people have sharon, the russian ships can only go he but to the bottom model. dirtier i spoke to d, w's, russia, editor, roman, contra ranko, and asked him how moscow's reacting to the sinking of its worship. well, so far moscow has reacted was, lies because in russia there are no ukrainian claims that the moscow was kid by the grand rockets for 2 days. so i've just read the report in russian media reports in russian media. and for example, a major radio station in moscow is just saying that the ukraine and officials did not react or didn't say anything to the, to this, which is a lie, of course. and we have no reaction from russia. top officials. we have only a statement from the russian military that there was a fire on board and the ship has sunk because of the storm. so on the other hand, on russian stay tv, we hear some, some discussions about heating back as a reaction to it, to the sinking of that ship about hitting back heart. and finally calling this special operation as the russian. i feel sure fishes cold what this war column is a war. so some official from 7 supple in an in the occu

yeah. vladimir, as he pulled from d w's russia service. let me, it's always good to get your take on events. thank you. thank you. oh. but more than 4 and a half 1000000 refugees have fled the war in ukraine. that's according to the u. when the majority of these refugees end up in neighboring countries, such as while dover, among them are tens of thousands of ukrainian jews, dw corresponded tanya kramer traveled to the moldova capital kitchen. now where the jewish community is rallying to help. a former printing house in the mold oven capital kyshay. now, now a refugee reception center. it has been set up by israeli 8 organizations to support jewish refugees from ukraine and to help them immigrate omega yard to israel. forgot the tire man down from tel aviv. this work is very close to his heart. as a child, he left ukraine for israel with his parents of the long journey a good night and leave and resolutely for the fight. this is our goal to send the people as fast as possible. all the basic needs that they need to ease her to say new year

i put that to w. russia and list constantine exit. well, it is very significant filled because all was the whole last wall which you used to be called slobber, glory in russian. in the saw the is the only or maybe even was the only water ship in the black sea. later the disability knew that was the only ship that could conduct operations in the open ocean and globally, all other ships are much more and much more limited capacity. number 2, if it's true, that 16 missiles world war that is probably about warm tips of the whole christmas style armaments that the black sea fleet pans, number 3, of course the, the, the, the, the slob of the, the most glass was modernize. it was, it was a very important ship for put in because it was actually supporting rushes operations in syria in 2016, 2016. and then it went the very, very profound overall modernization between 20182020. so essentially you have a modernized, upgraded sheep, which was, which was not hit by miss. and look, this is not a tractor. it takes yes, to reconstruct rebuild it. i a

thank you so much for joining us apart from d w's russia service in. we'll take a look at some more headlines from the war in ukraine, and nearly 2 thirds of children in the country have been forced to leave their homes since russia invaded at 6 weeks ago. as, according to the u. m. the latest report also expressed that concerns over human trafficking and the sexual abuse of minors. greece plans to speed up expiration for natural gas in order to reduce its a dependency on brush imports. the grease currently ports around 40 percent of nat geo natural gas from russia. prime minister kitty, our cost me to talk is assess, he's cautiously optimistic about 6 areas in greek territory with possible gas reserves. german president, friend, brothers di my has arrived in the polish capital, warsaw for talk to the countries president andrey duda. discussions are expected to focus on the conflict in ukraine person. cheyenne myers office, said the trip was about promoting freedom democracy and the rule of law. yes, president joe biden has told the indian finally to su

and he w, russia corresponded emily, sherwin is here in the studio with me. emily huge discrepancies, and the numbers of the fallen on the russian side, depending on who you ask, right? how is russia handling the? the numbers coming out of this conflict with the kremlin is tightly controlling these numbers. we've only had ministry of defense in russia. publish numbers of fallen soldiers on the russian side, twice the last time at the end of march. when they said just over 1300 soldiers were killed. and an example for that tight control is you might remember it, the sinking of the moskva flags in the, the ship, which is the fragment of the, of the russian fleet in the black sea. there was a lot of mystery around that. so initially, russia said that the crew was fully evacuated. there was though a wreath at the ceremony for the ship, which said to the crew and the ship, which journalists noted an investigative journalists also did a lot of digging. they found posts from parents who were talking about their children being missing and they put the number of dead o

