ah ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. ukraine reports bloody battles at the as of steel planted murray, you've pulled. hundreds of civilians are believed to still be trapped inside their hopes now penned on a new russian compromise. a new russian promise rather proceed fire to allow them to leave. maria full sate also coming up. for starters, they did not have a competent campaign plan. they have under and sheet for us. general david betray us talks to

d. w about hooton's war and the state of the russian military and its mission not quite accomplished. poor astronaut mathias, mom to stay. i wouldn't, i would like to stay a little bit longer. there's still a lot of stuff that i want to do as a poor person. crew heads back to earth, we look back at the german astronauts in 6 months stint on the i s s. plus i real madrid, send their parents into a frenzy after defeating manchester city to reach the champions league final ah. hello m terry martin, thanks for joining us. ukraine's army says russia is trying to destroy the last remaining soldiers inside the as of stall steel plant in murray. a pole. moscow denies reports that its forces have stormed the plant. a 3 day cease fire announced

by moscow is due to begin on thursday to allow the evacuation of more civilians. but the ukrainian president suggests that the destruction of the steel plant has made it harder for anyone to leave. he said, russian bombardments have left concrete debris, trapping civilians and underground bunkers, and that they would have to be dug out. the battle for as elf style has been relentless. this footage, released by russian backed forces shows how determined moscow is to take these steel walks in mario poll. the plant has become a symbol of ukrainian resistance in the east of the country. russia wants to drive out the few ukrainian forces still here. but these soldiers are refusing to give up and appear to be fighting to the death booth was to grow up with their heavy, bloody battles. when i am proud of my soldiers for make an inhuman efforts to contain

the enemy's onslaught in liquor, i think the whole world for the tremendous support of the mario pole garrison, our soldiers to serve it. the situation is extremely difficult and but we continue to carry out the order to keep the defense of remodel, bruno caught in the middle civilians. the fortunate ones have been freed from from that underground prison. alberto, for the near to many of us, do escape and be beneath the peaceful sky is wonderful. you look at it, the blue and the bright sun. in many there was still hiding in the bunkers and car doors that form part of the steel plant is would you, i am much productivity of what we hope to continue rescuing people from as of style . from mario poll, there were still civilians left their women children. to save them, we need to continue the ceasefire. ukrainian saw it is ready to provide it. it

takes time just to lift people out of those basements, out of those underground shelters in zimbabwe. moscow says it will allow a 3 day ceasefire starting thursday to help the remaining civilians get out. but with heavily armed troops on the ground, it is unclear if the fighting will stop and whether more civilians will get out alive. earlier i spoke with sub ayano aubrey you with the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. he's been assisting with evacuation efforts out of mary helpful. i asked him about the conditions the evacuation evacuees had been living in people coming from their i extremely traumatized. i think that 1st thing that comes to my mind and to the minds of people that to where we meet during this process is the trauma that they'd be experiencing people that left, for example, their plans in a store that they mentioned. they experienced that they had in the last couple of

months where really, really traumatized and leaving underground without access to water, proper walker without having a shower to a month and don't see the sunlight for 2 months. so you can imagine how much it can be, and when you get out and you find out that your place, your seat was completely destroyed, they don't know where to go, how he's going to be for the future. so it's not something that to us human beings, i think we wants to experience how many civilians are believed to still be trapped in the as of stall steel plant. in maria poll. i think that this, at this point is very difficult for us to that at mine, any number of to be listing as the style. it's a giant glance there and the bunkers are not all connected. we have different locations inside of the bunk. even the people that came with us in the 1st of a question process a couple of days ago. some of them didn't know that each other way that as well. they just found out in the alto bosses up in the boxes when they're coming back

that they had to, or friends of people that they didn't even know that we are in the same place. they didn't know that they would like. so i don't think at this point we could precise any steger on people there, but we know that there are more speed and january walking to make sure that we could create more. so you know from as of style, but also my boy, another artist. why has it been so difficult to organize? civilian evacuations? pro maria poll. what's holding up those efforts? forced the fall. it was done. i lepper atm. yeah. active conflicts on so it's not simple and it's not easy to operate in these environments. so we know how to do that, but we have to do with the agreement with both foster the conflict. so we had the breakthrough after the secretary didn't know the un secretary general gets to most coolant and kids. after this week we had the agreement with both box to, to go to opt out. and we did with our colleagues sunday, the national committee of the red cross. but yes, it's, it's operating

