ah, ah, this is the w news live from bird lane. russia intensifies its assault on don bass . towns and cities are hit by 10 shelling as most go focuses on capturing ukraine's industrial heart land. also on the program, german chancellor, olaf shows tells the world economic forum that russia cannot be allowed to win the war individual for the victims of america's worst school shooting for a decade, which is renew the debate of a gun violence in the us ah

. until gale, welcome to the program. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern don bass region. launching attacks on dozens of towns into has been done yet. the key industrial city of separate in that case is growing danger of being completely surrounded. having failed to capture the ukrainian capital kiva and its 2nd largest city hockey, moscow's now focusing on smaller objectives. ukrainian president volume is it on skis, demanding more heavy weaponry from the west? describing the situation in don bass asked extremely difficult moments of joy in times of war. this is the 1st civilian wedding in european a city close to keith. it was devastated by conflict. shasky, they are obviously the, well, it's a joyful feeling,

but also very unusual because there's a war going on. it's unusual to get married during the war and over another. it'll give us no need to give up people. life goes on, no matter what i say. the truth is on our side, ukraine will be the one of the school. so proud of you. only question is when it will end, you know, that's what's worrying every one the most or kosovo, di officials or quince. meanwhile, ukraine says the fighting in the east is fierce of and never be full. some of castilla shots us club. this situation remains difficult and is getting worse. stringham, probably the enemy is using all its power and means to capture our territory and surround our troops in the fighting has reached its maximum intensity to date. mister william, mister chromebooks among my infant son wished him. 90 percent of the lawns creech in his under russian occupation. it's governor says doctor to the last couple more

. sure. the situation is very tense because the russians have sent all the forces to storm de la, hence region down the summer storm to capture towns and to bring the roads under their control. mister ha, but it is that they're attacking from different directions, gnostic, no, it's very hard, but we've been holding the defensive line one for 4 months now. most of useless shoulder wash. despite the fact while the enemy has suffered, significant loss is not good, but they keep pushing towards our defensive line, step by step without hillary shelling at fema up storm. brideau leukemia, mushroom versus monkey lansing genius together make up the don bus were rushing back separatist control lodge parts of the territory. russian forces have showed some 40 towns, a crust on bus as they battled to see the entire region. so even as life and air pin and keep slowly returns to normal, else we're normality is

a very long way off. when you creating officials have talked about russia pouring an insane number of fighters and equipment into the hands. so asked military analysts, frank lead, which whether it was now inevitable that russia would eventually take the eastern don't bass region. that's what we're going to see over the next 4 weeks. i don't think it's controversial or not really millet channel analysis or crystal ball gazing is what will amount to a seizure that town or the next few minutes earlier, which is quite big. it's actually a twin time. this is chance right next door. so it's about 200 people in the for about 200000. so back to get about half the size of mario you crate isn't prepared to defend those cities for about 7 years. now, it's still the same number of russian forces coming in. what's happening is that concentrating their attack, i think there's about when in the area we're talking about before,

whether we're trying to get to, to take the highway. we're looking at about 20 battalions, but ukraine is, can face those off. one thing that's not often mentioned filters to close on this question if i might, or the huge ukrainian losses, we very rarely hear anything about it. you kind of government, it's a matter of policy. and quite right, it doesn't comment on it. but from what i've heard, the casualties are really very severe. the thing is they can replace those casualties. brutal lo, it sounds right. and we have western money equipment and intelligence pouring into you create an unprecedented rate. so this is slowing down the bleeding. if i can put it that way, but is it likely to turn this around? no, i don't think so. not, not in the medium term will certainly not in the short term. many of those are some of those. some of that equipment and reinforcement is still stuck in the west. i don't know if it's getting down there. i'm hearing that there are issues with

that, but it is a short term issues in the medium term. yes. of the long term western support. western intelligence help and above all, western logistics and equipment. how will i believe? who knows, turn that time, but this is going to be a long one. this is one battle in a long, long war going probably to next year and less of a surprise on one side of the other. because i've seen it written that given the poor performance of russian forces that perhaps moscow would declare an answer, this war effort to capture you cranes, eastern territories. that's possible. who knows what's in his head and he runs the show that i think the credit is, could presented some form of surrender the way would happen, or at least a concession. but the way that would happen is the russian simply stand on the defensive ukraine is, would, would shape up to counter attack. and that's going to happen anyway. doesn't really matter. wants to play what's going to happen on the ground you can use. i'm going to stop fighting because the russians, the class,

