the, the, this is dw news life from berlin, russia fights ukrainian troops have stormed across its border. there has been heavy fighting inside rushes, cruise region, and a state of emergency is in place. the far key of a said little about the biggest cross border advance since the war began. also coming up, donald trump old debate, his new democratic opponent, comma harris on september 10th. presidential candidates have agreed here to their 1st face to face showdown, as polls point to an extremely tight race. the

. i'm in ease of welcome. russia is battling to push back ukrainian troops from its south west cursed region. moscow says at least 1000 ukrainian troops entered russian territory on tuesday. officials incurs cuz a around 3000 civilians have been evacuated and the local state of emergency is in place. ukraine is not officially confirmed at launch the attack, which is the biggest cross border advance since the war began. the whole thing just send all of you cleaning and sloops, rushes defense ministry says this footage shows you crenan armor vehicles being destroyed as heavy fighting along the border and toys. it's the day around. a 1000 ukrainian troops ran through the russian border 2 days ago into the courts region with tanks and armored vehicles. heavy fighting was reported near the town of sousa were rushing natural gas flows into ukraine, raising concerns over

a potential stop to trying to close to europe. ukraine has released video footage, a latch, and showing russian guard, surrendering at a border crossing point, and course. in his evening address president for letting me use the landscape suggested rusher, i should get a taste of its own medicine without referring directly to the incident where she opened this last, the new rush that brought the war to ireland and should feel what it has done shall we want to achieve our goals as soon as possible in peace time to share under the conditions of a just peanut, so it will be one little each symbol, the horse has declared a state of emergency and thousands of people are, are being evacuated. former russian president to meet you met the death has reacted to the incursion on telegram and called for further invasion of ukraine. this is no longer just an operation to reclaim our official territories and punish the nazis.

it is possible and necessary to enter the territory of the still existing ukraine to go into odessa khaki. if the pro life to go into keys and further that should be no restrictions in the sense of any recognized voters of the ukrainian rice. moscow has been forced to call in reserves to stop you. cranium soldiers from pushing deeper into its territory uh to the us presidential race. now republican candidate and former president donald trump has agreed to a televised debate with his democratic opponent, comma harris. next month, speaking from his florida home from said he wanted multiple debates and had suggested 3 dates in september. harris has confirmed one will take place on september 10th, and left open the possibility of more opinion polls show an extremely close contest

with harris erasing the lead. trump had over joe biden, since you entered the race just 3 weeks ago. trump's news conference was 1st since harris selected her running mate, tim waltz this week dw is benjamin alvarez. goober has more that's right. it was a lengthy press conference and there's lot to unpack it. first of all, the timing that's quite interesting. and the choice also that he's come, payne made to hold this news conference instead of competing in the battleground, states that his democratic contenders a camel, a r, as in tim goals. and one of the biggest announcement was what you already said, that there will be 3 debates that he agreed on in september of at a b. c will host this debate between both presidential candidates on september 10th . it is still unclear if they will be another debate on fox news, even before that we still need to hear from the campaign team from campbell harris . but it is an opinion poll shows that come on hire as in

a new running made it many such a governor wills, have erased, basically the lead the trumpet built over president biden. trump's companions. of course, now working on new strategy in the trump campaign is trying to portray harris as someone who does not give interviews is trying to hide from the press. and they're also voices within the democratic party asking a complaint to consider more media appearances apart from her relatives as a last long as to to an interview was in june. cala harris has been trying to connect with pro palestinian democrats who are angry about the violent ministration support of israel. they tried to interrupt a harris rally in detroit on wednesday. you know what if you want to win them to say that otherwise i'm speaking

she may have set them down this time, but the question is, can hop complet harris went over the democrats to want different policy on israel? it's a different strategy might be needed for that. and the disruption itself was really not surprising, especially not in michigan in detroit, where this happened with a so called uncommitted movement was born. it was rather on so that many see is a missed opportunity. even though she met representatives and from the movement that was created as criticism over president by this guy is a policy and it'd be on. so of course, julian, some criticism there was so called abandoned bite and campaign to published a press release, calling her reaction and i quote, at this day and for citizens of this country. and what's very interesting here is that it was the national security advisor of the vice president that afterwards after this really tweeted, is you will always ensure is really is able to defend itself and that you does not support and also involved with this man. so gordon is also an assistant to the

president, and this once again shows the fine balance of tires is trying to a t p by trying to win back. voters who have turned their backs on president biden over his guys, apologies, was also distancing himself from the policies of the current administration. that, of course, she's a central part of. so that's quite difficult for her, but probably a campaign. we'll need a different stance, a different idea to try to windows a voters down instead of shutting them down and saying if you want to donald trump to wind, then say that again, because that will probably not bring them back to the democratic. that was dw as benjamin of r, as goober in washington for us now returning to the subject of ukraine. steven blank is a senior fellow at the american think tank, the foreign policy, richard research institute. welcome. what do you think ukraine aims to achieve with this big, the current incursion into russian territory?

