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 for

find the bodies of about $35.00 people that are still believed to be under those that rebel t w's nick connelly now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world in doha katara indirect talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with iran have ended without progress. after only 2 days stated that us state department said iran failed to respond positively to the u mediated negotiation allies claim. and $2.00 to 2018 us president. donald trump, unilaterally scrap the deal which limited to runs nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions for people have been charged after $53.00 migrants were found dead in a truck in the u. s. state of texas. earlier this week, it's believed that people from mexico honduras and guatemala, were among those who died. investigators called it the deadliest human smuggling incident in u. s. history. singer r. kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. the army star was convicted of racketeering in september last year jersey found him guilty of running a criminal ring that recruited and trafficked women and teenage girls for sex. the alleg

w. 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

eons make of putin's comments, de w's, nick connelly and keith has mall. why didn't they see this as proof that russia is genuinely, very worried about the pope 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. and if they're able to use this new rock lot systems with munitions that can strike targets a 100 or maybe a 150 kilometers away, that allows them to attack russian targets for a safe distance. russia, russian systems, at least in that class, a weapon of the rocket launchers that 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 implement. putin threatened to destroy ukrainian sincerity to end ukrainian statehood and saying that this wasn't the real country. then we've had basically a direct

w's. nick connelly, they're in central ukraine. some other world news now french president manuel my call is struggling to keep his parliamentary majority after elections for the national assembly. projection showed his coalition has lost boats and his coming in almost equal to a new left wing and green alliance, led by jd on luke melancholy. the final results will be decided in a 2nd round of voting next weekend. police in india have crept down on muslim protesters following unrest parked by anti islam. comments by politicians. officials have demolished houses belonging to demonstrators which they say were built illegally last week, so violent clashes between muslims and hinders. after members of a ruling, b, j. p. party may derogatory remarks about the prophet muhammad u. s. senators from both major parties have agreed to push forward new legislation aimed at reducing gun violence. but the modest measures fall short of steps cold for by anti gun campaigners. several republicans have joined democrats and drafting the proposals whi

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

w's. nick connelly reporting for us from keith since the beginning of the war, volunteers across ukraine had been doing their part for the fight, some returning to recycling to help save soldiers lies. d w rebecca readers has more. this all junkyard is a junkyard. no more. when war broke out, volunteers took over the space and turned it into a military workshop. steamer is a sound engineer and voice of the artist. now he makes flak, jackets moves across number, little of it, really fully profess were requested from google. so we decided to try make some a small number from 30 pieces. we wanted to raise 47000 her if near for that's sure, people wrote so connected that we raised 150000 in the 1st 3 to 4 days or so. we made 3 times as many of the your morsbow brothers were due. so far they've sent more than $700.00 of the vests to the front lines. places like hunt, keith, china, his and mc alive, there's recycling involved and the work looks aren't, isn't all that the product is military grade level certificate. this mitchell is certified 8 millimeters thick at 1 o'clock. this rubber from a con

w's. nick connelly reports from the front lines in the southern nikolai of region were ukrainian forces are making some gains despite a shortage of equipment. russia may be making gains in the don best, but it's a different story here. 600 kilometers to the southwestern mich alive, you crank is pushing russian forces out of villages like these. closing in on the russian occupied city of hudson. b, ukrainian commanders where their advance can run out of steam be stopped, or even reversed. after more than a 100 days of relentless fighting, the supposed weapons and ammunition are running dangerously low healdsburg. we meet victor and his crew some way behind the front lines and will broke out. they were all working brute. all of them decided to give up their lives in safety, in poland and germany, to return home to fight. victor found the little had changed since his time to recruit and the soviet army decades earlier. there are 13 can 1st the so this how it is just old. it's way past his prime little 1000000000. we be making the most of it. but what can you expect from a weapon built almost 5

a very on has been with the late tonight in brussels, is always pretty thinking but he w nick connelly. he is in cave and i asked him about reaction in ukraine to today's decision. i'm coming out on the streets celebrate. this isn't an option because there's a curfew here in just a matter of basically an hour. this is still very much a city at war air raid sirens. and as you will know, a fact daily life here. but this is definitely a big deal at the polls show that there is huge support for you. membership across age groups across regions of ukraine is basically the question that united country more than any else, even in the east, you'll find upwards of h 5. and people in favor of e membership, lots of ukrainians, basically joined the youth by migration and family lynx already there are millions of cranes working in poland in spanish. lisa, there's a lot of connection there, but it's definitely about a morale boost right now. we've seen of disappointment from ukraine, from ordering ukrainians, and it's political class in terms of the weapons deliveries coming from most european countr

