t w correspond nick connelly is in odessa earlier. we asked him if there's any solution in sight. i think there's a lot of diplomatic noise going on right now. there's a meeting tomorrow in turkey, between misses from russia and turkey with the un on board and ukrainian somehow involved don't quite know how, but i think this is more about the blame game right now. this is not about real solutions, otherwise russia would not have destroyed ukraine's 2nd biggest grain terminal just few days ago in city of mac alive, but a 150 kilometers down the road from where i am now. the infrastructure on the ground that could really then let that food out in a hurry to the people who need it in north africa and released that is being destroyed. bit by bit by the russians who was obviously making it very hard for ukraine. farmers to get the diesel, they need the bin bombing will refineries forming oil storage units and roads. and i think now that russia is nursing, this is a topic that is getting a lot of traction internationally. also in countries in africa released it traditionally are a lot m

well, our correspondent nick connelly is on the ground and cannon chuck. earlier i asked him about the video we saw that ukraine says, shows the strike on them all. we been trying to work out how for this all stacks up, how it all fits. we went to the sites of the factory where that was filmed from, that's over there on the other side of the shopping center. and then where behind the impact site for that missiles strike. and we compared to location and compared what we saw on that video that was published by volume zalinski grants present. and we thought we saw and it all makes sense. you got stuff at the factory in the foreground that is untouched. so that russian explanation that russian version but somehow there was a destination at the fact that it spread here just doesn't stack up to look, find me here. there's basically devastation in the shopping center. then there are green trees. further over there that were not touched. the fire did not spread from that side. this was any by that hit this shopping center to behind me that you see where the roof o

and for more on this, let's bring in nick connelly. r d. w, corresponded in keith at nick heavy weapons, have finally arrived in ukraine from germany. how much do they change the situation? obviously they are very welcome right now. anything that can be sent to those front lines in the hands region, the dumbass will be welcome, but this has been a very long time coming as we've all been following the last few weeks and months and heard that report. and indeed, the question is about the scale right now, just to give you a sense of how modest these deliveries are, the u. s. has already supplied over a 100 how it's as of the m 777 type. and in slovakia, country 5000000 people 15 times smaller by population than germany, is also sending 8 houses of its own production. so these are not massive deliveries . lots of the more high tech weaponry that germany has promised are only scheduled to be sent to ukraine. basically by the late summer or early autumn, so really they're not in any kind of horizon that can really make a difference to ukrainian fo

we spoke with our correspondent nick connelly who's on the ground and tremendous. we've been trying to work out how far this all stacks up, how it all fits. we went to the sites of the factory where that was filmed from that's over there. on the other side of the shopping center and then where behind the impact site for that missiles strike. and we compared to location, we compared what we saw on that video that was published by volumes lensky grants present. i with what we saw and it all makes sense. you got stuff at the factory in the foreground that is untouched. so that russian explanation that russian version that somehow there was destination at fact to the spread here just doesn't stack up to look find me here that basically devastation in the shopping center. but then there are green trees further over there that were not touched. the fire did not spread from that side. this wasn't by that hit this shopping center. the behind me that you see where the roof is basically taken off. that is where the missile hit. and then slightly further to my other side, you

so okay, let's go to and nick connelly in odessa. welcome, nick. and we'll start with those talks in turkey, a do to get grain out of those ports. ukraine would have to d, mind it, sir. harbors on russia would have to hold back on its attacks. is that likely to happen? i think in the short term, the answer has to be no, no one here trust those russian promises that they wouldn't take advantage of those . mine's been taking away to lot some kind of operation here on a desa, one of ukraine's biggest cities. one of the most symbolic targets for this russian invasion. so for now, no one sees any real possibility for some kind of maybe convoys with the turks protecting private commercial shipping. going to get out the grain lupsi. this is a huge topic for the world. and for lots of reasons that are very dependent on ukrainian grain conflict, lebanon, up to 90 percent dependent on that grain. so potential social impact of raising rising green price in those countries. if this grain doesn't get out and ukraine's next harvest is similarly blocked, we've he

