williams, outstanding shopping and dining offers and strongly house services. be our guest at frankfurt and bought cd manage by from bought the the, the news line from berlin. a humanitarian disaster unfolding and southern ukraine after a russian held down is destroyed. both sides are trading blame for destroying the couple of cut down on the disney pro river homes, crops and drinking water are at risk with many thousands of residents. already

evacuated, swift condemnation of the damned destruction comes from western liter nato, and germany and the u. k. are calling it outrages, prudel and a war crime. and you one security council convenes an emergency meeting the really good to have here with us. a humanitarian emergency is unfolding and southern ukraine following the destruction of a major dam, controlled by russia. keefe is accusing moscow of blowing off the cough, got them to slow ukraine's military and mate signs of ukrainian counter offensive. gaining traction. thousands of civilians have been forced to evacuated from the flood waters, prompting local officials to declare a state of emergency concerns over the nearby sufferer. really, a nuclear power plant are also growing. it draws water from the reservoir that's

now draining away. meanwhile, the kremlin is accusing ukraine a sabotage to distract from alleged failures on the battlefield. a wall of water sewage is through a massive breach in the car hole, cut them flood vultures appearing to overwhelm what was left of the damaged infrastructure. as the torrent rushed down stream, the level of the deep pro river rose several maces, submerging roads, parks, roof tops, and even carrying away buildings. it was this uh build your hundreds of residents began evacuating. ukrainian officials seed up to a t. towns and villages were at risk of flooding. a specialist that required family

evacuation of people to safe areas has begun. included with all services are working with emergency service. police military all are together and i already did take documents on this centrals on weight for evacuation buses and was, would advise them also if i'm addressing the residence 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, and it was pushing it that but as the war, so it continued to breach the river's banks, more people prepared to flee for them. but what am i going to do? i need to take my animals with me and go visit my relatives upstream. you know how much of the affected area in southern ukraine is under russian control. the russian installed here of the shift southern region. she had this footage of a flooded town, seemed to the dam. reeves of lab provides cooling water for this after age a power plant. but the, you in the nuclear watchdog see that sort no immediate nuclear safety risk. the

damage to the nova kind of close costs done is current d, e d d to about $5.00 centimeters per hour. reduction in the height of the reservoir. the dean continues to monitor these rate on or other matters on the site. ukrainian. oh, sorry. so you have previously one that the dam spell your code on least 18000000000 cubic meters of water creating not only a humanitarian disaster, but an ecological one to tennessee mil oven of former economy minister of ukraine and current advisor to the government. and keith told us about the damage caused by the flooding so far and about safety village isn't dolls uh on the throughout the flooding. uh but the dense um of them have already been flooded. um, there is

a deviation from sure song and from villages nearby. that's the territory controlled by the ukrainian government. thousands of people have been evacuated. we don't know yet. if anyone has died that day that he's not available. we know very little about what happens on the left bank of the pro river devonne, which is up to by then controlled by the russian military bond of the images that we have seen on social media. they show extensive slot in the kremlin blaine's ukraine for destroying the dan. what do you say to that? this is ridiculous. they have control over the dam over the territory from the beginning of the war. so you bring in military or anyone else has no access to the area. now these dams have been built during the soviet union times was excess

capacity to wisdom, all kinds of trucks including earthquakes and explosions. for example, the russian missiles have shipped areas close on some of these dams, for example, in keys during the winter attacks on the infrastructure. and they closed low, serious damage for the structural did that to destroy them like that requires, i don't know truck floats or maybe trains of explosives and they cannot be delivered by any conventional ms. silas bearing nuclear. and of course there was nothing of the sort. so it was mind uh by the russian military, and i have seen reports that the u. s. is preparing to release intelligence that bruce, this claim was chips live on who's behind the explosion. and i hope this does it soon. so there is no real question about who is the aggressor here will sit tight

and wait for those reports to come out. but in the meantime, i want to talk about the people affected by this. the area is home to some 40000 residents. what will be the consequences for the people up and down stream as their lives have been? shuddered. i mean they have suffered enough already through the war being shelled um during uh, last weeks during the last months during the entire year. uh, some of them have been tortured under their queue patients. some of them have lost loved ones, family relatives. and now they are going to lose houses because you know, it might seem obstruct from a far but in practice you have your house and now your house is gone. means all your life and the quote. all your life is gone. the history of your family is gone . you have to leave now somewhere else because when you lift is now under water and it's gone forever. so this is

a tragedy on top of the tried to deal with or with that, what have already the person region is considered to be ukraine's bread basket. what do you think will be the economic consequences of the flooding? there are multiple simulation scenarios available for a different thing. thanks at the moment. all of them show that they are engaged in system. i'm downstream and her son will be severely affected if not completely disabled. that means the ability to enter a gate and farm will be severely limited. it also shows that they'll be upstream push back kind of reverse a slot through ingle. that's in both reverse and inputs is important for the reducing off to make a live. so this is a real problem, but in the next day or 2, we'll see what uh, specifically, what kind of saved will it take? let's talk about the military operation that the need for a river is also a front line in this for what will the destruction of the dam mean for ukraine's

