and how can life go on after all the terror? not everyone can endure the fear we felt every day. when russia cars start to august 25th on dw, the . this is the, the news alive from ballot. a russian warship on the 5 in the black sea ukraine says it's use the st drone to strike the vessel, putting it out of options. bob, moscow says it, send it off the attack and refuses to comment. any damage done. also coming up

is as cool lead as cops, military ties with fraud, see, tell citizens to watch out for the, for an army like that of equal west the west african alliance practice military action if democracy is not restored by some that costs donald trump pleads not guilty and the washington ports. the former us president is charged with plotting a criminal conspiracy to overturn jo biden's 2020 election victory. the i'm gonna have both as welcome to the program. ukrainian intelligence sources say a russian warship has been damaged in a drone attack on russia's black sea naval base in novato risk. not over fisk. this video published on social media appears to so this the ball in drawing moments

before it hits the shape. ukraine says the russian vessel was seriously damaged. all the online videos show the russian landing ship and this thing then being sold to sol rushed defense mintz recess. b, fanning and attacked was foiled and did not admit any damage to its worship. at the bottom that we are now joined by the w as much as building i was reporting from keith. i ended up using jennifer parker, who joins us from riga as the w is banned from reporting in russia mathias to you 1st. how successful have you cranes naval operations been in this war? so this of course is a spectacular thing to attack a ship in its home port or on russian soil. this is not even a port that is on the occupied territories of ukraine. um with the remote control jones. so um that being another few spectacular actions the sinking of the most

cloud, one of the flagship. so this black sea fleet, that is a, that russia is immensely proud of. it was sunk in the beginning of the war and a few others. if you look at the situation, lucy, these achievements are even more spectacular considering that ukraine has lost most of its ships in the beginning of the war when russia captured the ports of fed young's corps. a big part of it ships. and the address is a navy was never that ukraine's navy never matched that of russia and russia has not been able to use its advantage uh in on the seat as much as one has expected in the beginning. for example, this was a landing ship that was damaged today to help you no attempt at landing on ukraine's shores. these, however, rushes a fleet is a, this is a factor in blocking the ports, blocking drain exports from ukraine. that's that does

a lot of damage to ukraine and also in firing missiles on ukrainian terry tree because ships and planes are the 2 carriers for besides that russia can use, uh, having no me size uh or mid range me size that can be fired from the ground uh so um, all of these access disturbing rushes operations on see and hitting this fleet. they are of course, significant for ukraine. instead of what we see you crate us celebrating this as a successor, as it would while most kyle continues to deny that the ship was hit. tell us more about this reaction from russia, or of course, the russian defense ministry denied the reports that drones heavily damaged one of its ship straight away as a typical russian modus operandi. they admitted that that has been a drought attack, but stated that it was successfully repulsed. according to the minutes we rushed

the ship to destroy 2 ukrainian roads at night that were trying to attack the naval base of no, but i see there were no casualties or damage authorities said the caspian pipeline consortium announced a temporary ban on ship movements that since then has been lifted and work has been resumed, according to a trend snap spokesperson that has been no damage to the infrastructure as well. still, the russian denial could not stop videos from appearing on social media. also residents of no, but i see is films, the worship tilted on its side be towed to the port to the status of pocket in arena that much of the building or reflection from keys. thank you very much to but now let's bring you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines today . russia has released 4 digits of defense minister saturday showing go inspecting i come on post the occupied in occupied ukraine. his trip comes to those days off to a frontline visit by

a general father. we dress him off the top commander of russia's. will both men faced increased scrutiny accused of incompetence by the leader of the voc, now mercenary for at least 11 people have been killed and thousands remain missing after land slide at a mountain result town in georgia. close to the border with russia. models us buried most of an anti hotel complex. in the golden town of sylvie, the slide occurred after nearby river bus that spot slates. the us in his avenue, military hunter has says, excited as separately military agreements with frosts. its former colonial road up . this comes a day off to launch pro cool protests in the caps on the, on a so a spike and differential sentiment. meanwhile, discussions between the 2 liters and the delegation from the economic community of west african states or equal was also stole costing down to on any possibility of

an agreement between west africa's falls successfully executed 2 in 2 years. it's lead is pregnant as an active revolution against which, as former colonial power, france $1500.00 french troops, a station to base near the capital in the i'm a helping tobacco is almost insurgents, the groups in the valium, rich nation. but now it seems they might not be staying much longer. faster. lucky to do, given frances casual attitude and reaction to the internal situation in our country, the, the national council for the safeguarding of the country. so we decided to terminate the corporation agreements in the field of security and defense with front of exit data. after giving the old imperial power, that matching orders attention was turned to the regional power, the economic community of west african states of peak of us. the book said,

