this one is darren, go to health, smart nature, the more likes watching it on youtube. dw documentary, the this is dw news live from butler in the space of emergency is declared in southern ukraine. as a major them is destroyed, ukraine and russia are accusing each other of loving up the costs. good them. evacuations all underway with flooding likely to affect thousands of people will say, coming up on the program, germany looks to boost security ties in the,

in the pacific defense, minnesota bar, as the story is an india hoping to count to russia's growing influence in the range of the money keeps kit and thanks so much for joining us. ukraine has called for an emergency missing of the un security council, following the destruction of a major them and a russian controlled a pos of ukraine. he is a choosing. moscow is blowing up the cost could um, to slow ukraine's military and mit signs of ukrainian counter offensive. thousands of civilians are having to evacuate from the flood voices, prompting local officials to declare a state of emergency concerns over the near pipe. nearby is shop for region nuclear power plant also growing. israel's was from the reservoir that is now draining away . but the kremlin is

a choosing ukraine of sabotage to distracts from alleged staley, as on the battlefield. a wall of water sewage is through a massive breach in the whole damn flood bushes appearing to over well what was left of the damaged infrastructure as well as a rush down stream. the level of the denique river, the ro, serial nieces hundreds of residents began evacuating. ukrainian officials seed up to $86.00 on the square at risk of flooding. a specialist that requires and what you creation of people to safe areas has begun with all services are working with emergency service police melodies and brought them all together and i ordered you to take documents and essentials on wait for the evacuation buses would advise them. also, if i'm addressing the residents of the left bank, similar to leave,

please do everything possible to save your lives a lot and leave the insecure place at once. booking numbers question that that, but this file footage shows the dam before the attack under russian occupation. not ship the affected area in southern ukraine is also russia controlled. both sides blamed each other for the dams destruction. ukrainian authorities have previously one that the dams value could unleash 18000000000 cubic masons of water . the dam race of why provides cooling wolf. so there's that for asia power plant, but the unions nuclear watchdog see that so no immediate nuclear safety risk after the dam was damaged. i also corresponded in cave sonya fall. nicole, what more she could tell us about the destruction of them. i was the local authorities in the coastal region have no said,

but the gulf co hydro electric power plant. that entire facility now is completely under water and the state one fall company that that runs. this blonde says that an explosion in the engine room in the early hours of this morning. this is what caused the damage to the facility at the c. o. it's absolutely beyond repair. now this incidental forces caused huge alarm. hillcrest and savanski has destroyed the emergency meeting of his national security and defense council. he said he's discussed emergency of, you know, international and security measures are tried hard, rochelle, comfortable for what he calls a 10 roost attack. can you tell us what suspects this is? having on people living downstream from them and also those dependent on the reservoir behind it. well, you know, a 20, if you're really worried about catastrophic flooding in up to 80 a, towns and villages in this area. now we're already showing um,

off of the entire towns and villages almost completely submerged. the miller of noble cove cove go with this damn is located. so that's what the labels that already risen in his, in his tone with, you know, playgrounds and coffee is now completely on the water. he's also saying that the internet service will seem to be disrupted pieces by russian forces wielding from the gulf, from the office, because the one region they've already begun to that creations of residents, low line areas, residents being advice to, you know, take the documents and drinking water if they can, what they must be back to the living advice to not leave behind that fits on trains or then clauses and key to so that they can be rescued from the flood waters. we're also getting some reports of the roads being washed away, which will make it difficult for rescue teams to access some supplements. we also have risk obtains now being brushed in from keys to the salt of ukraine, calvin, google, and for being vehicles guiding things like water treatment plants and trend rates. so a truly dramatic scituate shannon and who is in charge of getting the situation under

control. now when the to the district of nova both go with them and follow upon is located that is under the russian control. now this is located near the front line in the southern capstone region. and really the, the disney pulled over. there is the dividing line, we're hearing of about 16000 people now in the critical zone under decreed in control the west bank also to the photo book. and of course, this is all you know, complicating matters we heard from the ukrainian interior ministry or do today seeing that facilities are continuing. he said that, you know, russian forces are continuing to k as in frank headphone, even as the population is being evacuated from the city. sonya fall in the car forcing from key. thank you so much for that. because get moved from dw correspondent, emily show, and who joins us now from reger and latvia. because a dw is banned from reporting and russia. emily bring us up today. so on what you're hearing from rosco rusher, about the down breach,

as well kremlin spokespersons meet his golf, spoke to journalists today, and he vehemently denied that russia was responsible for the explosion of that dam . he said instead that actually ukraine is responsible. so shifting the blame there, and he said that he called this an active sabotage from the key of government. he also said that this actually showed that the counter offensive on the ukrainian side was not going well, essentially accusing ukraine of kind of desperately blowing things off because things aren't going well for them. um, and you know, just after that, the russian investigative committee actually opened up a case against ukraine for terrorism. so what we're seeing here now is both the ukranian side and the russian side accusing each other of terrorism. meanwhile, um, you know, the local people are actually going to have to carry the clunk. consequences of

