ah, with use life on berlin, the long wait on ukraine's front line as rush our steps up, assaults on south and east in your grain, dw message ukrainian forces oppose and enemy troops also in the program. historic election victory in northern ireland, the nationalist sion fein party is vowing to reunite ireland. but it's past links to terrorism, where we meet on the desperate search for survivors in cuba. tail explosion kills at least 22 people in the capitol. havana.

ah, i am eddie micah junior and you're welcome to the program is seen ukraine is grayson for escalades and attacks observer say russia once they show a force to coincide with its victory the holiday on monday. more than 2 months into the conflicts, the ration offensive is stalling. green says its forces of killed more than $25000.00 russian troops. but that number has not been independently verified. russia has said it wants to take by south and east, but has not made any significance. gains the wi fi as belinda is embedded with a ukranian army on the front line. nikolai, in the south for more than 3 weeks, the ukranian and russian soldiers have been standing with an eyesight of each other, a few kilometers outside of mc alive. when they are additions at 1 o'clock to help

us too much at night, we can see the outgoing fire. the russian troops came in here in 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 up with 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. michelle, suppose we are now in position, but they are also in the trenches. they've been here before. and so they have dug themselves in. welcome, and now shooting from their positions community lead. 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 them out and it was come out on with. this is one of our helicopter the work the only out of you can see just a moke over there. with the soldiers say that especially at night shelling is intense that was on the polished on trying to out gun out my quantity. all that is not working on him was they might still hope to get past us, but they went the ukrainian soldiers, he 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. our rush, i expect that to ramp up a tax. i had of its victory days and abrasions on monday. did it be a correspondence? funny, felicia taught us about fresh air strikes as you're speaking right now. we're just hearing the new air strikes ah, in there being encountered in odessa,

according to ukraine. information obviously already strikes away at witness there earlier today. but what's really interesting, all bizarre, even for me, like in the lead up to the beginning of this food can invasion on february 24th and recovering from here from key of the kind of a very similar a feeling. i like something is in there. this is, this is what it feels like right now and to lead up to a may, asia, may, 9th, may, 9th, obviously, when a russia celebrates their victory, but it was then soviet union over there, not to germany, a 2nd world war. so yes, definitely people have this feeling out maybe, and this is and in fact goes with president and askey pointed out in an emotion address yesterday, online to people should take these air raid sirens seriously and go and seek shelter. because obviously with the war on going now in the 3rd month, some people say, okay, i've heard that before, i don't think something is going to happen and they just simply ignore it. so certainly i had all those celebrations that by russia in any part of ukraine,

people are bracing for food for strong offense. if they, even though we do not know if this is actually likely to happen on out. so bracing for strong offensive. now, while russia attacks continue, ukraine's military says it has killed more than $25000.00 russian soldiers. how reliable is the figure bluntly, bluntly put really briefly, it's not reliable in terms of it's not an independent source. obviously, information in any will, is used, but also misused by any side that's being involved, potentially misuse to for different reasons. obviously to bolster the moral among soldiers. as i say, this is the 3rd month into this war. so by the ukrainian government saying, your resistance is successful because soon so many people send. so many soldiers russian soldiers have been killed is, of course, was away to tell the soldiers, staples, they are, make sure that you continue this fight. you need to keep up your spirit, but no,

we do not know whether this number is correct, just like you do not know what it's correct to say that in the russian side that many ukrainian soldiers have been killed. but as i say it's, it's the numbers, obviously that politically are, are being used in a way to increase that moral spirit, however, was quite interesting. in this context is the president's landscape. she pointed out yesterday, if those people who are trapped in as of solstio planned a, the civilians but also the soldiers who are hold up, they are, if they're being killed. if instead they could release that any peace deal is basically obsolete, or any, any attempt to form the still, the russia is obsolete. this is quite, i want to given the fact that as we're speaking of fortunate people being wounded and killed right now, and ukraine did of your correspondence. funny for shy and keith. thank you very much. let's look at some more developments in that conflict. russia's military is re, hasn't, for the victory day parade. the holiday marks the defeats of nazi germany in world

war 2. president vladimir putin is expected to use your cation to put a positive spin on the war and ukraine, ukraine's military house release footage. it says shows a drone strike on the russian london vessel in the black sea. the video also includes an attack on the building. ukraine says was used for storing missiles, authorities in italy have impounded a luxury yacht linked to vladimir putin. the $700000000.00 vessel was being repaired in tuscany, but it stopped the crew were preparing to sail. the irish nationalists that she feign party is that for a historic election victory in northern ireland, parts of the united kingdom, the policy secured the most fast preference, both winning 29 percent chin fane lead out. and michelle o'neill is on cause to head up the next government. it will be the 1st time northern ireland is led by

