was crossover d, you correspond nick connelly, he's in chief. nick, tell us more about these overnight air strikes. so we've seen attacks not only on key of but also across the country and notably in the easton, at the pro regency of their public dot. and they're, they're pretty striking images of destroyed homes, destroyed infrastructure. we have recent reports from the authorities, if 25 casualties are not saying if those are fatalities or people who been wounded, but certainly it looks like a very heavy strike, as you mentioned, are key of in a much better position. the city that is privileged has much better ad offenses. and as such, there hasn't been any tangible damage. we just heard a lot of noise of the night as those rockets were shot down. now this is the 2nd wave of missile strikes nick on, on ukraine since friday. there had been a low in air strikes previously. why is russia intensifying its attacks? now? obviously that's what everyone is asking themselves. i think the basic and kind of most obvious answer is because they can, it real

so jennifer palka in riga and nick connelly in keith. thank you both at belgrade. well, police say they have arrested a 13 year old boy who shot his teacher in a classroom before opening fire on of a student's 8 students. some security guard who tried to stop the shooting were killed. the teachers believe to be in critical condition. the same you had schuessler wrote a list of people he'd tend to talking to the meticulously planned attack. ma shootings are comparatively rare in survey which has strict guns. a student who's inside the school describe what happened. now somebody or doll it, but apparently i was downstairs, we had sports class downstairs. i was able to hear the shooting nafrica. it was non stop. it was not like one shot at a time that it was shooting without stopping on the i didn't know what was happening as we were receiving some messages on the phone. some kids from the 7th grade class. when not replying, he said we were in real fear, didn't asked them, it's automatically, the automobile bit, the teacher meet at the shell to the children, locked th

so jennifer, jennifer palka and riga and nick connelly in k. thank you. both. bullets denial from vladimir savanski. i came during our meetings in finland with nordic leaders, who was greeted by the president of finland, which became at nato's newest member. last month. mister zalinski, scheduled to attend to summit with the leaders of sweden, norway, denmark, and iceland police and the german capital said that they're preparing for zalinski visit later this month. neither keith nor bullard have confirmed the plan is look at some more stories making news around the world. ukraine says at least 16 people have been killed in russian strife on the house on region. more than 20 others were wounded. hypermarkets and train station in house on city was shelled as some of the victims had been shopping for suppliers ahead of a 3 day locked down, ordered by authorities, which i say would enable them to route out pro russians by. a ruffian journalist, an activist, has been sentenced 8 years in prison. you must all plotting unrest and planning to seize power, roman,

a short while ago i spoke with our correspondent nick connelly into you. i asked him about the overnight miss allen drone attack switch, certainly being a sleepless night. phillips, people in cuba, but also across the country here in the capital. but anyway, that was more than 3 hours long. i live alone kind of gaps in between every time, peoples, i could go back to sleep and prepare for the working week. there was another large bang we understand according to those you create your own resources that full of the uranium build trans west shut down. but upstairs issue with every, when these trying to shut down over densely populated cities that often means fire as the damage to cause to housing, where they'll see it and they'll just so that was a bit of a different picture that you have at cruise missiles being used and damage in a much greater scale. they'll talk to us about bus move. nick moscow has agreed to deliver more ammunition to the parent military group wagner to continue with assault there, i understand. at the same time, we hear that church and s

nick connelly in the ukrainian capital. jennifer palka in reagan where d. w has been operating from since russian authorities closed on our moscow office . welcome both. let's start with unit conley. president, landscape denial. there couldn't be any clearer, but a cynic or indeed, a russian might say, well, he would say that, wouldn't me? well, yes and no fil, oversee. this is a big deal as present as he doesn't comment on these kind of things on a regular basis. but i think if you crane was behind these attacks and that was later proved that would be pretty bad for present. zalinski is internal credibility, as would be very high risk strategy tonight. if then that could then be relied to proven not to be in the case. i think this is about the fact that they are just very worried. they're worried that if you know the cancer sufficient, right, that ukraine is behind this, that lot western countries who been supplying ukraine weapons with the proviso that they can only be used on ukrainian territory. that that would cause more problems with further deliverie

