oh stores meet with d w. ah ah ah, this is d, w is coming to line from berlin. a fresh attempt is under way to evacuate civilians from the us of tall steel planted maria poll. we must continue to do all we can to get people out of these l scapes. but russia is reportedly continuing its ground assault fall, and the last ukranian stronghold also coming up. indications that u. s. intelligence may have helped to crane sink a russian warship last month. the mosque bar sinking was one of the most high

profile military failures for russia so far. and after a barrage of criticism for not sending heavy weapons to ukraine, germany announces it will supply 7 advanced howitzer artillery systems. ah, flow him, terry martin, good to have you with us. a spokesman for russia's foreign ministry says russia will not use nuclear weapons in ukraine. western officials have openly voice concerned that escalating the conflict could risk russia resorting to using them. meanwhile, ukraine says, russian forces are continuing a ground assault on the as of stall steel plant. a 3rd international attempt to evacuate more civilians from the plant in mario poll is underway. the un gave no

more details on the operation so as not to compromise its success. what it says around $500.00 civilians have been evacuated from russian controlled areas. in the barrio poll region, this week displaced ukrainians queue for aid that fled from regions occupied by russian forces, including besieged mario pole. while they have made it out, others remain trapped in the as of style steel plant, ukraine's last stand in the port city. there is a risky off the lease currently, russian shelling in the assault of as a style does not stop civilian, but civilians still need to be taken out. a women children, many children are still there. just imagine this held them more than 2 months of constant shelling, bombing constant death was you nearby okey board. this video released by the as of regiment shows heavy shelling of the steel plant. the remaining ukrainian soldiers

have vowed to defend it until the end. russia says it's a grade to a ceasefire to allow humanitarian corridor out of the plant that ukrainian fighters claim. otherwise isn't the rental boiled water for the 3rd day? the enemy has broken through the territory of the as a star plant, where heavy, bloody fighting continues. luciana brochure itself, once again, the russians violated the promise of a truce, did not allow the evacuation of civilians who continued to hide from shelling. and as a star plants basement the u. n and the red cross were able to evacuate hundreds of people during a brief ceasefire on wednesday. we are accompanied by 11 buses, filled of civilians are women, children, and elderly, who wants wives seeking, serve heaven. a u. n. convoy is now attempting another evacuation efforts.

outside the steel plant, mary paul is largely under russian occupation and clean up efforts have begun in preparation for may night. when russia celebrates the soviet union's victory day in world war 2. analysts say moscow is eager to gain full control of the strategic port city in time for one of russia's most important holidays. crossover, to our corresponded in manuel shars. now she is in the western ukraine city of levine. and what does it look like? russia is getting ready to declare victory in murray, paul well, terry of russia had declared victory already of a mar. you, paul, even if it hasn't taken hold of the other stars, t plans are which in fact represents one 3rd of the so face of the entire as city. but what we have seen at the 3rd is this past 2 hours. daisy mar. you fall east or russian troops preparing to ground for

a celebration there. so maybe they do expect to indeed declare a full victory. but it could also very well be ah, a propaganda or records for them to declare it again. but we know from the ukrainian side that there is at least 2000 soldiers who are still holding their positions in add yourself fast to the plan. the situation for them is looking more and more complicated. they talk about desperate conditions this morning. there was a de wife of denise broker banker who's heading, who's a commander of her and as of a battalion which is currently inside the plant. she was saying her husband called her to say he loved her very merchant, that he would fi a fight up until the end. i think this is pretty much the, the state of mind, of every ukraine in saudi currently holding the positions in there still plan to with ukraine saying that russia doesn't respect a disease fire to allow civilians to evacuate. ukraine says a dab,

the others are still there and is constantly being shelled and attacks. right. i attacked right now. i wanted to ask you about a suze fire. the 3 day truce was supposed to go into effect on thursday to allow people trapped in maria or to get safety. or we're seeing any evacuations happening while it's very difficult to verify what exactly is happening. what exactly is underway right now when it comes to humanity in cali dollars? when it comes to evacuation, the united nations said that they didn't want to comment on the ongoing operation, but they said there's a 3rd operation under way. are we now that we know that there's still hundreds of civilians, women, children, emberly, people who haven't seen a day light in over 2 months now or was still trapped there in addition to them does or so countries are sold is who i believe to be worn did it is no more accessed to medicine and there and they to are in dire need of

a do over of evacuation. in our report, him a we heard present zalinski, a warning that the human talk about the human told rushes causes shelling with much of the countries health infrastructure destroyed. can you tell us about the humanitarian situation in ukraine? while i, of course, in the west of the damage is on the eastern new crane, but you had to keep in mind that people fleeing or did the west affected areas are also coming in central ukraine in the western ukraine. and here are in fact the, the medical infrastructures are simply overwhelmed. they have to treat a war injuries here. and what makes it even more difficult is that this part of the country is also under attack. russia has said that it was targeting a critical infrastructure is not only re infrastructures, but also power plants. and when that's happened, it also affects a health system. it also affects a power in

