on friday, ukraine said the operation was aimed at forcing russia to negotiate on what an aide to president bought them here, zaleski called fare terms. so is ukraine in a position to push russia toward possible peace talks? i'm clear, richardson in berlin. you are watching the day a or the other, the units of the saved or group of forces continue to repair the attempt by ukraine to invade the course of regions. blue tape was very scared, very scared shouts by flying. from what directions helicopters, plains, fight, that just we're flying over about throughout the department. we are engaging with the premiums. i'm trying to get a better understanding of their objectives. also coming off in the us presidential election campaign. some indian americans comma la harris as

a prime example of the deal for success. everyone is super excited about her. and we are super jasper and we're going to go for one of the best. that'd be highly, highly educated. and then she is really diverse on our promise. welcome to the day your brains as it is still advancing in the course for region of russia. 10 days after launching is cross border offensive. the ukraine armed forces chief claims his forces advanced between one to 3 kilometers on friday. give has released video. it says it shows the initial assault on the switch on the border crossing to russia on august 6th, the drone foot, it shows a tank firing at the border post. it also shows what are said to be russian soldiers surrendering since then. ukraine says it has seized more than 1100 square kilometers of russian territory and captured more than 80 settlements. of the

incursion caught russia off guard a tens of thousands of people fled ahead of advancing ukrainian troops. now ukraine is claiming full control of the border town of sujata, and it says it has set off you monetary and court orders allowing civilians to leave. our correspondent and economy has met a mother and son in the ukrainian town of sumi cuz he just the daughter. it's like there's a swarm of bees above your head every way you go to drones or everywhere, and sewage and you can't even go out into your god and a walk down to the river when the house is almost in the center of town. all the taller buildings in town, anything higher than 2 floors. they're all in ruins. when you cranes only marched into rushes coast region, a lake was away on business in moscow. his 88 year old mother galena left back alone into chapel. i was in the basement. it was dark all the time. i would like to candle to see what i was eating for. otherwise i was in the dog leg

. tried to make his way back to suit you. by the time he got the rest of the troops that are already retreated from the town, the most up, the road was already mind on the edge of so just a drone, hit my call. no, that's how i had my arm was concussed. i managed to get home and best tires. i spent the next week in the cellar with my mother. the other one alexis so just russian or thirty's, did nothing to help locals leave me. a lot of the local officials just got themselves and their families out. there was no organized evacuation because people tried to get out on their own but failed to a bundle cause everywhere. like was sure the getting across the front lines. direct mail territory was simply too dangerous. in his mother, i'm the advantage of a many of those trying to get out. so just to have somewhere else to go. and the

2nd passport a leg and his mother have joined the american and russian citizenship often living in the us and the 19 ninety's. as a korean soldiers became a more familiar sight on the street to suggest it turned out, leaving would be easy, foster and they could have imagined your store of somebody i saw some ukrainian military vehicles stop outside. i shouted to them out of the window and told them not to shoot. yeah, they told me i could come out and talk to them. i told them i wanted to evacuate my mother. 15 minutes later they came back and put us in the car and drove us to sony . it's being just different day now since mother and son go to ukraine, not know me time to get medical help. let's take stuff on it. i'm exhausted. i've lost track of time. i can't even remember what month it

is. i remember the 2nd world to the sirens. that rate will make your short running for cover news. and now this couple news is there is no. this is in unusual story. there are likely to be the last question. refugees heading for ukraine is fighting because creeds and drags on. many russian civilians might soon have to choose between taking a chance and crossing the front lines and taking shots when ukraine. or, if any, a craft truck is a member of the ukrainian parliament and speaks for presidents, lensky is the servant of the people party. a warm welcome to the de ukrainian forces have been pushing into the course region into russian territory on russian swell. what is being done there to avoid harm to civilians. thank you, clarence with having me. um. well, 1st of all,

we need to understand what a base region is and it borders with our region. and we had information that's russians was going to attack from who's region solar region. so basically the operation of the army made possible to keep our attached rate intact. so this is part of stop defense about the civilian population. we are ready to open for me to turn corpus. so both those who want to evacuate to russian territories, but also will give the possibility to seek shelter into my region on the cranium. patrick. some people, some quotes cab relatives into my region. i already know personally, some cases that especially older people, they decided to go to training and search rates and because they are very are reach

and the more never the less we have we have a commander on the stature. so we do not have any civilian before it is all these touches. so it's only military presence because we have military purposes in the course of 2, sorry, sorry to jump in and kind of you want to just to be clear, we're talking about to mandatory and core doors that would go both to assume the region and also back into russia, is there already a sense of timeline here of when this would become possible a week and let's say anything for washing sides because it depends on the bad weather they, you know why so much and have you scored or not um, but uh, some people already escaped to a credit into trade. um,

