ah, with d w b o ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin, russia orders its troops to withdraw from ukraine's hassan and areas around it. russian defense minister survey showing who said his soldiers lives must take priority. barking a possible turning point in the war. also in the program control of the united states congress hangs in the balance as mid term election results come in. republicans take the lead in the race for the house,

but their hope for red wave fails to materialize. jo biden's, democrats perform better than expected with many competitive braces, still uncalled. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russia has ordered his troops to withdraw from the western bank of the nepa river near cas, on the move. could mark a major turning point in the war. russian defense minister sergey shaw ago, ordered the retreat after weeks of ukrainian gains in the area. russian commander say it is no longer possible to deliver supplies to the city. and troops will pull back to defend the eastern side of the river. fair san is the largest city captured by russia since the war began, and the withdrawal could mark a major setback for the kremlin. oh,

let's get the latest now from our correspondence in here. nick connelly. nick, what do you make of this, sir? russian announcement can it be believed? was definitely a lot of skepticism and worry hearing care about this being a trick, this being a provocation and attempt to drawer in ukrainian troops and then may be overwhelmed them with russian special forces or as it is believed. here may be dressed in civilian clothes waiting for them in fit of sun city, so that me a lot of worry and a lot of caution. but of see if this turns out to be true if they are able to take, have some fully and that western bank prove that will be a big deal kind of feels almost unreal. now talking about this possibility, we've been talking about it for months. all through the summer, you had the ukraine government talking about had a san as it's number one priority. in the end, it turned out to be a diversion tactic. and actually they went on to take territory in the east you had give, but certainly this is very, very important with verizon, but in ukrainian hands. that really takes the pressure of mc alive odessa,

ukraine's ports on the black sea and makes the south of ukraine, ukraine's access to the sea and to export grain and anything else and to receive inputs that much easier, that much safer if this withdrawal is actually happening nick, what does it tell us about where the war might be heading? i think it definitely shows us that the ukranian tactic that has frustrated many here and give instead of sending troops at the russian positions and risking their lives. they've been methodically using the western weapons, have been sent, specially those high mars systems that rocket artillery to really go about destroying russian logistics. russian weapons dumps, energy fuel depos and they are busy cut off the russian troops on the western bank of the pro, from supply lines destroying bridges, destroying pontoon bridges. and that really now is bearing fruit. you're seeing that the russian troops are dealing with real supply issues, not just in terms of food and clothing, but also in terms of ammunition and really having to think a lot harder about when to return fire from the ukraine's and they did just

a few months ago and it also shows us that russia now has realized that it is overstretched and is trying to dig in and trying to can hold on to the vast majority of the territory of ukraine 30 that it has occupied since being in this war. and is hoping that can kind of hunker down and at least hold on to most of what it's already taken. the war in ukraine, of course, was started by russian president vladimir putin. what does this a parent set back in cas on mean for him? nick was definitely a very severe blow. you'll just remember that you're not so long ago. russia annexed at the huge swathes of ukrainian territory, saying that they were now part of russia that included a status on the russian flag, as we understand, has now come down off the official buildings in carson. and new blogging putin is as always when there's bad news to announce nowhere to be seen. he's put this all in the hands of a defense mister shaw ago in the hands of the top general in charge of the

ukrainian war certificate. and when it comes to mobilizing more russians to fight in this war and she lose their lives as tens of thousands of russian troops have already done that is being delegated to the local level to governors. this is basically about putting as much distance as much water between himself and all the bad news that is now increasingly coming out of ukraine here. and he kind of appears when it's kind of about to announce some successes to rally the troops, but all the kind of nitty gritty in all the kind of politically unpleasant stuff. that is something that are very, which is increasingly understanding is now toxic for him. and his brand, nick, thank you very much. our correspondent connolly they're in here now to the united states were midterm election results are pointing to a surprisingly strong showing for jo biden's democrats. they're doing better than polls predicted, with early indications, jesting they're managing to fend off sweeping republican gains. but there are still

