or by new york city, and roughly the same area that russia has captured in ukraine since the start of this year. and the lightning strike across the border appears to have caught moscow unaware, but president vladimir fujen has been on t v with the message that ukraine has failed in this attempt to destabilize his government. whatever ukraine is attempting to do, the operation that seems far from over. i'm clear. richardson in bertha and you are watching the day. i the lien talk speed 0. undoubtedly pursuing the main military goal of trying to stop our troops offensive cleaning unless you go to about a 1000 square kilometers in the cost region under control. so it appears the enemy is aiming to improve its future negotiating position to natural

our operations of purely a security issue for ukraine, liberating the border from the russian ministry peaceful issue. and another of the enemies clear goals is to say social dis, cold rush report war to others and know what is coming home. but example, the type, the adult also coming up on the day the parents olympics are over, but the gender dispute in women's boxing will carry on. we'll talk about culture wars and misconceptions had done so now i ask people to stop bullying all athletes. because this has massive effects, it can destroy people, and now we are 2 and a half years into the full scale war and ukraine and for all of that time, the fighting has been taking place on ukrainian territory. but for the past week, the ukranian armed forces have been taking the fight across the border into russia

. they've now captured as much territory there as the russians have done in ukraine since the start of the year. and the operation has caught russian forces, fully unprepared, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee the border region. the incursion is too big for the kremlin to hide and vladimir, approved, and has been on tv most days, trying to convince russians that he has the situation under control of the thousands of people moving to safer places as ukrainian troops seize control of dozens of russian villages i was reporting to a russian president vladimir putin, the governor of curse ship ukraine had widened it's area of control on the stage showed me some thoughts of, of the situation in the cost region is difficult to understand. 28 such a minute. so on the enemy control was with somebody sitting on the, on the bus, the best for you. there was no clay foot line. and the problem we have is understanding where the enemy combat units all around

a 1000 ukrainian troops ran through the russian border last week into the cortex region with tanks and armored vehicles. they have now advanced into neighboring belgrade. ukraine says it controls about a 1000 square kilometers, an area big of a new york city, and course cologne. i guess. the surprise attack, expose the weak this of russian border defenses in the area president below the meters to lensky, who only acknowledge the incursion over the weekend says ukraine will offer humanitarian assistance to evacuate east on the ukraine. inside of the border. the russian army is scrambling to contain the breach and has been forced to call in reserves. it has released images of what it says or strikes on ukrainian tags, and clerks. 14 says most goes army will prevail,

suitable symbols they're giving people. i'm sure it appears that the enemy was the help of western masters is fulfilling the will on the west as pricing as with the hands of the ukrainians, agreeing to that. but i mean, when you see the enemy, you will get a decent response and all goes will be achieved. the russian volunteers are distributing humanitarian aid to his activities, arriving at temporary accommodations, making them painfully aware of the impact of a war. the poor team has tried to shield them from so for a closer look at what is happening here, let's bring it in marina marana, the worst of these departments at kings college of london. welcome marina. good to see you again. a lot of our approach, and i've said ukraine is failing in this attempt to destabilize russia and weak, and his grip on power is he writes, good evening, clear what,

what, what, what should we expect? um, well, they were put into say, in this situation, of course, this is a political message. it doesn't necessarily have to reflect the reality on the ground, which might be different. however, that being said, what russia is trying to do right now is to control, at least as a internal information space, especially as many reports are coming from the course creature and, and there are some contradict or reports. so this is an attempt to control the narrative and to reassure the russian population that everything is under control. and that's just how disruptive is this ukrainian offensive to ordinary russians lives. when i know there more than 120000 people evacuated from the course region. evacuations also underway in the neighboring belgrade region to that is correct. well, i suppose that for the people for immediately in the vicinity or for is that who still areas are taking place. this will be very disruptive and very scary because

