and from young phillips schultz. let's take a look now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin as ordered a major build up of his country's military. he saw the decree to increase the number of troops by 137000 or 13 percent after 6 months of fighting in ukraine. western officials estimate of the 70000 russian troops, i think, killed or wounded last year has torn down a large monument, dating back to the soviet era. the 79 meter obelisk in the capital riga had become a railing point pro kremlin supporters. in view of the ukraine war, the latvian parliament has voted to remove all remaining soviet statues and plucks fighting in ethiopia between government forces, antique ryan rebels has resumed after a truce help for 5 months. the conflict in the north began in 2020. it's left thousands did. it also triggered a humanitarian crisis. fees in it, your peer was fragile to begin with. but hopes of a loss in cruise was shattered. and he, early on wednesday. when rebels

well, to bay un secretary general is in ukrainian port city of odessa dw corresponded young phillips schultz. is there covering that young fellow? what's antonio guitarist doing in odessa a year in odessa, the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so called grain. the less, you know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago that and abel's, the resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes. and a data is the biggest ports in ukraine, really vital for the ukrainian or economy. so a very symbolic, a very important place and, and some me to, in some minutes there will be a press briefing here in odessa and the secretary general wrote probably talk about his impressions himself. not getting that grain deal in place. saw was quite a diplomatic breakthrough. is that grain deal working is plant so far? it's working a round 30 ships have been able to leave ukrainian ports in the past weeks carrying tens of thousands of grain around the worlds. the importance of, for ukraine, of this deal really can't be over estimates at a lot of people. really appreciate

and earlier our correspondent jan phillips schultz in cave, explained the reaction to the death of daria davina in ukraine. amend has immediately denied any kind of involvement, a top adviser to president lensky. immediately went on tv and said that ukraine has nothing to do with the bombings in. instead, he, he blamed internal power struggles in russia. of course, the sadness regarding the killing is very limited. here in ukraine is considered the top and then me by many people here in ukraine, and many western countries sanctioned her because of because of the lies. and she spreads about about ukraine and the war in ukraine. at the same time, there are fear sierra of ed, so the bombing could be followed by x of revenge. and as we heard before, some prominent figures in moscow have already called for some sort of retaliation of checks on keith. and here's a quick look at some other stories making headlines. u. s. president joe biden has joined the leaders of the united kingdom, france, and germany, and a call to address safety at nuclear sites in ukraine. they welcomed the international

will they doubly correspond that yon phillips schultz traveled to chup lena and says he saw no evidence to support russia's claims about the attack. it's a thin of horror and destruction here at the train station of tub, lena 25 people died. a lot of been in the train behind me when russian missiles hit the place on ukrainian independence day. local say it was an act of terrorism. russia says, 200 soldiers died on b a take, but there are no indications of this here on the ground. the knob are very dark day for ukraine half a year after the war started. and from young fil philip shots, let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines, they sell and go as a national election commission says the ruling impeach. lay party is on course to win the general election that party of president 0. i'll lorenzo as 51.7 percent of the boat. with nearly all the ballots counted. and gold mine opposition party earlier claimed it was in the late russian president vladimir putin assorted a major build up of his country's military. he signed a decree to increase the number of troops by 1370

and our correspond and yon phillips schultz is. and keith, earlier, he explained ukraine's tactic of mirror confirming nor denying responsibility for attacks on russian targets on the crimean peninsula. even though ukraine has not claimed direct responsibility for any incidents in crimea. senior officials have implied involvement. the ukrainian military, for example, published a video showing an explosion, but they refused to give any further explanations on it. it's obviously part of the ukrainian strategy at the moment. not to bro, provide any details about a possible military operation in the region, but to leave plenty of room for interpretation. crimea is probably one of the most symbolic places of the war and many ukrainians. welcome possible attacks on russian military infrastructure in the region. it's a region that has been occupied by russia for the past 8 years, and sir president, sir lensky has repeatedly made it clear that for ukrainians any efforts to win the war or any efforts to take bag occupied territory must alwa

christina young phillips schultz, who is joining us from keith and phillip ukraine's president. soleski said it might have been incompetence by russian troops that caused the detonations in crimea. is this palm of ukraine's current tactics? yes, it looks very much like it that it said the tactics at the moment to create some degree of confusion. president lensky has repeatedly urged his senior officials not to reveal too many details about military operations. and so some military analyst that i have talked to recently say it actually makes a lot of sense to try to spread a maximum of confusion and fear on the russian side regarding the incidences in crimea at the moment. of course, nobody really believes that it's been a strange series of accidents and son, ukrainian senior officials have implied that there has been some kind of ukrainian involvement and it from a military perspective. of course, it makes a lot of sense to, to try to catch our for supply lines and, you know, crimea now other people left in crimea who are actually loyal to ukraine. yes, yes, of course. i mean, legally,

i spoke to the w, corresponded young phillips, schultz, and if and asked him if this kind of statement was part of ukraine's current tactics. yes, it looks very much like it that it, sir. the tactics at the moment to create some degree of confusion. a president lensky has repeatedly urged his so senior officials not to reveal too many details about military operations. and so some military analysts that i have talked to recently say it actually makes a lot of sense to try to spread a maximum of confusion and fear on the russian side regarding the incidences in crimea at the moment. of course, nobody really believes that it's been a strange series of accidents and son, ukrainian senior officials have implied that there has been some kind of ukrainian involvement in it from a military perspective. of course, that makes a lot of sense to, to try to cut off a supply lines and, you know, the crimea now that people left in crimea who are actually loyal to ukraine. yes, yes, of course. i mean, legally, of course crimea is part of, of ukraine. and even though russia has tried everything in the

we're dw correspondent young phillips schultz has been covering his visit. i asked him what the un chief hope to achieve their a year in odessa, the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so called grain veal, as you know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago. that enables a resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes and odessa is the biggest part in ukraine really vital for the ukrainian economy. so a very symbolic, a very important place. and in some me to in some minutes there will be a press briefing here in odessa and the secretary general read. probably talk about his impressions himself. not getting that grain deal in place was quite a diplomatic breakthrough. is the grain deal working as planned so far? it's working around 30 ships, have been able to leave ukrainian ports in the past weeks carrying tens of thousands of grain around the worlds. the importance for ukraine of this deal really can't be overestimated. a lot of people really appreciate that this deal has giving, given them back some sort o