now i put that earlier to d. w's, russia, analysts, konstantin exit. well, i think it, it is a sign of desperation, or at least uncertainty about the ability to, to win on that conventional battle ground. from a breath. i do not think that luncheon at a ballistic missile. this circumstance was called for in terms of any kind of misery, the sense of the also it to launch of the as the russian said. so basically that means that probably quite a bit of real testing has to be, has to be done. and we've seen a lot of russian defense staff, the russian military, bragging about the progress of rushman, the technology. well, so far it wasn't something you didn't something that will really, charlie can this in the room on the battleground. i think it is a p r. sounds it is an attempt to, to, to, to threats and to scare book, present speaking. i do not know who the west will not be scared than ukrainians, probably think. and probably rightly that's how much is not going to be used against them. and then, you know, at the same time the kremlin today saying that t

next on d w. russia's attack on ukraine. how did it come to this? a conflict that's been brewing for decades? spiraling political interests, grievances and violence. reach a tipping point in our escalating further war in europe. drama in ukraine, in 45 minutes on d. w. o . every day counts 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 habitat, what to do with them all our ways? we can make a difference by choosing smartness solutions over stains, said in our ways global ideas, the environmental series in global 3000 on d, w, and online ah, with hello and welcome to another new edition of echo africa, your weekly environment program. not all of our topics to the are filled with good news. we're here balls how some cities the 2nd. but don't worry, there are also reasons to feel good of ball to well, how are you today, sandra? hi, chris. well, i'm all positive, innovative.

he's d w's from t w's, russia, you crane and eastern europe department based in bon roman. thanks for being with us on the program. there's. there's so much in flux right now. russia seems to be moving its forces to the east and southeast of the country, which is considered to be more russian leaning with that even they are been proven hard for russian forces. what kind of miscalculations have there been in trying to hold that part of the country? oh, probably russia. assume that those are the regions where corruption, sentiments, august strongest, and ukraine. this is what the polls show has been had been showing for 4 years. and indeed, we have some up to 30 percent of the population in those regions before the war, who believed the russia was not an aggressor, but the situation is changing. you see this, the thing is, it's, it's a bed argument. when you're warming someone and you want him to like you, so we don't have scientific data on it, but the sense is that more and more pro russian ukrainians are now actually hating russia. and at the same time, we're hearing that

i'm not joined by a roman gunshot ranko from the w's, russia, ukraine, and eastern europe. department of roman putting insist that the russian offensive in ukraine will succeed. what a success mean for us? troops now following that withdrawal from large parts of the country? well, in the short term success would mean and taking mario for the city in the south of ukraine, taking maybe some other cities in the east of ukraine, maybe the 2nd largest city hockey. and i would say, polluting will also try to take control of the hold on don't pass that is did that region in the east of ukraine, which was control through which was, was controlled by the separatist since 2014. so now they are trying to push through the west, but i don't think that the capital key of is out of danger. now roma there have been reports that hundreds of offices in russia secret service have been purged, due to military failures in ukraine. some even sent to prison. can you tell us more? what are you hearing? well, i've seen those reports, but we do not have a confirmation for that. it is, it is possible that thing

this process actually works quite well until russia gets a chance to block it. russia has blocked the work of the o. p. c. w, and the hague, holding perpetrators and syria to account. russia has blocked. those are similar efforts in the un security council with its veto. so i think it would be a mistake to. yeah, criticize these processes when it is only one culprit who blocks the process from being conducted until the end. ok, thank you so much for joining your thanks. planing that to dr. alexander keller from the institute for peace research and security policy. you're very welcome. meanwhile, vladimir putin has announced that his country's military campaign in ukraine will continue until its subject terms have all been met. speaking after talks with his allies, others in liter, alexander lucas shanker, the russian president described, talks of keith as being at a dead end. went on to claim that his country's withstanding what he called the blitzkrieg of western sanction, which said, rising prices would put pressure on western leaders. miss lamps to see were there. we know that today our offices are takin

