ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. new attempt is under way to evacuate civilians from the as of stall steal plant in murray. you pull. 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 stronghold in the city. 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 mosque by sinking was one of the most high profile military failures for russia so far. and finally back on terra firma. astronaut mathias molla and 3 colleagues land safely on earth after spending 6 months on the international space station. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a spokesperson for russian. a foreign ministry says russia will not use nuclear weapons in ukraine. westward officials have openly voice concerned that escalating the conflict could risk russia launching a nuclear war. meanwhile, ukraine says russian forces are continuing a ground salt on the as of stall steel plant. another international attempt to

evacuate more civilians from the plant is underway. the un gave no more details on the operation, so as not compromise its success. but it says around 500 civilians have been evacuated from russian controlled areas around mario poll this week displaced ukrainians, q for 8. their fled from regions occupied by russian forces including besieged mario pole. while they have made it out, others remain trapped in as of styled steel plant ukraine's last stand in the port city. there is a risky australis. currently russian shelling and the assault of as a style does not stop at that civilian but civilian 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 rentable 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 blueshield 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 safe haven. a u. n. convoy is now attempting

another evacuation efforts. outside the steel plant, mary appall 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 correspondence, manuel nish rental shows in the western ukrainian city of la beaver. i asked her if russia was ready to declare victory in mario. well, terry of russia had declared victory already of a mar. you, paul, even if it hasn't taken hold of d as a task, t plans are which in fact represents one 3rd of the so phase of the entire as city . but what we've seen at the 3rd is this past 2 hours. there's a more you, paul e,

the 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 b, r a propaganda or resort for them 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 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 proc our bank are who's heading has 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 lot i very much and 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 their steel plant with

ukraine, saying that russia doesn't respect a disease fire to allow civilians to evacuate the ukraine. there's a dab, the others are stable and is constantly being shelled and attacks right at act 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 mario or to get safety. are we seeing any evacuations happening? while it's very difficult to verify what exactly is happening, what exactly he's under way right now when it comes to humanity in call, he does when it comes to evacuation that united nations, 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 this deal, hundreds of civilians, women, children, elderly people who haven't seen at daylight in over 2 months now. we're still trapped there in addition to them does so. so hundreds of sold ears who i believe

to be warned did, and there's no more access to medicine there. and they too are in dire need of a lot of evacuation in our report. him or we heard present zalinski or warning that the human talk about the human told russia's cause showing with much of the countries health infrastructure destroyed. can you tell us about the humanitarian situation in ukraine? while i of course, are the worst of the damage is on eastern ukraine, but you have to keep in mind that people fleeing or did the west affected areas are also coming in central ukraine in 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 weigh infrastructures,

but also power plants and when that's happier and it's also affects the health system. it also affects her power in 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 shaw's there in libby. now some other developments in ukraine war, amnesty international says of his documented extensive war crimes by russian forces in ukraine, including the torture and killing of civilians. the organization has been collecting evidence of atrocities and areas around key of m. c. chief agnes colored, who's been visiting crane said it was weitel that all those responsible face justice, hungary prime minister, victor, or bon, has rejected a proposed u ban on russian oil. speaking on state radio, he said it would be like a quote dropping an atomic bomb on hungary economy. european commission announced plans for the oil embargo this week as part of

a new package of sanctions on russia. when the cranes present blow to me is lance. he is said to join a video conference with leaders of g 7 nations. this coming sunday, he's been asked to brief, the virtual gathering of leading industrial countries. u. s. president biden also wants to discuss further coordinated sanctions against russia. 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 up to 40 kilometers. the german military will also offer training to ukrainian troops or lynn 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 tanks d w as chief political editor, mechanical there is traveling with the german defense minister in slovakia. at the moment. earlier i asked her about the significance of germany's new military

