the, the headline story, several regions of ukraine are reportedly balding by russia, apparently in retaliation. for the recent showing up belgrade that killed $25.00 civilians, a pulse co founded a terror attack. gallagher, more than a dozen and civilian fate, tell it to use are reported over nights. those is really strikes rain done on the central part of the intake. it comes as a local official state. the palestinian debt told in the war is nearing $22000.00 plus the the southern city of can units is also targeted again by the is really military which is expanding its ground didn't page into previously so called safe zones on the

mid day and most go i mean, the mainland vases didn't use our own ortiz introduction. russia has reportedly county died, a series of very strikes on targets across ukraine. it's after president put involved to retaliate against, gives military over it, showing that killed $25.00 civilians in the russian border. city of belgrade on saturday, some on verified footage here to show you circulating a line purporting to show drones in the skies over ukraine, other images or emerging of apartment explosions and several cities including key. it's mirror has also confirmed the areas come under fire. a large blaze is said to have a rough, the power plant in the premium comfortable leading to attaches. several other regions of the country are also reporting strikes as r t corresponded vermont cost red takes us through. it was the moments reports

about the series of powerful explosions and key events in other surrounding regions . continue to come in the local associated media. users reports, that's the fires began in the ukrainian capital and elsewhere. however, it's so far not clear what is actually burning. now online cctv cameras in give, have recorded some of the explosions in the city online. a users are also posting information about the various consequences of the explosions. now the authorities have already confirmed that the explosions are taking place in the city and added that power and waters supplies have been cut to some of the areas. now air alerts are as challenging in the capital and in some other cities of ukraine as well. officials are saying that the air defense systems have been deployed in some areas of the country. the minister administration, the key of a claim that's

a fragments of the of the solemn missiles fell on the territory of warehouses. however, at the moment, it's not yet clear what's actually being stored at those warehouses now. they're also reports that a series of explosions occurred elsewhere in ukraine in the heart of cold uh, for example. and, and then it says, well, now, um, like i said, online users are posting of this information. and now officials, i can prove it as well. meanwhile, the russian leadership explains that time. and again, that's all of the strikes on that series or a v frame. so i get exclusively military sites and of course, the lease of the attack was in response to the barbaric bombing of the city of belgrade, where scores of people, including young children, had been killed. let's take a lesson, but actually feel good at what just happened in the, in the little is definitely there was under the cover of to look at the struck using a multiple internal could system. these kinds of weapon its indiscriminately. and

they usually describe the city center wherever people are walking around, just ahead of new year's eve. it was a targeted attack on civilians. of course, it's a thursday. you can call it anything else you must be now responding the same way. we do have the capability to strike the central square and to you or any other ukrainian city. but why would we respond like that? there are children walking their mothers with problems. it's hard for me to even imagine this situation. do we really have to f like this? to hit city squint. we have struggling with precision with ins and locations, whether you printing forces, have they come on centers, where they are concentrations of military personnel, mercenaries, and other military scientists and facilities of this nature. and these strikes are quite sensitive for them. this is how we will continue to act meals to move. meanwhile, of 5 civilians and scores of other people have been killed and wounded here in

the next group. public on the last 24 hours as the showing here and then that's continues non stop. now, one of the latest attack took place right after midnight right after the speech of the russian president who congratulated the entire country while the upcoming a new year. now as soon as he finish this speech, we heard really powerful explosions right here in this center on the net scanned. obviously we cover that extensively and as we found out later on at least 5 civilians, 5 people who are celebrating the new year here in the center of the city have been killed as a result of ukrainian bombing around with the ukraine conflict of moving into 2024, we've been sitting down with some decorated russians. come about veterans for their take on where it's all heading. we'll bring one of those interviews in full later this. all right,

let's turn attention to on the program. know to get us that where is really strikes have reportedly killed at least 15 people overnight in the central city of dirt. l . bella down to the ever rising total depth total in the enclave since october 7th, which no stands at almost $22000.00 people. according to the authorities, though many more bodies remain buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, desperate locals are seen here in the latest that tech. scrambling through the ruins of a residential house and the search for survivors. journal this up the scene say most of the victims are women and children. and again, more distressing. how much is that? so the injured how being rushed to the nearby, i'll accept hospital medics or treating people right on the floor as you can see and says, the overcrowded medical facility is further overwhelmed by an influx of gets more and patient well, further saw several neighborhoods in the city of cum unit is we're also head over night by the is really military. that's after the same area came under heavy fire