from our joined by d, w, russia analyst, konstantin eigen konstantin. russia's foreign minister there has confirmed that the next stage of bosco's intervention in ukraine has begun. what should we expect in the coming days and weeks? well, terry, frankly, i lost count all the stages of steps and whatever in the last 50 full days. but it's clear that are out walks began as a marshal makia, which was supposed to take probably a few days now turned into full blown war. and i think that by now the, the real goal is actually securing as much as possible all the doing. yeah. can new house law and securing a land bridge show you a little bit between the russian federation proper is recognized in international board international borders and then next crimea, and in this respect, i think are you believe the most important flash point. now, for all the russians, because this is in the end where this land bridge can be created and at least this is where you can and out did it that, that they did great. now reports suggest that the russian offensive in ukraine has been plagued by problems with l

harm's way and bringing in supplies and aid, russia has bombed some lines, but the trains keep moving thanks to the determination of their operators. the w is rebeca. richness has been talking with one of them. when russia invaded ukraine, yvonne was on duty traveling his regular route. for more than 10 years, the train conductor served passengers betweens aperture, in the southeast elevator, in the west, a 15 hour journey. but on february 24, life changed forever. as dawn broke news of the invasion broke to youth oma blanca, a woman started to cry and said, have you heard anything? i said, no. she said that bombing me pro. i didn't believe it. i started to check facebook to check the news, and it turned out that there was bombing all around ukraine. we arrived late to separation, and we were told the evacuations would start in them. cavellas will, will they ever put since then? they haven't stopped. and neither has yvonne his worked every day and every night. now he lives on the train to russian troops have occupied his town. those 1st days with the hardest bow measles of bodies over the train was already full and separate reacher. when

sign that russia struggling to get hold of that last ukrainian stronghold because of the vast network of underground tunnels, immune warfare that ukraine definitely have an advantage over d. w rebecca rivers reporting there from european near keith. well, the intensifying assault in ukraine comes after russia suffered a major loss on thursday. the black sea flagship, the moscow sank under a legit after allegedly being hit by ukrainian missiles, something the kremlin denies. now images have surfaced, appearing to show the warship on fire and engulfed in smoke just moments before. it's saying the missile cruiser was the biggest russian warship to sink while in action since world war 2. i asked w's russia, analyst, konstantin egg about how damaging those images might be. for president vladimir putin war effort. i think that's not only nearly professionals, but basically the general public can grasp what goes on in this, in this picture as it is a p r. blue is definitely something that says quite a bit about the, the comb with readiness all or at least elements of the russian navy. and that means probably also quite some of the rationale. and it is quite an embarrassment, frank

for more i am joined in the studio by t w. russia, desk correspondent vladimir espionage. welcome to the program now at pittman spokesman and has said that if the that the russian president will consider a range of measures to boast of russia security if finland or sweden join nature, which measures should we expect? i think it's a bit too early to talk about concrete measures, but we've already a very symbolic video on a couple of days ago for russian rockets being transported towards from line to store some few months. it was made on a street showing the street signs to health and keep in the us and rockets are passing by, so it's highly symbolic step on from the russian side, i would expect russell would put more troops on the border of finland, more sweeps more military to the baltic sea in the, in the clear report escalation between ross and the best. so it's clear it through the step on this collision collision. yes, it's certainly a concern to have enlargement of nato has long been seen by vladimir putin and his government is a major threat to russia justified or the

and then show this will be very important moment of this entire special iteration w. russia analyst konstantin egg told me in the last hour that russia has had to change your strategy because it failed to achieve its objectives. in the 1st few days of the invasion already frankly, i lost count of all the stages and steps and whatever in the last 50 full days. but it's clear that our watch began as a march on key, which was supposed to take probably a few days. now turned into full blown or, and i think that by now the, the real goal is actually securing as much as possible of the danielle to can lew house law. and securing a lend bridge, show you a little bit between the russian federation proper is recognized in international board international borders and then next crimea. and in this respect, i think nobody will, is the most important flash point. now, for the russians, because this is in the end where the this land bridge can be created and at least this is where you can and out did that, that they did. great. now report suggests that the russian offensive in ukraine has been plagued by p

