so that's dw top. com, the for moscow, withdrew from the grain deal on monday. it only took a couple of hours until russian miss all started striking, ukraine's blacks the ports for a 2nd consecutive day bombs of crippled harbor of facilities in odessa. ukraine calls it a truly massive attack. it has hurt its ability to export wheat and reportedly destroyed 60000 tons of green waiting to be shipped to countries in dire need away from the coast to cranes counter offensive to recapture territory under russian control. grimes on field for field village or village about not only leaders in ukraine expect to be long and difficult on the call for relation berlin, and this is the day the

ukraine is continuing. it's critical kind of references to re gain and sovereign territory. in the last month, the crane has liberated more sarah tray to russia, captured in the last year. so the russian situation is not very good. food has a group problem. how does he moved from here? what does he do? he has lost a lot of people and he has lost a lot of capabilities. a lot of times a lot of aircraft, a lot of missiles that he's fired with the ukrainians, is a significant amount of combat power. not yet. as i said, you phrase for a for freedom is a marathon and madison. there's a lot of fighting left to go. this is going to be long, it's gonna be hard. it's gonna be lottie. also on the day close allies with bang tensions, relations between the united states and israel are going through

a rough patch over plan traditional reforms in israel. but the countries president promises deeply rooted values will prevail of the sacred bonds we share is unique in scope and quality because it is based on values that reach across generations across administrations, across governments and publishes welcome to the show. it's good to have a with us, the 2nd night of what ukraine describes as hellish aerial assaults by russia on the city of odessa home to create the primary grain shipment port in the black sea. the drone and missile strikes costs extensive damage to critical port infrastructure. the strikes come after rochelle pulled out every year old deal to allow the export of green from ukraine. russia now also says it will consider all ships heading to ukraine, as legitimate military targets us. meanwhile,

ukraine's counter offensive andrews a 2nd ones and officials can see that is going slower than i expected. but some progress has been made. the biggest territorial games for ukraine had been near relic. i know we know still south west of done that square ukrainian forces have been able to liberate for villages that we use special corresponding to abraham was one of the few reporters given access to the area where she found out firsthand why people are reluctant to return this village is one of the 1st to create has taken back from russia and it's counter offensive. it's called and this coaching a which means not boring and ukrainian today that feels like a cruel joke. this coach, they used to be home to about 700 people. now there's nothing for them to come back to the board. it shows, it seems to be to pains me to see this because they used to be live here because it

just, you know, the united voters has posted it out there. sometimes it's hurts even to seize the land. the lens is constantly being torn apart by showing no smoke out. the nature suffers, people suffer, the country suffers ever since that is a live stuff. is there ever since the sufferings, the assistance of the as we're filming? we experience why no one's coming back. as russian troops are treated the mind, the more really we have to move, the russians are constantly firing. what i was about to say was that the russians mind the whole village as well as their positions on the front lines. this strategy means every step of the territory ukrainian troops we gain is paid for with this nearby military medical point deals with the consequences. doctors here

stabilized casualties, so they can be moved to a hospital or funding with them and say, do to mean we've been seeing injuries relates to mine explosions, which lead to reputation are compromising. they can see people on the nickel, lupus, department of mine, injured person is brought to us. we have them for we see them even while they're being carried from the car. we can already hear them because of how loud they scream. there's a signal cuz she wants to know it's a feat. these men are determined to avoid. they've just returned from ambushing russian positions. everyone's exhausted, but there is no time to rest. they're carrying out exercises to learn from would be seen on the battlefield. it won't be enough on its own though. they tell me they need you cleans allies to step off more. so what i finish with the another filled up but who had to you? we need everything. i artillery shells,

planes and equipment. we're liking everything. just to look at it that way. this isn't some kind of game. these are still civilized aesthetically easy. i ask, i'm talking about criticism that ukraine's counter offensive is slow. through the book, i've been able to let them show us how it should be done. uh, no problem with these politicians. and so for experts, they're all talks. they're gonna say we're going, you know, and you're supposed to have the directions on the defensive. the shouldn't be underestimated about fighting them isn't easy and effective little story of what you have just cut out, but i wouldn't say we're slow. we're actually making good progress. we people say we can go foster. it's just empty words, like when the russians said they could take kia for it in 3 days, are going to be provided for kids with it now. and then with the summer breath, the flow. this is the town of villa, kind of us. ok. the russians never got this far, but we're just a 5 minute drive from this coaching in the village that was occupied here. a successful counter offensive can't come fast enough. this time of year this police

