ah, questions about life? the universe were series 42 lillius almost every thing this week on the w. mm. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the pentagon is reviewing photographs of leak documents that it says appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material about the war in ukraine. some of those paper suggests ukraine is just weeks away from running out of ammunition for its russian made air defenses. also coming up

chinese warships and fighter jets in circle taiwan for a 3rd consecutive day of military exercises. fishing says that it's a warning to the islands after its precedence met with a tough us official. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. a collection of leak to us intelligence documents suggest ukraine's air defenses could soon run out of missiles. the reports dating from february appeared on social media sites, and appeared to detail u. s. and nato aid to ukraine. their content suggest the u. s. has been spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on its nato allies. the u. s. justice department is scrambling to find the source of the league with

official saying that russia or its sympathizers are likely behind it. with some experts even suggesting the source could be american. ukraine's air defense is running low. some experts worrying russia could soon unless its considerable air power to change the course of the war. i asked former commanding general at the u. s. army in europe. ben hodges, if he shares those concerns. the russian air force has not impressed me for the last 14 months, even though they had a huge numerical superiority. it's clear that they don't have the training or the ability to really achieve air superiority. this is something that the german air force, british royal air force, the u. s. air force. we would have done this in the 1st days of any conflict, especially with that kind of numerical superiority. the russians were not able to do that. so it's not just because of the brave and no very competent, ukrainian air defense. it's because i don't think the russians really know how to

do it, but, but general hodges, i mean that the whole point here though is that if there is a break and that defense could there be a window for putting and don't. these leaks essentially give him a bit of a playbook now on how to have a window to defeat the ukrainian military. well, to be honest, clear, i think the russians already knew all this, this, this is information that's come to light for us. but none of this will be new to the russians or to the ukrainians. so yes, of course there's a vulnerability if, if we're not able to help ukraine get more munitions or more systems for their air and missile defense. but i think they will have already anticipated what those vulnerabilities are. and again, i think that there are other ways to, to prevent russia from exploring a vulnerability. and that really is about denying them the places from which there are tax are being launched. that means crimea,

that means dumbass that ships at sea and to that to that end, ukraine has very much for calling for fighter jets to support its own air power so far. only poland we know, and slovakia have delivered a fighter jets to the country. meantime, germany, the us have dismissed calls to send f sixteens. just back in january, chancellor sholtes even shot down such calls as a rational in light of what we know now, what is your message to the german chancellor? your message, the u. s. president. i don't understand why the american, the u. s. administration and the german government and others still stop short of saying we want ukraine to win. and we're going to give them the things that they need to win. i mean, we're talking about thousands of ukrainian civilians that have been killed by these missile attacks. they're, they're not going after ukrainian defense is everyone after civilian targets. why? why is it so difficult for us to go ahead and take that next step to provide the

capabilities that will help protect thousands of european civilians? that's what this is about. and so whether it's f sixteens or longer range, precision weapons, the things that are needed to help stop russia from being able to kill so many innocent people. i think the united states, germany, others need to do more. but it really comes down to what do we want ukraine, when are we just trying to drag this thing out. so then, given that, how do you assess ukraine's potential? it's been widely reported unexpected. that they could now be poised to launch a fresh spring offensive. they're getting new, more modern, more capable tanks. how do you expect this to play out over the next month? so, nothing right now, despite the concerns that you and i are discussing this morning, we actually are in what i would call the the com before the storm. the ukrainians

are stopped, russia, russia has no other offensive capability, nothing with which they could launch a new offensive, the weapons that they're pulling out of storage in our about my age, which would be $65.00. ok. so i think they are, they are transition into a defense to try to hang on to what they have ukrainian journal staff has done a very good job of preparing, i think for this what will be a counter offensive when the conditions are set. that means whether on the ground is tra mainly when they have done enough training and they have built up the logistics. and i think we're going to see an attack that will be very professional, very effective. and its purpose will be to, i believe, isolate crimea, and set the conditions for the eventual liberation of crimea. ok. later this year, later this year, i just quickly, before we go, i like to pick up on what you just said there. general hodges, because you have, in general, been very optimistic about ukraine's ability to repel the russian invasion. and

even martin crimea earlier, a couple of months ago, you said that you expected that to happen by some or do you stand by that the about by the end of august, the ukraine will have been able to liberate crimea if, and i've also included this caveat, if we provide them the long range precision weapons that they need to do that, yes, absolutely, they can do them. and hodges retired to us, the tenant general, thank you so much for joining us to share that expertise and that perspective, we appreciate at least the privilege. let's have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. members of south korea's main opposition party say that the u. s. acted in clear violation of national sovereignty by spying on officials and sold on a league of american intelligence. documents deal details of discussions between top south korean officials over sending weapons to ukraine. a boat with some

