ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russian missiles strike targets across ukraine overnight. ah, at least 2 people have been killed. the attacks come as keep prepares a counter offensive but will knew what western weapons and training be enough.

also coming up, extending a fragile cease fire in su down. the truth has been sporadically broken over the last 3 days, but is supposed to continue through the weekend. thousands are trying to evacuate and much needed supplies are trickling and plots. the un security council is unanimously condemning the taliban to move to ban afghan women from working for aid for ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. we begin in ukraine where russian missile strikes have hit several ukrainian cities over night killing at least 5 civilians. a residential building was hit in oman, some 200 kilometer south of the capital. chief authorities also reporting deaths in the eastern city of ne pro where they say a woman and young child. what health did have you corresponded in economy as

following these developments for us from keith? nick, what more do we know about these latest attacks? well, just in the last couple minutes, there been reports coming in of 9 casualties and total fatalities. and many more wounded. i think those numbers are still set to move. the biggest concentration kelsey's, as you mentioned, day in woman, a provincial city shown a close is south of cave, a place that doesn't really get a lot of news far away from the front lines. and this was a residential block, 9 stories basically destroyed some very shocking images coming out of there now. and then hearing key if it seems like most of the missiles were shut down. but there were reports of bits of debris up see when these drones, when these missiles shut down, often that comes down and brings pounds down. other bits been structure, but largely it's a fairly stable situation here and key of but a real shock off to basically a month and a half and a 2 months of no,

no tax. how well equipped are you crazy air defense systems right now? neck i think it's important stress that these systems all coming to ukraine. they are here in large numbers up to that it was question about the number of rockets, the munitions they have to actually use these systems. and also this is a huge country, more than a 1500 kilometers east to west. so there really is never going to be enough to really make all of ukraine safe of the key of is better protected. and we have heard from the military here that they say 21 of 23 cruise missiles sent by russia have been shot down. but we don't know how many drones were sent. i think those numbers might still change. so there is a real sense here that yes, ukraine is getting lot better protecting people, but there's never going to be a 100 percent guarantee of safety. and this is a country that is very, very vulnerable. being so close to russia, these latest air attacks, they come after months of brush and failures to break through ukrainian defenses on the front line. also, if the day after a landmark phone call between the ukrainian and the chinese leaders,

is this significant timing that's certainly something that's being speculated about here in ukraine. if you look though at the targets, it's kind of really difficult to understand what the logic of this is to certainly isn't the kind of show can all attack that we saw a couple months ago where ukraine was attacked by dozens of missiles at the same time. big cities across the country and military targets. this was a civilian, a residential book in mind. similarly, residential areas in p pro, there's no real clear logic and there's no real clear sense here that russia is trying to maybe prevent some kind of ukranian counter attack. and it certainly is the case that russia is running out of these missiles. we've heard in recent months that looks these missiles wants, they're basically discovered and opened by the cranial torches. they see the serial numbers themselves have been produced. and basically taken off the production lines are sent to ukraine immediately. so there is really a sense that rush is running out of these michelle's and is having problems with creating building enough new ones to use up. you know, what's the supplies will be used up, but there is definitely

a sense here that russia is expecting something from ukraine and is trying to keep the pressure up to prevent ukraine, really making it taking vog sewell, these new western weapons coming to launch counter offensive economy joining us from cavan and just wanna a quick note for our viewers, those pictures that you have been seeing during our interview. those have been live on from the scene. nick, thank you so much for bringing us up to date with the very latest. now ukraine and the western world have been waiting for months for ukraine to begin a counter offensive against entrenched russian forces in the eastern part of the country. but the challenges for ukrainian troops are immense, as they take on a much bigger military force. our next report looks now at what it will take to win back territory and why it's taken so long to prepare training near the front. these ukrainian soldiers are getting ready for the big battle to come.