i think they intend to achieve a number of objectives. first of all, isaac psychologically the taking the war to russia, which is going to improve natalie domestic morale, but undermine russian morale, and show the russian people that russia is not waiting. and that's what can be brought home to them. secondly, they're going to probably take out tea, russell logistics targets, and the energy refinery centers in the pad of subject, which is the way they, uh, maybe a raid. i don't think it's really an invasion and they're going to undermine the as an army by striking out as logistics as they have done throughout the war, which has been a very effective tactics for them. so it's a very daring and high risk operation. but it seems to say to us, because it comes at a cost to write because ukraine's forces are quite stretched at the moment, particularly the don best region where there's a real push by russian troops. right now, do you think that this is

a good use of kias resources? well, it's clear the key of thing. so uh, regardless of what i may think, then i actually think it's also a very good it certainly psychologically disorienting to moscow and to put in. and again, if they can disrupt the logistics of the russian all being presented for moving by destroying energy supplies, then they will achieve their objectives. do you believe that the, what you're talking about? it sounds a little bit like it's an, it's an ext, it's a publicity act. in some ways. do you feel like this is gearing up toward some kind of positioning to come into negotiations with a better hand of cards as it were, as well. i wouldn't call it, but most of the act as it gets a raid. i mean, it's intended to have a psychological impact on the enemy. and i think that's a classic objective in more time. but as for negotiation charge, it tells the russians look, you know, we can evade,

we can get into your country and destroy a lot of infrastructure. this is not, you don't have a monopoly on that ability added as to what the russians have been doing in ukraine for 2 years by systematically attempt to destroy all of you credit the infrastructure. it shows that we can do the same to you. how is russia explaining this to the people of russia who, at this point aren't even allowed to call it a war with in russia was calling in an invasion of provocation. all that indicates that they were rattled. and that they were completely caught by surprise that they don't have a good answer for this. um, you know, this is not an invasion of rush or because we know what an invasion refresher would look like. and it's certainly not a prob occasion, because after all just has been striking it. ukrainian territory, it's a 2 and a half years now. so once again, i mean, let's say i didn't cut flats. what do i suggest? what is the attempt?

so attack ukraine and say that also the west is behind all this. i just simply reflections of its dismay. we heard about fighting and sewage a. what's interesting there is that it's the last transit point for russian gas headed to europe through ukraine. is that a vulnerability for ukraine, that they should take into account, as it says on liability for russia? because it, it, it is the last station on the way to europe, and by striking is less than dest transit to europe. you deprive moscow of a lot of revenue and the revenue is what's going to finance the war. so here again, uh, it has important strategic objectives in mind. all right, stephen blanc, from the foreign policy research institute, thanks for your insights. thank you. and a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in

the eastern us, one person has been killed by a tornado, sparked by tropical storm debbie that takes the number of dest related to the storm to 7 w, as made land fall twice in recent days, and north and south carolina housing, widespread damage and flooding. prosecutors and russia have requested a 15 year prison sentence for kasanya, kara, lina, russian us dual citizen, charged with treason for donating to a pro ukrainian organization in the us, carline, a ballet dancer who lives in los angeles was arrested by russian security agents while visiting family in russia, fresh demonstrations has taken place in the canyon capital nairobi against president william router, police fire to your gas eyed people gathering for riley weeks of anti government protests have been driven by anger over the cost of living police in barcelona, i have entered a search for the catalonia and independence leader, carl's boots drawn, without giving a reason. he returned to spain after 7 years,

an exile and addressed cheering crowds for disappearing. police had planned to arrest him local media report that he left the area. and here's a good story for young parents who are competing at the olympics. a former athletic star has opened the 1st nursery in an olympic village at the paras games or the parents of lympics. i've seen a lot of 1st, both of parents who happen to be athletes, the introduction of and the 3 by 4 most sprint stuff. allison. felix could be the most important message to all the mothers as you are capable. you are absolutely capable to have your best performances after childbirth. the 2nd time olympic gold medalist is impressed with how well the project turned out. the 1st time that i step for the nursery, i just felt so proud you know, to see it in real life. and it was beautiful and colorful and to see people actually using it. it was really, really special savings, kate. but if in 2018,

i'm was frustrated with the children's facilities at the tokyo games 3 years ago. paris is different. it's meant to feel like the home. um, it has to a book soft surfaces, the breast feeding area. and it's a great starting point straight and walter poole to play a case of golf is, is a regular user. there's been several athletes who have reached out and told me how incredible it is. they've given me feedback of how we can make it better. i would love to grow the nursery. i hope that it is bigger and better in the, in the olympic village. anela and i have a lot of work to do to, to make that happen athlete. so a parents of the games in 2028 will be thankful. so you're watching dw news from berlin up next on business, fighting over tourism and popular destinations like my orca or ken kuhn. remember, you can always get more news and analysis on our website, that's d, w dot com and use of thanks for joining us and stick around if we can.

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