he del is nick connelly and keith, thank you so much. ukrainians were among the many l g b t q activists suit up to the straits of warsaw on saturday due to russia's war and ukraine keeper pride was held this year in the polish capital in conjunction with warsaw as annual equality parade. ah, it was a party atmosphere on the streets of warsaw. what tens of thousands gathers for the annual equality parade. the algae bt community in poland still face is significant, discrimination morsels mer ruffled. shall skull ski, who has often been at loggerheads with the polish government over l. g. b t q writes, was defiant. we got another channel. we welcome our friends, m t 4. we welcome you, glory to ukraine. i am glad that we can celebrate together to above all bear witness to the fact that there is the vast majority of polish men and women who are open minded, tolerant, and european. and above all, they have respect for absolutely. everybody was a mile off. i think, well, this year keep pride has teamed up with the event in the polish capital organizer said that aim was to keep the spotlights o

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i asked, did aldi's nick connelly and keith why i think they see this as proof that russia is genuinely, very worried about the book perspective of those weapons being sent here. that really could affect ukraine's ability to make russian forces put under a whole lot more pressure than they are currently them. if they're able to use this new rocket lot systems with munitions that can strike targets a 100 or maybe 150 kilometers away. that allows them to attack russian targets for a safe distance. russia, russian systems, at least in that class of weapon of the rocket launchers at don't have the same range. russia would have cruise missiles, but those are much more expensive and harder to use. so that would really give you crane an advantage, but it has to be said, this isn't the 1st threat coming out of moscow since the beginning this war. the war started with basic, give them a fruit and threatened to destroy ukrainians and out to end ukrainian statehood and saying that this wasn't the real country. then we've had basically a direct in direct threats of nuclear weapons being used. so th

that dw correspondent nick connelly is in central ukraine in the town of a crop. if netscape, this is what he told us earlier about the $540.00 of it. well, definitely this battle for soda. the nets has been going on for weeks and many times before you've had me tricks, but saying that now is the time now the last few days of ukrainian control of sort of the nets. and then we've seen reverses, unfortunately, ukrainians taking a bit more of the town center, moving out from the kind of industrial outskirts where they've been pushed back to . but it does seem that now this is the end almost the end for you. great control on that bank of the river, and this was ukraine's last biggest outpost on the northern bank of the civically been it's river crucial defensive feature there. and with the news, the russians have blown up, as we're bringing here in ukraine to day 2 bridges leaving any one connection across the river of sea supplying those ukrainian forces on the other bank will be increasingly difficult if not impossible. and it looks like you claimed commanders might

the w nick connelly's in the black sea port city of a death. earlier he told us more about the difficulties ukrainian forces are now up against i think more than being out, man, they've been outgunned and that's in large part because those western weapons deliveries that ukraine's been asking for with ever greater intensity in recent weeks and months are just not getting there as fast as ukraine needs them to be there, obviously. but there's been an announcement recent days that britain would follow america's lead in sending those rocket launchers. but before they actually are trained, the ukrainian military is able to use those and they actually reached on bass. that still going to be a question of a few further weeks. so definitely a very difficult situation there. and we're getting reports of ukrainian commanders having to basically think twice before they use any shilling any basically ammunition, because even they have the equipment, they have the manpower, they just don't have that depth. and ammunition that the russians have, where the r

nick connelly reporting from crime. and chuck there was going to united states now and in texas, 3 men have been charged in connection with the deaths of $51.00 people who were found dead in an abandoned a tractor trailer. the victims included migrants from mexico, guatemala, and honduras. u. s. president joe biden said the jets were horrifying and heartbreaking. did all these washington bureau chief in as paul sent this report from the scene of the tragedy near the city of antonio. about 250 kilometers north of the mexican border to water bottles. part of, of spontaneous memorial honoring the migrants who were found dead in a trailer on this remote street. just out of san antonio. 50 people died of heat stroke and dehydration making this one of the deadliest border incidence in recent history. but it's not the 1st tragedy here, just 240 kilometers from mexico. i feel sad, you know, because those people come to you with fe to look for their dreams, you know, and some people find him and some people not. but they, they d