and we talked earlier to did all the use to nick connelly and t f. i conclude to tell us more about what's happening there. well, certainly things aren't going as planned, full rush it in, but from what they've just in the last couple of hours had to admit the desks in combat of 2 high ranking offices. that is something pretty unusual assigned, but they're also have to send that command is up close to the front lines to try and sort this out to try and prevent what looks like a very damaging trend for them. american analysts have talk in the last couple of days. ukraine has returned more than 15 speculum to the territory in and around the back, which i don't think this is the beginning of the finding out defensive in that part of the country. that wouldn't be very logical, but this is an area that has seen fighting, basically since 2014 and where the russians have lots of defensive lots of trenches . but it certainly is assigned that ukraine is able to take advantage of these very obvious tensions between the russian army on the one hand. and those w

more of this, let's cross over to our correspondent nick connelly in t a. nick, how reliable are the casualties numbers released by the white house concerning russian soldiers and ukraine? while these are always numbers that are to be looked at with a lot of caution. these are historic, contained those american estimates being relatively conservative, but up to the they're not on the ground, not able to really fact check all of this. and in a war situation, neither side are publishing official numbers. lots of people are still counted as missing in action rather than actually deceased. so from the relatives don't get any kind of conclusive answers for months at a time. but it's certainly the case that back more has been the scene of extraordinary losses on the russian side. and no real sense there that the russian, a military command is in any mood to try and fight in a more kind of conservative, more cautious way that would reduce those losses. and we do believe that the ukraine losses ah, so different, but smaller by a significant weight than the russian l

let's go across to nick nick connelly. he joins us now from key of nick. let me ask you 1st about zalinski statement on the spring of offensive. he says that ukraine is not ready yet. do you see that as an admission of a set back for ukraine? think 1st of all, terry. it's important. take all these kind of statements during which i'm with a significant pinch of salt we saw last year before you cranes flash kind of flips, counter attack induced the country lots of very mixed messages coming out of key of so this might just be part of an efforts to distract and to confuse the russian commodities here on the ground in ukraine. but i think it is also part of and if it are in terms of expectation management, in wisdom, capitals, things are real fear here in key. if the, if you print isn't able to pick up as much text as hope that it will be a push to force ukraine to some kind of negotiations on rushes terms, some kind of new messaging coming in recent weeks from the west. about this be basically being ukraine's last jobs. so that's something that if they want t

so jennifer, jennifer palka and riga and nick connelly in k. thank you both we just heard from blah, blah, miss lansky, who's in finland for a meeting with nordic leaders. he was greeted by the president of finland, which became nato's newest member. last month of the tribe president is scheduled to meet us, is to attend a summit with the leaders of sweden, norway, denmark, and iceland. i'm police here in berlin say we're also preparing for visit of the credit present to the gym capital a later this month. and neither key nor birthing have confirmed the plot to get more from our politics corresponding to thomas are. welcome, thomas. what are you hearing about this visit by president that asking to berlin? well, several media outlets here in germany. phil have been quoting police spokespeople that have said that they are preparing for a possible visit by followed the muse lensky to germany. the following week. sir lensky is due to receive the charlemagne prize in the german city of atlanta. on the weekend of the 14th of may, it is unclear whethe

jennifer parker in riga and nick connelly in keith. thank you. buh bye to serbia, where police say they've arrested a 13 year old boy in connection with a shooting rampage to school in the capital bell. great. 8 children and a security guard were killed. lee say the attack was meticulously planned. i rested in the middle of the school yard just a couple of hours earlier. the alleged attacker walked into his own high school and to start shooting. the students head the terrifying shots from inside their classrooms. yes, and we are all it. apparently, i was downstairs. we had sports class downstairs, i was able to hear the shooting nafrica. it was non stop. it was not light, one shot at a time that i it was shooting without stopping. i didn't know what was happening to us as we were receiving some messages on the phone. some kids from the 7th grade class will not replying. he said, we were in real fear. residence in the central district of belgrade are shocked by what the mayor is calling a huge tragedy. has put his try to piece together what could

