[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. a new attempt is under way to evacuate civilians from the as of fall steel planted. murray, you 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 on the last ukrainian strong hope. also coming up after a barrage of criticism for not sending heavy weapons to ukraine, germany analysis,

it will supply 7 advanced howitzer artillery systems and reports that u. s. intelligence may have helped ukraine sink a russian warship last month. the most boss sinking was one of the most high profile military failures for russia so far. plus, the son of former philippines dictator fell down marco's his tip to win next week's presidential election. we report on how despite the odds, bon bon, marcos has stepped out of the shadows to re brand the corrupt political dynasty. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. a spokesperson for russia's foreign ministry says russia will not use nuclear weapons in ukraine. western officials have openly voice concern the escalating the conflict could risk russia launching

a nuclear war. 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 and mario paul is underway. the un gave no more details on the operation so as not to compromise at success. but it says round . $500.00 civilians have been evacuated from russian controlled areas around the city. this week displaced ukrainians, q for 8. their fled from regions occupied by russian forces, including besieged, merrier pole. while they have made it out, others remain trapped in as of style steel, plant, ukraine's last stand in the port city. there is a risky of the lease currently russian shelling and the assault of as a style does not stock if it's 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. boy. 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 evolution 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 the 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 9th, 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. i spoke earlier to our corresponded manuel shars in levine and asked her if russia was getting ready to declare victory and murray or 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 days in mar. you paul. e's a russian troops p perry to ground for a celebration there. so maybe they do expect to indeed declare a full victory. but it could also very well b, r a propaganda or records or for them or to declare it again. but we know from the ukrainian side that there's at least 2000 soldiers who are still holding their positions in add yourself fast to the planned situation for dam 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 commando other and, and as of a battalion which is currently inside the plant, she was saying her husband called her to say he lot, i very much and that he would fight a fight until the end, i think this is pretty much the, the state of mind of every ukraine,

and so do you currently are holding the positions in there still planned with ukraine, saying that russia doesn't respect a disease fire to allow civilians to evacuate. ukraine says that the others are still there and is constantly being shelled and attacks right. attacked right now. i wanted to ask you about a cease fire. the 3 day truce was supposed to go into effect on thursday to allow people trapped in maria pull to get safety. are we 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 nation said that they didn't want to comment on the ongoing operation, but they said there's a 3rd operation under way. we now that we know that this deal, hundreds of civilians, women, children, elderly people who haven't seen ad daylight in over 2 months now,

and we're still trapped there. in addition to them does are still hundreds of sold ears who i believe to be warned, did no more accessed to medicine and their, and they to are in dire need of a do. over on the evacuation in her report, him a we heard present zalinski, a warning that the human talk about the human toll brushes cause shelling with much of the countries health infrastructure destroyed. can you tell us about the humanitarian situation in ukraine? while i of course, are dead, the west of the damage is on the eastern new crane, but you have to keep in mind that the people fleeing or did the west affected areas are also coming in central ukraine in western ukraine. and here, in fact, the, the medical infrastructures are simply overwhelmed. they have to treat a war and injuries here. and what makes it even more difficult is that this part of the country is also under attack at russia has said that it was targeting

a critical infrastructure is not only re weigh infrastructure, but also power plants. and when that's happened, it's also affects the ad. the house is damaged, also affects her power in hospitals of the entire country is really left reeling as since the beginning of the russian aggression in february m a. thank you very much . our corresponding manuel shaw. they're in libby here a couple other developments in the ukraine conflict. amnesty international says it has documented extensive war crimes by russia wars, russian forces in ukraine, including the torture and killing of civilians. the organization has been collecting evidence of alleged atrocities in areas around cheer. amnesty chief agnes color mart who's been visiting ukraine, said it was vital for all those responsible to face justice. and japan's prime minister from yoke is shita has announced another batch of sanctions on russia. speaking on a trip to london key sheeta said tokyo,

we'll be freezing more russian bank assets and targeting an additional $140.00 individuals. japan will also band the export of quantum computers and other technology to rush outside of your work. you know, germany has made another pledge to support ukraine with heavy weaponry announcing the supply of 7 self propelled armored howitzers. the artillery system has a range of, of 240 kilometers. the german military will also 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 agreed to export german made anti aircraft tangs and we can cross now to d. w as chief political editor, mckayla kupta, who is travelling with the german defense minister in slovakia and came up germany has just announced it will send howitzers to ukraine and train its troops. how

significant is this but is yet more evidence that germany is increasingly doing more also in terms of heavy weapons to support ukraine. also the dots, a defense minister was here because after all, it was at the netherlands to 1st announce they would send 5. how it says germany's now bring that up at to 12 by delivering an extra 7 and also offering to do the training, which as it was announced here at the see at the air base in slovakia, strategically important nato abbeys. and this training is due to start as soon as next week at with the aim of bringing these howitzers, which look a bit like tanks, but are far more flexible and not as full wouldn't moving as some of the other heavy equipment. it stops sort of actually sending proper german tanks, that something that the military courses here are emphasizing. and so that should be on track pretty swiftly with no exact dates being given for strategic reasons.