so it's, it's basically what have the hotline will have the number that was published by uh which ease on which um the russian citizens can call and ask for this quarter, but also uh, we have to understand that uh, ukrainian soldiers on these territories. they of a international humanitarian girl. so of old people uh, doing this uh, of course they have access to stores, stores, uh, you know, uh, working there. so if you know its, of course russians, washington again that would like to picture um some of you know, horrible sites, but they do not make up. so um, now we'll have some information that they could actually use uh the uh, full swipe operation to picture ice cream and soldiers that they know that they do something harmful. but all of the videos that are circulating and social media,

you just, you know, normal talking by the, by the way, a lot of people in cost region, they actually know you crating it because they border who is the crane. they have relatives in the quaint and never. okay, let's turn now to the cars, defensive and, and how this has changed things. ukraine has been continuously losing small amounts of territory in the east throughout this year. do you think that this offensive will have made a big difference to the course of the war as well? first of all, the ukraine gains in cost, which are more territories and russia ok parts june, the 20, $24.00 in total. so it's uh, it's quite significant, significant, of course we do not need these types free for our country. it's just part of our mutual operation to make sure that our regions will not be a show screech because just from the beginning of the summer,

they show assuming reaching out to actually move in to 1000 just start wizard. do you agree with the difference? uh yeah, they sent uh more than 200 pounds. then more than 100 me now with questions basically um all of the military capabilities so they cannot reach our taxes. and another thing above which president alaskan mentions both today and uh previous time. um, of course there are some prisoners of war from russia. they, you know, they do not want to die or they just surrender. and of course they will be treated wow, given medicine food and everything. and we hope to exchange them for our prisoner so well that being portraits in russia, ah, for many, many months. so it's partly defensive, you say, and also partly to,

to take control of these prisoners of war. we also heard today, presidents lensky, use aid, saying that the course operation could force russia to negotiate. what do you think he meant there as well? also, i think it's a great booster some more. and so, you know, turning the whole situation to something to something that you would never imagine . just imagine these in, uh, you know, 2020, uh, like 5 years ago or something 4 years ago. uh, even a year ago. um, but also uh, as i understood the next statement shows that ukraine easy to come to the table negotiations should have a strong position on the other 3 bedrooms. yeah. yeah. and part of this, uh, some position could be a base um, uh,

attached to it said we do not need for our sales, but you know, it's part of the control by, you know, so it could be part of the negotiations. but honestly, i don't see uh yes, uh, the sides from the russian side. um for a negotiation that is based on common sense and international based order. so just to be clear, does that mean then that ukraine intends to hold this territory and russia that it has captured? well, that is the question to the military command. as i understand from the information that is probably every day we gain even more testers in the region. and so, so far, yes, i create a new entries. are present of the surgery and making sure that these testers i'm able to use just show you. okay. and what message do you think the course defensive

sends to ukraine's backers about military aid? uh uh, well 1st of all, um is, uh um, you know, uh, another thing that's uh we say that we need a permission to use low brass and it says to reach north chest attachments that are close to you credit border. but also, for example, to reach airports and other military parts. uh that i used uh for the, you know, showing you kind of as nice as, so we need permission. uh for one long range uses because right now um were quite successful in reaching airports. was our own made trucks um those uh airports uh hundreds and hundreds kilometers from across the border. but it could be more effective. um, you could use the loan branch if any,

a craft truck from presidents or landscape surfing of the people party. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. thank you for the turning to the west selections. now. however, combo harris says presidential candidacy goes her professional and political journey has already been frail. blasing, her ascendancy marks the growing political clout of indian americans in the country, and potential divides. a tight race means the indian american vote matters. celebrating india in america, california has among the largest indian american populations of any state in the country and collaborating indian independence state is a challenge for the community here to come together in music and down. and so many here seeing of california indian american potentially become the next president, is cause for celebration to one of the best that'd be high,

highly educated. and then she is really diverse on our promise. everyone is the right side and about or tentative. and we're support jobs and we're going to go about getting kind of like hers elected is of personal importance to ad jeep latoria. he came to the us nearly 30 years ago from india, as a student. today, he's become very active and fundraising for democratic campaigns. he says he's known the vice president's and she was a district attorney in california is just the president of the 4.4 beginning in america to see that we came from india with 2 suitcases and then made a life for us. and i'll say to someone who are present the colors, our, you know, from the same or that good on and all region to get elected as the next president will. they asked as a subject matter of pride and joy and, and that also brings hopes to millions of kids. you know that hey, one day we can also be something to add

a camera. harris represents someone able to understand the issues affecting his community like the economy and immigration not so it is important that we have people at the higher level of the policy making a, you know, levels with our voices a heard the literally shows which are important to accompany the immigration being one of the most important, but a lot of calls ends and thousands of people are stuck in the green go to backlog. so if someone or could raise the issues. so i thought that, you know, i have an opportunity to bring, give a voice to the people who are not in board and bring the issues as well. and also connect the community with the administration and, and connect administration with the community. and also build a stronger, you know, relationships at all at home. what kind of harris is far from the only indian american savior? that's where he's into political prominence on the national seas. the nation has only recently been introduced. osha vance, wife of republican,

