the people are nice to know what is happening there in our series guardians of truth watch now on youtube dw documentary, the this is dw use live from berlin. president reloaded minutes or less. he confirms ukraine's counter offensive is underway so that he says counter offensive operations are taking place but refuses to go into details. both sides say there's been increased funding along the front line. also coming up for colombian, children i found a live after 40 days and the jungle was missing after

a plane crash, killed their mother and other adults on for the next bice are welcome to the program. and we start with you creating president, the loading. there's a landscape who has confirmed a counter offensive actions against russian forces in ukraine are taking place. without going into details or lensky made the statement in a joint press conference with the canadian prime minister justin to though who is in keep on an unannounced visit. so let's get was responding to claims made by russian president vladimir putin who says all ukrainian offensives in the past few days have been unsuccessful. a scholar. so which is because it's interesting that pollutants spoke about counter offensive. it's important that russia always feels

that they do not have much time left, in my opinion, no more. you don't counter offensive and defensive options all taking place in ukraine for the evening. at what stage? i will not say in detail virtual cranium i make you start and i believe that we will definitely be much i see that. so i'm way over the school system will do. earlier. i spoke to marina me around a military unless i'd king's college logged in and asked her if i put in this message that ukraine's counter offensive is achieved. nothing is credible. well, um, the problem is that the country offensive has been underway for less than a week. so it's way too early to tell whether it has been successful or not. and we're seeing the 1st setbacks, however. russia will use it um to control the narrative and of course, and you set back by you bringing forces will be sending use to describe at the efforts of the ukrainian armed forces. so this place right into russia's hands do

to show videos of abandoned or destroyed military equipment supplied by the west in or the to kind of strengthens them are problems the russian forces. and the military bloggers on the russian side have reported seeing as you are just saying, german and american tanks on the battle field being destroyed. ukrainian government has answered with videos suggesting that they were actually farm vehicles. there's something going on in the information space here as you were saying, is there not as well it's um, the 1st full page that has been seen um, a lot of people said, well, they confused those vehicles was a french and mixed hands. so there was, there was a lot of confusion of this. we just haven't been confirmed confirmed. however, now other independent organizations such as the dodge or x and the ukrainian deep states, a house indeed confirmed that the ukrainians indeed,

incurred law says when it comes to their vehicles, it was confirmed by western forces such as forbes stating there is, there is no agreement on exactly how many vehicles have been lost by the 36 and 40 seven's brigade babbled group which tried to reach the russian defences it around. muller took much got them, but about 10 or 11, bradley b polls and to allegedly, to leopard tanks what, one of which was leopard 2, a 6 of which ukraine has very few and just to focus on the actual finding itself where it's happening, i mean that we know lots of reports of bottles taking place in the zap a reset region. why they're, what's so important? well, it is strategically important for ukraine, given the military objectives to get the russians out of ukraine and, and to gain control of crimea. so the whole idea is to cut off

the russian control territory and its fruits and get to the sol, see, so you would be actual as a varying the land bridge to crimea. and that would complicate the russians logistics, and that gives the ukrainians of possibilities. and further as to advance toward screen media. and so this is the importance of separation in the parentheses. the russians have figured that out as well and have prepared their strong as defensive, especially in the past 2 months, they kept on reinforcing defenses along that line. a loraina mature on military analyst at king's college london. thank you so much in columbia for children who went missing after a plane crash over the amazon rain forest last month have been found to live. the children who come from an indigenous community survived for 40 days in the jungle on their own. a massive rescue operation was conducted by the army and volunteers after the plane crashed on may the 1st. it's

a story of survival for the ages. for children, rescued from the amazon jungle after a massive search of it arriving by on the medical plane in bogota, they'll soon be re united with the grandparents. they made that model because me, i couldn't believe it that way, but the leader did call me again this had gone down to be found your grandchildren or for their lives. calm down and everything is all right. it will be will get this way. are you so those will be in the siblings age from $1.00 to $13.00, survived in the rain forest for 40 days after the small plane they were traveling in, crashed on the 1st of may, the 3 adults on board, including the children's mother, died in the crash the colombian government launched the rescue operation after the 1st signs of survivors unmatched including small footprints and

hoff asian fruit. the rescue team was made up of soldiers and volunteers from indigenous tribes with intimate knowledge of the area. during the search rescue is dropped, food passes and both of the water into the jungle, hoping that it would help sustain the children. president, gustavo petro has praised coordination between the military and indigenous groups to carry out the search. he broke the news of the children's rescue on twitter. the southern solos, the children were alone. they just need moved over. they made it on their own. they have set an example for survival, that route go down in history to get on the story of the children. and now we're saving medical care. petro has called the survival, a joy for the whole country. hamlet spring and dw correspondent nicole reese in bogota for more. nicole, what a story, what, how are the kids now?