equipment pledge, but is yet more evidence that germany is increasingly doing morals and times of heavy weapons to support ukraine. also the dots, a defense minister was here because after all, it was as the netherlands to 1st announce they would send 5. how it is 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 c at abbeys in slovakia, strategically important ne to abbeys. and this training is due to start as soon as next week at with the aim of bringing these how it says which look a bit like tanks, but are far more flexible and not as full wouldn't moving at some of the other heavy equipment. it stops sort of actually sending proper dumb and tanks, that something that the military courses here are emphasizing. and so that should

be on track pretty swiftly with no exact dates being givens for strategic reasons. where 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? while certainly the view is slightly different or because it, or if you go to the balkan reason picky serbia, at which in the past was also very closely tied out to rosser. 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 as 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 is, sees the western balkans at, with the pressure being put particularly on soviet to recognize its neighbors,

kosovo, of 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 or with increased pressure from germany. but it also an increased eagerness of western 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 media that washington shared intelligence with ukraine, about the ship's location. the mosque was the flagship of russia's black sea fleet, u. s. as it had no knowledge of the cranes plans to attack the most, but with anti shift missiles, the report say it helped to pinpoint the most was position by the ministration has been ramping up intelligence sharing, as well as shipments of weapons to ukraine,

while avoiding direct conflict with russia. so how significant is western intelligence for the ukranian army? earlier i put that question to sam cranny, evans and analyst at the royal united services institute. that's a security thing tank in london. wow. it, it, it serves the purpose is 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 military sense, informs 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 grades to be able to act on it. so it helps

you ukrainians on to what might be important or useful targets, but the ukrainians do have a fair amount of work themselves. they're 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 in 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 crane is not on its own, 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 that the russians are quite happy at the moment to sit behind their long range artillery and just back to the ukranian forces in 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 tactic. 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 ukraine, but it's 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 ukranian 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 increase the logistics and supply but, 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 and providing 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. so we might be right at the beginning, we might be close to the end. we don't really know that the switch t name is made the easier for our nato countries to support them. certainly more so than the usa, former soviet or a, you know, ukrainian standard system. sam, thanks for talking with us. that was sam kearney, evans and analyst at the royal united services institute. nikki, may, 9th is an important date in the russian calendar. it's known as victory day, celebrating the soviet union's role in defeating nazi germany in world war 2.

traditionally, it's marked by bombastic and patriotic military parades and moscow. this year's events will also be used to glorify russia's military campaign in ukraine, which the kremlin says is being carried out in self defense. once again targeting nazis. rehearsals in moscow are already underway. ah, if you stroll around moscow's tourist district, among the stereotypical russian souvenirs you can no find the letter zed printed everywhere. its merchandise in support of russia's quote, special military operation. the only name a load for the war and ukraine. in the city center tanks and rocket launchers rolled towards the kremlin, well, 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. washington, mr. law, i love my country very much joy. i'm not ashamed to be russian. so because jennifer thought that i like our president very much because he protects us, catching a would be. i don't want to offend anyone, but put in is a president for the world. i love him, 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, and that's all i can say is because i do the parade, which celebrates victory over nazi germany will be smaller this year, few soldiers only around $11000.00 and fewer special effects. but vladimir putin

could use the day to mobilize more troops. was moscow gets dressed up for its big day. this will be a 9th of me like no other dash, as we've been hearing may, 9th is a patriotic holiday for many russians. the holiday is also celebrated in latvia, a former soviet bloc country, at least by some people in lapierre. this year authorities have banned the made night celebrations, though in light of rushes war in ukraine. dw correspondent yuri, a chateau went to lap is city of dug up. idiots. here he tried a ties to russia have remained close for many residents, and the majority of people still speak russian. there are few cities in the former soviet bloc which carry as many traces over the soviet passed as dull. gov, filthy latvia, with more than 90000 inhabitants. lottie,