the east has yet to get off the ground. asked the w. russia. unless konstantin aga, what's holding russian forces back, i think that the russian generals unlocked very keen on this major offense. that wasn't out, as you rightly said, quite some time ago. because there's almost little, don't really know that you bring in resistance. it's very, very different, very professional. so casualties are very much in the order of the, the major major will also want to be able to block maybe non achievement of that was go that problem. and they know already put in dove to those who and he's, you do not serve well the, the said the mysterious speak to the commander of the lexi lead disappeared from, from, from the public. and when he's on, come on that one of the russian, maybe it will probably tells you quite a bit about the fear that well, if i were rushing general, i would be very reluctant to undertake any very, any specific major offensive now. well, very, very explicit. and force, right, another poll which has seemed so much damaged and now the princ

well i asked w's russia analyst konstantin anger whether the kremlin has stepped up, strikes on, keep in retaliation for the sinking of that worship the moscow. well, officially, it isn't. because officially the ship sang because of mysterious bar which damaged it's essentially so weapons supply. and because of that, so no, and so yes, because of course the loss of the mosque law must have really hit the the, the russian is a leadership very odd lot. as we've heard from the russian spokesman. it isn't the retaliation for those mysterious explosions near the southern russell city of balance, which as the russians say, were caused by great attack. so there is a way of putting it who is and, and creating this kind of smoke screen. but i think that if and i think it is, as you said, retaliation from what's, what is a bit of a sign of desperation and irritation which it should be by law. and how, how does the kremlin report this to the russian people. i mean, you've got the main warship in your black sea fleet that is now at the bottom of the ocean. our ordinary russians, are they going to

my guess is weak. moscow is perform a deputy for andre, a few other conflicts own next on d w. russia's attack on ukraine. how did it come to? there's a conflict that's been brewing for decades, spiraling political interest, grievances and violence. we to tipping points in our escalating further war in europe. drama in ukraine, in 45 minutes on d w. oh, i think everything jenny fair, some are big. i'm listening so much different culture between here and there. so challenging for everything ah, in december i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. shove my got my license to work as a swimming instructor in dish and now are teach children to dos with . what's your story? take part, share it on info, migrants dot net. ah. mm hm. fresh allegations with russian forces murdered, ukrainian civilians outside k f, have rapidly found their way to the un general assembly. 93 countries voted to suspend russia from the un human rights council. a humiliating move of moscow immediately condemned as illegitimate and politically motivated. but those rush, i really care what the world thinks abo

or earlier i spoke to the w, russia expert in corresponding konstantin egerton. i asked him, what more we know about the meeting between putin and lucas jenko today? well, i think 2 large extent ah, what we usually know about ah, lucas shanklin, hooton's meetings. they usually in the last few months at least consist of 2 thanks . lucas shenker asking potent for money, including asking lucas shingle for support in the war with the crime. because, of course, in a certain way bellows, as we know. ah, you know, it was a breach had from which, at least some russian columns crossed into ukraine. and i suppose that this kind of work and you shall bellows as a staging point. who put his military. it's still very important for him that they went to the far east and showed off. they are so dogma or cool in front of the equipment of the launching pad or for the actual space program is i think, a way to show that are even in such turbulent times, the 2 presidents, the, to the 2 dictators. we can say a basically we're doing business as usual. they are, they are preparing even

russia quotes. think twice with earlier we spoke to d. w correspondent, and russia analyst konstantin agate and asked him for his take on the timing of wednesdays. miss all test well as they get it to the sign of desperation. or at least uncertainty about the ability to, to win on that conventional battle drought. from a breath. i don't think that luncheon at a ballistic missile circumstance was called for in terms of any kind of military necessity. also it to launch as the, as the russian said. so basically that means that probably quite a bit of real testing has to be, has to be done. and we've seen a lot of russian defense stuff, the russian military, bragging about the progress of a rushman, the technology. well, so far it wasn't something you didn't something that will really trouble convincing the proven on the battle. i think it is a p r. sounds it is an attempt to, to, to, to threats and to scare. but frankly speaking, i do not know who the west will not be scared than ukrainians, probably think. and probably rightly that's how the