many races to call in the battle for both houses, which will set the countries course for the next 2 years. take a closer look at the latest numbers at the moment. republicans have the lead in the race for the house of representatives. us betters have been choosing lawmakers for the entire house. so 475 out of the 435 seats have gone to the democrats and 201 to the republicans. let's look at the house now or rather at the senate, starting with seats that are not up for grabs in the selection. if you add in those newly decided seats, you can see a tie right now. the democrats with 48 seats so far, also 48 seats for the republicans with vice president, commonly, harris able to cast tie, breaking boats. the republicans would need 51 for a majority, for seats are still open, arizona, georgia, wisconsin and nevada. but the, some of the margins are razor thin and those races. and it's really still too early

to draw any conclusions. se cross over to our correspondent stuff on simon's in washington sun. let's start with the, with the house republicans gaining ground there, but no sweeping wave for them. oh, how do you see thing shaping up yeah, no, not a sweeping waste. not wave at all. maybe a trickle, i mean, really, that was not what the republicans had hope for a republican, a minority leader might, mccarthy is suggested they will grab 60 seats in the house and it does not as of now look like this will materialize. so that's a real, real bad drawback for the republicans and they have for a little bit of a come to jesus here in terms of from what that means. however, they will, as it looks like now, take the house but not in this it with the majority, very comfortable and very big as they have hope for,

the democrats really help their ground. and that was too many, even for the democrats. a surprise. and now let's look at the senate and some very close races. they're still yet to be decided. doesn't look like the democrats could hold on to the senate. yeah, they're little update and the balance is now $49.00 for the republicans. 48 for the democrats because the race in wisconsin for the senate seat was called for the republicans for a man is name is ron johnson. so he will be a republican senator in the next senate, and that means republicans have now $49.00 seats. democrats 48. that also means that the race is still too close to call in nevada, georgia, and arizona even more important for each party to swing their way in. there is the surprise, the democrats, so far for now. hold on to

a lead in the senate race in arizona. and in georgia, it looks like that their candidate will have to go into a run of electron with the republican candidate on december 6th. so we gotta wait a little bit longer until this is all decided. however, one surprise the democrats pulled off and that's a really important one for them. and that happened in pennsylvania. ah release after a hard fought and treacherous battle to the top. pennsylvania man of the people did what republicans feared most. i never expected that we're going to turn these red counties blue, but we did well, we needed to do and we had that conversation across every one of those counties and to newly that's why i'll be the next us senator from pennsylvania. oh,

medical expedia. during the campaign against his multi millionaire republican opponent tv personality, dr. mehmet, as ferryman, focused on the liberal values that many democrats of call to protect among them free health care, which he's championed. it's also a personal mission for him. after suffering a stroke earlier this year, health challenge, i'm proud of it. we ran on protecting a woman's right to choose, ah, raising a minimum wage in the union with him here is a fundamental human really. it said move that it should all be there for you when you over here, but the democrats wish to protect what they deem fundamental rights for us. citizens may be challenged if republicans take overall control of descent.

so biden's, democrats performing better than expected in these elections, the republicans, not so much stuff on. could this have an impact on the way that the parties choose their presidential candidates for 20? $24.00. yeah, it could. let's talk about the republican side for a 2nd. there is a man called ron, the centers, the governor of florida, and he won this governorship now in this election again for the 2nd time and with a wide margin against his competitor, or contended in from the democratic sites. run descent is, is um, yeah, maybe the future of the republican party. there's a lot of republicans who float this name, say, rhonda santas, this is the way we have to go. but of course, you know, there somebody called donald trump and he has said he'll make

a big announcement on november 15th, there are people who say he will announce then that he will run again. and that would be interesting if there is a part of the republican party, for example, say no, we should actually go with ron descent. his we actually brings the votes and not with donald trump, or donald trump, of course, still pretty much controlling the republican party, not to his favor in this case because his candidates for the senate, for example, in our most of the election deniers from 2020 didn't do so well in this election, so this is going to be very, very interesting, specifically in the demo in the republican party. so thank you very much. stefan simons in washington, dc softball. now and in mid week honestly, action dorman, traveled to both spoke with the chance to get within striking distance of table leaders by a munich. but the home side, who were on a 2 game winning streak had other ideas,

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