bonnie harkey. who controlled a family fortune a century in the making. >> i wish was queen of the county, because she really was the big fish in the small pond. >> this is teresa koch, bonnie harkey's niece. >> they were well off and they were property owners. >> by the coast and is very wealthy. >> by local standards sure. >> they were so proud in fact, that the harkey name is carved on monuments. even on road signs in san saba. >> of the sixth generation of my family here in the county. >> dwight harkey says all of the harkey's descended from two brothers who came to the hill country in the 1850s. >> well there's two boys. they came and they were scouts. they found this country and nobody loved her. >> a proud family history to be sure. but on march 25th 2012, a new and bloody chapter was added. >> i remember that sunny morning because of what happened the rest of the day. >> the events that would forever fixed that day in the reverend san crosby's memory. centered on 85-year-old bonnie quirky. a

now why harkey is so important there if there was a 2nd pushback of russian forces around harkey is because it's in the east, but it's not part of the ardie russian occupied territories in the east. and as zalinski has already said before, he's offered a russia kind of ceasefire. if they would agree to go back to the territories that they already defacto controlled before the recent invasion. so those would be the terms for a peace agreement if they could push russian forces back away from areas important . ukrainian areas like harkey into the areas that have been under siege already since 2014, when russia 1st became militarily involved in ukraine. so do you kenyans feel they're getting the support they need to win this wol? i think they've believed that ad tables have turned a little bit, especially because of analytic burbock, germany's foreign minister as recent visit to germany, the easing of tensions between germany and ukraine, which have been important for this country. because germany has been a kind of shaping european policy towards ukraine and now with a howitzer as being delive

there's a lens meets with troops in harkey, defending the city. meanwhile, moscow's don't boss offensive is closing in on the key city, a figure will go next. and fears of initiation, disaster the top of the world. a plane carrying 22 people is missing in nepal and believe to have crashed in the himalayan mount. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski is visiting the war tourneys on his 1st official trip outside the capitol. keith, since russia invaded the lensky survey damage in the harkey region where ukrainian forces have pushed back the russian offensive. they also met with troops fighting on the front lines. i asked he w, correspondent mathias burning her in cremmit taurus what signals lensky is trying to send by leaving the capital and risking a front line visit. well, the battle for the most important battle is now happening here in the east of the country and on bass. we are seeing the battle around sea over the net, which is around 60 kilometers from where i am standing now from, from a toss. and we are seeing multiple heavy fighting al

it's our ukranian land and we will fight for it. toys. harkey is slowly returning to some semblance of normality even if the war is not over. i said, beg, i'll jazeera hark. if will the governor of the hands glee gina sang, rushing, shelling is killed at least 10 civilians and several don. yes. for weeks, russian forces have been trying to season a city, but ukrainian special forces have now blown up russian occupied railway bridges, connecting it with robina, in an effort to slow their bonds. the army posted this video and telegram saying it shows one of the blas so there are done yet is a strategically important site and don bass just outside of separatist control territory. well, 3 people, one of them, a child have been injured in as strikes in the southern city of odessa you quite and says that rockets will 55 rushes army on monday. video released by the ukranian national police shows destroyed buildings. while one strike fell in the air. raid sirens have sounded frequently in a desperate recent days. city is home to a vital black sea port. russia saying that it's reached a deal wi

at amusement park rocked by missiles and harkey, ccd re footage captured these shocking images. ukrainian authorities see this was one of dozens of russian air strikes, an attempt to heighten the gremlins eastern offensive as ukrainian forces retake some villages in the harkey region. scenes of destruction, greed them. after spending 2 months under russian control residence are still in shock. dorm youth, we lived in the basement for 2 months. they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or drink. there was no water. we were getting dirty black water from the well and be drank. it took me a little bit more thought. it was a good early to the west in live. a bar plant was hit. russian authorities have confirmed the targeting infrastructure, including really be lines, dc. the west is using them to send arms to ukraine. to service the united states, and it's nate or allies continued to pump weapons into ukraine. bloomberg review any john sport off the north atlantic alliance that had arrived in the country's directory with weapons on what details

