also, jabari house ball for moscow. victory day is the most important annual events for russians. but this year it has added significance because of the conflict in ukraine. $11000.00 troops per rated through red square in moscow to commemorate the soviet victory over nazi germany 77 years ago and estimated $27000000.00 soldiers and civilians from the soviet union died in what the russians call the great patriotic war. president vladimir putin used the occasion to compare the fight against hitler to his so called special military operation in ukraine. the way that i say it is that you're fighting for people in dom bus for the safety of our motherland, russia, and i sure may. the 9th 1945 will always be a trial of our single soviet people, rushes preemptively rebuffed the aggression. it was timely and the only right decision, the decision of a strong sovereign independent country me. some was the yet to leave. as the missiles and other military hardware paraded through the streets, onlookers back their presidents decision to send russian troops into ukraine. no more course, but i t

thank you for that dose, a jabari that for us with the latest from moscow. karone of ours restrictions in china's too big assist. ease of finally easing for millions of people who've been stuck indoors. shanghai is lifting. it's to month locked down from midnight on wednesday. many businesses can reopen and the b feel restrictions on going out and working in beijing. j jims museums, and p. s is also rare thing, but with limits on visitors, katrina, you has more. this is the busiest this area has been for weeks where in beijing east in charl young district, the biggest district in the city where people have been told they no longer need to work from home. authorities in beijing say the current corona virus outbreak is basically under control and many restrictions on easing. public transport has resumed here after almost 3 weeks of being cloris. shopping centers, moves, libraries, and genes can also open back up, but a limited to 50 percent capacity. residents say they're relieved that the capital has managed to avoid a hard lockdown and are looking forward to life, getting back to norma

with in russia. dorsey jabari al jazeera, moscow live response ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says, russia's actions are a betrayal of victory day or she has a bla, sasha. little russia has forgotten everything that was important to the winners or world or 2. but ukraine and the whole free world will remind vanish, so that no one will ever forget ships to gain their weight. she really important words. she never again are repeated around the free world every year. sure. in memory of the victims of world war to show the russian person to east and ukraine shows no signs of easing. as our bay has this update has troops tight try to take ground. well, today it's been relatively quite old, though there was a town mac oliver mac liquor, which isn't far from here. that was getting hit earlier on we saw the smoke rising from there, but generally it's been quite ball. so there's not many people around now we were in chronicles, this is like a ghost town. not many people around, most of the shots are closed. and that's because, so many people have left because this in the east of the cou

update dawson jabari that for us in moscow o car keeps on the ground. the rail network is to reopen next week. the city subway stations were used as makeshift bomb shelters for months by thousands of people. the may, i says, it is now safe to leave. khaki suffered intense russian. shelling off to the invasion began. many say they still don't feel safe nor have homes to go back to plenty more head on the new zone, including hero of east timor independence is sworn in as president. and he has a message for china and white children in malia being forced to drop out of school and an wages to support their families. and the hockey play. they gave himself a head injury before playoff game. and he will be here with all the latest in the school. ah, heavy rain and flooding and land slides are affecting the lives of 700000 people in northeast and india. in some states, at least 10 have died in the latest downpours and pharmacy. most of their crops are gone. more rain is forecast, unexpected to slow rescue efforts. poverty motto has the latest from that. what you

what he called a blood boss and easton ukraine will get the view from russia shortly with dorothy jabari. she's in moscow but fast that speaks his end is robbie, he's in the ukrainian capital case. then obviously we know there's still this fighting that's going on in the east, but with embassies reopening. and here, where you are, is there a sense that things may be returned to some sort of normal? well certainly, thinking back to the days before the russian invasion began on february 24th, even as western governments and intelligence agencies were sounding the alarm that russia was planning and all that invasion of this country, it was difficult for anyone to imagine that it would actually happen, and it wasn't until the invasion actually began until bombs and soldiers started dropping from the sky. the people began to flee the city. and you saw that dramatic footage of massive cues of traffic trying to exit keith creating that refugee crisis at the border with holland. we saw air strikes on this city and battles being fought so close to ukraine's capital of key that it is difficult to

