terry might, will be eastern ukraine and on both sides of the border, they are preparing for what will likely be a bloody fight. the ukrainians have proven with the help of the west that they can stand their ground, but for how much longer. the 1st 6 weeks of this invasion were a disappointment. we can say a disaster for russia's army and navy. vladimir putin now has a score to settle a score to settle with ukraine. i broke off in berlin. this is the day ah, the future of you green, be decided on that, that the field said feed russia. in the 1st stage and key from volley. now they had the to eat russia and east beneath the pre thinks we've been with them. and with marilyn has the capacity to help us stop this war and

still put in with them. hill is late, late elite yuki, las everything that we need and we fight. we fight to stop the war in europe. also coming up the youngest victims of the war in ukraine between teddy bears and trump, the children who are now refugees. and matt as king. he galli. jasmine, when he experienced who has a child? yes, scott, for life unless and that cannot be changed. it can be suppressed, forgotten. but it comes back in dreams. it comes back in pictures. it is in the lounge, eva. as it shane long, head ah, and to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states, and to all of you around the world. welcome, we begin the day with the sound of air raid sirens across ukraine. russia appears to be striking back after

a naval disaster. the sinking of its main worship in the black sea. and ukraine says, it's missiles were responsible, of the loss of the worship is a setback. that is influencing the war on land and in the air for the 1st time since the invasion, the russian military is using long range bombers to attack the besieged port city of mario pulled. the criminal also warns that it will intensify its missile attacks on the capital key, and there are reports of fatalities after strikes on cities in the east and south of the country. the strikes appeared to be in retaliation for the sinking of that russian worship the most fun. it sank while being towed back to port in stormy weather. yesterday. ukraine says its missiles hit the ship of the port of odessa. moscow denies which claim saying that the vessel went down in a storm after an explosion tore through its whole either way. the moskva was

a symbol of russian. c. powered the pride of its fleet. its loss is a blow to the kremlin naval prestige. and to the war machine of president butter marapoo, we do believe that there was a significant explosion on this cruiser. the mosque, la, slavic class of cruisers in the russian navy. we do believe that that, that explosion causes significant fire. we cannot confirm the ukrainian reports that it was hit by a missile, but we are also not in a position to refute that. it's going to have an impact on their capabilities. certainly in the near term, whether it has an impact on their naval capabilities in the long term is just we just unclear right now. when you crane is calling on its western allies to send more heavy weapons to help its forces, defend the east of the country. from that expected russian assault, the military was able to repel russian forces at the gates of key. but as des,

alexandra phenomena reports to night, soldiers say that they had to use weapons that were made in the last century. on the move with members of the 114 brigades, part of ukraine territorial defense force. we are in the threats caught one of the villages that were in the way of the russian invaders and their offensive on the keith. oh, my gosh levelled from a convoy was approaching on the street, the boucher. we were holding our positions at the neighbouring village and the highway. one of us was the, came from the left. we were told to re position to strengthen our line than, than the squadrons commander gave the order to open fire or to morrow m of o. my cousin, cuz the wrong lawyer, that's his nickname, shows me john footage of the attack. the russians were disoriented. he says they didn't seem to expect resistance. they tried to break through, but lawyer with his soviet major rocket launcher stood in their way. it boomers was

. if we had modern weapons, we would have destroyed them all forward from c, but we had to use what we've got a muster weapons from the last century. robert irv, rinse, injures clearly to the ukrainian forces, do not lack. and through the as or the courage to fight against all odds, but what they say they need our happy weapons as soon as possible as the whole country braces were a great battle in these only better equipped and armed, they say they can repel russian attacks and prevent more war crimes from happening . many fear destruction left behind by russian soldiers around keith is a grim omen of what may be in store for the east. if i can cook his originally from the internet screeching in eastern ukraine, just from logo on your system. i have mixed feelings, schedule is hard, but if you're hain grief now that we are soldiers, so we have to pull ourselves together and we must not shore pain and fear are children and wives depend on us. it remembers for your zone in awesome,

