w correspondent, nick connelly is following the story for us from kiev earlier. i asked him, what we should make of this breakthrough given ukraine's mistrust of russia. well exactly, that is the crucial issue that trust is not there. we've seen time time again, a deals to accurate civilians, other deals or between the sides to talking about a presence of war and of the kind of the bodies of casualties of war. all those deals have fallen through time time again. so the question about whether ukraine rush can work together now. lots of question marks there. lots of doubts. i think this is definitely about the blame game. but both sides in this conflict know that this is an issue that has caught it edge people around the world that people are really feeling the impact of this conflict in their daily shopping in their, in their, their food bill. and so they're all trying to play game, they're all showing willingness to engage. but whether ukraine really is willing to take those minds away to basically make such like a desa and mc alive fundable to russian attacks fr

w's. nick connelly went to the border region. nation if to see for himself here, when you cranes board with bruce, who never really alone. we're not through not sure that drones, one of ours blown actually it is but that's not a given. it was a russian drone attack from across the border. the started the war for these ukrainian border gods on february 24th. they tried to keep russian forces on the bellow, recite by blowing up the bridge. but the russians came all the same and stayed for nearly a month. and the russians left in april. the shooting round. here is lot. you been restricted to exercises on both sides of the border fear now, many ukrainians that russia's exercises in belarus could suddenly turn into real warfare just like they did in february. russian forces have never left belarus. instead, their so called exercises keep getting extended. ukrainian leaders long said their presence was just a distraction or a bluff rather than a real threat. but recently, russian troop numbers of the board have risen in the tone from bell russian leda, alexander lucas shanker, has grown ever more

w. nick connelly in here. take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires in portugal amid a worsening heat wave. dozens of aircraft have been supporting ground crews with help, also coming from neighboring spain. nearly all of portugal was classified last month as being in either extreme or severe drought. a wildfire in yosemite national park in california has more than doubled in size and is threatening the largest growth of giant sequoia tree firefighters have been working in difficult terrain to contain the blaze. residence and campers have been evacuated from the affected areas of the sprawling park. macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, has shut all its casinos for at least a week. as the chinese autonomous regions struggles to contain his worst ever corona virus outbreak, residents have been ordered to stay at home, thousands or in horn t as marco follows, china's 0 covered policy. sri lunches president to go to buy a r

t w's nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital reporting for us. i asked him earlier whether it was true that russia's military seems to be targeting civilians deliberately. well, it's definitely the line here in kia from the government. they are saying that this is an attempt by russia to try to break ukraine's resolve to pressure on the civilian population to so chaos so that those same civilians would then put pressure on their government to come to some kind of deal with russia. given that russia is struggling to make much nowhere progress and certainly much less progress than it had thought given it's huge superiority in terms of weapons and financial resources. i think the kind of intention behind all this is a question for later, for potential war crimes. investigators why russia is doing this. there's been talk that some of this could be because russia simply run out of the kind of precision weapons would allow it to go specifically for military targets. and then this was, he had the, the explanation that it is part of a threatening, we've

w. nick connelly has been to southern ukraine where he met the people who were trying to get you cried suit out to the world. ukraine is bringing in the harvest, spite months of war, spite shortages of everything. fuel to workers. here in this part of southern ukraine, we yielded down 40 percent or last year, that still millions of tons. this is we, that half a 1000000000 people around the world, martina to china, or waiting for lina because with this is all grown for people abroad in them. ukraine can't and doesn't consume all this food, but no one's buying right now. the trade is, might be willing to take it off our hands for storage. the, we only get paid once it goes to the customers. this is harvest is now piling up unsold. ukraine's granaries on top of last year's crop should have been shipped in the early months of this year. just when war broke out. ukraine's cashed off. farmers are often themselves will. they'll even be able to afford to plot next year's crop. if the ports to reopen, giving them a chance to sell what they have and pay for new seats and fertilizer with staples like

w. nick connelly and k of nicholas a few days ago. the ukrainian leadership said that it did not trust russia. with that in mind. what should we make of this breakthrough? well, definitely lots of question marks left in this negotiation process. no real information for me stumble about how he did physical de mining. this is actually gonna look in practice in the black. see how those see minds that have stopped any shipping basically in getting into decimal. i thought like this in recent months, how that is going to be done. and if it is going to be done, how long it had take lot of experts in care think that that process, even if the good will, and the trust that the russians wouldn't take advantage of these ports being opened . if that were there, that could still take months. i think this is about the blame game. i think they're both sides. russian ukraine are acutely aware of the impact of the situation on consumers around the world, especially in countries that are low, medium income countries that are really now struggling in ter