until now. so you were looking at this war from their tv screens. now they can actually feel it and so being about key to this, certainly traumatic, however is it is, this doesn't mean that the rest of the population in russia feels the same way. and the problem here is that portend and the kremlin in general, could use this narrative to strengthen the nationalist spirit and to recruit more volunteers to go and fight in ukraine. so we have to be very careful when we're analyzing the psychological impact of what is going on, because it is not going to be uniform across russia. and we're going to do, we have any verifiable information about the size of the ukrainian force in russia . well, according to ukrainian forces and some russian forces a were to breathe dates. however,

there is no verifiable information. and i suppose that the ukrainian side would want to keep a secret how many reinforcements they would be sending to the chorus screech and maybe use that. so some reports were stating about 1000 people, but i believe so much more than the other police. press 3 to 4000 might be already in the course creech and at this point was it or is that will be more remains to be seen. it seems that to crane has prepared the reserves in order to deploy some, as the situation unfolds on the ground. but generally speaking, it's very difficult estimate at the, at this point from the advanced, we've already seen. why do you think russia was unable to stop ukrainian forces from entering as well? according to official reports, there was only one line of defense that was a weak spot and the ukrainian side has been able to exploit that week's part. the

end, the porosity officer bore there in order to conduct this offensive. and course, and i, i think that that is one of the reasons why this location was chosen because they knew the previous slide means that they could get through very easily without a lot of resistance. and inside ration, especially inside the ministry of defense. and the monthly intelligence services, i'm sure that they are already looking for the guilty party and be as the reason for that is that ukraine succeeded in most girls. we have seen a similar thing being done by russia in the higher q region works. the premium inside, what's called the scar, then now the ukranian stands way. both parties can please in scheme. and so they manage to conceal those 2, um and battalions at the essentially deployed the course. let's talk about hardware briefly. do we know what weapons ukraine is using inside russia?

well, if you get at the reports, it's not clear the extent of western technology that is being used, but at least um, some footage um, which has not been verified show some striker um vehicles. some bradley's also some. hi maurice, um, are tillery so there is that were at least american equipment being used in this course defensive. and what about german weapons? when asked on this point, a government spokesperson here refused to answer it, saying, but it would be unwise to make public statements about it as well. i, i believe that germany wouldn't want to publicly disclose what kind of weapons are being used to even the place of that, and they stand behind ukraine. that being said, i don't know, i have not been able to verify anything. so, and at this point, it would be only a speculation that will have to remain an open question for us. let's turn briefly

to zachary's ya. we've seen claims that a fire at this plant was caused by burning car tires in the cooling tower. uh, what do you make of that, and why might russia be interested in doing that? at this point, we don't know what exactly happened and there are conflicting reports on the international atomic energy agency. house also confirmed some showing without seeing which side where wherever it came from. so a bang, surely, let's assume if the russians were behind it, there, it could have been done in order to divert attention from what is happening in the course creature. but other than that, i don't see any other reason or if it has any significance in the whole strategic picture. but it might have been

a way to shift the attention away. because obviously if something happens at the nuclear power plant, everybody understands that there is a risk that if the cooling power is not working, that the there might be overheating, officer reactors, and there might be an explosion. that being said, user side, i think of the stages interested in, in actually damaging the nuclear power plant to bring it to an explosion because it would affect both sides. um, pretty much as well as have a wider implications for the region and beyond. and see if the stakes are high there. well, thank you. as always, for your insights, that is marina moran with the worst police department at kings college london. thank you for having me. as well as stopping air force personnel from travelling abroad because of fear is that an attack from iran or one of its allies is imminent. defense minister you will have go on, says israel is in

a state of vigilance and preparedness tensions happen. mounting in the middle east, over the killings of meeting members of the home office and has beloved militant groups, a public announcement by the united states, but it is sending a submarine, worship, and fighter jets to bolster as well as defense, is being seen as a warning to iran and middle aged analyst as yours, jo, coffee, aero, joins me now from washington dc. he is the ceo of golf state analytics, a risk assessment to grow. welcome cdw. we have not yet seen. it runs promise retaliation for those assassinations of how most political liter hi nia into ron. and the senior has block commander in late july. do you think that this is now imminent? a thank you. good to be on your program. i would have a very difficult time imagining the ronnie is not retail, he eating, considering the 2 very high ranking figures in the run,