some sort of notion of victory was to happen to be a local success. which could and would, i think in the long term b reverse. thank you for that. very clear franklin richard military analyst. thanks very much. is quick round up of some other developments in this war to capture russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine that accused of shelling civilian infrastructure in a town near her. prosecutors called for 12 year prison sentences. verdict is expected on tuesday. russia supreme court has delayed until june, a decision on whether captured fighters from ukraine's as of regiment, should be designated terrorists. russian government considers the units a neo nazi organization. if the regiment word designated a tenant group, russia would be unlikely to include its fighters in any prisoner exchange with you, create your secretary of state and to be blanket says the by the administration was

to lead countries opposed to russia's invasion into a broader coalition to counter beijing's global influence is that china was the only country with the intent and increasingly the power to re shake the international order. so, the russian president, vladimir putin says moscow is ready to help avert a looming of food crisis. if western countries lift sanctions imposed over the war, you cried, rushes block 8 if you cranes ports hold to the export of millions of tons of grade . but the kremlin insist it is not to blame for global food supply problems. german chancellor, olaf shows says that the russian is vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win this war. in an address to the world economic forum and diverse chancellor shots repeated his country support for you crate. but didn't address keys demands for more heavy weaponry. he said, rushes war is contributing to

a global crisis. discussion of the worn ukraine and its effects dominated this. here is world economic forum. participants examined solutions for the leading global threats, food insecurity, energy, and the range of economic crises. these topics were also central to german chancellor. olaf schultz is keynote address, which wrapped up thursday's event, depend immune or lunch to the pandemic. and russia is a war against ukraine and you are threatening to roll back. progress made over the last decade from comforting got most dramatic, the fight against hunger and poverty you can shuttle both on we are risking the world's biggest famine and decades if we don't respond as nicely on video during the g 7 presidency we launched alliance for global food security with the world bank, germany has set aside nearly half a 1000000000 euros. a jada oval broadcasted love, it rings out that the global to the crisis is

a major risk for poor countries in asia. and africa said really difficult time for african countries because it's like it's gotten them offside countries a more debt because of it. countries are struggle with plymouth tuned. and 105000000 people got hungry. the cause of good group globally, a little those 30 percent of those. i'm africa. another additional $100000000.00 people took that to go hungry. so this couldn't be really serious. and now, as the world's most powerful players leave davos, the focus will turn to putting the plans and promises they've discussed into motion . on rhonda pope, some other stories are away from the wall. 50 people have been killed by armed fighters in easton, the keen of fossa, st. claire who's behind the attack, but to harvest militants, have overrun, sways of the country. over recent years. of violence is part of a wider is limited. insurgency across west africa saw how region the death toll

from wednesday's, bombings in afghanistan has risen to at least 16 as many as 10 people died in a multiple bomb attack on many buses in the northern city of mazar, e sharif. i was later a bomb exploded and i'm asking, cobbled, killing 6 and injuring many of us. legendary american actor railey otto has died in the age of 67. he was best known his role in the crime classic good fellows. so say the actor died in he sleep in the dominican republic, where he was filming a new movie. and british prosecutor say they have charged hollywood actor kevin spacey with several counts of sexual assault against 3 men. united incidents took place between 20052013 in london and elsewhere in england. charges against mister spacy follow an investigation by police in london. the

united states, law enforcement, or authorities in texas are facing criticism of the length of time it took for them to storm and elementary school, where a gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers. the suit was shot dead nearly an hour after he began his rampage. and i'm security officer also failed to prevent him from entering the school. the massacre has once again raised the divisive issue of gun control. the town of a wilder is mourning the loss of their loved ones. 19 children in 2 teachers 21 lives did were needlessly cut short. the tightly knit community is the latest in the u. s. to be devastated by gun violence. but texas governor greg abbott believes mental health and not access to guns is the real issue. we as a state, we as a society, neither do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge period. we have we, as a government need to find

a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it. democrats, vito role was vine to be the next governor of texas in an upcoming election publicly confronted, correct. other during his press conference, he accused the republican of being responsible for the killings by liberalizing state gun laws. huh. the question all you need to ask him is why does he want violent criminals to be able to carry guns on our streets? go go, ask him that he has not had to answer for any of this. and he gets by with this theater on calling it out. i came here to called out to stop this because if we don't stop it, it will continue to happen. the community is still trying to process what happened . i was at the school where it was so pre k and kate can every morning you have to open their doors for them to get out. and you see all

these bases to like new them. it's just really sad, so we have to go through this. i am saddened by that i'm angry at our government for not billing more about gun control. but even as people across the u. s. and around the world express grief and sympathy. few believe that this will be the last such tragedy. oh, me reminder that top story at this, russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's easton don bass region. launching attacks of dozens of times in the constant and asked the key industrial city of savannah dunn janski's in growing danger of becoming completely frank awful. have mobile nears at the top of the hour of next on the w doc film.

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