ah, ah, ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. caution in ukraine, his russian troops retreat from castle. russia says its troops are leaving the regional capital, but ukraine says moscow's words can't be trusted. also on the program. you as president joe biden praises his party strong showing in tuesday's mid term elections, but states are still counting votes in which party takes the lead in. congress is still up in the air. ah.

hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russia says it's troops have started withdrawing from the strategic city of hassan in southern ukraine, ukraine's army chief says it to so soon as it is to, it's too soon to tell if this is true, but he says ukrainian forces have retaken a dozen settlements on their way to hassan, it's a cautious approach, looking to avoid land mines for the possibility of troops being led into a trap. the moves being called a major setback for moscow. since the announcement defense ministers from several countries have reiterated their support for ukraine, saying they will provide support as long as necessary. ukrainian troops slowly advance on house on the city has been held by russia since early on in the wall. ukrainian president followed me. zalinski has urged caution and these soldiers a wary of possible traps left behind by the retreating russian army for service.

all through meetings with step by step, we will reach victory, norma. we will not rush losing people on our way with which the russian troops are scared of the law. they didn't expect so much resistance from our side. and in recent weeks, ukrainian forces have been closing in on hassan and say, they've already re taken several towns in the region. russia has been relocating tens of thousands of residents and the straits of house on a now virtually empty rushes commander in ukraine announced the retreat in a military briefing on state t. v. on wednesday workers, he argued it was no longer possible to keep supplying hassan rewarded morrisville ticket book book. when my foreclosure nibbler, this is a very difficult decision, but we will be saving the lives of our service men and the combat capability of our

troops, which is necessary to stay on the right bank or in a limited area. russia's defense ministry says, troops have already begun moving out of the city. a forced to pull out of russian troops from her san would be a significant blow to vladimir putin. only weeks ago, the russian president announced what he called the forever annexation of the house on region, along with 3 others in a ceremony in moscow. her son was the 1st major city captured by russia at the start of the war and for a taking it could allow ukraine to win back more lost territory in southern areas, including crimea, which russia illegally seized in 2014 over the very latest for join l by our correspond mathias putting it in, keep the tears, the ukrainian army said it's been making gains in the past 24 hours,

but they're still skeptical about rushes withdrawal announcement, why is that? well 1st of all, because it was announced, the previous withdraws from russia from the key of region. and the hockey region by russia they were not announced in advance has been announced several times and then taken back. so that's something to be suspicious about. and there was other reasons his on is a big prize for, for russia was the biggest city that they were able to capture the only regional capital. and it's probably not easy for them to give that up. it's a major defeat if they have to give it up so days, of course, the fear here and ukraine that this might be a trap that russia might withdraw from some areas. ukrainian army might then move forward, and then there would be other units from the ship heavily armed units waiting, and they might engage the ukrainians in st. battles, et cetera, et cetera. all these scenarios are being discussed. there's just a deep mistrust of russia. ok,

well it assuming that russia is actually pulling his troops back from yes on. what does this tell us about the strength of rushes military in ukraine were tells us that they were not able to hold the territory there, as they have not been able to hold up the territory that they were able to capture and the beginning of the war rush as military is wearing itself out there, running short on several parts as some parts of weaponry and they are a, have been losing a lot of people, a lot of manpower. busy many, many soldiers have died many russian soldiers, they reinforcing them with newly drawn, mobilized people. but these people are not trained, and there are flaws that the russian army has shown in the very beginning tactical flaws. they were there they're, they're throwing everything at some my positions of the ukrainians and get,

get killed in mass for example. um, this is something that we've seen in the beginning. and that accumulates of course, over the course of the war. so the russian army is now much weaker than they were in the beginning. and in the beginning there were already many of these floors. so that momentum in the war appears to be, at least in this case, on the ukrainian side. what's the ukranian army expected to do next? while the next a big a target is or object, shoot objective is of course, here saw that. so what they're doing now, how fast they can do that is another question. they're wanting that to be cautious, and it might take a quite a long time to get into the city of your son. in that case, there would be controlling the city which sits on the right bank and on the left bank there would be the russians to. this is also every dia scenario because it may have must probably mean that the city would be shared constantly from the other

side of the river. and he has thank you very much our correspond in here, mathias butting up. say to look at some other stories making headlines around the world. this, our, an indonesian plane crash that killed all 62 people on board last year was caused by pilot over reliance on the auto pilot system and inadequate training that's, according to indonesia, transportation safety bodies, on all report. egyptian authorities say they have carried out a medical intervention on jailed activists of del fatah who has been on hunger strike for months on sunday. he said he would stop drinking water. family members say they have been not able to visit him in prison. the taliban have ordered amusement park owners in afghanistan to refuse entry to women. this comes after the country so called morality ministry said that there would be restrictions on women