the lead access of resistance were killed last month. then of course the killing of the hamas leader in the heart of the running capital, which shows humiliating leadership and tier of ron definitely wants to establish what we often call quote unquote deterrence capacity. so i do think there is going to be some sort of an action from a ron or other actors in the access of resistance. but i'm not so convinced that it will necessarily come so soon. i think that ron will be acting cautiously. they certainly don't want to do something that would give is real justification for escalating this to a much higher level. and i think the run ins are also quite content to see everyone on the edge. and certainly to see the is really is very nervous. so again, i definitely expect some sort of any ronnie and response, but i don't think there's any reason to assume that it's going to come at some point in the immediate future at germany's chancellor. all off schultz has spoken

to a ron's new president and my suit for that key on as called for restraint will not have any effect on the iranian leadership. you thank as i don't think so in light of the europeans responding to the way in which the us sabotaged the nuclear deal back in 2018 is left. the ronnie is viewing the europeans, is completely spineless. unable to stand up to washington, then also the conflict in ukraine has heightened tensions between western european countries. any ron and then also everything in the middle east and is october 7th if led to a further deterioration of ties between most e you members and iran. i don't think germany really has much influence here. let's keep in mind and germany has been a staunch supporter of israel throughout this conflict. i again, i, i just don't see the leadership in germany really saying anything that's going to

have much of an effect on a ron, to be entirely honest. and what about the united states thinking on this? are you surprised to see them deploying a guided missile submarine to the region? no, not at all. i think obviously the united states is trying to send a message to israel and also all of israel's adversaries in the region that washington is going to have israel's back. no matter what happens. and if these hostilities spiral out of control and turn into a full fledged war in the middle east, i'm positive, the united states will go all in to support israel. and this flexing of military muscles is about sending that message out to friend info. and just before i let you go, i'd like to turn briefly to the gaza cease fire talks and brokers by the us, that guitar and egypt that we are expecting to take place on thursday. i'm also is

now rejected an invitation to a final round of negotiations. so you'll see any hope for these talks, or i'm not extremely optimistic about these high stakes talks set for later on this week. i, you know, late last month. presumably, it was the israel that assassinated the lead, a mazda negotiator. you have to certainly consider how that makes some us look at the idea of negotiating with israel in a different way. and also the new a mosse chief. sin wire is a lot less flexible than his predecessor. he is much more of a hard liner. i. he is taking, he will be taking more maximum list positions as the homeless chief and i think it's going to be much harder with these new conditions. there's new leadership in home, us to imagine the palestinian group are being willing to make real compromises with the israelis at the round table. not saying it's not possible,

but i just want to stress that i think it's going to be much more difficult despite all of the hard work that we've seen from officials in egypt and costs are. well, thank you so much for joining us with those insights that is giorgio coffee, aero, with gulf states analytics, we very much appreciate your time. thank you so much. as the paras olympics wrapped up for president obama crohn's at the tournament showed the world the true face of france. the closing ceremonies saw a tom cruise. i'm sail into the stadium and friendship swimming star. they almost shot extinguish deal when they call during the celebration, rounds off 2 and a half weeks of sport and competition. harris hands on the baton to los angeles, which is staging the next olympics in 2020 age. it's almost 2 weeks of competition, highlighting the best in sports, but also overshadowed by a gender eligibility dispute centered on to women, boxers algerian emani,

i believe was the focus of the headlines and social media debate over her eligibility. she won the gold medal in her wake class, but suffered appalling abuse online leading her to file a criminal complaint at the weekend. here's what she had to say about the controversy, and alia t, as for whether i qualify or not, or whether i am a woman or not. i've made many statements in the media, and the i am fully qualified to take part in this competition. so i am a woman like any other woman. i was born a woman. i lived as a woman. i competed as a woman. yeah, but there's no doubt about that to she electric se. i'd like to bring it up by osh metro at the executive director of the rights group of humans of sport shaven, ashley's rights activists and campaign are in the abolition of sex testing for women. sports, welcome. when you look at this case, why do you think and want to leave became the subject of so much abuse or

