the ongoing struggle for remembrance against denial to the land of the perpetrators stuart's may 6th on d, w. ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. russian cruise missiles and drones head targets across ukraine. at least 12 people are reported dead in strikes on several cities over night. the attacks coming, as keith prepares, a counter offensive, but will new weapons and western training be enough. also coming up extending

a fragile ceasefire in sudan. 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 in, flux in the most exciting political race in over a decade will door wind finally lit the trophy. they can go for points ahead of buyer munich tonight with a win. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. we begin in ukraine where russian missile and drone strikes have had several ukrainian cities over night killing at least 12 civilians. a residential building was hit in oman, 200 kilometer south of the capital. keith authorities also reported deaths in the eastern city of ne pro where they say that a woman and

a young child were killed. it is the biggest strike. russia has launched in ukraine and weeks. database corresponding the connelly joints me now from keith. so they tell us a little bit more about these attacks while we're just hearing that among the tended and human are to 10 year old children, those rescue efforts continue. i think those numbers are set to increase. unfortunately, there's talk of 17 people who've been wounded of which many are in hospital. this was a 9 story apartment block which basically destroyed in parts, but a 100 people were thought to have lived in the pot of block that saw the impact of that cruise missile preferred from ukrainian military sources. who said that this time around the russians use cruise missiles, it all particularly difficult to intercept because they fly very low. and so they're very difficult. see on rate on they get very close to building. so it's very difficult to shoot down without doing damage to the buildings around them. and this is really a shock after basically 2 months of relative quiet as long as you were further away

from the front lines. place like goliath from a toast close for lunch. they had regular missile attacks, but further way in place like key of a woman, it kind of seemed like rushes supply. rockets had come to a close finish and that people could go back to sleep with relative certainty that they would wake up next morning without having to be worried. this is the civilian area being targeted neck and this attack coming after months of russian failures to break through ukrainian defense is on the front line. also a day after a landmark phone call between ukrainian and chinese leaders. is this timing significant? certainly here in ukraine, it's being interpreted as an attempt basically to create panic, chaos for the civilian population to try and change the mood right now. most ukrainians. alt in any mind, set any kind of mood to see talks happening with russia on russia's terms. they're expecting that much expect ukrainian counter offensive in the next couple weeks and

months and it's being seen as a temp. i rushed to really try and scare ukrainians into putting pressure on their politicians to try freeze this. that's something that russ definitely wants because they all running out of munitions, they're wanting people to fight. and so that is kind of being seen as the rationale behind this. but in terms of the targets, they all very random. these are cities, hundreds go support. these are residential buildings, and this is definitely something that people here ukraine or what's going very worried about because they have thought but those, those warning signals, those sirens that they would kind of pot soon you the past that certainly is not k . so nick connelly and keith, thank you. ukraine in the western world had been waiting, 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 at what it will take to win back territory and why it has taken so long to prepare. draining near

the front, these ukrainian soldiers are getting ready for the big battle to come. millennium is gone more or less. ok with some difficulty. so we will work on that and get rid of the problems. what we found the mines, we will rehearse again, and then it will be fine for them. i didn't have a lot of old 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. northern women. neither. so that's a moment there is a significant ammunition shortage of them. we lack high explosive, incendiary shells done. so tanks and artillery are unable to work effectively.

estimate if high explosive cells have much more destructive power and the damage radius is much bigger than armor piercing shells. and i do, but she usually committed to me, 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 bro river. they'll face mine fields in 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 it was anti tank guided missiles,

then it was artillery. then 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. hope francis has landed in budapest. it is the pontiff 1st official trip to hungry, which shares a border with ukraine. the pope 3 day visit will be focused in great part on the war in ukraine. he will be meeting with some of the 1000000 plus ukrainian refugees believe to have crossed into hungary since the beginning of the war. he will also

