and work together for a better future. many folks do you all for go on d w the . this is dw news life from butler in russia says it has visa in the back of military offensive by ukraine. moscow releases footage it says shows russian forces were putting in ukrainian attack in the done yet region. he is refusing to comment on the claim, also coming up opposition in on all sorts harry,

in states as russian police swoop in on some portions of kremlin critic, alexei nevada. only we may see young a physician politician on the ground who works the fine line between activism and the rest the manuscript is making in welcome to the program. russia claims that it has stopped and military offensive by ukrainian troops in the done yet, sc region. the partially russian occupied region of eastern ukraine. russia's defense ministry says its forces killed at least $250.00 soldiers on sunday. the ministry released this drone video which couldn't be independently verified, but it for pulls to show russian forces, forcing a large scale attacked by 2 tank battalions and other mechanized units in southern areas. often yeske, you printing specials are refusing to officially come comment on rushes claim,

or any major operation to push back up to pine forces. so frank language is a former british military intelligence officer based and also within the u. k. i. austin, well, he makes of rushes claim that it has repelled the major you printing and offensive . well, good afternoon andrea, but we can tell nothing from this video footage. it has no at this time. and even if it did all it shows it is as you will have c and vehicles being engaged. but upon the bile tell everyone to tag uh, ordinance in. no great numbers it later on in the video you see about the stilted russian officer claim. all kinds of heavy casualties which are completely on evidence. however, aside from this, one thing we need to be aware of as this campaign goes on, that will be casualties. but i think this is not an announcement of any kind of success by the russians, except the propaganda play. okay,

i did want to ask you about a new video that's been released by the ukrainian defense and ministry. it's called plans love silence. we're going to take a quick look and then we'll come back to front the okay, that video that really released by the training on me indicating that that won't be a formal announcement of this much anticipated account offensive. so how will we know if it's even started? it's funny, there are some indicators, and i think we've seen these indicators. the 1st and most important is the present . and so let's get started yesterday for the 1st time, they're ready to go. the weather is good, the weather is important by the way,

for ukrainians, particularly because of the reliance on precision wiper night. a informed by drugs what you need pretty good weather and also they are and vehicles. we see shaping operations, which you've already mentioned a, by that mean preparation, this evening deception of a russian forces confusion in belgrade, even the grounds, trucks on moscow roll policy, that information, information shaping operation. and we are also seeing reports from the front of operations all across the south of ukraine just beginning. so i would suggest the only indicators would indicate that we all beginning this series of operations of the plan is called a contra pensive. okay, and let's just take a moment to talk about its objectives. i mean, what would you say constitute success as far as this counter offensive is concerned? or well, any military operation be a, just a section attack of, of, of 10 people or on the, on the,

on the assault has orders and the orders will give objective sco, any particular stage of the operation for this whole country offensive as the sears account offensive. expensive operations, the straight levels of the tactical, the operational, mr. teach, at which the 3 levels of all the topical level of any particular unit may have, may have. we'll have an objective, but overall it may well be to take this portion of land, put us in a position a say, for example, take a city, let's say multiple, for example, or we take bus much we take. so don't ask, who knows? so that's at the technical level. the operational level of the object is, will be to destabilize western forces to confuse and confound a defeat. at this, the teacher level, the objective of the operations are clear and they ought to set the conditions for a walkable and doable victory. and of course, to sustains and maintain western face and ukrainian success the night by maintaining not flow of weapons of political support on you. so those are the

essential objectives of this will be a long holiday operation. this will not be over by christmas. yeah, i did want to ask you about the, the international response that we can expect to see. and if you crane doesn't make significant advances, the us, as many i said, but really they, they, they only sell the town militarily, has made it very clear that they will sustain and maintain that support through say, consent. and let's be honest, and that's be blunt. as i said outside, no operation, particularly assault operation, goes about casualties that are huge risks, and this will be set back and we need to be ready for that. but the ukrainians all set up here for success. they have the training, they've got them around, they've got the equipment that they've got the leadership talks, most importantly, suggest operation to succeed. so that will be set boxed possible western response. i think the americans are held fast. however, there's a major constraint to this,

of course, and not so the political level that there is the election in the us next year and the ukraine. these want this done and completed by the task, special french and frank. thank you so much. that's frank ledford led, which format military analyst in the u. k. thank you. thanks very much. russian police of arrest and more than $100.00 demonstrations who took to the streets to mount the bus. the day of the jailed kremlin critic, alexa, novelle, and the demonstrations held handwritten signs cooling for his release. the human rights monitoring group i v. d. info setting of only supports is what detained in 23 cities across russia, including in moscow in saint petersburg, the permanent opposition leader was jail for fraud and contempt. of course, the valet maintains the charges with trump talk to silence and rushes. government has post increasingly tough flaws to stifle criticism since it's invasion of ukraine. so is it even possible to oppose the government and flooded ms. hutchins