a very dangerous environment. we have to calculate and assess every, every of the steps that we take. and we have to go through the steps with the pass to the conflicts we succeed. we brought more than 400 people to safe here in 40. sure. and we continue to do so, but we did face and some challenges during this process in the last couple of days are those who are a back you waited from? maria poll, free to choose whether they go to ukrainian or russian territory. any question process has to have in consideration that the person that the one who decide where this best and she or he wants to go in this process, we made sure that people would come to a party see if they wish. so, but some, for example, decided to stay multiple in day and they stayed medical. so yes, they have the process. we walk with the i, c, r c and the office to make sure that people who wants to leave, they can leave the safety and they can go to that next day was based on what you've

witnessed. what would you like people watching this to understand about what's going on in ukraine now? i think what we, we have to understand that the lives of people here, you know, can you turn it off to the couple of months people we talking about family separation yesterday for example, i met 11 women and the door of the bus. before that she got children was there was trying to, to a climbing to the, to the bus. we've been moderate. income to the $47.00 grandmother decided to states . she was doing a conflict. obviously, staying in blazes. stock market is the name of that that was out yesterday when she, when to come to the left and they, they just have your children and left. the mother said it's my, it's my hometown to my place. it's now expedients and is this state it is, but this is my place. i was stay here so she doesn't know she's going to see they don't, you're going to again. so i think this, this thing is this difficult of mean somebody from your family is something that no one wants to experience,

but it's not the only thinking out of the country people that can access water. what is the most vital supply that we need every day in our lives? and you have now when you came 1400000 people that doesn't have access, don't, don't have access to water. and if you've come to people that don't have access to that we don't have adequate 6. what is that like? is it difficult? is challenge for them to, to access. we talk about 6 people, you the county that doesn't have, they don't have the most vital supplies in the database that we, we, you and me. we take it for granted not to have just opened it up and take the water . i was talking about the famous appellation before at 25 percent of people here ukraine. they had to lex to leave the homes. so it's a huge number. i'm talking about the one quarter of the country that they have to flip out is that where be bombarded charlotte every day. so you have to leave your home, you have to leave everything behind which nothing but the clothes on your buck. so if y'all know aubrey, you with the human office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs,

thank you very much for talking with us. thanks for having. in other developments in the ukraine war and international conference posted by poland and sweden has raised 6500000000 euros and pledges to help you create and you officials who are also sponsoring the events. ukraine needs a martial plan to help rebuild the country. president on our mirrors, the landscape used his speech to for to the form to launch a global fund, rise raising website saying, every donation matters, he became the president of germany's parliament. the bonus tag has accepted an invitation to visit ukrainian capital kia, that we're boss, said she would take part in world war 2, remembrance ceremonies and whole political consultations. german chancellor schwartz has been under fire for his decision not to visit ukraine following a diplomatic snub western officials or warning that russian president vladimir putin could formally declare war on ukraine, on may, 9th,

and mobilize its 1000000 strong reserve forces. the major announcement could come on what russia called victory de, commemorating us to pete of nazi germany in 1945. the u. s. police. russia has already sent some 2 100000 troops to ukraine, but with at least 10000 killed in moscow's invasion, faltering ornell fears the good he could push for a further escalation. a declaration of war would allow moscow to call up millions of reservists for action in ukraine. for c, i, a director and retired us general david portray spoke with d. w as in s paul about the war in ukraine. she began by asking for his take on the russian military, 2 months into the campaign. along with just about everyone else, i thought they would be doing somewhat better than they have the sheer, massive what they could have achieved. just they had actually had a competent campaign plan, would have been considerable. the fact is though,

that for starters, they did not have a competent campaign plan. they attacked and 5 or 6 different locations there. logistics proved absolutely a bit small. the level of training of their soldiers and their junior leaders is clearly inadequate. their communication systems have broken down. so general officers have to go up to the front, get out of their vehicles to find out what's going on. and they get shot by snipers . just the sheer readiness of the force has proved to be very substandard. it's not obvious to me what they were doing during those months of maneuvers in russia and in bel already saw ukraine's border. remember, they were out there for many, many months, supposedly training just across the board. they have under achieved in virtually every conceivable area with the possible exception of just the ability to carry out

destructive, often indiscriminate attacks by missiles, rockets bombs, and artillery and mortars. that's a surprise you remember that we heard a great deal about the modernization of the russian military. a lot was native, their advanced weaponry was put on display every year and the annual jack. what's coming up on may, 9th, the victory day celebration for world war 2. and yet, what it appears is that a lot of this was just in a sense potemkin capability use a sort of look good from a distance. have a bit of each of these. but they don't have them deployed throughout their forces. so the very sophisticated command control communication systems about which we had been told previously it turns out are not deployed with our forces. they're using, in fact, single channel open non secure h f radio communications, which any ukrainian citizen who has a police scanner can locate,