moving behind the path of destruction, north of harkey iv recent shelling destroyed this cultural center for local residents were receiving humanitarian aid. at least 2 civilians were killed in the attack. meanwhile in the west of her key of residence have started to return to what is left of their homes. this village was liberated emmy a few weeks ago. oh, lives your illusion of everything over all. everything is destroyed. good barrel look at the road or a little last year. the road was fixed and everything was getting better. yeah. but after the russian troops made darkness. oh, we came to rebuild our house. we need to live somewhere. we can't live in the subway forever. as residence, grappled with a scale of destruction here, at least there's hope, but the will will soon over north korea says it's 1st cove 19 outbreak is spreading rapidly. at least 27 people have reportedly died from the disease and at least half a 1000000 others have suffered from a corner virus like a fever. neither came john own has blamed the outbreak on incompetence within his party. he has long resisted interna

some villages in the harkey region, scenes of destruction, greed them. after spending 2 months under russian control, residents are still in shock. dorm. yes. we lived in the basement for 2 months. they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or drink. there was no water. we were getting dirty black water from the well and b jenkins took mobile no more thought. it was a good early to the west in love. if a bar blonde was hit, russian authorities have confirmed the targeting infrastructure including really be lines dc. the west is using them to send arms to ukraine. and more than 3000000 refugees from ukraine have arrived in poland since the beginning of the war. the majority are still in the country and many have found homes with poles. it took them in spontaneously, but now living space is getting scarce and many volunteers are exhausted. the polish government is demanding more money from the you to help into great refugees . a small gesture of gratitude for agnes. cuz sebastian, it's become a daily ritual. e

in the north and eastern part of harkey is seen here as a victory and also is seen actually as a way of saying, it seems like it's working that these military weapons that the military that arrives in ukraine seems to be working in the interest of the ukrainian forces. now of course we do not know if this is the reason why the ukrainian forces advance or whether it's just the fact that the russian forces rather being mobilized right now, the neighboring lu hands can do on your screen in the don bus region. what it should not be forgotten, even though that these villages towards the north and the north east. from the key from the city. santa ana recaptured and had been liberated by you. freedom forces, it shall not be forgotten, of course, that the civilians have been basically spending their life under ground for weeks and are now looking at was left from their homes. not to ignore the fact that they may be booby traps. they may be land mice scattered across a v. i area the streets where they are trying to look after what's left from their homes. the humanitarian tool is immense and

major gains. ukraine claims key victories on the eastern front line troops re taking villages near harkey, find a trail of russia destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st steps toward annexation of care, saw also coming up shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalists killed, covering, and is really read on a refugee camp. sharina i was in the occupied west bank, the broadcaster says the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces. israel's military chief maintains it's unclear who killed her. law says the abortion battle in the united states heats up. we'll meet one woman who has a personal stake in the issue ahead of a likely supreme court ruling to roll back pro choice stripes. ah, hi everyone. i am layla, iraq. thank you so much for joining us. we begin in ukraine where present vollmer zalinski says his country's forces are making gains against russian troops and have retaken several villages around the country. second biggest city har keith in the east. meanwhile, in the south, russian and sold officials in her san said, they planned to ask moscow to ann

from parts of hockey region, it does mean that the night may is completely over for the people in harkey, if and let's now get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines around the world today, at least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket and buffalo in the us state of new york. according to the police, the gunman entered the store with a rifle and open fire. witnesses say he were body armor and a helmet. the man has been arrested and the authorities are now investigating his motive. across the united states, thousands of people have taken to the streets and a national day of action to call for safe and legal access to abortion. demonstrators or voicing their outreach over a leaked draft opinion showing the supreme court is poised to overturn roe v wade. the landmark ruling that legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago and the wonderfully guys route for another season byron were already confirmed champions, which meant most of the drama on the last day came at the bottom. how to have berlin and stuart god were both hoping to avoid the dreaded relegation pl

the route harkey was too dangerous. yes, really. was really serious falsity. only the ones able to drive to hack have to pick up supplies, could find out what was going on. this is the back of beyond. people call this the neutral zone. it's not on one side nor the other inside nature. so far we've barely had anything to eat. you can go to court. let's see mia heads over to the villages, woman. well, my lord of her hasn't had running water for several weeks now. he has to walk about a kilometer every day to fetch it. at the well, he meets others estate behind their animosity towards the russians is growing. ya yahoo do sir, not only do i want him driven out a pull, i want them to be destroyed. you shall god to preserve and protect our soldiers, though do so so. but our convoy stopped once more on the way back to hockey runes and wreckage. as far as the i can see, the military spokesman wanted to tell us what happened here. just a few days earlier, delagarza legal in the convoy vehicles carrying civilians set out from here. they will sit on it a little. they wer

