so rosie we heard against oldenburg, talk about how the war between russian, ukraine is. russia's war of aggression and that one year on it is now at a point where it can be called a war of attrition and a battle of logistics. what else did we hear from the nato secretary general about this battle of logistics? well, as we know, this press conference comes right off the back of president putin in russia, making a similar big speech on, i think, what's clear to me what stood out there is that these are 2 kind of parallel universes. on one hand, we have russia claiming that 8 sort was forced to invade ukraine, although of course, he wouldn't, president putin wouldn't speak in those terms. and then hearing brussels a very clear message that this is russia's ward, that russia is the aggressor. and we even heard hi, representative of the european union, jo set burrell saying moscow is demolishing the security system of with reference to russia, saying it will suspend its participation in a key arms control treaty with the united states. now on that question of logistics, this is a big topi

and that's prompted an admission from nato secretary general against oldenburg. that more needs to be done . it's a show of support tanked the media would need to eliza have decided to ramp up their weapons production for ukraine. african fans rise that ukraine is using ammunition much faster than the west is producing it. things are happening, but we need to continually to step up even more because there's a big need out there and to provide an ukraine with ammunition. this is now becoming a grinding war or attrition on the war. attrition is a war o logistics on the, on the on. therefore this is says so crucial for our ability to ensure that ukraine wins is able to retake territory. us defense secretary light austin is optimistic and to bit darker to support. there is real chance ukraine could make 15 gains in the war for every system that we provide. we got a train troops on that system, but we're also going to give him additional training on, on maneuver on the integration of fires on sustainment and her in on maintenance. and so with that additional capabilit

down a chinese spy balloon, that it said was being used for spying. nato secretary general against oldenburg will step down in october as planned, according to his spokesperson for the alliance. there were rumors he would seek a 4th extension of his mandate to maintain stability amid the war in ukraine. no decision has yet been made on a successor. of the visit of germany's capital berlin is holding a court ordered re run of the cities botched local elections in 2021. some 2400000 berliners are voting for their state parliament and the representative bodies of the cities. 12 districts, the re run comes after voters last year were unable to cast their votes because ballots were missing, polling stations, clothes were still waiting in line. it's the 1st time germany has had to repeat an election because the process was so badly organized. pictures of an election gone wrong. in 2021, many voters and berlin were unable to cast their ballot. not my business. as far as i know, nothing like this has ever happened to germany before that an election didn't work out for logistical and organizational r

the weeks months come near g against oldenburg says the key of neither ammunition more than it needs fighter jets. but he was still asking for those aircraft we just saw on the report so clearly differing expectations on display and today's meeting i think steve thinks that they can get both. i think the history of this was shown that ukraine basically needs to ask for the more complex systems far in advance and make a lot of noise. a rub people up the wrong way, be pushy, and then eventually those red lines drawn by western leaders. so as not to provoke russia are then eventually dropped. so i think there's expectation here, but that is just par for the course that you know, there will be lots refusals before you kind of actually gets these planes and dimensions are coming as well. we've also heard the emissions being basically brought up around the world reports of pakistani made missions for soviet systems in south korea, selling supposedly some nations to the states and other than being handed over to the ukrainians. so real kind of world wide search for these systems now, just t

thank you so much. nate achieve against oldenburg admits that turkey has so far blocked sweden and finland from joining the alliance . he planning a trip to ankara for talks on the issue. the swedish defense minister poly johnson told dw brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena that sweden and finland are coordinating their nato membership. it's sweden and finland started this process together and we've been going together the whole process. our preferred option will be that sweden and finland would join that the same time. at the same time, i have respect for the fact that these are 2 national sovereign parliaments, both in budapest em ankara, refers to decide how they deal in the direct. we're with the, our application so i can pick no to the fact that the 28th auto sort. alice has already rectified the application in the mail record speed. while we're waiting for o course for from a on could i am from budapest and or you can spend stats, ankara, and budapest to will drop her dare resistance to unit to application as far as budapest go. so we have not to her than is certain criticism me