and they depend on each other. the worst moment is the one before the battle. cook says that when it starts, he adds, it fear is gone. well, my 1st guest tonight is tim ripley. he's a defense journalist and a writer. who joins us from lancaster in the united kingdom. it's good to see you again briefly. what weapons and heavy equipment. would you say? ukraine needs the most right now. well, if the cranial objective is to hold what a got than that that got that pretty well equipped that garage tank missiles, anti aircraft missiles that's pretty good at holding ground. if they're going to take the offensive and turn the tide on, the russians actually recapture territory that's been lost to them than they need tanks. need fighter planes attack helicopters, heavy artillery, and then a molten stuff like that, a art ranges and is heavier firepower than rushes rushing equipment. so they need

a whole new set of weaponry to go on to the offensive. i think your assessment, tim is going to surprise some people. so you're saying that what the ukranian military has right now is enough to at least keep the russian military where it is. well, the, the russian army was defeated around keith boy, exactly that, that the equipment and weapons that got now by using a defense in depth. they used ambushes, they use guerrilla warfare, and they were very effective. the art was very, very effective warfare they, they drink, they force the russians to pull back up. now, what the ukrainians want to do now is take on the russians in a, in a head to head battle tank battle darn in the southeast of the country in that because a very different type of weapon that not requires tanks. heavy artillery attack helicopters fine to planes, they won't be able to go on the offensive to defeat the russians. that's,

that's their stated objective. they want to be able to have better equipment than the russians to take the offensive. and they don't have that equipment at the moment. so how do you see this painting out then if let, let's say, if soon as this weekend or next week we've see this new offensive from the russians begin. well, i think it's underway at the moment that that, that the 1st moves are taking place as we see that the russians are finishing off the ukranian forces in mary a poll and that they are as we speak, they're attacking. and now the question is, is going to turn into a war of attrition between the ukrainian defense the ukraine offensive, and the russian forces who has got the most will power in this me growing the battle. i mean, we're talking about hundreds of people being killed every day in this fighting. a civilians obviously, but also the soldiers on both sides. and this is

a war of attrition. now it is no longer a warm and a lightning more blitzkrieg. this is a war of attrition between the russians and ukrainians, who's got most will power to keep fighting, to keep funneling in troops and soldiers into that meat grinder battle and on the eastern sector. in, you know, with that in mind him didn't. what about what we saw happen yesterday and the sinking of the black sea fleet, main worship. i mean the brushes prestige object is now at the bottom of the ocean . indeed, if you summed up exactly that prestige, i mean the ukranian navy, what was, was destroyed in the 1st couple of days of the war. they've never been out of port . i never really challenged the russians. this is a missile attack which has hit a 19 eighties vintage cruiser, which has very obsolete weapons on it. but it's a prestige thing. it's good for morale. it's another one of those in a symbolic it attacks that keeps everybody's morale up,

keeps the hope of victory going rover. they're actually reducing that, the military capability that the russians can throw into this battle, cause it have limited ability to fire at actual target. so it is prestige, it's good for morale rather than changing that the balance of power on that vital battlefield in the east of ukraine. we know that in terms of hard or heavy equipment, poland wants to give you, craig, it's mig 29 fighter jets germany. now wants to provide dozens of its old leopard one tanks. but this is obviously not in the most modern equipment. i mean is, is this going to tip the balance in keeps favor at all? well, maybe not. the balance is right what it means. keep music and keep fighting against the war of attrition. and they will need a constant supply of new stuff all the time. and they'll need

a 100 tanks to week to feed into this battle to keep going. so if they get hotter tanks this week and a 100 tanks next week in a 100 tanks a week after that, that's what they need. and what about these cheaper drones, for example, in the handheld anti tank weapons, but this, this seems to be where the ukrainians actually have the technological edge on the russians it if they're on the defensive, if that protecting their cities, if they're fighting in the streets, that they're exactly the weapons they need to slow down. the russians inflict casualties ambush, their supply columns, all the stuff we saw that they used to great effect around kiev and, and around calc if so, that great defensive weapons. but they don't allow you to, you know, go on the offensive and take back territory from the russians. there are reports to him, a, maybe you've heard this as well, of some russian soldiers,

allegedly killing russian generals. i mean, that's how bad the morale is in some units. how do you explain that? well, and obviously the russians have taken heavy casualties, arms and their armies made of mix of conscripts, contract, soldiers, professional soldiers, unprofessional officers. and they're not always of the same level of training. you've got some at lee units that they're ab own forces, the naval infantry who have seem to put up a good shit, good performance. but got units that come from the far east that have made up of combs grips that have have pretty lamentable to forms. but also you have to bear in mind that there's a psychological war, gary on here between the ukrainians and the russians. they're all trying to undermine each other. morale a trunk deserve. sions undermined morale at home. what mean part of the big ukrainian campaign is to try and convince the russian hill population that the was

