nick conley is in the eastern ukrainian city of hockey. and earlier he told us how people on the ukrainian side view, the votes being staged in russian hill territory. we're here in had given you crank control territory. it isn't really much of a topic. people here are basically resigned to this being a foregone conclusion. they don't see it really change anything. they're definitely not going to see their government changing its behavior and somehow leaving off trying to regain these areas. just because russia claims that this is now russian held territory. we've even heard some russian leaders kind of talking about the numbers that they expect to happen. the seemingly hinting at what the result is going to be. even before people go to the polls as the people on the ground in rockford, ukraine, we can't get them. we basically not be able to get lessons 2014 since russia stoked those separatist campaigns in the east there. so what we can see on social media is not a huge amount in the way of enthusiasm. not a lot of discussion of these vot

w correspondent, nick conley. good to have you both. nicholas start with you on the day russia is illegally annexing parts of zap parisha, russian forces, fire a missile at a at a convoy killing civilians. what can you tell us about that attack nick? well for now we're getting information from the cranial thirty's in support. asia, and it seems like the death toll is set to rise. we're hearing about 25 casualties rather than 23. and about 60 plus injured where previously talk was about 50. i think there is a lot more to come. the image is come out of the bridge are pretty start to lot of calls with basically full of holes and shrapnel bits of broken glass everywhere because not destroyed, assuming this was true, the pressure wave ukrainian torture saying that this was the result of 16 missiles . there's really a very rare occurrence hitting one location, essentially on the edge of upward asia. these were missiles that were normally you would be used for antiaircraft systems, but in russia not having enough weapons

with more, let's speak to dw corresponded nick conley, his chip, nick, the occupying authorities and so on say they can hold their plan extension annexation. reverend, rather for security reasons, is this assign. nick, that ukrainian forces are making headway in their efforts to retake us on i think it definitely is. we didn't really ever have a concrete date, but we did understand they wants to hold this referendum, which really reminds us of what russia versus playbook was in crime. me a back in 2014, around kind of the middle of this month of september. i don't think they are going to give up on trying to do that, but certainly for now that is normal because it's just too hot right now in the headstone, seemingly hourly shelling of russian positions that by you. craig, lots of video on social media, very difficult to verify of attacks on russian western suppose, but also on the infrastructure on the bridges across the new pro river. i think it's important to remember that this is a very localized offensive. this is just about the west bank of the pro river, the small section of te

and he's an update on the investigation into those mass grades for from our correspondent nick conley. in hockey. there still there, the investigation, this is on going out. he's going to take some time before we have any more in the way of kind of overarching figures. and michael ligman, else has was there just few days ago when she was there, the body of an 8 year old man was being viewed with the obvious signs of torture and lots of other stories of this kind of copy of the last few days as well. as the people who died, presumably when this was taken by reason for so died during fighting shelling rather than being targeted. but there are stories of this kind kind of coming out from all across this region. people who are in prison for weeks on end. people have disappeared and hadn't been found. people who tried to get safety and whenever heard from again. and the major problem right now is the fear of mind. so there are lots of places where people expect to find the remains. people who've been missing since those russian force came here, but it's just too dangerous to go there. have

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w correspondent, nick conley in hockey, in the 8th of ukraine. welcome nick. as was, until we know how these people die, the suspicion will be that these mass graves in is him, constitute more evidence of russian war crimes. well, definitely it, there is little to say that somehow those russian troops who were in his room for 5 months, we heard that would somehow have behaved very differently to what we've previously seen. cause to key a place like butcher. and it appeared in terms of the way they behave towards civilians has to be said there, there are reports in the ukraine press right now that it is believed the least. a part of these bodies belong people who lost their lives during shelling of the city . these things take a long time when you think back the spring, when those cities closer to key of were freed, were recovered by the cranium forces. it took weeks and weeks for their for the ukrainian thirty's. for all the kind of a judicial organs to get involved, steward to those dna, analysis of the people there. and also to trying to track down their rel

