[000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. ukraine warn said russia plans for expand it's war across europe. president for a lot of me, zalinski says neighboring, moldova, he's in moscow sites. after senior russian commander hinted at extending control right across southern ukraine. as russia discusses, taking more territory, there are growing concerns about its military capability. he w visits the scene of destruction were retreating. russian forces suffered

a defeat. also, the final countdown to france is presidential election on sunday, incumbent amendment meant call and his challenger, marine the pen, have made their final pitch to voters, but many are unhappy with both candidates. ah, and welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. president val autumn is zalinski said, ukraine's neighbour. moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans nissan, which is a break away pro russian region which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine, south east regions seen here in blue. now the deputy commander of russia central

military district says it's forces. want to push west on friday, the official told state media control over the south of ukraine is another wager trans nissan. where there is also evidence that the pro russian speaking population is being oppressed. president lensky focused on the commander's comments in his nightly address. short, thick kinky. well, this only confirms what i have said many times the russian invasion of ukraine was intended only as a starter. they van want to capture other countries. of course, we will defend ourselves as long as necessary, one against law. these ambition of the russian federation, you know, but all nations that like us, believe in the victory of life over death, must fight with us all they have to help us. because we are the 1st on this path

and who is next steps. let's almost look after done. we'll dover has also reacted with concerned it some in moscow's ambassador, did the man russia respect its neutrality? but even as russia discusses capturing more territory, western analysts said it had failed to make significant gains in recent days. dw correspondent mathias bellinger joined a ukrainian government media trip to region where russian forces had recently suffered defeat. this is what the russian army left behind you, the village of terrifica about 70 kilometers. ne of give is one of the places where the russian invasion came to a halt bars. and as he calls himself, took part in the battle to see army leash. russia has a bigger army in terms of numbers and equipment. i'm not talking about the quality of the equipment, but it is a lot that means for us that we have to be better prepared and to plan more thoroughly seniors of,

on the line. experts say it wasn't just a clash of 2 armies, but also of military doctrines. heavy technology versus mobile equipment along the roads in this area. it is not unusual to find whole columns of burnt. i'd tanks taken out by modern western anti tank missiles. was it 50 cottages, get on a peacock with a javelins and an lows and drive to the place where you expect them to come eat them and then you're able to leave the sink quickly. think there was a choice of it still flitted? chill right. oh. in the forest, the rhine territory of sca you can still see the bodies of russian soldiers. russian losses are believed to have been extremely high. ukrainian soldiers describe their attacks as on coordinated but very destructive this school was hit by a rocket symbol. thank there were tanks, there was mobile artillery, it was evolution, they sent everything they had over level and that he'd not care that much of this

did not land on target. it was chaotic fire shelling without any plan, hoping they were horn. miss, principally called fish, newborn. ukraine accuses russia of systematic war crimes shelling of civilians. they say these villages lie behind the lines and were bombed from the air house after house destroyed, possibly to demoralize the ukrainians. but as the next big battle begins in the east, the commander of this unit thinks that russia's actions have made ukrainians even more determined. bama, hopefully we're ready is up with news and if to west acts and quickly gives us the military aid that we need more than military equipment and technology, then i think victory will be ours and it might come soon already. reuben, we will, but a more will do. so mom and it was

a school his optimism is not shared by most experts, most expect a long war of attrition. for more on that we are now joined by samuel romani. he teaches politics and international relations at the university of oxford and is the author of the forthcoming book putin's war on ukraine. russia's campaign for global counter revolution, samara romani a welcome. so can we indeed expect a long war of attrition in ukraine? well, i think a lot of attrition is almost inevitable because i think it's going to be very hard for the russians to be able to make significant progress towards their objectives are taking over all of the new grant as well as consolidating control over at enhanced enhanced is simply lack the yeah, morale, supply chains as well as the tactical flexibility to really achieve that because they would need to make a sort of defensive underneath pro and then consolidate their forces there and then circle the ukrainians. but that's not happening. ukraine is

a massive country. you've been watching developments closely or the ukrainian force is getting everything they need and if not, what's missing? well, the cranium forces are getting more and more heavy artillery, which is a positive step. i think the britons announcement that they're going to be willing to app, facilitate the supply of, he said, did you dance from poland? i think is one good idea. i ain't that some of the howitzers that are coming in from the united states as part of the 100000000 dollar aid package, as well as frances and answer yesterday is good, but more artillery is needed and also they need to start read. we basically replenishing leave grading air force more. they've got 20 extra jets from the parts that they got, but they lost more than absences out of the events of i'm curious, what do you make of the comments made by russian commander who said that full control of southern ukraine would give russia access to moldova, as a break away region of trans nice drea. well i think that that was a while the making the as rush has been coarsely threatening moldova for some time . they been hinting for example, of the mold of and don't have the money to be able to pay back at the funds for

