mine, ah w made for mines ah ah, this is dw news live in from berlin tonight. ukraine says russia has begun a long feared new offensive in the east. hundreds of missile attacks were reported today and for the 1st time russian strikes claimed lives in the western city of levine. also coming up tonight in the besieged port city of mario pole in what could be their last stand. a group of ukrainian soldiers is refusing to surrender to the russians and the coven 19 outbreak in shanghai as taking

a turn for the worst child it biggest, metropolis reporting its 1st fatalities. the official death told in a city of 26000000 is just 3 environmental edge, closer to yet another german league titled the barbarians are back to their best. now, just one victory away from buddhist legal. glory ah, i'm burned. gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with what could be a dramatic escalation in the war. in ukraine, ukraine's national security council says that russia appears to have begun. it's long anticipated new offensive in the east of the country. a long front lines around don't ask who hans and her thief. the council believes ukrainian forces can resist a fresh assault. they are. authorities also say

a russian missile attack is killed at least sub and civilians in the western city of levine. russia maintains that it has struck hundreds of military targets in recent days. we have this report now and a warning. the following report does contain some graphic images. i. this is what russian shelling does. medics rush to help a wounded woman next to her. another person is clinging to life. 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 come on sunday shelling of her keys? 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 in 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, the russian defense ministry said it struck more than $300.00 targets over night across the country and down ukrainian fighter jets. and monday, the governor of the live eve region said strikes. they are killed and wounded several people, including civilians at non military sites. thank you, felix lorne. this is an absolutely barbaric attack on an absolutely civilian target . people came to work in the morning when the grizzly my rebuttal. 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. i'll, we're correspondent michelle, and she is in the western ukrainian city of eve. i spoke to her a short time ago just after a new air raid alarm had forced her to take shelter inside a bunker. yes, i couldn't join you tonight because we have to make a way to burn her. does a 3rd as try alarm alerts over live eat right now. so that means everybody has to speak so. so. so right now, in a bunker in the basement, with all the people who are protecting themselves from potential view and try this is the 3rd we've heard today. we, we know that the city of libya has been hit before you were at the side of one of

the last leave has been considered to be relatively safe compared to what we're seeing in the east. can we say that the security situation is now drastically changing? because we have been up until now relate to the story. as it had been struck a few weeks ago, a military facility had been tried for today. the tax showed that really nowhere is really safe. you claim today to talk to 7 people that you have been injured, including 3 seriously injured and among the people injured was 2 years old, a child and these people boy escaped to receive parents from hockey. you can here are to leave, to seek shelter, just like husbands of other people came from the eastern part of your clients and you can only imagine how they feel like now they've already lost everything.

there's everything behind. 1 and now, even in the west, part of the claim there, encountering the same, you know, trucks that they have been facing east, although it has to be say that so far to the west or the west part of ukraine have been pad the atrocities receive. we've seen happening at eastern part of the country d, w as images, they are reporting from levine. meanwhile, a few 1000 ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground against the russians. inside a steel plant in the eastern port city of mario pole. they are the west pocket of ukrainian resistance in the city. authorities tell us that the soldiers we'll fight to the end. russia claims to control all of mario's poles. urban areas. most of those areas are now in ruins. mariel paul 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. he crane says at least 21000 people have been killed. and those who remain in the city are trapped without the barest of necessities. what is happening here and mario pole is expected to soon spread to other areas to assist you. he sca 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 fame to less industrial, regional, russian forces or destroying mario pole. the want to wipe it off the face of the earth and other cities in the done yet. and la hans regions ramadi, the net, he will as go velocity on sunday, ukraine's remaining troops and marian pull defined rushes,

surrender or die ultimatum. some tune, 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 the enemies. they're hiding in the basements. there you go. we're preparing the ground assault. the artillery will show them 1st before we send in close quarters, assault troops, which are available to talk to later. meanwhile, mario pulls defenders are set to fight till the end of july. it's net cough is a specialist in russian for insecurity and domestic policy. university college,

