ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. ukraine will meet with g 7 countries today to discuss their response to mondays wave of deadly russian missile attacks on their cities. the latest stripes killed more than a dozen people and left many more injured. also coming up, germany promises to speed up the delivery of its long awaited their defense system

to ukraine. but how much of a difference will that make now? and we meet the female basketball coach, overcoming barriers in bahrain coffee. my ria is breaking new ground for women on the core becoming a coach or amends team. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. a day after russia launched revenge attacks on cities across ukraine, western nations are due to discuss their response leaders of the group of 7 countries. the g 7 will hold a video call in which they are expected to reaffirm strong support for keith, including helped to rebuild ukraine's damaged infrastructure. a barrage of missile strikes, launched by russia on monday has made the need even more pressing. it just after

eights in the morning, a russian missile finds its target, a glass bridge, a major tourist attraction in the heart of the ukrainian capital security cameras, showing just how close one morning commuter comes to being caught up in the blast. across the city, a giant crater created by another strike just meters. mature jones play area many here a lucky to escape with their lives. who should i live over elsewhere? residents, race to bomb shelters. among them. alayna, who recently fled to the capital from her son, hoping it would be a safer environment. they want to destroy our people, our infrastructure, everything. i wouldn't know and i'm soon and we know by out here. so people sure. sure, sure. i don't know how to say why the strikes on the capsule of the 1st since june and come after russia's president putin blamed ukraine for

a blast on a bridge. lincoln crimea with russia. the weekend, speaking on the streets of heave, ukraine's president accused moscow of trying to wipe his nation off the math or binding you, they want to create panic and chaos not to want to destroy our energy system, right. the 2nd target is people. we can overall they deliberately chose such a time and such targets in order to cause as much harm as possible. but we are ukrainians. we help each other, we believe in ourselves. we will restore everything that was destroyed. and cave was not the only target. dozens of russian rockets or so cause chaos and destruction in cities right across the country. several regions across ukraine have been left without power after the strikes destroyed, key parts of the countries electricity, great. but despite the apparent russian escalation, in this war, it appears to have only strengthened the spirit of the ukrainian people. and

instead, the depression, this attack have totally different her emotion of all as it is. people is angry, angry, and want to defend our ha houses, defend our families. our children are disability right across ukraine, count the deadly cost and assess the damage of this attack. they know more may be to come short while ago i got this update from our correspond it funny for char in chief was a relative recall night. in fact, there wasn't even an air ride alert, snatching keith city body many parts across the country. and in fact, just right now, as i'm speaking to you, the error rate is on also again for key of city. in fact, we just received an emergency alerts via our phone of i s m s, urging every one to really take this eric elgar seriously. because more misses strikes are expected to day in ukraine. so obviously we are going to see shelter shortly after this with regard to the assessment. what exactly has happened

yesterday? i mean, honestly, we are speaking here about more than 80 cruise missiles that hit the country as a result, a lot of damage, a not only to infrastructure, but also as we have heard, ad there was a power outage in many parts of the country. all of that doesn't only need to be assessed, but also repaired. the fact that president zelinski at went in front of the camera yesterday and he's night the address of via social media is a way of course to tell people to you about 1st of all, to see an alert. but at the same time, or to not cave in at to, to, to, to show to ukrainians that ukraine is not going to be intimidated or even stopped by this, but to stay together and get through this. and no matter what. why, of course, at the same time, people, he and keith city as in many parts of the country, are on their shock. you have to imagine up for the course of the past months, at least there wasn't an attack at if not in this intensity, as you have experienced it yesterday. so for the very 1st time actually i've heard

people are trying to think about with it. it will stay in keith city, a go towards a small of villages where they hope strikes will not be as common. and yet people are trying to come up with plans what to do as things have become quite uncertain here in the capital. so tell us plenty or people in care of then anticipating more strikes, looked like they saw yesterday. certainly. and in fact, i also realize that people to stake these air raid alerts and much more seriously than in the past wait, went on and people are walking down with a coffee on the street thinking, well, nothing is going to happen because key of sit is not on the front lines would have very 1st time yesterday i've met people who said well to night meaning last night they're going to you're actually look for protection in the nearby metro station. i mean, this is something that makes me recall the early days of the war with me here in february 24th at where people are. we are really seeking shelter in a mattress station not only for days,

but for weeks. also very practically when we went to the supermarket yesterday trying to yet get some emergency food ourselves. we saw other people stocking up on those items and some of the items we already sold out. so it just very practically, you see that people are concerned, they are worried, but they are also quite angry because they just do not understand the sheer brutality. and of course it's been happening over the course of the war. but the fact that russia keeps saying that they are only interested in military targets in infrastructure. but at the same time, you have a huge crate or just a block from here in a cabin near a playground and also in the middle of the street. so how is that then a military target, people ask themselves or ukraine's leaders optimistic? funny that weapons deliveries from his partners will now be expedited in light of what has just happened. well, at least this is what president zalinski asked for when he had a conversation with the u. s. president biden yesterday, who i said that yes,