would normally be bustling with life families and people just enjoying the sunny day. but now there's just absolutely nothing left. there's barely a building intact. the sound of artillery here, it's just relentless. it just does not stop. billy kind of a silica is one of the closest towns to the front lines with civilians still living in it. it had a pre war population of about 7000. now locals, tell me there are just a few 100 left. tatiana is one of them who storms because this the july i was born here like this is where my story begin. how can i leave go my ancestors abroad here? this might have seemed pretty up to you. which one? well, why should they give up? you're creating an lent, which you does because they are stronger. we are stronger in spirit. as we speak. sounds of artillery. tatiana doesn't even flinch. you supposedly social costa,

we have a rather adaptive somehow like there is some kind of mutation in our board is we don't react to explosions like that anymore. it is, you know, she loves everyone loves it because we have to survive somehow customer. sure. sure, sure. but there's no electricity here, no running water, no shooting and no shops. this volunteer who brings food in twice a month is a crucial lifeline to lose. my husband is now defending our country in the front line and i'm defending the humanitarian front. so i'm here have nowhere to go, so i'm have disabled people at home. some pension is who accepted, they might be killed here. we kind of leave them all got left her hometown in the don bass in 2014 after russian back separatists took over. she later settled in very kind of a sales guy. this is what remains of the house. she and her husband worked for 8 years to build. they finished it just days before the full scale invasion has been

show twice. i'm sorry. the wisdom want to live 2 weeks with my husband did all the past with his own hands invited advertising every week. new to on february 22nd too late. this law not on february 22nd, but we finish to this room that will be listed through the children's room was already done so that there's that old and she made this last year with her 8 year old. oh the oh, it still works for us that this is how we celebrated the year 2022 as a family in our house, of course, and the rest of our to closing those. every time i come back, a discount on my hobb deepens to sign the city. it's got to be

a stain trunk. august says she believes she'll repair her house and that ukraine will rebuild. but for that to happen, they need victory on the battlefield. the sooner the better it's bringing just in chrome pays and military veteran and sales international intelligence and risk analysis consultancy symbol line. he joins us from the u. k. mr. crowns. welcome back to the w. now a month into be offensive. can we say anything about where it's heading other than to quote and general mark, milly that is going to be long and bloody as well? i mean he's, he's always, he got a pretty good despite to the events. and i think he just said that most of the people in the front line have a very similar message. and so you have a nice spoken to is that the same thing, which is where people think it's so easy me to be doing better. they come here and try it, and i think that reflects the real difficulties of operating sick in self ukraine. but we still have other very flat open landscape. the difficulty of maneuvering

that the difficulty post by driving is like a control. the usually challenging to your credit, even before you think about the mines, go to the right front and so on. so i didn't live in hopes that they could crack open the front, the, the russian defense has be weaker than maybe they have periods. and i think there's elements of truth in that, but it is a growing to get to the point where maybe ukraine consults came more or more advantage. and in that regard, we've been here before. we saw this west as a need when they reach the diary of a sudden last year using some of the tactics that was about 30 days of grind. now this is only a totally different scale where we are now, but you know, it's not i the for sure. and i think that the expectations, what mentoring the supply that's available for the credit is we know that like, far, lot more rounds. and they all, they are appropriate at the moment from what we're saying outweighing the russian or to the rate affective. and this ignore an absolute numbers, and they've been going off the russian guns for a number of weeks now. and you can kind of really see the trends changing whether

or not you believe the numbers underneath as the crate. and so we're starting to ship the balance and that is that's very significant on cost to munitions are significantly more effective in certain sorts of targets run $10.00 times more effective. the conventional munitions would be by comparison. so they do have the ability to cost more destruction, particular kinds, trench lines and things like that. really skyscraper wise. where are the more likely to learn where you need them? if you're talking area target or indeed guns you can, you are hitting the area. it's going to do a lot more damage, so it's not a necessity. it's bought a time to do useful for you credit and to you on this, both sides of we've been using these sorts of munitions. there's no breached anything that the rest of your crime wasn't doing previously. and these fields, as i've listed, but on the explosion ordinance, the these to pose the hazards and heads the question marks by using them. i think in this situation be crime fighting for survival. it's not really adding significantly to the risk, the ukrainians and office and the volunteer. there are now also reports. the u. s.

