i learned a lot our culture history. there really travel extremely worth a visit. ah . this is the w news. life from 1000000000 ukrainian troops liberate more territory as they drive russian forces out of the hockey region. keith aims to liberate all of its land from moscow, called on the west to speed up the delivery of weapons. armenia says, dozens of soldiers have been killed in attacks by azerbaijan. russia goes on both

countries to cease hostilities after the worst fighting to break out since 2020 oh, middle is wanting can use the president takes over the leadership of a country facing a cost of living crisis and a devastating drought. ah . i've been visible and thanks for joining us. ukrainian president law, mister lensky says his forces have liberated 6000 square kilometers of the country from russian occupation since the start of the month. it follows the rapid offensive in the northeast. ukraine is also claiming significant gains in the southern region of hassan. moscow concedes it has lost territory, but has dismissed any suggestion of negotiations. instead its retaliating with air strikes and artillery fire, the front line is shifted further away, but hot,

he 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 to lensky lenovo, 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 where it rushes, 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 your midnight your new house, but there was shooting bombing and shelling. day after day. we had no electricity and the water just on my hood chest, them wouldn't be the way. yeah,

we had all my snap food. now we finally been liberated, but the world has to know what happened here. yes, but so in the city of his u. m. resident say russian forces beat a hasty retreat. burning buildings as they fled a shorter westerly morning. there were russians this morning already of ukrainians. it's not enough to say i am happy. i just don't have enough words to express myself. the woman will flume forbidden womach. this is them in the hills us. we met them with tears in our eyes. we've been waiting for them. we couldn't imagine that they would have come so unexpectedly, but we've been waiting for them for almost half a year, which and we're so happy over the cleanup has just begun. ukrainian de mining units say they're clearing explosives from towns near the russian border, a task which could take weeks or months and on it was if at these positions we found what you see here, anti tank minds. are you an anti personnel mines that are forbidden by the

international convention live? well then, see those mines were found cleared by our unit channel revolutionist, small, small, and wheeled as ukrainian forces drive deeper, rushes losses, litter the landscape. and the scale of the counter offensive becomes clear. mike martin is an author and speaker on conflict based in london. i asked him if this looks like victory for ukraine in the northeast. oh, certainly in the northeast, this is a victory and the it is hard to get exact figures on it. but when we're looking at something like 9000 square kilometers of territory, that the russians have been kicked out sold is not clay. where the i rule this will lead to victory in the war, but it's a significant step in that direction. what about the south of the country then in the counter offensive there? well, the south is actually interesting enough, much more important than what's been going on in hockey high, so on is, is quite

a strategically important city is the only city that the russians have on the western side of the nico river. and it's also the gateway crimea, which is the russian strategic center of gravity, actually was everyone's been focusing on what's been going on. and if the trainings are still being pushing south and, and i suspect that at some point they will switch back to the south being their main axis of advance. what about reprisal attacks from the russians? or couldn't they simply regroup and come down even harder on this kind of offensive? you know, the reprisal attacks are, i mean, the clues in the name russians are attacking, you know, you and your package they use and they're attacking hockey city. so that is they're attacking civilians. not only is this against the rules of war, but it's also militarily stupid. if you've got a limited amount of ammunition, you should use it on the troops that are hacking you, not on civilians. it's very,

very silly. and to the 2nd part of your question, you know, will rush to be able to regroup and, and frustrate the ukrainians attacks. i see no evidence that the russians are able to do that. their front lines have collapsed once in hockey. then they tried to set up another defensive line on the oscar river last night. the ukrainians penetrated that. the russians are, there's reports of them surrendering, running away about the equipment they know organize than organize. they're not able to frustrate the ukrainians attacks at the moment. so from what you're saying, is it safe to go back to these liberated areas for ukrainians? i. that's a very big goal for me to make from the u. k. and everyone needs to make their own decisions about what they do. what has been clear and we're starting see emerging reports of this is that those areas that have been on the russian control have experience. some of the same things that we saw when places like boucher north of

ki, liberated. that is we're seeing people have been. ready disappeared, people have been taught should people have been killed actually additionally, so i think everyone needs to be very, very catholic when they go back to those areas eventually from mike martin in london. thank you very much for being on the w. yes. thank you. a short while ago german chance though, the short spoke to russian president vladimir putin on the phone. let's go straight over to t w's political correspond been. i mean, i was, goober benyamin, no guesses what the leaders were discussing. it was the 1st phone call after several weeks of silence between each other was a 90 minutes phone call. according to the german government spokes person. according to a statement that berlin released they spoke in what shoulds demanded was asking to tend to withdraw completely from ukraine. into respect ukraine's territorial

