i this morning i see the world as you've never seen it before. describe now to dw documentary, ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the ukrainian forces make advances in the south, softer russia announces it is withdrawing from the key city of her son. but keith warns moscow could be preparing to turn her son into a city of desh. also on the program, china says it is lifting some covey restrictions,

including easing quarantine for travelers. but that despite a search in cases, will speak to our correspondent in beijing to find out what is happening. and netflix releases. it's the latest installment of the crown, a show chronicling the lives of the british royal family. but how wise is it to mix historical facts with dramatic fiction? ah, i manuscripts, mac, and welcome to the program. the kremlin says the status of her sullen as passive. russia will remain unchanged even when its forces have fully withdrawn from the city. now moscow illegally annexed the strategic ukrainian city in september, but ordered a retreat. it says, to save the lives of its soldiers. ukrainian forces have now started closing in and

are reported to have retaken. at least, 40 villages close to the city. little slope of moving closer to the city of her son. the ukrainian flag is flying again in dozens of small towns around the regional capital. over instantly her rifka about 50 kilometers north of her son. people gather to thanks soldiers as they enter the city. but not every one here shares their sense of euphoria whose and it's still very, very scary. when you drive through the region, you see how many villages have been bombed. of her so much destruction of our school is destroyed and not a single window with lag. all the buildings are shattered. we will not spared wood . for the 1st time since moscow launched its invasion in february, guns have fallen silent in this village close to the front line. this man

who has been living on humanitarian aid for months, has only just heard of the liberation of neighboring cni horrific renewal. only with below referral sigma, there is no food or nothing there. i was aimlessly people who are there right now, told me they have no food or nothing. lou, we have to bring them food garages. wally been seen. those who have survived the shelling are wondering how they will make it through the winter. with oh, we've had no water supply since the end of february. they are bringing us drinking water to a school. we can bring water from a nearby well with our tractor, but it's not really drinkable here, the 2 sides keep volleying rockets at each other. so in a hoodie yesterday, i was removing leaves and right behind this building, it was terrible. the battle went on with machine guns for weeks. ukrainian forces

have been advancing on her son. it's loss would leave russia with few territorial gains since the beginning of the war. and we can go straight to our correspondent nick connelly hill is in the ukrainian capital, keith high neck. and can you tell us how close ukraine is to completely retaking as on now? we heard just the last 24 hours from ukraine's defense minister, who said he expected to be a question of a week or so. but given how dramatically kind of the russian position seemed to be collapsing in around that song how badly they seemed to have managed this withdrawal, that they themselves organized and your planned. it could actually be a lot faster. there is definitely a sense that russian morale is plummeting, that the offices and kind of people in charge of all left for the eastern bank of new pro river that lots the kid that was protecting the boots on the ground, the kind of air defenses. and they will been withdrawn,

leaving the soldiers still in for us on very vulnerable to ukrainian drone attacks . lots of artillery coming in. so a sense really of panic, even among kind of programs and bloggers who really were hoping that this would be a kind of controlled planned event or something that you would help them to kind of re group on the other side of the river and dig in there just in the last hour. so we've had a faint, frankly, pretty extraordinary statement from fleming putins official spokesman saying that had song remains part of russia this year. according to the new russian we're seeing things will be ukranian occupied russia. it's important to remember here that not even russia's closest allies have recognized that annexation. so a sense here that people who come and just don't want to accept the mileage on the ground. it's kind of in a still, it says denial right now, frankly. and we're expecting lots more and more difficult and dramatic news from, for the song and more complaints from pro kremlin sources who were expecting us to go totally in a different way. so you say that the ukranian troops are moving fast. tell us what they're likely to face and as they advance into these areas that were previously

occupied by russian troops we're getting reports of lots and lots of mines of booby traps. all kinds of, you know, russian attempts to make things difficult for those ukranian troops moving in lots of the civilian infrastructure. it seems, has been destroyed on purpose to make life basically unbearable people in had san their destroyed pots, electricity supplies, the mobile phone networks, the sewage system. so it's going to be very, very difficult for the, for the readily small number susan's left with us on to have any kind of normalcy in the ukraine. yomi does get there soon. and then even if they do take city in full, there is still always the risk that the russians from the other side of the river will basically use their artillery to turn ships on into innumerable. that's what one local said to me. that was his main fear that you know, they're going to be really living with the russians and else either overtaking revenge for everything that's happened in the last 2 days. says keep says turning it into a city of death. i can i ask you,

even as russian troops withdraw brushing asked, writes this morning left at least 5 people dead in the city of nikolai, of which is not too far from her son in what, what else does this tell us about russia's ability to, to exact revenge well, that's the thing. russia still has missiles will be it many fewer than at the beginning of this war. and we have seen a kind of drop in the intensity of the use of missiles, but they're still down. they can still hit basically anywhere in ukraine, let alone place to live rows. we close the front lines. was an attack on energy infrastructure in steven. it's not too far from give in the night. so lots of keep bots give without power this morning. so it definitely is still that potential and especially with iran are sending more drones and potentially ballistic missiles to russia. this is definitely not over. but as you know, russia stacks up the kind of losses on the battlefield. it seems like, you know, they're gonna try and you ever more use the stretch of attacking you, great civilians, ukrainian civilian infrastructure behind the gun front lines. and i hope that that

