the no one has the best. now i know the never ending story of asbestos starts june 21st on d w. the . this is beautiful. you news line from berlin, president. one of there's a landscape confirms ukraine's counter offensive is under way the landscape says counter offensive operations are taking place. funds refuses to go into detail. so 5 say there's been increased finding along the front line. also in the show for

columbia and children are found a live after 40 days in the jungle. they went missing after a plane crash, killed their mother, and the other adults on board. the marion evans team. welcome to the program. ukrainian president in florida mirror. zalinski has confirmed the counter offensive operations against russian forces in ukraine are underway. so landscape made the statement at a joint press conference with canada as prime minister justin from del, who is in kiff on an unannounced visits. it follows claims made by russian president vladimir putin who says all you crate and offensive in the past few days have failed, buffing ukrainian leader contradicted. these claims to go. so, which is because it's interesting that pollutants spoke about. accounts are

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. but easy at what stage? i will not saying the title, logical cranium i make you start and i believe that we will definitely be more i see that. so we'll go through school sets on earlier. we spoke to muddy in the meter on a military analyst at kings college london. and we asked her whether putting this message that ukraine's counter offensive had achieved nothing was credible. well, um, as a premium is at 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 to control the narrative. and of course, any set back by you bringing forces will be sending use to describe at the efforts

of the ukrainian um forces. so this waste 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. robbins the russian forces. meanwhile, rescue teams are still working to have those affected by flooding after the destruction of the cut over them and ukraine. earlier this week, water levels are now starting to drop bond. they are growing concerns that landlines dislodged by the floods could pose a clear and present the threats to life. the officers with the national guard continued calling the ukrainian controlled city of half sun. an inflatable boats helping people trapped by the flood waters get to safety. not sure, but when i woke up, the water in the apartment was up to my knees. it just kept coming. some of the

floorboards started going up our sofa chest furniture chairs, also due to weight the debris from how sonya is already turning up more than a 150 kilometers away in places like ukraine's port city of odessa. hello. from odessa, you can see all desk support to the this is the say, most viewed, she don't know. you'll see that in odessa, almost 100 miles from me for from on the part of the house to just watch it. this is the, to the sure to the beach. just imagine this. i mean what a scale of catastrophe. hundreds of miles, the sewage of water from the down bridge has also dislodged land mines planted on

the banks of the deep pro river, which forms a defacto front line between russian and ukrainian forces. water i see, we know is there is no compressible myself, and the force coming down is just a tremendous. so, so mine scan depending on, on the, their, their, their shape. then what a made of can float for 4 kilometers, don't straight particularly of plastic, while the mines control to long guess. and, and that said, that's a major concerns. now these days he says the flood waters won't damage or deactivate the land mines, meaning they could pose the raises danger to civilians for decades to come. especially as the waters begin to recede, they could be hidden by debris and farmer steals back yards and roads across a vast area of the country. joining us from t o is along center of las cinco from the international committee of the red cross,

which is providing aid to flood victims in ukraine. welcome to dw, can you tell us what are the most pressing needs for the people as the flood waters begin? to receive a uh, good evening actually uh, people are suffering from different uh from, from different dishes. all i'm giving good focus is to make sure that people in which are so on and surrounding areas have clean drinking water with shipping equipment such as pipes would advance bombs. and rebecca each took our song and the effect that the area as well as essential food and medical items. we also set some needs in local hospitals in the a team of health and mental health and water specialist. and now i'm on the way to the throne of what i'm self gotten over and self go. we also present them to see to your son. and i wish to say that we are working the incorporation with our partners . you pregnant referrals?

um they uh, typically and people and if i'm not mistaken, they have a great, it's over 2000 people as well. now there's lots of date. we also provide and support to help the community just navigate the renewed preschool, the lights, as you mentioned in your previous story, and then exploded bonuses as well because it was created by the fluid water. and this includes technical support, images and surfaces, as well as make is to signal that in there. it is contaminated with mines over ukrainian presidents of water as lensky expressed some frustration earlier this week. that your organization and also the, when we're in fact not doing enough to help in the wake of the destruction of the flooding and suing uh, in the destruction of the dam rather and in suing floods. so what is your response to that? the system will allow teams where in sarasota, on the ukraine control side of the deeper as teams the 1st day. and actually we