or you've been traveling with the german defense minister on her tour of the balkans and central europe. what are countries in those regions saying about the way that germany has been dealing with the war? well certainly the view is slightly different or because it or if you go to the balkan reasons picky serbia at which in the past was also very closely tied out to ra sir. but then when it came to the united nations did vote to condemn the russian aggression on ukraine while at the same time, not joining sanctions. so that entire region sits on the brink, is having to decide whether it wants to move towards the european union or towards russia. and that is put a completely new dynamic also in the way germany brussels europe. it sees the western balkans at, with the pressure being put particularly on soviet to recognize its neighbors,

kosovo, i have which it hasn't done in the past, but also to ensure the territorial integrity of bosnia. and this is really something that seeing a completely new dynamic, a with increased pressure from germany, but it also an increased eagerness of west and balkan states to demonstrate that they are not just interested. they are keen to join the european union in the very near future, and also nato, as is the case of kosovo, the hero. thank you very much. archie political editor, michaela coughed another what did you crane's biggest victories against the invading russian forces has been the claimed, sinking of the warship mosque fall last month. now an 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, safely the u. s. as it had no knowledge of ukraine's plans to attack the most. val

with anti ship missiles though, report say it helped to pinpoint the most of us position the by the administration has been ramping up, intelligent sharing as well as shipments to a weapons to ukraine. all avoiding direct conflict with russia. spring and sam cranny, here sam. cranny, evans, he's a analyst at the royal united services institute. that's a london based defense and security. think tank. thanks for being with us. sam. how important is foreign intelligence for the ukranian army? well, it serves to purposes. the 1st is it has this political message is morale, boosting message that the ukrainians on to line. and there are, you know, powerful states willing to back them to quite a significant extent by providing that intelligence. and that would have to come from national asset. so b usa across and satellites, and nato cross and satellites providing that kind of information in a minute,

resent it forms part of a picture or the intelligence on its own. for instance, the most bother you just reference that would have had to been paired up with organic real time intelligence for the grady babies. so it helps you ukrainians on to what might be important or useful targets. but the ukranian still have a fair amount of work that ukraine's western partners are stepping up their arm supplies as well. the german government now says it will send howitzers to support the ukranian army. what difference will this heavy weaponry make? well, in the big picture, germany is agreed to send 7 south out houses which isn't going to make a huge difference to the, the totality of cranes battlefield. they probably need, you know, a few 100 houses and that kind of thing. again, it provides that important political message, the cranes not on its own in the west,

is willing to support it. and attacks who since houses in general in the provision of artillery is very important to the current phase of the war. the evidence, just the russians are quite happy at the moment to sit behind their long range artillery and just back to the ukranian forces into submission to increase casualties and losses upon the ukrainian forces and without additional heavy artillery to replace ukrainian losses. to additionally support new ukrainian reserves that are being developed the ukrainians can't really fight back against that kind of combat, that kind of tactics. so it's important in the bigger picture. but in terms of the, the german contribution to it, you know, it's just a wide, all right. germany has been reluctant so far as just to send heavy weapons to claim it is now beginning to changes to him. but there's a lot more goal of heavy weapons going in to ukraine from other countries, including the united states. what just a question about how effective those weapons can be for ukrainian forces to defend

their territories in the south and east of the country. given how long it might take to get there was that heavy equipment there and the need for training. yeah, the western systems do introduce a training burden that will be new to the ukrainians. and they also introduce the logistics and supply bird and that will be new to them. so they won't have domestic structure's set up to take care of them. but western forces are providing a lot of support providing a lot of training that will enable the gradients to get the systems into service quite quickly. the important thing to bear in mind is we don't really know where we are in this. so we might be right at the beginning, we might be close to the end. we don't really know, but the switch to native make the easier cool nato countries to support them. certainly more so than the use of former soviet or a, you know, ukrainian standard system. sam, thanks for talking with us. that was sam kearney evans,

an analyst at the royal united services institute. thank you. now may, 9th is a significant date in russia's military calendar. victory day celebrates the soviet feed of the nazis in world war 2. traditionally, it's marked by bombastic and patriotic military parades and moscow. this year, the focus is likely to be on the parade to deflect attention from russia's sluggish campaign in ukraine. rehearsals in moscow are already under way. if you stroll around, most goes to this district. among the stereotypical russian souvenirs you can no find the letter zed printed everywhere. it's merchandise in support of russia's quote, special military operation. the only name alone for the war and ukraine in the city center tanks and rocket launchers rolled towards the kremlin,

