subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin. ukraine. warren said, russia plans to expand its war across europe. president val autumn, is lensky says neighboring. moldova is in moscow sites. after senior and russian commander hinted at extending control right across southern ukraine. as russia discusses taking more territory, there are growing questions about its military capability. visits the scene of destruction were retreating. russian forces suffered

a defeat. and the final countdown to frances presidential election on sunday incumbent manuel mccall and his challenger, marine le pen, have made their final pitch to voters for many or unhappy with vote candid ah a michael. ok. it's nice to have you with us. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. president vladimir zalinski said, ukraine's neighbour. moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans history up, which is a break away pro russian region which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine, southeast region, seen here in blue. now the deputy commander of russia's so military district says

it's forces, want to push westwards. on friday, the official told state media quote, control over the shaft of ukraine is another way to trans nice drea. where there is also evidence that the russian speaking population is being oppressed. presidency. 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 then want to capture other countries. of course, we will defend ourselves as long as necessary law 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. they have to help us because we are the 1st on this path and who is next steps, not seamlessly, often done. earlier,

i spoke to our correspondent in tea that rebecca readers and asked her how people they are reacting to the news. well, you heard president zalinski, they're saying that this ukraine is potentially just the 1st stop for president potent. and he's not something he said before. he said it on a number of occasions, but obviously this time it comes in response to that russian commander giving a plan of what they are intending to do here in ukraine, which is of course, take most parts of the east of the country, the dumbass region in the ha, keith, but also the entirety of the south of the country, the about cities like mary u paul, that we've been talking a lot about. it's been heavily bombarded. but going all the way right across odessa and into that trans misty, pre trans mystery. rage and excuse me, in moldova, as you were just saying, obviously that shocking to people here. but president lensky really wants to make it shocking to people around the world so that you know, the other nations will step up and help you crying in this fight,

saying that other post soviet nations will be coming next. this is the orthodox easter weekend, which both russia and ukraine celebrate. how likely is an eastern truce looking? well, there was where coals from the when last week to create to create a humanitarian sci fi over the easter weekend. it is now sat today is to start started on thursday, no signs of essays fi yet. in fact, we said an uptick in violence. heavier bombardments in the aisd hot. the city of hot caves saying almost constant bombardments, the mayor of la han saying the same thing. veil hans being in the don bass. he said that says almost completely on the constant shelling over the weekend. and just in the last hour, actually hearing reports also of, of explosions and potential bombings in the city of a desa, which has been preparing for an attack for some time, but has until now largely remained unscathed. so we are hearing of reports there.

so definitely no safe fire inside this weekend. d. w. 's rebecca readers many, many thanks, rebecca. even as russia discuss seizing more territory, western analysts say the country's armed forces have failed to make significant gains. in recent days, dw correspondent mathias burlington joined a ukrainian government media trap to region where russian forces had recently suffered defeat. this is what the russian army left behind in the village of tetra isca about 70 kilometers. northeast of cave is one of the places where the russian invasion came to a halt. bars that he calls himself, took part in the battle of the c army a 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 to see north of, on the line expert 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, bottles, it's have to colleges, get on a peak out with the javelins and, and lows and drive to the place where you expect them to come, hit them. and then you're able to leave the scene quickly. think they would as a choice move, it's still pretty chill, right? oh, in the forest, the rhine ted reeves go, you can still see the bodies of russian soldiers. russian losses are believed to be an extremely high ukrainian soldiers describe their attacks as on coordinated but very destructive. this school was hit by a rocket symbols. thank they were tanks, it was mumble artillery and it was of ation. they sent everything that had over was

all, and that he'd not care that much of this did not land on target. it was chaotic fire shelly, without any plan. hoping they were horn. miss burton simply called this new born 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 bottle begins in the east, the commander of this unit thinks at russia's auctions have made ukrainians even more determined obama for you all. and we're ready is up with me. and if the west acts and quickly gives us the military aid that we need more than military equipment down technology than i think the victory will be ours and it might come soon already. we will move, but a more will do. so mommy, just it was