lanchen with gone more or less, okay. with some difficulty, we will work on that and get rid of the problems with what we found the mines. we'll rehearse again, and then it will be fine for them. i didn't have a lot of getting ukraine's forces ready has been no small undertaking. many of the countries most experienced soldiers have died or been wounded in over a year of grinding combat with russian forces. that means the counter offensive will also rely on fresh recruits who have anything battle. and there's another big problem, not only in, neither. so that's a moment there is a significant ammunition shortage. we lack high explosive, incendiary shells. so tanks and artillery are unable to work effectively. estimate if you know high explosives, shells have much more destructive power and the damage radius is much bigger than armor piercing shells. and i just loosely years look,

i'm going to do when the but anybody filling the ammunition gap will be key and will take time. but ammunition is just one part of a much bigger and more complex machine. the ukrainians must coordinate tanks, infantry artillery air power, and engineers relying on communications and quick decision making. but they're up against considerable obstacles. if, as expected, ukraine pushes to the south to cut russian held territory and half they have to cross. the denise pro river fell face mine fields and concrete obstacles known as devils teeth. and that's before they reach rush and trenches shown here in satellite pictures. while the russians will likely be shooting at the ukrainians the whole time. that kind of push requires equipment and may explain the longer than expected build up to the counter offensive. they've really been arming their military from the ground up. so originally was anti tank guided missiles,

then it was artillery than it was infantry fighting because then it was tanks, your listeners, or remember your view, a story will remember all the tanks that go plays the beginning the year. and so each stage ukraine receives what it wants and look, i would the exact same thing, it's always in that position and then it asks for the next level of support. so the problem for ukraine is that western support is not likely to last forever. the spring counter offensive, which may end up happening in the summer, has to show concrete gains to keep ukraine's backers happy and to keep the weapons coming. and let's get more. we're joined now by marina myron with a defense studies department. i kinks college london. thank you so much for joining us. how do you see the key challenges for the ukrainians if they do indeed pursue a so called spring offensive? thank you for having me. there are quite a few challenges and one of the challenges is obviously the weather. so it's very

difficult to time the contra offensive. aside from that, we have also heard that the ukranian brigades that are supposed to be use for this counter offensive are not ready. so 3 of the brigades will be ready some time in me, which gives the russians enough time to prepare and also gives out important information on the potential contra offensive. and, you know, apart from the fact that old equipment has allegedly arrived in ukraine, the ukrainian armed forces still have to solve the logistical problems. because depending on where they want to conduct the counter offensive and it better be a surprise for the russians who are prepared, they've been preparing defences since november. so since a time general survey can took charge of the so called special military operation, the russians have prepared national defences as we have heard in the report. and

this will be very difficult for the spring into breakthrough. so the idea is to stop them in their tracks. then we have that issue off conducting combined arms operations, which are very difficult in terms of maneuver in terms of logistics. you have to have a good leadership. and the question is, despite all the western equipment that has arrived, and even if the ukrainians console logistical problems without the russians actually the targeting western equipment. so the equipment actually arrives on the front lines where the contra offensive is supposed to take place. can the ukrainians must for this very, very complex operation, given all the pressure that is currently coming from the political leadership of ukraine as well as kind of international audience we're waiting for the ukrainian forces to deliver so they have new equipment, they have fresh recruits, be used and they have a very complex operation and they know that the russians are ready for that. can

they master at you think, i mean, because the ukrainians for their part, they say that they have trained these 9 brigades for a counter offensive. and what are we talking about here concretely? i mean, is this now a tactical shift in the way that this war has been, has been fought? well, that's a great question. i guess everybody wants to know if they can master it and that will depend not only on scale, it will depend on manufacturers. it will depend on where the contra offensive takes place. what the russians do about it, because the russians we have seen have started using more, a b ation. so for the ukrainians that will be difficult to coordinate the tanks and mechanized infantry and cold air support. and you know, the brigades have been prepared that is true, but have se operated to gas or in the theater using this new equipment as they have just stated. so it will definitely be a challenge. and besides,

we don't know because the media is covering possible points of attack, and of course the russians listening. so for ukraine, what will be important is to make sure to trick the russians into thinking they are attacking somewhere else in order to be explored. this long front line and use possibly battle reconnaissance in order to see where the defenses are, their weakest and try their marina, myron. i thank you so much for joining us to share that expertise. joining us from king's college in london, we appreciate it. thank you for having me. let's turn to some news elsewhere. sedans, army and the rival paramilitary rapids support forces have agreed to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. but there's been more fighting in the capital cartoon and other areas. hundreds of people have been killed in the 2 week conflict . thousands of sudanese civilians are still trying to escape many who are unable to