london, i asked her what this lady's defensive means in terms of russia's tactics say, it depends what you mean is sort of the offensive in terms of they dumbass or whether it's about the increase shelling of large sections of ukraine that we have seen over the last of few days, there's definitely be an escalation of shelling over ukraine like in the 8th around cave. but there's also sort of the ongoing regrouping of the russians in dumbass, in preparation for the attack that is said to be imminent. and the latest reports is that the russians now have around $76.00 battalion groups stations in the area. and there for the expectation, is that the attack sort of will come shortly. now for the russian studies as that of last military charms. if they lose the boss of a dumbass, they are affect to be sort of lost the war. that is why sanitation is that the

russians are really trying to focus on this not show up ration in order to trying to get as much out of it as they possibly can. and we have to consider the fall of mario poll to russia. that seems all but certain that would be a huge loss for ukraine. what would this mean then for the defense insecurity calculus in cave? so i think in reality, we have been expecting the food of mario thought for a while now. and it was a question of when and not a question of if there's been claims encounter claims about surrenders the whole of last week about whether or not the ukrainians were able to sort of support the fighters in murray up or. but in fact, you know, over the next few days, i'm very helpful and there's also will affect to be full, hence to sort of the ultimatum of what it means. go ahead, go ahead. no, it isn't what i mean, does it of it mean?

so it's, it will be seen as a victory for the russian side. it's important symbolically, it's important because it is a major port in the as of c for the finance a cuts off that you kind of control of the, as of. and it will also be symbolically important from the point of view of sort of the anti nazi crusade that president pitching has been going on. and it will also allow the russians to reinforce the campaign and dumbass by making the trip to mario pull eastwards from the point of view of cave, because they've been expecting it. i don't think that the, for the material will come as any surprise. and therefore tactically and strategically, they would mean planning for that so that it's not expected. they will, would have calculated it into that sort of strategic planning and beyond the, the battle field here. the you commission chief ursula from july and said in the past few days that it is just a matter of time now before russia goes bankrupt. and i'm wondering,

is russia now running against the clock here and running against these economic sanctions? while ukraine finds itself rushing to keep itself armed so that it can continue fighting. are those the 2 background battles that have emerged in this conflict? say some extent. yes, but i think we have to keep in mind that the, at the moment what we have on the battlefield is essentially the ukrainians, having them on power, particularly 3 mobilization, but needing sort of more firepower. the russian major problem is the lack of manpower. so even if we hear the stories of sort of time produces no longer being able to produce tags and no difficulties in trying to create sort of new equipment actually does of equipment. the russians have enough. but it's a question whether they have sufficient sort of manpower, so just to be able to fight it in the long run. sanctions will of course, have very negative full backs in terms of russians capacity to rebuild themselves

militarily. but i think that unfortunately, the effect may not be quick enough with regards to the actual battle field and that say the decisive battle feel in dumbass. and that's the sanctions and not be going to be able to fact that in a short time, in the long run. absolutely. the russians, russian military leave much weakened by the sanctions that have been placed against them. that was a gloria that called there with university college london. russia is starting this new offensive against ukraine at the same time that it is leaking, it's wounds last week. russia's black sea flagship. the moscow sank after allegedly being hit by ukrainian missiles, something the kremlin denies what images have now emerged appearing to show the worship on fire and engulfed in smoke just moments before it went down. the muscular missile cruiser counts as the biggest russian worship lost in action since world war 2. when you cranes,

president volume is zalinski is hoping for rapid progress in the countries application to join the european union. zelinski submitted a completed membership document to the use representative today in keen ukraine wants to be granted candidate status at an e u summit. this coming june. oh man, in southern ukraine is one of the most important centers of the jewish faith in europe. thousands of mainly orthodox jews make the pilgrimage to the small ukrainian town every year. but life there has changed radically since the war broke out. ukrainian officials say that it has been the target of russian rocket attacks . diabetes corresponded yon phillips shoulds, visited humans jewish community to see how they are coping with the russian invasion these days by root above lea. off in price alone, the synagogue and woman can hold hundreds of worship about since the start of the war. many of the towns jewish community hath left by root guesses that only himself

