i see the same sound, postpartum psychosis is an awful illness. mothers nightmare starts june 4th on d w. ah, ah ah, this is d w. news lied from bourbon. ukraine warned. the fight against russian forces in the east is going badly. presidents lensky says the offensive could make the don bass region uninhabitable. towns and cities lie in ruins, as russian forces advance, i mean to win circle ukrainian troops. also coming up,

investigators in ukraine get down to the task of prosecuting alleged russian war crimes. more than $13000.00 cases could eventually come before the courts and texas police under pressure over the elementary school massacre is breeding families joint calls for strict a gun controls. there are questions over how long it took the emergency team to respond. ah, i'm anthony, how it's good. have you with us, your crime this morning that russia is edging closer to surrounding ukrainian troops in the east and don bass region. the russian advance in the province of lou hantz can dynette could be a turning point progression separate essay. they've taken full control of the strategic town of the month. russian forces have also laid siege to the city of dizzy chance. my play crow,

this is what life in jo cleans east looks like now. residence of the city of lucy chance desperate to escape the constant shelling shelter here in this basement. more than many here urgently need medical supplies, but traveling to get them is too risky. well, not only a kid, 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 the sites of scrub, the situation remains difficult and is getting worse. lifting him properly, 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 wooden, whistler, whom looks among the infants suddenly, tim,

moscow has set of fights on gaining control of the dunbar. ukraine's industrial hot land russian tubes 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 dejan came under shelling posty, which killed at least 9 beeper filled up with duction troops gaining ground, justin's hill. see no escape in sight with a correspondent, rebecca rid us as in the ukrainian capital. keep earlier we asked her how your crime is doing in its efforts to stop russia advancing in the east. not,

not very well at the moment. so this is a really defining moment in this conflict and, and you cry now admitting that they are losing the upper hand in the dumbass region . the governor of la 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 and the ukrainians really outnumbered by people and weapons. most of all, and they're just not able to stop them advancing. the russians are trying to, in circle troops around in la hans around that city. sarah sarah, done yet. it's been spoken about a lot in this part of the conflict, and they are actually succeeding. they are surrounding that city by on 3 sides now . and they are, you credit really struggling to hold them back? rebecca bridges in chief will to capture russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in new crime. they're facing up to 12 years in

prison for allegedly shilling 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 d w max santa contains images that some viewers could find distressing. deep inside the forest lies in anonymous grief. whoever 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, your to billing is linked to the russian aggression. nothing unusual. these days the horde them of we found many of them and we will find more because a lot of people are missing. a lot of people died. so a lot of people who are buried a much bottles, a call from this. 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

solutions. i only know you won't doubt of 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 with a lot of sticky. miss gibbons, so far, clues are limited as to what happened to her father. his passport shows red stains on it, possibly blood, boucher, hostile mill hairpin. these towns have become synonymous with russian war crimes. worth in 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 travel 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 in the key of regional loan, an arduous task. but authorities are making some gains who, you know, we have already fixed law that 300 versus from russian army in key region that were mentioned here in our church. and we're not sure was it. so they were from special forces from russia for duration. they came here, we have their names, their names, 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 country where they have a possibility to be arrested. so anyway, you and all that, if somewhere they will come international court and international police officers

and maybe the full refund all them and arrested. so we hope that they will find the punishment because they are guilty. so for fewer than 50 alleged russian war criminals remain ukrainian custody. satellite images have become one of the main sources of information about what is happening as the war unfolds photos and videos taken from spice. document key events on the ground and can provide vital evidence of atrocities. images like this one, showing the destruction of mary paul a providing crucial insights into russia's war in ukraine. satellite technology has become a game changing tool in documenting atrocities. this is mary, you pulled before the russian invasion there. this is how the city looked afterwards. merry you pulse theater where hundreds of civilians were sheltering

before a devastating air strike. the word children is written on the ground on either side of it as this next image shows that did nothing to deter the attackers. these are just some examples of how satellite imagery often captured by commercial companies is helping investigators pinpoint what's happening on the ground. when russian troops withdrew from the city of boucher, near kiff, ukrainian forces discovered streets lined with the bodies of civilians. russia claimed these scenes were staged by ukraine after its troops had gone. but a satellite image showed what appeared to be bodies lying in the street nearly 2 weeks before the russians left the town. it showed how these pictures can also provide evidence of potential war crimes ear, so called nick, what we have conclusive evidence, model, satellite images. and we can conduct a full and transparent investigation. that is what we're interested in

a maximum access for journalists, maximum cooperation with international institutions. involvement of the international criminal court, complete truth and full accountability. commercial satellites mean pictures like these showing what appears to be mass grave and now widely available. it's changing the way war crimes are investigated and could pre vital in ukraine's efforts to hold perpetrators to justice. so just how important are these satellite images we asked military analyst frank lid, which the recent history. so this to be absolutely crucial, even going back into the ninety's with strep on it, so other serves were claiming that nothing had happened. satellite images, quite primitive by today's standards, demonstrated that the mass graves have been dug under preparations have been made far advance. these instruments are now absolutely central in war crimes investigations, especially for corroboration. so there you have

a lot of evidence in your report from human witnesses, people go missing and other other other evidence. so what satellites can do is corroborate that. they can tell you from looking at the military vehicles what units, whether they can tell you the date and time of the images to a really close degree of decision as received in boucher that's been really, really important. that was our military analyst, frank led, which speaking to us earlier or police in texas are facing criticism over how long it took them to respond to an elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers of as a shot dead. the attack nearly an hour after he began the rampage, the massacre evolved. they has re ignited the debate of the gun control in the united states. they w 7 months 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 type of 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 streaking fields paralyzed and is in the state of emotional shock. even her children can feel the pain. yeah, lisa says they see 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 know it hurts to see other parents what they're going through. it literally does it hurt a man. i can't sleep, i can 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. they hear gunfire, they take rouse, they move back yet cover the officers pinned down call for help and help arrives. but only late too late. many se, approximately an hour later, u. s. orbital. tactical teams arrive. they make entry, shooting, kill the suspect. despite the many unanswered questions, the parents and loved ones of those who died still have despite the grief and pain they and the whole town feeds right now. many hear speak up demanding tighter gun control measures the laws at the be more stricter is too easy. here to get

a gun after support background checks, and lisa longer process take for them to get the rifles or 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 evolve. texas american, actor riley yada, has died at the age of 67 in new jersey born star got his big, bright plying ex, convict racing clay in the 1996 black comedy. something wild that is best known row was as real life monster. henry, fill in martin scorsese's goodfellas flying alongside robert de niro and joke patient you're the dog in his sleep, in the dominican republic, where he was filming a new movie. before we got his reminder of the top story we're following for you,

this out. russian forces have advanced further in their offensive in the east of ukraine. keeps as its troops are under attack from 3 sides and could be in. so president zalinski is calling for more action from western alice and that is all the news for now. coming on next, chris kaba is in with business news and a look at the economic impact of the devastation in ukraine's industrial hot land. don't forget, get albany around the clock and d, w dot com and in the, at the handle you need to social's is at d. w. use. i'm anthony. how in buildings i was ah, we'll go to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there was a before 911 and an after 911. he says after $911.00, the clubs came off.