nick connelly there is in, in kia, nick, so how do you think the team speech will be seen by people in ukraine? i think there's a kind of collective he would say that wouldn't he response hearing q has to be said, i think many people watching live at least this is not something that is on people's minds. they obviously dealing with the consequences of these fairly. yeah. they rocket attacks on cuba and other citizen ukraine, but there is a lot of the co materials social media. it means about rushes isolation. ukraine sees west and the interest of leaders almost daily, and key evans that they've, they have the real sense that rushes have to really twist the homes of people like clinical pushing out from media and others to turn up for that to kind of parade on red square to stand on the attribute in that with patients who kind of make him look like to have some kind of depth in terms of his support. i think people are taking notes. the fact that he did stood up in person, but that village don't attack, hasn't seen him kind of scurrying for cover that is, i guess a sign of some kind of w

well, that's good of you from kids now with the w corresponding nick connelly. nick, uh, i assume that you've also been closely following zalinski is very warm. welcome here in berlin. what can you tell us about the perception of the ukrainian presidents europe, to where you are? certainly zalinski gets a welcome everywhere he goes these days. but this visit to building is special, given those tensions mentioned that by needing especially last year, over the visits to with the plans visit to kia by jimmy's presence time a. where that invite was rescinded, sending a last minute by the ukrainian side, lots of unhappiness from berlin, about that. lots of criticism from key if in the months that followed about germany's reluctance to hurry up, especially with sending weapons that really has changed in the last couple of months, there's a real sense here in key. if the jimmy now gets quite how serious he brings needs on his winning speed, things up and get out of the kind of normal bureaucratic mindset and timescales, the arrival of those german lifted 2 tanks, the ir

cheese mung, waited spring offense, straight about correspondent in the ukrainian capital, the nick connelly and k. welcome. nick rush claims that visa, british long range don't shadow cruise missiles. i've already been used to attack targets in occupied with hands. what's the ukraine in the military setting by this as well, they never comment on these kinds of things, but certainly experts pundits with very close ties to ukraine, your thoughts and screen minute treat. uh, basically talking about this as a fact, and we certainly seen pictures of a bits of these missiles with inscriptions in english that seem to look credible from that impact site in your hands. i think the real kind of game changer is clear from the fact that little hans is more than a 100 comments away from where the closest position of the ukraine army is as a result. visiting russian politicians have thought this was a safe place to take some pictures and to kind of get a bit of a sense for life on the front lines was not really risking that personal safety. and we've seen a member of, we're supposed to do my getting inju

by some british supplied weapons, are already making their mark, we asked our correspondents, nick connelly and keith about russia's claim that ukraine used british long range missiles to attack targets in occupied to hans, i think we can be confident that this is true. in this case, there's a convincing temporary found on the scene of the strike that's in scripts in english and other bits of a good that kind of a framework that expert said look, a lot like face cruise missile. and it certainly is a part of ukrainian turkey or by, by russian that the government, that the only has won't be able to hit so far. the target one of the targets that has been hit with the largest loss of life expected was talking about basically have been used by those progresses are present on since 2014. so basically ukrainians to be looked at it for the best part of 10 years. and we're unable to strike that target. and i think there's a real, you know, selling that. the russians just really didn't have this on their radar. didn't think that ukraine, we get this kind of weapons because there were even members of

a correspondent nick connelly is in cave and he has more on mondays attacks. well, as you mentioned, there are no casualties in here, but certainly a lot more activity. you. why did yoga fi than just keep all the 30 people wounded in the east? the country near the stiff new pro. it's believed they live near an industrial facility, and that this was kind of collateral damage, people suffering from smoking relation and also from the explosion windows being blown out of their frames. there wasn't more recently in recent hours. we've heard more detail about other attacks. other missiles in the west, the country near to middle, so we need ski. so it does seem like there is some kind of logic behind these attacks, but it does certainly comes as a shock after basically the best part of 2 months without attacks beyond the front lines and people here in cave. now very coach the fact that those area warnings are very serious indeed. meanwhile, the european union has struck a deal to resume imports of ukrainian agricultural products e u states bordering ukraine had been

