or the, this is the w news line from berlin. ukraine says it's sending reinforcements to har. kemp cube attempts to strengthen its positions as russia claims gains in the region with a surprised defensive prompting past evacuation. also coming up switzerland, nemo live surprised at the eurovision song contest in sweden winning with their song. the code about their journey is a non binary person. the a married a isn't staying welcome. ukraine says sending reinforcements to strengthen his

position as near hark of. after a surprise, a russian round offensive prompted mass evacuations. rush, i said, saturday had captured of 5 villages in the region. hundreds of civilians are thought to have fled from the nearby border town of of chance, which has reportedly under rushing fire and su, crane waves for more ammunition and aid from its allies present. as the lensky has responded to the threat posed by russia's new offensive, he's called for steely resolved from his armed forces and is deploying reinforcements to the emerging new front. to show the not sure what, what is must achieve maximum and results to destroy the enemy everywhere. to evaluate reports from a commander in chief on the exam. this is tequila. former we are strengthening all positions, especially in the region by deploying additional forces. the artillery is operating exactly as planned on the budget, but the main,

i'm either on from the worst studies department at kings college london told me more about the situation in hark of region from the reports. what we're seeing right now is that the russians are trying to create the so called castle around both chums. however, we have to bear in mind that we still cannot talk about a large scale offensive and hurricane. because at the moment, the russians are using minimal force meaning about ground force, it is 5 battalion. so about 5000 people. so it is not clear what is going to happen . however, if that trigger, perhaps the response that the russians were hoping for, namely, is a fact that the ukrainian command has sent reinforcements and detroit. so the great increment is difficult because they have to get people from mazda directions and send them to har. keep possibly neglecting us very important locations. yes,

and in addition to sending reinforcements, as we saw on that report, thousands of people have been evacuated from the heart of area. so is ukraine treating this as a new front in the war? yes, but the actually ukraine is treating it as a new from the ends or a furious that the russians might also try and incursion and assume the old list. however, we don't know what is going to happen because we also have other directions. we still have trusted, we are, we have supper risha. we also have to remember that the russians had a breakthrough in of the car, which was an important line of defense for the ukrainian um, forces on was a fall of what you're right in. it. it could be possible that the russians will be trying to develop their offensive ends or direction of crossover and across. so that is also an important logistical point. meaning that if you create incense all the reinforcements to hierarchy and possibly swimming or there just stop the

russians and the tracks there. these important directions will be lost and the id or for the russian forces would be sent to cop the formed into, to cross the logistics and communications for the ukranian armed forces for the groupings. ok have, has long been asking for additional support. and now we have this delayed american, a package only now starting to reach the front lines. so is this going to help ukraine gain ground, or is it going to be a case of too little too late? the 1st question we have to ask ourselves is, is the kind of aids that ukraine has been receiving from the united states? is that what they actually need to defend against the russian offensive? so they have received already at the towns to but the app accounts and themselves do not enable the premium forces to properly defend than what they need or armor

vehicles. they need to artillery systems they need, or tillery munition and air defenses. and all those are missing. again, we have heard reports that there was some delays. so with artillery immunizations coming from the czech republic, and these would be in ukraine by june. so the ukraine is getting this and bit towards this aid. it doesn't know which directions to prioritize arise. so the problem here is the kind of freight that is coming and where to send it, as well as the ongoing problem was the ukranian armed forces was a shortage of manpower. and i'm afraid all these factors combined contribute to this very unpleasant situation for the ukrainian armed forces in terms of sarah, the kinds of corporate abilities right now. that was marina moran from the worst studies department at kings college london. marina, thank you for your insights. thank you for having me now to some of the other

stories making news this our the head of the you went on, tanya, a good tash has again call for an immediate cease fire and gauze them as israel launch is more strikes and expands and evacuation order and rough off israel's military says of $300000.00 people have slept the southern area and claims that are off off is the last refuge of hum us which launched the october 7th terrorist attacks. allies and 8 agencies have urged israel not to go into rough off without a clear plan to protect the civilians. their floods and land flies have hit china, south western quandary region following heavy rainfall. rescue teams have been evacuating residents to safety using boats. torrential rain has impacted several cities across southern china to sheet and evacuation. order has been issued for the canadian town of fort mcmurray in alberta and out of control. wildfire is raging near the major oil town. the government has warned that canada faces another,

