[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. the battle for the dawn bus begins, as russia announces the start of a new phase in the war, the kremlin has declared capturing the eastern region to be their main goal. also in the program, our correspondent meets ukrainians, trying to rebuild their homes and their lives. russian soldiers may have left out of pain, but this is the city that's been left in ruins. there isn't a building we can say that doesn't at least bear some scars of the war,

and many ireland beyond repair, residence of ki of suburbs, find solace in the clean up living with the fear that the russians might return. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good. have you with us 7 weeks and 2, it's war with you. crane moscow has announced the beginning of a new phase in the conflict. after spending days regrouping russian troops now appear to have launched a full scale offensive along the 500 kilometer front in ukraine's don boss region after suffering setbacks around ki, if the kremlin declared its main goal to be the capture of the eastern territory were moscow. back separatists have been fighting for power for years. shots fired on the front line. ukraine says these are some of the opening salvoes

of rushes offensive from the east. in 40 drill east, bud ukrainian defense ministry. troops say they are ready to defend the don bass. let them come, this soldier says summit, and they will stay here forever. there is enough land to bury them all ukraine's president said this was the start of a new phase in the war. in that us zamora, we can now state that russian troops had begun the battle for the dawn of us law for which they had been preparing for a long time in a hearing. a significant part of the entire russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many russian troops are driven there and we will fight, we will defend ourselves and we will do it every day that we won't give up any thing. ukrainian grey school navy, the more ah thousands of residents and now trapped in towns under constant shelling this woman lives in the remains of

a village near the front line. she describes living in anew, no man's land, missouri so that when you buy, we don't even know where the shelling comes from. here we wait for it from there. now thinking that the ukrainian army will protect has then it comes from there. you know that there shaylee from all directions that one with russian force is in control of much of the east and south. one pocket of resistance remains the as of style steel plant in mario poll, ukrainian fight is holding up here. say russia has dropped bunker, busting bombs on the complex, but here as elsewhere, ukrainians are refusing to seat any of their territory without a fight. our correspondent manuel shaws is in live, be in the west of ukraine, and what we heard ukraine's president there confirming that the long expected russian offensive against the eastern part of the country has begun. how are people reacting to that news where you are? well terry,

i'm here in the very centre of leave is the western part of their country, which have been relate to the sped by the fights we so happening in the eastern part of ukraine. but you can see around me, life is, is seemingly going on. you know, people here are industries there tending today, businesses, but you can feel that they, they were, they were preparing themselves for that to fence. if that's rash and offensive is some part of the country in the boss. you can, you can when you talk to them, they tell you they were prepared. they were expecting it to happen. they were expecting this new phase of fighting happening that just bracing themselves themselves for the wes and you know, yesterday the be itself had been hit by several me saw s tags. so it does feel here that's even if this region has been fed,

it does feel that the fighting is intensifying all over the country. tell us a little bit about just how important the don bus region is for ukraine. well, for one, it says a border with russia. so if the logical point of entry for russian troops in new currently so, so the region of the country was the highest part of the population, russian speaking population, and also the strongest supports to russia. that's where the parent just foresees most the base us where today is getting most the most of its support. and also it is important it comically for russia, i teach the industrial heartland quinn, which makes it, you know, a targets of choice for folk foody. and the russian troops, how to ready captured it back in 2014,

which led to the annexation of crimea. and now it's of a high political importance full lot to me putting to, to try to have a victory for his troops. this morning of russia renewed, it calls for russian troops. bad to surrender. something's up key. if he's not ready to do, talking about calling on troops to surrender, a lot of attention is now being focused on the port city of mario pole that besieged port city. where it said that it, a number of ukrainian troops are still hold out. the russia is called on those troops to lay down their arms again. what's what? what's known about the situation in mario poll, emma well, it is fair to feel hundreds of thousands of civilians. we trot

in the city before the war. there was 400000 civilians in mar, you, paul, and maybe as much as a quarter of them off to in the city. especially. we're reading the situation in the larger coal side of the stall where the ukraine and all me is holding its position. the russians have called on a sold is not on the government to surrender their forces. they hold on soldiers to individually surrender, but also civilians, hundreds of civilians who, who sold shelter in dots side on both sides. so they are fees no to me, sol days, but also for civilians who are chopped. their mario poll, which has become a highly symbolic place for a ukraine unforeseen. this is where they are still standing and they said they will are fight until the ends. m a thank you very much. our correspondent m a shar,

