukrainian refugees are here in poland. they've stayed here at, in many cases, that the mercy of good samaritans, polish people who've opened their doors to them. and that's something that presidents it and he wants to extend a personal thank you to the polish for i spoke to

a young polish woman who said that she, she for example, felt that that is something that people here do without even thinking because they know what it is like to be in a position of needing help and there are no indications really here that, that public support for, for ukraine, for, for the pause, for even the refugees while he ate is waning. right? and some controls zebo over over ukrainian. the drain import that's right, and while i was just making the point that in terms of public support for ukrainian alcohol, ukraine's has not been waiting. there has been an issue around farmers and protests around the fact that now that it's difficult for ukraine to export its grain to its other markets because of the blockades in the black sea. for example, the e u has effectively opened up its market duty free to ukrainian grain, and that's meant that it's coming into countries like poland way. it's driving the

price down today. for example, the agriculture minister here resigned the day that president zalinski is here. in fact, there were threats that the, the farmers would actually be potentially, you know, sort of get in the way of this visits and overshadow what was meant to be happening here today. but that is really the issue, the concerns that farmers have and the agriculture minister said that the recent decision by the european union to continue or to extend at this imports for free or duty free import of ukrainian recent grain into the rest of european union is the reason that he was stepping down, so that's a potentially going to be a point of friction. yeah. you sort of like getting in the way of this i and otherwise a very solid solidarity with ukraine. we know that it is, it did come up in the discussions at that presidency. lensky had a, with the polish president. duda. thank you for that. christina corresponded christine wander in warsaw. during the visit to present zalinski,

talked to reporters about the situation in the besieged, ukrainian town of back, moot describing it as very difficult. he didn't rule out withdrawing from the town if ukrainian troops risked being surrounded by russian forces military and this expect you cried to learn to why this spring counter offensive keeps insisting that its goal will be to regain control of all of its territory. the front line near back moved in. she training and soldiers or da. again, it's still unclear who's in control of the city. the u. s. and other backers have advised ukraine to pull out and saying the cost is too high. both ukraine and russia have lost huge numbers of soldiers in the battle, but ukraine insists on defending the area as it prepares for a major spring counter offensive. who has done? it will happen, i eat, we're waiting. we do not know when it will happen. that's

a good question, but we will be a part of it is i thought about it synchronous was them. we're all waiting for equipment from the west. ours is pretty old and worn out. thought it breaks down quickly. so we're waiting for some new equipment from our partners abroad. that equipment is arriving slowly, but surely. western tanks, including british challengers and german, made leopards have arrived in the country. they are also rumors that u. s. and swedish build g l s. d, be guided bombs. are already in use. these munitions fired from the back of a high mars truck, have a range of a 150 kilometers, nearly double the range of the high mars rockets ukraine now uses. that would put many more russian targets, including ammunition depots in ukrainian sites. ukraine's foreign minister says foreign weaponry is critical. seriously, a lot is on the plate as usually we very much appreciate everything that the united

states have done. specifically in the last month to help me prepare itself for the for the, for the come through the by the, the ministration has fulfilled. this commitment to providing you with a lot of what, what we need and set an example to give an example to other other allies. ukraine says its goal is to liberate all of its territory, including the crimean peninsula in russia, hands for nearly a decade. analysts say ukraine would likely mount a major attack through the partially occupied chaper rees, a region aiming at the russian held city of molitor. paul, a successful push would cut through russia supply lines to its forces, further west, whatever form the counter offensive ends up taking much as at stake for ukraine.

the countries western backers want to see russia defeated on the battlefield, not another back moat. or ben hodges as a former commander of us forces in europe outlined some of the considerations military planners have to take into account to pull off a successful counter offensive. well, thank you. my sense is that ukrainian general staff has done a terrific job protecting information. and conserving the forces that they're going to need when they do and naturally launch this counter offensive. um, i think the finding around buck moot, that was very costly, but it also was necessary that the general staff could see that they were able to stop russian forces there and back moot and to believe them out and, and caused them to use a lot of resources without ukraine having to push its own armored forces into back mood. that's what they're going to need when they do launch their own counter

offensive, which i would anticipate would be on a very narrow front to achieve it. a decisive effect, much like your previous journalist just reported to, to break the land bridge between crimea and the rest of russia. crimea, is the decisive terrain. you could kill every russian soldier within 200 kilometers or back mode. and that would not change the strategic setting, but if you liberate crimea, that changes everything. so the counter offensive will be aimed towards the liberation of crimea. and then the rest of the don bass, i think that comes later. and so what will ukraine need to be wary of when this counter offensive happens? well, of course, no. i've been impressed with their discipline their understanding of what's required to conduct a operation of the scale. so they'll have nella been working hard to prepare the