i still blocking the accession st. oldenburg, said he, a stressed also with the meat in a meeting with the peasant earl, and that he wants both of them to join together. it is still optimism that that will happen. added july, a summit in vilnius, but he also sat at the sequencing is not important. it's mostly important that both nations will join step thanks, words that ration there in brussels within our from zone. binge obeyed who's in moscow was so far, no direct reaction from the russian government on this meeting in brussels. but russia has, for the last year, are made its point that nato is using ukraine. i do white ridge of proxy war against russia. we've heard from the russian foreign minister talking to the state duma today saying that the quote it's reached. the west has reached a point of no return in using ukraine as a bridge head against russia. he called the rest of peddling lies against russia, especially when it comes to issues such as the north steam pipeline and the russian foreign. mr. has also told the state duma, that the russian presidents actions are to to carry

so, judging by st oldenburg comments, nato is had the better part of an entire decade to figure this conflict out. not just one year as wallace suggests, the british defense secretary. it's more like nina wasn't really interested in investing in minor details like ammunition who cares about making. busy bearing cheap old bullets when military industrial complex shareholders can rate in taxpayer cash to make multimillion dollar warships and fighter jets and sell cyber tools and services. western countries are so far beyond focusing on minor details like bullets. these were best treated like the cheap toys that were left to china, and the u. s. has been relying on china and russia to some extent for antimony, a critical mineral in producing ammunition. turns out that the issue was even bought, brought up last year. and you, as far as, as part of biden's drive to cut china out of western sourcing and supply chains, by the way, whatever happened to all the talk last year about russia being low on everything from missiles to ammo in the western press. guess they should run out any day now

but as the days go on, many tell us that they have lost hope, ronda and jose oldenburg at the moment. we are expecting for more people from our family grandfather and grandmother and granddaughter and a sister in law when they bring them out and we will birdie them in our land. we've seen 4 bodies hold out of this building so far. 28 people remain, but all hope has been lost to find any survivors here. entire families have been wiped out in one moment. and if you drive further up the road, you're going to see the scenes being replayed again and again. the other day we are living with her. and yet incredibly too young children pulled out alive by a spanish rescue team. just a few blocks away. days off to the devastating earthquake they survived under heavy concrete, in freezing temperatures. these are seen as miraculous moments these days providing a rare moment of joy for every one here. as overwhelmingly, it is the dead who are emerging from their homes. blankets are used to offer them and their families, some dignity. we are also not to film as the bodies are carried past us in blac

russian forces continued to mount pressure on ukrainian defences. nato secretary general against oldenburg has said that an anticipated russian offensive in easton ukraine has now begun ahead of today's meetings. dalton beg, warned that ukraine's backers are in a logistical race to supply keith with weapons and ammunition. now let sir brandy w correspondence, nick connelly and keith and rosie burgett at natal headquarters in brussels snakes are, let's start with you. ukrainian forces are locked in a fierce battle in a bad mood. what's the latest situation? there was a real sense that russia is desperate for anything that can be sold as a when after months being defensive and even losing big cities like her song to the ukrainian army. the pretty devastating image is coming out of that region. her lunar landscape full of craters, very high russian losses in terms of soldiers. that's the least what we understand from the intelligence briefings. and there's a sense that they have learnt from the past. they are not going to try and gauge the ukrainians in kind of house to house urban fighting,

this was an interesting thing for us on a martin to say this morning with secretary journalists oldenburg standing next to her. because nato countries have primarily said, this is for those 3 countries to solve themselves. and they haven't wanted to be seen as putting pressure on turkey. son, martin put some pressure on nato today saying this looks bad for all of you if we don't get in. so we'll see how that plays out and made a secretary general still to bring has invited turkey, finland and sweden to nato headquarters next week to see if he can try to work out the final obstacles in d. w. correspond and terry schultz and brussels. thank you. and harris from other stories making headlines around the world. supporters of prominent russian opposition figure boris, and himself had memory to the 8th anniversary of his murder. the 55 year old was assassinated at this spot near the kremlin. even though 5 men were convicted in connection with the killing mister themselves allies, soule describe the case as a cover of china has criticized a u. s. deadline giving federal employees 30 days to remo

moscow supply of modern ammunition will run out within months of nato secretary general against oldenburg greece at ammunition, stockpiles our problem. the war in ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of ammunition. and the pleasing are large stock parts the current rate of ukraine, some initial expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. this puts our defense industries under the strain. so we need to run a production or correspond. attorney shaw says the art nato headquarters in brussels are welcome terry, and 3 cents a do have a sense of how much ammunition is being used in this war. we don't have any exact numbers on how much is being used because of course, neither side would like the other, the other one to know if there were military weaknesses and in what, in which weapons. but it has been estimated by u. s. defense officials that ukraine is using between $4.70 rounds per day, and that russia is using as many as $20000.00 of course with a much larger military. but though the important figure is that they're using more than, than we can make the ukrainia