integrity and sovereignty distressed that only therefore, a diplomatic solution is possible that it should come as soon as possible. and you also ask the russian president to respect a un back to ukraine, a great deal when it comes to the exports of grain. so an interesting phone call after several weeks of silence and also stressing that it's important to keep in touch. that's how the statement ended. well, it's good to see diplomacy play again in this war, at least that line of communication. it's open, but what prompted this goal right now? there might be 2 reasons for that one. so what we just heard when we look at military activity and we have the reports, ukrainian troops are reaching the russian board and on the other side. also mounting criticism on the government. when it comes to sending heavy weapons, one of them is ukraine's 4 minutes to cool labor on what he called disappointing signals from germany when he comes to delivering leo port tongues or infantry vehicle. so we have the pressure on the government. that is mounting,

saying that they should send have a weapon, something that the government does not want to do. we also heard that from germany's defense minister christina lambert yesterday. and on the other side, this signal that they had. well, they also stressed in this a statement from the chancellor from the german chancery. it's a child spoke to you crates, president vladimir lensky last week in there for today. he spoke to put in for this 90 minutes. that's also something that he posted on his twitter. and, you know, you know, the high school on the chancellor's telephone call with president vladimir putin and a divided germany over heavier weapons deliveries. thank you. i media has accused as a by john of trying to advance into its territory of the deadly fighting broke out overnight by mr. parson, young as phoned world leaders to demand what he calls an adequate reaction. i mean, he released this footage, which the defense ministry says shows as a by johnny troops trying to enter armenia. your yvonne says at least 49000000 soldiers have been killed. as

a by john says 50 of its troops died. the neighbors went to war in the 990 s, and again in 2020, over the dispute of region of nagondo cut back as why john is accused of on of provocations and sabotage along the border. jamini and prime minister responded to those claims you ah, the original by john is trying to claim that these actions came as a response to some kind of provocations by the armenian side. but we can definitely state that this information is absolutely false and has nothing to do with reality me on. i'm out cause our marketing course. let's just take a quick look at the background of this story to give you some more context. a heavy military presence in a gore in a car bug as part of everyday life in the enclave. in recent years, the dispute at region has seen fighting flare on a regular basis, located in the south caucasus. now, gordon, occur box is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan,

but is controlled by ethnic armenian forces, backed by armenia. the conflict dates back to the dissolution of the soviet union. much of not gotten a car box has been under the control of armenian rebels, which as a by john refuses to accept a so called frozen conflict that remains unresolved. turkey has expressed it supportive as it by john. while russia has provided armenia with military equipment . journalists, joshua gutierrez, specializes in the region and works for the news website, eurasian it, we asked him to explain what's different about the fighting this time? a sure what the significance of this round is that it's the the targets azerbaijan targets this time are in armenia proper. previously, the fighting has been concentrated, mostly in and around the corner car box, which is internationally recognized as azerbaijan, his territory. these attacks are along armenian communities along the the border

inside armenia, which would represent a significant escalation in pa, sir, by johns, targeting a brief look at some other stories making headlines. the queen's coffin has now left edinburgh and is on its way to london. they'll stay in buckingham palace the night before being booked at westminster hall. on wednesday. it would lie in state, therefore, 5 days ahead of the funeral. next monday for when it was with the 2nd pipe. francis has arrived in kazakhstan for a 3 day visit to attend a major piece meeting of the world's religious leaders, a conspicuous absentee from the event his russian orthodox patriarch, kira whose publicly supported russia actions in ukraine. the revolutionary french swiss film director john gordon, has died at the age of $91.00. what was known or french new wave classic and icy fees like breathless, starring job, open on door and goes back. is i going to classic films push cinematic boundaries

and inspired generations of directors? kenya has a new president, william brutal took the oath of office at nairobi. herani international stadium hauling a closely contested election, and a court challenged by his opponent. tens of thousands of people gather towards the integration and who takes over from a long time president who kenyatta used. mario miller takes a look at the man who will lead east africa's largest economy. william route or b. b. odds to when kenya's topped up, despite been deputy for almost a decade, he ran as the under dark, sidelined by outgoing president award kinyata, raised in a small village where he says he often slept hungry. he drew on his own childhood experiences to connect with supporters. my election opens possibilities for all our children,

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