start september 30th on d, w ah ah ah, this is dw news. why, from berlin, ukrainian troops expand their territorial gains as russian forces make a hasty retreat in the heart of region. president lansky says moscow is retaliating with strikes on civilian infrastructure. also on the show, 10 defendants go on trial in brussels. they're accused of carrying out the 2016 terror attacks. they killed a 32 people and wounded hundreds more in the belgian capital. for the people of

scotland admitted their queen of farewell. in the city of edinburgh, king charles the 3rd leads a procession with his mother's coffin to saint charles cathedral. ah, hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. president of all the rumors, lensky says, ukrainian forces have retaken at 6000 square kilometers of territory. since the beginning of the month. the troops now control almost all of harkey region, reaching the border with russia. ukraine is also claiming significant gains in the southern region of her son. but moscow is brits holly aiding with air strikes and artillery fire. the front line is shifted further away, but hawk heath is still in rushes sites and strikes hit the city on monday, sparking fires killing at least one person and cutting power and public services.

retaliation for russia's battlefield losses says president philadelphia zalinski the whole book, which on the one hand, this is a sign of the desperation of those who contrived this war. this is how they react to the defeat of russian forces in the harkey regional. they can't do anything to our heroes on the battlefield, and that's why russia's directing its vile strikes against civilian infrastructure . volunteers have rushed to the re taken villages to deliver supplies to residence, traumatized by months under occupation. in you, i mean there was shooting bombing shelling day after day. we had no electricity, no water that i know you just on my we had almost no food. now we have finally been liberated, but the world has to know what happened here. yeah. nothing you could quickly abuse by so in the city of these, you resident say, russian forces beat a hasty retreat,

burning buildings as they fled in shorter westward every morning. there were russians this morning already of ukrainians. it's not enough to say, i'm happy. i just don't have enough words to express myself. the woman, flume fulton and mamma the season. we met them with tears in our eyes. we were waiting for them. we can not imagine that they would come so unexpectedly, we've been waiting for them almost half a year and we are so happy the clean up has just begun. ukrainian de mining units say they are clearing explosives from towns near the russian border, a task which could take weeks or months. as these positions, we found what you see here, the anti tank minds and anti personnel mines that are forbidden by the international convention. convent those mines were found and cleared via our unit. for you as ukrainian forces drive deeper rushes losses later,

the landscape and the scale of the counter offensive becomes clear. earlier i spoke with bradley bowman from the center on military and political power at the foundation for defense democracies. and i asked him whether the momentum has now shifted in favor of ukraine. i think the short answer to your good question is yes, clearly i think your lead out there was correct in saying what we're seeing is not some organized regrouping or as you call the military retrograde just this is a hasty retreat and, and the evidence that i would point to, as your intro point to do, is that they're leaving a lot of equipment and vehicles in ammunition behind, and that's going directly into the arsenals of the ukrainian forces. so clearly the momentum is with ukrainian forces. it's too early to declare victory, right? some retreats rate resulting routes and lead around and some lead to the retreating

forces, consolidating defense winds and ultimately stopping of the counter offensive. it remains to be seen, which we'll see here. but almost every metric you want to look at. i'd say right now is in the favor of key, not moscow. and there's retreats to also show that ukraine can do more than just resisting russian invasion. do you think this is a turning point in the war? you know, i hope so. i think the ukrainians have demonstrated all along that they have the bravery and the ability and our willingness to fight to defend our homes. what's been an open question is whether the west has the stain power to provide ukrainians, the weapons they need. this current counter offensive has been enabled by, among other things, the long range weapons that we provide and particularly the high mobility artillery rocket systems which have hit their logistical nodes and weaken their frontline forces and left them less supported. there's more that the united states in germany

and united kingdom and others can do. i mean now is the time to increase that support not reduce it so that they can defeat this unprovoked invasion of their country. and they've also even been seen criticism of the kremlin coming from russian military bloggers who are in favor of this war in ukraine. what are they saying and what do you make of that? i mean, i think it's very significant, right? because why don't we are putting as attempted to conceal the truth from the russian people? because they understood that this, that this was a war of choice and they understood the extraordinary cost of that russian forces are pain there because of his horrible decision in domestic support would erode. and so we tried to conduct the war on the cheap while avoiding a mass of mobilization. but the fact you're seeing outright criticisms on russian state media is significant. and the quickest path to this war ending latimer put an ending as unprovoked invasion. so we have to raise the cost there and we have to send the message far and wide that you can't use military force to change

international wars just because you don't like them. and barring, let me put in retreating, which there's no indication we have that that is anywhere near on the horizon on many military experts i've spoken to have been warning of a long war of attrition. i do think that is still going to be the case. i think the burden of proof is on anyone. he says that this is going to end anytime soon. i don't see, as you say, any indication of latin recruitment is going to give up. i don't think he really gives a darn about the suffering. the soldiers we've, you know, they've lost more russian forces and in 7 months in ukraine than they last decade enough can stand. nonetheless, putin presses on. so that means i think the west needs the press on and providing, creating the means to defend their homes. so they, we don't see worse in europe and we don't have countries like beijing or china like or wrong seeing that they can compet their political objectives with military force as well as the bowman at the foundation for defense democracies in washington, d. c. thank you. so much for taking the time. thank you. it's going to belgium. now