w's. nick connelly is in ki if and i asked him if the attacks on civilian infrastructure could be viewed as a deliberate strategy by russia. that's certainly what the government hearing here is saying, they are convinced that this potter russian stress is to try and so panic and chaos behind the front lines to get on re ukrainians to pressure their government to come to some kind of deal with the russians. and i think right now the intentions are less important than the facts on the round of those are that russia certainly not changing its tactics. they are certainly taking these are civilian casualties in their stride for the course. we've seen time and time again over recent weeks. attacks on civilian targets that the russians explained as attacks on western weapons heading to ukraine on military targets. whether this is just because they don't have the kind of high tech weapons that would allow them to hit targets kind of more specific more accurately. or whether this is policy, i think that is a question for and the lawyers later on when this, when all these cases brought to in general

so d, w correspondent, nick connelly made contact with 2 of the cities residents, and they told him about life and occupation. a new system at the beginning, we are thought the occupation would be over in a week. really. it was only a few months in that we finally understood that the russians were here to stay. it looks very similar to what it. ready was in 19, maybe 5 into 4 as i was a little will year and on a red flag her haney and those look very saw your plane with all my friends have left with the other generation is gone. only the pensioners have stayed here. there's so many people in need of a mountain of snow. these people are not able to get the money that they have on their guns. a lot of beauty, elder people are trying to get in there. awesome. so boston 1000 rule did this a b q to get there. so i think build a new system and it wasn't her uncle rommel by conditional given the rest. i only heard about the plans for a referendum to join russia from the ukrainian press. with that, no one's talking about it here for home. so why and daily and on, and before it got fully milder ve

been having to take a kind of controlled retreats to avoid losing lots of personal they w correspondent, nick connelly and give thanks so much ukraine has asked turkey did detain a rush and flagged ship that he ab says is carrying stolen ukrainian grain. the cargo sheet she makes jolly is currently anchored of the turkish black sea port of colossal euchre and says it sailed from the cranium. port of betty dance, which is currently under russian control. he has accused rush of stealing grain from ukrainian territories occupied by russian forces or corresponding during jones, joins us for more. from istanbul, dorian equal wants turkey to detain this russian flagged ship. what's what we know about the ship's journey? well, it's unclear where this show ship has come up because according to the, this international monitoring site that monitors all ships, transponders is ships, transponder only was switched on when it approached a turkish waters. so it's unclear where it came from. ukrainian bassa there in turkey vessel bottom, i insisted it came from this kremlin occupied ukrainian port of, of berry dank s

the w correspondent, nick connelly in gifts. thank you. all ukraine has asked her, he did the tain, a russian flag ship that he had says is carrying stolen, ukrainian grain, the target ship civic. sali is currently anchored off the turkish black sea port of cut a soup. a crime says it sailed from the county and port of betty dance, which is currently under russian control. give is accused brush of stealing grain from ukrainian territories occupied by russian forces. turkey says it's investigating the matter many ukrainian teenagers had fled to germany. they currently attending special classes to help them get used to live here. but after the holiday, some want to start in normal classes with german children, even though many are still studying their normal ukrainian syllabus online and outside of school, acting as unofficial translators for they parents. oh, music class is also an opportunity to relax a little these children from ukraine fled the country when war broke out, some of them with their families, some alone. they've been attendi

d w 's nick connelly spoke to us earlier about the targeting of civilian infrastructure. we asked him if moscow was trying to break the morale of the people in ukraine. that's certainly the way it's being read here. and key of that is certainly what most people you meet here, especially in government circles, would tell you. i think the intention added level is perhaps less important than the results we've seen now in the past week, civilians lose their lives on a huge scale and come and shook in odessa today. but also in the mac alive close the front lines. and it's abundantly clear that russia is not willing to stop hitting targets or going for targets that claims a military targets. even if there is a significant risk of civilian, lots of life at the rockets they're using now are increasingly old and less precise . some of the rockets use the past week are ones that came in service in the seventy's that are have a huge range up to 5000, clumped to some of them, but are notorious for hitting the wrong targets, sometimes getting as far as a half kilometer away from the i

the w corresponded nick connelly joins us from keith. nick, we've had more reports of explosions. name nikolai of bring us up to date. we'll find out the authorities. there are staying pretty tight lipped about the details. we heard from some officials on the ground talking about 14 people wounded and in total they said in the region, there are over 250 people who are in hospital. how many wounded in recent days and weeks, that's the total figure for recent casualties. i think the important thing to basically pay attention to here is that mac alive is a new focus for fighting ukraine's actually making progress there and pushing the russians back while russian folk forces are focused on don bass on the east of the country. so now increasing the russians are answering in kind or attacking, michel, i of the regional capital. we've seen residential buildings hit there. so a sense there that this is an area that is seeing increasing casualties as the fighting intensifies. and as ukraine pushes its advantage shirt back, nick, we also hear about more and more weapons deliveries from the

