[000:00:00;00] the, this is the w use life from the ukraine, prepares its troops for a counter offensive. it includes training in the wolf edge and take back sitting santa russian occupation to waste presidential guidance trips and falls during a graduation of it. the white house says he's fine,

but the incident is again raising questions about whether he's fit enough to run for a 2nd time. positive football should got edge ever closer to buddhist legal survival . they produce the dominant display to be humble, 3 meals in the 1st lake of the relegation. plato will bring you all the goals the fight on pain because it wasn't good to have you with us. you things really treat says it has shut down mold, and so he objects in the latest round of russian overnight strikes, targeting the keys region, many presidents of the ukrainian capital took shelter and subway stations off the air rated lots was founded across the country, the alerts have since been lifted, keeps mess says there's, there are no calls that were made to emergency services. and as there was a tax continue,

you credit is preparing as forces for its long the wasted counter offensive to retake cities to the east from the russians. to do that, troops will almost certainly have to fight street buying straight house by house of and wolf. it poses some of the greatest risks to individual soldiers as dw smocks sondra 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 meniscus 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 talents from the russians. i can't afford to stay in private as a whole, but it's very important for us to take the right approach. maybe if we don't, and we break right to them and then i'm sorry, we don't have enough people to take risk of the day, except that they're ready to leave hundreds behind near one house. it's no wonder when we are not ready to leave a single one. know when you're the one, you know, 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. 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 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 over 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 grace for soldiers here in this ground. that means more families who will turn to freeze to victor promoting chuck knew many of those he's buried here. most of tiffany, i admit i cannot comfort anyone in the sizes because the last remains with us. well, you know, there was a great and there was 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 but it is what they did and are doing now. pulling in there is full of deep meaning me still to move on because they repeats the savior's feet,

or do they prevent tomorrow to allow you to secure their own desk? to may 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. and then 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

let's begin justin comp now, and military veteran and security expert. he joins us from london, ukraine moving more into east and ponds. how much of a role will of and will fair play their this is great question. ukraine. so far has avoided having to attack an open air. they've defended, obviously many they've never had to go on the attack through one as your corresponding just showed. the difficulty of having environment is extreme and attacking is always hotter than defending in any environment. i'm very much so in the oven environment. so for ukraine to liberate what it once in the east, the cities are involved. of course spotwood we've seen not sitting on the front lines at the moment, i'm sure you credited laska as far as to recover them over your fault. of course we, we some of the fighting there a year ago. however, the smart way to do it is actually not to have to fight through unclear every

street of the city. it's to invest it to surround it twice later and then to be able to um, effectively control it without having to fight street by street. so that's what you kind of most likely want to do to avoid this sort of cost the pricing. if it can do that, you mentioned best mode model where all the main flash points go to be that of the mainland. obviously the front line in the south is much further north. i'm a real pull, it does run through the parking lot and they're all sort of out of the cities, north of that as a coup ads with the front line is hardly in ukraine's favor. but that is, um, you know, that that's area within the dumbass that, that ukraine's looking at the moment of that sort of the eastern end of the western end. it's right and is more open. the river is the russian flank, to the west, spot presents the same problems, are doing over see a successful river crossing is a huge tell us where you credit to attack from that. and then in the sense of all that you have, what's most, the more i come online?

so i think the good news you can't lease initially is there aren't any cities that would have to tackle straight to way. but if they were to attack south towards, for example, crimea, then they doing counts of cities, them really to fall out and talk miles from places like that, that a car in the russian supply opposite, they suddenly at least have to have to surround. and those of already heavily deciding that as we've seen, satellite pictures, but the all not, i mean we focus on the largest cities, but every small village along the front line is become a, some sort of fight area. and even the small village is a huge objective declare, you may have seen the russians attacking but at all. um, you know, a very small town, really just as a couple of moments is an extent and that took 3 russian battalions were attack and they lost the attack completely. so that's a huge number of troops even for very small of an area. the very significant to get, even if you don't just focus on the major systems, what about these drug attacks on russian territory?

if they assign that discount or offensive has already gone? i think that we always think of an offensive star thing when the times go steaming forwards and you know, flying towards the enemy with, with someone waiting a check and flag owners to say it started any defensive starts of what we call shaping operation. so you're assessing the battlefield fuel. in ukraine's case, trying to reduce rushes, logistics supplies, there been a t to move troops around that, trying to destroy them. you come on post that let to intelligence on the enemy. why are they strong? where are they? we all the planning assumptions correct, and that's been going on for some time. it's continuous process. but i think the cross border incursions, which include, you know, for ations inside rush of other distractions inside russia. and these incursions into russian territory itself, kicking around call cove and, and says no, but those areas are, i think, old part of a distraction for the russians. and it's difficult,