it's also visited, wouldn't in russia till russian soldiers in hospital for the 1st time, as dawson jabari reports. now from moscow it's been 3 months since russia's commander in chief ordered troops to enter ukraine. now he's met some who survived despite their injuries, but they appear to be in good health recovering and a military hospital in moscow. vladimir putin, accompanied by his defense minister sergei shaw ago, expressed his gratitude to the hospital staff for helping the war wounded recuperate. the news or use mister thor? these russian service men? yes. uh people who put their health and lives at risk for the sake of the people and the children of don bus for the sake of russia. each of them pushed their life in mortal danger. and we must, you hid them as heroes. earlier put a sign to the cree, extending a scheme for a residence of areas in ukraine, controlled by russian back separatists to become russian citizens. people in carson and south region now have the option of taking the citizenship of their occupiers. so said louise, little please. it shows the authorities of mala t

also jabari as more from moscow, what's likely to happen to the fighters. these are the last remaining ukrainian fighters in the as of style steel plant. now they are prisoners of war. they survived russia's onslaught for more than 2 months in the steel plant. their future is now unknown. their surrender brings a much needed victory for russian forces in the strategically important port, city of mary opal, the ministry of defense as reported to presidents of russia on the end of the operation on the complete liberation of us, of style, industrial complexes and of the city of maria polo fuller from ukrainian fights was the kremlin, says those who surrendered will be treated in line with international norms. some russian lawmakers have demanded they be tried for war crimes. and one said they should faced the death penalty. sir gay, chicago announced his forces alongside rushing back separatists will soon claim full control over the logan's creegan, eastern ukraine. but on a victory that's long overdue for his forces. forces the defense minister wants to expan

so thank you very much. dorothy jabari live there in moscow now turkey's present phase delegations from sweden and finland should not bother coming to ankara to convince him to approve their nato beds. russia typo on accuses nordic countries of being, quote, guess, houses for terrorist organizations. that in relation to sweden reported be hosting members, peter coquettish, article, finland, and sweden, or ending 200 years of neutrality to join natal after russia's invasion of ukraine . let's go live to our diplomatic editor, james spaces in brussels. james e. u. defense ministers are meeting major secretary general in brussels to day. what are you hearing about sweden and villains? best to join the alliance and, and take his opposition to those facts or clearly when all of the e u. defense ministers gather here, it's actually not the european union, but nato, that is going to be the key subject that some overshadows. i think this meeting because they are going to be meeting with the nato secretary general insults delta burke. he currently has cobit, he's not yet tested negative, and so

keith, also jabari. as in moscow, she says, russia is trying to consolidate his games is clear now is that there is a push to concentrate their operation in the eastern part of ukraine as well as the southern region. and not only is russia now looking to secure a victory in the dumbass region, we heard from the russian defense minister earlier this week, who said that they were in the last few days of securing the areas of lou ganske and also at the mary a situation in mary, opal has now finished with those as of sol, people being evacuated on friday, there is a sense now it's important. what we will see happen in these areas. what we do know in her son that is in the southern region of ukraine, that is now under full russian control and has been for quite some time. we're starting to see how things would look like under russian occupation in various regions in ukraine. according to the deputy, i'm the head of the russian back administration. that's when place in her san region. there is a request now to

also, jabari has the reaction from moscow, where the parliament speaker has indicated the ukraine troops will face challenges according to the speaker of do my, he said that these are not see criminals and that they should not be exchanged with any russian soldiers that are in ukrainian custody, and that there should be a trial for them to really show the international community what they have done allegedly, to russian soldiers. and we've also been hearing from a very prominent figure within the duma. and that is lena slootsky, who is also part of the russian negotiating team with the ukrainians. those ongoing talks that have since he's had some very severe views about how the as of how your member should be treated while they're rushing custody. he said they showed you the death penalty and that's they should really put forth a tribunal court international court where they have to answer for their legit war crimes that they've committed. according to this lawmaker or russian soldier has been guilty to killing an unarmed ukrainian civilian. he made the play on wednesday as a keen court

