sherry, download it now. i ah ah, this is the news life from rural and ukraine under renewed russian bombardment. missiles strike kills at least 7 in the western city of live in moscow claims it's targeting military infrastructure, but ukrainian officials say civilians have also been also coming up. we fight to the end. that's the message from defender still holding out in the besieged court city of mario ball, which is facing

a make or greek moment. ah . hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you very much for your company. major ukrainian cities are coming under renewed attack from russian strikes, explosions, killed at least 7 people in the western city of love. if her keep in the east. also under heavy showing russia claims it has struck hundreds of military targets and weapons in recent days. but civilians too are under fire. a warning the following report contains some graphic images like this is what russian shelling does. medics rush to help a wounded woman next to her. another person is clinging to life. ah, then sirens and more explosions, the emergency workers rush for covered

with they have no choice but to leave the victims exposed and bleeding out on the street. why? sunday shelling of har keefe, ukraine's 2nd largest city, killed at least 5 people, and wounded another. 13 graphic scenes like this one have become commonplace around the country. as russian forces bear down on eastern ukraine, they're keeping up with attacks elsewhere from an apparent effort to weaken ukraine's ability to defend itself. but it's the well, i call on all those who live under unending bombardment to leave. our volunteers will help you do that. oh it the russian defense ministry said it struck more than $300.00 targets overnight across the country, and downed ukrainian fighter jets. on monday,

the governor of the lit eve region said strikes. they are killed and wounded. several people, including civilians at non military sites. fancy philips law and this is an absolutely barbaric attack on an absolutely civilian target. people came to work in the morning when the grizzly marijuana the western part of ukraine has largely avoided russia's wrath. but it's not been totally immune. russian military planners have said no where in ukraine is safe, something the country's civilian population knows painfully well. and we got an update from did abuse emma shaws who is in the viv and was at the sight of one of the blas the city of leaving western ukraine was hates by several blast this morning. i am here in one of the places that was hates, where for civilians, for employees of this car service station a died earlier this morning. you can see the extent of the damage on he is

shattered glass everywhere, scraps of metal on the ground. a test of the violence of the blast. broken windows at the ne, by hotel, which was home to internally displaced. people who fled from the eastern part of ukraine seeking shelter, he and leave to day in d. c. t alone, a total of 7 people died, and 11 people were injured. there was due to abuse marseilles at reporting from love if. meanwhile, a few 1000 fighters and some civilians are holding out in a vast steel plant in the eastern port of muddy who poll. it's the last pocket of ukrainian resistance in the city. authorities say, the defenders will fight to the end. russia claims to control all of multiples, urban areas, and most are in rooms. mariel pole has not fallen yet. the port city has suffered the brunt of russian attacks in ukraine. it has been

under siege for several weeks now. ukraine says at least 21000 people have been killed and those who remain in the city are trapped without the barest of necessities. one is happening here and mario poll is expected to soon spread to other areas to assist you. easter russian troops are preparing for an offensive operation in eastern ukraine in the near future. what they want to literally finish off and destroy the don bass. this, you destroy everything that brought theme to this industrial regional russian forces or destroying mario poll. you want to wipe it off the face of the earth and other cities in the done yet and low hands, regions, ramadi, the net. he will ask all, blasi, on sunday, ukraine's remaining troops and mario poll defined rushes, surrender or die ultimatum. some 2 and a half 1000 ukrainian troops are dug in here at the sprawling as of stall steel

plant. it is now the only known remaining pocket of resistance. many civilians and children are also sheltering here. with the passing of the surrender deadline, pro russian separatist forces say they are now preparing for attack. do. but it's, there are only 2 blocks in the buildings left before the mill. yeah. there's a small area around the factory and enemies. they're hiding, the basements. there you're going to get those. we're preparing the ground assault . the artillery will show them 1st before we send in close quarters, a soap troops which are available for tomorrow. meanwhile, mario pulse defenders are set to fight till the end. earlier i spoke to military analyst franca lab, which and i asked him what we know about the green forces. still holding out in rio . paul. yes, we knew

a little bit the made core of the defenders is composed by the us of battalion, which is highly experienced. a bunch of fighters have been fighting off the last 8 years in that region. from the russian perspective are often seen as highly nationalistic, very far right wing, and native cells of the us about symbolic target. the other unit that made it unit is a unit of thought ukrainian marines, many from, i think, were captured early this week. it's my money up, or would you say a defining battle in the course of this war? and if so, why is it so important? yes, i think so later from 22 perspective, from the russian perspective, it's the 1st major city they will have taken if they take it when they take it. the 2nd reason, of course, is that it is the final leak in the land bridge between metropolitan russia in call it, that the main body of russia. and there is a bus and the crimea. so that's very important. it is

