>> this is gw deuce, live from berlin. ukraine says russia has begun a long feared offensive in the east. hundreds of missile attacks were reported today and russian strikes have claimed lives in the west city of libby. this could be the last time. a group of ukrainians are refusing to surrender to the russians.

china's biggest metropolis reporting is first fatalities. a death toll innocent of 26 million is just three and byron munich edges closer to another title. the bavarians are back to their best. i am burnt cough. to our viewers watching in pbs and the united states and all of you around the world, while. we begin with what could be a dramatic escalation in the war in ukraine. ukraine's national security council says russia appears to have begun its long anticipated new offensive in the east of the country along the front lines. authorities also say a russian

missile attack has killed at least seven civilians in the western city of libby. russia has maintained it has struck hundreds of military targets. the following report does contain some graphic images. " this is what russian schelling does. medics rushed to help a wounded woman. another person is clinging to life. sirens and more explosions. emergency workers rush for cover. they have no choice but to leave the victims exposed and bleeding out on the street. the schelling killed at least five people and wounded another 13. graphic scenes like this one

have become commonplace around the country as russian forces bear down on eastern ukraine, they are keeping up with attacks elsewhere in an apparent effort to weaken ukraine's ability to defend itself. >> i call on all those who live under unending bombardment. the russian defense ministry says it struck more than 300 targets overnight across the country and downed ukrainian fighter jets. monday, the governor said the strikes that killed and wounded several people. this is a bump -- a barbaric attack on a civilian target. people came to work in the morning.

the western part of ukraine has largely avoided russia's wrath but it has not been totally immune. russian military planners have said nowhere in ukraine is safe. something they know painfully well. >> i spoke to her a short time of go -- time ago. >> yes. i could not join you because we have to make our way to a bunker. i am here right now in the bunker, in the basement with other people who are protecting themselves from potential airstrikes. this is the third we have had today.

kharkiv -- >> can we say that the security situation is drastically changing? >> it is changing. a military facility has been transferred. nowhere is really safe. the death toll is seven people, 11 injured. we are looking to seek shelter. e eastern part of ukraine, you can only imagine how they must

feel. these are the threats they have been facing in the east. so far, the western part of ukraine has been spared the atrocities we have seen happening in the eastern part of the country. >> a few 1000 ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground against the russians inside a steel plant in the eastern port city of mario paul. they are the last pocket of ukrainian resistance in the city. russia claims to control all of mariuop -- mariupol's

resources. >> ukraine says at least 21,000 people have been killed and those who remain in the city are trapped without the barest of necessities. what is happening here in mariupol is expected to spread to other areas. >> russian troops are preparing for an offensive operation in ukraine in the near future. destroy everything that brought fame to this industrial region. russian forces are destroying ma riupol. they want to wipe it off the face of the earth. >> on sunday, ukraine's remaining troops defied rsia.

some 2.5 1000 ukrainian troops are here. it is the only known remaining pocket of resistance. many civilians and children are also in here. pro-russian separatists say they are preparing for an attack. >> there are only two blocks left. >> meanwhile, the defenders of the city are said to fight to the end. brent: this is a specialist in russian foreign security and

domestic policy. i asked her what this latest offensive means in terms of russia's tactics. >> it depends on whether u mean the offensive in terms of the donbass. there has been escalations of schelling. there is the regrouping of the russians in donbas in preparation for the attack that is said to be imminent. the latest report is the russians have around 76 battalion groups stationed in the area. the expectation is that the attack will come shortly. for the russians, that is the last military chance if they lose the battle.

that is why the russians will try to focus on this military operation in order to try to get as much out of it as they possibly can. >> we have to consider the fall of mariupol to russia. that would be a huge loss to ukraine. what would this mean for the defense and security calculus in kyiv? >> in reality i think we have been expecng the fall of mariupol for a while now. it was a question of when, not if. this is all about whether the ukrainians were able to support their fighters. over the next few days, this will effectively fall. in terms of what it means, it

will be seen as a victory for the russian side. it is important symbolically because it cuts off the ukrainian control. this is the anti-nazi crusade that president putin has been going on. it would allow the russians to reinforce their campaign by moving the troops in marpol eastward. i don't think that the fall will come as any surprise and tactically and strategically, they would have been planning for that. they would have calculated this into some strategic planning. >> beyond the battlefield, the eu commission chief said in the past few days that it is just a matter of time before russia goes bankrupt. i am wondering if russia is now

running against the clock here. running against these economic sanctions while ukraine finds itself rushing to keep itself armed so it can continue fighting, are those the background battles that have emerged in this conflict? >> to some extent, yes but i think we have to keep in mind that what we have on the battlefield is ukrainians having the manpower, needing more firepower. the major problem is the lack of manpower. even if we hear the stories, the difficulties in creating new equipment -- it is a question of if they have sufficient manpower soldiers to be able to fight it. in the long run, sanctions have very negative fallbacks in terms ofussia's capacity to rebuild

themselves militarily. the russian military would be much weakened by sanctions. >> russia is starting this new offensive against ukraine. at the same time it is licking its wounds. something the kremlin did not. images have now emerged, appearing to show this ship on fire. this missile cruiser counts as the biggest russian warship lost in action since world war ii.