a 2nd largest city has been considered a russian strong, old until to day. every 4th barrister, living in latvia is russian. this is the only city where russian speaking people are even in the majority. most rush and skin to dog of bills during the soviet era of the vault were too many residents here continue to feel culturally drawn to russia. some criticized that the latter can government because it requires them to speak latvian, the official language even is all. many russians can't speak it, the daughter brucely in and william doesn't have a theodor chillik language needs a linguistic environment to live in wars. misty, a person must be able to speak if he can, to create problems. i mean, we want to let you have. everyone has dinner so that life remains calm here, full of spa coil. the divide here between russians and black vents is evident every year on may, 9th victor, a day of a nazi germany. but while russian celebrate of the day from many lottery uncivil 2

or 2 also represents the beginning of soviet occupation this year or so, it is finally decided to cancel events because our fresh us war of aggression in ukraine and move some criticize on you gurgainus yasamin surely this celebration isn't meant to humiliate the latvian nation, but we russians learn to celebrate this in childhood. we have it in our blood young, it shouldn't be taken away there. the bureau recently in the capital, riga, hundreds of people from lottery, us, russian speaking community protested against the russian invasion and held rally insularity with ukraine. b. o, o, o. in the center of the latin capital russian speakers leading here wanted to show that they do not support that the policies of vladimir putin. oh,

but not every one think so. no, it's russian language journalist in that love aka a big part of russians believe the russian propaganda and stand behind put in. she says, oh started m i. e society is divided right now. i can feel that our communities and not united, and that scares me. this is a big problem for the security of our country as the system. blocker says the linguistic divisions in law to prefer the separate people. and she believes that the responsibility lies with russians who want integrate, but she suspects rushes of war, and ukraine could now change event. yet the question was to purchase the law. i thought only found very clearly that i am a part of this country at this time. it's a difficult admission to college, but i don't want to be part of russia anymore. we even though it's the country

whose language i speak and i didn't have to see it was produced yet, is go at models, music. in any case, the eternal flame, as is soviet memorial in august bill cycle bone on victor with he will be dealt with the official celebrations. here's a like a smother, stories making headlines around the world today. india has criticized a world health organization estimate of global covered 19 related deaths. the report with the toll in india at 4.75000010 times daily's official figures. india says that humans age human agencies, calculation methods were flawed. the w h o says that world wide, nearly 15000000 people have died. as a result of the pandemic results from the local elections in the u. k. show major losses for the conservative party of prime minister boris johnson. the poles were

the 1st since the so called party gates scandal, when johnson was found to have broken his own coven lockdown laws, while an office being seen as an important barometer for the tories in the next national elections. as president joe biden has named corinne john pierre, to be his next white house. chris secretary, she'll be the 1st black woman and openly l. g b t q person to hold the position shop here, has served as deputy to the current press secretary jen. saki, she'll replace her on may 134 crew members from the international space station have returned safely to earth. their capsule splashed down off the coast of florida almost a day after it left the orbiting lab. germany's mathias molla was among the returning astronauts who were part of a 6 month nasa science mission off to $175.00 days in orbit.

it was a watery return to us among those floating in the gulf of mexico, the 12th german to make it into space almost 24 hours earlier. mathias malika bid farewell to the i assess. it's been like 6 outstanding months up here in the space station. thanks to the my crew my it's, it's been so beautiful. thanks to all the people on the ground that supported us. it serve the end of a 6 months mission. but i think the space stream lives on marrow spent his time in space like all the astronauts aboard, carrying out scientific experiments and maintaining the decades old station. he also became only the 4th german to leave the i s. s and conduct a space walk. the very laughed at his that way it back on earth. mara and his nasa kali's capsule was dragged aboard a space ex recovery ship outside for those inside. it was the end of an almost day

long journey. yet the astronauts made their exits with smiles and waves, if not on their feet. after so long without gravity, it was stretches for every one to say with us because coming up in dw news asia, an uptick in north korean missile tests is causing concern over kim jones, possible nuclear ambitions. meanwhile, north korean leader, it goes all lace buildings, grave at his high rises, prove less than popular with the people plus a taiwan china rivalry that started on tick tock gets settled on the race track. all that and more coming up after a short break. of course, you can always give all the latest information you want on our website that said d w dot com. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at dw,

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