keith have been liberated from attacks by russians, but harkey. remember, is not exactly in the dumbasses bordering the region and in the don bass. russia has secured a lot of areas. it's cur. bombarding 23 cities, 23 towns and cities right now. and us intelligence kind of contradicts what we're hearing from british intelligence and ukrainians. and what they're saying is that it's become a stale made in the danverse and that we're likely to see a prolonged conflict there. he does his, i mean a safe reporting from levied. after weeks, thousands of civilians were stuck in the poor city of marian polo under constant bombardment. without enough food or water. ordinary ukrainians stepped in to evacuate and risking their lives as official efforts to get people out stoled he w spoke to one man. he made the hazardous journey yup. and most i understood that the city is under siege. i understood that nobody is driving there . now. i'm with my employees were there, and i just promised them i would company my friends and i were willing money to buy this bus.

the east and south of the country with some heavy fighting, also occurring near the major city of harkey and the neighboring village of moldova, among the people holding out in those places are natasha vladimir and the metro at the moment the ukrainian army controls the areas where they live, but they are now very, very cautiously trying to return to something like normalcy. ah, another russian missile could strike at any moment. thousands of hit this region in the past days and weeks were on a route east of harkey with ukrainian forces not far away from the front lines. the ukrainian soldiers are showing us the territorial gains meet in recent days, and the advances they're making against the russians. a video posted on social media shows the destruction of a state of the art russian battle tank. the soldiers proudly display the burned out . wreckage. loaded the guys found out that a convoy was on the road thought they were back there and then they ran out with rocket launchers and finished it off me with a few kilometers further on the villagers of my load of a of long been worried the

now why harkey is so important there if there was a 2nd pushback of russian forces around harkey is because it's in the east, but it's not part of the ardie russian occupied territories in the east. and as zalinski has already said before, he is offered a russia, a kind of ceasefire, if they would agree to go back to the territories that they already defacto controlled before the recent invasion. so those would be the terms for a peace agreement if they could push a russian forces back away from areas important ukrainian areas like harkey into the areas that have been under siege already since 2014, when russia 1st became militarily involved in ukraine and so i'm in a safe now you end monitor say more than 200 children have been killed in this war and will them 400 injured. and unicef says 92 thirds of ukrainian children have been forced to flee their homes account for internally displaced. people in western ukraine is trying to meet the needs of school age. children whose lives have been offended. a correspondent in manuel shall pay them a visit. it takes a village to raise a child and all

ukraine claims key victories on the eastern front line troops re taking villages near harkey, find a trail of russian destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st step toward annexation of parasite, also coming up, shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed covering and israeli reed on the janine refugee cap. shane arbor player was in the occupied west back. the broadcasters says the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces. israel's military chief maintains it's unclear who killed her. plus the abortion battle in the united states eats up democratic lawmakers make a pro choice, stand in congress ahead of a likely supreme court ruling to rule back abortion rights. ah. hello everyone, i'm layla her rock. it's good to be with you. we start our broadcasts in ukraine where present val laudermill zalinski says his country's forces are making gains against russian troops and have retaken several villages around the country. second biggest city, harkey in the east. meanwhile, and the south russian installed officials in her san se they plan to ask mosco

the russian army has apparently stops its advance in northern harkey. instead, focusing on guarding supply routes are sad, bake is in hockey and said this update on the ukranian say that the they've managed to push the russians back towards the russian border now, or the russians or anyone else. everyone else seems to think that this is the tactical withdrawal, but we've been in caregiver in the center of hockey right now. we've been here pretty much a few hours and i can tell you it's a massive change from when we were here just over a month ago. we haven't heard any artillery fire. there's many more people out on the streets, cafes and restaurants are open. this traffic on the streets. now this one is the law, 2nd largest city in ukraine. and last time we were here, we were told that one 3rd of the city's population had left that nowhere in the city were safe. now that situation has changed dramatically, but the governor of a harkey has said that many people are now returning to the city. although some of the outskirts, the villages and towns of hocke