will kind of force ukrainians and force ukraine to the negotiating table. some kind of deal on russia's terms. neck, thanks so much for that. let's nick, commonly reporting from keith. and here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. australian m. p. 's have raised concerns after cyber criminals attacked the largest health insurer medi bank. they stole $9700000.00 customer records, including those of the countries. prime minister, the data was put on the dark web, exposing details of abortions, drug addiction, and other sensitive health issues. after maybe, bank refused to pay a ransoming just glut. the united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly passed a draft resolution highlighting afghanistan's deteriorating situation and setting the stage for increased aid. it also urges the taliban to reverse restrictions on freedoms for women and girls. the latest of which bands, women from parks and gyms,

kfc has apologized after it, encouraged german customers to commemorate christina with fried chicken, the fast food chain, invited customers to treat themselves to celebrate the anniversary of the nice in 1938 when nazi mobs attacked and destroyed jewish own businesses, kfc said the mistake was due to an error in that notification system. now some covert restrictions in china are being lifted. it's been announced. the quarantine for inbound travelers is being caught by 2 days. and the requirement to identify and isolate secondary close contacts is also ending in the capital beijing. though a new wave of infections has led to the closure of tourist attractions and the cities parks with a negative test required to enter offices and leisure facilities. thursday authorities reported just over 10 and a half 1000 new domestically transmitted cases nationwide. for

more we can speak to fabian coachman, a journalist in beijing. hi by fabi. and can you tell us more about the cove? it measures that are now being relaxed yet today the am standing committee of the politburo released 20. you are rules to quote unquote, optimize and adjust the pandemic strategy here. and that includes a reduction of current in both for inbound travelers, but also for am close contacts of cobra cases. and then also am, there won't be any a so called secondary m context any more that have been traced a previously and have been led to a lot of you know, current teen time for people. also what us news and our mass testing that have been going on here, especially in the big cities, will be significantly reduced. and also the m. s. cancellation of an international flights because of imported corporate cases. this practice will also be suspended.

so i would say this is the 1st major step towards the reopening of the country, even though the country are, i mean china still sticks to 0 cove. it, it's a mini step, but definitely the 1st step towards shifting the pandemic strategy. and yet china is still recording a high number of cases by its own standard. so, so why now i did authorities decide to ease these restrictions now yet the numbers are indeed very high. i mean for chinese standards, the highest number basically since early may, so more than half the year. and i'm also paging. we have the highest number also since half a year. why now? i mean, the economic pain am induced by those locked down so they are really increasing by the day. i mean, that gifts, the chinese government, a lot of pressure to adjust their pandemic management. secondly, also the frustration among the public is also increasing. i mean, the patience to comply with all the very strict and sometimes unnecessary rules am,

has decreased. so that's, that's another point. and the am government has previously acknowledged already that there was a lot of unnecessary human suffering due to the excesses excessive enforcement of pandemic rules. for example, m a, you know, a medical emergency cases that could not be treated because of a strict lock downs, etc, etc. so they're adjusting it. and again, it's, it's a small step and we will have to see how it is enforced and implemented. but definitely, yeah, the 1st major break for towards a reopening for the on catch my reporting from beijing. thank you so much. now season 5 of the british t. v drama. the crown was released on netflix this week. the series chronicles the life and times of the british monarchy under the late queen elizabeth the 2nd and it is the late this later season is the most controversial yet.

oh, house royal's channels damage the country's reputation of winter should be binding the nation together. setting an example of idealized family life in the 19 nineties and the british war family is under strain. my behavior is threatening to bite you as future king have a duty, marital discord, public descent, under fire at windsor castle 12 months. and through a tool, the queen manage her family and the reputation of the royal brand. in this outing of the series created by peter morgan, imelda thornton takes over the monarch. what peter morgan does is try to make people understand a what is like if i to be a member of the royal family, you have to put a face on whatever's going on behind closed doors. there's a lot going on. dominic west betrays the now king, then prince of wales, charles,

it's a time of his life that was, you know, not only the prime of his life, but also in many ways the most difficult time his life. and i felt that i felt enormous evergreen symptoms for him was the one condition. the crown is nice stranger to criticism, but this season has come under particular fire critics, a the mixture of historical fact and dramatized fiction. it could prove confusing, even damaging to the royal it stars disagree fails. it's all about iraq. i think peter is always written right with the idea of gabriel. every. every on a fair hearing and um, i love the guy and i like the way, i mean, if my friend have done it without him, everyone's watch. the crown forces hasn't bothered them before. whatever you've used the crown season fight is a drama packed emotional rollercoaster that makes by nail biting binge watch.

how did it come to? this is a quick reminder of our top story today. ukraine says its forces have re taken more than 40 settlements in the hats on region, which russia annexed illegally in september. moscow announced the withdrawal of its troops from class on cissy. on wednesday, the kremlin says the area will remain pos of russia despite the withdrawal. that you're up to date. chris cova has your business news. after a short break. i mannequins mckennan, thanks so much for watching. ah, she music can't be destroyed. you can try, but it's impossible. ah, she performed for her life in auschwitz. mm.