on your smart phone, smartphone users number, who children like 20 to imagine the impact you and your friends can have together, we can end global hunger. please download the app. ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. ukraine warner, the fight against russian forces in the east is going back. presidents lensky warns the offensive could make the don bass region uninhabitable. towns and cities lie in ruins, as russian forces advance aiming to encircle ukrainian troops. also coming up,

investigators get down to the task of prosecuting alleged russian war crimes. more than 13000 cases could eventually come before the court. plus texas police under pressure over the elementary school massacre. as grieving families join calls for stricter gun controls, there are questions over how long it took the emergency team to respond. ah hello m terry martin. good to have you with us. ukraine is warning that russia is edging closer to surrounding ukrainian troops and the eastern don boss. region. russian forces are launching attacks on dozens of towns and the provinces of the hans can de nets. the advance could be a turning point in moscow's efforts to consolidate control in the east ukrainian

president, while autumn is landscape, has criticized disunity within the european union over sanctions and is calling for more support from western allies my flight. this is what life in ukraine's east looks like now. residence of the city of lucy, chance desperate to escape the constant shelling shelter here in this basement. one of the many here urgently need medical supplies, but traveling to get them is too risky. will not let you so my father suffered a stroke and there are many others in these houses who need medication go to the doctor when decremental ukraine says the fighting in the east is fiercer than ever . with nearly all of the lu hans district underbrush and control some of those little shapes of scrub, the situation remains difficult and is getting worse trim problem. 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 wouldn't mister homework, smuggler infants suddenly, tim moscow has set of fights on gaining control of the dunbar. ukraine's industrial hot land russian troops attempting to encircle ukrainian forces by seizing t highways in the region. finishing the current offensive by russia in the dawn bus could make the region uninhabitable. putting pressure on russia is literally a matter of saving lives. and every day of delay weakness, debates or proposals to pacify the aggressor at the expense of the victim means more ukrainians killed. white g grange. ukraine says 50 towns and the region came under shelling, posty, which killed at least 9 beeper. for the reduction troops gaining ground, justin's hill, see no escape in sight. d w correspond rebecca rivers joins me now from the

ukrainian capital chip. morning rebecca, how was ukraine doing it? its efforts to stop russia advancing in the east? well you heard a little bit there in that report, terry? not, not very well at the moment. so this is a really defining moment in this conflict and, and ukraine now admitting that they are losing the upper hand in the don't bass region. the governor of low hon, saying that ukraine controls only 5 percent of that area. now. i with russians advancing. that was last week that was 10 percent. so you can see that they really are moving forward. they are advancing in the ukrainians. really outnumbered by people and weapons, most of all. and they're just not able to stop them advancing. or the russians are trying to encircle troops around in la hans around that city. sarah, have several done yet. it's been spoken about a lot in this part of the conflicts, and they are actually succeeding. they are surrounding that city by on 3 sides now . and they,

the ukraine is really struggling to hold them back. russia now controls a substantial part of eastern and southern ukraine, much more territory than what the separatist fell before the invasion began. we know rebecca, what life is like for ukrainians living in those newly occupied regions? well, pretty dia, by all accounts. you had some, some accounts there in that report. i mean, what we've been hearing is that people are largely having to live under grounds, and people for weeks now have had a very no, almost no utilities, no electricity's, no communication. and that fast running out of supplies, medicines, i mean it's hard enough for able bodied people living there in the region. but all the more hard for those people, as you heard in that report, people have had strokes or who might be not able bodied. i mean, this is a really dire situation. they struggling to get food as we were hearing a couple of days ago that that aid was still able to get into some parts of lou

hans. but as the russians advanced and met and cut off those roadways, that's becoming harder and harder and life will will get harder for the people living there. in his latest video address, president zalinski accused the west of quote, playing around with russia instead of putting pressure on the kremlin. how worried is the government in chia that it's western partners will let you crane dell? well, i think at this point quite worried terry. i mean that, you know, zalinski has been calling for weapons throughout this entire conflict. and he then was, you know, getting the response that he needed from the western community, particularly the u. s. and he seemed to be quite happy with what was being offered . but now as we're seeing, the finding intensify that they're just outnumbered. he's saying that, you know, it's all very well that you've pledged these weapons, but now can you please deliver them? and in fact, we need more. i mean, they suddenly made things like multiple rocket launches and they sort of big a weapons because they just really outnumbered. i mean, in some areas we're hearing that for every rob, lot from the ukrainian side,

you've got 10 to 20 coming back in the other direction. so they really outnumbered as it was, he definitely worried that he's going to be left out in the cold here really needing more support from the is national community, very critical of nato and quite critical of be you as well. rebecca, thank you very much. that was our correspondent rebecca ritter's there in chia to captured russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine. they're facing up to 12 years in prison for allegedly shelling civilian infrastructure. the case is just one of thousands that ukrainian authorities are investigating and fresh evidence of war crimes is found every day. this report from dw box tonda contains images that could upset some bureaus. deep inside the forest lies and anonymous. grief however, chose this place, didn't want anyone to find it. 2 months after the end of the russian occupation

