possibility is huge, they have so much to lose shattering the glass ceiling women in architecture. this has to be really, really good. starts of april 20th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. how much does washington really know about military tactics in russia's war against ukraine, leaked documents, purportedly from the pentagon, suggest the u. s. is spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on nato allies will get the lowdown from an analyst. also coming up.

china simulates precision strikes on taiwan. chinese warships and fighter jets have it encircled the island. on the 2nd day of military exercise, beijing says it's a warning to the island after its president visited the united states. and in the german bundis, the good darkman to grab a crucial win against fellow title, hopeful union berlin, to keep the pressure at the top of the table ah unexpired. welcome to the program. the u. s. justice department has launched an investigation into the league of what appeared to be classified intelligence reports. the documents relate to russia's war and ukraine and have been uploaded to social media sites. the reports purportedly from the pentagon suggest the u. s. has

been spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on its nato allies. us officials say russia or pro russian supporters are likely behind the leech. and for more on this, we're joined now by frank leg, which a former british military intelligence officer. first of all, frank, given the dis, information tactics that are part of this conflict. how do we know that these documents are authentic? well, good evening. we don't know that they're authentic is. yeah. so, but there are some reason the big difference is the 1st of which i've already mentioned in the pentagon requested the justice department on a date will have ordered its own inquiry. they've asked the justice department, the doctors to look into the counter intelligence aspect of it. so what the american certainly wants us to believe probably correctly, that these are authentic. now also it's worth saying that from what i've seen of these documents, i haven't seen them all. they do look the kind of thing that would comprise

a daily situation report or a daily update as i think now. cool. so on the face of it, they look pretty general, but of course they've been altered on the alterations of the interesting thing actually. and assuming they're, they're real or partly real. how damaging is it and to whom? to have anyone with internet access essentially read what could be u. s. intelligence on russia and ukraine and allies a military turns not w u t. all the information that's been revealed is open source. you and i can find it out on specialist with books and websites from experts, things like the shell expenditure rates or certain types of weapon system ranges and what have you, what we couldn't find out though the things that are rather more disturbing to russia, that for example, 12,

you creating brigades are being trained 9 of them in the west. and the interesting thing here is this is cause or other more consternation in russia than it has in the west. russian commentators are saying that we really have a problem here. the ukrainians have that kind of scales of readiness for people and equipment. then this is dangerous to happen. alterations made which would indicate some form of this information effort, particularly to russian casualties. but there are so transparently false that no were taken seriously. and what kind of possible consequences could there be on the expected ukrainian spring offensive and possibly in the perspective intelligence services and counter intelligence services in russia for instance. well, the 1st thing is that these revelations, if that's what they don't indicate any intentions or plans,

what they indicate is really the level of support being offered by the americans, a bit more detail than weapon systems and so forth. the important thing is that there's no intelligence reveals on times, dates, places of any planned counter attack. the damage is significant. it's not so much intelligence given it's the damage to us ukrainian trust and us is on the did the west more widely has suffered over the last few months. and they did the last year, quite understandably, from ukraine and say, look, we're prepared to give you information about what we needed to be secure, what we can't have a leaks like this. and that's the problem. that's the real damage done by these documents. it's the damage of trust between the western, specifically the us and you crate. can you credit trust the us with confidential information? even information in this case isn't necessarily strategically operationally damaging. ok, well thank you for that insight on this developing story. frank led, which a former british military intelligence officer. thank you. nick. chinese

fighter jets and war ships have stimulated precision strikes on taiwan. china has deployed dozens of jets and vessels in circling the island in a 2nd straight day of military drills. china considers i want to be a break away province. the taiwanese government says beijing's war games threatened regional stability, and the united states is calling for restraint. the waters around taiwan, choppy than usual war ships on the move. as china conduct 3 days of military exercises encircling the self govern island tensions a sky hi. with the taiwanese coast guard sharing footage of multiple stand offs between vessels from both sides. oh, those are y'all. chinese mainland, 131 bullshit. this is a broadcast from the republic of china's 10079, coast god, thank you. and now seriously damaging regional pace,

stability and safety. please turn around immediately and leave over. if you proceed forward. i will take eviction measures. as the drills dragged into the 2nd day, china's threats became increasingly belligerent. chinese state media has been broadcasting graphics such as these simulating precision strike some taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion. the so called joint sword drills, a seen as a retaliation for taiwanese presidents. i invent visit to the united states for trip enraged china, which considers taiwan to be a break away province. beijing has long taken a strong stance on the issue, vowing to retake the self government island by force if necessary. the combination of military maneuvers and china's aggressive rhetoric a raising the temperature in the taiwan strait. many now fear that