being able to access public parks and fun fairs since taking over afghanistan last year. the tell about of said women should not leave home without a male relative and must cover their faces. hurricane nicole has made landfall in the united states lashing the state of florida with heavy winds. at high winds and heavy rain authorities in several countries have issued mandatory evacuation orders . the system has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but authorities worn it could damage buildings along florida's coast, as it moves inland us present. joe biden has welcome the results of the mid term elections after his party fared better than expected. u. s . media had predicted huge gains for republicans, but these failed to materialize. however, biden's democrats look set to lose control of the house of representatives. the battle for the upper chamber, the senate is on a nice edge, which with 3 states still left to declare. there was a spring in the step of the u. s. president,

as he faced reporters at the white house, the way to pre election fears perhaps lifted from his shoulders after better than expected midterm results. it was a good day, i think, for democracy. and i think it was a good day for america, or shoot me a little hoarse. our democracy has been tested in recent years, but with their vote. so the american people spoke and grew once again that democracy is who we are. this was a big task for j biden, who couldn't hide his glee when congratulating democrats, who'd help see off a predicted republican sir joe wire revelation. in graduate, you're right. on their own, you was your congratulations on so her mom, earlier the democrats may at am better than even the president expected. who with vote still being counted. there is still much to playful. what happens here in nevada could be pivotal to who wins. control of the senate is one of 3 states that

could swing the us up a house back into a publican, hands, patients. now the watch word here with hundreds of staff working to process pallets another is georgia where the race between democratic incumbent, rafael warnock, and republican challenger, herschel walker, will now go into a run off in december. at the end of the day, everyone wants to know that we have honest and fair elections. and we do. i asked the voters to come out and vote one last time. just a few days ago, former president donald trump's mood had been buoyant, as he celebrated initial republican successes. he hum pigs many of the names on the ballots in key states. but in true trump style, he's now described the vote as somewhat disappointing in a message to supporters on his own social platform, whilst also hailing a very big victory. earlier i spoke with our correspondence,

so he saw us canada in washington, asked her if it's possible that for both the former republican president, donald trump and democratic president, joe biden, to claim victory in the mid term elections. in a way, partly yes, i mean you can't get past the fact that some republicans did have a very good election day. there were some congressional races, for example, in the very blue state of new york that republicans actually picked up. and let's not forget florida where the governor, ron de santis republican, absolutely demolished his opposition and did trigger this red wave at least across the state of florida. i don't think donald trump is too happy about that, but we'll get back to that in a little bit. i do think president biden's narrative is a bit closer to the truth. i mean, traditionally the party in the white house gets thumped in mid term elections. terry, we saw that no bama years. we saw that in the clinton years. this was not a thumping, i mean, democrats held on to competitive seats even if they lose the house of representatives. it's not by much and they might still hold on to the senate. so of

those 2 takes, i would say that president biden's a is more accurate. what to the mid terms mean for trump and biden going forward? could they face off again in the 2024 presidential election? as things stand right now, we could well see a re match. so for biden's part, he actually said in that press conference yesterday, the as of now he is running. he has to consult his family. he has to consult party officials, advisors, and he said he would make an announcement early next year, but we see that president biden was very energized by these mid terms. he feels like they are an affirmation of his policies. on the other hand, he is turning 80 years old. he's still an unpopular president, so we could see that decision change. as for trump, that's a bit of a mess right now. terry. i mean, we've seen sources here in washington saying that he is fuming at these mid term results. he sees it as the republican party's fault for not doing better. but the reality is that if you look at the races, it was the most extreme, most

a trump in candidates who didn't do well. so for republicans who might be eager to put donald trump in the past, this could be a chance, especially with a run to santa. so i mentioned his rival doing so well. and i'll add to that terry, that trump is not at all happy about all the attention that the florida governor is getting. he's even threatened to release what he's called on the flattering information about him. but all that said, president trump said he's going to make a big announcement next week that he might be running. let's see if that changes between now and next week. to me, we're still waiting to get her final results. of course, sir, we're both still being counted in, when might we finally know how all this turns out? yeah, there's still some house races that are being counted that are too close to call, but most importantly, we saw the report you just showed. we're still waiting for some crucial swing states to bring in result. so arizona and nevada. these are states that could divide. i decide rather power in the senate. we could possibly have was result from

arizona by to morrow. nevada could still take weeks and we were talking about tens of thousands of male in val, it's just a, a product of, of how the votes are counted there. and a one more note, terry georgia is the heading to a run offer that's going to be decided on december 6. so a lot still hanging in the balance. so me, thanks so much as always, our correspondents to me. so i was gonna, in washington, you are watching dw news, just a reminder of our top story, in what's being called a major setback for moscow. russia has ordered his troops to withdraw from the strategic southern ukrainian city of chaos on defense minister of sergey sugars, said russia was no longer able to keep the city supplied, and wanted to save the lives of its soldiers. coming up next here on dw, so its dw news that you showed speaking to former pakistan prime minister in ron khan, who is on the offensive after an apparent assassination attempt last week. that

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