just as the new year came in to be. or will this for they just from the scene on monday show was panic civilians fleeing along the street sounds explosions are heard nearby. the creeping is really invasion of the palestinian enclave has been expanding to southern areas which were previously designated by the idea of a safe zones. most of the gas and population, nearly 2000000 people already fled to the strips. so this is drone footage showing just one of many mic shift counts for the displace palestinians. the site was set up by she monetary and workers from neighboring egypt. the red crescent organization there to this how they are helping thousands survive the way they and saying though, in the beginning this camp was a product and a directive from egypt to support the palestinian brothers under work conditions in

this were deal egyptian red crescent and the posting and red crescent have coordinated the establishment of accounting for the displaced providing them with safe shelter, daily life, necessities, such as food medicine and water. this camp will accommodate 1200 families, about 7000 people. this is the 1st stage of the camps establishment for 300 tents have been erected and all facilities have been set up. the junction with crescent has provided all the supplies, blankets and foot for this tense. so for this 1st stage will be followed by 3 other stages and work is already underway. on the 2nd stage, this camp will be a model and then the idea will be circulated so that all the displace people will be accommodated and organized and safe camps and all services will be invaluable digits in red crescent, with the support of egypt will continue to provide all the necessary needs for these accounts until the war is completely over. i also wanna bring your report from the hearts of the intake gallons. a city which has largely been reduced to rubble south from within 2 months. so the idea of brand innovation,

they said i'm going to try to walk on shore from we're shy street to the reality east of shakes rug, one neighborhood in cause. the city is rarely tanks of storms and neighborhood messic, ring families and displaced in many from the 6 schools in the area. they burned and destroyed the schools, took the refugees to of talk with mosque and detained several use. according to eye witnesses, the i'll call the family, lived in this area where these rail as committed to massacre executing several family members. we hear the testimony of one of the survivors, a family member. i don't know how much this i'm candidate and as even my day through grenades in my family members opened fire on them, they executed them point blank while we were at home after our house was besieged by the occupational army for 24 hours. after that, the army entered and killed those inside. busy they removed the women in survivors, then they returned to the house to eliminate those who remained to live among the wounded. they executed 8 members of the family, including an elderly, blind man,

an elderly woman, a pregnant woman. they shot her in the back and not even 2 days after the incident is rarely soldiers detonated the neighboring house to erase their heinous crime. busy well, i mean i had that in my dad, as i said, nothing. here's one of the 6 schools and very by these really occupation forces, i'm standing among the school yard grapes where they were forced to bury some of the displaced executed by the occupation forces. i get this not, not the night before. it was very quiet. have you during the day there was a belt of fire. it burned everything left. no trees, no leaves nothing. exactly. when the call for dawn prayers came, the tanks were at the school gate. when the army entered, they didn't negotiate or talk, they just started shooting. we started covering up with blankets to protect ourselves from any stray bullets. children were screaming, it was an unnatural fear. terrifying. not a normal fear. this isn't a war. this is extermination. heavy bed loving and like the rest of the english at any moment between his school, the st. mosque,

a neighborhood all turned into russell and the smell of death emanates from within this rubble moments above our t from gaza city. a former idea of intelligence officer who's known influential is really on the list has made a shocking, suggest that the entire population of guns as should be killed, aliya, who you'll see on claims that would be a proportion response to the deadly come sold on october 7th, we can take a list a little as though it's not that her mas controls garza and some mazda is the enemy . it's the gaza, contains home us and gaza is the enemy. it's very important to alter the terminology and change the very definition of the enemy. and it is not important to warn people there to evacuate before we bought in the area. the answer is simply leveling the ground and killing the largest number of people possible. because their women are enemies,

their babies are enemies. their 1st graders are enemies. mos militants are enemies and their pregnant women are enemies shop. well let's discuss this now and go live to israel and speak to politician on former lawmaker for the merits. party must see rods. mister ross, you're most welcome. i would submit, but you've seen a lot in your political career. you've heard a lot, but the fact that the babies are enemies, according to mr. you'll see on those even not shock, you caustic these i, i want to say i i personally and they fixed almost uh no punch in diesel. a lot of details about this uh this, this cost thing good to help waste mysteriously on to the october 7th. and the is low to adopting both of june or it was an officer in donald be. i was to