more air defense system i going to arrive here. and of course, in the light of the fact that you just finding out what happened here yesterday, not only capital, but across many ports of the country, local to the western apart, for example, they live or if not just the leaders, but people here in general are hoping that is a sort of like a wake up call for the rest of the world to see that what's happening here in ukraine can easily spill over to other countries. as russia may resort to not only cruise missiles, but many, many other weapons, namely, are the rhetoric that escalated their over the nuclear threat of from her vladimir putin. so yes, certainly are the leadership hopes that this is a wake up call and more support is coming, both financially and militarily. funny. thank you very much. our correspondent, funny parcher in the ukranian capital kid to catch up on a few other stories making headlines today related to the war and ukraine

revolution president alexander lucas shanker, has ordered troops to deploy with russian forces near ukraine. setting a threat to belarus from chief and it's western allies. he has repeatedly claimed ukraine is plotting and attack sparking fears of possible preemptive action. russia used miller, us as a staging ground early in the war. but until now, lucas shanker heard not engaged troops in ukraine

i completely agree with that i mr. calais was correct. look the, the russian military has been getting crushed in ukraine. they're on the back foot . i don't see their situation getting any better any time soon. their logistics are exhausted. nobody wants to fight in the russian army in ukraine. at the same time, the logistics, tail light for the de bridge, the current bridge, the fact that that can be hit means it can be hit again in the russians. the russians know this, and so their only hope is to try to prolong the conflicts and to cause us to lose

will to support to support ukraine. they surely are not going to break the will, the gradient people. but if they can cause us in the west to lose our will by doing these kinds of missile attacks been, that's what they'll do. but i think that they are actually, i'm unable to do this much longer thanks to sanctions. they cannot replenish precision weapons that they're using now against civilian targets. so visually, this is going to run out before their time runs out. on saturday, russia appointed general segregate, said ruby, keen to lead its invasion. he has a reputation for ruthlessness, as you know. do you think monday strikes are a sign of that? so i think the selection of this new officer to be the overall commander just represents that they are still looking around for some solution to try and change

their fortunes on the battlefield. but the problems of the russian ministry of defense and the problems of the russian armed forces are so deeply rooted, that a new commander is not going to be enough to fix those things. certainly not any time. soon. decades of corruption, the lack of readiness, the logistic system, their inability to integrate air, land, and naval forces. all of these things will take significant institutional change. and i don't, i don't see this guy being able to do that any time soon. bella luce has announced that it's deploying troops to it's border with ukraine alongside russian forces. what does that tell you general? well, this is something that we're gonna need to watch. so far. lucas shameka has managed to sit on the fence here. he's allowed russia to use a land and aerospace in melrose for operations,

but he's managed to stay out of actually committing troops himself the launching of these iranian drones from bela bruce. that was, that was the next step and certainly the ukrainians have to be thinking about how do they pre enter? how do they stop these things from happening? if lucas shameka sends any of his troops actually into a fight with, alongside russian troops up with him, he knows i think that they will be destroyed. the soldiers of valor is the 10 battalion technical groups and they have, they're even worse and less competent than the russian soldiers. and so he knows that they will be eliminated immediately. and this will create real problems for him more vulnerability domestically. and i think miss just can i. she said yesterday, so not a message to soldiers. bowers do not follow any illegal orders from luke washing and i hope that they're listening. looking ahead. where do you see all this heading general with the stakes so high and both sides apparently bent on escalation?

well, um, yes, the stakes are high in the stakes that we're talking about or defending a democracy against an imperialistic autocracy that is willing to use force to murder innocent people and to change sharp and borders of a european country. that's one of the things that is, that are at stake. also at stake are we have to think about china and others who have their own ambitions. and if they see that we, the west are not able to stick together in this one last winter. what this is the last winter will russia will be able to disrupt europe's economy with their energy resources. because europe has moved on from this. if, if we're not able to stick together and help you crane be successful, then i think the chinese will not be too impressed with anything that we say about taiwan or the south or the south china sea,

on the battlefield. all roads lead to crimea, and it looks to me that the ukrainian forces have or have achieved irreversible momentum. and they're moving from the west, from the north, towards crimea. and i think they'll be there by the end of this year. general, thank you very much for your thoughts. good. talking with you again. that was ben hodge, its former commander of the u. s. army in europe. now, germany has condemned the latest russian attacks and is promising to speed up delivery of a long awaited air defense system. to ukraine, government says the 1st anti missile battery should arrive within days. this air defense system, the iris t. s l m, an intercept. any air attacks within a 40 kilometer range and up to 20 kilometers high and can protect a large area on the ground. germany promised them to ukraine in june. and keith has been waiting ever since. but now the 1st system is about to arrive.