been having to take a kind of controlled retreats to avoid losing lots of personal they w correspondent, nick connelly and keith, thanks so much. the ukraine has asked turkey to detain a russian flag ship. that key of says is carrying stolen, ukrainian grain, the cargo ship. she beck chavez is currently anchored of the turkish black sea port of capacity. ukraine says it sailed from the cranium. port of barry ask, which is currently under russian control. he of has accused russia of stealing grain from ukrainian territories occupied by russian forces. earlier i asked a correspond during jones in east amble. what we really know about the ship's journey sofa. well, it's unclear where the ship has come up because according to the international monitoring site that monitors all ships transponders the ships, transponder only was switched on when it approached to a turkish waters. so it's unclear where it came from. ukrainian. bassett, there, in turkey vessel, boston i insisted it came from this kremlin occupied ukrainian port of, of very tanks where russian officials were interviewed last month and said tha

they w correspondent, nick connelly is in the ukranian capital, keith, we asked him if the reported attack on odessa could scuttle the grand deal. well, it definitely gives weight to the voicing crane that were very, very skeptical about this deal along who said there is basically no basis for trusting russia that trot russia will meet the commitments given in turkey. that russia will attempt to take advantage to the fact that the c mines being removed in front of a desert. and we'll use that to try and take more turchin ukrainian did rush from mr. sagan, lover of in recent days, he said that russia is not satisfied with don bass. that basically the whole of ukraine is still one of russia's targets. i think, you know, this agreement might still be working on paper and yet there is more work ahead in terms of setting up that coordination center in istanbul to coordinate these ships going in and out. but right now, it's really difficult to see how any commercial ship owner can even get insurance, or would be willing to send their property, their ship into ports, like a desa, given a situatio

they w correspondent, nick connelly and give thanks so much the current has asked a turkey to detain, a russian flag ship that gib says is carrying stolen, ukrainian grain. the cargo ship, he beg, shelly, is currently anchored of the turkish black sea port of colossal ukraine says, sailed from the ukrainian port of berry dance, which is count the underbrush. control here has accused russia a stealing weight and other grains from ukrainian territories occupied by russian forces. or earlier, i asked correspondent dorian jones in a stumble, what we really know about the ship's journey so far. well, it's unclear where this ship has come up because according to the, this international monitoring site that monitors all ships, transponders is ships. transponder only was switched on when it approached a turkish waters. so it's unclear where it came from. ukrainian bassa there in turkey vessel, bowden, i insisted it came from this kremlin occupied ukrainian ports of, of berry dank square. russian officials were interviewed her last month and said that they were ready to export grain from this

as crossover to d w as nick connelly who has the view from keith, nick, ukrainian forces hitting back harder against the russian backed troops in the south . as we have heard. is this the counter offensive? the key has been telling people they're preparing for i think it's a bit early for that. i think the preparation to the counter offensive. it seems like ukraine stretching all this to try and stove the russian forces of ammunition of supplies of logistics was all to his campaign. we've heard from ukraine's leaders talking about russian forces having somewhere between $7.00 to $10.00 times more artillery or to re pieces. but also artillery shells munitions at their disposal, which basically allowed russia to busy steam roll the ukrainian troops without any particular and sophisticated stretches to cover them with endless artillery attacks until the ukrainian forces, as if seen time and time again, especially the east of them being forced to pull back to try and avoid casualties. so basically, the hope here now in ukraine is that west to weapons, especially american rocket launch thi

t w's correspond. nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital, keith. i asked him earlier if the reported attack on odessa could scuttle the deal . well, there was obviously a lot of skepticism here running into the signing that deal in turkey yesterday. obviously, the government, keen to show willingness to engage if it were to work of see this would have lots of advantages for ukraine. ukraine farmers who've been sitting on 2 years worth of crops, now unable to get any ready cash to pay for next year's crop to pay for seeds and fertilizers. but all these doubts about whether russia would take advantage of access to odessa being reopened minds being taken away. those rules told ass is definitely a lot of people here saying i told you so the russians are just not to be trust. i think the basic dilemma here is that this deal was trying to create peace on the sea or in the black sea at the time to same time as war on land was carrying on. and the south of ukraine is a region that has seen intensifying fighting overseas. you've had so not far away from ode