leave our short vital supplies. a growing number of countries are evacuating their diplomats and nationals as foreigners, head out millions of sudanese without the advantage of foreign citizenship are left to fend for themselves. grabbing whatever they can to stock up and vital supplies that are running out across the country. well, if you wanted more, there are no supplies, we're not receiving any new goods. no we, there's nothing coming in and any supply that has exhausted we cannot replace it. we hope that god will help the people here for i love a brother in a not shops and houses are being rated by armed groups for those who want to flee. one way out is through this land border crossing into egypt. but the path to that northern border from major cities like cartoon and m door mon is long and

dangerous. and fuel is scarce. a load that we need to, you know, we've been here for 3 days, tuesday, wednesday and today thursday. we don't know if the gas station will open on us as you can see, they open the station until 2 or 3 cars, and then they close at a fiddle. and without that fuel to escape the violence. those who live here must remain hoping the warring factions can be convinced to stop shooting. and earlier i spoke with sydney's journalist also no c, adams. he is following the developments in sudan from nairobi and he told me about the fighting taking place despite the extended truce. yes, if i could stay on going in a for the group, a tweak that they are going to put

together. i joined our, our, me to stop the fighting in was there for so finally the, the disagreement signatures are actually going to be joining this fight. but just to keep the peace in there for in the meantime, i still like this is where it's been on the media, but on the ground for people before differently, they can still hear gunshots. the woke up, going to show up this morning as well. also we have been hearing about basic essentials, things like food and medicine. what is the status on getting those resupplied to people? citizens who really need it? it's, it's getting worse. it's getting really worse. and also a new phenomenon started on the ground due to necessity. people are actually

stealing and looking from shops and a half because they didn't have anything. there is no, no the government not doing anything. international aid agencies are not really on the ground yet. so they left to is what they had. and most people are like, you see on the report you sent, the areas are free at those. i like the upper and kind of flow upper areas. but if you go down to my, you'll to collateral around the edges of the city. people have nothing of the speak to people yesterday on facebook, where with your money you can find bread with your money, you can find out lentils, or anything that can help the people in the house to eat. so the situation is dire, and those people who are talking about they can't leave,

they don't let him have the means to leave them. so they're going to be trapped there between the war and the hunger, and also the, the local water drinking water in costume. and here are some other stories making news around the world. hope francis has embarked on a 3 day trip to hungry, where he will meet with prime minister victor bon and ukrainian refugees, that you are at odds over hungry anti migration policies. more than a 1000000 ukrainians are believed to have crossed the border into hungry since the beginning of the war. for you as vice president mike pence has testified in front of a grand jury investigating former president donald trump. the prob is looking into trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. trump's lawyers tried but failed to block pence. his appearance. when did you in authority than indonesia say that 11 people died when

a boat capsized and children are among the victims? a search operation for several missing passengers is ongoing. it happened in the rio islands chain. boating accidents are common and he archipelago due to parts to impart to lacks safety standards. there's growing anger over the death sentence against an iranian german national and tay ron journalist, an activist job should. sharman was found guilty of involvement in a mosque bombing in 2008. his family says that he is innocent here in berlin. supporters of sharman have called on the german government to do more to halt the execution safe dumb sheet. that's the message protesters and human rights activists have come to spret. here in berlin, near the german parliament. the miss alice mentioned. we must do everything humanly possible. everything we can to prevent this execution. that's them because that is

the reason why we are standing head to day to appeal to the german government, but it has a duty to protect and to take care of its german citizen whose being held as a porn of the halston cheesy guyton good. for almost 3 years dumb sheet shimaya has been imprisoned somewhere in iran after being kidnapped while on a business trip on a stop over to dubai. in february, the german iranian national was convicted of corruption on earth in what experts say was a sham trial. now that his death sentence has been confirmed by iran supreme court, his family fears, he could be killed any time in a tweet. foreign minister and alina babbar, called the death sentence for cham sheets or mud, unacceptable, and urged, he ran to reverse the judgment. immediately, she stressed that everything was being done for mister shamela to prevent the sentence from being carried out. but what exactly does she mean by every thing?