doomed. so you have both sides are putting out all of these stories about cruise in russia are about general. so again, wanna watch a q against president putin. all this kind of stuff is flowing around as part of the psychological warfare to undermine the enemy's morale will to fight. yeah, it proves, as you say, that the findings are only taking place on the battle field. it's also taking place in the soldiers and the generals minds as well. events journalist to it. right. but yeah, yeah, yeah, i mean, yet if this is what it's all about, this is about will to fight to keep fighting, to keep sending men to die in this battle. and unless you've got the morale and the will power to do it, you're going to give up 1st. yeah. well put him is always, we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. the pleasure. a pleasure. but children have been among the hardest hit in this war in ukraine. the un says that nearly 2 thirds of them have left their homes since the invasion began. now,

that translates into 4800000 children, displaced in less than 2 months. unicef, describing the speed, the magnitude of this displacement as incredible. many of those who stayed in their homes are now facing food shortages, school closures on top of the trauma of being trapped in besieged cities, such as mario pl. so how in the world you children cope? w reporter tessa. walter has been talking to a mother who fled ukraine with her young son. let them back to you. and now they are he in germany the playing as if nothing was amiss. that just a few weeks ago, life changed dramatically from mecca and his mother svetlana we wake up of the course. wish over listen, we're listen shouldn't and the long been in the on that so in black see it so it foam scatter. it's crazy. i dont i

now i don't believe what happened. the bombing and shelling of odessa and the surrounding area drove svetlana and her son to flee. they travelled full 100 kilometers, passed devastated towns and villages into rome. laudermill. now they are safe in germany. but the images they saw a see it to them, memories. the boy is traumatized. that is not the analysis of clicking the grown care. when he hears loud noises, he asks if the russians have come here. namath, if they are attacking us is them. if they are coming to shoot us and what we should do in the d, he asked. so do we have to hide? do we maybe have to warn others? one of them was until you've played a pretty neat shelling and destruction. this was also the experience of many german children during the 2nd world war. paused who doesn't want to give his last

name was one of them. he was only 10 when he saw the bombs fool. again i was middle hours when i went out and watched them fly and all of a sudden it went brush and the bomb hit the field for that was quite a blow so bright then for the 1st time and thank god never again. i felt such trembling in the legs that i could not control myself a huge passion good to day. he is 94 years old, but the impact of the war remains of get through ranma as kinda think he galli this month. when you experience was a child, you asked scott for life friendliness and that cannot be changed. it can be suppressed a forgotten, but it comes back in dreams. it comes back in pictures. it is in the wild eva. as a shed i was said lana and her son. meanwhile, a doing that best to cope with the uncertainty set on as

a doctor and wants to get her license. her son is due to start kindergarten soon. could you get to him right now? i want to give him the opportunity to settle in the room. i want to show him that everything has changed is that he is he with me, the model that everything that happens he is normal, that he is safe. when no one will hot and i as long as he is with me shakara, now he has time to get used to everything was field p, brooklyn. by their slowly settling in germany, they wish the war would come to an end. and that some they, they can go back home to ukraine. toby tricker is the chief of communications and partnerships at unicef, recently visited children's hospitals in ukraine. they asked him about his impressions there. the impressions are horrific. i mean, 1st food children and hospitals are there because they've been wounded. they've been hit during heavy fighting. that the but in areas where they've been deceived,

sol, so when they've been trying to get out of areas with heavy fighting. but also then there are other children who have underlying medical conditions issues. so i was enough to the other day where i met a mother and a nearly 2 year old daughter. they spent 30 days on the ground in a metro station in car kid had had cancer form of cancer. before that you could you imagine that health impact of that ending 30 days underground, sheltering from bombs from a right? sorry, it's actually heretic. and now she's been hospital trying to recover from that will deal very hard to say exactly what the logically impact will be because she's a young, very young girl. but clearly it will be long lasting as we just heard in your report. that's why getting the psycho social support on top of the the medical support obviously to treat children who have been injured is that the vital about emotional support, emotional well being and parents play a very key road and parents are the sort of 1st line and the response,

