ah, ah ah ah ah, this is d, w is live from bird lane, the ukrainian troops re take more, tara trails advarance against retreating russian forces. president lansky says his troops have liberated dozens of towns in the past week, and then are pressing a counter offensive on 2 fronts in the east and the south. also on the program

really is russia's nuclear threat. president putin has warned the west, at any attack on russia could provoke a nuclear response to what weapons could he use and how likely easy to use the i more as a government protest in iran, as women and girls brave a government crackdown to demand an end to oppression, european union considers new sanctions on the palestinian refugees in lebanon, who feel forced to flee? will talk to one man risking his life to make the journey to europe and the smuggler who was helping him. ah, i'm fill gail. welcome to the program. ukraine says its forces of retaken towns in

the south and east of the country. and regions at vladimir putin declared last week would be russian for ever. ukrainian claims have not been i independently verified, but officials installed by moscow have acknowledged setbacks in the house own region. ukrainian forces are also advancing in the east after capturing a key town in the north of the next region. gradient present, valadez lance, he signed a decreed, declaring talked with russia impossible with vladimir putin as president seneca. a social media video shows the ukrainian flag flying in the northern clark, if region and ukraine's army released this video of its flag flying. and carson in the south were key as counter offensive continues to push forward. doing well today, the offensive movement of our army and all our defenders, continued unity, there are new liberated settlements and several regions there. my fears fighting

continues in many areas of the front jungle. but beyond the victory, the cost of war emerges. here and the man recaptured by ukraine at the weekend. bodies of russian fighters line the streets ukrainian soldiers must also collect the bodies of their own. is out of the way we fight for our land, for our children, so that people can live better. but all this comes, it is a very high price residence, like 85 year old valentina struggle to make do with what little they have left. the russians may have been forced out, but daily life here remains grueling. or which thing i'm already fed up with. everything. this for peace tranquillity, and for our children and families to be a life and healthy with

a family home in towns lately, man, things are far from normal. but there are moments to pause and reflect on what the success means for their future. mike martin is a war studies fellow at kings college london. i asked him how big a setback these latest ukrainian advances are for russia or these are very significant and so on in the south. the cleanings have been preparing this advance for several months now and, and it's a strategically important city on the right bank of the pro and up in the northeast . the ukrainians have cut through several russian supply lines which enable them to take the man. as you said, new instruction, but there's actually a couple of other towns that hopefully they'll take in the next couple of weeks. so these are quite significant advances by the ukrainians. very similar to the significance of what we saw in september when they took is you and these

advances in 2 areas at the same time seems to have taken the rush completely by surprise. yes, i mean it shouldn't have taken them by surprise because the ukrainians have been telling the russians that they were going to attack in the south for several months . but the problem is, what we're seeing now really is the problem that russia has had throughout the war, which is they've never had enough troops. they invaded with the 150000 you'd probably need about a 1000000 to invade ukraine properly. so when the ukrainians attack on 2 fronts, it stretches the russians very thin and gives the ukrainians much more options than it gives the russians. so winter is coming, and russia has announced this partial mobilization. how important is it for ukraine to gain territory before those take your fact? i don't think the partial mobilization is actually very important either the russians can rush the troops since you can quickly in which case they will be

cannon fodder or it can take 6 months to train them properly. but that will be decided by that point. i think winter it is, is very important because warfare slows down, the cranes will want to get to a point where they can have proper defensive lines. the other thing was, i think you mentioned in your introduction, russia just had these for referendums in these different regions, declaring as regions to be russian. and they've now been annexed by russia. ukraine is doing by re taking all this territory, which is in those full regions is on the scoring. how ridiculous those referendums were. you mentioned in your, in your answers now that there's no waiting for these, these russian troops to be mobilized. because that will be decided that's in the next few months. you believe that these advances are back to decisive. i think the war is definitely going to be finished by this time next year. so the question is, what exactly where the ukrainians get to before the winter?

