a young people clearly have the solution. good, future the 77 percent. every weekend on d w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. russia's war comes to occupied crimea. once again, huge blasts kill at least one person on a military base deep inside russian controlled territory. a key official says it

may be the work of partisans, but russia or explosions, an accident, and new kinds president again vows to retake crimea. also coming up a neck and neck brace and 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. he's a spy. as julie in a song, a white expedition to the u. s. on espionage charges. his wife, stella tells d w. his case is having a chilling effect on press freedom. ah, i'm minute mckennan. welcome to the program. russia's war on ukraine is again impacting the occupied crimea peninsula. russian officials say that explosions at

an ad based there have killed one person and injured several others videos. shad on social media shows several large blasts at lenovo fed. a reef cut facility rushes, defense ministry says the explosions were destinations of stored, amen, ammunition, and not the result of any attack. keith denied any responsibility for the incident . a senior ukrainian official suggested the blasts may have been the work of saboteurs inside crimea. russia illegally annexed crimea, in 2014, an action that ukraine's president will admit, zalinski says what was directly connected to the current war. showed nevada. today there's a lot of attention on the crimea issue. underwrite the so because crimea is ukrainian and we 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,

gregory. and i'm joined now from london by military analyst and conflict research. i might marson welcome to the w mike. and can you tell me who do you think was behind these explosions in crimea? of course it was the ukrainians. we've heard this before from the russians when the muscular thank your viewers will probably remember this. russian ship sank, they were all sorts of stories. and then it turned out that actually the cranes had fired a missile asset. the reason of course, that the ukrainians, being slightly coy about this. and they're saying are, well, you know, maybe it was us. maybe it wasn't us because what this does is it spreads confusion and fear amongst the russians, particularly the russian forces based in crimea and just north of crime in her song . and this is exactly what the russians would be doing for the last 10 years. so they're getting a taste of their own medicine. is there any information available about the damage that these explosions cause?

it not with complete clarity. what we do know is that that base had a number of fairly advanced rushing fight to aircraft on them prior to the explosion. so we can assume that at least, and this is, this is sort of a tech, or we can assume that these have been damaged. but what we do also know is that there were some explosions from either the parts as an attack or missiles or whatever. and then some time later, there was a much larger susan explosions. and what that tells us is that effectively the initial strike then set off ammunition or fuel, which is what you'd expect to have on a base of that size. and so the russians have lost quite a sizable quantity. and if you look at the pictures, it's sort of the mushroom cloud rising up. the russians have lost quite a sizable cons to fuel ammunition. if this was a ukrainian attack, does it signify a strategy strategy shift from keep actually, i think it's a continuation of

a strategy. effectively. what they're doing by striking in crimea, is pointing out to the russians that nowhere on occupied ukrainian territory is safe. and for the russians, crimea, is the most important territory that they occupy is more important than done. but if the trainings can hit the russians in crimea, what that will do is force the russians to pull forces and defenses out of other areas into crimea to defend it. and then of course gives the ukrainians more options about where they want to attack next. the momentum really has shift in this war is now the ukrainians. that are dictating story. whereas previously it's been russians that have been forced lang, a central ukraine overnight. can you tell it? tell us any more about that. shelling of civilian areas by russia is if you look at it in military terms,

it doesn't achieve anything. so when you see the ukrainians striking russian military targets and the russian striking training and civilian targets, that also tells us something. it tells us that russia is feeling under pressure and feeling somewhat powerless. and it's striking out of civilians because although attacks and civilians always legal and obviously terrifying play civilians in strict military terms. they don't actually advance the russian cause it's all, in fact they probably set it back because as we see a tax and civilians have galvanized the cranium, population unified them to fight against the russians like math and we'll have to leave it there. thanks so much for that really fast. thank you with us. thank you very much. now, ban on imports of russian coal into europe will come into effect today. you countries agreed on the embargo earlier this year as part of sanctions over russia's invasion of ukraine will. most half of the use coal imports have come from russia, with germany,

among the most dependent countries are now turning to domestic mines and increasing imports from countries including the u. s. columbia, south africa, and australia. to make up the shortfall. we'll have more on the call import band later in our business news. now, wikileaks found, the julian assange remains in a british prison awaiting extradition to the united states, to face charges over the publication of files that detailed us war crimes. numerous journalists and human rights groups have called for his release, and mexico has offered him asylum. his biggest supporter is his wife and foreman lawyer stella astonish. in a re interview, she told d w about her fears for her husband's life and the impact that his treatment is having on press freedom worldwide. good freedom for julian assange. that's what his supporters are 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 this isn't a place where they're not where their father is not allowed to leave. selah sans once had children to get to know their father outside of prison walls. ultimately once the domestic rab 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 sanchez 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 europe in space and limit what the press can publish? think about if china were to do exactly the same thing and prosecute a journalist in germany on the same principle because that journalist exposed chinese crimes 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 julian can happen to others. the fight to free her husband is exhausting, but giving up is out of the question, foster loss on until her husband is free. okay, let's take a look now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world supporters. the former us president donald trump have expressed outrage at an f. b i. rate on his state in florida. agent search for papers allegedly removed from the white house.

republicans have called the actions politically motivated. whitehouse said president joe biden had no prior knowledge of the raid. millions of people are back in lockdown, and math testing is underway on the chinese island of high non. the popular holiday spot is experiencing an outbreak of coven 19 tens of thousands of tourists have been left stranded after authorities suspended trouble. no blue whale that had been stranded in the river send in france has died during emission to try to save it. the while had been lifted from the river and with being moved to the coast, when it developed breathing difficulties. it had been trapped inland for more than a week. about being counted in kenya after a lower than expect to turn out and choose days general election out as a selecting a new president and choosing members of the countries parliament. early indicators,

a showing a tight race between the 2 main candidates, deputy president, william roto and better and opposition leader railroad dingo a both projected to having close to 50 percent of the vote. now that means a run off election may be needed. more and more on this, we can prostrate to nairobi, now to speak, to our correspondent either or kimani. hi edith. the turnouts in the selection was quite low, especially among young voters. tell us why that was well, technical reason for my mind and to book everyone might be a struggling to put your life has really gone down. not, not less because of the way i feel the continent in the country. we've also got the effects of the pandemic which was still reeling from and there's also a drought that is currently ongoing an unraveling. and in fact, there was a viral video that went round. not long ago of

a lead is screaming in the supermarket when she found out that the price of miss flow, which is the staple here, had gone up to $2.00, up from $1.20 in june. so you can see how people are really grappling with that as so an election, does it seem that important votes are still being counted? so no final results yet, but there is a lot of speculation. how do people see this playing out in the end? oh yes, with this one with the result it if we're gonna have to leave it there, it's a very busy road that your your own, but thank you so much. edith kamani in nairobi. some sports news now and bundis week, a club and on foot a preparing to lock horns with spanish giants,

real madrid in wednesday's. you a fest supercop cup final in helsinki. i'm fuck reached the showpiece after winning last seasons. you wrote the lee competition, while the illustrious opponents claimed the champions league. it'll be the sides 1st competitive missing since the $960.00 european cup final, a sensational encounter which ended $73.00. in reality favor fans will be hoping for. another goal fest in finland and here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you. russian officials say explosions at an ad based on the occupied crimea, peninsula of killed one person, an injured several of the key officials said they may be the work of pauses and russia to cool the explosions an accident. now don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. you just have to download our app from google play. we'll from

the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world, as well as push notifications for any breaking and without you're all up to date. business is up next with steve. and basically it has more on the use in full band on brushing coal as it goes into effect. that's after a short break. i'm on your hips mckinnon above the whole needs team. thanks for watching in ah