ah, ah ah, lived from earlynn, russia steps up a sold on ukraine. i had a symbolic anniversary on monday. meanwhile, ukrainian officials say all civilians have been evacuated from the besieged mario full steel plants. also coming up on the show, abandoned, but not forgotten. thousands of hats in ukraine house been taken in by shelters after losing their owners. a reporter visits one rescue center determined to give them a loving home. and

a historic election victory in northern ireland. nationalist party sion fain wins the most seats for the 1st time in elections to the british territories regional assembly. the parties ultimate goal is the reunification of the whole of ireland and italy, bon order women in afghanistan, to cover up head to toe. they say male relatives will face punishment if women fail to comply. ah, hello, i'm claire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. russian forces have stepped up their attacks across ukraine, including firing cruise missiles at the southern port city of odessa. they have also resumed the bombardment of the besieged steel plant in mario pole. after the remaining women and children and older adults were evacuated. observers believe moscow ames to make symbolic gains before mondays,

anniversary of the soviet union victory over nazi germany in world war 2. the most intense attacks have been in eastern ukraine, where many people have been left homeless, clothes hang from blasted trees in the eastern ukrainian city of buckman, a grim decoration for a war. nobody here is celebrating residence survey, the damage following another rush, an air strike. sweet lana has come to collect belongings from what was once her home. god was the token i survive with that. this was my parents house. my sister was living here. i was living here. 2 people are homeless now and 2 of our neighbors were killed. yes, they're killing people, you get as ukrainian forces. go on. the offensive intense battles in the eastern units region have seen front lines shifting village by village, 30 kilometers away in the town of coast hunting, yoga, vasily,

but looks. he says he ran to protect his 3 children who were sleeping in another room. when shelling began to civilians like these. it makes little difference whose ordinance is falling on their homes and schools for a dealer so, so brooklyn everything should be normal like it is for everybody else. so what can we do now? who's guilty or i don't know. who should i blame for this? barrages of russian rockets also rained down on her keith destroying civilian targets, including a museum, even as ukrainian forces around the city drove the russians back. numerous russian rockets also struck civilian targets in the port of odessa. some observers save vladimir putin once a symbolic victory to celebrate on may, 9th, the day that russia commemorates victory over nazi germany at the end of world war 2. the as of style factory complex. last question of ukraine's forces in maria fall looks like his most likely target. the last civilians who had been trapped in the

plants underground. bunkers have now been evacuated and vast out of murray or fall . president zelinski says he wants to negotiate safe passage out for all civilians who are still in the ruined city and are corresponded much as a ballinger is reporting for us from keith. i got to see you, my ts putin is going to want something to celebrate on victory day this monday. how likely is it there claiming victory over mario ball will be part of that? it's very likely that he will try to claim victory over maria. poland. it's also likely that this doesn't really depend on what is happening in the as of steel works, or we know that fighters are still in their wounded fighters, but as hostile active fighters and that the attacks on the steel works have intensified. but we do not really know, or whether it's hot,

how far they have gotten, and, or whether it's likely that they will or be able to control the whole plant within these 24 hours that we have until the 9th of may. a, it's sir very difficult to say and, but i don't see really what would prevent them to declare victory even if they are not in control of the steelworks. have been saying a lot of things and they haven't been very or very, very compliant to fax in these in this regard. i think the 9th of may is very symbolic. and we are hearing that they're preparing for some kind of a celebration in mary, jo, poland remains to be seen how these celebrations look like in this an actual situation. but this is a high, highly symbolic city. and looking at the situation in ukraine, more broadly, are you seeing signs that ration and attacks are indeed increasing? definitely, definitely. there have been a number of rocket attacks on odessa yesterday and this night or this night we

haven't confirmed whether it was rockets but it was explosions and we can assume it was rockets because there are no, no, there's no it artillery near by or anything. so our desa has been a target in the, in the past few hours. and hm, we're also seeing intensified fighting in don bye in the don barza region. so it seems that they are trying to achieve as much as they can are to send a signs of string before this celebration and does appear ukraine. a ukrainian counter offensive is also advancing, sending rushing troops, fleeing from harkins or more. can you tell us about that? no, this is sir, the ukrainian troops have taken a quite a few villages north of hark, if that's important because these were the positions from where the city was shelves. so this eases the pressure on the city as well. and it drives the russian

troops further back to their, to the russian franchise. so we could expect her that her situation around harkins is easing while in don bass. it's intensifying d. w. correspondence matches minor forest. thanks. as always, the ukraine war has taken a huge toll on to be on people there. but not only many animals are also suffering immensely when shelter in the western city of the v used to rescue wild life. but has since taken in more than a 1000 pets, we have lost their owners. did have you course on it. and when you are chassis had a visit, they have lost their owners summer, abandoned in leaves to her station. others evacuated from eastern ukraine by end yos, are civilians. for those pits to war has taken its tall. one woman from say, better than yes, go to us. worse. 20 cats and 3 dogs. she and she and son,