defense system. president vladimir putin said it would make anyone threatening russia quote, think twice a week earlier we spoke to d. w. correspondence and russia analyst constantine eggers and asked him for his take on the timing of wednesdays missile test. while they give it to the sign of desperation, or at least uncertainty about the ability to, to win on that conventional battle ground from a breath. i do not think that luncheon a ballistic missile, the flesh circumstance was called for in terms of any kind of misery, the sense of the also it to launch of the, as the russian said. so basically that means that probably quite a bit of real testing has to be, has to be done. and we've seen a lot of russian defense staff, the russian military, bragging about the progress of rushman, the technology. well, so far it wasn't something you didn't something that will really, charlie, can this any proven on the battle ground? i think it is a p r. sounds. it is an attempt to, to, to, to threats and to scare. but frankly speaking, i do not know who the west will not be scare than you. green is probably think, and probably rig

so moscow bureau chief unit, russia has been covering this meeting is currently racing rig because d, w is banned in russia at welcome your re or what else are we hearing from the protein you cherish liter. otherwise, so far, no joint press conference between vladimir putin and her antonio terrace. but i believe that the meeting with russia's foreign minister love through his live to day earlier was a for a taste of the meeting with letting me put in considering fill that love rock on the transmitter, put in swill in foreign parts. of course, it was good there to both put in and a garage spoke to each other, especially considering that target harish very clearly condemned to the war in ukraine and blamed it on, put in previously had of this meeting at nevertheless, only time will tell whether this meeting really brought anything because looking bet back to a similar event in history. remember the surprise visit of then the secretary general bunkie morn to put in 2014 after getting sation of crimea ban spoke of very constructive talks, which as we know now war of nor use at all. right. a

w. doing business with russia for many international companies. that's no longer an option since the war began. they support the sanctions against routine except losses in billings. but some a made injury in 90 minutes. on d w. a. are you ready to get a little more? these places in europe are smashing all the records into a bold adventure. just don't lose your grip. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of europe's wykard breaking on youtube and now also in book form a ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, hearing the stories of war 1st hand with when the world sees what happened to mary you pulled, it will be butcher, multiply 515-105-1000. and i witness account of the bombardment of mario fall from a doctor who fought to help the injured and then made the difficult and risky decision to flee. also coming up.

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for more d w reporter and russia analysts konstantin eggers, joins us now. konstantin, let's talk a little bit about this visit. what is the austrian chancellor doing in moscow? he's the 1st lear to go there. was this in coordination with the european union? well, there was coordination, but the question is very relevant. i think we have spoken to some central european jump before the visit and they're very skeptical about, you know, the chocolate and the also just being able to achieve anything. last the, even the setting the scene for this is not looking good the place, the author and them to see where the chancellor or meet the press is a former guest house where your ribbon truck, hitler foreign minister was saying in august 1939 when germany concluded it's in intimacy back that starting, so i'm absolutely certain that in war so and in the baltic states and other central european countries, this will only breed irritation. although one have to say that chart for me, hama went to key. i haven't talked to the last people who i mean most going to talk to the boss. he said one thing which

w reporter and russia analyst, constantine egg, and he provided this assessment as to why austria made this controversial move to have the chancellor visit putin in moscow. well, austria is probably trying to kill the shoes in, which was always there to talk to russia even more than germany. i would say no author is probably the only country in europe that i could still do that. but the results i think is pretty predictable. and then also in chancellor met one of the one without translators because the german went well and without secretary. so we really don't know what happened there, but it seems it was a kind of mediation attempt by the, by the austrian government, lots of european leaders have this illusion that they can, can impact to influence a call to, including quite a few or student charles, i would tell you that the home or is the town or student child life. so he is definitely not the 1st to try and persuade to do something. i was absolutely certain of the beginning that this will go nowhere put in is a no move now to change anything in his policy with regard to cry. consta

and water. russia has said it will focus on eastern ukraine and intensify its military if its state who t w's rebecca reaches easy. levine in western ukraine and has more on this high death toll in marion poll. hard to imagine how president estimates could be very far off. i mean, if you think about the worst images you've seen in war, the most devastating pictures coming out of any conflict that is what's happening in mary paul since the beginning of this war, you just reported that city has been under constant russian bombardment. people have been living there without access to food electricity communication am. i was crucially without access to any drinking water. people have been in it. we hear of being in the bunkers, almost the entire time, the ukrainians are defending that city. and that's creating even further bombardment. from the russian side, i feel like it's very hard to get news out of mary paul, but i have spoken to a couple of people who escaped and they've told me of the harrowing stories of living under that stage. so hard to get out of that city one doctor i spoke to told me

w. ah, russia is pulling back its forces north of ukraine's capital. but that has brought horror rather than relief as indications of a civilian massacre come to light. the devastating images from the town of boucher indicate that proteins forces murdered hundreds of civilians before withdrawing that sparking new calls for harsher sanctions, including an embargo on russian fossil fuels. so far, germany's been resisting, fearing massive harm to an economy, highly dependent on brush and gas. the predicament is prompting a new look.