german defense minister, christina lamb, correct, said it had become a matter of urgency. germany will deliver the 1st of 4 iris t. s l m ad defend systems to ukraine within days. the renewed miss our fi on keith and many other cities shows how important it is to supply ukraine with air defense systems quickly. but the other 3 units will only be delivered next year. crashes attacks on civilian targets across ukraine, drove home to germany, just how important it support for keith is foreign minister anna lena bear book called the attacks vial and promised berlin would do everything possible to strengthen ukraine's air defense. chancellor of shots also offered solidarity and support the trunk that assured ukraine's president office on the density of germany and the other 27 countries. he said, germany would do everything possible to mobilize additional assistance,

and in particular, to help repair destroyed civil infrastructure such as electricity and heating sources in response to russia's missile strikes. the group of 7 countries will hold a virtual meeting with ukrainian president. leukemia is the lensky young tuesday. germany currently holds the g 7 presidency and rebuilding damaged infrastructure is expected to be on the agenda. but the leading industrialized countries will be looking to agree on a coordinated response to further increased weapons and defense system deliveries to ukraine. for more on this story, our political correspond, nina hasa joins us. nina, german defense miniature. christina lambert has promised to deliver this air defense system within days. ukraine has heard that promised before is germany's credibility on the line here.

since the beginning of the war, more than 1000000 ukrainians have fled to germany, many german states are overwhelmed with the number of people seeking shelter and have asked the government for help. a summit at the interior ministry to day. we'll

look at ways to distribute refugees more fairly and to ease the burden on the federal status, while the number of new refugees has declined over past months and some ukrainians had moved back home. many expecting that during the winter months more people will flee the fighting. dw christina christina went to a refugee shelter in the eastern german city of vienna, to see how authorities there are coping the cubicles in gainers admission center for refugee is may only be a few square meters in size. but those arriving feel lucky. there are still places available here with about 2 thirds of the centers, 100 beds are currently occupied. it's director kiersten caught. nick thinks it will probably be full by next month. as will all accommodations indiana to say who's murph dish the city has reached the limit of its capacity in we've been struggling

with a shortage of living space. and yet in general, to them and accommodating even more people is pushing us to our limits. there are certainly other places where it's not as bad as here, but in you now, we're at our limit. accommodations are full, living space is scarce. many municipalities are saying the same thing. they no longer know where to shelter the people who are arriving as in 2015, when hundreds of thousands of refugees came to germany gymnasiums are being used as accommodation in many places like here. and nina

apparently, they are very stretched. germany's interior ministry minister nancy phaser has called for a special summit today happening in berlin, where she's going to gather municipalities, representatives as well as the regions representatives and try and find out just where the federal government can help. so germany after poland is the country that has taken in the highest number of refugees from ukraine, many municipalities they, they do need more support from berlin. and so nancy phaser, the interior minister, is probably going to give more support in terms of, for example, using federal government buildings as shelters for the winter. she says german communities need to be better equipped to dealing with all those refugees in the winter when it's cold. and of course there's a very big issue to remember, terry, and if it's the support in the german population dwindles for ukrainians, that would of cause it put germany in a very bad situation because the german government maintains that it does want to

give all it solidarity you get to ukraine and it needs the support from the german population for that in a thank you very much. our political correspondent, lena huzzah. no story from the persian gulf. several countries in the region. herb in recent years sought to soften their hard line image by promoting the role of women in the workforce and society as a whole. but it still almost unheard of for a woman to coach a men's sports team in those countries. on basketball coach and bahrain is breaking the mold. it's an unusual say to the conservative golf, stay to reign a young woman in an indoor basketball court, instructing the male players. fatty marie odd has overcome prejudices to become the assistant coach of al, not my basketball club in the rainy capital manama idea. i begin my career. there wasn't the same level of acceptance as the date is today. the

president of a 1000000 sports was seen as specially in basketball, which was considered to preserve of men. this was one of the hardest things i had to face. but i got used to it. i didn't, and i was to know, i just believe in myself. vacuum i inherited a passion for the game from her mother who coach to women's basketball squad. she began by training a team of young girls then young boys before being recruited by matt. and she seems to have the support of her players and demille, and the 2 thing seeing women present in the men's team and i hope to see more examples of women like fatima and men sports in the future. on that 133 year old fatima there was also a taekwondo black belt, has big plans for the future. so we have you on the on and help us become the main

which of the team, not just this is my wife, gord billing. you've seen me assuming which one day and then fatima says she also wants to coach the team to a national championship. you're watching dw news, just reminder the top story we're following for you, this, our ukraine's present love me is lensky is to do to meet g 7 leaders virtually. later to discuss the response to watch spread russian missile attacks on several ukrainian cities. believe the strikes chilled more than a dozen. p thanks for watching. ah ah, with

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