just 2 people take ariana about 20 chasms, 3 dogs. since the war started over a 1000 animals have been evacuated to this living shelter. these dogs were part of a group of 20 rescues from the southern city of mc alaya. they are very sociable, but other animals are traumatized and what they have been to volunteers in the shelter rely on donations and also on hands on help from a fellow living residence manual in tears from my leave for go to us and say what i get, what i can help your sounds. i'm gonna go for a walk was dogs because was like 150 dogs. people sometimes q 4 hours to walk the dogs twice a day. i read in instagram that this dogs are will come from key from which, from year to pin. it broke my heart and they come to this place to give food,

to give time from this dog. over to weeks motto has developed a special bond with fake us his previous owners remain unreachable. milena comes from spain and hust pants to last 2 months and helping people in body affected areas and bringing abandoned animals to safety. is our cameras that we dig a lot of dogs out for a walk every day? this one, for example, was the little timid. he was very small and he didn't move. he was always in a corner. and every day i tried to won his trust until one day i was able to get him out. he wouldn't even let me pick him up. and now he doesn't leave me. so let's see if we can adopt him. that'll volunteers provide care vaccinations and early screens applicants for adoption in the wake of the war. people around the world have become interested in ukraine and in the fate of his son dislike very popular

craft cats and dogs and zucker from the grain. for now, living, seltz's acc hoping was a situation, but as the war drags on every day, more animals in need arrive, and denise for more support to accommodate them. oh, so gross mo, dire and springing up to speed. now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world, a hard line former security chief has been installed as the new leader of hong kong . john lee oversaw a crackdown on the territories democracy movement. the one, the approval of around $1400.00 pro beijing members of an election committee. he was the only candidate on the ballot is now set to take office in july and russian authorities say forest fires have killed at least 8 people in siberia. local officials have declared a state of emergency in the cause, no, you ask region, blazes have damaged hundreds of buildings and high winds are hampering efforts to

extinguish them. irish nationalist party, shin fein, has won the most seats in northern ireland legislative elections. mainly catholic party supports reuniting the british territory with the republic of ireland. it is the 1st time that pro british unionists have not emerged as the largest party should fail. now try to form a government, but the mainly protestant unit union as parties are threatening to block the efforts. chin fane supporters jubilant at their historic election when the nationalist party could now nominate northern islands. first minister. if michelle o'neill manages to form a government, it will be the 1st lead by a politician who wants to reunite northern island with the republic of ireland. and it would be hugely symbolic for a party wants ostracized from politics over its ties to sectarian violence. today represents a very significant moment of change. it is

a fine and moment for our politics and for our people. it was a sombre result, fishing faint opponents, the d u. p. who want to northern ireland to remain a part of the united kingdom. i think the divided nature of unionism in the selection husband was to the overall union as vote is strong. we're not winning extra suits of because those books are too widely spread. i think there are lessons to be drawn from this for union as one of those lessons might be to focus less on the irish unity debate. this was an election fault, mainly of economic issues like the cost of living and the centrist alliance party. neutral on the question of the united ireland made major gains despite losing votes . the unionists must be part of the next government in accordance with northern islands, power sharing agreement. but the d u. p has indicated it may block the formation of

a new administration until the u. k. makes changes to post breaks it trading rules . that means northern ireland is likely facing uncertainty ahead. if no government is formed within 6 months, the storm want assembly will be in the hands of a cat. take her administration and fresh elections will be cold. and in afghanistan, the taliban have ordered women to cover up from head to toe, ideally with the traditional bircher that conceals the entire face. the hard line pivot is confirming the worst fears of rights activists. and is the latest in a series of harsh restrictions imposed on women since the taliban returned to power last year. these women just lost another, right? they have right to be seen in public. this could be the last time we see women's faces in afghanistan. as of now, they're required to cover their bodies from head to toe, whether it be a job that women who don't where the job firstly should be identified. and their

guardian should be advised that the women themselves should be punished. it's the latest moved to police women's lives and has confirmed fears that taliban rule this time round likely won't be any different to their previous rule from 1996 to 2001 when women's rights were all but removed. women's voices a know to be absent from responses to the new law because they fear being punished for speaking out. only a few dare to talk about life and the taliban rule. the medical luggage man, i know it is meaningless to live in afghanistan because you feel like a prisoner hello to go. you can only eat and sleep and live according to the taliban as well as their home. so these girls have also been barred from secondary education, though it's reported that many of the younger taliban educating dag girls in pakistan and cut off many afghans,

infuriated by these latest injustices. as the taliban continued to curtail women's rights in the name of shari'a law. that your news update at this hour are sure reporter is up next, looking at foreign fighters in ukraine to stay tuned for that. we want more news and analysis. there's always our website d, w dot com. i'm clear. richardson in berlin for me. the team, thanks much for joining us. with hulu, william. how to ben, gunner gonzalez was iron, or if i had known that the boat would be that small, i never would have gone on the trail. i would not have put myself and my paris in that danger caught up the theme of myrtle flocked fleetwood love.