[000:00:00;00] ah ah, business dw news live from berlin moscow's plan to seize southern ukraine. a russian commander says putin aims to extend russia's control hundreds of kilometers to the west, but ukrainian resistance is not going away in the city of maria. pull ukrainian troops are still holding out, refusing to surrender, also coming up the final hours of campaigning ahead of the presidential election and frowns on sunday encumbered emanuel macro and his challenger, marine la penn,

are focusing on undecided voters. polls show, they may very well decide who wits ah, i'm all i was like are a variable welcome to the show. we begin with what appears to be a widening of the war and ukraine. a senior russian military commander says vladimir putin ambitions and ukraine include seizing control of territory in the east and all the way across the south that would open up the way to the russian back break away region of trans history in moldova. meanwhile, some of the last ukrainian resistance in the porch of maria pole are holding out in a giant steel funds fight us from the nationalist as a regiment, resisting russian troops. they're refusing to surrender. his a look at the vast as of style industrial complex that has become

a symbol of ukrainian defiance. a steel plant from a dystopian nightmare smoke and fire as far as the i can see. outside the city, satellite photos show would appear to be mass graves. they could hold the remains of thousands of people while civilians are stuck here, the remaining fighters are defiant, hold up underground in a network of tunnels. yet, little this is what i say that while we are here, mary paul remains under the control of ukraine. he, mary paul, was and always will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. russia claims to have liberated the city. they bombed for weeks with impunity and says they'll keep those in the steel plant trapped. there will never succeed. us president joe biden said mary,

a pull was still in ukrainian hands and urged russia to open humanitarian corridors to let more civilians leave. for we know a bummer evacuees who made it to the city of sapp. arissa struggled to describe the devastation of their home city. good them thurston authority or some hell is what's happening there. it's not possible them could just re tell you, would you russians or killing people for nothing? if the world doesn't take measures, supervisor will be the same to what he or did. they put it on my camera. we left yesterday there was a whole left instead of a 9 floor building or even the for all the doorways are destroyed completely. all the windows are shattered. when maria martin, in our backyard, we have a little cemetery. we buried 7 people there. for those stuck in the

city supplies are reportedly running low. it's no telling how long they can still hold out. earlier i spoke to josi renzini, a national security analyst in washington. i asked him what he thought of the reports that russia's ambitions now include capturing the south of ukraine all the way to mold over. the russians are now saying out loud, what many of us have long suspected that their intention is to capture at least the eastern and southern ports of ukraine. they tried and failed to do it all at once. the battle for keep is over. they have lost the battle for the dumbass region and the south stretching all the way to odessa is now on. this is quite an ominous development. it's not clear they can do it, but their intention should be of concern to all of us. let's talk about with now you as president joe biden has announced another $800000000.00 military aid package

is the and there was more to come. will this help stop motion troops if washers offensive trust is to be defeated, this is what we'll do it. the steady supply of weapons equipment and economic assistance to ukraine. the u. s. 8 packages quite significant, not in the dollar amount. 800000000 is similar to what we just sent last week. but for the 1st time, the u. s. is sending large quantities of heavy combat equipment. heavy combat equipment means large scale artillery. it means armored personnel carrier. it means helicopters, in this case, russian built helicopters that we acquired in afghanistan. all this is streaming in and it's matching this kind of equipment coming from other nato allies. the czech republic, for example, announce they're going to send t $72.00 tanks and b and p infantry fighting vehicles. these are russian made

equipment. this is what the ukranian forces know how to operate. this is a new stage of military aid for ukraine. as you know here in germany, chancellor salt is on the pressure for not delivering heavy weapons to ukraine, like other nato partners are doing. he's as the reason is, he is such a move could be seen as jimmy taking part in the fighting and he wants to prevent nuclear war. if he wants to be cautious. he is right to be cautious. this is a concern. i mean, a point may come out of or put and might decide to use tactical nuclear weapons. this is why joe biden is moved very carefully and is kept the rhetoric low. but you can see that incrementally the u. s. been stepping up assistance and now it's clear that us and other countries can send heavy equipment without triggering that kind of nuclear response. that's why great britain is starting to do it. that's why france is starting to do it. i can speak for germany, but if you can't send heavy equipment,

send more equipment of any kind. anti tank weapons, drones, things that can blunt the russian armored thrusts. national security analyst joe see renzini. thank you very much for your analysis. thank you for having me. has a look now at some of the developments in the ukraine war, united nations secretary general antonio good terrors is to visit moscow next week to meet russian president vladimir putin. he'll then head to ukraine for talks with president full of the most lensky parish. we'll discuss them to bring about peace in ukraine. russia has confirmed death of one of the crew members of russian flagship missile, a cruiser moscow. a week after it sank in the black sea. the ministry of defense said nearly 400 crew members were evacuated. criminal critics suspect a much higher number of dead and missing, saying the ship's crew was about 500 strong. a court in moscow has ordered

