of the the, this is the w news coming to line from berlin with russia launching sustained the terrace strikes ukraine, prepares its troops for a couch or a pensive, including training and urban warfare to take back. cities under russian occupation . also coming up us present, joe biden. trips and falls during a graduation event. the white house says he's fine,

but the incident is again raising questions about whether he's fits enough to run for a 2nd. turn the hello and terry martin. good to have you with us. you christians, military says that it has shut down more than 30 objects, and the latest round of russian strikes, targeting the key a bridge. and overnight, many residents of the ukrainian capital took shelter in subway stations after air raid alerts were sounded across the country. the alerts of sense, been lifted, keeps mer, says no calls were made to emergency services. well, as those attacks continue, ukraine is preparing its forces for its long awaited counter offensive to retake cities in the east from the russians. to do that, the troops will all certainly have to street fight, goes by things

a street by street house by house urban warfare poses some of the greatest risks to individual soldiers as d w as much tons of reports. this is one of the most dangerous moments in urban warfare. one wrong move here could be your last one goes inside and then the next. the soldiers are fresh from the front line where they faced, chilling and trenches. instead of resting, they prepare for what maybe next week we'll have to go into doing. yes. can no hans will have to storm every building. and there will be collaborators saboteurs, regular troops, private military groups. and we will have to drive them out of houses, not from feels. the thing is funny. that's why they're in this abandoned hotel. ukrainian troops may only have one chance to take back their towns from the

russians. they can't afford to stay in private and as a whole, but it's very important for us to take the right approach. maybe if we don't, and we break and make them, and then i'm sorry, we don't have enough people to take risks every day, except that they're ready to leave hundreds behind near one house. no, don't when we are not ready to leave a single one. know when you're the one you started, the soldiers spend 4 to 5 hours training every day, tactics, shooting, and 1st aid. they know their lives may depend on it. so much. we tightened the turn again as tightly as possible, so that not only a finger, not even a feather can fit in between. of course you will scream all kinds of things that it hurts. let me go. but you absolutely can't loosen it. most of them will have experienced this already already himself was permanent,

be taken out of the fight when he was injured in battle last year. his best friend died next to him teaching from his experience. he's trying to help these men survive. this is what they want to avoid. the training officials don't say how many soldiers die told the number of military graves here at this hot give cemetery has doubled for the last 3 months. some of the men and women varied here were as young as 20 now this cemetery is already the final resting place for hundreds of ukrainian soldiers from the area. and people here believe that fighting at the front will intensify. so now no matter how that will turn out for ukraine, this will mean more funerals and more graves for soldiers here in this ground.

that means more families who will turn to freeze to victorian chuck. knew many of those he's buried here. the most of the to 5 man, i cannot comfort anyone in the sizes because the last remains with us. well, you just, there is a great and there is a coughing years luca because there is separation until the end of our days. when there's nothing to this doing it, but we should know who believes that what they did and are doing now pulling this is full of deep meanings. me still to move on because they repeats the savior's feet or do they prevent tomorrow to allow you to secure their own deaf may of

another family says goodbye on 3 legs on the ridge died more than 2 months ago in an eastern forest. today he's finally buried with love and with military honors. he won't be the last for ukraine and ukrainians. there doesn't seem to be an alternative. and then put the put them we need victory. where to put the we don't need peace, even if there is no victory, then there will be no reason why he moved. there will be slavery, defenders fear that more than the death itself. and so they prepare for more sacrifice. the 10 dw, as lux tundra, who filed the report, joins us now from the you creating capital key of macs. you spoke with people there

on the ground, the soldiers and locals. how is there more around after 15 months of war? that's right, terry. so i mean war and so you learned one thing, then more certainly changes people and people are tired. people here in the capital and other creating cities are tired from the, the overnighted packs that they haven't been experiencing on a regular basis. now for more than a month, soldiers are tired of fighting. if you travel the country and you talk the troops, there is someone going to be a board bit more upbeat about what they do about their motivations. and others are going to tell you about the hardships, how difficult it is to, to, through the fighting, how to rely on medication. for example, this take home of you even being able to go to sleep for a reason, right? so the task that they have to carry out of grueling some i've seen um their comrades friends been going to pieces. they've been asked to storm trenches or order to storm trenches and and can kill other people. but apart from that,

i don't from talking to soldiers and civilians, and like my impression is that morale is not broken. it's still very high. it's still quite the opposite. if you go, for example, into a cafe, anywhere here in the country viewed in keyboard and don't last reason or perhaps even in western ukraine, close to the polish border and talk to people there. um, on my, my estimate, my guess is you probably wouldn't find a single person who hasn't lost anyone, or who knows who doesn't know anybody who lost someone or lost lost her livelihood . so the death for the price that you credit has paid so far is very, very high. and that's something that keeps people going. that's something that keeps people motivated also, then the knowledge that's if they stop resisting now, this may be the end of ukraine to exist as we know it in your report. next, we saw how our soldiers are preparing for urban warfare. how is that related to the plan counter offense? it's right, so um public,

