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ah ah. this is dw news coming to live from berlin. russia's war again comes to occupied crimea. huge blasts kill at least one person on a military base deep inside brushing controlled territory. a key of official says it may be the work of partisans, but russia calls the explosions. an accident. ukraine's president again bows to retake cry me also coming. a neck and neck race in kenya, early election results show votes are almost evenly divided between the 2 top contenders for the presidency and to some he's a journalist uncovering war crimes,

to others, a spy as julian songs or weights expedition to the u. s. on espionage charges is why stella tells t w his case is having a chilling impact on press freedom. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russia's war on ukraine is again impacting the occupied crimea peninsula. russian officials say explosions at an air base there have killed one person, an injured several others. video shared on social media shows several large blasts at the nova. fedora sca facility rushes defense ministry says the explosions were detonations of stored ammunition and not the result of any attack. keep denied any responsibility for the incident. a senior ukrainian official suggests the blasts may have been the work of saboteurs inside crimea. russia illegally annex crimea,

in 2014, an action that ukraine's president brought to me as the lens he says, was directly connected to the current war. showing you monitor. today there's a lot of attention on the crimea issue, underwrite d, so because crimea is ukranian until he will never renounce it. we will not forget that it was the occupation of crimea that was the beginning of the russian war against you kindly. d. w, correspond mathias bellinger is following the story from kear. i asked him whether russia's claim that the explosions were an accident seemed plausible. well, yeah, the ukrainian ministry of defense, as saying that it advises the people in occupied crimea to adhere to smoking, reggie regulations and russia, how sad it was an accident. but if you look at the video footage that people have shocked or from these explosions, then it's so very clear that an accidental fire is not very probable to explosions

happening at the same time, at 2 different locations. that pretty much looks like an attack. now who did it and why and how is another question over we have her several voices out of the ukranian government suggesting that it might have either been a partisan attack or some kind of a rocket r u a v attack or this is very contradicted, and that's probably intended because ukraine wouldn't want to give russia a clue about what has been happening and wouldn't or want russia to draw some consequences. in further cases, some security regulations, et cetera, are from this. so we are at the moment, we don't really know what has happened, but it's pretty clear that this is a major strike on irrational military infrastructure. there that was it, it was a big arrow drawn. there was used ukrainians say for attacks on their ukrainian

or inner territories. and or, or we have also seen these were big explosions. a lot of ammunition, several planes destroyed. so it's definitely a military success for ukraine. and that's probably also the reason why russia is not admitting that it has been an attack because it would make, it would make, look russia pretty vulnerable on cry me, which is one of their main military or bases one of the most militarized places in this region. as well, no mathias, russia illegally annexed crimea in 2014, and has occupied it ever since. if ukraine makes sufficient gains in the current conflict, could we see ukraine try to take back crimea? if is the big question, because at the moment, of course,

this looks pretty much impossible whether the conditions will change in a way that her ukraine might attempt to take back crimea is of course the bequest is probably the last one considering that the last territory that ukraine might try to take back, considering that it's pretty militarized, it's not as accessible as other territories that russia is occupying. there was the w correspond mathias burling of speaking to me a little while ago from keith. well elsewhere in ukraine, the fighting continues, especially in the east and south. russia has been stepping up its attacks in those areas in recent weeks. people in the city of nikolai, of have in live, in constant fear of rocket attacks from russian troops. and the entire region is on edge. the major russian offensive is expected there soon. we can, and so his home has been reduced to ruffle. alexander is a ukrainian volunteer soldier. his happy he was not at home when the blast hit

hook with ladon. a moment i'll have to sleep in the trenches in the next few days. anyway. it wasn't for 3 years, or i don't need to come back here moment does it? you can't live here. it's out of the most never pros you out the every day mc alive is hit by miss hines. several people were injured in this neighborhood, but many do not want to leave their homes. the head of the regions, military administration, blame spies for providing targets to the russian army. they have trucks and they am very likely request. greg, you go there, do this. so they just gave information for analytics. authorities are trying to rude out the spies as soon as possible. a deep sense of unease has settled over southern ukraine. the region is expecting a major russian offensive siren string out in nearby odessa. though air defenses