the russian come on defending everywhere because to move troops into russia itself to increase the security russia itself, they've got to take them from the front lines and they're already spread quite thin . but what sites 1500 moments of front line and effectively it's now becoming a 3000 kilometer well. and russia has to work out, do they allow these and cushions to continue disruptions or do they defend the front itself? and you can get your analysis. dustin crump, intelligence and security expert, thanks for being on the w use. thank you. fresh off and meeting with nato foreign ministers in no way. us secretary of state as of the blanket wrapped up his tour of north countries with a stuff in finland today is making with humans outgoing. prime ministers on a mountain was followed by an address in the capital. in his speech, the us secretary of state outlined the ways he believes russia's invasion of ukraine has been a strategic fan. yes. he said, most goes aggression, has strength,

and the nature with lights flashed most goes, energy exports and killed thousands of brushes on citizens. the russians estimated to a suffering more than a 100000 casualties in the last 6 months. so long as putting sense wave after wave of russians into a meat grinder of his own making. meanwhile, sanctions and export controls imposed by the united states, the european union and other partners around the world have severely degraded russia's war machine and defense exports. setting them back for years to come across as global defense, partners and customers to no longer count on promised orders little and spare parts . and as they witness rushes poor performance in the battlefield, they are increasingly taking their business elsewhere. dw corresponded to see it shows that it has been following the story closely. let's see, what's your take away from blinking space? yeah. hey, then there was a lot in there. um, his main point was that russia's war and ukraine is

a strategic failure for the country. and with that, he basically means that russia has lost in power in the military economic and also in the diplomatic area. that means that everything that poor jim would have wanted to achieve, he, he just achieves the opposite of this and visit. for example, i give you an example of what he needs, but that is, are putting president fortune has wanted to reach nato, but by starting the war and new training, he, he a chief, the nato members getting closer together and even send on joining nato. so nature became even stronger and this is what lincoln was elaborating on saying it is a strategic failure for russia, but there was another point teammate, and i would like to point that out. i would say it was about freedom and democracy and she made a strong case also turning to russian. people saying, well, we do not want to over through your government. we want you to the side. but you

also kind of have to ask yourself, what is the russian government doing for you? so i think that was another strong aspect of the speech and blinking now in finland, ne hose, newest member. how important is these additions to the lines? i have already alluded to this, it is, it is important to this concert at 22 and half an a to getting closer together, even having new members and my best half of 1300 kilometers border to russia. if they're not big meg experience with a russian invasion in the 19 thirty's even to that link was now referring and for not is because of this experience also considered to have a very strong army. so it is a big contribution to nature and the allies, especially the us. it seems that that way dw, the see a show and thank you very much. i so quick look now at some other stories making headlines, nitro peacekeepers and reinforcements. everett, brian, in the cost of,

of the following days of unbiased tensions flayed off, the ethnic albanian mares were installed in the district in habit. his bike is mix up some point caught at the recent elections. france and germany have called for a new vote in the dispute areas and urged costs of o and neighboring. so the, to deescalate the situation of the us senate has passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling limit. i think the threat of a devastating credit default after weeks of wrangling, democrats and republicans agreed on a compromise package to extend us borrowing until after the general election in 2024. the bill will now go to president joe biden to be signed. it's a little bite and has tripped in full and 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, sent back on the stage is full, was captured on video, which sprayed quickly across social media. a white house official says the

president who's a, he is old, was on hut. this is not the 1st time he's stumbled prompting speculation about biden's health. republicans were quick to seize on it as evidence. he's on fit for office. i tried. william blue cross is one of the double gives us policy analysts. but to see you, william recent polls indicate that less than half of democrats think by then she'll run full president again. how much is that has to do with his age a? hi there been? yeah, i'd be interested in a poll saying how many americans think of there should be a sandbag that could potentially trip up to you a resident during a speech home. but to your question, i mean, there's been several serious or mainstream pulls out recently, looking at dissatisfaction among democrats specifically, but also americans in general about what they think about, you'll buy, they're running again, and there is no getting around the fact that a lot of that concern has to do with age. that doesn't however, translate immediately or, or directly that americans would not vote for joe biden or would not support joe

biden, just because of his age. there's a lot of ways in terms of the questioning of these polls. of course, the breakdown of parties, republicans are far more against the idea of it a 2nd binding term because of age or any other reason the democrats are. and of course, given the choice, you know, ultimately for democrats, especially if they're confronted with binding and nothing else, or bite in, and trump, or whatever republican candidate, they're probably going to go with bite. and regardless of, you know, concerns about age were mental acuity. so we should take these polls, the grain of salt and none the less of those concerns are there or grain of sad in this case. uh, it was a sandbag which anyone could pull over. uh, what about the question that would biden's age is? is that a legitimate concern? hey, we should always be careful. there's legal and ethical concerns when it comes to criticizing aid, especially from afar. we saw this during the trump and ministration. many of his critics that he was too old or mentally on fittest to, to serve as president. and, you know, medical professional said you to not diagnose anyone from a foreigner,