w. nick connelly visited one farmer on the front lines near nichol life birdsong and tractors. and not the only sounds ninty even of his 4000 hector's artillery far in the distance, never really stops. but in a d and her team, a preoccupied with other things, the quote i'm going to look at the suite, it's under fed, it's under loved but that wasn't for want of trying on the d as but for most of the crew slowly growing season. she couldn't even get to her fields. they were a war zone. fighting is now at least 25 kilometers away. far enough from the d, an attempt to get back to feeding the world. declare a part of the missiles fly over our heads towards mc alive over their weights in the fields catches fire really easily with all the dry strong. if you do get a direct hit, you can lose hector's to the flames. in a matter of minutes, this unexploded russian missile dug its way and meter into the ground to some the ordinance of the russians left behind them. no sight landmines and countless shells . they also took a lot with them from chainsaws to food and even cutlery. deer is til

start of the war when ukrainian soldiers rejected a russian warships demand that the surrender w's nick connelly. he is in cave and i asked him what the russian withdraw from snake island means for ukraine's grain exports. or 1st of all, i think, hearing you correctly, no one really believes that russian claim that they were this was a good will gesture. it simply was feeling the heat from lots of western weapons, anti air, and to ship missiles that were preventing russians for re supplies. they carland and those rocket launchers high miles from the u. s that were enabling the cranes to hit the island from its own coasts. as for the grain exports on foot, and he does a lot because the main problem are still the mines, which there are lots in the northwestern part of black sea. and basically, as it is no private ship own is going to send their ships anywhere near ukrainian ports, even if the ukrainians began taking those mines away. and they're not gonna do that because they just don't trust russia to not take advantage that situation and sending lots of ships trying take those cities on ukraine'

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

w correspondent, nick connelly, who is in the ukranian capital cave neck. we've seen some of the bloodiest facing of the war russian fortunate of forces have now captured the city of severity on yes. can you tell us how big of a victory this really 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 it really important enough to have invested so much time, so much weaponry in so many lives. and it seems to be that the ukraine 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, christy, that rush has been

as go straight to d, w. correspondence. 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

let's d w 's, nick connelly reporting from keith. the effects of russia's aggression in ukraine had prompted, jam need to activate the 2nd phase of its 3 stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies. economy minutes about how back says gas is now a scarce commodity. in germany, we move to raise the level to the alarm stage, followed cuts to rush and gas flows and energy prices that have thought since the war and ukraine started. how that said gas rationing would hopefully be avoided. but that he cannot rule it out. you know, when we are in an economic stand of refresh on gas and energy is being used as a weapon against german, with the aim of destroying the unity that has stood out to you in germany. and you wrote with the great unity and solitaire with g, with ukraine and our willingness to pay a price for defending freedom of 2 different hard to go from. i had a higher price the time. earlier i asked him a favor who won a member of the german parliament for the conservative ccu policy. but he agreed that cussing gas supplies is an

w correspondent, nick connelly who's in kremlin shook. i asked him to tell us more about that video released by the ukranian government that purports to show 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 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. one side basically fully collapsed. they say that's the impact where the other side burnt 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 th

w. 's. nick connelly reports from the front lines in the southern mich alive region where ukrainian forces are making some advances. despite a shortage of equip, russia may be making gains in the dumbass, but it's a different story here. 600 kilometers to the southwestern mich alive. ukraine is pushing russian forces out of villages like these to closing in on the russian occupied city of harrison. b ukrainian commanders where their advance could right of steam be stopped or even reversed. up to more than a 100 days of relentless fighting. their supplies, weapons, and ammunition running dangerously low. but we meet victor and his crew some way behind the front lines and will broke out. they were all working abroad. all of them decided to give up their lives in safety, in poland and germany to return home to fight. victor found the little had changed since his time to recruit and the soviet army decades earlier. well, there are 13 can 1st was for this, how it is just old. is it? it's way past his prime little doing we be making the most of it. but what can you expect from a weapon bill? almost