but they're also going through such trauma, you say incredibly difficult time. yeah. and you know, our 1st reaction is to think of if there is danger, we need to get the children out and then they will be fine. but as you say, that's not always an option. and what can unicef do them for children? when you are in an active warrant zone, i mean what, what are your realistic goals? yes, i said children stuck in hair areas of heavy fighting. it's extremely difficult for us, we need to get the humanitarian access to provide some full relief supplies to try and help provide some emergency will to service for example. so children without access to loads are people without access to water and power, but also to get safe passage out vote for those children. and if they want to leave families need to leave is absolutely vital. and as soon as they do, it's about getting that sort of psycho social 1st aid essentially to children as quickly as we can to help that recovery process immediately. because the longer the

law goes on, the more trauma they'll be. but if we can reach those children as quickly as possible, then we can help them to recover over that period of time as long as that with their mothers, with extended family, we can provide that sort of care and nurturing support along the way. yeah, and even if they are with a parent, you know, i'm thinking of the thousands of children who arrived here in berlin. most of them have just been with their mothers, many have no parents with them. and there are reports of them being targeted by human traffickers. for example. what is eunice have doing to protect children from being exploited? it's a massive risk whenever you have so many women and children with the men left behind on the move, there is a huge risk of trafficking of gen, device violence. that's what we're doing. you said inside you crying, we set up what to call the spill. no senses where we work with child protection authorities and provide a integrated sort of holistic service that points where this place people are

moving through. and that means access to information such as, where can i go to get health care? it means providing information about the dangers along the route and also the so when women and children cross over into neighboring countries, we can provide access to information to guidance on the risk of trafficking, but also screening. so making sure that that child is with an adult who's carrying them the hopefully their mother, but it's not extended family. so improving that screening on those t transit. hobbs along the way, working with the national authorities with child protection authorities, is so crucial and you ever want to, you know, so if you're doing very, very important work. toby bricker with unicef. joining us tonight from the new pro in ukraine. thank you. ah, violence between israel and the palestinians is once again escalating as jews, muslims, and christians, mark holy holidays this year. at the same time. good friday events are being held

against the backdrop of clashes between israeli security forces and palestinian pro gestures at the alex and mosque site in jerusalem. more than a $150.00 palestinians were injured to day violence at a time when religious leaders usually called for peace. thousands of muslims gathered at the alex a mosque site in jerusalem for friday. prayers. witnesses say a small group of them started throwing rocks at israel. police police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. entering the mosque grounds and making hundreds of arrests. the palestinian red crescent emergency service said it treated more than 150 people for injuries. israeli forces said 3 of their officers were wounded in the exchange neighbouring jordan and the palestinian authority blamed israel for

escalating the situation. either come or whether this oppression in this barbarism by the occupation repressed our people and empty the alex um mosque compound. while all the world was watching, we condemn this. thank you. we should israel said it had no interest in interrupting muslim prayer, but was responding to violence. the alex m mosque is islam. yeah, 3rd, fully a site. it sits on an area that is judaism, holiest, the temple mount. clashes are not unusual there. and tensions are often high when the religions major holidays converge. muslims are marking the month long ramadan fast. jews are preparing for passover, which marks the exodus from egypt. many christians have come to jerusalem for holy week despite violence, not far away. they participated in the way of the cross,

which according to christian belief marks the path jesus took to crucifixion. it looks, it hasn't brought on, says although the sample knew it is holy friday is very important to us. and just some time ago it struck me to see and mix with the muslim worshippers. i don't like who are doing ramadan at the moment and i told myself, this is great to see all the people of different faiths come together and pray and the we all come here together. well, i pray for the complications around us. i pray that these that we will find the solution together. and then jerusalem gets to be as its name says, a land of bees with at least 14 people in israel and 25 palestinians killed in the last few weeks of escalating violence. worshippers can only hope it will be next year into her islam that their prayers for peace are answered. ah. and finally,

france is marcie the 3rd anniversary of the fire that damage the iconic, notre dame cathedral in paris. ye remember these images from the 15th of april, 2019. they shocked the world when a fire started in the gothic masterpiece in the heart of the french capitol. it's thought that the electrical short circuits for the blaze and it brought down the wooden speier and melted the lead roof. the immense task of reconstruction began almost immediately and the french government now says that it hopes to restore the church to its former glory completely. in the next 2 years, a day's almost dawn, the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter your find me on twitter at brent golf t. v. i remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we will see you again on monday. have a good weekend. everybody with

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