what do you though? as it is an incredible story and this is coming out of columbia, a country that usually is marred with bad news. but finally, we have some good news. the children apparently are stable there, of course the hydrated and mel nutrition after that long time and the rain for us to currently being looked after in the hospital here in google time. they apparently already are reunited with a father and the grandmother and recovery efforts are now on the way to make sure that they get back and the to strings. we get to know all these details. also the details of how they survive. 40 days in the rain forest, it's incredible a story. i mean, we're talking about harsh conditions and a dense forest with unpredictable weather conditions with, by a has it such as diseases or also dangerous animals and on groups that are roaming the area. and the search effort in the past weeks was just really tremendous. we're

speaking about 150 to 200 people joint forces. indigenous people as well as military forces that was switched, which talks involved, they played an audi a message off. the grandmother in the native indigenous language was over flying the rain forest to make sure that they would listen to it. and we don't know yet of course, event listen to it, but she would say please stay calm, looking for you stay way or we're going to find you. and now this incredible, really wonderful news they survived and we get to know what they went through. and these 40 days, but it's really a miracle. and i mean, that must be the consensus. what, what's the reaction for the people in the street, in the media of our, what's the country feeling like right now? as people are crying, tears of joy, i literally like experiences myself. i was very touched by these news. nobody expected it. after 40 days, i mean the hopes were up, but they were fading as well. we just heard gustavo, pedro the president as well,

who's saying the indigenous people who helped until the military forces and also the ministry of defense. who said the very same thing. it's a miracle here. it also comes at a very convenient time to be honest because the government is in crisis because of a why a typing scandal and to have such good news. now coming, officially confirmed is of course a plus and the main effort to you're still though is these children and the resilience about so young, there is a baby with them and it's incredible just a standing and we get to know all these details, of course, and it will be a story that goes into the history books for sure. yeah. and you don't need to be colombian to feel good about a dw correspondent nicole re thank you. here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. authorities in somalia say a shoot out killed 6 civilians and 3 police officers during a hotel siege in the capital organization. on friday, militant storm,

the restaurant popular with government officials, security forces, a dozens were freed in a rescue operation. as well as military group. allison bob has claimed responsibility in france, a man who said for toddlers has been charged with attempted murder to pensioners were also wounded in the attack. it happened on thursday in the southeastern town of mc authority, say the victims are no longer in a life threatening condition. the us department of justice has unsealed the indictment of former president. donald trump. it contains $37.00 criminal charges against him for keeping classified documents in his florida residents and obstructing investigations into the case. trump could face to face, look like the present time if found guilty. stivers and sports now the men's champions league final between manchester city and then terminal. and we'll kick off later today and assemble is the 1st competitive meeting between the 2

sides. manchester's city lead by star stripe or airline holland are the solid favorites headquarters. yellow side are chasing a historic trouble this season after winning the cup and lead in england. they were telling and opponents inter midland also won their domestic cup, but finished 3rd in league and with a kick off just hours away, dw sports correspondent oliver moody told me what the atmosphere is like in as dental. as you can imagine that there is a lot of excitement, hey, and assemble ahead of the game of the fun festival right now has been set up in the city. and i've been speaking to find from both scenes here as you might have expected, given that a home favorites. it isn't mine, chest of 60 pounds, who are especially optimistic and confident about the game tonight. one moment for months just so that i fight. so you said it just feels like it's that time. and certainly that has been a sense of inevitability. about how well most of the have been playing lately.

spots into funds on know without. hi eva. i spoke to several people who said that that thing has a chance tonight, if they show ha, so it might be a little bit of a case of passion versus quality tonight. at all or pet guardiola has worn his side . manchester city that their confidence cannot slip into arrogance. what you think of that? yep, i think uh that's certainly something that the mind chest the city plays with keen to express yesterday. the press conference is ruben diaz. that defend was very key to say that a final is a final, it's not like any other guy and it doesn't matter what has gone before that. so i city clearly keeping that faith on the ground database and for good reason as well . let's not forget that 2 years ago when mentioned city last, a champions league final say with a whole favorites then as well. so they know from experience house reading confidence, drugs, slip in, the arrogance can affect cheap, but says that is,

i think going to be one of the key issues in the us tonight. but patience will be the key for myself for 50, i think. and as you've been saying through the clear favors, but the one to trophies already well would winning a 3rd need for the premier league. so i think that would give them the elusive trouble. of course. uh, something the very few european clubs have it ever won. i think it would be especially important for the mindset to $55.00 and not the only english seems to ever have won the travels i boss was at manchester united the cross town rivals. so i think father much of the united certainly going to be on the into sides and i that can be, i think that's another trouble winning club, can stop it from happening into one the trouble back in 2010. did the thing that manchester city hoping to achieve the nights and on the way to winning the champions like that. yeah. incidentally, they knocked out about the legs off along the same coach fight and none of the pep squad, the outlines. so they may be a little via fax epithet in that say ok,

lots of rivalry is going on. aside from the big game itself. the w sports corresponded oliver moody in istanbul. thanks for it all. and here's a reminder of our top story for you. president, the let him is a wednesday, says ukraine's counter offensive against russian forces is now underway. intense fighting is being reported in ukraine's upper regional region 5. both steve and mosque coming up next is doc films next, spicer for me and the entire news team here in vernon, thanks for watching the really profit tearing, instead of responsive the global business of asbestos. this is knowledge of the people that are in tongue deserve to be treated with any kind of courtesy by the government. so.