and ukraine's president visits a frontline in harkey on his 1st trip. outside the cave region. since rushes invasion, ah well welcome to the program of thousands of flag waving israeli ultra nationalists of march through occupied east jerusalem during a deeply divisive parade which has left the city on edge. now. the annual flag march marks israel's illegal occupation of east jerusalem after the war. in 1967, the event is organized by ultra nationalists jewish groups and draws it huge numbers of chanting participants to the streets. last year's march ended with scenes of violence and led to israel's 11 day war on garza, palestinian factions had warned that this year's event could again reignite conflicts. so earlier is there any forces also dispersed palestinian worshippers who have protesting. after a splinter group of jewish ultra nationalists started waving israeli flags inside the alack some mosque. and now they see it as part of the group effort to change the state, the status quo of islam. that 3rd holy a site, some jewish who have she was she was also prayed at the most

and now give as well as har. har keith have been liberated from attacks by russians, but harkey. remember, is not exactly in the dumbasses bordering the region and in the don bass. russia has secured a lot of areas. it's cur. bombarding 23 cities, 23 towns and cities right now. and us intelligence kind of contradicts what we're hearing from british intelligence and ukrainians. and what they're saying is that it's become a stalemate in the don bass and that we're likely to see a prolonged conflict. there he does, he is amen. a thief reporting from levine, now at a meeting of nato. foreign ministers in berlin. secretary, generally, and shortened by delivered an up beat assessments and he cranes battle against invading russian forces. here's some of what he had to say. ukraine can win this war, ukrainians or bravely the fendy, their homeland russia war in ukraine is still going as moscow had plant. they failed to take you there pulling back from around there, major, offensive, and almost as sold. russia is not achieving if strategic objectives. frank lead, which is our regular milit

some villages in the harkey region, themes of destruction, greed them. after spending 2 months under russian control, residents are still in shock. dorm years, they lived in the basement for 2 months. they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or drink. there was no water. we were getting dirty black water from the well and be drank. it took me a little bit more thought. it was a good early to the west in live a power plant was hit. russian authorities have confirmed the targeting infrastructure including really be lines dc. the rest is using them to send arms to ukraine, and the more we can speak now to ruth diamond, she is a russia analyst at the department of war studies at kings college london. dr. diamond, welcome to d. w. can we start with the battle for the last holdout in mario, pull the as of style steel plot. now, tactically, this battle is like to be likely to be very different, isn't it? and difficult for russian forces who are trying to dislodge the ukrainian a forces who know the site very well

some villages in the harkey region, scenes of destruction, greed them. after spending 2 months under russian control, residents are still in shock. dorm use the lived in the basement for 2 months. they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or drink. there was no water. we were getting dirty black water from the well and be jacket mobile. so more thoughtful was, it was a good early to the west in live a power plant was hit. russian authorities have confirmed the targeting infrastructure, including re lines, dc. the rest is using them to send arms to ukraine. now while the ukraine war threatens to impact europe's energy supplies, it is also threatening other parts of the world. with acute food shortages, russia and ukraine are both major suppliers of wheat, cooking oil and other food staples exports. and now being disrupted, pushing price is higher and making food more on affordable for the world's most impoverished people. humanitarian relief is also being affected in 2021. ukraine was the largest single sour

keep in mind, harkey is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. so a lot of people in ukraine are looking for a kind of mirror image and what happened in kia, where a just weeks ago, russian forces were pushed out of the surrounding area and then decided to move all the way out east. so a lot of ukrainians are hoping that this sends a signal that russia will now have to give up its pursuit of har keith. it's located in the east, but it's not in the already controlled area. russian controlled areas of the don bass. so this is an area that russia really badly wants to control in order to get more than it already had in terms of the area that it had occupied at as of 2014. so zalinski has called this a turning point, but a lot of people are looking for more evidence that russia has really given up on taking ukraine 2nd largest city. harkey. phil, let's, let's turn our attention then to cast on in the south, which is occupied by russian troops. and we're hearing that the moscow appointed officials that are asking president putin to annexed the territo