or correspondent nick connelly is in kiff. earlier, he told us more about the development on the ground in light of president zalinski claimed that russian forces control a 5th of the country with that figure that includes crimea and the areas in east and on best, that russia controlled before fabri 24th before the beginning of this war, but they have made quite significant turturro gains in the south, can sworn in that land bridge, linking russian annex crimea with russia. and then also in the north near had give in dawn. but actually, strange enough, there has been less in the way partially of movement on 4 lines. so this is the region where ukraine has been defending itself against russ proxy for 8 years. and where the defenses are the, the best developed and the strongest. and we've seen so ordinarily, heavy fighting around several dozen ask in recent days we heard from zalinski today that ukrainian losses are at about a 100 soldiers a day with about $4500.00 additional casualty in terms of wounded, heavily, severely wound

earlier i spoke to d, w correspondent, nick connelly who's in the ukrainian capital cheese, after russian forces seized controllers, severe a don yeske, i asked him how big of a victory that this is for moscow. i think if we zoom out a bit and maybe wait for a few months to see the real differences of this, it might turn out to be all oh victory. yes, this is a big city. yes, this is something they've been fighting for for weeks, but is it really important enough to have invested so much time, so much weaponry, answer me lives. and it seems to me that the grange strategy is as with marable, basically to bind the russians for as long as possible, forced them into those kind of street for street urban battles, of proving incredibly costly in terms of russian lives. and then to pull back or when possible in the last possible moment to avoid losing unnecessary ukrainian military personnel in that battle. i think it's important to remember here that this is basically the only big you, christie, that ross has been able to take in over a month. the last was marable and basically, all the big rus

our correspondence, nick connelly reporting from keith. now voters in denmark have back to country joining the european union's common defense policy in a referendum, more than 2 thirds of danes supported a proposal to work with other e. u members. denmark is an e u member, but in the past negotiated an exemption on the blocks defense policy. now against a backdrop of russian aggression, danes were asked whether they wanted to opt in. it would come a dw correspondent barbara hazel is in copenhagen and sent us this assessment. it's a big deal for danish people. the yes in this referendum because traditionally they have been incredibly skeptical against the european union. whatever you ask them about coming closer to europe, they tended to say no, but this time the war in ukraine has changed everything. the mindset and the mentality have felt the insecurity, rippling across from the baltic states even down here to denmark. and they feel thou, the danish people, that this is a time to step inside the tent. what it means for them on the practi

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nick connelly keep there. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that making headlines today. at least 6 people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in 2 mast shootings in the us this weekend. in the 1st shooting, multiple gunman fired into crowds in downtown philadelphia. the 2nd incident happened in a night club in chattanooga, tennessee. the massive fire has killed at least 49 people that and injured more than a 100 others of the container depot in southeast and bangladesh. emergency workers who rush to the scene are among the casualties the blaze triggered multiple explosions. severe weather has struck parts of france, killing one person and injuring at least 15 others. destructive hailstones, batted the southwest. in the northern city of a woman, died a trapped under her car. during a mudslide residence near the great capital athens have been allowed to return to their homes after firefighters brought a wildfire under control. to local mares is the blaze was backed by an incident t

nick connelly for us. greatest you there again? nick, thanks for joining us. and voters and denmark have back to the country, joining the european union's common defense policy with nearly all the ballots. counted b, yes, option has it. denmark is an e u member, but in the past negotiated an exemption on the blocks to funds policy. now against a backdrop of russian aggression around 2 thirds of danes voted to opt in. earlier i spoke with d. w correspondent, barbara visa in copenhagen and asked her what this will mean for denmark that the country now wants to join the use common defense policy. it means for denmark that they have really let go off stead so deeply ingrained skepticism against the european union. it means that they will now come to the table with other european countries to co ordinate, for instance, they are weapons, coordinate missions, participate in e u emissions, for instance, the one and molly and another places in the world. and that they want to come inside the tendon that maybe is the most important point. it danes have been looking at t

president's optimism here in the dawn bus, that promise feels a long way away and was bringing dw is nick connelly. he's been our correspondent in akiva for years since long before the russian invasion, nick, we heard zalinski today vowing victory for ukraine. would you say that that is a widely shared belief, marin ukraine? i think most people here see there is no other option. i think after the initial shock of those 1st few weeks where there were and probably justified her questions as to whether ukraine would be able to stand up to russia's numerical sporty and greater em availability of more. yeah. heavy weapons. i think that's basically it consensus here now is that victory is the only option because they don't believe that if they were to make some kind of compromise, if they were to give up on territory either on the tertiary that russia has annexed or basically occupied since 2014 all the churches that russia has taken since february 24th, that russia will stop there. we've heard tom tom again from vladimir putin, as he says, ukraine is a fate country, them an anti russia and basically th