who and to feud doesn't have remained rush as president putin justified the war by saying he wanted to de nazi fi ukraine. it's a reason that by rule finds outrageous when he is shirley nuclear, we never experienced any naziism or extreme nationalism here. are you calona? so in the least more but the name hootin will go down in history as someone who brought suffering a torrent, just like hitler one status, his giggler em. but we survived hitler auto and we'll also survive. putin put his room, put him the mic, that the ritual bath in the basement of the synagogue now serves as a shouted during the nightly air. rage alerts by roof heads provide coffee and pastries to those seeking protection. many jews in woman lost family members in the hollow cost for barrow. that makes it all the more important that people stem to get out. now marie, judy,

both my grandfathers were killed in the holocaust or ukraine is. joel is a wash with still jewish blood will grow you. our ancestors are crying in their graves because where being forced to suffer so much against him, but his clothes, fitted region. woman has special significance for many has city jews. it's the burial side of their spiritual leda. rob enough man, by rule above lee, is also a follower. thousands of jews from all over the world to visit the tomb each year. it's another reason he expects more support from abroad, especially from germany. get a minute, she would know his rog up, but he would have germany went from enemy to friend, bella, but in recent years it's been very weak in its foreign policy. young germany must make its position in this war much clearer. he to europe, but a unit troop was each her by roof above lea, hopes that woman will soon become the place of pilgrimage again. until then when

things become unbearable, he takes strength in singing all judaism is rich and songs that celebrate the life . he says long oh, oh, the in victor's games, a competition for wounded military veterans is now 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 they want to win some metals to once this is over to meet tr, i will get back to defending his country. he's one of 19 ukranian veterans competing here, given special permission to do so by president milady me. as the lensky us would have pre, nobody's in our government decided we should be here despite a difficult situation to us. i talked to the world, tell the world that people are dying, but also that others are fighting and surviving. but not all of the team made it

out. there archery coach to meet chose the dork was killed in fighting earlier this month. because of that, one of the silent ski used his nightly address to congratulate the ukrainian team on its early success with competitions fast day, which started in the netherlands, the ukrainians, one gold, silver and bronze labor. although they may be away from ukraine, but the hearts and minds is still back home. and 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. you poll poets of people yell dis sedation. never forget what happened, whole ukraine, this is terrifying, and this is awful. i love this and that's the sentiment echoed

by everyone competing in the games with his round up now with some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. police in peru have begun incinerating more than 16 tons of illegal drugs seized by anti narcotics units over the past 4 months. the hall includes cocaine, cocoa paste, and marijuana. peru is one of the world's largest cocaine producing countries to russian. cosmonaut are currently on a 6 hour space walk to install a robotic arm on the international space station. now the arm will help move external payloads and assists the i. s. s. crew. with future space walks, thousands of worshipers have attended blessings and prayed at the western wall in jerusalem. as part of the jewish passover festival security was tied following recent sectarian violence in the city. now to the pandemic in china, shanghai to day reported its 1st 3 deaths from coven 19 in what has become the

worst outbreak in the country? since the pandemic began, they spike in cases prompting authorities there to lock down the city of 26000000 people. for 3 straight weeks, it's part of the 0 coven. 19 policy dictated by beijing, which is increasingly being met with anger and frustration. rare scenes of descent, hinting at growing anger under shanghai lockdown, police and protective gear put an end to what was reportedly a protest against plans to set up an isolation complex in this neighbourhood. oh, hold this, he unload biting citizens. we want to do what we can to help the country. you prohibited us from meeting others or even going outside anywhere when we complied. but now you want to put highly infectious people less than 20 meters away from where we live. what more do we have to put up with them upper

loudspeakers summit residents to come out of their homes for mandatory testing? any one who tests positive is sent to an isolation center for at least a week of observation. regardless whether they show symptoms with as many as a 1000 people packed into makeshift facilities living conditions, there are also a source of frustration doing to him only the bathrooms are not very clean. that's understandable because so many people are using them and cleaners and volunteers can't keep on for their little dirty. and we haven't been able to take a home shower. the lights are on all night long and so it's hard to whom asleep. these are the things that people are complaining about most was she then i just sang a she, okay. and with hollywood and if i was only doctors come by twice a day to take patients temperature with many exhibiting no symptoms at all. increasingly,

