the, the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin, ludovic preteen orders his army to repel the biggest for and military incursion on russian's toil since the 2nd world war tanks and troop reinforcements are sent to the course region work. ukraine says and no controls around a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory. also, coming up, european union sends help to greece and can come soon enough for firefighters and residents on the outskirts of athens as the plains rage for a 3rd day. the

alarm terry martin, good to have you with us. ukraine says it now controls around a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory. keyed surprise offensive is the largest attack on russians foils since the 2nd world war is prompted president vladimir putin to send tank and troop reinforcements to, to the course region where more than a 120000 people have been evacuated. thousands of people moving to say for places as you crane in troops seize control of dozens of russian villages. i was reporting to russian president vladimir putin, the governor of curse set ukraine had widened its area of control on the stage showed image. thoughts of the situation in the cost region is difficult with you understand $28.00 such a minute. so on the enemy control was what somebody said on the, on the best,

the best for you. there is no clear front line. and the problem we have is understanding where the enemy combat units on to around a 1000 you claim in troops ran through the russian border last week into the cortex region with tanks and armored vehicles. they have now advanced into neighboring belgrade. ukraine says it controls about a 1000 square kilometers, an area big of the new york city and cars cologne. i guess. the surprise attack, expose the weakness of russian border defenses in the area president below the meter. so lensky who only acknowledge the incursion over the weekend says ukraine will offers humanitarian assistance to evacuate on the ukraine inside of the border . the russian army is scrambling to contain the breach and has been forced to call in reserves. it has released images of what it says or strikes on ukrainian tanks and clerks. 14 says most goes army will prevail.

show you the symbol, but i give you people, i'm sure it appears that the enemy with the help of west and masters, is fulfilling the will on the west as pricing as with the hands of the ukrainians. agreeing to that. but it's not any way you would see the enemy. you will get a decent response and all goes will be achieved. the russian volunteers are distributing humanitarian aid to his activities, arriving a temporary accommodations of making them painfully aware of the impact of a war that protein has tried to shield them from our correspondence. sonya public a is in ukrainian capital key. sonya, what can you tell us about the situation on the front lines now? when teddy, we've had a number of a read low, it's a 12 tonight and really we discontinued into the morning here in the gap cookies,

as well as in many regions of ukraine. um, i really don't think a lot of people here are lot of sleep last night. we're using in the ukraine and media that russia carries out beside him. and it strikes overnight, a targeting infrastructure in. so we that is the northern region and ukraine. the board of the coast region where your printing troops, the carrying of this, um enclosure, no emergency services on the site. we don't know the extent of the damage. but military officials here to also saying that overnight russia launched but disagreements messiahs and dozens of sha had goals. many of them were reportedly shut down. i think this is fault of ukraine, of course, bracing for retaliation from russia off. that's kind of surprised incursion into that. uh, coast commodities. and what do you koreans, political, and military leaders say about the push into russia? sonya are willing to sign off. so just

how big of a scale of this incursion is we heard yesterday from ukraine? stop. i'm going to take a bundle and extend the 50, and he said that the queen all controls 1000 square kilometers in the close screech, and he's also said that offensive operations there are continuing. we've had several reports suggesting that causes of ukrainian troops and tanks and 7 ukrainian military with dates and now involved in this operation. we heard from president litski as when last night. he in his evening address yesterday. you don't acknowledge the offensive and said the operation codes is really the catastrophe for precedence. 14. now zalinski hasn't said much about the kind of goals and motives behind this incursion. he's kind of framed it as a way of pushing the wall back into the a graceless territory. he's talked about russia having used the coast region to launch, you know, more than 2000 abriel strikes on you created territory this summer. and he's, you know, said that this is about a responding to that, and this is about bringing the wall closer home to russian to ordinary ukrainians.

make this development. sonya, how do they feel about their country's troops now fighting inside russia is one of the symbolic level. i think this incursion and cause could suddenly great for ukraine's moran. now did you credit into the i've spoken to ensure in keys. many of them seem almost taken aback of by this kind of shift in the one that attends off to get a month to bad news and setbacks on the battlefield. this will be trading its own. this is something we've also heard from residents of the northern you paid in region of to me with a resident southern evacuated because of the ongoing fighting in the neighboring coast region. and i think one of the main talking points here, among ordinary premiums is really kind of the pilots and supplies elements around this incursions. this is in sharp contrast to the highly publicized need up to the you don't for you to create income to offensive loss deal. so i think this is

