wretched. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on d, w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the long white on ukraine's front line is russia's war of conquest, stalls in the south and east dw visits ukrainian forces as they faced down russian troops. also coming up no. mm. latvia grapples with the soviet past as russia prepared to celebrate victory over nazi germany, 77 years,

a good many latvians who grew up marking the victory day holiday. now find themselves strongly opposed to putin's war plus search and rescue operations in havana after a powerful explosion kills at least $22.00 people. many more are injured at the iconic saratoga hotel keepers president calls it a tragic accident that authorities blame on the truck delivering gas. ah, i'm jarrett raid, welcome to the shop. more than 2 months since russia launched it's unprovoked war against ukraine, it's offensive is stalling in the face of ukrainian resistance and new shipments of western arms. moscow's apparent aim of quickly seizing the capital, keith failed. it's gold now is to capture crane's south and the east,

but it's failed to make any major games in these areas are corresponded. 90th burling a is embedded with the ukranian army on the front line, nick nick alive in the south, where russian forces are being kept at bay. for more than 3 weeks, the ukrainian and russian soldiers have been standing with an eyesight of each other, a few kilometers outside of mac alive. when they are listened at 1 o'clock to and help us too much at night, we can see the outgoing fire. the russian troops came in here the beginning of the war and were then driven out by the ukrainians. now their positions are about 5 kilometers that way. when you come out they are digging themselves in deeper. initially, the russians were advancing quickly. they were able to capture her son, but here a little over 20 kilometers from the center of mac alive. they were stopped.

we shall suppose we are now in position when they are also in the trenches. they've been here before and so they have dug themselves in well and now shooting from their positions. the war has changed. initially. the russians were advancing, straightforward with massive troops and equipment. the ukrainians were ambushing them in small mo bile attack groups for 3 weeks. now both sides are in a war of attrition. nice the matter that those come on with this is one of our helicopter the work. the only out of you can see the smoke over there because the soldiers say that especially at night shelling is intense. on english, on trying to out gun out by quantity all that so it is not working. how was they might still hope to get past us, but they went the ukrainian soldiers here say that they are ready to move forward

as soon as they're ordered to. but for now, each side is stuck where they are. let's cross now to our correspondent in levine, ukraine, the manual chas. emma. hi, there. ukrainian forces have been making advances. could you tell us what's the situation on the eastern front? well, a indeed in areas says last, earth shows such as a hockey for her son, the ukraine. an armed forces have managed to regain some territory. so we can say indeed they are. they have made some advances. but the last, the last night, for example, was quite her down before with ukrainian authorities urging the population to still stick to her to going to the shelter, went out as try alerts because they are expecting, especially on may 8th and may and nines,

which russia cause it's victory. daddy are expecting more offensive on from the russian side. now and the ukraine's president, florida may zalinski has been laying down his red lions for peace negotiations with russia. let's take a quick listen. only if the russians kill people who can be mis changed yet released or treated more than or it doesn't matter if they are civilians or military or the the, the, if they kill them. there is no point in talking to russia on a diplomatic level. he's caught up with that. what you're shown is nation. florida may zalinski there. emanuel shes in la. viv, is this a sign of defiance from zalinski or confidence on the ground that ukrainian forces are gaining? well, i would say confidence better. so determination. you can see here on the ground the how just a determined determined ukrainians are to not let or russia, or,

you know, get a hold on their country, you know, or we can take more. you pull steel planned, for example, there's a still sold is there. ukranian forces are up to 2000 soldiers who are stuck there and they will simply not surrender. they will fight it up until the very end are ready to give their lives for their country. and this may be the last a strong hold of ukraine and resistance in my you, paul, but it is very representative of the spirits that has animated ukrainians, or since the beginning of this unprovoked war. as you were saying, they are very ready to resist. and that's, that is, i think the main take away from, as a landscape or a declaration image as quickly if you could, how much is the recent increase in military assistance from the west having an effect here? ah, well, or of course, or this is, are also given confidence. so ukrainian forces there have been also some criticism

from the population or on the front line saying where they don't really see or the result of old ad coming. but as we were mentioning, this is very much award of attrition between ukrainian russia the moment that was our correspondent in manuel shars in levine, ukraine emanuel, thank you. here is some of the other developments in the conflict. now. authorities in italy have impounded a luxury. yours linked to russian president vladimir putin. the huge vessel had been undergoing repairs at a port in tuscany, but recent activity suggested the crew might be preparing to sail. ukraine had urged easily to seize the yacht as part of europe wide sanctions on persian and his associates. meeting the united nations security council has adopted a resolution expressing quote, concern over ukraine and backing if it's to find a peaceful solution. it's the council's 1st statement that spain met with the