is considering banning the exchange of captured as of members for russian prisoners of war. dosa jabari has more from moscow. russia's general prosecutor has asked the courts to declare the as of italian as a terrorist organization. there is also a number of debates that have been ongoing here in the russian capital about what should happen next to members of the as of regiments that have been evacuated from the as of sales field plants and mary opal. according to a number of local m, p 's that are part of the lower house of parliament. that is the state do my here. and they believe that these are fighters don't deserve to be a given the same treatment to us or the regular military men from the ukrainian army. the speaker of dumas has said that he understands the number of lawmakers or for the idea that these so called nazi criminals should not be used to be exchanged for russians for soldiers that are in ukraine's custody. and we've also been hearing from leonard slots. he who is the chairman of dumas international affairs committee and also part of moscow's negotiating team with ukrai

with in russia. dorsey jabari al jazeera moscow, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says russia's actions are a betrayal of victory did. cuz she has a bla, shisha mold, rushes, forgotten everything that was important to the winners of world war 2. but ukraine and the whole free world will remind them which so that then no one will forget to regain their weight. the really important woods never again, which over repeated round the free world every year in memory of the victims of world war 2. the u. s. president says he's worried russia's leader vladimir putin does not have a way out of the war with ukraine. joe biden made the comments after approving a new law to speed up the delivery of weapons and military equipment to ukraine. biden signed off on the lend lease act saying washington supports the ukrainians fight to defend their country and democracy against putin's brutal war. the u. s. has already given billions of dollars worth of weapons to you credit, hey, it appears the marco's family may be returning to power in the philippines. unofficial result of the presidential elect

at the plans are actively surrendering so far. 1908 people have laid down their arms, restores the jabari has more for moscow. from the russian defense minister himself, we provided an update about what's going on. and as we just heard, he gave us the latest figures about the number of people that have been evacuated. and he did her highlight the fact that the blockade of the a seal plant by the russian forces continues. which means they're not quite done yet. we are waiting for the russian defense minister to basically announce that that process is clear since they began on may 16th with the help of the united nations and the international committee of the red cross. what he also said that was interesting was that there operation in, at lou ganske in the dorm mass region is coming to its final stages. meaning that he hopes to announce a victory in le ganske in the coming days. and he said that this will expand a russia's gains in that dumbass region. of course, this is the focus of the 2nd stage of russia, special military operation that has been ongoing. and it's now $86.00 days into th

one russian politician wants the death penalty to be considered for the as all fighters, total jabari has more from moscow. russia's prosecutor has asked the courts to declare the ukraine's as of italian as a terrorist organization. we've also been hearing about a debate on going in at russia's lower house of parliament. that is the state duma . the speaker of duma has said that these are members of the as of italian who are now in a rush of defense ministry custody art so called nazi criminals. and they should not be exchanged or any or take part in any of the prisoner shaves. that will be coming in the weeks ahead so that they are not to be given up that easily and that they should be put before ports. we've also been hearing from the node slots v, who is the chairman of dumas international affairs committee. he's also part of moscow's negotiating team with ukraine, and he had some much more severe views about what should happen to members of the as of italian that are now in russian has city. this is what he had to say, the school initiative burslur jeff should dervish that risk, b

the options been available in russian controlled areas of don't yet can hans since 2019 live to dr. jabari in moscow door. so what does this decree mean at this point of the war in ukraine? well it means that has nearly a 1000000 people that are low used to live in the areas of course on ends up alicia in ukraine are now eligible to receive a russian passport within the next 3 months. according to this decree that has just come into effect at this is an indication of what the russian government would like to see happen. providing an opportunity for those residents that are left still after the fighting in those regions to really become part of the russian federation . and really strengthen their, the narrative here about why at vladimir putin decided to launch the so called special military operation just over 90 days ago. it's an indication of how things will unfold in various other regions as well as far as we understand that according to the russian defense ministry at the region, the southern region of south risha in ukraine is now about 65 percent in control of russian forces. anna, h