a hospital. so the entire country is really left reeling. as since the beginning of the russian aggression in february. m a. thank you very much. our correspondent manuel shows there in libby. now to smother developments in the ukraine conflict, fiji authorities of sees the yacht owned by a sanctioned russian oligarchy. the $300000000.00 a medea belongs to billionaire businessman suleiman, kerry mo, who was alleged to have close political ties to the kremlin. the yacht was seized at the request of the u. s. justice department. japan's prime minister of whom yoke is shita has announced another batch of sanctions on russia, speaking on a trip to london cuz she to said tokyo will be freezing more russian bank assets and targeting an additional 140 individuals. and japan will also band the export of quantum computers and other technology to russia. as harmony, luck,

embassy international says it has documented extensive war crimes by russia forces russian forces in ukraine, including the torture and killing of civilians. the organization has been collecting evidence of alleged atrocities in areas around key of amnesty chief agnes calamari, who's been visiting ukraine, said it was bible for all those responsible to face justice. what have you, crane's biggest victories against the invading russian pauses has been the claim. sinking of a war ship, the mosque fall last month. now and anonymous. u. s. official has told media that washington shared intelligence with ukraine about the ship's location. the moskva was the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. u. s. says it had no knowledge of ukraine's plans to attack the most by with anti ship missiles. the report say it helped pinpoint the most boss position. the biden administration has been ramping

up intelligent sharing, as well as shipments of weapons to ukraine, while avoiding direct conflict with russia. the stuff brussel is from the european council on foreign relations, and an expert on the russian military way asked him if this kind of assistance that the u. s. is providing increases the risk of russia escalating? it's more beyond ukraine. well, physically, russia count. if you have your own army or most of your army booked on the you train, you just can't afford another war against another country. and you certainly conduct hold and on the wall against the biggest military lines on the planet right now, which is neat. so for practical reasons, no, of course, for legal reasons, political reasons, the provision of intelligence is, of course, a much more sensitive issue than the provision of arms. a provision of arms for

a party of all is something that is legal and a half very clear. a sort of benchmarks, legal benchmarks, what's allowed was not all intelligence things become much more fishy. so these are holes in official reports and u. s. government, but of course, the line having done so for very good reasons. bob's in officially, of course, everybody knows that this is the case, but yes, it is sort of from the legal side. this is a much more fishy part on the whole affair than sending heavy artillery tags, messiah cetera. 2 to the trainings, germany has made another pledge to support ukraine with heavy weaponry, announcing the supply of 7 self propelled armed howitzers. artillery system has a range of up to 40 kilometers. the german military well sold offer training to ukrainian troops. berlin has been under pressure to do more to help ukraine defend

itself against the russian invasion. last month, the government creed to export german made anti aircraft touch. for alyssa, join l y d w cheap political correspondent, when the cray that germany has just an else, it will send howitzers to ukraine and train its troops. how significant is this? it's quite significant. a howitzers are viewed by many analysts as actually turning the tide of this conflict and helping ukraine to hold off the russian invasion. and ukraine had pressed to not only germany, but also other western allies to provide this and other heavy weaponry. and in fact, a berlin long resisted that, but as you know about 10 days ago, the government did move on this and offered to supply the gay part, the leopard,

anti aircraft tank. and now this offer to provide the howitzers, which by the way, was made by defense minister christine lamplight, while visiting german soldiers deployed in slovakia, helping reinforce nato's eastern flight. this announcement does represent a further move by germany to, to comply with ukraine's requests and also to break with its long standing reluctance to provide any kind of heavy weaponry that could potentially lead russia to see germany as becoming a party to the conflict. want to thank you so much or political correspond. chief political correspondent, linda crane. is lucas from other stories making headlines, rel, world stay, bangladesh. police have detained 450 rou. hinge, a refugee celebrating the loosened festival of ede on a beach. official said the arrests were due to security concerns. human rights

observers have criticized bangladesh replacing restrictions on the $900000.00 range of refugees in the country. for members of the international space station have returned safely to earth, their capitals flashed down on the coast of florida. a day after it left the orbiting lab, germany's mathias mama was among the returning astronauts who were part of a 6 month nasa science mission on the capital before. yes, present, joe biden has named corinne jean pierre to be his next white house press secretary . she'll be the 1st black woman and openly l g b t q person to hold the position. jump yeah, hes, i served as deputy to the current press secretary jen sake its jackie. she'll replacer on may 13th just reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today on the w news. a 3rd attempt to get civilians out of the besieged as of stall steel plant. mario pole is underway. the un says 500

people have been evacuated so far this week. intelligent sources say brushes, ground assault is continuing. ukrainian fighters hold up in the plant, have repeated their vow, not to surrender. your watching d. w. news from berlin up next. chelsea delaney will be here with all the latest business news. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching a thought see what grade he will be with

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