russian support since the war began. the head of the meeting demonstrate as including ukrainians, living in the united states protested against the violence. a top kremlin official says russia plans to stay in southern ukraine quote, forever. andre, to check his senior lawmaker from the governor, united russia party was speaking on a visit to the southern ukrainian city of song. the city has seen protest by local residents against russia's occupation. and as we heard from emanuel russia is gearing up for victory day celebrations. on may 9, the holiday marks the 77th anniversary of the soviet union's defeat of nazi germany in world war 2. now the occasion is also usually celebrated by ethnic russians in latvia, which was occupied by the soviet union for 5 decades. but authorities have banned celebration this year in the wake of russia's war on ukraine. dw correspondent, uri rusito, went to latvia, city of dog of peas. here many residents speak russian,

nor even russian citizens. and this conflict has left them questioning their own identity. there are few cities in the former soviet bloc which carry as many traces over the soviet past. delgado bill in latvia, with more than 90000 inhabitants, allowed to 2nd largest city, has been considered a russian strong old until to day. every 4th burleson living lot via is russian. this is the only city were russian speaking, people are even in the majority most russians came to dog of bills during the soviet era after world war 2. many residents here continue to feel culturally drawn to russia. some criticize of the latter and government because it requires them to speak latvian, the official language, even though many russians can't speak it with those to bruce it in and william

doesn't have a city. other chic language needs a linguistic environment to live in moore's misty, a person must be able to speak if he can to create problems by at the more we want to let we have everyone had 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 russians celebrate the day from many lottery, uncivil tor 2 also represents the beginning of soviet occupation this year or so, it is finally decided to cancel events because of russia's war of aggression in ukraine and move. some criticize on you, kirk new c. as in charlie of his celebration isn't meant to humiliate the latvian nation, but we russians learn to celebrate this in childhood. we have it in our blood yawn . it shouldn't be taken away. that was recently in the capital, riga, hundreds of people from lottery, us, russian speaking community protested against the russian invasion and held our

rally in solidarity 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 o . but not every one sing. so notes russian language journalist in that love aka a big part of russians believe the russian propaganda and stand behind put in. she says, oh, she's thorazine m i. e society is divided right now. i can feel that our communities are not united, and that scares me. this is a big problem for the security of our country. the system blocker says the linguistic divisions in lot of our fir,

the separate people. and she believes that the responsibility lies with russians who want integrate. but she suspects rush us warned ukraine could now change event . yet the question was to purchase thought, i thought only found very clearly that i am a part of this country at this time. it's a difficult admission goods, but i don't want to be part of russia, any marshal. but even though it's the country whose language i speak and i got my apostasy, english from seattle go at one models can music. in any case, the eternal flame, as is soviet memorial in dog aff bill cycle burn on victory. it wouldn't be without the official celebrations. to other news now at least 22 people have died and dozens were injured. after a powerful blast of the hotel in the cuban capital, havana, search and rescue crews have been working frantically to find survivors in the

rubble of the famous saratoga hotel authority side. i suspect a gas leak is to blame the iconic saratoga hotel moments after the blast. i filled out, the saratoga has just exploded in front of me. look at this. when i act of officials say the gas cylinder on this truck cause the deadly explosion which gutted the lower floors of the hotel and damaged near by cars and other buildings said, well, you could see people shouting, dust rising up and disaster. it was like a horror film. really. i am cuban president miguel diaz cornell visited the scene of the disaster which happened near cuba. historic national capital building michigan were visiting the locations circle. everything seems to indicate that it was an accident with a gas tank that caused an explosion, horrible, and therefore,

structural damage. and a collapse stood on. there is a group of people who are receiving help person, their rescue team, so the firefighters and all the specialized forces acted very quickly. but unfortunately, people have died already. so get english off. why is hilderman? as rescue workers searched through the rubble and anxious crowd gathered outside the nearby hospital. okay, looking for their loved ones. inside some of the dozens of people injured in the explosion received treatment among them, children, megabit after the hotel had been closed for over 2 years. due to the pandemic, but official se workers were inside preparing for a planned reopening. finally, his a quick round up of some of the other headlines now. to japanese and south korean forces say north korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east caused. it comes just 3 days off to pyongyang last miss our launch. as warnings grow, it may conduct a nuclear test. and early vote counting in northern ireland shows nationalist shin

fein set for historic when it received 29 percent of the voice. that puts party, lead a michelle or kneel in a position to head the next government. the 1st time northern island would be led by a party advocating re unification with island. and you're up to date up next on d, w. i'll take show shift looks at how artificial intelligence is being used to predictive cultural treasures. don't go away. ah, i'm scared that i want that hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back her. are you familiar with this smokers reliance of the what's your story?

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