russia? the w spoke with the local up position position in moscow. constantine called is focusing on community action like this with cycling dr. coffers. the local opposition politician for the moscow district of much icy. every months he gets anywhere from 50 to a 100 people together here to sort and recycle their garbage. recycling is largely uncontroversial in russia for now. so these already did recently shut down the environmental organization. green piece openly criticizing the government. it's almost impossible. but konstantin thinks this kind of event can be a start. that goes docs that we're likely ecological campaigns can really unites people in these hot times. it's important to stay united and support each of us. and it's important to know we're trying to do at least some thing to improve the load around us. of an overwhelming majority of russian support president vladimir putin, at least according to government posters. increasingly draconian laws have made

protesting against the russian government all but impossible, especially since the war and ukraine started even post on social media, criticizing the war can mean up to 15 years in prison before you leave me a live in a digital dictatorship like russia. it's a kind of a person's every move can be traced to controlled the far it is, can find out everything about that person very interested in very quickly if necessary. i think that right now, but let the mean preachers opponents. the main task might be to get through this time and stay out of prison. taken to the barricade. snow is a bad idea of what he thought it was a most rushing off edition. politicians are in jail or in exile, but that didn't stop 23 year olds, konstantin con. call from going into local politics just last year. he knows that the more public attention he gets, the more he's in danger. lots of activists who have stayed in russia are afraid.

you don't know if the police will come in, so she'll have him in the morning. unfortunately, because of a repressive laws being passed, it is dangerous to express your opinion in public its own unpleasant. we have to work in the conditions. we have the law politically set about accept flooded chemicals, plans to continue his monthly recycling drive. and he hopes to stay in politics despite everything he believes things in russia can change. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the u. s. navy has released a new video of what it calls china's unsafe, and they knew that in the taiwan strait this past weekend, the us destroy it in the full ground. slowed to avoid colliding with china is vessel when it cross the destroys, pulse facing claims the worst away as its own territory. us and its allies say the water is all international. and in germany, a motorcyclist has died off for a collision with a triathlon compasses,

a in the city of humbug. the victim was carrying a camera on the online european championship. on sunday. he was travelling in the opposite direction of the truss on slice list on a narrow pos of the track. the fleet sustained serious injuries. and residents ensued on capital. how to say that slicing has intensified in the city of to the licensee spot expired as of the weekend. the us and saudi arabia are urging warren policies to agree to a new ceasefire. but since slicing broke out in mid april, multiple agreements have failed. the conflict has treated a major humanitarian crisis in a country with many people were already struggling. so how all people who was still in the hall to dealing with the situation right now, the w talked to one resident who lives in alger is just a few kilometers from where the fighting is happening. as a matter, my boy always loves the tranquillity at his phone by the night

a peaceful escape from the noisy streets of central hosp to him. but now the calm is deceptive. less than 5 kilometers away, the fighting continues unabated, done as opposed to a level psalms and straight bullets hit us. the sound of artillery has become normal for us. at 1st we were afraid and hid. but now we go out despite the warning noises, because we feel we're already dead anyway. so it's better to live our last day is moving until god decides otherwise. the money out the i want to kind of heard before the war met towards computer science at the university and have to him he hasn't received a salary for 2 months. so he has gone back to farming to feed his family. is landey inherited has now become a lifeline for him and others to because the markets are closed, the concept is produce. so he gets away his vegetables to other people in need. but

it's not just food that's in short supply who are at passed away because she couldn't get her medicine. she was only in our fifties. she was taken to the hospital, but there was nothing they could do. so we brought her home where she died and we buried her on the else, you can hear fighter jets are in the air now the central mind. oh man visits his whole neighborhood. the crime is on the rise to one of his neighbors. an elderly, disabled man was beaten up and dropped his gun point. random attacks like these happen daily news where the current situation is very bad. people live in constant in security and a state of constant panic and distress a month. only a few people are left in this neighborhood. walking the streets is dangerous. this is one of the few grocery stores that are still open to lots of my suppliers are

closed. once these lentils are sold, we won't get anymore. and if i do find some, they'll be expensive and i won't get much and that will the food prices have doubled. ahmed, we'll have to rush in the small portion. even water is scarce. people q to use one of the fuel working pumps or med hopes, other countries will put more pressure on the war infections if not to end the war, then it leads to enforce real ceasefire motions. and so i'll go to, you know, the biggest challenge now is to push through with a appeal of the international community to stop the war. this is very important to us because breaching armistice is lucky and continuing this tool of war is very, very dangerous. and hopefully that gives you the non, regardless of the, the social skills mer to discuss is leaving her to him with a neighbor. but he can't afford to. and even if he could, the way out has become too dangerous. i don't know if he is for 3 younger children

and why so for now, he's waiting it out. that is all we have time for the w and use asia is up next then christine on. what will be here at the top, the hours more international headlines. you remember, you can always get more news on our website that's dw, dealt com. we're on social media as well, and all you need that is at the w use. i'm on youtube. some kind of thanks so much for watching and have a lovely day the the pretty good.