might be moving towards applying more longer range or until reinstalled specifically attack. and this would those hell break through rushes defense lines and give the counter offensive a push a this is that strategic targeting. so again, there's 2 ways of stopping any military from working, one of which is to find it and destroy it. you killed the crews, destroy the guns, disabled them on the other way is to make sure they have not munition to far west point. and that just targets that uses. so ukraine's been doing buddies and we've seen the effects of these trucks behind the lines. i talked to him just gives them the ability to extend the range of those as actually palatable distance. so we can to areas and coordinate with hardly the ukrainians using drains are using so long conventional techniques to try and deliver attacks. well, behind russian lines, having longer range missiles and we've seen it was storm shadow and then she scope the french very, the storm shudder miss so really opens up a lot more targets. i'm not just thoughts henry logistics applies, but also headquarters. and of course,

you have pressure is lots and lots of senior officers to strikes from headquarters and other attacks. and again, that's not a sign that your war is going well. if you're using all generals that are fairly steady rates who are getting killed on the battlefield. that's pretty, no one should be happening to a general say this or increases the challenge for us or and defending against what your credit is doing. but there are no silver brothers. you have none of these donations. who me the thing, the winning, some of the great. yeah, it's how old are that to use together incrementally? the attack on the cards french on monday and today's explosion in crimea. both things that you briefly touched on there are these more more round boosters for ukraine, then significant military successes, the ocean discount, the importance of merle base, a continuous support and maintaining the will of your forces to far it's in the way of your society to support them, but they all more than that, i mean, strikes the coach frazier very much at the hall of russian pride. you see that and how they've reacted by entering a great deal by talking to me. great disabilities in the desa,

which was hardly really a military target in response to the post the bridge were such as being used to the already resupply russian soldiers. i mean it's been the time before that been several other attempt to tax on it. and it's of a system target for ukraine because it makes life a lot more difficult if it's touched, exhaust, particularly, the rel bridge, which card has not been pretty thoughts interdicted. that makes life a little harder for the russians. and so the credit is huge objective. it's a massive check point, full russia particular right away. and of course the top lines themselves are the top, the bridges from crime yet, mainland, in the north and those accessories. and so the current space is ready to sort of golden target in that regard. and again, it is a symbol both ways mean the panic, coolest the russians to the russian terrorist or so going to cry, man, because they've been told it's safe and pointing out. of course it's not in itself . i think just of the school was how important this is. even just that he's just a moral factor as well as me that tell really this attack there's no yeah, the significance but destroying the ro bridge. definitely with dustin crowds of

simple line, always credit speaking to you. thank you for your time. i can the israel as president as i can hear it's ok has addressed a joint session. the us congress sees only the 2nd is really president to do so following his father, president high and her soc who spoke in front of lawmakers in 1987. and while today, speech was planned to mark the 75th anniversary of the foundation of israel. but had the state use it as an opportunity to address the us growing on the ease with developments and as country heard talk hailed the bilateral relationship with the us calling america israel's grievous friend and partner. but he also spoke about unrest at home, acknowledging and intense and painful debate over benjamin at me, i was hard line policies. the prime minister is seeking to limit the power of israel supreme court and expand your settlements in the occupied westbank hands. dogs appeals at home for

a compromise on the judicial overall of soul for improvement, elusive. then a speech he saw to reassure lawmakers that israel's democracy was alive and kicking . as we build a nation state, which has faced relentless war towel and village it to my station since its birth, their country fighting to defend itself from enemy and fall yet whose citizens continue to great ease of each other. with a word, peace shall long. in the country, which takes pride in its vibrant democracy, its protection of minorities, human rights and civil liberties. as laid down by its paula meant victor message and safeguarded by a strong supreme court and independent judiciary. the announcement to aaron david miller, he is

a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace focusing on us foreign policy for more than 2 decades. he served as the state department, middle east analyst adviser and negotiator, in democratic and republican administrations. mr. miller and welcome to the day standing ovations there and congress for the is really president for the prime minister. had to wait until monday to even get an invitation to the us as returning to office. what's the message here? i mean the, the medium is the message frankly and here, text visited tranquilly is more emblematic than it is a driver of events. and i think the point car for a new drug store and there is a 2nd time to present the result was met with the united states with a year. and today yesterday and today the vice president sector, state national security advisor. you saw the reception in congress, which is quite extraordinary. prompting a or a resolution supporting us is really relationship goes by

