the, the, this is the w news. why? from berlin? the ukraine says it is facing a tough situation with a new russian offensive chief attempts to strengthen his positions and his sending reinforcements to hockey's as russia claims games in the region. it surprises offensive is prompting mass evacuations. and switch ones. nemo live surprised at the eurovision song contest in sweden winning with their song, the code about their journey as a non binary person, the

i michael, look who it's nice to have you with us. we begin in ukraine. we're all attention has turned to the north eastern front. ukraine's military chief says, forces are facing a tough situation in a hockey region, where in surprise, russian defensive prompted mass evacuations. on saturday, moscow claimed to have control of 5 villages in the region. it now says it has captured for more. cheap, says the fighting is ongoing, and that hundreds of civilians have fled. as ukraine weights for more ammunition and aid from its allies, president zalinski has responded to the threat posed by russia's new offensive. he has called for stealing, resolved from his armed forces, and is to point reinforcements to the emerging new front. so the national level says must achieve maximum and results to destroy the enemy everywhere. today, with reports from a commander in chief alexander to escape for 4 months,

we are strengthening our positions, especially in the region by the prelim additional forces. the artillery is operating exactly as planned on the budget, but the need for more let's cross over to our correspondent mac sander in key. welcome. max ukraine's military chief is warning of a difficult situation around hockey. even of course, the president has said reinforcements around the way. what's the very latest on the situation now? of the right, michael. so the situation in the north east of the heart of the region remains very serious. fighting is still going on going or ever since of again on, on friday, from what we're hearing, reserve forces were sent to the area. now the question is, if additional forces are going to be sent or it can be, can be spared. from what we know is that russia managed russian troops managed across the border in the northeast of our 2 region. northeast of the city of harkey

at 2 different areas, essentially opening up a um, additional direction, an additional uh additional front from what the russians are cleaning at least 6 villages um were seized. and from what we know, the cleanings are saying that at least 4000 people were evacuated from the effected regions from regions where, where we're fighting is, is ongoing, know defense, command and shipping to assist. you acknowledge the russian incurs, acknowledged that this is a very serious situation, but i'll also today came out and said that some of the crate and forces are pushing back and, and doing everything possible to, to send the russians back across the board. which this sense on the ground max is the fear that russia is gearing up for a full assault to take our keys. it's probably a little bit too early to say, but from the just looking at the location and the force that is being used. it

doesn't seem very realistic that this is, that the russia is actually trying to attempt to take control of how to use. it seems more likely um that this is a distraction that the idea is to move troops from other parts of the front. one where there's heavy fighting going on, for example, in the trust of you out or a visa direction. move some of these troops to that usually opened up frontline and very vice opening up an opportunity for the russians. isn't that in that part, an additional fear is that the russians are trying to create a buffer zone. ukraine in the past has usually in retail and retaliation, attacked. the builder with the province of the city of the above road used the area as a staging ground for drone attacks. there have been cross border incursions on conducting from the, from the printing side. so creating a buffer zone could make it less likely for these attacks to be successful. while we're at it, we should mention that there are images now coming out of russia of

a destroyed apartment block in the city of bel garage, which you just mentioned. what can you tell us about that? right, so um the cctv footage emerged of said apartment block collapsing during the day. it's not exactly clear what exactly the connection is or if there was any connection between these events and the situation there. um and this, this collapse going there, and the, according to the russian health ministry, at least 17 people were injured. during this attacks, the russians say that a soviet era, michelle, used by the ukrainians was intercepted and the debris led to the collapse of uh, parts of this residential building. the ukranian authorities have not responded to that as of yet, but commentators have raised a or have, have, have mentioned that this perhaps could have also been the responsibility the russian side, such as a fail glide bone, the tent blacklight bomb attack, or

a false flag attack that could be an indicator for something happening in the future. got it that's a dw corresponded mac sander in key many. thanks, matt. let's look at some more stories making headlines around the world. the united nations human rights chief says a full scale is really assault on the city of ruffled, cannot take place, saying it could not be reconciled with international law. israel on saturday, expanded and evacuating the order in the shelf agencies. warren, people have nowhere to go. the homeless run health ministry says the death toll from is really strikes on. godsa has now passed. 35000 floods in landslides have hit. china is south western one she region following heavy rainfall. rescue teams have been evacuating residents to safety using boats. torrential rain has impacted several cities or costs. southern china you'll,

you and evacuation order has been issued for the canadian town of fort mcmurry, alberta, an out of control wildfires raging near the major oil town. the government has worn death. canada faces another catastrophic wildfire season. after enduring its worst ever last year, lithuanians or caching their votes and a presidential election at a time when anxieties are high over russia, russian gaines on the battlefield, the new crane are fueling greater fears about moscow's intentions with the baltic country. that when you declared independence after the collapse of the soviet union, switzerland nemo, has won the eurovision song contest becoming the 1st non buying area contests and to take home deprived. the annual contest is billed as a fuel good celebration of europe's diversity and organizers and says event is non political. but this year's contest was mired and politically charged controversy.