be here responsible to do so. nonetheless, the presidency that very taxing, extremely demanding job. i'm not sure i could do it or would want to be able to do it and you know, a 50 year old can be, can be sick both physically and mentally as much of the as a 90 year old could be. but of course, with age comes those questions of fitness, but more, i think the more important point here is, you know, the lack of idea of the lack of new blood, so to speak in us politics. what does it say that the potentially 2 candidates for the next election could be joe biden? and donald trump, the oldest candidates to, to be in a u. s. presidential race and a repeat of 2020. we see this also elsewhere in the us senate with questions about diane feinstein and continuing, continuing to serve california and senator of whose almost 90 and it's been question for her mental acuity and as well going back to you know, ruth bader ginsburg, for example, refusing to step down from the supreme court,

dying on the bench and allowing donald trump to you know, a point that someone to replace or a complete ideological arrival to ginsburg positions. and many democrats acute or are, are very angry with her for that being the last pay against, you know, really re weighed, for example. um, you know, endangering abortion rights in america. so there's, there's a question of age across show on the us. right. but william just just to yes or no, um but, and will he be at the democrats, official candidate. i mean, historically speaking, of course, the incoming president has a huge leg up and becoming the next the candidate for his party. of course, anything can happen, you know, people said before the 2016 election, the donald trump could in no way be to candidate, let alone the president. and we saw were that let, let us so we have a long time to the election. anything that happened but biden is most likely going to be the democrats choice. okay, well young blue cross, the thank you very much. negotiate is from a $175.00 countries, a meeting, a patch to hammer out

a global tweeting to wind plastic pollution. this is the 2nd of 5 rounds of talks that aim to reach a legally binding deal by next year. environmentalists worry the negotiations focus too much on recycling rather than reducing plastic production for communities impacted by the pollution. like along both me is green river solutions. com fast enough, emerald waters and plastic waste. 15000 cubic meters of it was me as 3 not of a is known for it's breathtaking scenery. but when it flows into this trash patio outside the down of bishop dried, it's an eyesore with drift food. plastic bottles use dias, and household appliances dumped by tree bodkin states. residents here are designed to the situation. i mean,

i can only quote body of to all these years of to move into decades of living alongside this river. we have to accept this as a fact of life. we actually believe that we will die before the united clean of garbage with a tree stuff. the dream amazons, over 300 kilometers from the mountains of monta, neutral to serbia and both now along the way on, authorized risk dumps like this one, dot hills and valleys, a full trash disclose the systems in all 3 countries means most of the waste ends up here and a trash patio installed by a bose new and hydro electric plant. what's it on? display? lupins want the government to take action. environment ministers from the body can states have met every 6 months, but environment lists are frustrated by the lack of progress and time is running

out. so it also slight till it orlando where we've been dumping garbage for years is that 90 percent capacity. so the question now is, what will happen next year when we again face the influx of thousands of cubic meters of waste at all? what by the bosnian authorities lead the blame for the problem and lack of solutions on upstream nations for residents. here, the lack of action simply means that beautiful drivel also doubles as a regional release dump. but let's move to paris through speak to brazilian environmentalist on a rolling show who directs the global plastics probably around a guy a and and g o advocating for 0 waste. what happens if we don't get a tracy to end plastic pollution? so um, i think we need to remember that plastic is everywhere. if you think about the

dallas mound thing, uh the very cheap of any ocean the seas, plastic is everywhere. plastic is matter of using our bodies. plastic is being therefore, the each plastics in the food that i would have to remember each and you know, to children's body. so engine plastics, pollution is extremely important for us to be able to to solve this problem as you actually gave the futures innovations and our sales department to leave a healthy life. so what stood out to you with the talks over the past few days? i am so during this negotiations i think there are 2 things that really stand out. and one is the fact that we have actually bless, producing countries which out also all your producing countries using you can use and spoke procedure on a mechanisms to basically delay the negotiations. and in many ways, trying to create a system in which each and every country in the room would actually have a veto, firewood in advance. and so basically, if we decide at some point to make

a decision that is really important, that good reading facts, the class lucian, any country in the room could have the ability to rebuild that and to not allow that to happen. but that's obviously a problem and it has been something that it has been trying to just locate against . i think the 2nd side is the fact that he has just by having all your in plastics producing countries in the room. we've very rarely see oil in plastic production, actually spreading equity, surprising wells. why do we actually seeing those countries ease community is being affected by all your production communities being affected by your oil? by plastic pollution, every wedding to roll and a bit of a spacing effects of that on this coming is not necessarily on the legend in the spring just process. so basically what happens is that sometimes the countries in the room, i think they need to remember that they should be here to,

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