many dear and well, i guess, and i would like to invite you to an end ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. nato's leader was that russians war on ukraine could go on for years. as not a mere zalinski visits troops on the front line in the country south, the ukrainian president towards mich alive, where soldiers are fighting to prevent a russian advance along the black sea coast. also coming up french voters decide the shape of their next parliament poles of close to add the vote. counting has begun and the 2nd and final round of elections to the national assembly president

emanuel la con hopes to win a new majority for his reforms. we'll get the latest from paris, also coming up as being firmer arrives early in europe as cities across the continent experienced record, high temperatures, forests from spain, to germany, have come to the destructive force of climate change. ah and really mm hm. at welcome to the program, it cranes president vladimir zalinski has visited troops on the southern front line, while his army battles a russian on stuart in the eastern don bass region. ukrainian forces are also fighting off attempts by russia to seize more territory near the southern city. us near the southern cities of mc alive and odessa, now with changed to frontline positions,

the head of nato yen sultan bug says the war could go on for yes. it's russian cruise missiles like these that are pounding targets in ukraine. moscow claims to be carrying out precision guided attacks on ukrainian military infrastructure and command positions. but the soaring civilian death toll and seemingly indiscriminate damaged to residential homes and cities refutes those claims. on a visit to the southern front, ukraine's president saw the destruction for himself. but that when you publish a lot of houses were destroyed severely, logistics were disrupted on. many social issues have developed. i've instructed that more systematic help. we offer to people who have lost families. and everything that has been destroyed will be restored. there not enough missiles and russia to weaken our people's will to live what i now

eastern ukraine is also being pummeled by russian artillery. the city of lucy, sions has endured fierce shelling and now soldiers are digging in to defend the city street by street for civilians that survived the shelling. it's high time to leave. i even hear ya, tillery this couple close in rounds, and people understandably get nervous. they're worried about the dried out of here, so it's a constant and it's constantly trying to reassure people. oh, you know, anyway, we take them as can we better than here was i we're leaving everything behind everything that we've had here for 70 years. and we don't know where we'll go this i'm ukrainian troops in the z chance corner just on the defensive there now firing at russian positions and 7 are done yet so tenaciously refusing to give up the fight. ah,

well, the w's emmanuel, a chance, went to the suburbs of keep places that i've seen a lot of destruction during this war. and we asked her what those places look like . now, 2 months after russian troops pulled back exactly, he's been to mom started, the russian troops have retreated from those villages around kia, finn while tweed, his truck, me for us, for us. when i left here to go there, where the number or sign posts are signs are saying that people have to be mindfully nearby for us about the minds. because not all areas have been d mind. and that's the case in most of the country where russian troops are where station this will take years to get to the mines, then you have all the residential areas which has have been shell. then you can see really there, the indiscriminate of shelling. i visited some are some apartments,

some locals, just so me. there was a camera or was the team and i asked, could you please come and see what so you know, the state of things in our flats and they showed me, you know, broken windows, they're still shattered. glass everywhere. does some roofs which have been completed, destroyed and, and then let the water leak in. so even in places here in ukraine where russian troops are no longer there and are the key of region is very much a dot right now. it feels like a piece time, almost here you see people in the streets, been people going to the restaurant, but even there you can feel the war is still everywhere. there are still people who are suffering a great leave from the impact or dos of 4 months of war, hard data. that is what i saw, the extent of destruction in the region all around q. and the russian military is claiming that it's making significant progress. and ukrainian forces are suffering

heavy losses. what would you know about this? well, of course, this would be a war of words and of course the russian side, as the ukrainian side or would do, would, you know, emphasized a lot their gains why did under losses of the russian army have, has done so has made some progress. so my no progress, i would say in early areas around civil denise, go around there, hard key, but so did the ukraine on forces, especially in the south of the country, new harrison knew her supper reach out, or we've seen also reports in russia, media of the major strike, which would have killed a lot of high ranking ukrainian or officers. this hasn't been corroborated independently of by depressed by international press or by the ukrainian side. but of course there, there are heavy losses on both sides, both ukraine inside and the russian side. russia has a really a majorly increase. it's offensive,

especially in the lou haskell region. some report, some intelligence reports as say, dog. so even russia has a place all of these reserves are there in low hands. get in order to caleb these offensive in the coming days. t w's emmanuel, a chest reporting from keith. thank you so much. transfers has have cost their ballots in parliamentary elections. and this could decide if president emanuel con, can push forward his reform agenda, pulling stations closed off to the 2nd and final round of voting and counting is currently underway. polls indicate microns allies will emerge as the biggest party in the new national assembly. but it's unclear if they'll get enough seats for an absolute majority. the presidents, centrist party, is facing a challenge from a new left wing alliance. lead by is on look, man i'll show will dw lisa lewis joins me from paris. tyneesa,