$99.00 democrats, such as one the images. the other is of a guess, arguably an invitation. no time, no venue fix between the benjamin netanyahu and the present in the united states who is frankly not interested in going to war with benjamin netanyahu. presidents don't want to fight with is really for a ministers, is distracting. it's annoying. it can be politically damaging. but at the same time, it's clear he is not prepared to embrace this is not the benjamin that to navigate to binding has known over the previous 3 or 4 decades. this is a risk t not cautious. prime minister who is desperate and travel abroad. tribals referred to breach of trust and, and the pays are bad if, if the elections were held tomorrow and let, you know, could not put together a government. therefore, you need to keep this one together. and natalie is play katie,

right wing extremists been was masters of how bother to think that, you know, is by those by her it's all going there. and him hardly being invited. yeah. it's funny because some people think that b, b, b, b, imagine, yeah, renovate nothing. no skin is, is, is, uh, is very hard. uh, others, obviously believe that is, is ego. uh ways of course, the dominant issue with his character. i mean, i think of course he's trouble, he's told why a lot of see he's got protest, military reserve is threatening not your duty. there's a history group, the largest yearly trader union, threatening the possibility of a massive strike. and again, he's got to now much to show for his relationship with the withdrawal. but there is a great concern in congress and the wine has about democratic backsliding in israel . but is nothing y'all really were to undermine the shared values. so terrorist

finding united states wouldn't have an impact on washington support for israel. a it's fascinating question. you know, my, my acid test, frankly, when the us is really relationship changes, is when you have democrats and republicans in congress, both the house and the said, basically debating, honestly in all 32 issues. one, us support for israel, what makes sense? and what does it and israel's relationship trading relationship with palestinians. right now there is almost no debate on those to me. so i think even this, this democratic back sliding and israel over time, it will take it to investors of course. correct. but think about it, the republican party hasn't merge as the israel right and wrong. and sure to know it doesn't care much for it to be for the american use community. it's much more invested in jo, goes conservative and writing the public. and so if in fact the us really

relationship is between undermine it may take some time to get to the point where you actually see a change in behavior. so on the part of a minute, we only have about a minute left, but i do want to ask your opinion on this. joe biden has been very critical of the proposed traditional overall. is it a good idea for the us to metal beyond that? beyond verbal criticism, you know, one of your religions, everybody's really in american politics, is that these are always don't medicine. our affairs drove baltics. and we don't many lanier's, i work for 2 administrations for her bulk and democrats, which it was an overly effort on the part of the united states to wireless. try to influence. and it's really why she mentioned that to yeah, was intervene repeatedly. i'd be happy to republicans, so i think the limits of, particularly for an ally and then yeah, and it is,

is really, is themselves that will determine whether or not mr. nathan, you know, gets to undermine their democratic system and the independence of deer. judy she already gave, it won't be the united states with the defies with the decisive factor and influence, and they're making their voices heard on the strength of israel allows. aaron, david miller saying, fill out the coordinating down for international peace. thank you so much for sharing your way with us today. take care. i and that's our time, but we'll see you again tomorrow, if you like, by the

value period is on. the stores in the u. haul is in spain. specialties pointing to the event. wildfire lost by all countries must realize that the legacy we leave, our children cannot be anxious and look at my the focus on europe code is history. the future is hydrogen. the an old mine in town in spain is leading the way to green energy with the largest hydrogen

poms in here. it's expected to produce enormous amounts of clean energy. but is there enough move? made in germany. in 60 minutes on dw the w on the cheering or sympathizing this award winning offer is available in world wide and for every language level. learning german has never been simpler. german to go online on facebook,

the app store and youtube. the hello and welcome to focus on you up. it's nice to have you with us. sweltering heat has said the south of europe withdraw since temperatures over 40 degrees celsius. any spark can cause a fire. spain has already seen violent forest fires in may. this heat.