they are peers and rivals, which one is darren gold to help smart nature, the more likes watching it on youtube. dw documentary, the . this is dw news coming to you live from berlin for key them and russian occupied ukraine has been blown up, causing widespread flooding. ukraine and russia accused each other of destroying the car, close to them in the south of the country. evacuations or underway this terms, as ukraine says, it's conducting offensive operations around the city of buck moved. prussia

meanwhile, says it has fortunately, another large scale ukrainian attack. we'll take a look at the ongoing information was also coming up, germany agrees, closer defense ties with indonesia, changing security concerns in the, in the pacific of germany looking more closely at the reach of the hello. i'm terry martin. good to have you with us, you, crane and russia are choosing each other of blowing up a major damn and hydro electric power plant in the russian control part of ukraine . widespread flooding has been reported. video has posted on social media, sha walker, surging through a collapsed wall at the nova cuff cop, got them in southern new crane. local socrates have 1st, residents,

a village is downstream to evacuate. ukraine's military accused russia of blowing up the damn well, russian officials and state media blamed ukraine. the dam, rest of war supplies, warfare for drinking agriculture. and for cooling the nearby as operation nuclear power plant. let's go straight over to our correspondence telling you found a car who is in key of sonya, what more can you tell us about the destruction about them? one tell me we've seen these very dramatic images on social media as we sold it. and you'll piece of what to really gushing out with part of the bi. oh, that was really kind of swept away. the preston zalinski today has gone to for an emergency meeting of his national security and defense council can discuss this issue. he's also posted on the telegram messaging up saying that you know, the destruction of his time for the conforms. he says the question must be expelled from every corner of ukraine. and as he said, this is a,

this hyper electric poplar it's, it's a significant facility with supplies drinking water to mazda, of southern ukraine authorities here to feeling that about towns and villages could be effected. and that includes the strategically important a city. ok, so now we've hardly you created media from the head of the canceled region who has already said he's, you know, evacuating people because he feels that the water could utilize to critical levels in a matter of hours. and so we told him of evacuation of buses, a bite by residents, but he had to go back to shoot residence in the castle district also in villages by buses, of hospitals. there are a lot and as you mentioned that a tube, the other big concerns here, the supposition you keep all plant which is located for the upstream. but it could, you know, lose water for the schooling and the water supply to rational because like crimea could also be severely affected. sonya stay with us because this comes, of course, su crane says it's forces have launched what it calls offensive call on actions on part of the front line of russian occupied territory. but the scale of ukrainian

defense remained secret, and that's just talked to you once it was listening its plans love silence. this is the message of this promotional video by the ukranian army showing soldiers in on 9 location. as you crime, no extra tax and civil areas in the east of the country on monday, they are remaining tight lips on the scale of the pants related counter offensive against russia. this video released for ukrainian forces. so as the flight team has intensified in the mood, which is low being at the epicenter of the ongoing conflict, ukrainian president slodum is lensky praise the advances of his troops. buchan once, getting off no heading to back moved. well, don't worry,

as we see how hysterically brush it reacts to any action. we take the old positions, we take, the enemy knows that ukraine will win when they see it when they feel it. thanks to your strikes, maria's particularly in net region of the thank you for that. jack was upset most go release the own during footage of ukrainian tanks, launching and attacking the don't that screeching russian officials said early on tuesday. so they had to say it's another large scale offensive inflicting huge losses on ukrainian troops. let's go back to our correspondence. sonya fall into sonya, what are you creating officials saying about the latest developments in the war? have they acknowledge that their long awaited color offensive is now under way or one. tell me they haven't said that in so many words, to be honest, but we've been shooting from ukraine's deputy defense minister honda money are up. she is to be said that you create in forces are kind of shifting up. she said to

a series of small scale on the defensive in the east. um, especially it on the toner, the quote, she quoted the epicenter, the possibilities. and yesterday evening she kind of posted again on, on the telecom messaging apps saying that you created to submit games. there was up to one mile and simply vintages around the quote of that has been confirmed by the come onto a few frames ground forces as well. we're here to go for ports of intense fighting, auditory fire, and several locations. i don't, but i have to see the situation with the front line is, is a stadium peak. and you know, there's a little general information from the ukranian military. they've been really tight lipped about the details of this operation. when we do know, of course, is that there has been significant military activity along multiple points on the front line in recent weeks that form signed the false expressions of a several 100 miles from south to to the northeast. and ukraine is when he kind of stepped up and recent weeks, long range alternative attacks, the on russian logistical infrastructure. so what was healing now from alice?