and this is you can't underestimate how much this means for ukrainians. harkey is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. it was one of 3 major cities, including a key of the capital and mar, you pull in the south that came under instant attack by russians after the invasion . and now keith as well as har. har keith have been liberated from attacks by russians, but harkey, remember, is not exactly in the dumbasses bordering the region and in the don bass, russia has secured a lot of areas. it's cur. bombarding 23 cities, 23 towns and cities right now, and us intelligence kind of contradicts what we're hearing from british intelligence and ukrainians. and what they're saying is that it's become a stale made in the don bass, and that we're likely to see a prolonged conflict there. at a meeting of nato foreign ministers in berlin, secretary generally and tightened the delivered an update assessment of ukraine's battle against invading russian forces. his son, what he had to say, ukraine can win this war, ukrainians or bravely defending their homeland rushes war in ukraine is still going. as mosc

ukraine claims cubic trees on the eastern front line. troops were taking villages near harkey, find a trail of russian destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st steps toward annexation of her son, also coming up, shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed covering and israeli reed on the janine refugee camp. shane and he was in the occupied west back the broadcasters. as the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces, israel's military chief maintains its unclear who killed her class as the abortion battle in the united states up we'll meet. why, woman, who has a personal stake in the issue we're head of a likely supreme court ruling. will back pro choice, right? ah hi everyone, i'm layla, iraq. it's good to be with you. we open our broadcast with ukrainian president of a lot, emory zalinski saying his country's forces are making gains against russian troops and have retaken several villages around the country. second biggest city hart keith in the east. meanwhile, on the south, russian installed officials and harris on say they planned to ask mo

we acquired in soldiers defending the northern city of harkey, say they've reached the border with russia after driving invading forces back the defense ministry. shad this video of celebrations, a yellow and blue painted border marker video, has not been independently verified. archive is the 2nd biggest city and ukraine and his face heavy daily showing by russian artillery ukrainian forces of since regained territory. though russia says it's now focusing on the don't bass region further south. i big in harkey has more on this well, it shows that the ukrainians have many see the pushback the russian forces or that they've made the tactical recruit. and what that means, at least for the city of clark eve, here where i am right now, is that they can breeze the fresh air, the people out on the streets, the cafe, the opening up. i'm not far from the regional building that was bumped. i'm in this park where i can see children paying, which was not something that you could see a month ago. nato secretary general has stated that he feels that ukraine can win this war, that the russians plans ha

the governor of a harkey has said that many people are now returning to the city. although in some of the outskirts of villages and towns of hockey region where the russians have left, he fears that there still may be mines there. so he's asking people to be cautious . but again, her, her give seems to be dead. going back to some sort of normality love the robot has been cleared up from where the air strikes took place and there's not any shelling taking place. been east of the country or the battle continue. and the authorities there say that those fights and those, those battles between the ukrainian, the russian forces are very intense once an idyllic street on the edge of town. now, a giant crater, bricks and mortar ripped apart. this is all that remains after russian forces targeted the outskirts of blackmore in eastern ukraine, with many people's hearts and souls went to building these homes. the war has destroyed so many women. but some people are glad to be alive and grateful for what they have left from you. thank god, everything is all right. what is ther

major gains ukraine claims cubic trees on the east and front line troops re taking villages near harkey, find a trail of russia destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st steps toward annexation of care. saw also coming up shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed covering and is really wait on a refugee camp showing.

moving behind the path of destruction, north of harkey, eve recent shelling destroyed this cultural center for local residents were receiving humanitarian aid. at least 2 civilians were killed in the attack. meanwhile, in the west of her cave residence have started to return to what is left of their homes. this village was liberated any a few weeks ago. oh, yes, sure. allusion of, of the thing over over, everything is destroyed. good. but we'll look at road or a little last year. the road was fixed and everything was getting better. yeah. but after the russian troops made darkness. oh, we came to rebuild our house. we need to live somewhere. we can't live in the subway forever. as residence, grapple with a scale of destruction here at least there's hope, but the will. wilson over i spoke to t w's, mathias bonia in here, and he has more and how the ukrainian forces have pushed back russian troops from around give ah, since or 10 days or, or one week approximately the ukrainians have been able to push the russian forces back from the city, the russian forces had entered the territories north