contacted the local work is so that if those they ask him what kind of support uh they need. and the, as i mentioned, you breckenridge cross out partners a by the move, mental great customer represent society the where the from the, from the very beginning and the help to adequate people have to see them with everything they need. we are ready to respond on both sides, so very well, notably from operational basis in odessa. and then you ask, we have read the rate at the office of a mentions to support or work useful people affected by the slots as well as long term helped improve access to clean water. we're continuing to offer our support in request to bring critical aid to areas where we do not current bliss have been assessed necessary authorization to operate, but i hope that soon we have access to the to the other side to good know the deeper and we can work on the other side, that was alexander of us think go from the international committee of the red cross

and ukraine. thank you so much for your time. thank you. let's get a tech now. so the other story is making headlines around the world. italian special forces landed aboard a cargo ship to rescue the crew after unidentified passengers were found on board with knives. marines boarded the vessel off the coast of naples after the captain put out a call for help. the ship was sailing from turkey to france. and the u. k. another concert of a m p has a now set their joining what our prime minister boris johnson and quitting parliament immediately triggering a 3rd by election on friday. johnson said his decision to go was in protest ad and investigation into his conduct during the cove of 1910, 10 to columbia. now, where for children who went missing last month, after

a plane crash over the amazon rain forest, had been found alive. the children who come from an indigenous community arrived for 40 days in the jungle on their own. a mass of rescue operation was conducted by the army and volunteers after the plane crashed back in may. it's a story of survival for the ages. for children, rescued from the amazon jungle after a massive search of it arriving by um the medical plane in bogota, they'll soon be re united with the grandparents. they made that model because i couldn't believe it that way, but the leader did call to me again this had gone down, fox might be found, your grandchildren, boy for their lives, come down and everything is all right, it'll be got this way. are you? so it'll 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 fines of survivors unmatched including small footprints and hoff asian fruit, or 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 bottled water into the jungle, hoping that it would help sustain the children. president gustavo petra has praised coordination between the military and indigenous groups to carry out the search. he broke the news of the children's rescue and we saw that one's own loss. the children were alone, they just moved over. they made it on their own. they have set an example for

survival that will 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. and dw correspondence. nicole reese is in bogota and she joins us now for more and get to see you. nicole. my goodness, this is certainly a remarkable story. what is the latest you can tell us about how the kids are doing and how they got through this ordeal. as indeed is a remarkable story, a story of resilience and survival. and actually we don't get to report these type of positive stories, very often from colombia, but today is one of these days. we just heard a magic from the hospital where the children are currently being examined and also treated. and he says that the children are in an acceptable condition. the oldest

meet, dehydrated and malnourished, and so they're receiving treatment accordingly. he's estimating that it will be $2.00 to $3.00 weeks of treatment. he also mentioned to the baby that is among the children. it just is only one year old if need some more formal treatment apparently, but it's also in an acceptable condition. the president, gustavo pedro has visited them in hospital. we are receiving the 1st photos that out and here that showed that he has spend some time with them to see how they are . and of course there was a family reunion. the grandfather spoke out. he said that it's obviously a tremendous joy for them that seeing them again gives both sides energy that they're responsive and that they survived on seats and also food from some of the cap packages which were put in strategic points of a search area by the search teams, and that's obviously helped a bit. they found some of them they could eat from them. these children apparently also had a little advantage because they know the rain forest sick real close to it. and

they probably knew sometimes what to eat and what not to eat. but nevertheless, this is a tremendous achievement for 2 days in the rain forest. a tremendous has us by a has of such as diseases, also dangerous animals. and i'm groups that are in the area or reason, by the way, why the family actually intended to leave the area. at least football will top move and start a new live. now the and bullet on the, on the different circumstances. the children also survive to plane crash, let's not forget that. and the needs to get on the route of recovery, hoping the very best for them and here in columbia with us as being several braided as an outstanding miracle, people are shedding tears of joy. nobody expected this after 40 days, such a long time, really. and it's a miracle that certainly is making history right now. he in the country as well. that was the w's nicole rece reporting from boca time. nicole, thanks for bringing us up to date on this incredible story. you're watching and

dw and use a quick reminder of our top story. president florida mirrors the landscape says you crammed counter offensive against russian forces is under wayne. intense finding is being reported in ukraine. separation region by both kids and moscow. that's the latest on the w news coming up next, sciences train and i to interpret, spring wise. find out more on our tech magazine ship. a marietta evans state from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching the videos, engine video, you belong to the 77 percent because i don't go to 65 for the last last goals. and here's 3 reasons why 1115. we're here to help you make up your mind.