there in libby with ra chanel, focusing on the don bus region, other ukrainians, and other parts of the country are returning to their homes. or what's left of them dw, correspond rebecca richer is traveled to the city of your pin, where resonance have started to rebuild despite their fear of the calm may not washed. one thing that strikes you when you enter a pain is the silence. these once bustling streets now scorched and deserted, then sometimes the silence is broken. by the sound of people trying to put their lives back together. i have nothing on my route. 300 square meters of roof is missing. above full of the apartments. there's nothing but the blue sky above the post, the senior neighbor ogre is the caretaker of these $82.00 flats. and she lives in

one of the top from over there to my apartment is in this part of the building that was damaged by missiles. she stayed right through the occupation to try to save them from russian soldiers taking them over, but was helpless to stop the missiles. no, not over. now, it is in this state, the house is uninhabitable until we rebuild it. do you more next door to alga, another group with a similar story. they tell me this wasn't the 1st time they've had to flee. one of putin's was on what you want to hear. maybe live here as a last resort. do you understand what you many of us are from done boss. we came here from war just to simply live and war came here after us up please love. we are peaceful people. we don't want anything bad. we just want to live what law horror knew what you were brought the heck you robert. the most important thing is that it doesn't happen again. person could come back at any time even to morrow. they're

building was also badly damaged by rocket fire. one woman shows me where her flat used to be. several almost finer. this was my bedroom and there was a balcony behind it larger and no, there is no balcony there at all or so. um, my things were there like a little away say switch, which i know its gone. oh, but on the wire, russian soldiers may have left a pin, but this is the city that's been left in ruins. there isn't a building we can save. it doesn't, at least bear some scars of the war and many a ruined beyond repair. while the physical clean up is underway, the emotional scars will take a lot longer to heal. for many who fled when the war broke out, they have little left to come back to. but for those who stayed behind many will have an even bigger recovery to contend with. the day i. if the wall comes

again, i will survive in any case. i will always survive because i have a bear and he protects me. oh, near shy one. yes. this is shad yard de la shortness. i still get frightened by every loud noise, which i don't know if it will ever go away, but for now, and that's how i am more than less your ordinance a talk. the not so silent trauma that may live on in their lives forever. they're poor from rebecca richards. let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. at least 6 people had been killed in explosions near a school in the afghan capital cobble. as curity official says, the blast were caused by hand grenades. no perpetrator has been identified, but the school is in a mostly shiite muslim neighbourhood, which has previously been a target of the so called islamic state. police and peru had begun destroying more than 16 tons of illegal drugs found over the past 4 months. the loot includes

cocaine, cocoa, paste, and marijuana. peru is one of the world's largest cocaine producing countries. united states government will no longer enforce the wearing of masks on public transport. this follows ruling from a federal court in florida that the directive is unlawful, overturning a key white house effort to reduce the spread of coven 19. the move prompted several major airlines to drop their masked mandates. china has reported another 7 coven 19 deaths in shanghai. a day after announcing the 1st 3 fatalities of a raging omicron outbreak, the city of more than 25000000 has been in lockdown for 3 weeks straining public acceptance of the countries. 0 coven policy. 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 on law abiding citizens. we want to do what we can to help the country. you prohibited us from meeting others or even going outside anywhere. and 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? yes, upper loudspeakers summon residents to come out of their homes for mandatory testing. anyone 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 warm shower. the lights are on all night long and so it's hard to fume asleep. these are the things that people are complaining about most. we see them, artist, anger, she, okay, and with hollywood and if i was on the 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. hey, shitty obsessed people was scared of the virus for panicking. but with the figures that are being published every day, people have started to accept the fact. but this particular virus is not that horrible then additionally, i think there's been a change in every once thinking now in the month. but so far there is no sign of a change in thinking by china's communist leaders. they continue to insist that the

country must stick to its tough measures aimed at eliminating the virus. you're watching dw news from berlin up next forgot business news for you. chelsea delaney will be here to tell us about our forecasts. economic forecast being drawn down with the weight of cobit, the covenant, the demick, and of course the war in ukraine. i'm terry martin. thanks. watch. what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d, w world heritage, 360 get the app now our interest