can you creating this thing that was fighting that was seen all in the east? could be the initial trust by creating forces to try and pull the gauge, the position in squint off russian forces and search for you know, weaknesses, and the defense potentially the anticipation of a much bigger push. certainly thank you very much for now. that was our correspondence tony fall that got into let's catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. but we're us, vice president mike pence has declared his candidacy for the 2024 of republican presidential nomination. pants will now campaign against his former allied donald trump. the current republican front runner fence joins a growing list of high profile candidates. financial regulators in the us are suing minus the largest crypto currency trading exchange in the world case also targets to companies. chinese canadian founder chunk things,

how the securities and exchange commission accuses finance of inflating the size of the trades carried out and of secretly moving customer assets of the board. finance says it will defend the platform. rigorous, vigorously against the allegation was the last week. brazilian president louisa, not to you later, silva has on build his government's plan to end deforestation in the amazon by 2030 measures include strengthening law enforcement against environmental crimes. the plan follows a pledge made by the with his predecessors, your boss inara to and deforestation globally. when we viewed the pressure on his 1st trip to indonesia, germany's defense ministers now in india, morris historians has arrived in new delhi as part of a 4 day visit to the country. he wants to strength and ties with what he calls reliable partners in the, in the pacific region. the story is says,

supporting india is defense capacity we need get off its reliance on russian supply weapons will be part of the discussions. the story is called the region key to promote in global peace. yesterday, he was injured carter to meet with his indonesian counterpart as the german defense minister arrived in jakarta, to an official welcome from his indonesian count and thought for boys to be enter into an easier with its 270000000 inhabitants needs and wants strategic thought initiates a new defense capabilities, potentially security challenges in the region. a changing. the story is presenting asian countries to demonstrate jim and his willingness to play a positive role. what i came here because of this region was shaping the 21st century and regardless of the security uh, freedom of fanatic ation and domestic and economic economically uh, challenges and with things like that will be shape here. and definitely the region

is important, not only for germany, but for europe and it. so the ministers agreed to strengthen defense co operation had discussed the possible delivery of gym and submarines. and today's you would also like german aircraft. and the story is said he expects a decision on that said the 2 sides also talked about holding joint military maneuvers in the future. but those could look like is currently being demonstrated at the committee though 2023, navy alexis is just getting started. you to of the indian easy an island of so the way z the dozens of nations and taking part, they once described as a trust building opportunity, including russia, china and the united states. the lack of trust between washington and beijing especially over the issue of ty, one is it goes with concern. the story is called on them to take to ok. because otherwise the space for misunderstandings on and the risk for escalations really

would even increase. both of them knows that you know that i'm there for i'm quite sure that we'll get back to the table. the last stop on this story is to is india. another potential purchase of gym and made weapons, and another country gemini, sees as a result, eval putnam in asia. and you can watch our full interview with the german defense minister right here on the w and about 5 minutes or so. any time on the dw news youtube channel. now the european union is highest court has ruled at poland. is controversial, judicial reform violates you law. the european court of justice upheld the finding . the parts of the reform undermine the independence and impartiality of police courts. poland has already been fined hundreds of millions of bureaus over the reform which was passed in 2019. this is the disciplinary chamber at the supreme

court in poland. it can penalize judges up to and including dismissal if they make unwelcome decisions, including ruling the polish judgements violate a you law. the use top governing body found this was in violation of the you law. the european court of justice is decision made that official go for all the me a prospect of polish judges who have to apply a you low bang, most of the disciplinary chamber which can affect the status and the exercise of the office may undermine the judicial independence these types by the ruling is the central judgement in a series of lawsuits brought by the e. c. j against poland. these began shortly after the current government of power in 2015. the european commission has also suspended billions of heroes in corona virus relief funds. money that is still not been distributed to poland, the vice, uh, if the government does not act on the verdict,

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