any sign of early projections? well, the 1st projections are indeed saying that in my course party, the president's party and his allies will lose the absolute majority in parliament, the 289 seats, which would mean 50 percent of the seats plus one. they will be several dozen seats away from that. and the new allies, the left wing alliance on the far left leader jolly middle shores himself, gained ground and tripled their score. when you take to get over for parties that are part of that alliance in these elections. and that means really that, you know, it will be a lot more difficult for president by core to govern this country in the coming 5 years. and he will have to compose with other parties from the left and from the right to make anything possible. under frances recorded, it's lois to turn out in the 1st round, was, was there

a difference for the 2nd round? well in this case, in the 2nd round, it's slightly better than last time. around 5 years ago you had 54 percent of extension that is lower, that some people were expecting. it seems that especially voters from the left that normally could abstain from voting, such as workers actually they apparently have turned out to vote and support. the left thing aligns candidates and that also has probably contributed to their good results. and just to say that if you look on the other side of the spectrum, the political spectrum, the far right party, the customer manase now is also predicted according to these early projections to gain a lot of ground. they could obtain up to 89 seats in parliament up from 8 seats only last time around 5 years ago. and lisa, could you explain how the left wing alliance led by john,

look on sean has managed to gonna so much support. well, it looks like they have really appeals to a lot of voters from the lead, the left that we're sorry that the socialist party, which is part of that alliance, has not emerged as a strong force in the presidential elections a few weeks back. it looks like a lot of young people, lot of people who are in favor of ecological measures have voted for the new maybe, you know, not for them to gain power to come off at out as the biggest force in these parliamentary elections. but to become a strong force and to show him on my call to give him a signal that he needs to take these photos opinions into account and make more ecological take more logical and social measures. really, lots of people here are opposed to his market liberal market orientated reforms,

and that is this resolved seems to be an expression of that d. w as lisa lewis in paris. thank you so much. we his or why a reminder, some of the other stories were following the sour, moldova held a pride march in support of algae bt writes. it took place and a heavy police protection because of threats of violence. holdover is a socially conservative society that has come under growing influence of the orthodox church. survey shows. most mold evans have a negative view of the algae. p t. community hundreds of people have protested. intern is he has capital against the referendum on constitutional changes called by president case said, critic safelite has been extending his power grab after dissolving parliament in march and sacking dozens of judges earlier this month. the coast guard

has rescued, $108.00 migraines from a sailboat in the gnc silva was found rudderless and leaking. the migrants hold authorities, that for people are so missing a europe is experiencing an unusually early summer heat wave record breaking temperatures have caused forest fires. in spain and here in germany, the hot and dry weather is putting pressure on regions already suffering from drought to roar and crackle of wild fire burning its way through northern spain. fire fighters are struggling to contain flames that have already claimed over 200 square kilometers of woodlands. spain is sizzling under a heat wave that swept across much of europe with temperatures far higher than usual for this time of year. forest fires also near the german capital

berlin here, unexploded munitions from world war 2, a complicating efforts to put out the flames. experts fear that was to come the bounced at side him. yas, put the hottest time of year is usually between mid july and august, august. i cindy, it's from if we already dealing with these temperatures now, they will likely be more days like this, or even hotter one sulking later this year. hog at once martin's holstein van nixon on franz to is feeling the heat like in spain, temperatures have exceeded 40 degrees celsius. in some places meteorologist say it is the earliest heat wave to heat the country and 75 years. as people look for ways to cool off as you in paris is providing icey treats for its occupants, blah, blah middle and who busting courses. so here we have a frozen watermelon mix for the giraffes that we have tops of blood for the carnivores. look. and then here we have blocks of ice mixed with meat for the lions

lesson. what in these unusual refreshments? a welcome relief from the baking heat in italy, the early onset of summer is drawing out waterways. the pool river, the country's longest, has disappeared completely in some sections of por, port articles. her glance at the situation can get even worse, can kill animals affect agriculture. hum everything. oh my, the river has already run out of water. i used go fishing by now. i can only fish for stones of buffalo up on the way up and debbie, saucy signed to sworn and extreme temperatures. this early are caused by climate change and after to become a regular feature in years to come. or his reminder of our top story, voters in france decide the shape of their next parliament pulls of closed and vote . counting is currently underway in the 2nd and final round of elections to the

national assembly. initial projections indicate to present the manual icon has won the most seats, but may have lost the absolute majority he had in the last parliament. this is denise live from berlin, coming up next is shift living in the digital age all season. ah. the double used crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series, continues them all episodes are available online. and of course you can share and this goes on d, w, africa's facebook page and other social media platforms, crime fighters, tune in. now sometimes a seed is all you need to allow big i.