i got to w, corresponded and russia expert joins us from the lithuanian capital. vilnius constantine, president putin has claimed victory invariable. what's his motivation for declaring victory at this early stage? well, whether you call this day early or late, depends on how you hold their question. will go many people will say that's probably. ready it's not going with planned it, but you know, what i think is the significance of that is not up to 10 will then claim question probably probably closer to the day, which is, 9th of main, russian, which was made by fulton to the state of the in the whole canada, i think, by the day he will claim that a land bridge between the occupied russian occupied crimea and well, the mainland russian federation has been established. the crimea will say, and basically a very important part of the operation is over. that's again, my suspicion it of course, it all depends on whether there are you credit in. for example, d block model which could basically throw a spattering the words on mr. whether there is resistance. in other words, as long as rebecc

the word is going to get around in russia that these casualties that the russians have taken are much worse than he's let on. yamiche: so interesting given the fact that waw russia test a nuclear-capable missile this week. there was also a veiled threat, of course, from president putin and the pentagon, the united states is saying that they knew about this test. they were notified in time but still, what do you make of the timing of 24 test given all that's going on? dan: i think the timing is an effort on the part of president putin to remind people that however badly his army has performed in ukraine that they were still a nuclear powered nation. one of the handful around the world and he has rattled sabers on this from the beginning. and we know that people are worried about whether the russians might use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield and i think this missile test was simply a way of saying do not forget about how mighty we are event at a time when you think we're not as strong as he had intended to be. i think it was mostly symbolic. i think in any other moment they would not have had or needed to do this. maybe it had been a long-plan

w. as russia says, it will focus it's war efforts in the don bass region, ukraine is urging people to evacuate while they still can't. russian forces are pouring into eastern ukraine and devastating offensives are expected. the kremlin pulled back from around keith after its military objective to take the capitol failed. but the slaughter of innocent civilians and surrounding areas is becoming more and more evident. the gruesome killings in the town of boucher have ignited another round of sanctions from the west and its al.

and you what does he know russia, its member of the chemical weapons convention and of the opposite w. so in principle, russia should not have any chemical weapons, it has declared at stock pilot stock that has been verified and destroyed. so when we're talking about chemicals here, we are either speculating about the possibility that certain parts of the stock, but had not been declared and were still hanging on sunday in russia. i think rather in small quantities, that is a possibility. we've seen the use of toxic chemicals against the skip us in britain and against narconi, but i do not really expect that we're talking about large sun let's. there are other options here that includes the use of toxic industrial chemicals and improvised weapons. or in fact, the attack with conventional weapons on facilities that contain chemicals in the target area. now, how can people, if you can't protect themselves against a chemical weapons attack, what should they do if they think chemical weapons have been used? that's a difficult one to answer our civilians, a protection of civilians. it is a

change your life, wants to know what is happening, their guardian, the truth starts may 3rd on d, w ah, is russia in default on its dollar denominated debt, a major credit ratings agency says yes, if it doesn't act fast. meanwhile, a dispute over russian energy import continues with new threats over a stop in all deliveries to the e. u. and vows that russia could find other customers. might india be one of them? it's already bought oil at a discount from russia due to sanctions, and that's causing friction with western angie. 7 nations will speak to our correspond it in delhi. and iran is trying to get past its own sanctions and return to mainstream oil markets. might the e u b, a future customer? welcome to the show. i'm student beardsley in berlin. credit ratings agency moody says russia may be in default on its sovereign debt, if it doesn't correct course, and make 2 recent payments in dollars instead of roubles. russia made the payments in question earlier this month. both were on dollar denominated bonds. moody said the settlement with rubles breeches, the terms of the contracts, and would p