as you said, things are going to slow down. but the likelihood is that the ukrainians will take the russians out of class on the whole of that bank, the deeper river. and they will have made significant advances into the east, into the dom bus. i think crimea, which is really the most important place for the russians will probably have to be settled next year in the spring offensive. i mike marson, that war studies fellow at kings college london. well, our correspondent is bullying. it has that visited ukrainian troops in the south country close to the front line despite looming fears of a cold winter. he found soldiers and local people optimistic about for the gates. they are digging in. the soldiers have only recently moved forward to the new position. now they are fortifying their defenses, repairing, retrench it's

been more than 3 months now since ukrainian president followed him. zalinski announced cubes counter offensive in the south law, but we are constantly trying to drive the enemy from their positions. with these attempts have been successful column and we are moving forward. we now have new positions and we fortifying them. that is how we make a constant progress forward. you can show a little from us for quite some time. ukraine's successes in the south have been less spectacular than those in the north east of the country. but recently the army has been able to make significant gains down south as well. that greens are convinced that their tactics are more efficient and also more sustainable. and the russians 2nd there. but that doesn't mean moving forward is a walk in the park, go on their la hello, elizabeth music. they just keep aggressively charging at us unless they don't care

about their own losses. garage and you get the impression that i just don't give a damn about their soldiers, that the doubles their tactics are simple, it's easy to read them or not but rash. this means that we have to be permanently on watch was to the art we can never, ever lower our guard. he said that it was the spoil buses. all there's like the was a highly behind the lines, villages have come under fire. russian forces passed through the settlement early on in the war. later, they were driven back. but since the territory has been back on, the ukrainian control sessions show have been 40 all over the place. believe the in the beginning when i 1st experienced the incoming fire and there were explosions everywhere, i thought it would bought my house. i left the time. but when i heard that things had come down a bit, i came back and i repaired the roof because it started raining. then i decided to stay. russia has seen tremendous losses of personnel

and equipment. that's why president putin has started mobilizing war troops. the soldiers here come, but the prospect of move russian force when i was number article, which if they can draft whoever they want. and however many they want on the right morales and the opinion of a local towards them will not allow them to relax him. that is what i am a floppy. now the soldiers are prepared for winter, hoping that they can gain as much territory as they can for as long as the conditions allowing, showing that they w connelly in cain. welcome, nick. does this rapid advance come as a surprise was certainly all summer we were having a top even officials promising movement if it's on and in the end it's kind of seemed like a distraction tactic. all the actual progressed by the ukranian army was in the

east and you had give but certainly this was a kind of obvious target for them. there's very exposed russian force west to the ne perimeters, the really wide river and all the bridges have been largely kind of put out of action than our dependent on pontoon bridges and the air to get supplies in. so it was kind of an obvious next step, but certainly, you know, this is on a totally different scale than what we've seen recent weeks where you'd have a village, maybe every couple of weeks now we're seeing, you know, yes, they suppose the 8 villages retaken by ukraine in the space of a single day, and they're not just coming at verizon from the west as was previously the kind of main focus been ours are from the north. and there is definitely panic on russian social media among kind of war bloggers and supporters of this invasion that we could see had san falling to ukraine in the pretty near future. and what are you hearing about these russian attacks are on the key region using iranian kamikaze drones? well, this the interesting thing. so it did seem like a russia has been running out of the cruise missiles and the kind of

a weapon systems that we use early on the war to attack targets and key of in v in the fall kind of west of the country far away from the front lines, and in recent weeks, months we've seen a lot less of that into the west and hasn't said that is just down to russia, running out of these missiles and not being able to get the car electronics. it needs to build more of them. and so that deal with iran recently to send these kamikaze drones has been seen as a bit of a, a game jane changer allows russia to, once again go it kind of ukrainian facilities that produce weapons infrastructure. this was an infrastructure target. we don't have more details yet, but for now it is certainly concerning people here in places where like i am, your kids have logic given up going to the seller or kind of taking heed of air warning. so there's a sense that the russian now, at least temporarily, has the option to strike targets far away from the front lines to really get it civilians who thought maybe they were safe now and sat there. history appears to be repeating itself as ukrainian forces make more disturbing discoveries in the wake of the russian retrace was certainly wherever we've been in

recently, kind of russian hill territory ged to hear stories of people going missing. people being held, people being tortured and especially people with links, the ukrainian military veterans or people who are family members serving. and we have seen images in the last few days of an electric shock kind of equipment, various kinds of probes that maybe were touchable while they were question being found in sellers were in kind of police stations. for now, you know, there's still time needed for the authorities to really go through and double check these claims. but there is a sense that there are a lot more stories out than they are going to be coming up in the next weeks, months, as people on those kind of newly liberated areas, you have a chance to tell their stories. i fact that nick and nick connelly in keith would take a look at some of the store is making news around the world. now. south korea and the united states have conducted miss sile jill's in the sea of japan. hours after north korea launched a nuclear capable miss file over japan wasn't didn't condense john young's actions