a correspondent nick connelly is in kid and he has more on mondays attacks or as you mentioned, there no casualties in care, but certainly a lot more activity. you. why did your graffiti, than just give will the 30 people wounded in the east, the country near the city of new pro? it's believe they live near an industrial facility and that this was kind of collateral damage, people suffering from smoking relation and also from the explosion windows being blown out of their friends. there wasn't more recently in recent hours. we've heard more detail about other attacks. other missiles in the west, the country, there's a torment on so many ski. so it does seem like there is some kind of logic behind these attacks, but it certainly comes as a shock after basically the best part of 2 months without attacks beyond the front lines and people here in cuba now very coach the fact that those area warnings all very serious indeed and russia's crackdown on opponents of the war in ukraine has been well documented. but lately the kremlin has stepped up its efforts to stifle criticism, leading to wh

during johnson east amplewood for more on the grind deal, the deputy is nick connelly. keith explained to us why grand exports are an economic lifeline fee crime. and how the boy is impacting global grind shipments. it's quite 1st as yes this is chris. are you crazy calling, but i think it's almost as crucial to consumers around the world to really so prices skyrocket last year as those ukraine exports ground to a halt. you had seen last year, a farmer sitting on mountains of grain. they just couldn't get out of the country, no cash coming in, unable to buy fertilizers to so unprepared in new crow. this is crow. then you had shoes. choose the blackboard as people trying desperately to get it out by truck or by the river port. and none of those were really big enough. we'll have to kind of shape or anything that like the kind of capacity needed. now, yes, this is working, but it's nowhere near business. as usual, the russians keep using all the numbers. they have to try and delay these shipments . it's still much more complicated and expensive than it was before the war.

sure about those figures d, w correspondent, nick connelly and keith, thank you so much and rushes, crackdown on opponents to the war. and ukraine has been well documented, but lately the kremlin has stepped up efforts to stifle criticism, leading to what some are calling the widest campaign of repression since the soviet union. recent targets have included people alike, alexia crits, you over a university student who has put under house arrest for anti war post san social media. but as our next report shows, she's one of the lucky ones out of her shackles and on the run. alissa, clifford salva gets goose pumps. when she thinks back to the moment she freed herself from house arrest and fled from russia to europe. embarrassed as if it, if a right before i escaped, i was afraid because stupid, thoughts kept coming into my head. like what if this doesn't work and a rest me would i have to run for miles through the forest dylan yet. but she succeeded from bella. ruth alyssa was able to enter the e u by car to lithuania, where she was granted asylum. she knows of her escape attempt had failed. she

let's see w as nick connelly reporting from keith. and meanwhile, ukraine's military says it is making progress in the baffles of the eastern town as best moved, fighting has been raging in the town for months now. ukrainian forces say they all pushing russian troops back on the northern and the southern outskirts, but it inside buff note cranes foothold keeps getting slimmer, ukrainian troops paying a high price for the efforts to liberate the flashpoint city of buck moved the stones. it took a direct hit from a move to show, he says he's helm, it saves his life. on monday, the troops top commander said they made the 1st significant advances, despite having fewer resources and personnel than the enemies rushes. defense ministry acknowledged ukraine's attempts to capture territories around buck moved but denied. they had been successful this year to the north and south of the enemy made major attempts to break through. our troops, defends was repelled all attacks by units of ukraine's armed forces. with no break, there was no defense

a scheduled world war to victory day parade on the red square next week. needed correspond to nick connelly is in the ukraine in capital. and here's what he had to say about presents. alaska is denial and rushes reaction that old state makes a lot of sense. but equally when you look at previous attacks by drugs on russian soil attacks that most pundits ex but say a very lucky to be ukrainian ones present. let's keep, doesn't come out with these kinds of claims and come out with these kinds of announcements to the world basically. and if it was then late, it proved that these were indeed ukrainian techs that would be very, very embarrassing and very bad for his credibility, which he desperately needs to get weapons and other western support. in the past we've seen 2nd or 3rd as long grain for something wheeled out to kind of say, no, that wasn't task of and then you know, kind of disappear again into the isa. i think there was a real worry hearing key if that if lots of people in europe who are maybe worried about escalation, worried about selling your crime with homes. which believe that th