now, me evacuations from the up a stall steel plant in mario poll, both of jabari has more for moscow. the evacuations are ongoing and they began on monday and they are being done in coordination with the international committee of the red cross. and we've also been hearing from representatives from the red cross talking about how they started registering the members of the ukrainian military that are surrendering to the russians. as of tuesday, they are registering their names, their date of birth, and the location that they're being transported to the oldest is to keep track of the number of men that are in russian custody. but also we understand that they've been visiting a number of facilities where the men have been at captain. this is also to ensure that the standards of the russians have promised to uphold, are being kept, as well as to allow the families of those ukrainian military personnel that are in russian custody to let them know how those men are doing and where they exactly are we understand that they ukrainian president has said that they will be a prisoner exchange d

there is no indication from either side of an end to the conflict. dorset jabari al jazeera moscow or the families of those as all fighters have been in turkey seeking help to ensure their safety. and he say they are worried about the soldiers fate. so no, because so glue has more on this now from istanbul, among the wise of also so fighters in mario poll, i sat down with natalia sca, her husband is among those ukrainian fighters who were evacuated from the sole steel plant by russians. natalia and 3 of her friends have been in the turkish capital on car for the last couple of days, seeking support for the safe evacuation of their husbands and sons. let's listen to what natalia told us about the latest on as a fighter. we all together, 3 a and a half. but we had read in on also still planned at distance, were married during the war. have you contacted him so far? we were in the cranium embassy in turkey, in ankara. and my husband started to typed me and i was shocked because as there was no connection during 15 days, he said that they are moving from wal how to and as a how in each ce

france and germany, russia and ukraine account for nearly a 3rd of global wheat supplies, docile jabari has worn out from moscow. the russian president told his counterparts, the status of the military operation need talked about how. and there are a number of issues with the ships that are carrying ukrainian wheat that have been stuck on in the black sea as a result of what the russians are saying are minds that are placed along the routes for them to leave in the black sea by the ukrainian military now vladimir putin said that russia is willing to allow the passage of those ships are roughly around $300.00 of them. and from the main port in odessa, in ukraine. and that is something that is up for discussion. but as that is something, of course, that has to be done through the russian military. they presidents that russian president also talked about how the negotiations have stalled between the 2 sides as a result of the key of government. not being serious and responding to at the offers that have been made by the russian negotiators, the last one being and made on april 15th vladimi

a tactic that's proven to be mostly successful so far with in russia. dorsey jabari al jazeera moscow. and let's discuss this further now with current volker, who's a former us ambassador to nato. he's joining us vice kind from paris. thank you very much ambassador vodka for being with us on al jazeera. so all eyes were on the red square to day in moscow, closely following what present putting had to say, what is your reaction 1st to this speech, what stood out for you? well, 1st off, i think what's most notable about his speech is what he did not say. he did not claim that there establishing new independent republics. he did not claim the paralysing territory to russia. he did not claim to some new vote rusito. so he actually was brothers due to bel, what the objectives are in ukraine, and i think the bad is significant. the 2nd thing that he did is he said that they are responding to some kind of imaginary needle read, ju, russia, as opposed to anything else. he's worried about justifying the war. so why is that? i believe it's because the categories and the damage that have been in

export those supplies due to russia's invasion, which has sent global food prices soaring and also jabari joins us now from moscow. and those understand this issue came up in talks between the russian leader and some of his european counterparts. what was said, well, the russian president vladimir putin and just finished the phone conversation with the german chancellor, olaf schultz, as well as the french president emanuel micron. the call lasted about 80 minutes and was initiated by the 2 european leaders who wanted to discuss a few things with the russian president as they talked about. of course, the state of the ongoing, a so called special military operation that is taking place in ukraine. and they also discussed the issue of food security as you mentioned. and they also talked about the ongoing negotiations between russia and ukraine, which have stopped over the past few weeks. the russian president told his counterparts, the status of the military operation in you talked about how and there are a number of issues with the ships that are carrying ukrainian wheat that have been stu

a story jabari explains that from law school. it's been 3 months since rushes commander in chief order troops to enter ukraine. now he's met some who survived, despite their injuries, but they appear to be in good health and recovering, and a military hospital in moscow. law me putting, accompanied by his defense minister survey, chicago, expressed his gratitude to the hospital staff for helping the war wounded recuperate. denise mister to these russian servicemen used a people who put their health and lives at risk for the sake of the people and the children of dun bus for the sake of russia. each of them put their life in mortal danger, and we must, you hid them as heroes. earlier put in, signed a decree, extending a scheme for a residence of areas in ukraine, controlled by russia back separatists to become russian citizens, people, and corson, and south region. now have the option of taking the citizenship, of their occupiers was so little immediately please, it shows the authorities of mella topple, will soon begin work on or