i'm surprised to some people is that these felt lane fighters spend a few days at the front and then they come back and not just to rest but also to train. so they go through our 5 hours of training, in this case they were focusing on the assault of the building. and we were told that this is something that they are preparing for in the near future. um to fight more in cities which could be connected to a potential counter offensive. but if you talk to the soldiers and ask them or literally anyone they will tell you they don't know exactly when and where it's going to have to. we've been talking about this since since spring since february march. and what we can do at the moment is just pretty much to speculate. but what we know right now is our, what we can be seeing is that the dynamic of doors changing up a bit. we've seen overnight attacks every other night here in the capital cube and other places of ukraine. there have been some cross border operations by uh, uh, by a, by certain military groups uh, operating across the board or in,

in russia they're having a legit attacks. and in a drone attacks, for example, in moscow and other in other provinces and other of us in russia. so this could be indicators that something is changed that the dynamic absorbs changing. but we do not certainly do not know when and where the counter offensive will take place. next, thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspond it much turned into you let's catch you up on some other stories making headlines. the cost of those present says is country is ready for pressure elections in the north as long as they are triggered by a legal process. this comes after france and germany's leaders are costs about to consider a new boat. tensions have been high between the 2 bulk and states. after serbian demonstrators tried to block ethic albanian mayers from taking offers to. north korea has released images of the launch of a soft light which failed. earlier this week. the rocket crashed into the sea

shortly after take off on wednesday. john young has also denounced the united nations secretary general for criticizing the launch and the us senate has passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling, eliminating the threats of a devastating credit default. after weeks of wrangling, democrats and republicans agreed on a compromise package to extend us ball rolling until after the general election in 2024. the bill will now go to present joe biden to be signed into law. well, president biden has tripped and fallen on stage during a public event. he was handing out diplomas to graduates of the us air force academy in colorado springs. when he tripped over sam's back on the stage is full, was captured on video, which spread quickly across social media. a white house official says the president is 80 years old, was on heard. but this is not the 1st time he has stumbled prompting speculation

about biden's health. republicans were quick to seize on it as evidence that he is not fit for office joining us today or for more on this presidential mist uh for join from washington, 5 policy analysts list showed good list. recent polls indicate that less than half of democrats think bite and should run for president again, how much of that has to do with his age? i don't think very much. i, i think when we're hearing about his age, it's incredibly low hanging fruit. it's an easy proxy for a whole bunch of different issues. of course, it's quasi and we're looking at polarization. that age is really going to be a factor. is the question of biden's age, a legitimate concern, lis. mister president, thank you for joining us. of course, he is 80 years old. he is currently the oldest president will when he's re elected,

if he is re elected, be the oldest president. however, his most formidable opponent, trump, is 3 years younger. this is a larger question about the kind of political bandwidth that america is producing that this is kind of the cream of the crop at this moment. so of course age you can't tonight. it's a factor how this is a stressful job. but i don't think it's the most important factor in as well when we're genuinely looking at the 2 to most likely folks to go head to head. it kind of nullifies itself and, and, and cancel each other out. they'll buy that has to get through the primary is before he becomes the democrats official candidate for 2024. is there a chance list that he will face a serious challenge for the nomination? it would be very unwise for the democratic party to allow the primary to become a real challenge. and that's not about the democratic party. some of the things we

heard in 2016 or even 2008 against hillary clinton. they stack the deck. this is an incumbent president, being comments he carries a mass of advantage in state and local elections. it can be 3 or 4 points. you can see that translated all the way to the top of the ticket when we're talking about elections being determined across the country by tens and hundreds of thousands of votes. the democrats will not allow themselves to lose that whatever advantage they have. so i see him absolutely going pretty harmlessly through the primary and heading right into the general. what is thank you so much policy analyst lose ciocca there from washington dc. thank you all. you are watching dw news, just reminder of the top story we're following for you this our residents and the ukranian capital key. and we're once again forced to take shelter in subway stations after their rate alerts sounded. ukraine's military says it's shot down more than 30 objects and the latest round of rush and strikes,

targeting the key of reaching overnight. i'm terry martin. i'll be back top of the next hour is more news. meanwhile, you'll find lots on our, on our website and dw dot com. thanks for watching the i sorry, 7 or 6 times to chris county, more people than ever on the move worldwide in such an one. great timing is very hard.