did up the course london, nick connelly's in the ukrainian capital. he is what he had to say about present. zalinski is denial, and the russian reaction that obviously makes a lot of sense. but equally, when you look at previous attacks by drones on russian soil attacks that most pundits experts say are very lucky to be ukrainian ones present. lensky doesn't come out with these kinds of claims, doesn't come out with these kinds of announcements to the world, basically. and if it were then later proved that these were indeed ukrainian techs that would be very, very embarrassing and very bad for his credibility, which he desperately needs to get weapons and other western support. in the past we've seen 2nd or 3rd echelon, grand officials being wheeled out to kind of say no, that wasn't us. gov and then you know, kind of disappear again into the isa. i think there is a real worry hearing here that if lots of people in europe who are maybe worried about escalation, worried about supplying ukraine with alms, would believe that this was a ukrainian attack o

numbers of dental building. recent days have seen a flurry of russian ass strikes. corresponding to nick connelly is in cave until we through last night's events. so you're working about 3 in the morning local time by an old mag cheap bang. and it went on with incredible density and kind of intensity for about 1015 minutes and then it was over. so normally, when these attacks happen to that kind of drawn out over maybe an hour or 2 with things every 101520 minutes. but this was a mess. attack i'm seen, attempt to trying to overwhelm ukraine's at defense is by sending a lot of different weaponry. at the same time, i felt like it was on a movie set. it was so bright in my apartment, despite having a cut and disclosed it was just extraordinary allows you had the sound of pulling debris sounded like last buckles being thrown out of the window and the windows were shaking. and then basically as quickly as it began, it was over. so this was definitely very different to the normal experience here and to you have, and you have people in social media trying to look out what's going on, trying to talk to f

i spoke to dw correspondence, nick connelly and k. as in donated jones and a stumble, i asked don in if the tech is president that explains why the dealer and go sign with less than 24 hours to go. it was the one duty saves too much. he made the announcement to the new address to the nation. he said that uh, this deal had been extended for another 60 days. he thanked ukrainian, russian officials and united nations secretary general and stress that this is an impulse and pull the world's food needs. now uh, it was expected that this deal would go down to the wire was very dramatic. the last ship on to the previous agreement had set sail from ukraine. there were no more ships setting sail until this extension had been reached. and there was very minimal, very much on last minute negotiations, but the, there was always this expectation mosca would take it to the why, but few people expect them to end the deal as this is one of the few pieces of leave of international leverage that marcia has on the well, i'm gosh, it does have some of th

nick, thank you very much, shar corresponded nick connelly in the screening capital key and we have some breaking news coming in from germany today. pub, multiple police officers and firefighters had been injured in an explosion and a residential building in west, in the western german town of, rotting, in a report say the explosion occurred as firefighters or trying to enter an apartment in the building. a large scale police operation is underway, police sharp shooters are also on the scene to offer the latest on those bragging story. let's bring in benyamin alvarez gruber, our corresponded ben. you mean, what more can you tell us to police officers in 10 fire fights is what heard in these explosion that happened to the residential building. and so you just set into that thing and it's close to the german city of this adult and north room was failure. some of them were injured very seriously. that's information that the state into administer. habitable oil gave it during a meeting with other politicians. it is still unclear what exact the cost is incidental police folks. women at the sc

correspondent nina has a very thank you, a hold of you from my ts, i asked dw correspondence, nick connelly how your brain ends responding to the one. welcome savanski received here in berlin. certainly zalinski gets a welcome. everywhere he goes these days, but this visit to building is special. given those tensions mentioned that by needing especially last year over the visits to where the plans visit to camp by jimmy's punch timeline. where that invite was rescinded, sending a last minute by the queen size, lots of unhappiness from berlin, about that. lots of criticism from kiff in the months that followed about germany's reluctance to hurry up, especially with sending weapons that really has changed in the last couple of months. there's a real sense here in key. if that jimmy now gets quite how serious he brings leads on, he's waiting speed things up and get out of the kind of normal bureaucratic mindset and timescales. the arrival of those german left, the 2 tanks, the irish t and t across the mt ad drone and miss all systems have really made a difference. and especially now this annou

was some loftus and giggling the john for the shows, which you don't see that's often either use nick connelly in key or thank you so much for your reporting. it is. look now at some of the other stories making news around the wealth. cycling will cost is lashing the coastline along the border of me on the and bon gladish authorities evacuated. 400000 people ahead of the john storm. a groups have warned us to be a consequences for cox's bizarre of assigned to the world's biggest refuge account, which lies on lucas ponce talk. it sounds from a prime minister in ron connors, quoting on his supporters to hold the nationwide protest. he also said he will resume his public, raleigh's staffing wednesday concert with earlier this week sparked violent clashes between his paul lewis and security officials. he was released also the supreme court into the after days of fighting between israel and palestinian islamic jihad militants and gaza. as these fire mediated by egypt has taken effect, it comes off to a 5th day of hostilities and thousands of this. the islamic jihad militants fired more than a 1000