certainly welcome use of where you pay sonya, thank you. that was our correspondence, sony public, a and ukraine's capital key. it's got you up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. the coast guard in costa rica says interceptor the semi submersible best for carrying 2 tons of cocaine off the country. southern coast to colombians and one ecuadorian citizen had been arrested. the suspects attempted to sink the vessel once cornered by authorities. the leader of a canyon tuesday sect has gone on trial over the depths of more than $400.00 of his followers. and what are the world's worst cult related tragedies? all the kenzie is said to have incited people to starve themselves to death. so they could supposedly meet jesus. he's now accused of multiple accounts of manslaughter to draw floor, allowing girls as young as 9 to be married,

has sparked protest across the rack rights activists say the proposal which is backed by conservative. she a muslim politicians, would legalize the child right. if it becomes law, religious authorities would have the power to decide on family affairs, including marriage, divorce, and child care, british police of arrested as suspect ever and nights attack on a woman and an 11 year old girl in central london. both victims were taken to hospital. the attack took place in an area popular with tourists. please say they are not treating it as a terror. it's about several countries, including france and italy are sending assistance to help greek authorities. combat wild fires encroaching on athens firefighters. have uncovered the body of a woman and in a burned out factory in an athens suburbs. the health industry confirms dozens of people were injured as the claim spread rapidly. fire chief said they are no longer

battling a single fire, but rather many localized places, entire neighborhoods, north of the capital, had been evacuated. resistance could only watch and huge flames and call this warehouse one of several properties destroyed in the mess of fi. a matching towards the greek capital by a cruise of wicking frame, typically to battle the plays with people pitching into help wherever possible. i liked what we have. we tried to save all the houses around. apart from ours, it's a difficult situation. the firefighters and everyone here trying their best. the thing is you can't find the nature as much as he split up as i get. so the but i'm not in the house next door. the trees were on fire. i don't know what happened because we were told to leave, but the situation is tragic,

but significant. you can 6 smoke means residents can only hear and not see. even nearby helicopters working disliked the fine is strong, wind intended dry conditions have made bet. lang, the blaze is specially tricky. with flames stretching, moving 25 maces high in some places, june and july with the hottest month either recorded in greece, which also recorded its rule mister winter either. the fire is estimated to have been through about 10000 hick. d, as of land and ery, illogic. then manhattan health is on its way from april e u. countries from italy, and the check for public are among those sending equipment and assistance.

thousands of residents remain on standby as the finest reasons, more homes and civil athens hospitals being prepared to take casualties. but let's cross straight over to athens for our correspondence. so he eclip talkie is standing by. so if you, you spent the past days in the affected area there, what's the situation with the fires this morning as well? the situation that remains is very, very critical. terry this morning. so 5 forces worked um around the clock throughout the night and still this morning we have several friends and also the fires claim. their 1st victim of a 60 year old woman which was trapped in the building. she was working in the area of the her laundry, and right now the creations are going on and it's extremely difficult. and as the wind is still very, very strong. i'm in the, in the city center of athens right now. but in the,

in the affected areas that are several of the residents are still there, trying to protect property, fire forces operating there and it's still very, very tens. um, everything seems not under control. by now, at least now, the athens metropolitan area has over 3000000 residents. is the capital prepared for the fires to come even closer? well prepared to um, to react to the situation when it comes to cleaning vegetation to, to setting up a fire breaks. however, that has been a criticism, especially by residents and not only by the affected areas to make a long term plan in order to react as this is not something unusual during the

summer months. now the greek government has requested help from you partners what, what kind of support is needed as well, a different kinds of support. of course, on the one hand, i ariel fire forcing and such of equipment such as water bombing, airplanes, helicopters, of course. and on the other side of course, ground troops. so people specialize in managing and extinguishing those high scale of fires and also in the several next days, maybe also when it comes to coordination and on the ground. we know we've seen fire fires raging around athens different parts of greece in past years during the summer. how does the situation this year compared to her the other year? sophia indeed, so best a year,

it's particularly severe. as i said, it's nothing unusual during the summer months in athens, however, there are several reasons why this year is particulary a difficult. so 1st of all, at the very long heat waves we had which started very early this year, incoming ation with a dry weather conditions. a very strong winds were days. and of course, the capacities of the fire forces so offensively and the czech republic sent out, and also remaining out turkey. and serbia are sending help today, which shows that the situation is a very severe and everyone's still on a high a large. so if you, thanks very much the was the w's. so if you clip tucked in athens, if you're watching dw news, just a reminder, the top story we're following for you at this, our present will have to be a protein, has ordered his army to fight off the biggest for an attack on the russian soil.

since the 2nd world war, the crane says that his gain control of a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory in the south western course region. up next, it's planted, a, exploring the possibilities of storage, solar energy. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching the interest of what did you do to save the tenants? she survived our shirts. thanks to music. he was the nazis favorite conductor. he is martin, the degenerates to musicians under the swastika,

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