russian gas and also. busy moldova as a neutral country, is that heavily in the crossfire rush is occupied. resist rate of act over more than 2 decades, is lobbying for its independence is claiming that russians are discriminated against as exactly the same playbook as they used in. don, bask for invading. so i think we should be very concerned about moldova security. as you put a russia has, in fact, been hinting for quite some time now. but why would russian military leadership essentially give advance warning about their potential aims even beyond ukraine while they're in the middle of this conflict that the whole world is watering is actually quite a bit baffling because the russians have always tried disguise the imperial character, their mission, under phrases like liberation or dance, vacation or demilitarization. so this level of transparency about it and the fact that russian m. p. 's over the past 24 hours of followed by saying that they want to include all of south in ukraine into a combined federal district with crimea is quite striking and interesting. also the

ukrainians have been warning the moldova authorities for a period of time that tourist ball, which is the cath enterprises. j could be used as an aerial bass for attacks on solving ukraine or odessa them. aldo is brushed off those warnings in the past, but now by assembling the rushed ambassadors, he says that they're taking a lot more seriously. there been reports of some gains of russian forces have made in the east. of course. can they be health? well, the happens in rewards against a bi rush in the east by the small, small scale. it's all very slow moving. it's all very traditional. and we've seen the fact that russia can make gains, or at least try to make gains and also lose territory. i've seen that happened in marine co capital enhanced. they concentrated the 1st day of their offensive in their and my vagina and they lost it to the right hands. so it's one question of making gains is to a question of holding on to it. ok, that is a samuel romani from the university of oxford many many. thank you sir for your

time in particular your perspective. thank you very much. here's a look now at some other developments in the ukraine war, united nations secretary general antonia good cherish is set to visit moscow on tuesday to meet russian president vladimir putin. hill then head to ukraine for talks with president. a lot of miss zalinski cherish will discuss steps to bring about peace following russia's invasion of ukraine. u. s. satellite images appear to show another mass grave in a cemetery, east of mary opal. pictures taken in late march and mid april suggest fresh parallel trenches were dug. ukraine has accused russia of trying to hide evidence of war crimes. during the assault on the city, russia denies the claims ukraine's as of the regiment has released a video of civilians sheltering in bunkers beneath the as of salt steel plant and murray,

opal. it's not clear when or where the video was filled with russian president vladimir putin ordered his forces, not to storm the plant earlier this week, but ukraine says, attacks in the area have continue with russia has confirmed the death of one of the crew members of its flagship missile cruiser knoxville a week after it sank in the black sea. the ministry of defense said nearly 400 crew members were evacuated kremlin. critics suspect a much higher number of dead and missing, saying the ship's crew was about 500 strong. now french president manuel mc home, and his far right challenger marina, the pen have made their final push for votes before sundays. presidential ronald paul show the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french voters faced the same choice. no mccaul is expected to when many people say they are undecided or

ambivalent, his campaign slogan is all of us, but it's not entirely clear how much of friends will be with him. i know him a call at the ballot box on sunday. those the far right opposition candidates met in le pen and the incumbent president has been making a final push for votes. open up a new need. we won't unite the country on by promising and reaping and financing nothing. well. we won't win any buttons on misunderstandings unless it is also the latest polls show that my cause seems to have extended his lead. but look, pen is not giving up with we miss over his shoulders. yes, not the pulls that make an election. you know, we often say the polls make the campaign a don't make the elections. i keep that moto,

the reason both are vying for votes from supporters of far left candidate zone. luke milan shown who won 20 percent and the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither la 10 nor my call are popular with this key group of voters that we haven't had a choice in the 2nd round for ages. i'll go for the least worse choice. i won't be voting for the right or the extreme right job. it's become a campaign of style over substance my call attempting to shake off a reputation for arrogance and connect with working class voters. le pen trying to portray herself as a serious states woman after sunday's election. my cause expected to keep the keys to the eliza palace. though it's a tougher fight than many expect it. but with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there's no clear winner in sundays, deciding round of mccall versus lipkin some other stories now making news around

the world. european union countries have reached the deal over major changes to digital content loans. after late night talks of the blog will move ahead with the law of wishing companies like facebook, twitter in google to police content for issues like hate speech and misinformation . 6 people were killed in somalia is capital mogadishu. when a bomb went off in a beach side, restaurant somali as police chief and legislators were present when the explosion occurred. but we're not hon. somalia has seen a spade of attacks in recent weeks as it goes through a long delayed electron process with the taliban. shea, a bomb explosion at a mosque in the northern afghan city of conduce has killed at least 33 people, dozens more were injured. it follows an explosion in nearby mazar e sharif on thursday,

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