leave the country when the russian government shut down our office in moscow and our correspondent nick connelly joins us live from to you. welcome to you both. we'll start with you emily. if you listen to put in speech, we listen to it together. what stood out for you. what we heard from him, you know, about honoring the memory of the soviet soldiers who fell during what rational calls the great patriotic war. but i think the parallels to now, to current events and to what russia calls the special military operations were particularly interesting. put in, talked about this to being a decisive battle for the homeland, for the russian homeland. just like world war 2 was even called it a secret battle. he painted it very much as russia defending itself. and i think it was interesting, you know, we heard in this quote just now that russia sees itself is fighting as neo nazis. they've portrayed this fight against your brain as i, spite to denounce if i ukraine. but overall, i think pollutant kind of shifted the blame to the west more than to ukraine by saying that ukraine is essentially hostage to t

just let's talk more about this announcement with our correspondent nick connelly and keith and w as russia analyst, roman go. sure. and go to joining us from bon roman. let's start 1st with how credible this announcement is. help us understand how seriously we should take it. well, we should take it very seriously. this is an, an escalation that is unprecedented so far. so we had heard a criticism by mr. per gorging of the russian defense ministry for months now. but what you're seeing in the past 24 hours is interested in that. so i actually them a few hours ago, he published a video showing corpses of soldiers saying those were killed just a few hours ago, many purposes from many, dozens of them. he also used very strong language and, and named personally the russian defense minister sag issue. and the, the who's is deputy head of the russian general stuff. mr. let it get asked him of blaming them for starving. his wagner, a group of munitions. so um it is a very big escalation, so he's claiming he's not receiving. he's receiving only 30 or even 10 percent of what he needs. we can

research fellow at the berlin based center for east european and international studies. joyce and nick connelly reports from ukraine for dw, and he joins us today from kids. great to see you again, nick, and let me start with you and ask you what signs you are seeing there on the ground . that in fact, this, along the way the counter offensive is, is, is now a pending well, we all finally seeing lots of those things on ukraine's wish list in terms of western weapons. finally arriving at different systems. those tanks that we've just, you know, on everyone's minds 4 months and see me, no progress coming. that finally is materializing as for actual kind of actions of the ground. we've seen a bit of an attempt by the cranes to attack coercion positions on the other side. of the new port river from capstone, but very little in the way of a full scale attack. i think the expectations just on mounting and everyone feels like the granting government now is under siege pressure to deliver some results these explosions uh in occupied crime. yeah. what's behind that? i think this is about disrupting rush

last, i corresponded nick connelly in keith to give me more detail about these attacks. well, as you mentioned, there no casualties in here, but certainly a lot more activity. why did geography than just keep all the 30 people wounded in the east, the country near the stiff new pro. it's believed they live near an industrial facility, and that this was kind of collateral damage, people suffering from smoking relation and also from the explosion windows being blown out of their friends. they're also more recently, in recent hours, we've heard more detail about other attacks. other missiles in the west, the country near term it on the so we need ski. so it does seem like there is some kind of logic behind these attacks, but it does certainly comes as a shock after basically the best part of 2 months without attacks beyond the front lines. and people here and key of now very coach the fact that those arid warnings are very serious indeed. yet why is russia now intensifying those attacks given this law that there's been what i think most kind of experienced analysts the most

a short while ago i spoke to our correspondent nick connelly in chia he told us more about these overnight air strikes across the country. ah, well, we have had reports from the east of the country from near me pro of 25 casualties . they haven't said it's, these are fatalities of people who be wounded. so evidently, not all the countries as well defended as give, as he mentioned their cave without any major impact from these attempted strikes. they were all shut down of the keep. the city is privileged, obviously, in terms of the air defenses that it has. but everyone scratching their heads had trying to understand why these russian attacks have started. once again. we had basically a month and a half without major cruise missile attacks away from the front lines and looked stainless the st. probably. it's just because the russians can, they were really running out of missiles, of those attacks, of the energy system here over the ultimate, the winter. when they picked up, those missiles had been shut down. it seemed that they had been produced very recently and taking to the frontlines ba