for weeks, thousands of pro palestinian demonstrators had marched through the streets of the hosp, the city 9 most sweden against israel's participation, the the they want to buy the jury and the public. and after a nail biting final name or to comb the top price of to performing the code of household tract and rates the journey of self discovery in finding one's place in the world. the liver, promising continues for peace. nemo, is you revisions 1st? we know who identifies as known binary, they hope the victory can blaze,

a trail for others having to cope with prejudice or discrimination. this was one of the most clear represent patients. we seem at your vision, which is like amazing. i want to shut out all the other clear artist this year, like, give it up, give it up for at least use contest was overshadowed by protest and drama that keeps the music celebration into chaos. just hours before the grand finale to golf dots, contender used klein was disqualified because of the back stage incident that came off the days of protests on the streets of host city melma, calling to israel to be excluded over its military campaign in gaza. once to time, we're here to have russia because it has a war against our prime. yeah. and today we have this,

right. and so as i hear proceeds painful ease rose eaten goal on finished 5th and was partially booed during her performance. there was also boeing when the points of these railey jury were presented. organizes say the event is known, police equals the see, it was as political as it ends up being fed even. so the music and the classic you are a vision plan shown through earlier my colleague, mariana evans, dean, talked in some detail to rosalie angles from dw culture about the your vision song contest. and to talk more about the revisions san contests i'm joined in the studio, but my colleague rosalie angles from dw tasha rose. we really get to see you. so i know that last night you actually predicted that nemo was going to win. so what do

you think made this performer, the favorite of not just the jury, but also the audience and also yours. yeah, yeah. so i'm happy to say that my favorite one. i think when it comes down to is that nemo had a very interesting mix between a highly emotional song. but it was also very, very catchy. and then that paired with the song being both pop music but also rap and also elements of opera. mean it's very unique and even for your vision standards, and this was definitely reflected in the boats. so out of to $25.00 national juries which rend each performer based on low calls. the origin ality and stage presence 22 gave the maximum number of boats to email and then the other 50 percent of the votes come from the public where there were rent and number 5. interesting. and then what were the reactions to this outcome?

just generally in the press or like in the form media. yeah, so i think as with any competition, there were mixed reactions. nemo did receive a lot of praise online. i saw a lot of people saying that it was a very powerful performance. and of course, we also know that a lot, if you're, if you're a vision fans are part of the eligibility community. so being represented in that way by a non binary performer, was definitely seen as a huge when but then there were also a few fans were disappointed, especially those who supported maybe lasagna gracious and contested, which was the fan favorite. um and there you can see again the discrepancy between the public mode and the jury vote. and the same actually happened with the is rarely performer. so there was also a little bit of disappointment there. they got, they came in seconds with the public mode, but then they came in 12th west, the jury boats. so there's always a bit of a discrepancy there. yeah, i mean,

we mentioned it already. you know, the organizers of eurovision, always stress of this event, is supposed to be non political and supposed to be about the music. it's supposed to be about unity. but of course, we saw just over the last several weeks that they didn't quite succeed in keeping it completely non political. what was your take on all of this? yeah, i think it's true that last night's event was definitely more political than usual for adults with us watching at home. we could hear a bit of bullying when to is rarely performer came on and then also when the points were awarded by israel. and so i would say that the spice, the organizers, best efforts to keep the event on a purely cultural event and keep it and political, or there was a lot of politics actually happening on stage some of the performers, when they were in the spotlight. they actually took the moment to make some statements in speaking out for peace and unity, which is something we don't usually see of your vision. but it was definitely an

extravaganza, as it is every year rosalie angles. when did you believe culture? thank you so much for your insights. again, my colleagues and mariana evans, dean and rosalie angles. a powerful solar storm has lit up the sky across the world for a 2nd night in a row, the auroras or the biggest g o magnetic storm in decades. the brake shoes are caused by solar flares and can cause power, grid and satellite disruptions experts say the auroras could possibly extend into monday. a and a reminder is our top story. this, our ukraine says it is sending reinforcements to the hockey region. in the north of the country after surprised russian defensive in the region, keith is attempting to strengthen its positions after russia claim gaines in the region provoking mass evacuations. that's all for now. coming up our program reporter ask people from different backgrounds what having

a german passport means to that, and that's after the break. there's more news on our website as ever youtube and social media channels. so i'm like, look, and thanks for joining us and bye for now. the music can't be destroyed. you can try. so that's impossible. see, perform so how nice you know, sweets the was the nazis, the 2 musicians who lives in the savannah office. i assume about the sounds of.