the hundreds of thousands of people in the silver office, so sit down very, it's not the is not on important guy, but i think that the we also take these people to send them to james, because this is a tell where you're staging site and the, the ease the dominate jig part of students and it is not to always be spears best on the cape for that long. i don't know who is wanting for, but the is making this caustic thing see say, so be scott student freeing says uh this is the site from it, but uh we cannot, cannot be on the uh, the place of the post on like a resume. the just a busy days by law, we may have your notice though, and i'll check in in such a rhetoric, in, in recent times when it comes to guys that from from is really official

sales. but i have to say these notes on official, the s and the, even if it was a whole fish or, you know, really low. there was a salvage sort of drilling down to. yes, this is roughly what was, what was high freed up the declines the combust commit to crime. so it gets to monday in october, the 7th. it includes the, the us cycle slope coming. people are slow to the babies. so they pick women and man, it was a shocking to ethic party and the people who stop drinking like this bill. so, oh, but it's still being goldman beaks like dick's boots on the he's not the only one, but uh, i do believe that the the majority of most the day christmas ability. but what

thoughts, it does gain traction though remarks like face. they do travel around the world and we have heard from people some influential figures as well in israel saying that but quite extreme things that should happen in gaza on how the strip should be governed. going forward. can i put it to you that the more statements like that come like whatever then happens to guys it will it almost be seen does not extreme what the nothing. yeah. who government does on be accepted because it's not as, as extreme as what this person is saying. and it is belie, this has been high to defend it since it's a big fog, but to defend himself a, we must or ox causing, put the intermission. i know we must provide you with the

supplies eh, to the cousins the, including by the way, the 1st to choose the one on the 20 miles to choose the to i am a for the some boss is committed to stay the committing crimes stuck in spam and thoughts of the man that i picked with band i could not know like not what they do, but i do know that they made the of the 6 cents. and there is a some us does not the level the cost to meet to base people to you've been maybe since the to send the signal flies to fill the form it lou this. so we also taken to split submitting to input the we have to think about the to it. this is why usually lost device or defend, it says that to apply to if it's the we made those, those features thoughts,

all of about the product with a permission on the and the end of the day guys are east pulse dbm and gaza must be part of the, for the statement states, and i believe we so fairly people are very weak, boss called, must quit those notebooks. it is the best, most other starts that is land. okay, that's what we're doing for right on the spring. we're just right out of time sir. and thank you so much you for your tech today though know maker from the in, but that's party former lawmaker for the rest party in israel, mr. mosley ross. thank you. pictures of the okay, up next start. exclusive interview with decorated russian latree veteran who recently took part in some decisive bibles on the ukraine conflict from that type of. so do you collect the nikolai much for netscape junior lieutenants and bite border of the russian ministry of defense? who's also a hero rush from. welcome to the program. it is

a great honor to have you with us. i am roll man, and let me call you nikolai. so nikolai, will you share with us the story behind this most coveted toward the gold star of the hero? the your previous to us that i'm on the zillow romano. it's a pleasure to be in the studio with you. i have already told my story on many occasions, and now i will briefly recounted in the studio as well. it happens in autumn, the are here soon. we were in the middle of our morning routine. we were about to have breakfast and were busy cooking it. that's when an announcement came over the radio that the enemy offensive might be expected to be on the safe side. we got into the compet spiegel, i was a 10 crew commander at the time and was able to choose the right position. how should i put it favorable in terms of the situation at hand? we have planned our defense positions in advance and i gave orders to assume a position that seemed the most favorable to me at the moment and an enemy offensive kicked off. if we did not support the enemy at 1st, we saw no silly bits of tanks or i if these all we could see was dust. and even though we had cuts down some trees in front of our vehicles for a better view,

the enemy fire took us completely by surprise. i don't know how they managed that, and i only heard my call sign over the radio. they said the enemy was moving my weight as soon as we spotted the silhouette. my gunner was a skill concept fired and hit the targets with the 1st round. after that, we changed our position. this gave us the time to reload the gun. then we got to another firing position and hit a tank with another round. they struck us to a didn't he does directly the shell splendid nearby one shell. hit the arm in front of the tank though, right. where the mechanic will see that the 1st thing i asked was, are you ok alive? not to whom did he told me, everything was fine. so i said that should not be all for what we advanced and destroyed and all the time. all we know, we just tried to tanks in that battle for making the enemy a retreat. then we go to not to, to go on the offensive. the initial plan was to let the enemy get close by surrendering our positions a little bit, which we did and then started to push them back and was trying to. i have these in the process and we continued firing up the retreating enemy. we killed around 20 infantry and other troops, ukrainian nationalist. why don't you so you drew them into your territory