people are more concerned about the hardships the outbreak is causing than the virus itself, or a high shooter. at 1st, people were scared of the virus and were panicking. but with the figures that are being published every day, people have started to accept the fact that this particular virus is not that horrible. then additionally, i think there's been a change in every once thinking now enough. but so far there is no sign of a change in thinking by china's communist leaders. they continued to insist that the country must stick to its tough measures, aimed at eliminating the virus ah, in football buyer and music coach eulu. now guzman says that he received death threats from fans after the club was knocked out of the champions league. but the bavarian had better luck in the bundle slager, moving closer to claiming the german title after bidding armenia b. lafelle. julian now goes men's by and have only the bonus league. it's a focus on now. 3 points in bill of feldwood edged an agonizingly close to

a tent straight title. and speaking of close, not even armenia keeper stefan ortega knew how he kept this 3rd minute. robert levin dusky had her out. a huge slice of luck for the home side, but against by and nobody stays lucky for long. yeah, cobra barrett laws and sending the ball into his own net in the 10th minutes. slapstick defending from the danish defender buying made it to nail in 1st half stoppage time. sad gabrey was initially flagged off side following a composed volley. before your shoe chemist, his pass was deemed to be right on cue by the video assistant referee. the bonus league leaders added a 3rd against their hapless hosts late in the game, young germany international, jamal, newsy alo, with his fourthly goal of

a breakout campaign. 3. now the final score, the ends to a tough week, venagas men and his plays by a need one will wins old seal, a 10th consecutive meister, shala only on 1000000000. keep rising in the buddhist like a table thinks in part to this man tie. well, i'm one scored for goals in 7 games. his 1st half strife of immune silly to deal when over i'm talk frankfurt, the billing club are now 6 in the table and keeping their european dreams. a lot of other things. other big showdown, so or be like sig leapfrog, opponents, buyer labor crews, and in the table hungarian, dominique so mostly scored the only goal in the match. is he it right there and important 3 points with leipzig now on the cusp of champions league qualification.

and here are the rest of the results from this weakens bonus league action as we just saw. wipes and edged out labor. cruise in frankfurt to come to and young and byron thumped bill of health hover time and furth drew cologne. b. glad bah, dormant with a huge triumph over voicebox. here to believe, beat out bought and mines and stuttgart drew no all in fryeburg down. but let's see how the table had shaped up after the end of march. they 30, the title race isn't a done deal yet, dorman, still with the slimmest of chances, despite trailing byron by 9 points in the lower half of the table, one point separates, stood guard, in the relegation. play off place from head to really the world's biggest carnival. is back with hundreds of thousands of revelers about to take to the streets of rio de janeiro, brazil's famous samba school, have been busy with rehearsals,

and hard core carnival goers. they are celebrating their freedom to party once more . now that the city has lifted, pandemic restrictions, ah, ecstatic crowds from 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 on the chron variant, hit brazil in february. got glad enough. oh no, the right moment, we're all vaccinated. and we can finally let our hair down, cuz he's a bunch kevin, oh, go. elsewhere. people are still preparing their costumes. this is the high point of the year for rio's samba schools. many of the members died during the pandemic. others spent weeks in intensive care. as i did for you, i almost had no other. other patients died next to me in the hospital. i was completely exhausted and i felt alone mixed in the summer drum blast rehearsals

are underway a few days before the big competition of the samba school's 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. good. it really wasn't easy. but now we feel again that the power is in us. the power to keep going with it, 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 watching need of you news. after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the days to ground. we will be right back tooth ah, with

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and they try many times. they can't some of my sources just because they don't with me facing that gun can change your life. people need to know what is happening in gardens of truth. suddenly 3rd on t w. on this monday air strikes claimed at least 7 lives in the western ukrainian city of levine, the 1st casualties there since the invasion began 2 months ago. but it is eastern ukraine where russian missile strikes are now happening almost nonstop in the city of maria pole, a group of ukrainian soldiers remained refusing to surrender. and it could very well be a final act of defiance to night. once again in ukraine, the russians are.