and was bringing detail the is nick connelly. he's been our correspondent in akiva for years since long before the russian invasion, nick, we heard zalinski today vowing victory for ukraine. would you say that that is a widely shared belief there in ukraine? i think most people here see there is no other option. i, i think, after the initial shock of those 1st few weeks where there were and probably justified her questions as to whether you claim will be able to stand up to russia's numerical sporty and greater em availability of more heavy weapons. i think that's basically a consensus here now is that victory is the only option because they don't believe that if they were to make some kind of compromise, if they were to give up on territory either on the church that russia has annexed or basically occupied since 2014 all the churches that russia has taken since february 24th, that russia will stop there. we've heard time and time again from vladimir putin and he says ukraine is a fate country, them an anti russia and basically th

nick connelly, thanks as always. we are applauding and want to turn it now to the millions who have been pushed from their homes. the, when it says more than 6800000 people have left ukraine's as the war started. it was on have since returns, millions more are just placed within the country. and then there's the destruction over a 1000 schools and hundreds of hospitals are in ruins. in addition to houses, roads, bridges, and factories, it's widely agreed that the cost to rebuild will run into the hundreds of billions of euro's in the black sea port of mario hole faced the full onslaught of that destructive of fire power. russian troops laid siege to the city for 3 months, hounding it into ruins before claiming victory. the human cost is still largely unknown. mario poles displaced mer says at least 22000 people died in the fighting . he says 100000 people are still in the city in dire circumstances where russia was preparing for this war. today, we can say this with confidence after because they quickly worked out th

is always our correspondent nick connelly there in the ukrainian capital, kia russian shelling earlier in the war, had particularly devastating consequences for one man in the town of 8 or pin near keith. he lost his wife and 2 children in a mortar attack. now he seeking justice for what he believes was a deliberate targeting of civilians. said he, pity bill is always springs flowers for 3 for his wife, for his son and for his daughter. they were all killed while trying to escape the russian occupation of their town therapy. said he was elsewhere with his sick mother at the time. that's where he heard what had happened. but to lawyer, i just shouted still, i stood on the balcony and just shouted at the animal. it wasn't an accident. they were in the only humanitarian car door for people to leave the city with their despair that all the russians knew about it. but at the door of the little square sold out there, but thumbs neither. the world was watching a new york times photographer took this picture just after said his family. he was hit. many of the other killings in the area well on

nick connelly reporting tonight from odessa. nick as always, thank you. would you have a chance or off shot? he says that his government is ready to boost its military mission in lithuania, on a visit to day to vilnius. he also met with the leaders of the other 2 baltic countries, lafayette and a stone. i'm given their proximity to russia. they've been calling for increased nato's award to deter and defend against any aggression from moscow corporation. this is my german chancellor. olive shall 2020, and president guitars know said are wanting to come. they did to announce preparations for an expansion of the multinational nato combat. you need currently station in the 3 area. and all i felt was keen to sir dan criticism regarding germany support to ukraine with the okay in a vitamin roughly, we will continue supporting ukraine with weapons deliveries. germany has been doing this more intensely than almost anybody else and will continue with support in the near term. as long as will be needed to rebuff fresh and aggression to come. that words are not enou

i spoke to the dublin correspondent nick connelly earlier, and i asked him about the significance of the ukrainian retreat from severe it on yet. this is obviously a big deal. definitely. this is talk news here in ukraine, but it's on an expected think the crane government has prepared public opinion and world opinion even for this 4 weeks now. and distress you will, along as basically been to make the russians pay as high price possible for the smallest possible gains. similar to what we saw in mario will really make them fight for every street for every meter of ground. and hope that basically they exhaust themselves in the situation where obviously they still have huge superiority in terms of the weapons available. and we've heard different figures. ukrainian government figures talking about 10 times more artillery in the russian or the russian side than on the ukrainian side. so you can really having to choose it's battles carefully and to use what little equipment it has as cleverly as possible. now they've made the decision to withdraw from sort of this concern, i guess from th