a bit and then threw them back again. the different lights and we weren't back by the infantry. so yes. well, lou dan mean beat them and we gained our positions and being on the defense. if we did not surrender a patch of our territory to the enemy, plenty of a split. second decisions were made at the time as it turned out. those decisions were the right ones. how can you do that? does it come with the years of training, or is it a matter of talent? very few people have, how do you get there? because i am sure that one gets a surge of adrenalin when you're suddenly attacked like that in the middle of a daily routine. and there is no time to think yet a decision must be made quickly. so what happens in the commander's heart and the mind at that instant of the beautiful would she, the, to the 1st thing you think about at that moment is that it's not only your own life and the lives of your crew that depends on your decision. but also the lives of all those behind you, the decision comes very easily to you under adrenalin. it feels like the brain just

signals to your body to start doing what it's been trained to do. and you just do your job. years of training can help with that and the vision. so of course it all depends on the training you've had. mike will have started for several years already. i've known them for at least 5 years as part of the gunner. we've been together since 2014. yes. you need experience out of the way and let that up. so on russia, special military operation was launched in 2022, but the conflict and eastern ukraine and don't bass had been raging for 8 years by that time. when the operation kicked off, did you realize at that moment what its goal was? what it was meant to achieve, what did you feel in your heart when you went back to combat? we can use the fleet doing you the way we did not see this coming till the last moment. then expect in order to cross the border and launch and offensive. however, we were prepared to go into battle every one of us points for that we all knew exactly what we were getting into. so we just kept doing our jobs with confidence goals. we shall, i would like to ask you about your vehicle. you operate 1880 tank. am i right?

that can use something? yes it is. it's 80. the whole series of the nose and those of our viewers don't see war on a daily basis and haven't visited units of the tank forces may have seen the t eighty's in via want events that are broadcast regularly on russian tv. your participated in a tank by outline yourself. can you tell us how real combat actions compare with sports of us like that? and how can such competitions perhaps influence a tang cruz skills? the reason why was because that as a participant of calls tank bias one and we'll come back, i can tell you it's easier to find for real than anything by offline competition. at a sports event, you know that people are cheering for you who have been selected as a professional and they have placed their trust in you and you need to live up to this trust and encompass you just know you have to make the right decisions to survive and save the lives of the people under, you'll come out and do that. they're not to the low achieving home valuable which is, but they say the harder the training,

the easier the mission. do you wish perhaps to dedicate your gold star metal to someone? i'm asking you this because i heard the other service men discuss it and ask them this question. so is there anyone that you would like to dedicate yours to? and what does this decoration that you're wearing close to your heart really mean to, you know, for that condition. i believe it's the marriage of many people who had a role in shaping my character. and starting with my instructor of health and safety based except military school with him or lead to being, i would like to thank him especially with installing patriotism in his students. and of course, every come under, i served under made a contribution to and a bringing is also important to my parents and more than anyone else is the credit for bringing me up appropriately and probably all your brothers in arms, the new guys. so of course, all of them, all the teachers, professors, my parents, my commanding officer, so all of them contributed. and i think i owe it to all of them that i have grown to be so focused and determined never to retreat as they say. and of course, i'm very grateful to my crew. we were the type of team each and every guys. great,

thanks a lot guys. let's think about what she needs it. it's fascinating to be able to see the service men on the front lines and at home, especially when they're here to receive their rewards. for example, as a war correspondent of myself, i spent the time close to the front lines and military fatigues and then went back to work in the studio and having to wear a suit doesn't really feel less comfortable. what does it feel like to be in your full dress uniform in moscow? chest, what do you mean? well, honestly, a full dress uniform. i don't feel comfortable at all, but i certainly understand that this is how it should be. these are the rules, so it's okay as a service, man, i do what i have to do, but i'm only making my colleagues in the fields are now asking me. so are you back to civilian clothes? you know, a bit of the army humor on the subject. but anyway, nikolai, i'd love to know more about you. how did you decide to join the army? where are you from? and since, as i understand that you've been in the army for awhile, has a contract service been long before the special operation started. could you tell