russian side, especially since things aren't going by with them on the back. filled it up because nick connelly in keith. thank you very much. i to mean, while ukraine's military says it's making progress in the battle for the east and town of box mode fighting has been raging in that town for months. ukrainian forces say that now pushing russian troops back on the northern and southern outskirts bought inside baltimore to prince foothold keeps getting slimmer, ukrainian troops paying a high price for the efforts to liberate the flashpoint city of buck moved the sold. it took a direct hit from the most to show. he says he's helm, it saves his life. on monday, the troops top commander said they've made that 1st significant advances. despite having fewer resources and personnel, the net enemies, rushes defense ministry, acknowledged ukraine's attempts to capture territories around buck moved, but denied they had been successful. this year to the north and south and the enemy made major attempts to break through. our troops defends was repelled all attacks by units of ukraine's armed forces. no br

as always our corresponding nick connelly. they're in the training capital team. now moving on to sudan and representatives of the countries rival fractions are meeting for cease fire negotiations and the saudi coastal city of jetta. international mediators, hopes, is cure a lasting peace. even this fighting continues, incidents capital hard to the conflict between the cities army and the rival rapids support forces. her a military group is now entering its 4th week un, has born of a looming humanitarian crisis due to a tax on medical facilities as well due to the war, tens of thousands of fled sudan into neighboring countries. but not everyone has the opportunity to find safety dw spoke to a mother, stuck in cartoon. here's what she had to say. some people, since they weren't immediate danger, their homes had been attacked or they were forcibly evacuated by security forces in areas and heavy, showing the residents were told to leave. in other areas, the people found that they were going to be in the middle of ongoing arm conflict and to avoid coming for the whole

i asked correspondence, nick connelly in keith. what would happen if wagner forces date, withdrawal from best mode? it certainly means the end of any further russian defensive f. a. now basically all the dangerous missions which basically have involved wagner trips being thrown at very well defended for the most part. ukraine positions choose little slice that within end the russian regular army doesn't seem to be in any moods to conduct the same kind of operation. they may be able to hold on to what they already have, but those remaining 15 to 20 percent estimate is on the bottom of that is that remains in your, in your hands. i think that would stay as it is. we could see basically what was the kind of dynamic movement the ending. and i think that would be a huge blow by what was the only prospect of a victory that letting approach and had since basically the summer of last year. and they were desperate to have something to show to their own population for the loss of life. and if things end up with you brand new flags still abou

w as nick connelly, who joins us live from keith. if emily, if i can stop with you, you listen to president putin speech, give us your thoughts off to listening to the speech about what he said, what, what stood out for you in particular. well, like every year he talked about the huge sacrifices that associated people made in fighting against nazi germany. that really appeals to the emotions of a lot of people in rush. i think the insidious thing about these speeches is that put in uses them to kind of leave that history of the soviet people into what's happening now. so he talked about the present invasion of ukraine, which she calls a special military operation. he talked a dress directly, even the soldiers fighting there. and he talked about this now also being a decisive battle. he called as a defensive bottle, despite the fact that russia actually attacked ukraine. he said that russia is defending itself from what he, uh, portrayed as a west that his encroaching on its territory. so kind of, you know, twisting the sacks and mixi

it's not so much for the federal award that and we're now joined by dw, corresponded nick connelly who's standing by in t. if uh, make this announcement by the box in a group. what does that tell us about the power struggle in, in, in moscow? this is a whole new level of publicity, of openness about these struggles of these conflicts that we have known about quite some time, but which were largely kind of under the radar. they were going to in direct signals, signs that this was happening, but this is the kind of full domestic arguments taken to the russian public and will die in public, through the publication of this video from virginia. pretty gordon. and i think it really is very bad news for russia. it's one thing that i appreciate, it has a stress to historically of trying to kind of play different parts of a security services his government out against each other to prevent any one plan becoming too strong. but this really is something that could potentially really hit russia's ability to project force in ukraine. and you called when you see that both of the, both sides of that ru