attempt to push back russian troops on the eastern bank? in that specific area, it was extremely difficult to cross. the neighbor. neuberger is a big river and that's almost close to where it enters big lexi. so the river gets bigger and faster and deeper. any of the business out there would be really, really challenging. so destruction of them by russians shows that in some sense, they have desperate they don't plan on any come through or offensive will come through it back from this side, trying to update your song. and they're really concerned about uh, securing crate me. so they think in my view, and i'm not the military expert, but that's what they hear from some military experts, is that the great media is vulnerable. busy and that's one way to try to make sure that there is no threat coming from this side of the front line, tennessee mill, over enough advisor to the ukranian government. thank you so much for your insights and your time. in the meantime,

the united nations security council has been meeting an emergency session to discuss the dams, destruction you and secretary general antonio terrace, called the breach a monumental humanitarian, economic, and environmental catastrophe. western leaders have been echoing those words, while placing responsibility at moscow's door was up to the destruction of calls good in germany's chancellor was taken paused in a public forum on local television. when asked about the damage in southern ukraine . he did not hesitate when it came to laying blame, which is our event, this cl, i thought this is something that fits in with many of the crimes we have seen committed by russian soldiers and ukraine. and as part of a warfare that attack civilian targets to of the towns of villages, the live hospitals of schools was infrastructure,

which in the 1st place would not be military targets. investment and emily tension 6 fuel gas, montgomery. and therefore, this is something that has a new dimension at 1st, but also fits into the way of russian president vladimir putin is waging this war to optimize the pest, the 14 decently tripped. but most go accuses cave of sabotage. the defense minister claiming ukraine blew up the dam to prevent a russian offensive along the front line. due to the cave raging, committed another terrorist crime. the kafka, hydro electric them was blowing out that was which led to the flooding of significant territories, supplemented especially to me, to turn it from us so much. in slovakia, ukraine's allies had strong woods for the kremlin nature. his chief blaming most goes invasion for the dance destruction, the destruction of the gulf, golf dom today, pitts house, and so civilians at risk and coal. so severe environmental damage. this is

a great just act which demonstrates so once again, their brutality of rush, also war in ukraine. stalsen bug said russian aggression was the stabilizing security and pledge to further expand nature support for ukraine. is a look at some of the other source making headlines around the world today. international court of justice and the hague has begun hearing a case brought by ukraine seeking reparations from russia. keith, once the top you and court to order moscow and to pay damages for arming rebels and it's eastern regions in the years before it's 2022 invasion. russia has previously ignored the court's rulings model. iran has unveiled an intermediate range ballistic missile, which if claims is capable of travelling at hypersonic speeds, president ever aim, right? you see said the weapon will boost the country's power of deterrence. as a miss,

always present of the us. impose sanctions on over a dozen people and entities in iran, china and hong kong for their support of terrance military program. police in paris, fire tear gas on demonstrators protesting against president ammonia in my calls pension reforms. the bill raising the minimum retirement age to $64.00 was approved in march without a vote in parliament rallies have continued despite little chance, chance of rolling back the pension overall, which is set to take effect in september. germany wants to strengthen its security, ties with india bellies. the latest stop for defense minister forest. the story is on his tor the asia pacific. he's been using the trip to expand germany security rule and a region far beyond its backyard. germany's defense, minnesota. see the world welcome and daddy, as he met with his indian, going to buck frog not saying the story is on

a mission to bolster miller people operation between the 2 countries and defendant jeremy's presence in the pacific region of applying the a box. we are planning a big joint exercise with the indian forces in the indian ocean next year. these are important examples to make clear, and dr. germany is present here and considers itself a partner in the pacific region who puts you fix on the lender. he and that it your but this meeting is also about the weapons. the story is met with the representatives from the german arms, industrial, and deadly in the plants to invest more than 5000000000 euros in more than i think it's submarine feet or jeremy's defense minister showing support for such a deal. the founding law negotiations are ongoing and the german arms industry as well placed in this race. the point is a single, the german government supports it to as part of our strategic partnership. and as one of the world's largest armies, traditionally,

it has been heavily dependent on brushing on supplies. but an increase in german involvement could reduce the defendants in the long run. and a quick reminder of our top story today, even moscow are accusing each other, blowing up a major them, and a russian control part of southern ukraine. officials in the area around the middle of couple of cut down of declared a state of emergency situations are under way of residents downstream of next, this business with rob watts, including a look at apple's new mixed reality headsets. stay tuned for that. i'll be back tomorrow. see you then the stay up to date is our highlights. the t w program online d w dot com highlights criminal.