here, the body of a ukrainian man was on earth. his passport found here by the police say, the death of the 56 year old civilian is linked to the russian aggression. nothing unusual these days the horde them. oh, well, we found many and we will find more because a lot of people are still missing. a lot of people died. a lot of people were buried for much of a lot of rules. a quote from the victims daughter is on the scene. she tells us her father went missing on the 18th of march during the russian occupation. it's neither sir solutions. i only know he won't down to his house and didn't return. will you? i think he went to feed the dog of the neighbor who had left. i didn't know where else he would have gone up with a lot of sticky. we've been so far. clues are limited as to what happened to her father. his passport shows red stains on it, possibly blood butcher hostile mill hairpin. these towns have become

synonymous with russian war crimes were than the 1000 people were killed in boucher alone. a neighboring her pin. the cemetery has changed in appearance with hundreds of freshly dug graves to day streets and the area are lined with destroyed houses and shops. all over town, reminders of horrific acts of violence like these cars attacked with weapons of war . so all the vehicles are see here are civilian vehicles that were used by people from boucher to try to flee from the russians and flee from the fighting. just like this vehicle over here, as we learned, it was struck in the back while trying to exit the town. it was hit by heavy machine gun fire and the bullets traveled through the entire car, hitting in the back. next thing at the fronts and killing at least one person inside, one of more than 3000 war crimes that are now being investigated. and the key of region alone, an arduous task. but authorities are making some gains. we know we have already

fixed florida. so a 100 percent from russia on, in key region that to where mentioned here in our church or, and when also was it? so they went from special forces from russian federation. they came here. we have their name surnames, also even their families the default. but with them being out of reach of ukrainian authorities, what are the prospects of bringing these men to justice? but it's where they couldn't visit any come to is a, have a possibility to be arrested. so anyway, you know that if somewhere they will come intentional court and international police officers and may be full with fidel them and arrested. so we hope that they will find the punishment because they are guilty. so far, fewer than 50 alleged russian war criminals remain. and ukrainian custody of police and texas are facing criticism over how long it took them to respond to

a shooting at an elementary school that left 19 children and 2 teachers dent officers shocked at the attacker nearly an hour after he began the rampage. the massacre in you've already has re ignited debate over gun control in the united states. d. w. 's stuff on siemens reports. you well, the texas surrounded by corn farms and cattle ranchers just about 85 kilometers from the u. s. border with mexico. the small town in the south of the lone star state has become a household name for most americans. recently for all the wrong reasons. a few days ago the world was turned on its head for this tightly community. when an 18 year old gunman stormed into rob elementary school, telling 19 students, and 2 teachers, i heard say, really hurts or where are her. we never thought this would happen. here is just a little small town. everybody is pain stricken fields, paralyzed and is in the state of emotional shock. even her children can feel the

pain. jeriso says lazy me crying, they asked me, why do i cry? and i go because i don't know what i would do without them. and i, i know it hurts to see other parents what they're going through. it literally does it hurt and i, man, i can't sleep. i can't sleep at night knowing that those children went to school thinking that they were safe after almost no communication to the public in to the media, the police. finally, days after the massacre and rob elementary school came out with more information about the timeline about what had happened here. the teenage shooter enters the elementary school through an unlocked door guns blazing. 4 minutes later, local police departments are inside. make an entry. the hear gunfire they take rouse, they move back, get cover. the offices pinned down call for help and help arrives. but only late, too late, many se, approximately an hour later. us border patrol tactical teams

arrive. they make it shoot and kill the suspect. despite the many unanswered questions, the parents and loved ones of those who died still half despite the grief and pain they and the whole town feuds right now, many hear speak up demanding tighter gun control measures. gun laws have to be more strict are is too easy. here to get a gun, i was a poor background checks, and alyssa longer process for them to get the rifles for any, any pistols. it's too easy here to get a gun. just across the street from another makeshift memorial for the victims of america's latest mass shooting. this school years, top 10 performing high school students are property displayed in front of city hall, almost as if nothing had happened at all in you've all the texas the american actor ray liotta has died at age 67. the new jersey born star got his

big break playing ex convict re sinclair, and the 1986 black comedy, something wild. but his best known role was as real life mobster henry mill in martin scorsese's good fellows with robert de niro. and joe passion died in his sleep in the dominican republic where he was filming a new movie. the world of electronic music has lost one of its pioneers andy fletcher. keyboardist for the british ban. depeche mode has died at the age of 60 ledger was a founding member. their group formed in the late 19 seventy's and helped to popularize electronic music around the world. it's included, enjoy the silence and personal jesus depeche mode. say they are shocked and filled with sadness and pleasures passed.

ah, just reminder, the top story we're following for you here today. russian forces have advanced further in their offensive and eastern ukraine. keith says its troops are under attack and 3 sides and could face in circles of presidents landscape, calling for more action from western out watching d. w. news of next week talk to spent lana ticket taken off sky of exiled leader of the democratic opposition in belarus. i'm terry martin, thanks for watching with asia and audit lovers guide by vibrating asian cities. 5 local artists.