400 people on board is a drift in the mediterranean sea and is taking on water. the support service alarm phone says that it received a call from the vessel, adding that nobody on board could steer because of the captain had left. it's believed that the boat departed from libya on saturday night. heading for europe. rescue workers in france have found 2 bodies beneath the rubble of a collapse building and central mar say. the city's mayor says that there is still hope of finding survivors. the 4 story building crumbled in an explosion on sunday morning residence reported smelling gas before the blast. but the cause is yet to be determined. a 5th person has been found dead after an avalanche near mont blanc, in the french owls. one person remains missing after sunday's incident, french whether authorities had not issued any prior. avalanche warning for the region and skiing conditions were considered to be good. chinese fighter jets and

warships are simulating ceiling off taiwan on the 3rd and last day of its military drills. the joint sword exercises a show of force. following a meeting between taiwan president and a senior us politician, i pay has condemned the exercises and washington has called for restraint, saying that it is monitoring beijing's actions closely. dw correspondent william yang is in taipei and earlier told me what the 3rd day of drills has brought to the skies and the seas around taiwan. so today between 6 am and 10 am, we have detected another more than 50 chinese fighter operating around taiwan. and more than 30 of them have once again crossed the medium line of the time, went straight up and also included the southwestern the. at the same time, there are concerning information coming out confirmed by the defense ministry

saying the china carrier group. the sean dome has in fact participated in the exercise on the western pacific. the important thing about this development is the eastern side of time when used to be considered as the saved zone for its military to regroup and also to recuperate. but now that china is able to, in fact, launch its military from the east side, that just means that the safe though is no longer exist. and at the same time, this is the passage where a potential us support will have to go through. so china is definitely trying to test its ability to deny the us support in the case of a potential invasion of tie one. and in another development, william the u. s. navy said one of its worship, sailed through the south china. see, what more can you tell us about that? so once again, we saw this response from the united states that they've been doing a lot over the last few years when ever china has

a very large scale military aggression towards tying one the so through the or middle 3 net new naval vessels to the south. china sea or the town one straight, they call this the freedom of navigation operation in this time it's similar, but the difference is that last august, when close the visit at m, china launched a one week military exercise around time. one of the u. s. did not, in fact engage in such a navigation operation, but this time they decided to do it. i think it's just to show that they consider the latest round of military exercise around time one as more important and probably more threatening than last one. so, you know, when we look at the bigger picture here, william, do you think that, that tomorrow things go back to the way they were before? have these drills been different this time around? if they change something, i think they have fundamentally changed the way that china decided to respond to any high level engagement between taiwan and the united states. we see that this is

already the 2nd time that the, you, the chinese mills read decided to launch this kind of large exercise in circling taiwan. following a meeting between time when president and the us house speaker, you know, just within the last year. and so i think if we look at this trend and then in this could just become a new routine that the chinese decide to implement and to try to deter in discourage the us and to want to continue to engage in this kind of meeting. and i think it's really up to type in washington to decide if they still want to continue this kind of high level engagement and support. and, you know, like i think cooperation t, w correspondent, william yang. thank you, sent you. ah, in the bunder sega, munch and glad back arrested. an alarming form slammed, beating bulls berg for their 1st win, and 6 games and denting the wolves. european ambitions in the process. allison

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and his reminder of the top story that we were filing for you here on d. w. news, the pentagon is reviewing photographs. the fleet documents that it says appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material about the war in ukraine. some of those papers suggest ukraine is just weeks away from running out of russian made air defense missiles. up next, the documentary serious namibia africa's new el dorado to stay with us if you can for that i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thanks for watching through our interest in the global economy, our portfolio d w. business beyond. here's a closer look at the project.