this and the russian emergency services have also now said that people should prepare for an evacuation. and the kremlin spokesperson also said that there would be dire consequences for the local residents there. emily, thank you. and that's emily show and reporting from reagan and let me now, nato is saying it blames russia for attacking the dam. speaking from breast as lava in slovakia earlier today, the nato 6th street generally and felt the cold, the breach an outrageous act. the destruction of the gulf golf dom today, it's house and so civilians up the risk and coal, so severe environmental damage. this is a great just act which should demonstrate so once again, their brutality of rush, also war in ukraine. the german government also leaving no doubt about who it

blames for the destruction of them a german trunk. flo will, i'm sure it's said the following. this is something that takes on a new do i mention boss, it fits the way the person is waging this war. is it really about, say, cut the eye off defense and i don't on the list that marina maryland about the blame game between a russia and ukraine and ulta 1st, what russia would get out of doing this could be um, well, for the russian side, obviously knowing that the premium condra offensive is possibly under way it bought uh, floods ukrainian positions and make it more difficult to cross sidney for river. so they will create the, essentially a swarm to prevent ukrainians from striking using that position using that direction. and this is a tactics that has been used during the 2nd world war and blowing up dams to prevent enemy advances. so that's what russia could potentially gain from blowing

out to them. okay, but what about ukraine? i mean, what could there reasons be for damaging the stem to say it was a ukrainian side and um, we have cnn already last year was the air pin down next to key of the ukrainian side, flu, upset them to prevent the russians from taking care of in this specific scenario, firstly, it would cut off fresh water supply to crimea, which would make it difficult for russian authorities there. on the one hand, on the other hand, it would disrupt the electricity supply. it would create a committed terran catastrophe. so there will be a need for reallocating people in the vicinity over to them. and because um, some of the territories controlled by the russians, the idea is to distract the russian forces and to possibly have russia re deployed forces to another, a whole crate in order to handle this. okay?

now this isn't as you say, the 1st time that we've seen a tax on, on critical infrastructure, but this does seem to be a major escalation. so would you say, can we expect to see more of these types of major incidents as well? yes, it is a major escalation because this has a purposeful targeting of um, critical civilian infrastructure. um, no matter which site it is, um, sometimes it is necessary from a military perspective. counting was collateral damage if it helps to fulfill the military objective. from a utilitarian perspective, you create a short term damage in order to achieve greater good. however, as this unfolding, as there is a possibility that we will see similar attacks and critical civilian as infrastructure as both sides capital desperate, i do have to ask, i mean, how worried should we be about the impact of the down breaks on these aspiration?

you 2 pallets alone because that of course relies on the water from the down for cooling. yes, that is correct. and it would seem that the russian side was worried about it, at least in the official statements. we know that according to russian forces in november 22, them have been reinforced to infer that nothing happens as a nuclear fall plan because either way, these are side would benefit from the nuclear power plant flowing up and right now the situation is unclear, of what we know from rough l grossey as well is that for the moment um, everything is in order and it still has enough water to be cooled. however, we will have to return that in a couple of days and see how the station changes arena around defense unless from king's colors. london, thanks so much for your time. thank you for now, following visits to single pole and indonesia gemini, is defense. minnesota is now in india, or it's the story. this isn't delhi,

as part of a week long visit to the region. he wants to strength and ties with what he calls, reliable partners in the, in the pacific, and says that this corporation is key to global peace and stability. gemini is supporting india is defense capacity, internet attempt to reduce india's reliance on russian supplied with the w as chief political correspondent. nina honda is travelling with a german defense minister and she sent us this assessment of his visit from debbie . as far as the stories is the 1st time and defense minister to visit india since 2015, both countries once a deep and collaboration, they see each other as important strategic partners in 5 boys. the story is called india, the most important strategic partner for germany and europe for the next few years or so. the story is says that this region here, the end of pacific is going to be shaping the 21st century. and that requires deepening collaboration. also in the defend 6 though,

now germany and europe far as the stories argues comp miss out on that opportunity to play an active role in the, in the pacific. he's what do you have to say? i'll say he met his indian counterpart. we totally agreed about the german and europe and wrote in the in the pacific. we agreed that more engagement of europe and germany is necessary, especially odd, joined, exercise, next year. really had been appreciated by him and we were, we were both of the same opinion. we need more cooperation not only do or by exercises, also by defense of industry, defense argument cooperation and we are working on it and of cause. i think we should and we can and we ought to do more in that region into partnership with india because we are approaching times, we can't really predict what is going to happen in the next 2 years. and we need a strategic populace like indonesia, like india, for example, especially companies,

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