thanks for your reporting, nick, nick conley and clark. if iran's president has vowed to investigate the death of a young woman in police custody massa, i mean he died after she was arrested for allegedly not wearing a headscarf property. the case was or has ignited a wave of violent anti government protests in iran. with state television reporting, the death toll could be as high as 17. ah, d, an unprecedented emitted it onion 15th, inconspicuous death. despite the use of force by police, people continued to come out onto the streets. the debt of martha amin sparked, distorted women, and the at the thief dictating a strict just goat back. now the cause has become bigger. many men have joined. do they want the good and dieter ship to go? defeat is fighting back cut. did our reports of security forces fighting, metal pellets and deer guests? many have been killed in the clash of the italian leadership attempt to quote anger, had so far been unsuccessfully travelling force that i contacted her family, the family of the deceased at the very 1

the w correspondent, nick conley and keith told me, it feels like that. why think that destiny is the mood here in cave as glossy days? bessie being kind of shocked, amazement at the speed of this. i think even lots of kind of a, unless close to government here, couldn't quite imagine this happening in this time frame. there are some russian troops in the can far eastern part of high kibbler as we understand still hanging on. but the most part, this is now all firmly under ukrainian control. it seemed like the russians didn't put up much fight, but just dumped everything had dumped. lots of high tech kit, even with instruction manuals left, didn't even bother to destroy it, let alone take it with them and ran for the russian border and put your number though that had give as low. and along with this region is directly on the border with russia. so it should russia collect more resources, rebuild its forces. that danger is there, you know, all the time. and people as if i give a very well aware that, you know, they're 45 kilometers away from the border. si

a correspondent, nick conley in, hawkins says, ukrainian or authorities now face the task of piecing together the circumstances behind those mass graves. well, definitely, if there is little to say that somehow those russian troops who were in his room for 5 months, we heard that. but somehow have behaved very differently to what we've previously seen, close to kia place like butcher, and it appears in terms of the way they behave toward civilians. has to be said, though there are reports in the ukraine press right now that it is believe the least a part of these bodies belong people who lost their lives during shelling of the city. these things take a long time when you think back to the spring when those cities closer to key of were freed, were recovered by the cranium forces. it took weeks and weeks for the, for the ukrainian authorities, for all the kind of a judicial organs to get involved, steward to the dna, analysis of the people there, and also to trying to track down their relatives. it's important to him, a lot of people from this part of ukraine have either fled deep into

thanks for your reporting, nick, nick conley and clark. if a brief look now at other stories related to russia's invasion of ukraine, germany's parliament has been debating, stepping of military support, including sending tanks for ukraine. the discussion has exposed cracks and the governing coalition. the greens and liberals favor more military assistance, but center left to chance for all of shots insists germany should keep in step with its nato allies. a pro government newspaper in hungary says, prime minister victor, or ben wants the you to lift that sanctions against russia. by the end of the year, the newspaper it says or been made the remarks at a closed door meeting of his ruling. c dash party sang sanctions only damage europe's economy. 50 letty will long queues at the border cell dive flights to foreign destinations. latimer hooton's conscription drive to bolster his forces in ukraine is being met with resistance in russia. more than 1300 people have been arrested at nationwide protests, many men of draft age are leaving the cou

that next date of the correspondence, nick conley, in hoc, if is look at a couple more stores making headlines around the world. european union's foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, has announced that the block will impose an 8th set of sanctions against russia. the decision follows an emergency meeting, a foreign ministers, reacting to the kremlin disorder to mobilize reservists. earthquake has struck western mexico killing at least 2 people near mexico city, official se damage and lance lives have been reported in the state of mitchell. a can you and bout court in cambodia has upheld a genocide conviction against the last surviving leader of the camera room. regime, a cue, some fun was jailed from life over the mass killings and ethnic minority vietnamese . or under 2000000 people were killed during the command lucia's rule in the 1970s state television says 17 people have been killed during the week of protest. so the death of a woman arrested by iran's morality police, a mazda, a meanie, was held for allegedly, fighting to whether he job properly protest or the biggest iran has