volodymyr zelensky is hoping for rapid progressn joining the european union. zelensky submitted a complete membership document to the eu representative today. ukraine was to be branded candidate status at the eu summit this coming june. this is one of the most important centers of the jewish faith in europe at the southern part of ukraine. life has changed radically since the war broke out. ukrainian officials say it has been the target of russian rocket attacks. schultz visited the jewish community to see how they are coping with the russian invasion. >> the sagogue can hold hundreds of worshipers. since the start of the work,

much of the jewish community has left. russia's president putin justified the war by saying he wanted to did not survive ukraine. the name putin will go down in history as someone who brought suffering just as t there once did. but we survived hit there. we will also survive putin. >> this ritual in the days of the synagogue serves as a shelter during the nightly air raid alerts. they have provided ffee and pastries to those seeking protection. many jewish people lost family members. that makes it all the more important that people stand

together now. >> both my grandfathers were cold and the holocaust. our ancestors are crying in their graves because we are being forced to suffer. >> thousands of jewish people from all them on the road visit the two each year. it is another reason he expects more support from abroad. especily from germany. germany went from enemy to friend in recent years, it has been very weak ints foreign polic they hope they will soon become a place of pilgrimage again.

when things become unbearable, he takes strength. >> the invictus games, a competition for wounded military veterans is no underway in the netherlands despite the war ukraine has sent a team. they want to draw attention to the plight of their homeland and they want to win some metals. >> when this is over, he will get back to defending his country. ukrainian veterans competing here, given special permission to do so by president vlodomyr zelensky. >> our government said that we should be here to tell the world that people are dying.

also, saying that others are fighting and surviving. but not all of the team made it out. the archery coach was killed in the fighting earlier this month. the ukrainians one gold, silver and bronze. they may be away from ukraine but their hearts and minds are still back home. anna sophia's mother was also supposed to take part. she was said to be taken hostage by russian forces in mariupol. >> never forget what has happened in ukraine. this is terrifying and awful. >> that is a sentiment echoed by

everyone competing in the games. >> here is a roundup of some of the other stories making headlines around the world. police have begun incinerating more than 16 tons seized by antinarcotics units. this includes cocaine, cocoa-based and marijuana. peru is one of the largest cocaine producing countries. they are on a six hour spacewalk. thousands of worshipers have attended blessings and prayed to the western wall in jerusalem. security was tight following recent secretary violence in the city. shanghai reported its first

three deaths in what has become the worst outcome since the pandemic began. prompting authorities to lock down the city and 26 million people for three straight weeks. it is part of the zero covid-19 policy dictated by beijing which is increasingly being met with anger and frustration. >> there are scenes of dissent and take a growing anger under shanghai's lockdown. police and protective your have put an end to what was reportedly a protest against plans to set up an isolation in this neighborhood. >> all of us here are law-abiding citizens. we want to do what we can to help the country. he prevented us from going outside anywhere and we complied but now you want to put highly infectio people meters aw.

>> anyone who tests positive is sent to an isolation center for at least a week of observation. regardless of whether or not they show symptoms. >> the bathrooms are not very in. we have not been able to take a warm shower. the lights are on all night long. >> doctors come by twice a day to take the temperature of patients with many exhibiting no symptoms at all.

>> at first, people were scared of the virus and panicking. with the figures being published every day, people have started to accept the fact that this particular virus is not that horrible. i think that will change everyone's thinking. >> so far there is no sign of a change in thinking by china's communist leaders. they continue to insist that the country must stick to a staff measures aimed at eliminating the virus. >> in football, byron munich's coach says he received death threats after the club was knocked out of the champion league but they had better luck moving closer to claiming the german title after beating this armenian. >> only have this like to focus

on. three points would inch them agonizingly close to a 10th street title. speaking of clothes, not even the armenian keeper knew how he kept this header out. a huge slice of luck from the home side but against buyer nobody stays lucky for long. sending the ball into his own net in the 10th minute. slapstick defending from the danish defender. they were flagged offside following a volley. the leaders added a third against their hapless hosts. young germany international with his fourth legal of a breakout campaign.

three have been zero is the final score. a happy and to a tough week. they need one more win to all but seal a 10th consecutive here. >> they keep rising in this league thanks in part to this man. scoring four goals in seven games. they are keeping their european dreams alive. they scored the only goal in the match. an important three points on the cusp of the champions league qualification. here are the rest of the results

from this week's action. this is a huge trial pair. let's see how the table has shaped up after the end of match day 30. the title race is not a done deal yet. still with the slimmest of chances despite trailing bayern by nine points. the world's biggest carnival is back with hundreds of thousands of act -- about to take to the streets. hard court carnival goers are

celebrating their freedom departing once more. >> ecstatic clouds from the streets of rio de janeiro as colonel kicks off. the festival was delayed because of the covid-19 pandemic. a major outbreak after omicron hit brazil. now is the right moment, we are all vaccinated and we can let our hair down. >> people are still preparing their costumes. this is the high point of the year. other patients died next to me in the hospital. i felt alone.

the last rehearsals are underway. a few days before the big competition of the summer schools. last year it had to be canceled due to the pandemic with the return of the street carnival, they are enjoying a bit of a rebirth after two difficult years. it really was not easy but now we feel the power is in us. the power to keep going. and the people of rio are ready to embrace the carnival season. >> stick around, we will be right back.

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anchor: welcome to live from paris, news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. russia says it destroyed a large weapons depot near lviv. deaths there and in kharkiv as russia's steps of attacks across ukraine, especially in the east. the eu condemning the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. israeli police violence as there is a split in the coalition government that could lead to its downfall.