as reckless residents of japan's northeast and regions were ordered to take shelter as the missile over the country. feeling a lot must used to go ahead with this plan to buy twitter after the company took him to court to force him to go through with the $44000000000.00 deal that he tried to back out of the latest agreement. we put the world's richest person in charge of the highly influential social media angle america has one of the united nations refugee agencies that nansen award for her efforts to welcome more than a 1000000 refugees. the former german chancellor will receive the ward and a $150000.00 in prize money next week. at a ceremony engineer. now to run present abraham races call for national unity in the face of ongoing anti government protests. he blamed the unrest on the u. s. and israel, echoing comments by iran supreme leader anti government demonstrations,

continue to spread to universities and high schools across iraq. and began after the death of 22 year old master, meaning following her breast for allegedly violating these law republics, strict dress code. meanwhile, people here in europe are also taking to the streets to show support. ah, europeans have come out and solidarity for women leading the fight for justice in iran. here in paris, over the weekend, thousands rally to support iranians, facing a brutal regime at home. european parliament president met solar echoed their message, paying tribute to women who give everything in their fight. we are with you, my sammy, and it will be remembered just like had this me new as i left her none f i a deaf masa, nocka and many, many others for women, for life, for liberty across party lines. european lawmakers are showing their support almost

with us. it's totally unacceptable intent that ferris thank cody looked sad that the one woman can be killed for the fan that they'd our rights solidarity matters, but words won't be enough, says the peas guest of honor, french, iranian sociology. professor, as at a kion, i think that you, that you should take really measures a to show us that you any and regime that's a democratic societies and democracy regimes are supporting the polite of iranian peeper for democracy. and for frieda, the european union's top diplomat, joseph barrell said that you will continue to consider all the options at its disposal ahead of his speech. some member states have been more precise. embassy e countries are preparing action against terror. germany, france, and others have submitted proposals for e e o sanctions against members of the iranian regime. this includes travel bands

and acid phrases. the iranian government has silenced protests before an external actions have done little to stop. this swedish m e p. ali spark hunker says that you should not repeat past mistakes when wrapping up pressure on iran. the most important thing is that we are very our, that was that the sanctions are risk to make that ran and people suffer even more. so we need to make sure that the section in the 2 books are pointed at their regime at the people responsible for the violence, the killing at the moral police. and at those people, high impala, we need sanctions are for the member states to the side. but the majority in parliament seem determined to send a strong signal to help make this happen, that a hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees have fled to elaborate on over decades because of military conflict in neighboring countries like syria. according

to the u. n, there are almost 480000 registered palestinian refugees in lebanon. almost half of them now live in refugee camps where conditions are said to be dire. because of overcrowding and poverty. palestinians in lebanon are regarded as stateless and don't have the same rights as other foreign nationals, meaning they're borrowed from working in a number of professions and aren't allowed to own property. the country's economic crisis is now forcing many refugees to try and leave reporter, muhammad korea reports now of one man's desperate struggle to try and reach europe . fever he sparked his back and is ready to go de la rob. while he is a young palestinian refugee who was born and raised in the banana, ah, despite the risks of wiley who doesn't want to be identified, has booked a space on the next boat that will attempt to illegally sale to europe. but but a failure i must leave,

i am forced to i had no other choice even if they give me an inflatable tire to sail anywhere cypress, or turkey or italy, i had no problem to take it. i just want to leave, i'm desperate. i love him. as a lebanon's, acute economic crisis is forcing many people here to try to get out. according to the u. n. more than 3 quarters of people living in the country are set to be in poverty. unemployment is rising, and public services are in a critical state. with the country, read life 1000 during the day. i'm up to 75000 at night. how can i survive? i barely make $300000.00 per day. life has become so hot here. most of the palestinians in the ban on live inside close knit refugee camps inaccessible to live in eas authorities. it is often a shelter for alcohols and a safe haven for human traffickers who organized illegal, bought trips to europe,