he also blamed the west for starting the war ukraine. nato secretary general against oldenburg, is urging russia to reconsider suspending his participation in the nuclear arms control treaty. he's been meeting leaders at nato headquarters in brussels. stay tuned for d. w. news, asia, up next. the philippines. foreign secretary tells dw why it's sometimes helpless, dealing with beijing's harassment in the south china sea. we'll have those stories and more on the w news. asia with my colleague deerish energy. i'm marion evans, dean from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching with ah ah, every day for us and for our planet, global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitats? what to do with all our waste? we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable smart new solutions overseen set in our ways. earth is truly unique and we know that that uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive. google ideas, the environmental series in global 3000 on d, w,

and as secretary general st oldenburg said that was going to be a big focus of this meeting. and of the ramstein defense contact route yesterday was how to get the pledges that have been made delivered to ukraine. now terry, one of the big problems for natal seems to be supplying ukraine with military equipment while keeping the ability to defend its own territory. how's the block handling vision this issue? yes, that's the reason that some countries were initially reluctant to send equipment to ukraine, including ammunition, which we've been discussing is, is in such short supply in that is that they said, well, then we won't be able to keep up that nato standard of stock piles of of equipment of ammunition and even of, of, of uniforms. things like this. but secretary general seldom berg has come out at time. and again and told countries, if that's really what you're worried about, i say send it to ukraine. so nato has agreed to drop the levels of stockpiles that it feels are necessary right now in order to make sure that countries can send to ukraine. and the baltic states,

well, i think he should probably huddle with john st oldenburg, the secretary general of nato. over that, because thornburgh has recently said that nato's stalks of ammunition and artillery shells are, are empty, that they don't have any more to give to the key of regime. they've given everything that they have. the u. s. as even tap the secret war supplies on 4 corners of the world and south korea and israel. we've heard that 3 nato countries. the united kingdom, denmark, and stoney have stripped their own army bearer of every how would they have to provide to the key every gene. and now they're providing their own main battle tanks. although hesitating to do so, it fails to see how that nato is in a stronger position from all of this. and it seems actually that russia is not just demilitarize in the west back probably regime in kiev, but nato itself. i don't get any real great pleasure in talking, but biden's gaff because he's made quite a few of them and, and sometimes, you know, what's the point. but in kiev, he turned the city together with president lensky or re sirens, r

and we have heard secretary generals oldenburg say time. and again, that if countries need to make a decision about keeping their stockpiles of weapons or ammunition up to what nato would consider a comfortable level or sending them to ukraine, he says, send them to ukraine. now ukraine's playful fighter jazz. he did not mention book, can we make of that? yeah, he didn't mention it yet in what we've heard so far. but you know, that's not so surprising because there was no push on that nato side to have fighter jets discussed even yesterday. yesterday's ramstein meeting the you came defense contact group was, was about trying to get the deliveries that have already been promised on their way . so they really did not want to bring up what new weapons systems ukraine may want . you know, they've got all these tanks in the pipeline. i think they've got the ammunition problem. they've got a spare parts, they've got training on their minds, and they very much wanted to make sure that they can send what's been promised and make sure that these sys

so then therapy, nato secretary general yen st. oldenburg, is in turkey. i to discuss the organizations role in providing support after the earthquakes is hilda media briefing with the turkish foreign minister and explained . and nathan members have responded the day off the earthquake. nato's de source response center issued an immediate request for assistance to all naval on laws and partners. since then, thousands of emergency response personnel have been deployed to tokyo to support the reef efforts, including with search and rescue teams, firefighters, medical personnel, and so mc experts, ah, the head of russia wagner mercenary group, is blaming what he calls moscow's monstrous bureaucracy for slow military gains if any promotion says it could take months to capture the eastern town of back moot, which are seen intense fighting and recent weeks keep as committed vast resources to holding the mining area. it's captured would be a major symbolic wind for russia. they're the town hold little strategic value with the advance is proceeding slower than wha