meet with prime minister victor, oregon. the 2 have been at odds over hungary as anti migration policies. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. former u. s. vice president mike pens has testified in front of a grand jury investigating former president donald trump. the grand jury is looking into trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. trump's lawyers tried but failed to block, hence his appearance in authority than indonesia say that 11 people died when a boat capsized and children are among those victims. a search operation for several missing passengers is ongoing. it happened in the re now island chain. boating accidents are common in the archipelago. do in part 2 lacks safety standards. australia has shut down its oldest coal fired power plant. the li dealt plant was built in 1971 and provided about 10

percent of electricity used in new south wales. it comes as the government seeks to rapidly shift toward renewable energy. more than 70 per cent of australia's power comes from fossil fuels. tens of thousands of supporters of controversial judicial reforms in israel have filled the streets in front of parliament, interview sla prime minister benjamin netanyahu halted the plans in late march. after months of demonstrations against it, the legislation would curtail the power of the supreme court and has been criticized as anti democratic. sedans, army and the rival paramilitary rapid support forces have agreed to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. but there has 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 a 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 on vital supplies that are running out across the country. murphy, more did 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 who follow a brother in and 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 only mon is long and dangerous. and fuel is scarce. elaine, although we need fuel, we've been here for 3 days, tuesday, wednesday, and today thursday. we don't know if the gas station will open on all wireless. as you can see, they opened the station until 2 or 3 cars. and then they closer to laquata, returned to letting a film. and without that fuel to escape the violence. those who live here must remain hoping the warring factions can be convinced to stop shooting. earlier i spoke with sudanese journalist also know see adam he has following the developments and sit down from nairobi and he told me about the fighting taking place despite the extended truce. yes. if i could stay on going in tomorrow for somebody and in there for fred, the armed group are in there for many me know yesterday tweeted that.

they are going to put together a join arm army to stop the fighting in worcester for so as finally the, the dubious disagreement signatories are actually going to be joining this fight. but just to keep these in there for in the meantime, i still like this is wire is being on the media. but on the ground, people will report differently. they can still hear gunshots, the work of gunshots this morning as well. and i was sidney is journalist al sanusi adam to sport and in the meant to ponder slager, we have the most exciting title race in years. in fact, that 5 weeks ago, this is the latest in the season. that byron munich have not been the leaders since 2012 dormant, topped the table and can go for point clear to night with a when at bonham. the scenes from last saturday night

doors, men dealing frankfurt a for nil spanking the wind, saw them leap frog perennial champions by munich into 1st place on mass day 29. and they celebrated with gusto earlier that day by end, who haven't been their usual in dom edible selves this season suffered a 31 defeat at mines. those 2 results have given bundis mega fans the most exciting title race in over a decade. can dorman, and byron's incredible run of 10 straight wonders, the titles your men last came out on top in 2012. when they lifted the league tropi for the 2nd year in a row that was under coach. you're going club, lead time. when byron seemed to have met their match,

no longer able to count on an unemployed run to the title. that was also the last time buyer and we're not in the lead at this point in the campaign. but since we're here, we're in this situation and we need to take the final steps. we're looking forward to it and we're happy that everything is on the line and that it will be an intense match against malcolm. we can show we're ready to take those finals and that's it. so we can celebrate together in the end of the season in a moment the commands until darkman fans can now hope and dream. of course, no one could blame them if they also had their doubts. they've gotten used to playing 2nd fiddle to byron for so long now. but as of today, darkman control their own destiny. earn at least as many points as buyer and over their next 5 games. and they'll once again, finally taste sweet triumph. and here's a quick reminder of our top story. in ukraine, at least 12 civilians were killed when russia launched

a missile strikes over night. several cities were hit including oman, where rescuers are digging through the rubble of residential building as well as a woman and her young child reportedly killed in the pro of next it is doc film to stay with us. if you can for that. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you so much for watching. the trio taking on the night durian trafficking that works with a windows mounting evidence that nigerian human trafficking enforced to prostitution are also taking place here and from school.