a school his optimism is not shared by most experts, most expect a long war of attrition. a look now at some other developments a, in the ukraine war, ukrainian official say of russian missile strike has killed at least 5 people, including an infant in the southern port city of odessa. russia reportedly fired at least 6 missiles at odessa, striking military and civilian targets. 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 this week has seen an upsurge in violence in afghanistan on thursday and friday alone, almost 50 people were killed in explosions across the country. dozens more were

injured. the recent attacks appear to have targeted houses of worship at busy hours and have therefore left many afghans fearing for their security. many, you're blaming the ruling taliban for not protecting citizens. friday kept a week of relentless violence, enough canister, a powerful explosion killed more than 30 people in this mosque and prayer school in condo us. most of the dead, where students and we were busy worshiping outside walking. and suddenly an explosion took place on the 2nd floor i development them and victims were thrown everywhere. and there's a whole wanna many people were martin 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 to recently

across afghanistan. and more deadly. i was with in the capital, kabul, many worshippers showing up for friday evening prayers, felt unsafe amongst the crowd. oh, like a single. 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 la reed? and i did look at the mosque could be attacked, then it's not only me, but all afghans carry this fear in their hearts. i'm allowed to see, for most of most afghans blamed their ruling taliban for not living up to their promises of safeguarding citizens. the taliban re took power enough, gone, his son in august 2021. after 20 years, this outlaws mas as i recall on the bestseller in which 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 by the 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. back to europe now in french president manuel mac haul in his far right challenger marine le pen have made their final push for votes before sundays. presidential runoff, pole show the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french voters faced the shame exact choice, though my call is expected to when many people say their undecided or ambivalent. d w 's elisa lewis reports from parish. ah, as thousands of people took to the streets in paris last saturday,

the demonstrators, main message was to oppose racism and the far right. but that didn't necessarily mean the protestant. we're endorsing president. a montana call may missouri pal vote from the crown in the 2nd round, but i'm not happy about it. i just want to block marine le pen from get into power . i live in marina ben manase, doug walk married in the pen is threatening our rule of law, but that doesn't mean i'll give my vote to mackerel cisco visit. i already had to do so in 2017. that of course they're not the same, but macro also has a right wing program and they're both bond is good to go to what it is, the supporters of the far left candidate, johnny mino, shaw who came 3rd in round one. you feel particularly frustrated. they no longer have a left wing option. my call has tried to appeal to these latest by turning down parts of his manifesto. like the plan to push up the retirement age from the current

$62.00 to $65.00. with his eyes, we can fix a lower target age. i'm open to discussion with what i can do. meanwhile, le pen has also tried to gather more support by continuing to depict herself as the candidate closest to the people. i sat for. i want to tell every french person that my project is tailor made for them what i want them to be happy and prosperous safe . and i will defend their identity here the see that they for the lovely donte the venue for tim. glad international topics were also on the agenda, especially during atv debate between the 2 contenders for it and it was of equal height. the you have taken out to loan in 2015 with the russian bunk. that's close to the kremlin succession, but means you're talking to your bunker when speaking with russia over buddy louis missouri is in for. i am an absolutely free woman. aha, i am a patriot. and i have proven that all my life maggie,

polls are showing that mccoy has increased. his lead, oval a pen in the past 2 weeks, but with more than 10 percent of fate, us as yet on this side, it not call, hasn't secured a safe victory yet. i spoke earlier it d, w, corresponded sonya found the car in paris and asked her if there is any talk of a surprise and bars electrons. my cross victory is, is really far from certain. and what is important to you is that macro really relies heavily on voters on the far left at about 7000000 of them who voted for the hard left candidate. john mcmillan shaw in the 1st one of their their support will be key to his victory. the problem here is that many of these voters really intensely dislike macro. you know, they, they say he's an economic liberal. they feel his policies of favor, the rich, they say inequalities of widen during this histone. so it's kind of not sure whether they will vote from across whether they will abstain or whether they might

even migrate to the pen camp, you know, in the past and french elections. we've always had this phenomenon where men scream aware mainstream french voters have really put aside the political differences to ensure that no far right candidate, whether it was marina been or her father, made it into the government. you know, this time that is not so clear. i think voter apathy and walter disdain of the 2 biggest threats that micro offices up nets his sports life on michael o. cooper, thanks so much for watching. ah ah ah, the amount of class is increasing every year for many im gonna working on lunch with fairly holiday destinations and drowning in plastic weiss, we, we wine at the casa.