a single mis step could spock a conflict that neither side is prepared for and for more on the seat of your correspondent william yang joined us from time. hey, william china is ramping up his rhetoric here and in circling taiwan as we just heard how serious are the tensions getting you think so earlier today, reuters reported 10 naval ships from both sides actually held a stand off across right around the median line, which is the unofficial demarcation that separates time one in china. and so i think that just reflects the closeness and also the proximity of the both sides military aircraft and also military vessels are getting into each other. and as some of the videos that we showed displayed and shared by the tony's defense ministry, these are the re, i think, tens times. and i think there could be

a lot of miscalculation, involved if any side decided to violate the routine drills and practices. and just went one step further to infringe on the other side territory. apart from that stand off in which i would use worships, took place in what other ways is the government in taiwan responding to the drills . so the defense ministry continues to share, very up to date information about the intrusion by chinese military fighter, just because we know that they have been conducting these so grades on tactics for the last few years. but over the last 2 days, we've seen more than 70 chinese fighter just been detected and more than 40 of them have actually cross the median line or flew into the south western air defense identification zone. and these are also just part of china as larger military

tactics to show that they have different types of capabilities to really put pressure on taiwan. and so i think the companies government wants the public to know that they are keeping a very close eye on these situations, bad things and not to panic and over sure the information so that the public is going to have a different reaction that the government wants all right, well, thank you for that insight w correspondent, william yang. thank you. talk francis led an easter sunday mass at saint peter's square in the vatican. in his eastern message to the world of the pope asked russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of ukraine . he also pealed her dialogue between israelis and palestinians following recent violence. tens of thousands of the catholic faithful gathered in saint peter's square. visitors, cardinal's priests and nuns, and of course, frances, the pontiff, was recently hospitalized for bronchitis,

but that didn't stop him from offering the traditional irby at or b blessing a message to the world. the pope asked people to reach out to those less fortunate . comforter is roughly jonty, edith were comfort refugee lady, bl, deportees, political prisoners and migrants, especially those who are most vulnerable, as well as the victims of hunger poverty. and the dire effects of the drug trade human trafficking, and all other forms of slavery or my. these gabby lord inspire the leaders of nations to ensure that no man or woman may encounter discrimination and be violated in his or her dignity. help is that girl. yes. will adida lulu camino and she said he also called for an hand to conflicts around the world and not in north of it. and you done natal bhopal. okay. he helped the beloved ukrainian people on that

journey towards peace and shed the light of easter upon the people of russia. comfort, the wounded and all those who have lost loved ones because of the war and grant that prisoners may return safe and sound to you to their families. and his son, he is alvi. a letter of amelia and frances called for dialogue in the middle east, including between israelis and palestinians. meanwhile, christians in jerusalem attended easter mass in the church of the holy sep wilker, where they believed jesus christ died and was resurrected on this day. in bagdad, the gathering was smaller, as dozens of iraqi christians came together at the mar use of cathedral and in ukraine, the orthodox faithful, celebrated palm sunday, in the capital keys a day of hope. in a time of war. back in rome, after the mass, the pontiff made

a trip through the square, joining the crowd of well wishers on christianity's holiest day. time for sports now. and let's talk german football. after losing top spot to barn, both you dork men were looking to bounce back on march day 27 against 3rd placed union berlin. blacken, yellows came out on top in a thrilling battle of nerves to remain hot on byron's heels. dormant were desperate to reaffirm their title credentials after lust. weekends, humbling at byron. but the pressure was on the wind from noon would put the berliners right back in contention for the unlikeliest of championship winds. the hosts looked to have dispelled any signs of a hangover in a slick 1st half. a well worked move, so daniel malik give them the lead. on 28 minutes. rafael guerrero was given too much, lee, and merlin nipped in front of nicholas

a month to make it what no for diamond at the break, but who knew of confounded expectations all season they did. so again, just after the hour geraldo becka did well to tea. kevin barons and his crew finished made it 11 but dormant, took delete again with a little help from the berliners. jose gwyn inadvertently played the perfect rubel for use of the cookie, and the supervisor made no mistake and 79 minutes. that proved to be the winner, and it keeps it in tears, which is men just to points behind buyer in the title race. while unions dreams of an improbable championship when look to be over and in the other top came on saturday by munich beat fryeburg. one knell to tightened their grip on 1st place . some terrible descending from fryeburg allowed byron to win the ball back at the

edge of their opponents box. and mattie's to least fired in a long range bracket. the games only gl fryeburg keeper mark slacken could do nothing to stop this swerving strike air hearings from his fellow up next on d. w. world stories meets an aid organization in india. that's helping homeless people survive the cold winter nights. spicer watch. oh the up to date don't miss our highlights. the d w program online d w dot com highlights will you become criminal m.