nick connelly reporting from keith. now, in russia, it is almost impossible to speak out freely against the war without repercussions. and that's why berlin based artist and illustrator has come up with a way of giving a voice quite literally to those who don't agree with vladimir persons war. and that's also without fear of retribution. this is so surreal. who is so painful? there can't be any reason to send your troops into a foreign country. these are the voices of russians who are against the war in ukraine. the animations are by an artist in berlin, bella blanca cova. she grew up in siberia but has been living in germany for several years now. at the end of april, she asked her fans back home to send voice messages with their thoughts about the war. was sheila but i hear your clinical thought of therapy people in russia who are against the war of a lot. so you, the brier was more just so taught, go to show that they have no say what they have been stripped of the right to express their opinions here. e mail, i am h

w correspondent, nick connelly, who's in crime and church. and i asked him to tell us more about the video released by the ukranian government that it says shows the moment the missiles struck them all that video, which similarly comes from a security camera, shows a missile hitting in the foreground. you see some industrial equipment stored. we haven't been able to get there yet. we're hoping to get there in the next few hours to see the direction from which it was filmed to make sure that fits the geography here. but certainly, if you talk to people here on the ground locals, they point to the patent destruction behind me of this shopping mall. one side basically fully collapsed. they say that the impact, whereas the other side burnt out, the russian version is that a fire spread from the factory behind the small and that it, you know, spread to the, to the mall by mistake to destination. maybe of some of those weapons. the ukraine side dismisses that and puts that there is quite some gap between the area of the factory that was hit and the

earlier i spoke to our correspondent nick connelly who's in crime and short. i asked him to tell us more about the video released by the ukranian government that it says shows the moment the missile struck them. all. that video which seemingly comes from a security camera shows a missile hitting in the foreground. you see some industrial equipment stored. we haven't be able to get there yet. we're hoping to get there in the next few hours to see the direction from which it was filmed to make sure that fits the geography here. but certainly, if you talk to people here on the ground locals, they point to the patent destruction behind me of this shopping mall. once i basically fully collapsed, they say that the impact, whereas the other side burned out, the russian version is that a fire spread from the factory behind this mall. and that it's, you know, spread to the, to the mall by mistake to destination. maybe if some of those weapons, the ukraine side dismisses that and puts that there is quite some gap between the area of the factory that was hit and the smal

nick, thank you very much. shar corresponded nick connelly. they're in kremlin shock. ukraine. germany and the netherlands have announced they'll send 6 additional howitzer artillery units to ukraine. that's on top. the 12 dispatched last week, germany also trained ukrainian army personnel to use the weapons. ukraine has welcomed the delivery though. some say the howitzers have come to late. here's a close up look at the new weaponry being deployed on the front lines in ukraine. we make our way through bushes anew. crane's eastern front line in the middle of a patch of woods stands, a howitzer tank from germany. it's the 1st time the ukrainian army has taken journalists here. this ukrainian soldier just returned from germany days ago. for more than a month, he was trained there. the time pressure for the troops is enormous because the russian army is advancing further in the east many field. the arrival of these howitzers is long overdue. the oven was there. i think it's too late. much too late, but why should remember we should have been prep

you know, by using a colonic connelly in kia. thank you, nick. now let's take a quick look at some other stories making news around the world. norway has raised its terror alert level after 2 people were killed in a shooting at a gay bar and nightclub in the capital r sloan. saturdays, pride festival in the city has been cancelled. police arrested one suspect in our treating the incident as an act of islamist terrorism. thousands are without food and water in india and after monson flooding, devastated parts of eastern a som state. unusually heavy rains emerged. dozens of towns and villages. authorities say 5000000 people have been displaced. a flood water is hampering efforts to get aid to people in need. us lawmakers have approved bipartisan legislation and gun safety there. the 1st significant federal laws to be passed and decades. the reforms will make it harder for young people to buy weapons. the measures come in the wake of a spate of math shootings including one at a school and taxes that the left $21.00 dead. all the u. s. supreme court

a correspondent connelly, joining us tonight from nikolai, as always, nick, thank you. let's get a round of now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the leaders of 9 central and eastern european countries are meeting in the romanian capital book, arrest nato, chief un stoughton bear or joined them. and they are expected to ask the nato, formerly to declare russia a threat to the western military alliance. the british government has beaten off a legal challenge to its plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. the high court dismissed efforts by rights groups to halt the action. the 1st lights are set to leave the kate next week. portugal parliament has approved bills allowing euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide. this is the 3rd attempt to pass the legislation, the president or the constitutional court could still block the measures. portugal would become the 5th e, you country to d, criminal wise, you the next across the atlantic to the us, the committee investigating the attack on the u. s. capital has accused former president donald trump a