opposition activists vladimir garza to remain in preach while the tension for allegedly spreading fake news about russia's army. a criminal case has been opened against the activists. he was declared for an agent. he was arrested earlier this month for criticizing the ukraine war on television of iraq obama reset. let's look at some use away from the war in ukraine. now in this week, has seen an upsurge in violence in afghanistan, explosions on thursday, and friday alone, almost 50 people were killed across the country. dozens more were injured. the recent attacks have left many afghans faring for the security as they've targeted places of worship at busy times. when he blamed the ruling taliban for breaking their promise to protect citizens from violence, friday kept the week of relentless violence in afghanistan. a powerful explosion killed more than 30 people in this mosque and prayer school in couldn't do most of

the dead where students he couldn't get. he was busy worshiping outside walking. and suddenly an explosion took place on the 2nd floor, acted on them, and victims were thrown everywhere. and this on many people were martyred and wounded. and we brought the wounded victims to the hospital. and just a day before a bomb destroyed this sheet mosque in missouri, sharif targeted violence against civilians has become more frequent recently across afghanistan, and more deadly available in the capital, kabul, many worshippers showing up for friday evening prayers, felt unsafe amongst a crowd. oh, like a singleton, and when i go to the mosque, i was very afraid and i was thinking that

a suicide attack or explosion could happen at any moment. now, did le weird and i did look all at the mosque could be attacked in it. not only me, but all afghans carry this fear in their hearts. i am allowed to see. for most of the most afghans blamed their ruling taliban for not living up to their promises of safeguarding citizens. the taliban re took power in afghanistan in august 2021. after 20 years, this outlaws mas as i recall, only bizarre, enlarged the taliban regime to pay more attention to the safety of the people get on. but how long will such incidents be allowed to continue on was i think, is rather more bizarre, had all of us. not all explosions were immediately claimed by any group, but the so called islamic state is set to be behind. most of them the i s, sees itself as rivals to the taliban. the recent violence has been condemned internationally as

a violation of international law. here are some other stories now making news around the world. 6 people were killed in somalia, capital mogadishu, when a bomb went off in a beach side, restaurant somalis, police, chief and legislators were present when the explosion occurred, but were not harmed. smolley has seen a spate of attacks in recent weeks as it goes through a long delayed election process. an ecuadorian court has requested the extradition of ex president raffo korea from belgium. korea has been sentenced in his home country to 8 years of jail, bribery, the former leader denies any wrong doing. he's been granted asylum in belgium, where he's been living since 2070 european union countries have reached a deal over major changes to digital content laws. after 16 hours of talks running late into the 9th, the block will now move ahead with enacting a law forcing companies like facebook, twitter,

and google to police content where issues like hate speech and misinformation, french president emanuel macro and his father. i challenge a marine le pen are making a final push for votes before sundays. presidential ronald post show the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french burgess faced the same choice. but macro is expected to when many people say they're undecided or ambivalent. his campaign slogan might be all of us, but it's not clear enough. a france will be with emanuel micron at the ballot box on sunday. lighthouse both the incumbent president, he and his far right opposition, marine the panther, had been making a final push for votes entering the t. v. stations on friday morning. them but they're not speaking to their cold demographic. instead, buying for votes from supporters of fall left candidate shall new maelin, sean,

who went 20 percent in the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither la penn nor mac. ron, are popular with this key group of voters, but we haven't had a choice in 2nd rounds ages. i'll give the least worse choice. i went voting for the right or the extreme right. it's become a campaign of style over substance. micron, attempting to shake off a reputation of arrogance and connect with work and class moses la penn trying to portray herself as a serious states woman in a tv debate early this week. let me micron a title, a pen stance on russia. huh. they she refuted the accusation. instead trying to focus on the cost of living. oh, that's good for did on did you depend on russian power? you depend on mister putin as a few months after saying that, madame le pen, that you took out a loan from

a russian bank in 2015 for the 1st check russian bank left south chic cushion bank, objected a court martial my read on all the sanctions that was taken against the oligarchs against the bang us lesson. the only sanction that i disagree with is the one blocking russian cath, isn't a coil in port zuka. why? because i think that's not the right method. this is not what will actually hurt russia mix and above all, it will hurt the french people a lot. she micron is expected to keep the keys to the elisa palace. i, even though it was a tough fight, the many expected level, but with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there is no clear winner in sundays, deciding round of micron versus le pen. you're watching g w. a news live from berlin up next world stories with the old, the best of d, w reporting from across ukraine. remember,

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