but 1st let's head to door said jabari, who's in the russian capital, moscow. hello there door. so just have different is this is parade in light of that military operation in ukraine. well, the 1st thing that was noticeable was the speech by the russian president vladimir putin. at, within a minutes of that speech, he started talking about his reasons as to why he decided to send in those russian troops into crane. he said that he was forced to, it was a pre emptive rebuff to aggression. you choose nato, and the united states of at planning to attack crimea, which russia annexed in 2014. so he really spent most of the time when he was addressing the crowd to talk about the so called special military operation that rushes, carrying out in ukraine and vladimir putin said it was important that the people of rush understand that this was done for the security of the country, he also thanked the military men who came to this parade in red square. he said, some of them came directly from the battle fields in don bass. what was also different this year was that there were no foreign l

let's bring in dosa jabari now who's standing by for us in moscow. hello there, dosa. we just heard those new figures out of moscow, and the number of fighters have been taken out of that as of style plant. what else is coming out of the russian camp today? well, the defense ministry during their daily briefing highlighted the fact that the evacuations are ongoing and they began on monday and as they are being done in chord nation with the international committee of the red cross. and we've also been hearing from representatives from the red cross, a talking about how they started registering the members of the ukrainian military that are as surrendering to the russians as of tuesday. they are registering their names, their date of birth, and the location that they're being transported to it. the, all this is to keep track of the number of men that are in russian custody. but also we understand that they've been visiting a number of facilities where the men of been a captain. this is also to ensure that the standards of the russians have promised to uphold, are being k

if this bill is passed. daughter jabari live in moscow, thanks for that update of finland says russia will hold deliveries of natural gas from especially morning a soft. russia also stops applying electricity to the northern nation last week and has officially applied for nato membership. despite warnings from moscow, as it will now get gas from estonia, russia's state owned energy from gas promise stopped natural gas to live is to poland, and bog, gary. last month or 2, they refused to pain. rubles germany has signed an energy partnership deal with cut off to reduce its dependence on russia. cut off and shake time in bin. donnie met the german charts, the invalid and he said cats are aims to help you secure its energy supplies. to start sending liquefied natural gas from 2024, we've been investing for many years and ellen g and her were very, are proud to hopefully the expansion will be there's a gas expansion that will be ready hopefully by 2026. we understand now the energy security is very important and a gas fuller is playing a very vital role and is going to be very important fo

i said, beg, near a back motes in ukraine or dosa, jabari has more from moscow on what is likely to happen to the fighters. these are the last remaining ukrainian fighters in the as off stall, steel plant. now they are prisoners of war. they survived rushes on slot for more than 2 months in the steel plant. their future is now unknown. their surrender brings a much needed victory for russian forces in the strategically important port, city of mary, or pole. the ministry of defense was reported to president of russia on the end of the operation. and the complete liberation of us of sto, industrial complexes under the city of maria, political from ukrainian fights was the kremlin, says those who surrendered will be treated in line with international norms. some russian lawmakers have demanded. they be tried for war crimes. and one said they should face the death penalty. sergei should go announced his forces alongside russian back separatists will soon claim full control over the logan's creegan, eastern ukraine. but on a victory that's long overdue for his forces. forces the defense ministe

let's get the view from moscow now where the door said jabari door. so just wise is evacuation so important for the russian military at this stage in the wall. well that's because mario poll, i was pretty much in full control of the russian military as of april 21st. and the last remaining pocket of resistance was at this large as of style steel plant structure within the areas surrounding the city. and the russian military had decided at the command of the president vladimir putin, that they were not going to storm this facility to force out their remaining fighters. in late april, there was about 2000 of them that were seeking shelter in the underground tunnels of this facility. now, since then, there had been sporadic fighting on going and it was only over the past 24 hours that we understand it with the assistance of the united nations as well as the international committee of the red cross. they were able to and get the injured fighters out finally, and we understand there were still many of the ukrainian federalists fighters still left, but most