a major industrial center as well. of course. the 2nd perspective course is the ukrainians, and i would suggest that over the next few days, what we're going to see is a bottle very much like that. which rat standing right with the red october steel factory day and it took 3 months for the germans even to get to the point where they thought they were taking it held on for 3 months. i don't think the defenders in my up all of the of style are going to last that long, but it's going to be a very tough fight for both sides. very close the baltic, one of course the ukrainians and a symbolic one and did it. it's been 3 weeks or says rush announced that it's turning, it's attention to ukraine's east. but then a sense of has been slow to get going. what's been holding them back? yes, they've taken almost no ground in the don't bus area actually throughout the whole . the whole campaign, what's happening now of course is that they're recessing their forces from the

defeating care. that will take some time. i don't think we're going to be seeing a major offense if they're for the inserting the next week, or maybe in the next 2 weeks. we are seeing attacks, also seeing you crated counter attacks. but the endemic problems with the russian forces remain, which is why it's taking them, which will certainly contribute to this battle going on on internet problems, big corruption, poor logistics, poor planning, poor command structures and antiquated doctrine. eventually they will get themselves together. we can see now force is forming north of, of is you making no probing attacks as a while we have you with us. i want to get your take on what happened in the city, relatively untouched by fighting compared to places like my you ball, a safe haven for those fleeing violence and other parts of the country. at least 7 people killed in russian strikes is the nature of the war changing but seems to me

next to the war has been fairly consistent with russian attacks and civilian populations trying to deliver that message later. this is, this is not a safe area, but there are no safe areas that we can catch caption can you almost anywhere. there's no way you can feel safe. we saw the attack last week on crime, a toast, for example, just after ukrainian said look, it's time for people to leave the area, the direct response being an attack on them, on one of the main evacuation areas. now this is strategic strike, but so called strategic strike. it's the intention is to terrorize and undermine the morale of the population because it's doing the reverse of the 6 generally do. frankly, richer senior electrolyte strategy at the university of portsmouth. thank you very much for taking the time to take our questions greatly appreciate it. thank you. the victors games a competition for wounded military veterans is underway in the hague, in the netherlands. despite the war, ukraine has sent

a team. they want to draw attention to the plight of their homeland and when some metals, once this is over, dmitri will get back to defending his country. he's one of 19 ukranian veterans competing here, given special permission to do so by president volota me as zalinski. us would have been over it all. government decided we should be here despite the difficult situation to us. i talked to the world, tell the world that people are dying, but also that others are fighting and surviving. the, not all of the tea made it out. there archery coach demetrius a dork was killed in fighting earlier this month. because of it, at one of the, the lensky used his nightly address to congratulate the ukrainian team on its early success when the competition is 1st day, which started in the netherlands, the ukrainians, one gold, silver, and bronze labor. also,

they may be away from ukraine, but the hearts and minds are still back home. on a sophia's mother, a paramedic was also supposed to take part. but she said to have been taken hostage by russian forces in mary u paul paula. so people know this did ation. never forget what's happened, a whole ukraine. this is terrifying, and this is for this laurie, northeast and that's a sentiment echoed by everyone competing in the games when it's i know, but the other stories in the headlines around the world. turkey says it has attacked kurdish militants in northern iraq. the defense ministry says it use planes, helicopters and drones to had camps and ammunition stores belonging to the band kurdistan workers party known as the p k. k. to nation authority. say

there has been no leak. so far from a sunken fuel tanker, divers have confirmed that the vessels tanks are still sealed. the transport minister says the priority now is to pump out $750.00 tons of diesel without any spillage. the world's biggest carnival is back with hundreds of thousands of revelers taking to the streets of rio de janeiro. in the coming days, brazil's famous song by schools have been hard at work rehearsing and hard core. carnival goers are celebrating their freedom to party once more. now that the city has lifted restrictions, i ecstatic crowds throng the streets of rio de janeiro as carnival kicks off over the easter weekend. it's unusually like this year, but the festival was delayed because of the covered 19 pandemic. a major outbreak of the army kron variant hit brazil in february. got got a couple, now's the right moment. we're all vaccinated and we can finally let our hair down.

is, is up, was camera all go elsewhere. people are still preparing their costumes. this is the high point of the year for rio samba schools. many of the members died during the pandemic. others spent weeks in intensive care of either put my own my so no other . other patients died next to me in the hospital. i was completely exhausted. and i felt alone mixed in the summer drum last, rehearsals are underway a few days before the big competition of the sombre schools. last year it had to be canceled to, to the pandemic. with the return of the st. carnival, the residence of rio are enjoying a kind of rebirth after 2 difficult years to the boy. it really wasn't easy, but now we feel again that the power is in us. the power to keep going. they were watching a lot of the v and the people of rio, i once again ready to fully embrace the carnival season that they famous for you're

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