w as nick connelly in keith and asked him if the humanitarian corridor offered by russia was the only options for civilians to leave the city. it does seem to be that way, gearhart of c very difficult to get reliable and independently verified information from civil. that's great. now the same as it was a marable. i think it's very comparable situation. and in my report, definitely, we saw lots people having to travel to russia that, that been their only option because they were busy trap between fighting and at that the fighting was kind of stuck in them. going to ukraine control territories, same here. lots people don't want to do it and are very aware that the russians will be looking very carefully at the civilians. see if they maybe have fought and ukrainian military in the past. and filtration camps as they're known here are basically the norm. now russians looking for people, maybe they can exchange in the future for their own prisons when these people are currently civilians. so a very difficult situation there. lots people had stayed in spite repeated calls from the cranium t

the w as nick connelly is in care of, he told us how people reacted to sundays rocket attack on the city is definitely a shock. this was the 1st attack for weeks and the 1st for much longer than that that really hit a residential area. so close the downtown, about 2 kilometers where i am standing now. i heard the last of the blasts. i'm definitely you had messages on your phone for people around city. everyone who kind of tried to commit themselves that they could live some kind of normal life. couple of 100 kilometers behind the front lines now brought back to the reality of war very quickly. and also this of the showed at how on precise the weapons are. the missile stems are that russia is using, there is a factory where in the past the some weapons did she were produced. i think no one really believes that there was anything going on there right now, given the logistic situation. ukraine given the vulnerability that everyone knows they have here, but this hit residential areas. kindergarten, quite some meters away from that factory. so no sense there that russia really even fit claims

earlier i asked the w correspondent, nick connelly in odessa. how big of a blow the poor back from several don't ask is for ukraine when the russians are making steady gains will be at a very, very small scale. i think it has to be remember time time again, that russia started this war aiming to take the whole country in a matter of days. first they failed in the north to take care of, then they failed to take heart give you credit, 2nd city city in the east. only about 40 comes from the border now they've thrown everything they have at that very small, short stretch of the front lines in dumbass. and they are making progress, but much, much slower than they had hoped. basically, experts have been predicting as sort of the next to fall for weeks now and it just hasn't happened. now we hear from the region that about temp sent to city. large industrial areas remain in ukrainian hands. and i think that will be seen as a tactical win for the kings. they basically bound so many russian troops there that they've managed to slow them down so long. the

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

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w net connelly, he joins me now from heave skin to see you. nick, what does the withdraw from snake island? what does it mean for ukraine's grain exports or 1st of all, i think, hearing you correctly, no one really believes that russian claim that they were this was a good will gesture. it simply was feeling the heat from lots of western weapons, anti air, and to ship missiles that were preventing russians resupply snake island. and those rocket launchers high mass from the u. s that were enabling the cranes to hit the island from its own coasts. as for the grain exports on foot, and he does a lot because the main problem are still the mines, which there are lots in the northwestern part of black sea. and basically, as it is no private ship owners gonna sent their ships anywhere near ukrainian ports, even if the ukrainians began taking those mines away. and they don't really do that because they just don't trust russia to not take advantage that situation and send in lots of ships trying take those cities on ukraine's go. so it basically means russ

nick connelly in odessa. let me just to take you back to our top story here on the d. w. a breaking news. a car has crashed into a crowd on a busy street, the popular shopping district here in berlin. rescue services say one person's been killed and several others injured and police if detained a man suspected to be the driver. it's not clear this point whether the crash was intentional. let's join a d, w reporter joe delroy, who's there on the 1st and down one of the building shop, p busy shopping streets where they say happened. welcome, joe. what more can you tell us? well, what we can say is what the police have just given an update about which is that we know that the more than a dozen people have been injured in this accident or this incident were still not sure exactly of the cause yet. and the police are very, very keen, distressed that they do not know the cause they don't know whether it was an accident or whether it was something intentional. or what we know is that the people who were injured and the man who was killed were on the street out a very busy street here at the mome

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connelly tonight in odessa. nick, thank you. an advisor to the ukrainian government has told the w news that it is essential that western countries do not take their eye off of this war. it's part of this week's conflict zone with tim sebastian. in your view, how critical is the situation right now? how vital is it for you to hold on, for instance, to the eastern city of savior, a dan yeske? it is important because ah, if they take these territories, it would give them opportunities to go further. and of course, they are not going to stop only on the bus, they would go to a desk, they would go to heart again. and there is a high risk then they will attack key as well. and again, like, i think it's also crucial to understand how this work looks like, like it is very, you know, conventional positional board is basically brings us in it's manner to not even 2nd world war, but the 1st one, basically it's trenches warfare where a tillery plays the major roles and queuing thousands of people. so for us it's crucial to keep the attention of the rest on what is going on in the east. and you can see that entire interview on conflict zone