the new, the start agreement mr. ste oldenburg was meeting here with the ukrainian foreign minister, demitra caliber and the you foreign policy chief, joseph burrell. the focus of their meeting was the ammunition that is going to ukraine in particular artillery shells. it's believed that there are more being used by ukraine than can be manufactured. and mr. burrell revealed that he has sent a letter to all e u defense chief saying for now, while those factories speed up their production, please give your stocks to ukraine. in the meantime, i can take a short break now and then still had her on al jazeera why residents have one small town in ohio as skeptical that their air and water as safe. ah. for the past year, al jazeera, his correspondence have reported on every aspect and the far reaching consequences of russia's invasion of ukraine, unfit by saint vital to the suction of towns and cities, and the lights of refugees from the political maneuvering and global repercussions . the devastating impact on the lives of ordinary people are both very good. the front line, the bomb health

secondly, general young st oldenburg is in turkey to discuss the organization's role and providing support after the earthquakes. he explained how nato members have responded. the day off the earthquake made those dissolves to response sent to issued an immediate request for assistance to all night law. laws on partners since then, thousands of emergency response personnel have been deployed to, to kia, to support the reef efforts, including with search and rescue teams, firefighters, medical personnel, and seismic experts. so cassandra has more now from ankara. he was here to express his condolences and showed the solidarity of the nato alliance and with true care, the 2nd largest, the army, it within the alliance. and ah, secretary general mentioned that odd, there will be an international donors conference in march. also, we heard that e u countries are also supporting a n working gone as to the owners conference to help and to the victims of the earthquake that had that shook to kia and as syria. and he mentioned that a 1000 tens of thousands of shelters are being provided for the peop

the secretary general against oldenburg promised to supply more ammunition that vast and has more on that a week before the anniversary of 3rd. this invasion of, for russia and ukraine. ford, 54 nations represented here in brussels today have much more military aid, but not quite the 8 that ukraine was hoping for. we know that president lansky has specifically asked for fighter jets f sixteens also directly to the netherlands, who owns the sir fight chads. but the secretary of defense, austin has said that there is no announcement on these f sixteens yet. what is happening is that the countries who have them only want to support your grade with these jets, if the whole block of nato is supporting this decision. and this is a very sensitive decision is a lot of concern. it's not only complex, but it also, there are concerns about a possible escalation. what are the countries are ascending though, is more air defense? france and italy have now stepped up with air defense system sending to ukraine a lot more ammunition is being sent. and also norway has now announced that they will send

as you can see, also president is that nato secretary general against oldenburg commission president are still a founder line as well. for this week we're new to laying ceremony max. i mean this is, this is among the many events that, that are happening today. ukraine, very much high on the mind of everybody. me today, one year since the russian invasion began. just walk, walk us through how important, how critical this moment is right now. i know it's, i know it's alice ellie. definitely a big day in a way that this ward has been going on for such a long time. if you remember the beginning of the war, you had yet analysts, military experts saying that keith would fall within just a few days. that everything would go according to the russian war plan, that within a month of the east and the south of ukraine would be occupied by russia, the russians would be able to install a puppet regime a key if none of this actually happened according to plan. so it is a special moment that a year after still the ukrainians are on their feet and, and fighting and resisting, putting up a remarkable

the price papers project, a collaborative effort at the national archives with the university of oldenburg, germany, to research and to categorize the of yet unopened captured by the british in wartime in the 17th and 18th century. i examined trial records, depositions, personal correspond ins, ship's logs, cargo inventories and, even a mariner's personal journal that was worn where in his front pocket pocket? the manuscript room at the library of congress was a terrific resource, and captain kidd's own recorded statements gave strong evidence of his love and devotion to sarah. archivists and other historians i met were enthusiastic and helpful. my research, as was my research assistant. higgins, a cavalier king charles spaniel named for a runaway pirate. jeremiah higgins. here he is, inspecting the galleys of the private pirates wife. unfortunately, there are no contemporary paintings. sarah kidd. she can't be seen that way. but in 1911, the john leon jerome fair created, this painting of captain in new york harbor. the attractive beautifully dressed woman with a lace fan holding captain

, ah, ah, this is deed of the news and these are our top stories. nato secretary general yen st. oldenburg, says member states have made new pledges to provide ukraine with heavy weapons and military training. they've also agreed to ramp up production of ammunition, nato defense ministers.