a nationalist who wants unity, whether a public or violent island was divided a century ago after its wolf independence against britain. what's now the republic imagine as a separate nation, but northern ireland remained part of the united kingdom because it's with a stand majority. one that is the british roman catholics never accepted this titian tension between the 2 communities tend balance in the 900 sixty's only. and then in 1998 with a good friday agreement address. it has back new tensions. northern ireland left the piano union with the rest of the u. k. while the republic of ireland remains a member i asked dw correspondence, shallow chelsea pill about the significance of she feigns fast when in northern ireland. absolutely, as you say, shin fain the nationalist party are on track to becoming the largest party that really is nothing shed. a show of

a watershed moment would be the 1st time that they do have the right, the post, the position of minutes and making it really pretty historic. now in terms of consequences, i think you have to conclude that there will be a period of uncertainty. no less because as we know very clearly should fain have said that they are in favor of uniting the island of island, irish unity. but let's next, 1st of all the short time we're likely to see the period of negotiations. not because the democratic unionist party, it said that it will not form an executive until the controversial northern ireland protocol is brakes its deal that was come up with designed to avoid a hard bought it on the island divine and is radically changed. that is something that isn't going to be very easy, so you are going to see this very difficult period. it breaks it really is back in the headline over the next few weeks. and then of course,

looking further into the longer time, there is a constitutional question. it's question about the consequences of the fact that she fain say that they want irish unity. although it's unlikely that not is anything that's going to happen in the short time. it suddenly raises the specter of it and not indeed, does make these emerging results pretty historic and pre to historic. indeed, now she and fame was believed to be the political arm of the i. r a, tara group which used armed force to fight for the v. and if occasion of violence are those days finally over, you think? well, this is a new generation of leaders with a sion fain. it is also a new generation to be. lecturers is 11 of the really key stories. this is emerging so far from this election. is that some versus the timing away from this. even nation that or union is vote and going for non aligned parties, moderate parties, that is a key feature of this. so suddenly, the fact that she found does seem to be emerging as the largest party doesn't

necessarily. we're flat, will, doesn't appear to reflect the fact that voters are hugely in favor. we're really pushing off the top of their minds. i'd like to see a united ireland, so that's something that really has to be taken into accounts here. but you will undoubtedly see some uncertainty. there are also partial point put in northern ireland breakfast being one of them. and that as i say, it's likely to play out. ok, correspondence. shallow chelsea fell in london. thank you. harris. i'm of the other stories and the headlines now. french president manuel, my crone has been sworn in for a 2nd 10 micron beat fire rights viable. marino pan in iran, a vote last month. he has vowed to build the stronger front on ease social tensions with a more inclusive government. japan and south korea see north korea house fight, a ballistic missile off its east coast. it's the 2nd launch in 3 days ago, and c,

s p and young is preparing to come back to nuclear test. a taliban have ordered african women to wear the full body boot in public. it's one of the highest controls imposed on women in the hotline. as for the last year was at least 5 people have been killed in russia as wildfires, iberia high winds. how found that the flames torch and around 200 buildings authorities have declared a state of emergency. an explosion, i think, would tell in the cuban capital her banner has killed at least 22 people uninjured death in small emergency crews are still trying to keep any survivors authority suspect. the gas leak is to blame the saratoga hotel moments after the blast off. rhode island, the saratoga has just exploded in front of me. look at this miracle official

say the gas cylinder on these truck caused the deadly explosion which got at the lower floors of the hotel and damage near by cars and buildings. where you could see people shouting, dust rising disaster. it was like a horror film really won't break when i am cuban. president miguel diaz cornell visited the scene of the disaster, which happened near cube is national capital building or she's on the were visiting the location sir. everything seems to indicate that it was an accident with a gas tank that caused some explosion warbler. and therefore, structural damage into collapse, stood on. there was a group of people who are receiving help person, their rescue team. so she knew the firefighters and all the specialized forces acted very quickly. but unfortunately, people have died early fall, and it was awful. i feel dormant and anxious crowd gathered outside the nearby

hospital looking for their loved ones. on inside, some of the dozens of people injured in the explosion receive treatment. among them, children rescue was walked into the night clearing to bray and pulling bodies from the rubble. the hotel had been closed for over 2 years due to the pandemic. but officials say work his way inside. preparing for a planned reopening to sports english premier lee club chelsea is being sold to a console. german led by u. s. and best i taught, burly for just on the 5000000000 euros valley is the quote. now the eli dodges baseball team authorities must still approve the chelsea take over, a seal will end 2 decades of ownership by the russian only got roman i from of which was forced to sell the club on the sanctions imposed by the war ukraine. and you all up to date up next, a documentary push for

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