our ukraine correspondent nick connelly told us what has changed since i think the main difference here is that russia has focused all its efforts on very specific, very targeted parts of the front lines. they've learned from the mistakes of the early days of this war where they spread themselves too thinly and allowed the ukrainians to really attack their logistics. and now they're massive or superiority in terms of just weapon systems. you know, those figures 10 times more, 15 times more in certain weapons categories than the ukrainians is really making itself felt. obviously, ukraine's have been a lot more efficient in the way they use. what they do have their look better at using drones about coordinating the intelligence they get from drones and of the, from the us and other western buttons with the people on the ground. but still that more agile style of warfare is not enough to make up for that huge discrepancy in terms of munitions and the weapons to use them. or we've been hearing from you saying come on to say they actually have maybe the weapon systems, but they don't, we hav

our correspondent nick connelly is in the city of convention, where he visited the side of the attack. the 4 hours since this attack on cramming shook, and as you can see, the rescue efforts are still carrying on here late into the night looking for some of the estimate 35 people still accounted for. the hope of finding the live is a plea waiting for, for you is not normally a place where a lot happens. this is a city that is hundreds of elements away from the front lines. this attack came is a real shock to people here. we thought to somehow the, with the fighting that affected most of this country would now be over, that they would be in safety behind the front lines. in a virtual address to the un security council, zalinski urged its members to take a much tougher approach toward russia. and it is imperative to make it impossible for russia to stay in your security council until its terrorism continues. it is imperative to establish the tribunal for investigating everything that the russian military dom gets to gradients. and it is imperative to give the legal definition of the not

nick, thanks so much is always our correspondent nick connelly there in the ukrainian capital. keith, stay look at a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today. turkish police have released around $400.00 people detained during an outlawed pride. march in central is stumble. to he's largest city has banned the l. g b t q. march since 2015 but large crowds. none of us gather every year to mark the end of pride, week, look, residence, bank pots and pans in support of the martians. rescuers has saved more than $160.00 passengers and crew from a philippine ferry that caught fire authority say at least one person died, and another is missing. the fire broke out. as the fairy traveled in waters off the central island of bo, whole. nearby boats helped in the rescue operation in ecuador, blah, makers, or to bathing the fate of president key m a law. so amid nationwide protests over his handling of a political crisis, driven by high food and fuel costs, lasso has announced a cut in gasoline prices, but it's short of the reduction demanded by powerful indigenous lead

nick connelly is in the city of commentary revisited the site of the attack to 4 hours since this attack on chrome and shook. and as you can see, the rescue efforts are still carrying on here late into the night. looking for some of the estimate 35 people still accounted for the hope of finding the lives of waiting for for you is not normally a place where a lot happens. this is a city that is hundreds of plummets away from the front lines. this attack came as a real shock to people who we thought to somehow the worth, the fighting that affected most of this country would now be open, that they would be in safety behind the front lines. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. bulgaria has ordered 70 russian diplomats to leave the country by the end of the week on suspicion of espionage. then gary is prime minister said the diplomats worked quote, directly for foreign agencies travel. it's the largest single expulsion of russian diplomats from a balkan country in recent years. british social at geez lend mash. maxwell has been sentenced to 20

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these correspond and nick connelly reporting from keith were russian president, vladimir putin, is blaming the west for spiraling food and energy costs. he denies that moscow is blocking grant exports from ukraine, and russia says it's willing to allow shipments. but once western allies, to ease sanctions, russia and ukraine, produced nearly a 3rd of the world's wheat. a friendly visit to vladimir putin. a rare sight as the best announce as fresh sanctions. but senegal its precedent mackie tholl says it isn't right for africa to be caught in the cross hairs cut off from crucial green in boards from ukraine and russia. a push on the lovely cell garden chairperson of the african union fest button, is willing to help them on the soft on to see we're leaving here. very reassured and very happy with our exchange. it's not over yet. we must continue discussions with the other parties. so that trade resumes immediately, but russia blames ukraine for mining its own harbors, and says exports of ukrainian lead can leave by a russian controlled boards or bela ruth. if sanctions are lifted, no problem