while russian soldiers fight on the front line and ukraine. it's the rehearsal for the may, the 9th victory day parade, which for many is an annual spectacle. but this year, everything is different. prize nick knowns with linens indeed a holiday. no, but it's one there with tears in the eyes. it has now is the time to think about the irretrievable losses for that have been suffered so that yeah, i should invest a lot. i love my country very much, but she is control. yeah, i'm not ashamed to be russian syrup is dealt with all that. i like our president very much because he protects us. you hurting you're gonna be. i don't want to offend anyone, but put in is a president for the world. i love harold of the parade is also a grand show of patriotism. no one here. dear criticized. what is happening in ukraine? right? no lesson with no comment. i support my country. that's all i can say. because i

think the parade, which celebrates victory over nazi germany, will be smaller this year. fewer soldiers only around $11000.00 and fewer special effects. but vladimir putin could use the day to mobilize more troops as moscow gets dressed up for its big day. this will be a 9th of me, like no other. well, may, 9th is always a big day for russia, but what message is moscow likely to deliver this year? a formal declaration of war, a national mobilization of reservists, or even the end of fighting and ukraine. russian president vladimir putin is due to give a speech on monday, which could have a significant impact on the development in this war. but spring ended up, he has had a fact checking here yashira v by you're sure you and your team are tracking and debunking war propaganda coming from the kremlin based on that,

what kind of announcement are you expecting on may 9th. very good question, terry. and there is a lot of speculation about this they and about the russians tragedy. more broadly, based on recent propaganda claims he made and military operations in a crane. it's likely that president putin will use to cremeans victory in mario pole. and the territory gains in easton, a crane as proof that this tragedy succeeded and we expect him to unite russians behind the goal of completely yeah, liberating the don bus. and will hans grievance, that would mean the war would continue. now, one reason, given by president putin, for a so called special military operation, ukraine was the need to in his terms, denot sir fy the contrary. what are we to make of that plain? and but didn't uses the term denied certification, which refers to the allies policy from now to germany after world war 2. but obviously you can compare now to germany with democratic or crane president

vladimir zalinski is a russian speaking jew. we all know that which is not something that would be possible in the night's estate. and let's look at the last parliamentary elections in 2019 in a crane, but a united front of all radical right wing parties, one just 2 percent of the vote. democratic parties have been dominating the countries political landscape for years now. and even if there were some truth or is some truth about that, there were some right groups or elements in the famous as of recommend that would not prove this claim. there is simply no evidence for broad on that to problem with the crime in society and all. this is why $300.00 international historians published a statement that says that the notification claim by russia is factually wrong. important points there. another russian narrative is that it's war of aggression is actually an act of self defense by russia. is there any truth to this claim notion? well,

this claim is observed because everyone knows that russia started this war by launching a full scale invasion of a crane. on february 24, there are pictures, videos, satellite images, which prove this, so no doubt about this fact. but why do russians still believe that this aggression isn't a last act of self defense? well, because of russians, efficient propaganda campaign, and they did that happened via television radio and social media president put and even claimed that this military operation is in accordance with article $51.00 of the united nations charter, which allows for self defense measures. that's wrong for several reasons. first, the to break away regions, donnette, sk and $200.00, which pooty wants to defend are not recognized as states under international law. second, there's absolutely no evidence for no lach, genocide, of the russian speaking population there. and 3rd, the massive use of force against insulation, screw out

a crane is the disproportionate question is now terry, if you have a built ally, that big, what is your exit strategy put in? must win this war. that is the trap of the tramp crammed in its own propaganda now . and so this could mean that whatever happens on may 9, it will likely not and put in swore in a crane your should. thank you very much for your fact checking for your insights. that was your survivor, head of the w as fact checking team. now in other news, the son of late philippines dictator ferdinand marcos is tip to win. next, monday's presidential election hurting, and marco's junior, also known as bon bong, has sought to reinvent the markers name. that for many is synonymous with a brutal dictatorship and corruption. bong bong is running together with his, with the daughter of the populace in coming rodrigo to tattoo d. w. janelle to milan travel to marcus strong hold you close, nor to,

to speak to his supporters. the specter of ferdinand mark a senior still looms large over philippine politics ahead of the election. visitors are flocking to this museum in a locust nor to for a dose of history if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicle of the marcus his time and power a lot on the rise. but curiously little on the fall and nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus's home province, it's called the milan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a symbol of the path he has taken from here to the highest office in the land. and it will become clear in a matter of days whether his son will managed, which he the same here, at least at bumble marcos is guaranteed in easy ride. many voters remember the

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the un says 500 people have been evacuated so far this week. intelligence sources say russia's ground assault is continuing. ukrainian fighters hold up and the plants have repeated their vow not to surrender. you're watching dw news live from berlin, so just reminder, you can get lots more on our website. that's d w dot call. i'm terry martin. thanks a

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