a catastrophic was far season after and during its worst ever last year. donald trump may phase a tax bill in excess of $100000000.00. if he loses. a years long audit battled and internal revenue inquiry was uncovered by the new york times and pro public a. trump allegedly used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim tax breaks from his chicago tower. voters in spain's catalonia region have begun casting balance and an election that could determine the influence of the separatist movement. opinion polls suggest that spanish prime minister petro sanchez and socialists are ahead of the hard line separate is party. separate is, have held the regional government for more than a decade. switzerland nemo, has won the eurovision song contest becoming the 1st non binary contest and to take home the prize. the annual contest is billed as a feel good celebration of europe's diversity and organizers and says the event is

non political. but this year's contest was mired in politically charged controversy . for weeks, thousands of pro palestinian demonstrators had marched through the streets of the host, city, mal, know, and sweden against israel's participation. the the day one the, the jury ends the public and dr. a nail biting final name or to comb the top price of to performing the code of household tract. and right to the journey of self discovery in finding one's place in the world. the king liberally promising continued to send for peace.

nemo is your vision's 1st. we know who identifies as known binary, they hope the victory can blaze, a trail for others having to cope with prejudice or discrimination. this was one of the most clear represent patients. we seem at your vision, which is like amazing. i want to shut out all the other clear artist this year, like, give it up, give it up for at least he is. contest was overshadowed by protests and drama that keeps the music celebration into chaos. just hours before the grand finale to cos dot contender used klein was disqualified because of the back stage incident. that came off the days of protests on the streets of host city melma, calling for israel to be excluded over its military campaign in gaza.

once a time, we refuse to have russia because it has a war again surprised. yeah. and today we have is right, and so as i hear proceeds, painful ease rose eaten goal on finished 5th and was partially booed during high performance. there was also boeing when the points of these railey jury were presented. organizers say the event is known police equal vc, it was as political as, as a bane. but even so the music and the classic you were a vision plan shown through and to talk more about the revision song content as i'm joined to the studio. but my colleague rosalie angles from dw tasha rosalie, really good to see you. so i know that last night you actually predicted that nemo was going to win. so what do you think made this performer? the favorite of not just the jury, but also the audience and also yours. yeah,

yeah. so i'm happy to say that my favorite one. i think what it comes down to is that nemo had a very interesting mix between a highly emotional song. but it was also very, very catchy and then that paired with the song being both pop music but also wrapped and also elements of opera. mean it's very unique and even for your vision standards, and this was definitely reflected in the boats. so out of to $25.00 national juries, which rang each performer based on low cost originality and stage presence. 22 gave the maximum number of boats to nemo. and then the other, 50 percent of the votes come from the public to where there were rent and number 5 . interesting. and then what were the reactions to this outcome just generally in the press or like in the form media. yeah. so i think as with any competition,

there were mixed reactions. nemo did receive a lot of price um, online. i saw a lot of people saying that it was a very powerful performance. and of course, we also know that a lot, if you're, if you're a vision fans are part of the eligibility community. so being represented in that way by a non binary performer, was definitely seen as a huge win. but then there were also a few fans were disappointed, especially those who supported baby lasagna gracious whom contested, which was the fan favorite. and there you could see again the discrepancy between the public mode and the jury vote. and the same actually happened with the is rarely performer. so there was also a little bit of disappointment there. they got, they came in seconds with the public mode, but then they came in 12th with the jury both. so there's always a bit of a discrepancy. there yeah, i mean, we mentioned it already, you know,

the organizers of eurovision always stress. so this event is supposed to be non political is supposed to be about the music is supposed to be about unity. but of course we saw just over the last several weeks that they didn't quite succeed in keeping it completely non political. um, what was your take on all of this? yeah, i think it's true that last night's event was definitely more political than usual for adults with us watching at home. we could hear, but of boeing when to is rarely performer came on and then also when the points were awarded by israel. and so i would say that the spice, the organizers, best efforts to keep the event on a purely cultural event and keep it on political. there was a lot of politics actually happening on stage some of the performers, when they were in the spotlight. they actually took the moment to make some statements in speaking out for peace and unity, which is something we don't usually see at your vision. but it was definitely an extravaganza, as it is every year rosalie angles. when did you believe culture?

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