well, a indeed in area says last, hersh as such as her harkey for her son, the ukraine, an armed forces have managed to regain some territory. oh, so we can say indeed that they are good to have made some advances. but the last and the last night, for example, was quieter than before with ukrainian authorities urging the population to still stick to her to go into the shelter when they are asked try alerts because they are expecting especially on may aids and me and 9 suites, russia cause it's victory, daddy, i expecting more offensive on from the russian side. now, emma ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been laying down. he has read lions for peace negotiations with russia. let's take a quick listen. only if the russians kill people who can be this changed get released or treated warmer or it doesn't matter if they are civilians or military or people see the fake kill them. there is no point in talking to russia on a diplomatic level. he's caught up with that. what you're shown is mish florida. me zalinski there. emanuel shes in la. viv, is this a sign of defiance from zalinski

comes as ukrainian forces report progress, pushing back russian troops from the north eastern city of harkey. some residents who let the fighting there have begun returning to their villages. but who was your home at last? tatiana has returned to her village for the 1st time in 2 months. but there's not much left of her house. her garden is littered with the aftermath of russia's invasion, touch on his goats, at least, survived the onslaught them that it would them you had russians are brothers though . i could never imagined anything like this, this aggression and destruction. and when i came home, i kissed the ground. now i have nothing more. where am i supposed to live in? what should i do? was your neighbors in that village weren't spared either. and also came back to find the piles of rubble where their homes. one stood but perhaps nowhere either ruins greater than mar you, paul. after weeks of relentless bombardment, russian forces and their separatist allies are now in control of almost all of the strategic port city. before rebuilding can begin, cruise must 1st clear massive amounts

at least 2 civilians were killed in the attack. meanwhile, in the west of harkey of residence, have started to return to what is left of their homes. this village has liberated any a few weeks ago. oh, yes sir. allusion of everything over over, everything is destroyed. good barrel look at the road or a little last year. the road was fixed and everything was getting better here. but after the russian troops made darkness, we came to rebuild our house. we need to live somewhere. we can't live in the subway forever. as residence, grapple with a scale of destruction here, at least there's hope, but the will. wilson over they doubly correspondent mathias bellinger is in here. we asked him if there is any further progress by ukrainian troops in clearing russian forces from around hockey . that's what we're hearing and the area that has been re taken by the ukranian troops now is quite large. we are even seeing observers are predicting that russia will withdraw completely, that as they have done in the areas around key of the situation was very similar. they are russian troops standing in the nort

but the thousands of people still sheltering in harkey is metro system. the war is far from over. after weeks of shelling that's left much of the city in ruins. some is scared to leave the safety of the underground hawk where she lives in our south. we are very afraid to go home, but there's so many explosions. so many bombs were very afraid by it's a lot of pressure. my others say that the worst seems to be behind them. long last year live we were finishing at the beginning. it was extremely hard and we were more occurs. there were a lot of people here, had a lot of destruction. we all felt defeated. and what were you now? we haven't heard bombs for the last 3 to 4 days when the children that we were frog . that's likely to be down to the ukranian counter offensive that seen soldiers retake nearby villages like this one north of hark eve with ukraine, claiming on sunday, the sum of its troops had even reached the border with russia and set up a new board post keeps gains in the region come, as it started putting western supplied heavy weapons into action. ukraine's army says this

attempt to heighten the gremlins eastern offensive as ukrainian forces retake some villages in the harkey region. scenes of destruction, greed them. after spending 2 months under russian control residence are still in shock dorm. if we lived in the basement for 2 months, they wouldn't let us out. we were sitting in the basement, we didn't have anything to eat or drink. there was no water. we were getting dirty black water from the well and be drank. it towed mobile no more thoughtful unless it was a good early to the west in live, a power plant was hit. russian authorities have confirmed the targeting infrastructure, including really be lines dc. the west is using them to send arms to ukraine. and we can cross now to the w correspondent in many ways shes who is in live if emma, let's start with these latest developments in and are you pull reports of heavy, facing at the as of style steel mill, as russian troops are said to be storming the plant, what more can you tell us? exactly. russia deny does that it's true, but where it was a storming to plan for did something that ukrainian author

major gains, your grand claims key victories on the eastern front. troops re taking villages near harkey, find a trail of rush and destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st steps toward annexation of her sod, also coming up, shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed covering in his railey weighed on the janine refugee cap. shitting.