can record an upload, especially when they're criticizing their commanding officers, which is a preoccupation of many of the russian soldiers, is appears and perhaps with good, good reason and then of course they just jam it. and so that's why again, the russian leaders have to keep coming up to the front, expose themselves, and getting taken out by ukrainian snipers. let's talk about 9 may. this is the day for our audience in russia, declared victory over nazi germany and is a very important anniversary in russia and always celebrated. and so many feel that that's letting me put in might do something. it was possible. there are reports that the russians at the very least, are considering some kind of general mobilization announcement where this would transform the country from conducting a special military operation, as they have termed it, to conducting a world war 3 or something along those lines to try to galvanize russian popular

support, which until now we shouldn't acknowledge, has been quite solid. in fact, latimer prudence approval ratings have actually gone up not down us fairly significantly since the launching of the invasion. what we know is the unproven invasion of a neighboring country, but which food and has reported to his people as a special military operation. of course, indeed, not certify ukraine, whatever. that means, noting that of course, the president, ukraine is jewish. the w as in as poll they're speaking to former c, i a director and retired general david for trace over 3000000 refugees from ukraine have arrived in poland since the beginning of the war. the majority are still in the country and many have found homes with poles who took them in spontaneously. but now living space is getting scarce and many volunteers are exhausted. the polish government has appealed to the ear for funds to help integrate the refugees

. a small gesture of gratitude for agnes, because so basilica, it's become a daily ritual ever since she took refugees from ukraine into her home. her family of 4 has been joined by 8 more people to have something buckley on that. as i said, you had shobit. oh, i wanted to give this room to 3 people here, but then a driver arrived in the middle of the night with 8 because without the children were coughing and the women started crying because they didn't want to be split up coming. if i felt weak in the knees, the problems does that, but i said, yes, i'm good. no breath or spontaneous gesture has become a long term solution. her family is exhausted. all the commissions and even work though he's not scott for 2 months, i have not known what it's like to come home and just hear silence. not a minor said, maybe we need to get that slowly back to norma. but from as after that the go with at miller, her sister and a friend came from western ukraine with 5 children. melissa dean helpless makes

them uncomfortable. i will tell you she has a death. thank nancy. now lizzie, her lightly her family from there used to being together now suddenly having 8 people is very difficult. tell me that's good enough and i'm even ashamed that all of the work falls on, i guess going her husband to the new. they buy everything them all one is the food and everything we need for the children. tuba last legit. okay. so in order to help host families, the polish government wants to pay monthly grants of around $250.00 euros for refugee. but at miasca hasn't received any money yet. mon miller tries to earn some extra cash cleaning houses. yes, but you cannot afford her own apartment was an object of them because in fact i get more than i have 3 children. many, even if i work as a single mom, it will still be very difficult for me because given the cost to poland,

the government in warsaw is hoping for more help from the u. z o, neuropathy, gilchrist us of a plea. european union has allocated large sums to refugees, but it's a drop in the bucket krupel from the point of view of the policy government as it would be important to set up a fund that would manage this aid for the you and cover the costs of refugees in your new place, typical promote, so at least 12 o. e does probable cause. acne esco would be happy if at least some money came soon but she doesn't regret helping. many parents feel the same way and like the ukrainian guests, they hope that the war will end soon said looks to me, other stories making headlines around the world today. the world health organization estimates that some 15000000 people have died due to the corona virus pandemic in the last 2 years. that's more than double the official death toll and

includes people unable to get medical care because of overwhelmed. so sisters, united states alone has reported nearly a 1000000 corona virus, deaths, people in the chinese capital beijing begun returning to work after a 5 day public holiday with the government on high alert. over the latest corona virus helped break their dozens of subway stations have been closed as a preventive measure and schools and indoor dining remained suspended. residents are required to undergo 3 weeks, 3 tests per week or so in real madrid or in the final of the champions league after studying come back against manchester city on wednesday we're still celebrating the victory of much real work to goals behind on aggregate going into the 90th minute before 2 strikes from rodrigo took the match 2 extra time. coreen benjamin then scored from a penalty to seal