logistics to get the forces ready. um, so there's a lot of training that's been going on in ukraine as well as back in germany and in, in, in poland and other places. they're practicing good to do this. what we call combined arms tanks, artillery infant mechanized infantry engineers, and i would anticipate close air support as well. now the russians are not stupid, they, they know that this is coming somewhere. so they will attempt to preempt it somehow . they, they obviously have been putting a lot of effort into their own trenches and obstacles and that sort of thing. but i think the ukrainians will pick the right time and place when the weather, the traffic ability, the road, all the conditions are set so that they can bring up more long range precision weapons that will enable them to make the crimean peninsula untenable. going after headquarters going after ammunition storage sites. this is how you defeat mass is

with precision against those specific targets. that's how you neutralize the advantage. the only advantage that the russians have. and so what van is the price of failure. how important is it that ti crane launches is counter offensive successfully? as a excellent question, i think there is a lot of o speculation perhaps that the west is getting weary are getting tired. i'm not so sure of that. i think most nations, including the united states in germany and u. k. and france, recognize how important this is. and we need to see with want to see ukraine be successful. we want ukraine to win. so i would not say this is, this is all or nothing, but what i would expect in i'm, what i'm sure is happening is that ukraine, the general staff, has done a very good job of preparation. they're continuing to do this. and i think this attack will have that will have the possibility, or maybe the potential to have

a devastating effect on russian forces. i think the russians are really at the breaking point now themselves there logistic system, we see constant reports of the arguing. and i mean, apt let out the hatred and robbery between all the leaders on the russian side. and if this, if this, the tag begins to pick up momentum and penetrates dozens of kilometers through russian defenses. i think it's going to have a psychological effect on other russian forces as well as in the kremlin. and so i think the potential for a significant outcome is very real. the sanctions are having an effect. russian. people do not want. they do not support this fight. they can't say that publicly, obviously, but there's nobody rushing to join the russian army to join the fight. they absolutely don't want to be a part of it. and so these big new, longer range missiles, these g, l, s, d, b,

and missiles. what sort of difference of a making so you remember the sees me, you remember when the high mars 1st arrived on the scene back last summer and immediately began to have effect hitting russians, ammunition storage russian headquarters. and so the russians then moved outside the range of the 90 kilometers that those rockets were able to reach. so by now, if in fact ukraine has received the ground launch small diameter bombs with that 150 kilometer reach. that means more of the russian headquarters, artillery storage and transportation networks. those are now going to be in range. and so, you know, with that sort of precision, you really undermine the brush, the russian advantage in mass infantry and mass artillery by taking out the headquarters, taking out the ammunition and making it difficult for them to move in. this is the kind of operation that they'll be doing, i think for the next couple of months,

what we would call shaping the battlefield. i sort of plan. thank you so much for spending the time i was. hi, general, a ban hodges, former commander of us forces in your thank you. thank you. take a look at some of the other stores making news around the world. now, a taiwan is present at sighing. when has arrived in the united states where she use meet with the republican, how speaker kevin mccarthy? media outside los angeles comes on. what's technically a stop over for the president with scheduled meeting as dormer threats of retaliation from china, which claims that self rules taiwan has its own. united nations as demanded the taliban immediately revoke its decision to bar women from working for the agencies regional mission. taliban authorities have said that women in afghanistan will no longer be allowed to work their un secretary general. and tony be cherished, describe the band as an unparalleled violation of women's rights and wielding

a hatchet has killed at least 4 children at a kindergarten in southern brazil. least 5 others were seriously injured. authority say a 25, you know, scale the wall surrounding the preschool. in the city of lumina man laser turned himself in at a local police station. the former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in court in new york. the face is 34 counts, are falsified business records, linked to hush money payments that prosecutors say he orchestrated. mister trump says the charges are baseless and part of a political good political campaign against him. just hours after facing an unprecedented criminal hearing, donald trump was back on the attack. this is a hershey and investigation. she stood our family for her. it was hundreds of millions of dollars,

but our header hillary trump is facing $34.00 criminal charges in a new york court. among other things, state prosecutors alleged the former president falsified business records in order to conceal damaging information before his election. inside he entered not guilty, pleased to all the charges which relate to hush money payments to adore men and to women. he's alleged to have had affairs with why donald trump repeatedly make these false statements. the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election o back at his marrow log. a home in florida. trump told supporters in a campaign style speech that the charges against him were politically motivated and baseless. never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought

it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. the case will be back before a judge in december, but it's not the only legal drama trump is facing. there are several other investigations underway which could result in further and more serious charges which could force trump to make more court appearances between now and election day . last, i correspondence stephan simons in washington, dc. how serious the current charges are. while this is where our experts are different and offer array of different opinions, there are some we say like, well this is actually the weakest case out of in total for against donald trump. it was now the 1st one which ra, to an indictment, which is as an arraignment, as we said, historic body is legally speaking,