after weeks of heavy bombardment, harkey breathed a sigh of relief. the ukrainian military claims to have driven russian troops out of the area around the country. second largest city. the shelling, according to regional authorities, has stopped. but ukraine's president says his forces still lack the means to tip the scales in their favor. meeting with a us senate delegation and key val loading mirrors. lensky once again emphasized ukraine's urgent need for more powerful weapons. republican leader, mitch mcconnell, leads the u. s. senate delegation on a stroll through kiff to show their support for ukraine's war effort. to me it was all smiles and hand shakes as they met with president zelinski aaliyah good and regular. well har, thank here. we know each other a little bit. yeah. but zalinski made it clear that smiles and hand shakes and polite small talk won't drive the russians out of ukraine. his armed forces need more long range artillery and strike aircraft to be able to hit russian forces and disrupt their supply lines. ukraine's general staff s

keith have been liberated from attacks by russians, but harkey, remember, is not exactly in the dumbasses bordering the region and in the don bass, russia has secured a lot of areas. it's curb bombarding. 23 cities, 23 towns and cities right now, and us intelligence kind of contradicts what we're hearing from british intelligence and ukrainians. and what they're saying is that it's become a stale made in the danverse and that we're likely to see a prolonged conflict there. russian forces fired at our hospital in sierra done yet on sunday. can you get us some more details about what happened there? ukraine said that 9 civilians were wounded in that attack on a hospital severe than yeske is in, within range of russian artillery. so it really puts a strain on the city. russia has almost completely surrounded there have been some gains by ukrainians, including the bombing of a temporary bridge over a river outside of that city, which was a major setback for russia. and they lost a lot of troops, but russia is really focusing on severe underneath. that's because it's the eastern, most city sti

much of a difference is that making as we've heard ukrainian troops say they've taken areas around harkey even are pushing russian troops back now. that is the 2nd largest city in ukraine, a very important area and not part of the russian occupied dunbar. so it's a very much a prized possession of ukraine. they want to keep that city and it's important for winning the war in the long term. and as us officials have said, artillery. so this is weapons that you can fire from the ground, like tanks and howitzers, which are coming from germany. they're going to be very important. but as we've also heard, this war could drag on for a lot longer than many expected at the very beginning, certainly longer than russia expected. and in that sense, humanitarian aid is going to be very important. a lot of people in the country are surviving just off of that. germany is one of the top suppliers of humanitarian aid, but a lot is coming from you countries, the u. s. and the u. k as well. and that is something that those imports need to continue in order for people to continue their lives. here, i'll be a

like in khaki. ukrainian troops are doing now very effective counter offensive operation here in harkey region, they have liberated so far, 5 religious and they are moving forward. russian troops to slow down their success. they have blown up 3 bridges in the region, but still this is a very good situation for the sea itself, because it means that their russian troops will not be able to show us intensively from the artillery the c d. and they have before and a by, by saying this, i also need to mention that there is a very heavy fight near you, which is also in hard to region. and russia is put in all their military capabilities. now they're to, to move forward to try to get control over as much territory over, hold on boss as possible. and we have every day and new information about ukraine and military and doing a great job by defending the territories in don boss. but still very heavy fights are on the way there. and the real one of the living conditions, like in the car, key at the moment to people have access to water, food, and electricity. it very much depends on the location in

and we spoke with harkey resident maria of diva, and asked her about the situation in the city with russia's. russian forces retreating situation is very fluid. ukrainian army is doing the read progress and that gives everyone here at home that the normal life will return to the seated. because today they will report that you praying and managed to push russia back even close to the russian border. and that means that the russian troops cannot use artillery as much as they used to to show the sea. but still, there is fear that russia will continue target to be seated by their long ranch. and when the ranch rockets and the from that started story of the russian federation bail sal. 3 how they have done, for example, was the smart at fact. so the possibility that people advised not to return to the seat at this moment and wait front for some time until the situation becomes more same. both ukrainian children have been largely out of school since russia invaded, but even under bombardment, some teachers and kids are trying to keep the learning process going. in the subways beneath the city of h