if ousted president, mohammed presume, was not to reinstated by sunday, it could authorize the use of force leading the john to, to issue a selective that own ugly. as you would think that the old aggression points were attempts at aggression against the states of news. yeah. is we'll see an immediate response and a response without warning alex, it's showing that b, i mean she's spending molly and mccain a fuss. i said that any such intervention would also be a declaration of war against them. any cost delegation was sent to negotiate, but ultimately left without meeting the june to lead to oh, the aspect president light to send a golf saw administer might have feelings very clear. well, why didn't we do it for molly? why didn't we do it for guinea? why don't we do it for burkina and why are we doing it for new jersey to give one

answer? i say it's one to 2, many cool. this is not shed by pro cooper test is in the i predict to the st, surviving the gerry and flags on some russian ones to pump every time. it's like the one that says the country is funding, but equal was it's time. didn't realize that if i can speak to us in the west check concerns and expanding military rooted in the region, as well as growing influence, a must go the next few days or so whether the sunday deadline is a genuine threat or maybe a prolonged and we also correspondent to release social home on how the suspension of military cooperation with friends would affect the fight against the regions, islamist insurgency. you might say, this is the next step, 540. i need jerry and june to lead us uh, effectively cutting off all ties that with your friends committed 3, diplomatic, like we service the united, french embassy as it base,

almost positive closed. so french people assistance, i've left the country and now they want to set about all the money to support. i'd have been happy and i cooperation that i agreements with the french military, which have about a more than a 1000 a. so just based in these that have so many might see that, that because of what the total assets of the french funded. so above me is a, but it would mean that there is a re shaping or they find that they send me says intelligence. and it's not heritage, i don't forget upfront, so i put in a huge part of that incumbents in, alongside media and policies against these by me side, insurgents. so we have some, a breaking news for you, the russian, this it into like say nevada on it and a volunteer has received another verdict in a court in russia. and for more than that, we are now again joined by the w. as dentists of polco, who is in re guard reporting on russia edge. and if so, could you tell us more about what nevada is facing now? well, no body is already serving an 11 and

a half year prison sentence over fraud and other charges and a maximum security penal colony. this extra present case against him was presented to him on april 26th, and he had only 10 days to prepare. and it's not a small case file. it consisted of $196.00 volumes within the framework of this case, nobody is being prosecuted under the articles of organization, all the x from his community, and financing of extra missed activity. then you would charge us relay to the activities of their bodies, anti corruption foundation and statements by his top associates, his l. i said that the charges retro actively criminalized all the foundations activities since its creation in 2011. and i found it has rejected all the charges against him as politically motivated and has accused the kremlin of seeking to keep him behind bars for life. no. was it a fair trial? a well see a trial in russia are antonyms, tougher repression,

which concern, of course, not only in the volume you but also is yeah, yes. and let you know, kind of what does that. and many other people isn't increasing trend and russia. the increase in present terms fits with a goal of silencing the political opposition in his closing statement and values that quote, everyone in russia knows that someone who seek justice in court is completely defenseless. such a person's case is hopeless, and some sardonic social media post pneumonia offered glimpses of what was going on with the case. as it was held behind closed doors. he revealed that a popular russian rep or is sung by a popular russian rep or was listed as evidence in the case files. he also claimed that the judge laughed out loud as the song was read in the court. he said that the case file was also linked to them to you as mobile, warren buffett in his closing statement. and i found you once again describe the trial against him as unjust. doesn't stand for pocket reporting from 3 of the thank

you very much. archaeologists have rushed soon opened corey, and serbia of mine is that made an extraordinary discovery. they on us the hall of an ancient roman ship, while mining colette, besides what was once a roman city. the 13 meet the vessel dates back nearly 2000 to 2. when the area was a roman prophets believed to be a river ship that linked to local city with the port on the danube river archaeologist say the ship will be headed to a museum and believe more attractions to be found nearby. you're watching the videos. here's a reminder of our top story, a training into intelligence sources say a russian warship has been damaged in a drone attempt on russia's black sea naval dice in nevada, says francis,

the russian vessel was seriously damaged. russia's defense ministry and fis via prime in attack was with details and did not submit to any damage to the stand off between these. as qu lita on the west african alliance that one seemed to give off to come to a head this weekend. negotiations have broken off as equal was, has threatened military action. if news as democratic government is not reinstated in the company. and don't forget, you can always guarantee the news on the go. just download our app from google play from the apple app store. and that will give you access to all the news from around the world as well as push notifications for any break.

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