a 65 aggregate victory rail madrid will face liverpool in this year's final, on the 28th of may. and johnny's to have a talk more about rail mentor is dramatic. come back, victory over manchester city is chris harrington from d. w. sports? good. see you again, chris. so real madrid are heading for the champions league final again, with another thrilling performance. yes. you know, real madrid are really the untouchables when it comes to the champions league. angelo ti talked about the history of the club, is what fueled them pass man city and talk about a come back. they do it again back to back to back 1st. it was p s g. the last 16. vague it was. chelsea of the quarter finals now, man city. and when you look at the numbers, they all start scoring until that 90 minute talk about dessert. you know a beautiful game, rodrigo. only 21 years old coming up as a hero bins and my what can say about bins and my tin goals scored the knockout route of the champions league his level. now with the former teammate, rinaldo,

i mean this team has really been magical angela. he's been, you know, criticize of having no game plan all this and all that. but nothing kid deny their magic in their mo jo angelo t spoke after this magical night to the press. let's take a listen. drilled her. it's not that easy to explain. just when everyone thought the match was all but over, there was a small detail and a good play that was enough for rodrigo to a score. and from their level with just a little bit left, we gave our all to win a match like this. you also need a bit of luck. the opponent was very tough. the match was really close, but the squad never gave up her really close. it was color and a lot of his team rail madrid. they look magical right now. do you think that their magic is going to last through the final against liverpool when you believe you can

achieve jerry, it's as simple as that. you know, they're watching all of their, you know, miraculous come back on video fueling themselves. and i think when it comes to history, obviously it'll be a re match. liverpool in the $21718.00 fido liverpool on the losing end of that. but for angelo to himself, he's looking at it personally to. he's played it. everton played against liverpool as a player coach against liverpool and a couple of finals. he looks at it as a darby. you know, liverpool side. they're going to be out for revenge. you know, but you talk about the mo, joe behind real madrid right now. they look on stop bubble bins of mine. the youngster is behind him. you know, they're safe bet looking forward as far as officer ma'am city on the other hand. well losing the semi final is a tough break for pep. guardiola isn't it? yeah. first time or peps regime that man city is conceded multiple goals at the 90 at the minute mark. you know, he's been criticize of over thinking last year. last year's final against chelsea.

you know, even before that in the quarter finals, this ridiculous exit by the hands of leon peck, guardiola has all of the money behind him. he's an excellent coach. but when he comes on, the champions league, he's going to have to get beyond his history with barcelona is going to have to make magic happen. man city. and i will see what investments they make over the summer or the rumblings around. but as they are that maybe they get the signature of allan allan and that's a complete game changer, but we'll have to see what happens. but right now the focus is on the final set to take place in pairs. chris, thank you so much. chris her from d. w. a sport. thank you. now for astronauts have left the international space station and are on their way back to earth, the capsule safely undocked from the i assess ending the crews 6 month science mission. if everything goes according to plan, they're due to touch down thursday night on the coast of the u. s. state of florida . i was cone. a board that capture is german astronaut mathias mago

d w's. lia i'll blessed takes a look back at his time and space. next step is your opinion. today's agency as when german astronaut mathias member arrived in space 6 months ago, the 1st thing he wanted to do was looked down at his home planet. i was like, wow, wow, is like i, i had goose bumps all over my buddy and shivering. almost like, wow, i'm really in space at down. i'm the me. i see a beautiful blue blue blue planet. since then, down on that blue planet, a war has started. and fears have arisen that the tensions between russia and the e u and u. s. might affect the international space station as well. but 400 kilometers above earth, life goes on as normally as it can in 0 gravity. we

are all up here for the same purpose to explore and to keep this as fe station maintained and to keep performing the science on the in our laboratories. and so that is all we focused on, so the dynamic hasn't changed and we have about a 40 year history of working with the russians. and that is all still very much in working in play here and has been a real pleasant flavor working with our colleagues a friday evening. we always eat together and we shed ye the highlights of the week . in the evening we float over to the russian segment. they come over to us sia and the spirit in the space stations really, really good. as new rockets head to the station, leaving the conflict on earth behind a new crew of cosmo knots joined the international team in march right in time from ours birthday party. the fact the new comers were wearing the colors of the ukrainian flag was just a coincidence. they said my hours time in space

was mostly occupied, not with political conflicts, but with scientific experiments. and maintaining the station he even conducted a space, walk a dream for every astronaut. i want to stay, i wouldn't, i would like to stay a little bit longer. there's still a lot of stuff that i want to do. so i would mind to stay in mind, so 2 or 3 longer headspace, understandable as at least the i s s has long been considered an oasis of peace to stay with us because coming up here on dw, there's asia ahead of the philippines presidential balance. we look at the top candidates vying to leave the country for the next 6 years, dictators, son and

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