to tell you is nick conley is in hockey than he gave us. this updates on the high saying and ukraine's east, ah, for i get that you might be hearing you crazy slant from the background there. that something that is part of everyday life here every morning at 9 local time, asked the flighty, well, even here had keith, you are not totally removed from this. there are lots of arid warnings. lots of missile strikes pretty much every day. so if you really following those warnings or in the cellar in your place of safety a couple of times every night, further away from here to woods, where most of those fighting about fighting is still going on. we are seeing the plains making slow but steady progress, nothing on the scale and the speed of what happened and previous weeks, but they are pushing back russian forces in the northern part of dumbass, which is a lot far away from here because they basically cut off the russians from their supply lines, they cut off their logistics hubs. i'm and it seems like they are now moving the direction of civil d

ok, thank you for w correspondent that nick conley and keith. when you're trying to deploy more advanced weapons in it's pushed back against russian forces, presidency landscape says ukraine has taken delivery for sophisticated air defense system called ne fams from the us. russia currently controls around 15 percent of ukraine. and as we just heard moscow's preparing to formerly, amex, of those areas of following those so called of referendums, or tim ripley is an author, journalist and ministry expert based in london. welcome to d. w. i'm tell us about these ne, sam's weapons systems. why are they such big news? was these are weapons isn't made in norway by the new asian can becomes burg, incorporation with the u. s. missile company raphael. and they've incorporated the air to air missiles that normally go on f. 16 and year, a fighter aircraft into a ground based system they have until the around missile, which has a range between 20 and 40 kilometer. so it's quite as of quite a powerful weapon for shooting to an aircraft. and it has a radar s

nick conley is in key of here's what he told us about that attack on the convoy of vehicles. what we've been hearing from you 30 is there that the number of wounded has risen to 50. it was previously thought to be just under 30 m. i think the important thing to bear in mind here is that this was basically a crossing point between ukrainian held territories of felicia and the russian occupied part of as up at asia. the people in those cars that we've seen on pretty gruesome images of social media. it is believed we're heading, chalked by charity to pick up relatives and friends, and to bring them back to ukraine. mean controlled territory. also some humanitarian aid there. what you can see on the pictures, there's a sense that lots of these wounds and injuries will have been through shrapnel, through bits of broken glass. the cars that are seen on the pictures are not destroyed for most bob, but are just full of holes windows all blown out. so very, very distressing him just coming out of there through ukrainian stories. also saying that russia launched of 16 missiles, which i

i correspond to nick conley is in hockey, and he says ukrainian authorities now faced the task of piecing together the circumstances behind those mass graves. or what we've been hearing from the region is that some of these people are believed to have been killed to have lost their lives during artillery during shelling of their town. but the bigger picture is that we don't have any real indication that the russian army seagly change its behavior towards civilians compared to what we saw earlier in the year. the spring around kira basically had been in butcher. so definitely there is that expectation of lots of gruesome discoveries and new mass graves to come in villages that have been recently liberated from russian forces. we came across people talking about people who've disappeared just basically it have not been seen for weeks and months . people who tried to get to ukraine, controlled territory through the russian lines and who lost their lives and whose bodies not been recovered. so there's definitely a sense that there is a lot more a lot more gruesome and sad discoveries ahead. a

the correspondent ne conley joins us now from that eve, nick, ukraine says it has recaptured around 20 towns in the northeast. it's advanced all the way to the russian border. that is this a turning point in the war? is that what we're seeing here? well, this definitely is a big deal. this is definitely the biggest change, the frontlines we've seen in months. and it comes to really crucial time where even some of ukraine's most of what's for t as in europe in north america, were kind of getting convinced that this was gonna be a stalemate. that this would basically stay where it was with kind of position warfare going on. and that basically it was maybe time to come, some kind of compromise, maybe strive fries this conflict. and now this has really proven that ukraine is able not only to defend successful, but also going to offense that russians army is defeated will. and that even with only a kind of partial charge of west weapons, far less than the rank of it has been asking for that care of is able to very effectively send those russian forces in a kind of panic retreat. we've seen