this is on potato i to read a turn on. well, it gets more ridiculous from their literature list. truman street. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia steps up its efforts to seize control of ukraine's don bass region. people living near the front lines fear what could come next. if the russians advance, our correspondent visits a ukrainian town under fire. also coming up round madrid reigned supreme again in

the champions league. spanish side triumph with a one mailed wind over liverpool, making champions for a record 14th time. the game kicked off late after chaos outside the stadium pass. ah, i'm pablo full is welcome to the program. russian forces have kept up their vast offensive aimed at seizing all of ukraine's industrial don bass region. the onslaught is causing heavy losses among ukrainian forces. it's also raising fears that cities, but don bass could face the same hires that took place in matthew paul or russian artillery blasted the city with no apparent attempt to avoid civilian casualties. russia 1st invaded don bass 80 years ago, capturing part of the region. now it says it aims to seize the rest. d w. correspondence mathias billina has visited one time living under the shadow of war

. for years occasional shelling has occurred here. but now the shells had daily. welcome to new york. that is what this town on the front line in eastern ukraine is officially called. german settlers picked the name in the 19th century style and renamed it novgorod scale. the name was officially changed back last year when boris boucher of a local poet was hoping the name of new york would bring a new spirit to the former industrial town where it's worth, look at that couple when there's no production anymore. here that we thought the name would attract investors who would help us deal with this building has been restored with foreign 800. yet we've been holding forums and cultural events are getting circular. sabrina now bomb craters lying the road in front of the cultural club. several shells of hit the neighbourhood, wharton. oh,

my windows burst and the roof was lifted. i was sitting in the basement when it happened. i opened widely he gala instead of reading his poetry trotter of now looks after the remaining inhabitants and organizes aide. i guess i'm in the basement every day. what we've been sitting in basements for 8 years. yes. many houses in town are damaged or destroyed. 3 quarters of the 8000 inhabitants have left. those who remain live in constant fear. elaine, a vast joke is picking up the pieces a rocket came down in her yard 2 days ago. he doesn't really put that. we're trying to replace the doors. we find some old ones because there are no more doors, not here and not there. i don't even know what the use of restoring everything is

that we fix it now and to morrow. another shall heads. morris has evacuated his wife to western ukraine where his daughter lives in read. you see what's happening here. nevertheless, he's determined to stay as long as help is needed. now. yes, the 3rd owner, as the saying goes mid i hope is the last one to die. i'm on ukraine side. holton. i trust the news and i was born in this town. yes. you're right. milton, he quit school i hope there will be no incoming shell or to start this whistling who needed, which sounds almost like we need to dive. just months ago, they were dreaming of creating a cultural hub in new york. now it's all about surviving. dw correspondent rebecca ritters is in keys and earlier she told us ukraine is struggling to hold

back the russian assault in don bass. well, the situation in the dawn bass is going very, very badly for the ukrainians at this stage. but he's me on the, they've been admitting for a couple of days now that they have lost the upper hand there. that rush to really has the upper hand. it is dominating the battle in low hands and on yet. and as you heard from that report, that certainly seems to be the case. 95 percent of la hans is now under russian control and they are going forward as well. the city of severity on yet where most, most of the fighting is now centered in that region. they are the russian troops and now in circling that city, there is some mixed reports as to whether or not the russians have gained control of that city. russia saying that they have ukraine saying that they haven't yet, but they have said for a couple of days now that they may have to pull ukrainian troops out of that area in able to, to shore up defenses further back. they just don't have the, the heavy weaponry, they need to be able to hold back the russians and push them back. they,

they calling on the international community pleading with the international community to send these big weapons, particularly multiple rocket launchers, particularly rather multiple rocket launches. that can fire up to 300 kilometers in the distance. they need this kind of weaponry. if they're going to be able to stop rushes advance, but whether it comes in time really remains to be st. pablo dw correspondence rebecca readers and keeps there well moving on to sports news and soccer giants round madrid have written another page in their glorious history by winning the champions league final. yet again, they beat liverpool. one knell for a record extending 14th title. the most watched annual sporting event on the planet began late amid chaotic scenes. liverpool fans when a party moved in paris before the champions league final. but the holds of supporters from england struggled to get in the ground amid security checks and

kick off had to be delayed by over half an hour. police even used pepper spray rail madrid supporters had no trouble accessing the stack to france when the game finally got on the way. liverpool dominated the 1st half, but couldn't force and opener the spanish champions than stalled out of nowhere. just before the hour mark through brazilian winger vinicius dounia joy for the spaniards. as they sealed a record extending 14 continental title and color one to lottie became the 1st toads to wheat. 4 times. it was misery for liverpool with the abiding images of the event being the thousands of their fans stuck outside. and i'm joined now by chris harrington from dw sports for more on the final. hi, chris, good to see you. so let's discuss the chaos before the game. some ugly scenes. what

happened was 36 minute delay, the kick off you way for blamed fake tickets. you know, you had an expected 60000. we saw the images in the report. thousands and thousands of fans and the issue was the fake tickets weren't working in the turnstiles. that was a problem. this obviously frustrated the large amount of fans, france is intense. interior minister point the finger at liver pulls fans and said they were a bit too aggressive in so forth. but then there was pepper spray sprayed on the fans and me children were affected. and then at some point, fans actually jumped the fence and wanted to see the action in a yeah, you could see the face now. you know, just the seems, you know, look very zoo like in some respects. and here we are. the fans took their opportunity and sees the moment, you know, the security that we do so much to contain the situation. and you eva along with law enforcement or looking further into the situation and just trana on cover more answers. but clearly it did not start off on the best wish it. okay, well,