the weakest case. now i'm not to judge, but of course, as mentioned in the piece, there are other cases which might see an indictment possibly, raymond, of donald trump, in those cases, this is georgia, the infamous, called off donald trump, then president in search of 10000 something votes to the secretary of state of the state, then there's to generate 6 investigation where donald trump is of interest and which could be probably bad for him as well. there is the mar largo ordeal. that is, refers to the illegal removal of documents, white house documents, government documents from the white house to mar lago. so by no means is the president out of the woods or the former president out of the woods here. and what we said yesterday was typical classic donald trump, and he aired his grievances, all of them pretty much, and he was portraying himself as the victim,

as well as at the same time, the savior of the united states. right at a bed. but this in diamond does seem to have galvanized sections of his republican party behind him. if more charges are brought, are they likely to have the same galvanizing effect? i think so, but there is a caveat. you see it poll suggesting that actually more than half of the americans are 60 percent of americans are actually okay with the indictment of donald trump. now that is a totally different number of course in a totally different case when it comes to the base to the republican base there, it's trump 100 percent trump, and that is also of course a problem for yeah, potential competitors rhonda centers, florida governor, who is way behind in the polls right now and maybe others who want to get a step on the, you know, presidential election, 2004 for the g o. p for the republican party. mike pens, former vice president,

for example, or nikki haley, former ambassador to the end of the united states. so that is a problem for the republican party right now, but yes, you're absolutely right. donald trump is in full control and the front runner and put everything on hold. republicans hardcore republicans are galvanized and standing behind him. thanks for stefan stefan's assignments in washington and israel, where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's working to calm the situation following violent clashes at the out. axa mosque in jerusalem. tension between israelis and palestinians has escalated over police clashes with people inside the mosque. authorities say they were forced to enter the building. one of is lumps holy sites and to remove people they describe as riotous. the incidence of sparked anger across the middle east allies with the palestinians, accuse israel of using excessive force against worshippers.

an eruption of violence in the heart of one of jerusalem's. holiest sites. israeli police say the clashes broke out when they were forced to enter the alex and mosque where mosquito had barricaded themselves in sight. i'm with fireworks sticks and stones. this footage provided by the israeli police appears to show people setting off firecrackers. the palestinian red crescent says at least 12 worshippers were injured in what one eye witness described as a brutal assault by israeli forces. them in the yard. the eastern part of the mosque, the police were firing tier gus and stun grenades. it was a scene that i can't describe than the police stormed in and started beating every one. and they detained people and they put the young men on their faces to the ground. they also beat them, loaded back over to one room with one of the violin soon reverberated beyond

jerusalem. when palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip towards israeli territory. hours later israel shot back launching airstrikes in gaza. for now neither side appears. willing to stand. dang israelis far right. national security minister is mar, bank vere. praised the police, his actions for saying they did a good job. meanwhile palestinian militant grip hamas called on palestinians to go on mass to the al acts and mosque to defend it, leaving millions to fear. there will be no peace this holy season. a february is earthquakes, kill tens of thousands of people in turkey and northwest syria, left millions,

homeless, least 5000000 people in syria need shelter according to the un refugee agency. but the situation in the humanitarian shelters can be harsh. under these conditions at thousands of farmers and observing the month of ramadan, the earthquake destroyed all mom dose house. she now lives in this tent, as the sun said, call to prayer approaches. the woman in her fifties prepares the meal to break the fast. if tar in her shelter in the village of angina, near aleppo, whom abdul is like thousands whose homes have been destroyed and who can hardly afford if taught or less are with him hop bombing, i feel psychologically shattered. it doesn't feel like ramadan to me and my neighbors here and there, so we don't feel anything here at the shelter. we have lost everything. we have nothing left now about yet, and it's hard for us to get into the spirit of the month of ramadan has fear, and everything is missing. here, milan get

a shame up with on even before the quake struck, syria was facing crisis upon crisis. 12 years of war had already left that country in a dire humanitarian situation. now, what was left of the ramadan atmosphere has vanished. more than half the population doesn't have enough to eat. the displaced people in this camp, which includes about $250.00 families, st. they're struggling to survive. la la ramadan, we were all living at home. thank god. now things are different. as you can see, i am a one day the tents collapsed. another, they flooded my life. it's very hot and the camps. we lost our businesses and everything in the earthquake were all injured that the whole family usually comes together for ramadan. but now we're all scattered. yeah, no one is not gonna have to do it. well, so little along the modeling of this is the hardest ramadan for us because we've lost our families and friends, also been displaced from our homes. so yeah,

and have moved to 10 of them that are suitable and lack of elias necessities. 15 syrian volunteers gather in the ramadan kitchen. they are preparing $200.00 meals for those affected and displaced by the earthquake. the whole operation is funded by donations. i'm annoyed in all the difficulties we face include too few donated meal as we rely on individual donations. one new one and we're here to help our brothers and sisters who are affected by the earthquake and who have lost their families and homes and who are unable to get up. dharm neil: so yeah, we're here to help alleviate their suffering with met. let that rattle saw a loveseat and then residents here hope their living conditions will soon improve with no homes to go back to. they'll probably have to live here for a long time. watching d. w. news life from berlin,

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