nick connelly, who joins us from mc alive and southern ukraine. welcome and nick. so 1st of all, tell us about the court that path the death sentences. this is a court formerly run by the respects impetus internet's could been in place since 2014. and these are essentially russian proxies, even in recent weeks, we've seen even more direct russian control of these authorities with people who've been governors, another top officials in russia being sent directly to run things on the ground. there are, we've get hearing talk at moscow that most people soon aim to annex officially done yes. glue. hans regions may be adding the bits of the put asia and had so noblest in the south of ukraine that they have been able to occupy since the 24th of february. so the idea that this is somehow independent court that it's able to do anything against the wishes or without direct instruction. moscow is barely credible, is basically not real. so this is, it seems an attempt to scare people who are coming from mainly western countries to ukraine. to fight and ukraine side, it's part

that was, i did of you correspond at nick connelly reporting from odessa. let's tell you about the other stories making news around the world. now. lebanon's army is battling to contain a massive blaze in the country's largest pine forest. the fire in the northern denay a region broke out on tuesday night. officials say they believe it may have been started deliberately. antony showed dozens of lawyers and judges have rallied outside the capitals courts following the dismissal of 57 judges. present, i said, has come under fire for interfering with the judiciary as he tightened his grip on power, mister se dissolved parliament back in april after sacking. the government last year belgium's king philip is on a 6 day trip to the democratic republic of congo. it's seen as a chance for reconciliation between the 2 nations. during belgium's colonial rule, millions of congolese were killed, mutilated, or died of disease as the land was pillaged for resources. you're watching, did every news? news continues right here, but 1st doc film investigates and are in a vac

and nick connelly reporting some odessa there. while the ripple effect from the war in ukraine can be found around the globe, the un now warrens that russia attack is threatening to quote, unleash an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution. grain prices have serge world wide as wheat and corn supplies pile up in ukrainian ports. a blockade means ukraine can't export millions of ton of supplies and now farmers are scrambling to find storage for the upcoming harvest. silos of grain just sitting there. tens of millions of tons enough to feed entire countries. meanwhile, a new harvest is coming and farmers have nowhere to put it. russia now controls a significant part of ukraine's coast, along the sea of resolve. and the black sea added that the port city of mario pole was under intense bombardment for months. meanwhile, ukraine has laid mines in the port of odessa to keep russian warships at bay. that means that any ship sailing to the port is at risk. the ukrainian governments has exploring different ways to get wheat and corn

earlier i put that question to our correspondent, give nick connelly. i think it's definitely an acceptance that 7, it was not a city that ukraine could hold on to with acceptable losses for any longer these quite exploring their how long ukraine has stayed in control. the city experts been talking about the city being taken by the russians for basically the best part of the month now. and ukrainian just kept on holding on, kept on forcing the russians to basically lose huge numbers of soldiers to invest a huge amount of firepower, pulling away weapons and resources from other parts of the front lines. just to gain a couple of streets at a time. and now in a situation where, so this is basically the only ukranian stronghold on the northern side of that 70 given its river, where the bridges behind them have been blown up. ukraine has now said that they are going to try and pull people out how they're going to get them out without bridges, without a situation where they're upon tunes. we don't know, but that seems to be the plan now. and yet it's a blow.

nick connelly then will in her 1st public comments since leaving office last year. former german chancellor angela medical has defended her policy towards russia during her 16 years in leadership. she called the war in ukraine a huge tragedy. but while defending her legacy, she admits questioning herself if she could have done more to prevent cruising from inviting ukraine an evening with angela merkel at the berliner ensemble theater. the focus was supposed to be on germany, but it quickly shifted to anglo merkel herself her legacy political misstates and her relationship with vladimir putin. for most of marco's time, as chancellor putin was a partner and provoke, a tore in equal measure when it came to georgia and crimea via a founder here. when we start to look back through the centuries and say which piece of land actually belongs to home, then we can only have war of god kind for dinner. extreme gas pipeline she endorse appears to be a mistake. something eastern european countries warned about all along. and just them to worship auditor canyon. germany's policies in recent years have h