one line. i would like to say that all the abuse that you see are mainly online on social media. i attended one of her boats in the semi finals, in fact, in virus. and she had huge support from all the unit spectators present. the the, the pulse period was very different from what we see on social media. but yes it's, i think the social media abuse is misinformed. so it tells us that people are very quickly jumping to conclusions without information. and they're not respectful towards updates at all. and especially we see this on social media as i am to telling you that i was present in paris. i was present during her vows, and i didn't see anyone saying anything hateful. now there is no

reliable evidence that in my how if is anything other than a woman. but skeptics have been asking why not run tests to settle the matter to, to put minds at ease. what would you say to them? i think i really appreciate how the international olympic committee has decided to deal with this particular controversy. i am really appreciative of the be they have been, you know, respectful, they have tried to protect both of the updates, not on the main, but both the athletes and, and about whom there was a controversy during the boxing competition. it's important to that and that the organization supporting organizations act more respectfully, which is not what we sold in the the i b a had the press conference and the be some of the leaders spoke. so do you think the aisles he's policy of accepting the

gender that is written on a passport is, is fair to all who are involved when i a c does not have a policy. i see had, have a framework on for inclusion. and this inclusion and non discrimination and that emphasizes in inclusion, reduction of harm him emphasizes of privacy to both the new toner me. and i can explain this if you have time and it emphasizes a no presumption of advantage. in this case, what we are seeing is there is a presumption of advantage, which is based on certain medical records, which are not, nobody knows if they are true because there is no official record of it. and the name, this is absolutely in the, in the, the, this is what we have seen throughout and the history of success thing,

policies that they'd be present to jump into conclusion. this has since ation allies. and no one's really worrying about what to be concerned. bus and what the athlete is going through. it would be great if you could elaborate a little bit further there on, on what the harm would be then of, of following up with something like chromosome testing. you know, they did the t is we and we have worked with other organization all the supporting organizations for example, wireless legs. you know, we continue to sort of of try to push them to have better policies. there are athletes who are at the quote fighting or that's lennox. you must be there to discuss just a menu who just to had her hearing in the european court of human rights. so it is really important to understand that when you are asking a woman to undergo certain medical tests, to prove that whether she's a woman,

it is extremely, you know how full it is. extreme, it affects that person's privacy. you that person's dignity. and this is something 6 testing is something that the olympics tried to get to re with. they tried to sort of absolutely, either let, to go around to call us and to be willing fakes. and it's unfortunate the 24 years off to that. we are still having these conversations and trying to have in a close, almost as back because again, one thing you need to be of need to understand that it is not about x, x, x, y house. you know, you see a lot of over simplification on social media. it's a smoke that if somebody studies science in high schools and things that, that is a know the absolutely comprehensive science that's not true. excludes who have worked on differences of 6 development ver teddy for there are several variations

within, you know, human human human population. it is not only about male and female, but the script and then car spectrum. and you have several vacations. and whether there is advantage or not, whether there's disproportionate advantage or not should be the question, not whether the post events of women. so where do as anxious we'll all go from here . sebastian, co is the head of world athletics. their policy has been that i placed with differences in sexual development must reduce their cost or testosterone levels to compete. transgender women also cannot compete in the female category and athletics . if she ends up running for president of the i o c, do you think we might see the olympic roles change? i'm going back to this so i'm hopeful and i would hope that the would have been moved towards you know, the more positivity inclusiveness and you know,

sort of embrace the difference rather than add in a talk about something which is not really clear. there is no clear scientific answer and having a, it's a good question the to ask, but the day that's happened, so we will, we will have our new climb, but i'm not going to be sort of in a predicting what's going to with the i a c as of now, and i'm really interested by how thomas box has responded all things that thank you so much, i'm afraid we're just out of time now. that's actually metro like human some sports . and that is our show. thank you so much for watching. don't forget you can follow us on dw, the

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