we're 10 man accused of carrying out the 2016 brussels terror attacks have gone on friday. the $32.00 people were killed and hundreds injured when suicide bombers detonated explosives at the airport and on the metro during the cities rush hour. the islamic state group later claimed responsibility pre trial proceedings are now underway and the trial will begin in october or correspondent terry schultz is covering that trial in brussels for us. here's her assessment of what has happened so far. this preliminary hearing was due to deal with the procedures of the trial, determining how many people will be allowed to give testimony, in which order they'll speak. what evidence will be admissible at the trial and things like that. but there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom today, and that's because this is the 1st time the victims are coming face to face with the men accused of perpetrating these attacks. one woman said she felt afraid to be in the same room with them. another woman told me,

she'd really tried to prepare herself emotionally for this moment, and it was nonetheless very, very difficult. there was a lot of emotion on the side of the defendants as well. they're very angry that they're being expected to both watch the proceedings and give their testimony from inside individual glass boxes. now it's long foresman wanted this for security reasons, but the defendant say this is treating them like animals. and the attorney said, this makes them look guilty before the trial even starts. none the less victims are telling us they would very much like to see the men half to stay in those glass boxes. now of these 10 men, one is being tried. an obsession is actually presumed to be dead. 9 of them were here today and of them for have already been convicted in the paris attacks. they're all alleged to have been taking part in this terror. selda was uncovered in downtown brussels in that neighborhood of mall and beck. and one of them mohammed abrinay has actually admitted to, to being supposed to be the 3rd bomber at the airport and leaving a trolley of explosives there and walking out the door to be later apprehended by

law enforcement. so certainly, some of this men have an uphill battle to prove their innocence. here at the brussels, tara trial carry shall fair, and authorities, and pakistan have been scrambling to prevent new floods. after record monsoon rains left one 3rd of the country underwater workers have been trying to breach a major highway embankment in one of the worst affected regions. since province, they hope to divert water away from the town of da do people there are already trying to rebuild after disastrous flooding. a brick by brick. the family is trying to rebuild their home. their house still found it by flat water was badly hit. of year, but the kids tell me father build a house about but how should i build? no one from the government has come to see us. look at my house is collapsed here to to go. my children are sick and crying, and they're telling me to build

a house from the salvage brick so as he can. but while the family deepens the fear of more flat, if not over, flat water is fast approaching down to the authorities in sudden pakistan or cutting the in the highway. the main transport ling to prevent flat water from entering the town. the rainfall across the country also ends up passing through it. we were in this right through the district of the stella on our doors until and unless these floods, these waters, these hill daughters are finally bust prisoner from this facility, situated in a depression where moved to another city to offices here make an effort to paint a dike the purpose to prevent water coming in at all costs. as authority scramble to prevent more flooding. this family is hopeful that the house they're rebuilding

will provide them the shelter they have been missing for days. and in scotland, thousands of mourners have been pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth in edinburgh. the monarch's coffin was taken through the heart of the scottish capital, followed by a procession led by king charles, tens of thousands of people are expected to view the coffin at saint charles cathedral before its fun to london on tuesday afternoon. ah the lawn, good bye to queen elizabeth continues the centerpiece of a long day of ceremony, and scotland was the procession of the queen's coffin down the capital city's royal mile thousands lined the streets to pay the respects as the new king charles the 3rd and his 3 siblings led the procession to saint giles cathedral where a short ceremony followed. for those who came out to view the events, the sense of history was huge. i just said it

had to be here. let me just on the doorstep in santa historical moment and what part of history and then i can tell my children, they'll tell me, are children, wendy. just continue. just to be a part of history. yeah. just a history of someone who lives in thing and obviously as a really i'm here mostly because it's just such a momentous occasion that we can men are all saying that it's not quite the same to build, to watch on the i'm, i won't be able to come your be with everybody because it is, it's a massive warning that we're all going through this really sad day for everyone. this is scotlands chance to say its own good bye to the queen. tens of thousands are expected to visit the cathedral to view the coffin before it is flown to london on tuesday afternoon for making his way to edinburgh for the ceremonies. the new king was in london, where he addressed representatives of the houses of parliament for the 1st time

since coming to the throne. in his address, he paid tribute to have the queen honor to pledge she made as a young woman to devote herself to her country. this vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion. she set an example of sofas duty, which, with god's help and your counsels. i am resolved faithfully to follow his words reflected a theme which has been in evidence during many of the events since the queen died. a focus on the future of the crown, as well as it's past. and just before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story. at this hour, president will let him years. lensky says, ukrainian forces have retaken at 6000 square kilometers of territory. since the

beginning of the month, ukrainian military set it recaptured an additional 20 north eastern towns and villages in just the past day. as russian troops make a hasty retreat. as update at this hour, you can find more on our website at d w dot com. i'm clear, richardson in berlin for me. the team here. thanks for watching. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips with i'm in your northern most count the police a.