to smuggler organizing of on his trip, refused to meet us in person, but we convinced him to speak to us over the phone. hello. hello. hello, hello, i am a smuggler, and i arrange my graham day trip from lebanon. i mainly st. families and i charge $7000.00 per person. every person signs a release form, so i'm not responsible for anyone. even if the boat sank is not my responsibility yet, unless it's absolutely not a crime. i'm helping people find a way out of lebanon, who can bear to live here. there's nothing left in lebanon. there's been a huge increase in trips this year. people know all to well the terrible risks involved in trying to get to you. but almost every day, both carrying migrants are illegally setting, save from lebanon, migrants are risking potential death if they leave. but says a bali, if they stay, is will lead to certain death were taken back to our top story as ukrainian forces

have advanced against russian troops in ukraine retaken territory. there's been speculation that moscow may be preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons. the video has emerged of a huge convoy of equipment moving towards you. credit for more on that, and ukraine's advance is d. w reporter jolt all right. will just days ago, russia declared ownership of several ukrainian regions. but each day since ukraine has undermined those declarations from moscow, which with its victories on the ground now in the eastern region of dawn, yet they reclaimed the city of leman and other nearby towns. as we can see here. now leman is considered a strategic city and its capture cuts off one of russia's key supply lines. but it's in the south would have really made some of the most impressive gains just yesterday in the region of hassan, ukrainian forces claim to push back the front line by around 30 kilometers retaking the town of do chaney and regional officials say that the troops are moving along

the neat river, recapturing villages as they go well, rushes recent losses a prompting domestic criticism of the army strategy and want to put his allies and said that russia should now use low yield nuclear weapons put in himself is said he would use all means available to hold the territory. so what can they reach for? what are the nuclear weapons on the table? both russia and the us have stopped policy between 5 and 6000 nuclear warheads. now all of these, the u. s. mostly has strategic large, long range nuclear weapons, but one 3rd of russia's stockpile are so called tactical warheads. now these are smaller bombs, which are intended for use on the battlefield. now, tactical warheads have a lower payload and shorter delivery systems. and although they won't result in a global nuclear winter, they would still be devastating across a large area. so how real is the threat of rushes nuclear threat? now the will the seek director of the c i has said that there is no practical

evidence of russia being close to using nuclear weapons. and other weapons monitors . also say that they have not seen any signs that russia is moving, its war heads out of its bunkers. but now every russian maneuver is being closely watched for any sign that putins rhetoric is moving towards reality. joe, don't right. now, elena, the cova can tell us more. she's executive director of the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. welcome to d, w. d. those images of that convoy of nuclear equipment said, indicate to you a likely use of nuclear weapons by russia. we need to be cautious and what we see on the ground and how we interpret it. it's already been said clearly that it's not the kind of way that is carrying and nuclear weapons. and i would probably agree with the statement by the

currency of the us that there are at this point, no science that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons. also need to keep in mind that obviously wearing a dangerous situation, there are risks. but at this point, i don't see any ground for russia to do it. and from the military standpoint, noted, even the tactical nuclear weapons, you know, the smallest one do not make much sense. it will change the course of the war and the rushes engagement with the rest of the well, it's 1st of all it's, it's not supporters, but those who remain on assigned line. now, indian park is india, pakistan, china. the 1st, it will change the attitude towards this war dramatically. russia will find itself

in a full isolation. right. and the messages that are happening coming from kremlin, from putting on basically intended to deter, not nato in the us. so we're not at their situation yet, but i need to closely monitor, understood, and what you make of the reports of russia is considering i'm carrying out a nuclear test on ukraine's borders. and i haven't seen the reports that have the reliable and verifiable information about it. and again, we see quite a bit of a stick away senate and it's understandable in cities where but they have not been science that they are planning to carry out a test. there so we need to be both cautious but realistic,

but not to inflate the situation because it's the worst cities or we could find ourselves in when the, in the font got war in the, in the heightened alert and tension that we misread any of the moose and how and any of the signs in misinterpreted $111.00. 0, so i just a quick word on the u. s. root response, which has been clear about that. if russia does use a nuclear weapons of any description, there will be a strong response, vo, very. they have been vague about what that response might be. is that deliberate, you think? i think it is deliberate and, and this is one of the playbook so, of deterrence is that on one hand you want, you can kind of threats of response credit. well that on the other hand,

you, once you know the other side, yes. what exactly the right once is one to be i thought i will this will the bathroom when we leave it there. thank you so much for joining us at 11. so cova from the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation which you're up to date. more world news at the top of a pound of africa day with

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