this is another clip that we have from kevin oldenburg, the site manager at top cottage.tory of hotdocs picnic. >> this included chang kai-shek of china, king george the second of greece, the crown prince of norway, prince giuliana of the netherlands, the prime minister of canada, king george the sixth, and queen elizabeth from great britain. trisha was on this porch, and probably the one remember -- people met the most was the hotdocs picnic, when the king of england arrived here in hyde park. the visit was a historic visit, as it was the first time that a senior british monarch had been to the united states. at that visit was caps off with the picnic on the porch here at top cottage. and we always hear about the hotdocs that was served, but the venue -- many was much more vast. they had virginia ham, smoked turkey, hot sausages, hotdogs, mixed green salad, strawberry shortcake, but it was the hotdocs that really stole the show. and they were premium hotdogs. i don't believe the queen had ever seen a hotdog before. >> anything else on that story alex? >> if you got them

now, nato sect you general against oldenburg is in turkey and will visit areas affected by that is awesome. he held at media briefing with the turkish foreign minister member to casino in ankara. the day off the earthquake, naples de sauls to response center issued an immediate request for assistance to all night long laws on partners since then, thousands of emergency response personnel have been deployed to tokyo to support the reef efforts, including with search and rescue teams, firefighters medical personnel and seismic experts and let's bring it in and conceal to who joins us live from the turkish capital of ankara and sent him at what was interesting to have from the night to 2nd. you general saying that the, this was a deadliest natural disaster to strike a nato a country since the alliance was full. yes, nick, he was here to express his condolences and show the solidarity of the nato alliance . and with true care, the 2nd largest, the army. it within the alliance, and, ah, secretary general mentioned that odd, there will be an international bonner's conference in march. also we he

what among the 32 nations that abstained or nato secretary general jen st oldenburg says he believes vladimir putin doesn't want peace because the russian president hasn't back down from his goals in ukraine, sought a bug, made the comments during a meeting with stony as prime minister and the president of the european commission, he wanted to break the will of ukrainian people, and he wanted to break over unity, president, putin, faint ukraine stance, and nato and the e. u. stand with ukraine. yet putin has not given up his goals. he wants a different europe, we're russia can dictate what neighbors do. hello, diplomatic editor, james bayes is at those meetings in the stony he's joining me alive now. james, estonia has been mourning of what it sees as going to its security from russia. what's been going on there? ah, well, let me 1st explain what you're seeing behind me and the noise you're hearing right now wrong because it's actually a stone is independence day. sonya gotten dependence from russia in 1918, of course that later it was overtaken by russian forces and became for a lon

the conley has the secretary general against oldenburg assumed his duties on october 1st 2014. that was when nato began it zyden vendor. as we began to understand the european security situation was beginning to change. secretary general suttonberg has navigated many diplomatic challenges and we turned to him now to help us set the scene for how we build this alliance and new. so with your applause, please welcome secretary general. yes. thank you so much, heather. it's great to be back in the munich and the great to be together met 1st on the, on my, on the i look forward to our conversation in just a few moments. rush, also war against ukraine grind. oh, we may be shocked by its brutality, but we should not be surprised. this is part of a pattern of russian aggression for several years on nato and the artist shared precise intelligence about moscow's plans for the invasion long in advance. over many months, we made every effort to engage rashaw in the promising, on just days before on. this vet is staged in munich. i called on pressed on, put in to step back from the brink. b

w with this is deed of the news, and these are our top stories. nato secretary general yen st. oldenburg says, member states have made new pledges to provide ukraine with heavy weapons and military training. they've also agreed to ramp up production of ammunition. nato defense ministers met in brussels earlier to discuss support for ukraine, as well as defense, spending non serious government as agreed to a deal with the united nations, which allows aide into some of the areas hardest hit. by recent earthquakes, aid has been slow to reach rebel held part of the country which has been fighting a civil war for more than a decade. the deal means the un will be able to deliver aid through 2 additional border crossings from touch. dozens of migrants are missing and presumed dead. after their inflatable rubber boat sank off the coast of libya. rescuers of achieved 11 bodies, while 7 survivors are in hospital. it's just the latest shipwreck in the mediterranean, one of the world's most dangerous migration. this is d. w news from and then you get more news on our website, d, w dot com. ah, after