those images are certainly not the kind of ones you want to be seen for a big final. so as for the football itself, what did you make of the game? well, you know, real madrid is pulled off this miracle type of a path to this pinnacle and his other. they're the big daddy's of the turn them in, you know, they've extended their wrecker to 14, in everything. carlo actuality typically relies on youngsters, and it was junior vinicius, who came through real madrid, sees their moment, and they only really had one moment. they had another, but it was called back. of course, you know, liverpool look the better side and it was a type of revenge was part of the story line, you know, back to the 2018 final most, ala healthy, you know, us audio, my ne, they both looked fierce and for a goal. but between those goalpost reale, madrid has a monster, a to meter tall beast, t bulk or twa, unbelievable may man of the match. i mean, the report you're close. pretty much said it. you know, we had a lot of opportunities. the fans or thrilled of the outcome, but when the goal keeper is name man of the match that pretty much says everything

. carla angela t. the victor talked about history. you know, talked about the attitude of his players and yeah. and they got what they came to get and they walk away with the silverware. and they certainly do so overall crash between the football and those scenes that we're talking about before. there's a bit of a sour feeling over this whole final, right? yeah, you know, in some respects obviously this is, you know, the most attractive of sports of in around the world. it, it garners the most attention in focus. and any time you see images of families being affected, football is supposed to take us away from certain things and we see it started off in this way. but nonetheless, hopefully, you know, those that came to watch the action can go to sleep with peace at night. and hopefully there weren't too many injuries. it took place, anna, and we can resolve it. i turned the page in. i have better events for the future. right? kress harrington from tito the sports. thanks. thank you. well here's a quick round up of some other events making use around the world. a small plane

with 22 people on board has gone missing in the paul. it was scheduled on a popular tourist route from the resort town of polk o'hara to jump some in the mountains. the plain lost contact with the airport ash tower. shortly after takeoff, police said a search was under way. at least 31 people have been killed in a stampede at a church in southern nigeria, police, a large crowd turned up to receive food donations in the city of port. harcourt. nigeria has seen several similar tragedies over food distribution in recent years to columbia. now, where elections are due to take place on sunday to choose a new president. among the candidates is a popular former mayor. federico gutierrez, or fickle, as he's known, is promising to kickstart the economy, fight corruption, and bill ties with washington. he calls himself an independent, but some of his critics say, he's a stealth candidate of the right from border di toby's johan remy death reports.

seeker gutierrez says he's running on his record. polls ranked him as columbia's most popular man when he was in charge of the northwestern city of medina in 2015. who tells us when a surprise victory to that office, thanks to his citizens initiative that gathered thousands of signatures. he became medicines, thirst ever mer, without the backing of a political party. his vice presidential running, mate, is another former mer, rodrigo lotta, who ran the southern city of neva. he says that municipal experience is a big advantage to everything. we both serve to local government, which is a microcosm of the country's problems, people where different approaches need it. that gives us a regional perspective, that columbia has to be built from the provinces. we don't have all the answers and we're not messiah saviors. we're not going to solve all the problems of colombian

for years, but we are going to bill from the local level on a basis of getting people to participate. if elected gutierrez promise is to grant 1000000 scholarships for students to build or improve 18000 kilometers of roads to boost rural areas and to plant 200000000 trees around the country to help the environment a key. i even us a very, very important proposals such as reactivating, the rural areas we activating social development by granting subsidies to mothers in charge of families and to the elderly, but also to mothers who have children with disabilities and who therefore cannot wag. there are very important commitments in the social sphere, but also in the economics fair and didn't my videos. yeah. beautiful to put them in in lithia economy. good terrorists is an engineer by trade. he says he is an independent candidate who does not serve parties and interests. but he is supported by a coalition of parties on the political right. 4 years ago,

many of them back the candidacy of outgoing president, yvonne bouquet. that's why gratuitous his opponents accuse him of representing more of the same something his campaign rejects. you'll see no to it, ella last here. if i did not have the confidence of fico, a dedicated heart working men, that he has the skills to rule columbia, that he's transparent body, and he has nothing to do with any criminal group going. i would not stand with him that he or your companion, but there is one goal, gutierrez and laura say they aim to achieve above all. it's perhaps colombians greatest hope. but something that has eluded the current administration to bring peace to the country. after 50 years of civil war at the cannes film festival, the pounder at the coveted top rise has gone to swedish director ruben ost lunch for a triangle of sadness,

a satire on modern day capitalism says grand cinema talent also made waves this year with park chan woke winning best director for his erotic crime thriller decision to leave sang. kang ho became the 1st size korean to pick up the best actor prize for his role in broker. good. the woman who junior gwinnett, i'm to lazy and this is detail the news and you are up to date after a short break, our tech show shift to looks at have smart architecture can help stop climate change on pablo foliage for me, the team here. berlin taker, so you got mixed up the next, are these places in europe or smashing the records, stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of european record breaking sites.