us where you come from and what made you choose to protect your homeland as your main occupation as your job? yes, the newest focus the most. i was born in the russian far east, you know, more region before i joined the army. i was an assistant engine driver in 2010. i completed my compulsory military service and i was pretty sure that i was going back to my career driving trains. but at the time there were no openings and they asked me to come back in a month then again in a month. and so i thought that maybe i should go back to the army. i served for a year in re we troops with them. this made me realize that i belong to the armed forces. i have to be in a tank and i requested this transferred to my unit because of the tank command. so i served as a tank commander until i was promoted to a general tenants in june 2023. so those are still all right, so what's next? after a tank commander, what do you do? what does the next step? will you teach others or do something else? career wise? can use the choice. teaching is always a good option,

which one can also keep serving in the army, moving up the ranks. and especially right, i wonder since russia is home to many nationalities and ethnic groups with up to 80 different ethnic groups living in one republic. i wonder if you've ever felt during the special military operation that the entire country stands united there, like it was in the soviet union during the 2nd world war. where did you see people from? what kind of relations did they observe and didn't really matter where they're from? when useful, i think the, all the guys who are finding in the special mail to operations are so tight that it doesn't matter at all the color of skin, things like that don't matter at all. we're all equals here and we're all equals there. and even the rank doesn't matter much. we talk the same way to colonels and soldiers like simple to the point we all are united by one mission because of see what i mean is she just like it? and i guess that from now on the part of your life will be dedicated to talking to kids in schools. and just like the way you're talking to us today,

you'll be telling these things to new generations. did you ever think about that and what would be your message to school kids today? especially hi school kids. if they asked you to talk to them about the war, orville with the move is true. i have a rated delivery to talk like this. i was invited to talk to students of the way we school. i graduated from young guys were asking, did you kills what for your 1st impressions? what did you feel? what are you scared? and i told them the truth and talking about things like killing are off limits, of course. but as for feeling scared, i told them the only thing you can be scared of is on certainty and uncertainty. last only for the 1st couple of days when you haven't learned, do you have to tell where the friend these are and where the enemy an enemy fire is . once you learned the difference, you're ok and you stop being scared with done. well, they use, how's can you manage to get the message across to the use that we are fighting for the right cause? i bet there are asking questions since there are many different opinions circulating in the media. so people get information from all sorts of sources,

including some on trustworthy ones. do you think you manage to get the message across to the younger kids who need it explained in a nice and simple manner that can use now of course i think i'm getting the message across. you know, when i walk into the classroom, i can see the kids don't really understand who i am and what to expect from me. but when i'm done talking, when i tell them about my brothers in arms, but our national flags like over here and the service badges and what it means to us and how much their support means to us. i mean both the kids and the entire nation since they get so excited they wants to hear more and that's not fully and just keep asking questions. you know, it's like kids didn't last night and they don't know the voice. you probably witness tragedies of civilians in the zone of the special military operation. or perhaps you've talked to some civilians after they were liberated from ukrainian new nazi occupation. and if you ever did, what did they tell you about their experiences with the ukrainian aggression?

yuba city incident i had no contact with civilians, but it broke my heart every time i saw kids in the village as we entered descending by the road and asking for help, we gave them everything we had no questions asked. we wanted to give them at least some food and shelter, not the right. and it's horrible how they don't get to eat or drink anything for days in a row there. that's true. and this thing up shelves, i guess it does happen, even though i never talk to anyone who finally saw some things as our economy went by the most striking thing, being lots of poorly dressed kids, covered in dirt and seen children in such conditions is truly hot. breaking it though, which told me in the sense i'm sure it is inspiring you all the more to try and bring all this to an end so that these kids could have a good life system of new when you have. so it looks like that's what i really want for them. i want it be useful life for them with no bombings. so they could leave and make plans because, you know, i heard from some of our guys that they don't make plans. they say, believe from one shilling to another, that's all they think of,

and this is truly heartbreaking now, right for me. and it's horrible when little kids know what kind of a bomb is coming in by the sounds that is making. we've been watching this happen for nearly 10 years, and those children who were born when it started back in 2014, are now when they're 3rd and 4th grades of school. and they have no nothing except war in their lives. in the west. that's right. when i see those kids, all i think of is that i'd never wished for my children to live to anything like this. and i want them to have a peaceful life. and this is what we're fighting for. we know why we are there and would know we represent our entire nation 1st and foremost. your way i see is a hero of rush from nikolai metro nits k. nikolai. many thanks for speaking to us today. and we wish you every possible success in your future career. but some of the thank you very much. okay, breaking news coming into is.