the the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin with russian launching sustained air strikes. ukraine prepares its troops for counter offensive, including training and urban warfare to take back cities under russian occupation. also in coming out 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 is fits enough to run per 2nd term. and protesters clash with police and send a goals. capital for a leading opposition politician to send this to jail time on charges. he says are politically motivated, the hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you. with us. ukraine's military says it has shut down more than 30 objects. and the latest round of russian strikes targeting the key of region overnight. many residents of the ukrainian capital took shelter and subway stations after error rate alerts for sounded across the country. the alerts have since been lifted, keeps mer, says no calls were made to emergency services, as 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 the troops will almost certainly have to fight 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 face chilling and trenches instead of resting. they prepare for what maybe next was i mean, been difficult. will 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 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 is the hold press very important for us to take the right approach. maybe if we don't do and we break right to them and then i'm sorry, we don't have enough people to take risk of the day. it's the one that they're ready to leave. hundreds behind, near one house is no wonder when we are not ready to leave a single one. know when you're at the we have no. when 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. 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 permanently taken out of the fight when he was injured in battle last year. his best friend died next to him through 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 dying we are told the number of military graves here at this hockey 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 victoria body. chuck knew many of those he's buried here. most of the piece of i meant i cannot comfort anyone to the other side because the loss remains with us. well, yes, there is a grave. and there is a coffin. well, here's 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 in is full of deep meaning. me store to move on because they repeats the savior's feet,

or do they prevent more to allow you to secure their own. deaf to me of another family says good bye. 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 death itself. and so they prepare for more sacrifice. the

earlier i spoke with dw as much time to who filed that report, i asked him about the morale among ukrainians 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. so 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 almost freezer and 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 it lost, lost her livelihood. so the death to 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 of the right. so probably come surprise to

some people is that peaceful and 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 and 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 the war is 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, 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 of his words 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 some more analysis. we're joined now by ed arnold. he's a security analyst and a research fellow at the royal united services institute in london. thanks for being with us. and ukraine is expected to launch a counter offensive. any time now, they'll be trying to flush out russian troops. how much would that counter offensive do you think will involve urban warfare as well? it, it really depends how you craig, wants to go about this offensive a is with you already started, you'll see a gradual uptake an appraisal type by which we're seeing costs for mind at the

maintenance. um, so is started but it's no, it's not offensive, but we'll start on a certain day and that and then continue. but in terms of the advice of the crating . so obviously preparing for our fighting. and at the very interested in boxes reports, it's very difficult. it's very close to, it's very localized. it's very easy to get find. and ultimately, it's very slow because you have to clear cities, and that's perfectly uh, the issue is crazy, is if they choose to go into whatever bottles of the star this offensive, then they might get bogged down if you're seeing the russians in blackboard, adobe site and cities with will absolutely need to take, but the last it'd be says in towns and cities that they will bypass because their objectives might be further down the line. and they need to get there with relative speed in those eastern areas that ukraine plants retake. some residents may be on the side of russia. how much of a risk will they pro, is

a security risk for ukraine if it's forces recapture of those areas, as we used to raise the risk. and that is exactly why you have to have a very methodical approach. and also it's wise at once you take a population sense, so you need to leave forces behind. and you know, you have to make a assessments on whether the population is supportive. you're writing shapes for 4 or the retreats, and then that will dictate how many forces you need behind in those areas and is exactly the same. same issues with the russians of the issue now is the fighting has been going on for so long their cities as always, detroit into the conflict to be in the so not many of the premium populations left in those areas. so actually this was a civilian populace of these towns and cities is probably less of the consent of the babies. the main issue is that. ready these areas that they will find it over

contested initially when it's where the of construct raises when cancels, preposition forces to move on. so it has to have a stepping stone approach is if i have the random retire tree that the payment is received by floss and, and you have on last year when there might be a paulding. there is nothing left of the city's rejection, the values of the freed perspective. and thank you very much for talking with us. that was at arnold of defense and security analyst at the royal united services institute in london. well more of the 3rd of ukrainians have been driven from their home since russia invaded their country and about 8000000 of them had been forced, have been for have found refuge in countries across europe. meanwhile, more than 5000000 remain displaced within ukraine itself. authorities there are struggling to cope with the huge numbers of people in need, many fuel a band and not knowing when they will be able to return to their homes. a

dma helps people who are forced to flee the homes because of the war in ukraine. many people from the east of the country have ended up here in the city of coffee in central ukraine because the government con, provide housing for everyone. local buildings have been turned into shelters. schools, hospitals like this and that kindergarten mostly because so now because work time it's close to put kids strikes and stuff like this. this student hostile in chair costs is now home to 25 refugees. only 2 of them have jobs, d f as received the equivalent of 50 euros a month. tomorrow has been in this situation for a year. he has built up a good connection to the email, to bring some medicine for

a sick husbands. government did some part, but the here you see this part, it's not enough in this place. her passion for social working. it says this 500 given us. it's excellent. nothing tomorrow looks off the husbands, me shiloh dreams of his wife bus the day. less than that. gotten new hands today, the region is occupied by russia and on the front line. people here into a cost, you can only wait and hope they can return home one day spending. i actually don't. i think of my house. i think the, my gosh, we have 2 houses, and here we live in one tiny room. let me put the myst you have the most to sit on them and we will return home in a year to do in 2 years. or in 5 years. we will definitely go home. i don't want to

live anywhere else, say to them by somebody mislabeled them, but many of the displaced the like strangers in their own country. they find it difficult to find a jump on a place to live. they feel abandoned. r u m. s. the largest international organization in the country. they see the told the always take, you know, people ukraine is true and he, with this thing, a mental health and psychosocial crisis due to the impact on the wellbeing of people's displaced tomato. also she has the room with how to nephew's full people in one room. one of the nephews nemea studying online to become a paramedic stuff. is that a to leave? i am more short tempered single shot. maybe because a year has passed and nothing has happened. mutual hon, this me, it's annoying him to which and how does that all post silver. so we have to pass