here are strong, but that's not the case in mich alive. as in europe, sirens, blair, for the 2nd time in a day, mothers and children at this children's hospital see shelter in the basement. wish it was, it's terrifying. these children are our future digital. we're nothing without number. only a few are still here. thank god. the ones who laugh don't have to hear and see all of this. again, every put trust planning on moving troops to the regions with a situation already so that that's making people here even more fearful for the future. with a barrel and imports of russian colon to europe has come into effect. the countries agreed on the embargo earlier this year as part of sanctions over russia's invasion of ukraine. many european countries have relied on russia to supply energy in the form of coal. much that coal was imported to europe through the port of rotterdam in the netherlands. their votes are being counted in kenya after

a lower than expected turn out in tuesday's general election, voters are selecting a new president and choosing members of the country's parliament. early indicators are showing a tight race between the 2 main candidates deputy president william router and better in opposition leader, rolla, dingo are both projected to have close to 50 percent of the vote. a runoff election maybe needed all the turnout in the selection was quite low, especially among younger voters. earlier i asked the w, corresponded felix merino. why? so that turned out for this particular election, especially among van people, it was low because of a particular things that hadn't been foreseen one, it's only 30 percent of their total voting population. that was youth. then. secondly, a survey that was released by info tax if what truck he in kenya just before the election. sort of that. a majority of the young people between age 24 and 35 years

. why the ones who had heat by the high cost of living saw them not turning up to voids, was probably a protest in their sense that even if they avoid or they don't what their situation would change and that might have actually made them stay home and not come out towards spell boats are still being counted, so you don't have results yet. but there's a lot of speculation. of course, what can you tell us about projections at this point? at this particular point, again, it's only about 3000000 votes that have been counted out of 12600000 votes. so we're still far from projecting there. possibly now. but at the moment william router is leading, he's at about 50.6 percent. well that closes, challenge out at a loading go or d, m is following him closely at 48.7 percent by the percentage is keep changing and

we are not able to clearly see who will lead and who will not lead, especially now that they're, they're still so many pointing centers that are still yet to submit their final results. so once that results i given that we could be able to tell conclusively that this is the leading pasano. this is the president elect bats. if we had to go by what is happening at the moment, william router is leading currently at about 50.5 percent. it makes thank you very much for that. that was reporter felix marina. in nairobi, wiki leaks, founder julian assange, remains in a british prison or waiting extradition to the united states to face charges or the publication of piles. the detailed us war crimes. numerous journalists and human rights groups have called for his release, and mexico has even offered him asylum. this biggest supporter is his wife and former lawyer, stella hodge. in a rare interview with d. w,

she spoke of her fears for her husband's life and the impact on press freedom worldwide. i freedom for julian sands. that's what is support is i demanding in front of the british home office. stella songs is among them, appearing in public to talk about her husband's flight, takes a toll on her pain. but she says she won't stop until he's free. julian's life depends on him winning this extradition, joanne, is clinically depressed if he is extradited and placed in the type of isolation that the u. s. government says that it reserves the right to place him and then he will be driven to commit suicide. stella songs fell in love with a future husband. why working as his lawyer in the ecuadorian embassy in london assange to refuge there in an attempt to avoid extradition to the u. s. leaving the

embassy would mean being arrested. so for 7 long years, he stayed within its walls and that time i was at, they had 2 sons. their wedding took place in prison, where the family is allowed to see each other for one hour a week. they check inside their mouths behind their ears in their hair under their feet. they have to go through the dogs that sniff them from head to toe. and they understand that this isn't a place where they're not where their father is not allowed to leave. so la sargje wants her children to get to know their father outside of prison walls. ultimately, once the domestic reb, remedies have been exhausted in the u. k. he can then appeal to the european court of human rights. her husband is a journalist on covering war crimes, not a spy. that's what stella sonjee keeps telling the media. the u. s. justice system

however, sees things differently. they accuse him of inciting others to hack into computer networks. it will define the scope of press freedom in europe. is it permissible for a foreign power to reach into the european space and limit what the press can publish? think about if china were to do exactly the same thing and prosecute a journalist and germany on the same principle because that journalist exposed chinese crimes because we are keeping european governments should defend themselves against us interference. she says, the effect is to chill the press. because now what can happen to do in can happen to others. the fight to free her husband is exhausting, but giving up is out of the question foster lozenge. until her husband is free.

you're watching the w news before we go. just reminder, the top story we're following for you this, our russian officials say explosions that they are based on the occupied crimean peninsula, have killed one person and injured several others. a cube official said they may be the work of partisans, but russia called the explosions in action. this is dw news from berlin. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here. thanks for watching. imagine how many portion of lunch are thrown out in the world. climate change can be very hot. the stores this is my pleasure, the way from just one week how much work can really get.