vice presidential candidate, judy vance. nikki haley and vagrant mas swami had become surrogates for donald trump after their own republican primary campaigns, ended of the car stick rama christian in a political scientist studying the 2200000 strong indian american voting base says indian american, this is a factor, but it's just one among others and to see people like hailey and rama saw me do as well as they did is remarkable. that said, most indeed americans still identify as democrats, where they stand on issues ranging from the environment to go to control to health care is much closer to come to a harris than it is to people like hailey and robinson. right. and so ultimately that's what it's going to matter. of course, having someone who comes from one's community might make a difference in terms of the amount of energy in the base, but party is still more important than shared race or ethnicity. that cuts both

ways on the other side of the country, pretty ponder. patel of the south asian republican coalition is trying to get the vote out for the g o. p in new jersey, another state with a high indian american population. i mean, it does give me good pride, right to seize somebody that is one of our own that's up there. so yes, of course, but i don't agree with a lot of her views and a lot of her policies and things. and so of course there is there, is that always going to be that disconnect? one of the biggest things i think, immigration, right, where she was in charge of, you know, making sure the border was protected and she really didn't do a good job at that. and now she's coming back saying that i want to do something, i think we should protect the border and, and you know, things that she's saying that she should have done or she's gonna do that. she should have done already because she's vice president. she organizes round tables,

the supporters like this one, we're having a discussion about the how the community has come up. you know, recently one of the questions that we propose as far as the discretion is with having come to a harris with us vice president. and we shall do you feel that the, there's going to be increasing the voting. so i see a mix that i see a mixed bag in a sense that a lot of trump support us for data. also. no impact from people who wondered, actually nikki haley to be the candidate. and then when she didn't get it that this par wanted to check least him to get port. and he's in indeed opinion if, if he had taught them, did you hear me right though he wouldn't be in a very strong situation compared to come to have is someone's your friend circles. how are you, how are you thinking that they're going to go out of the moment, sight and dropped out and come up, became the president, can

a candidates assumptive? everyone was excited as an every day asked for. the indian american community is not a model. their motivations and aspirations are new ones, but it isn't increasingly active in growing political force further in the halls of power themselves or in the voting, in an election that promises to be type that for us who makes no felt well the car take around a christian on is a political scientist and founder of a p, i a public policy organization partly focused on asian american issues. you might recognize them from just there in that report. a warm welcome. i would like to 1st start by picking off on what you said about party be more important than a shared at the city. do you think pamela harris will bring indian americans out because of her background? to thank you for having me. so, you know, when it comes to party being more important than that in the city,

it's important to look at the match up, for example. well, it wasn't, it had to hit match up. but in the fall of last year, we asked asian american voters in indian american voters and particular their capability ratings for people like mickey here, we can do that for on the saw me as well as their favorability ratings for harris. and you could say that all 3 of them have indian origin. and if anything, haley and robins, sorry, both sides of their parental heritage comes from india. so maybe they would have had an advantage. what we found it said, was that handling robinson, we did not do well among indian americans in terms of their favorability ratings that they have. net, i'm samples. chris harris had that favorable really. so that indicates already what are the communities in terms of how the me because the lean more democratic, they're much harris is much more likely they have to have their support. and this was last year and will be seen in last month is even greater enthusiasm for harris

. you see the south asians for here association women for here. so patient for harris. people are just coming out in droves in terms of volunteer energy and campaign contributions have skyrocketed as well. so here's likely have her greatest impact is among those who are already leading towards the democratic parties have to insure higher turnout, but also higher volunteer effort, as well as higher campaign contribution of might be pulling back the south that most do identify as a democrats why is that why not with the republican party? so people might look at the indian american community and say, you know, you have a population with relatively high education, relatively high incomes. these should be natural constituents for the republican party. and in the abstract that may be true,

but there are several factors over the last 2 decades that have made a difference. one, actually the last 3 decades of bill clinton when he was president, he and his administration did a lot of outreach to indian american voters in the 90s. and then if you look at the 2000, the 911 attacks, the september 11th attacks meant that many indeed americans face racial discrimination or profiling. or even discrimination by the government. and the democratic party was much better positioned as an anti discrimination party of to attract indian american voters. whereas on the republican side, you saw the rise of nationalism. this the rise of christian conservatism. and given the indian american population is very religiously diverse. it was really difficult for the americans to find a political home and the republican party as opposed to the democratic party. just before i let you go, i'm afraid we only have about a minute left, but this is not typically a group that you hear that much about,

and us politics as a voting block, but it does seem to be one that is growing an influence. can you tell us why that is to so if you look at the indian american population compared to other asian american populations, they're more likely to be spread across the country. so for example, so chinos and chinese americans very heavily concentrated in california, less so for indian americans. so they are now called largest asian american groups that are spread across the country, meaning they're more likely to live in the swing states. and then finally, their voting participation is really high. so my research shows that people come from democratic countries are more likely to participate than those that come from repressive regimes. and so all of these factors combined with more and more indeed, americans running for office, a winning office called points to this rapid increase of participation in this critical but in good. well, thank you so much for joining us to share your insights on the day that is car.

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