several politicians joined the protest to discuss which options are on the table, tells you what you're missing. believe we need to consider which sanctions we can expand. also, in my view that that includes listing the revolutionary guards as a terrorist organization to walk on is up soon on the missing. and we have to consider how we can also put more of a stop to the expanded structures of this regime here in europe. one does who seems written in oil premier? i know how to people can, if this, we know, uranian security services are also active here. we know that uranian exile community is also in danger. here in germany, in the far off for the protest as he and berlin, the governments, everything is not enough. and an, an interview with d. w. sham. at starter, told us she feels the same. we need our governments to show where they are. red line is when their citizens objected and taken their and tortured, put through sham trails and about to be executed. what are they willing to do when are they gonna stop dealing with this regime and treating them like business

partners? when are they gonna do the right thing and work together with their elyse to put pressure on this regime to stop them from doing what they're doing is on until that happens gazelle and all the others fighting for her father's life will have sleepless nights hoping for freedom for jam sheets, or mud, and all the others currently held hostage by these lamp republic. cell from wealth for eniela, falco law, me from tedious farsi service. does tehran care that germany has condemned the death sentence? in my opinion, they don't care until they get a solid response and a strong reaction from german government actually to wrong has accused the german government and emotional response and supporting terrorism and uranium foreign ministry books. nelson also said that they won't ask anyone permission to act against terry's on, i think any has been proved. their regime of iran use of don't national as the

leverage to advance own interest and to blackmail western countries. and that's why we so in other cases like not running a rescue, leave stuff ready. and i'm sure sure, and especially i think in my opinion, after germany support for nationwide protests in iran, i assume your own government is somehow looking to take revenge from germany. you alluded to it a little bit there. tell us a little bit more about the precedent for cases involving dual nationals, like sure, maud and iranian german. is there real hope that his case can be resolved with diplomacy? in another case, doctor and medicine general is detention now has been 7 years. and he is another doing national citizen on disability and is actually in danger of imminent execution on swine charges. and there are yet some unconfirmed news from your

indian state media that it might be a prisoner's exchange for gearing and citizens in european countries like belgium, currently in jail, after sentences amy terry's charges, and in case of diplomatically resolving it depends on how serious to respond to des, sloniker, public is and if the german government uses all available rev bridges to present data in the regime to free geometry, char math. otherwise there might be minute execution for him as the iranian government. a charged him with very serious accusations like on being and why he was an opponent of the iranian regime. who ran it television show me the fog, allow me from d w's farsi service. thank you so much. thank you. the you and security council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on afghanistan's taliban rulers to reverse their cracked down

on the rights of women and girls. the resolution condemned the islamist span on afghan women working for the united nations. it's just one of the ways that the taliban have largely removed women from afghanistan's public life. a resolution co sponsored by over 90 states condemns that valid months trigger policy towards women and girls in afghanistan. it says that taliban banner flash woman with law working for the united nations were undermines humanitarian principles. this cross regional support makes our fundamental message to day even more significant. the world will not sit by silently as women in afghanistan are erased from society. almost 2 thirds of a plan to san 40000000 people depend on it. and the un which employs it on $400.00 of kind woman is one of the very few sources of 8 left in the country. last december,

the taliban bad. it drops from employing women. a move that pushed many of these organizations to cross down there of gone, but ations for now the you and has refused to bow down. but it's if the band would affect the desperately needed it and even lead door, you went pull out from the country since the taliban took or what? in august 2021. they have been education of girls, of the 6th grade, prohibited women from working in most jobs and for barely distracted their brethren in public life. the you, when born is this could have devastating consequences. the full equal, meaningful, unsafe participation of women and girls is in disposable. if, if garnishment is truly have a peaceful and prosperous future and they enjoy long term development, that is strict unless i'm needed, optical in that valuable attempt to gain political recognition. it's leverage the

international community is trying to use to pressure the taliban to change it through. even though of god, women have lost that i do work to study and to exit public space. if the biggest worry now for minis, how to fit the and the dial, aponce lack of flexibility, may put the delivery of it, the lifeline for millions of of guns in jeopardy of all those on which is about a giant panda called yaya has been returned to china, after 2 decades in the united states, ya is now tucked away in quarantine at the shanghai do. the 23 year old panda has been on loan to the memphis to jaga was a huge following, had a huge following in china. and many people tracked her flight back to shanghai, online sharing posts and cheering her return. chinese. the media said that her arrival made the top 10 trending topics on

his a quick reminder of the top story that were falling for you at this hour in ukraine . at least 9 civilians were killed when russia launched missile strikes over night . several cities were hit including all non where rescuers were digging through the rubble of a residential building. as well as women, as well as a woman and her young child were reportedly killed in me. coming up on d. w after a short break to the point. wonder what is happening to president vladimir putin opposition in russia. thanks for watching. with, [000:00:00;00]

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