A clandestine bomb making progress. Im michael local. Welcome to the program. In ethiopia, the leader of to gray region forces says Ethiopian Government troops have begun an offensive to capture the regional capital mccalla. He told Reuters News Agency the city was under heavy bombardment. It comes a day after utopias. Prime minister warned he would soon launch a final phase of military operations. 3 weeks of fighting between the government and Regional Forces have had a devastating impact on civilians. Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. Many dan, where they end up in camps that lack even the most basic facilities. On friday, the u. N. Said at the 1st of 4 humanitarian airlift, for refugees had landed in the sudanese capital khartoum. Im joined by samuel get a true who is a journalist in addis ababa capital of ethiopia, samuel, its nice to have you with us. What can you tell us about Government Forces efforts to capture the regional capital mccalla . Every indication sources including reuters, as you mentioned, are telling us they took and troops are in mclean. Oh, theyre. 2 in a bottle, for the heart of the t. P. M. Enough capital which has been meant to live for the last 3 decades. And that he p. L. F. Is not giving up easily. And the Ethiopian Forces and the Ethiopian Government feels like this is within reach. And theyll be done within a few days by monday theyve been telling us off the record, you know, its getting very close. But again, people are just that diamond if tonight. Right. And thats where we are. As you no doubt or where a spokeswoman for Prime Minister had, has given assurances that civilian targets in macnelly would not be beyond how realistic is that . I mean, i dont know of any conflicts during my own time and even going as far as a century ago, we didnt books where there has been conflicts that hasnt really affected ordinary people who are the most innocent people in the poorest among us in this conflict will be noise exception. You know, weve been hearing of eritrean troops coming in losing. d Different Properties and houses from the left side. The government is telling us this is just an internal issue. Id like to believe thats the way it is. Its going. But this is going to be affecting thousands of people and its going to be youll be hearing lots of stories with this is done