the video. there's a lot, remember everything, take care of ourselves and then move forward. when they get back home tomorrow says we should come and visit them to make sure we find the house. she writes down the address, kind of hosting a st. nbc chance it's catch you up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. the united nation says it's worried about a decrease in the number of ships leaving ukrainian ports to deliver grain. ukraine says russia is blocking the box a grain export to, which was struck last july to help tackle the global food crisis. exacerbated by the war. pressure says the un is failing to implement the deal. the north korea has released images of the launch of a satellite, which failed earlier this week. the rocket crashed into the sea shortly after take off on wednesday. john yang has also denounced the united nations secretary general for criticizing the launch. nato peacekeeping. reinforcements have arrived in

northern costs of the following day is of interest in the region. tensions flared after ethnic albanian mayers were installed in districts inhabited by ethnic serbs who boycotted the recent elections. france, germany called for a new vote in the disputed areas, encourage cost of of a neighboring serbia to de escalate. the situation us senate has passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling, eliminating the threats of a devastating credit the fault. after weeks of wrangling, democrats and republicans agreed on the compromise package to extend us ball rolling until after the general election in 2024. bill will now go to present joe biden, to be signed into law. president biden has trip 10 fall in on a stay on stage during a public event, he was heading out diploma is to graduates of the us air force academy in colorado springs. when he tripped over a sand bag on the stage as full was captured on video,

which spread quickly across social media. whitehouse special says the president who 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 unfit for office. for more on that presidential misstep, i spoke earlier to washington based policy analyst, please sure, is 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 going to come up on i stuff with

your team a couple weeks ago and you're talking about the 3 biggest issues you might see coming up in the election and you cannot deny h will be a part of it. but i'm not sure when push comes to solve when we're looking at the economy, when we're looking at 4 in policy. 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 lives. 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 real like to be the oldest president. however, his most formidable opponent, trump is 3 years younger business. the 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 deny it. it's a factor how this is a stressful job. but i don't think it's the most important factor in as well, and we're showing you only 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. nobody has to get through the primaries before he becomes the democrats official candidate for 2024. is there a chance list that he will face a serious challenge for the nomination? so 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 based stack the deck. this is an incumbent president, being comments he carries a massive 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, paula channels, lose shaka, there from washington dc. thank you all. now to set a goal and protests or is have classed with police in the capital car after court sentenced a leading opposition politician to 2 years in prison was months on co was convicted of corrupting youth. a charge referring to allegedly immoral behavior towards individuals younger than $21.00. so co denies any wrong doing and says the charges are politically motivated. facing off yet again. senate goals arrived police up against support as of those months, sancho, in the streets of car as news image of his conviction is the latest in a series of sporadic, but often deadly clashes that have shaken, sent a goal over the past 2 years to the court glad sancho of rape and of making death threats against his accuser,

but found him guilty of corrupting you've supplementing this innocence and claims the case is politically motivated to keep an ex claim on my little data stream, a heavy sentence 2 years in prison. and so as mon, i sung k monitor for the offense of corrupting young people to talk, it's obvious that we are going to use the means to talk disposal to challenge with decisions. so we provide the course of decisions sunk. it was not present at the court for the ruling. he also refused to attend the trials 1st to the hearings, heading instead to the southern city of the gonna show where he's a man. some, some sudden sweat. we have such a side, not totally, but we have such a side all the same because you spend some codes threatened every one. it isn't. as he says, the judges. he sets in the state to send a go. he didn't know everything to avoid the judge, but he did so much request. today he headed to the y and z glass, you know, to avoid the arms thing like justice. today there's a beautiful lady, this lady just the subject to doesn't like him, has condemned him like

a bad suit to his months. uncle's stock has risen in recent years, but the court ruling could make him on fits to running next year's elections where he's seen of the main challenge of the president mackey south. the president's critic saying his ambitions for a controversial the term in office at the heart of the action against sancho for the government denies using the judiciary to suppress a position. the st flashes that have accompanied this rate case of threatening political stability and set a goal, which has long been considered one of africa's leading beacons of democracy. and the ruling against this month's uncle will only fuel the flames. sports though and day for the french open, brought a noisy and controversial end to the hopes of one of the local favorites. on the men's side, on the women side, it was less complicated with egos, suite and tech, undermining her status as

a tournament favorite. a good friend stifling 40 as well. number one, a guess the own tech took little time. establishing who dominance against the american clear lou? the precise paul took the fists at $64.00 and then met less resistance as she rudely steamrolled through the 2nd sight. 6 love on the way to a commodity victory. replacing the 3rd round neatly, give breakfast the day off to turning 22 years old in paris. again, slovakia and alex no con alexander is very of had to reach much deeper into his bag of tricks to get through. he's 2nd round the gym and joined indeed himself to the crow. 3 even on the occasions, the slovakian don't be off hand. he had to work hard, but he's we should receive

a nice well welcome into the ground. not so much taylor fritz. he made too critical errors for an american in paris. first, he paid a frenchman in front of these adoring fans. then he told the breezy ends to be quiet when they gave him some placements feedback. the american will be back in the 3rd round, and the french crab. well, that'll be the waiting for you are watching dw news coming to line from rowland. just reminder of the top story we're following for you, this our president and you creating capital key for once again, forced to take shelter in subway stations. after air raid alerts sounded, your cranes military says it shut down more than 30 objects in the latest round of brush and strikes. targeting the key of region over not difficult. you can always

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