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w ah . is russia in default on its dollar denominated debt? a major credit ratings agency says yes, if it doesn't act fast. meanwhile, a dispute over russian energy imports continues with new threats over a stop in all deliveries to the you and vows that russia could find other customers . might india be one of them is already bought oil at a discount from russia due to sanctions, and that's causing friction with western angie. 7 nations will speak to a correspondent in delhi, and iran is trying to get half its own sanctions and return to mainstream oil markets might the e u. b, a future customer. welcome to the show. i'm seeking beardsley in berlin. credit ratings agency moody says russia may be in default on its sovereign debt, if it doesn't correct course, and make 2 recent payments in dollars instead of roubles. russia made the payments in question earlier this month. both were on dollar denominated bonds. moody said the settlement with rubles breeches, the terms of the contracts, and would put russia in default. the same payments are made

w. ah, sanctioning russia's energy sector. but when and how the you encounter a stumbling blocks on the way to banning russian cold. it's also the show i'll be talking to a ukrainian film producer, had to leave his company behind, is now trying to support colleagues back home across many and we'll show you why ukraine's export of fresh fruit and vegetables may be more important than ever on chris kolber welcome to the program as ukrainian president vladimir lensky calls for a, quote, ruinous sanctions against russia. the european union is having problems getting their latest sanctions package across the finish line. the latest actions from the you include sanctions against russian coal, but the deal failed to pass on wednesday with a new start date for the punishments delayed to august. among the sticking points, germany raises issues over existing cold delivery contracts. meanwhile, hungary has broken ranks with the rest of the european union. it says it is prepared to meet the russian demand that it pay for gas in russian ro

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w is russia, ukraine, and eastern europe department. watch m, just a little bit more about putin's remarks. well, he made no reference to those atrocities. i would just mentioned 2 points. one, president putin appeared to be satisfied with how the war is going. so he said everything is wine. everything is going according to the plan and he made no, no mention of the accusations over a possible chemical attack in the city of mario po, which are not confirmed yet. but there are concerns about that. but he said that russia was using some very modern weapons. we do not know what he meant. the 2nd point is, he mentioned dunbar saw the eastern region of ukraine saying that that was one of the objectives of this war. and this is something i think which points out so in the direction of a possible offensive, new russian offensive that we will see in the coming days a weeks. and because everybody's talking about him and he, he tried probably to cover up the, the, the problems the russian army encountered around here in the north of ukraine. so nash, now forces are concentrating the east from and do

w. 's rebecca readers many, many thanks, rebecca. even as russia discusses capturing more territory, western analyst shed it had failed to make it nipped. significant gains in recent days, dw corresponded mathias bill and go joined the ukranian government media trip to a region where russian forces had recently suffered defeat. this is what the russian army left behind the village of terrifica about 70 kilometers northeast of cave is one of the places where the russian invasion came to a halt. bars, as he calls himself, took part in the bottle to see army and be sure russia has a bigger army in terms of numbers and equipment. i'm not talking about the quality of the equipment, but it is a lot that means for us that we have to be better prepared and to plan more thoroughly to seniors of, on the line. experts say it wasn't just a clash of 2 armies, but also of military doctrines. heavy technology versus mobile equipment along the roads in this area. it is not unusual to find whole columns of burnt or tanks taken on by modern western anti tank missile

for more on this d, w reporter and russia analyst constantine agger is with us now. constantine, by his own admission, he didn't get a positive sense. after meeting with latimer putin, what was the austrian chancellor trying to achieve with his visit when the entire block has thought to isolate vladimir putin? well, austria is probably trying to kill the shoes of finland, which was always there to talk to russia even more than germany. i would say no author is probably the only country in europe that i could still do that. but the result i think is pretty predictable. capuchin and also in chancellor met one of the one without translators because the german went well and without secretary. so we really don't know what happened there. but it seems, it was a kind of mediation attempt by the, by the austrian government, lots of european leaders have this illusion that they can, can impact to influence a culture including quite a few or student. charles, i would tell you that the helmer is the town or student charleston and put his life . so he is definitely not the 1st to try and persuade t