earlier i spoke to d w as nick connelly, and here i asked him if there's any explanation for why russia would target an apartment building while the russian s. i would have you believe that this was a strike on western weapons that had been sent to crane. and that is the explanation here, time and time again. every time this kind of mass killing of civilians happens, we saw it with the attack on the mall and central ukraine just some weeks ago. and it doesn't seem to add up the question about the kind of intention, whether this was intentionally about trying to panic and quote, caused chaos among civilians. or whether this is just because russia is running out of more precision, a capable weapons. that, that's a question for later. that's the question that near prosecutors looking into potential war crimes. we'll look into. but i think the reality for civilians on the ground there is however far away they are from military targets, which is a military target. if you any way that front line you are in intense danger and basic, the only way of guaranteeing of safety is getting as far away

captured, access to the area is all but impossible for western journalists, which is why he w correspondent, nick connelly contacted to the city's residence to hear from them about life under russian occupation. not even decision at the beginning, we all thought the occupation would be over in a week. it was only a few months in that we finally understood that the russians were here to stay. it looks very similar to what it. ready was in 1985 for as i was a little were here and on a red flags her hanging and. ready look very saw, your lady is all my friends have left with the younger generation is gone. only the pensioners have stayed here. there's so many people in new york mountain. now these people are not able to get the money that they have on their gums. a lot of people are trying to get in there. awesome. so boston 1000 rouble did this a b q to get the rush. so i think that they give this to the girls and her uncle rommel my condition. there are some i only heard about the plans for a referendum to join russia from the ukrainian press. with that no one's talking about it here. he who hm. it also wh

and d, w correspondent, nick connelly is following developments for us and kia earlier i asked him if you cranium forces. heading back in the south was a sign of the counter offensive that civilians have been told to prepare for any definite preparation to the counter offensive. we've seen ukraine using the new american delivered weapons, rocket artillery systems. hi, mars's the name to attack russian logistics helps russian weapons deposed to patient, deprive russia of that huge advantage. it's been having and take a bunch of in recent weeks, months just having $7.00 to $10.00 times more to re systems their disposal at least that's those. the figures that the ukrainians have been talking of. so basically trying to stop the russian positions in had san region which are already a lot less well equipped than the rest of the disease of the country. ahead of then trying to make some ground and push forward and really stop making progress and taking more territory for the 1st time in, in, in a couple months. and as that fighting continues, neck are the united nations has released new numbe

he w, corresponded nick connelly is in keith. he updated us on this developing shifts in the direction of the war was certainly it seems like the south of ukraine that has been a bit of a kind of side show to most of the action in the east is now coming into focus activity. maturity really ramping up there as ukraine tries to push the russians out, and the russians respond as that attack on the west coast guard. there. we definitely see the russians trying to accuse the ukrainians of inflicting civilian casualties of not being able to hit military targets as you know, as intended for that subsea. a reaction to them really coming in for a lot of heat for those significant move civilian deaths. we've seen cross country recent days and they're really realizing that this is not doing them any good internationally. and now really an attempt to accuse, give, doing the same thing, although they have brought any proof yet no images of civilians available yet, just some identifiable ruins african mac alive. it's a big city that was alread

legion which at russia back separatists afford to control since 2014 but to get more from d w, california, nick connelly in key. welcome, nick. let's start with the situation there. in the east, there's a rush of 6 to capture the dumbass area. well, there's definitely a worry here that russia is on somewhat of a role. we saw russian forces taking weeks to get over to the next, which was the big stronghold in the hans creegan. and then having taken over to the next, at admittedly, at a huge cost in terms of manpower resources, they were able to take it to the city of las a chance with a matter of days. it is real why now that they are making progress and that their ability outgunned and out man that you can, your parents is really now being felt they pushing forward trying to break ukrainian communications line into heading for ukraine's main. basically, centers in the main centers of its administration of its military in the dumbasses as if from a toss compartment. for now, the cities are still some way away from the front lines, but there is worried that the russians really are now having significant s

w nay. connelly who is joining us from care of and, and nick, were also just getting reports of another devastating russian attack in the southern city of nikolai, of what more do we now? well, sir, this was at about 8 in the morning local time. or 2 universities seemingly hit, we don't have any numbers yet about casualties. but this fits the pattern that we've seen in recent days from vanessa and before of attacks during the day when you had the potential for damage and destruction to civilians is at its highest previously. lots of those rocket attacks had been during the night time. one of the supers of the curfew people were all at home and michel, i there is pretty close the front lines the ukrainians trying to make progress and push russian forces back in the headphone region. so this really is a frontline city, a big city of hundreds of thousands people where the civilian authorities have time time again called on people to leave if they can. but up to recently, it was estimated about half population was still there. the thought seemingly that they had got used to the new normal.