a source of jabari joint is not alive from moscow. what's the latest torso from the russian defense ministry? about the operation and on bass. well, according to the defense mystery spokesperson, russian forces have managed to secure at full control of a city of leman. this is a town that is just 40 kilometers west of at that's very important. a city of the very don't. yeah, it's good, which still has ukrainian forces hanging on there and it's one of the last pockets of resistance that remains in the logan's region and of dumbass at the defense mystery saying that as of saturday morning, the russian military has managed to secure the town of leman, which is a very, a significant development for the operation that has been ongoing now on it's in 90 . 4th day since in the russian forces entered ukraine in february, because this is a town that has a very important river that crosses it. this is the river of severe ski donuts, which has that town of severe redundancy on its eastern side. and the russian forces have been trying to cross th

also, jabari has more for moscow. victory day is the most important annual event for russians. but this year it has added significance because of the conflict in ukraine. $11000.00 troops her rated through red square in moscow to commemorate the soviet victory over nazi germany. 77 years ago. an estimated 27000000 soldiers and civilians from the soviet union died in what the russians call the great patriotic war. president vladimir putin used the occasion to compare the fight against hitler to his so called special military operation in ukraine. with raj rate is that you're fighting for our people in dumbass, for the safety of our motherland, russia. and i sure may. the 9th 1945 will always be a trial of our single soviet people. russia's preemptively rebuffed the aggression, it was timely and the only right decision, the decision of a strong sovereign independent country. some was there yet to leave them. as the missiles and other military hardware paraded through the streets, onlookers back their presence decision to send russian troops into ukraine. no more gorse bronner. i

well, dorothy jabari is standing by moscow to tell us what wash is saying about this. let's go 1st to us a bag, who's in chrome, a toss in easton ukraine. a bit of a confusing picture here. maybe you could clarify where things stand at the plant. mm. yes, it is a confusing picture, but before i answer that the rates are going off. so if you have the background noise, that's what that is. but the confusing picture is that the vitalia commanders have gone online to say that it is an operation taking place in the process of removing the dead from the applying to fill on going. but the civilians and those are still going to have been evacuated. now, president and you haven't called it a surrender, but he said that the operation at that as of so plans had ended now. and the army has come in to say to tell the as of battalion just done done to stop fighting. so that's a confusing picture. but we have to go back to what the, as a battalion is, this was the far right battalion that was incorporated into the military infrastructure. over the seizure, merrier poll. they have mad

now we into dorset jabari. hello there, joseph. the russian parliament to do my is meeting and the events surrounding the steel plant in mary apollo will no doubt be top of that agenda. certainly this is the, the 2nd session that they've held in the duma, the lower house of parliament here. and there is some interesting developments as a result of the events that have unfolded in mario poll. we believe that once these are fighters would a surrender, the russian military would certainly use the opportunity to declare a full victory, and they would be in full control of mary opal. but that has not happened. what has happened. there's been some very severe reaction from the local media as well as lawmakers about what should happen to those members of the as of a battalion that are now in russian custody. we heard from the speaker of duma, who said that at the nazi criminals and should not be exchanged for other russian prisoners of war that they should be put before a court and they should stand trial. we've also been hearing from leo

and you write the dawson jabari there on the ground in moscow. thank you so much. dawson. well, meanwhile, the european commission president says ukraine must win the war and make it a strategic failure for president vladimir putin as aggression. as love on the line made those comments of the walls, economic forum and dub off, while pledging billions more to ukraine's fires. you claim needs dire reg, budget support. now to keep the economy running, it's about pensions, it's about salaries, it's about the basic services that have to be provided, and they are form. we have proposed 8 and 10000000000 euros mac for financial assistance. it is the largest package of micro financial assistance ever conceived by the european union also to country other countries starting with our friends in the united states, are doing that at most to it is an economic relief operation with no precedent in recent history. well, that's not bringing out dramatic editor james base. he's at wells economic forum in dallas. and james and now the very strong show of solidarity from the west over there.