ah, yes. hey. hey, tech session. oh, ticks starts october 21st on d w ah, ah ah, this is d w news coming to you live from berlin, ukraine. we'll 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. ukraine says the attacks are sign of russia's desperation following setbacks on the battlefield.

ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a day after russia launched revenge attacks on cities across ukraine. western nations are due to discuss the 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 keep including help to rebuild ukraine's damaged infrastructure. hollowing a barrage of missile strikes launched by russia on monday. ukraine says it's already started to rebuild just hours after the missiles struck, ukrainians got to work, cleaning up, determined to send a signal to russia. president ballade mans lensky said the attacks had not immortalized ukraine. in fact, quite the opposite. and the rebuilding had already started. shield in the nation on

another day of our defense, a difficult day green that allowed restoration work is currently underway across the country. so we will restore all objects that were damaged by the attack by russian terrorist us. it's only a matter of time. i tested all structures of our states to ensure recovery as fast as possible. justine means in some places the attacks didn't have the effect moscow desired. this footage shows keeps mere bitterly clinico inspecting one of the capitals tourist attractions. a glass, pedestrian bridge damaged, but still intact a day earlier, just after 8 am. a russian massage had slammed into the structure. perhaps an attempt by moscow to destroy a prestige project failed. as the bridge remained standing. security cameras showing just how close one morning commuter came to being caught up in the blast.

across the city, a giant crater created by another strike just meters from a children's play area. many were lucky to escape with their lives. who should all of them are elsewhere? residents headed to bomb shelters, among them, alina, who recently fled to the capital from her song, hoping it will be safer. they want to destroy our people, our infrastructure ever since i read them all and i'm extremely envy you know, by our kids. so people should, she should know how would the same why? and keith was not the only target russian rockets caused chaos and destruction in cities across the country. like here and any pro. despite russia's escalation in the war, the spirits of the ukrainian people and their resolve remain strong. but with

reports of more russian strikes in the south of ukraine on tuesday, many a weary of what's to come short time ago, i got this update from our correspondent funding for char in keith. was a relative recall night. in fact, there wasn't even an arid alert, and i think you've city body many parts across the country. and in fact, just right now, as i'm speaking to you, the air raid is on also again for key of city. in fact, we just received an emergency alerts via our phone of i s m. as urging everyone to really take this eric alert seriously, because more mr. strikes are expected a 2 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, obviously we are speaking here about more than 80 cruise missiles that hit the country as a result, a lot of damage and not only to infrastructure, but also as we have heard. 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 zalinski i went in front of the camera yesterday and he's night. the address of the 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 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 us 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 was staying here, city a go towards a small of villages where they hoped 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 them 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 of our practically, you see that people are concerned, they are worried,

but they 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, 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 you as 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 he just pointing out what happened here yesterday, not only capital, but across many ports of the country, local to the weston, a part for exemplary liver, if not just the leaders,

but people here in general. i hoping that is a sort of like a wake up call for the rest of the world to see that what's happening here. and ukraine can easily spill over to other countries. as russia may resort to not only cruise missiles, but many, many other weapons. namely, the rhetoric that escalated the over the nuclear threat of rama and letting me put in. so yes, certainly are the leadership hopes that this is a wake of coal and more support is coming, both financially and militarily. funny. thank you very much. our correspond funny picture in the ukrainian capital kid. as we've been hearing there, the white house says us present. joe biden has spoken to president zalinski and promise to supply ukraine with advanced air systems. air defense systems biden has harshly condemned rushes air attacks on ukrainian cities. he said they demonstrated the other brutality of vladimir putins, illegal war and he was present will, of course,

be among the g 7 leaders meeting virtually with ukrainian president later today. ben hodges, former commander of the u. s. army in europe told me earlier how he thought they should respond to the russian missile strikes. well, of course of the leaders of the g. 7 nations, as well as every other international body, need to loudly and clearly condemn rushes, murder of innocent ukrainian civilians. these are war crimes that are happening in plain sight, and we need to talk about them as war crimes and every single officer and person, it's anywhere in the chain of command of the launching of the missiles. their name needs to be published. the whole world should know who they are. now words of course, are not enough. all of us have got to continue to find ways to protect these european civilians who are being murdered. russian missiles that means more air defense

systems. now ukraine's foreign minister says, monday strikes are a sign of russian desperation following setbacks on the battlefield. do you agree with that general? i completely agree with that. i mr. columbus, correct. look, the the russian military has been getting crushed and ukraine. they're on the back foot. i don't see their situation getting any better, any time soon. they're 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 degrading people. but if they can cause us in the west to lose our will by

doing these kinds of missile attacks, then 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 survey, sir, be keen to lead its invasion. he has a reputation for ruthlessness, as you know, do you think monday strikes are a sign up 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 going to need to watch. so far. lucas shameka has managed to sit on the fence here. he's allowed russia to use a land in the air space and for operations, but he's managed to stay out of actually committing troops. lee himself, the launching of these are radiant drones from belarus. that was, that was the next step when the and certainly the ukrainians have to be thinking about how do they preempt or how do they stop these things from happening. if lucas

shanker sends any of his troops actually into a fight with alongside russian troops up with them, he knows i think that they will be destroyed. the soldiers of valor is the 10 battalion technical groups and they have their 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 lucretia, and i hope that they are 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 and in the stakes that we're talking about are defending a democracy against an imperialistic autocracy that is willing to use force to

murder innocent people and to change sovereign 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 ukraine be successful, then i think the chinese will not be too impressed with anything that we say about taiwan or the south for the south china sea, on the battlefield. all roads lead to crimea, and it looks to me that the ukrainian forces have earth 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. just reminder, the top story we've been following for you to day here on the w news ukraine's president zalinski his do to meet g 7 leaders virtual late later today to discuss the response to widespread russian missiles tax on several ukrainian cities. the latest strikes killed morgan does your watching dw news. i'm terry martin. thanks for being with a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of long the mediterranean sea scene of l. musfar. and to far abdul karim drift along with exploring the modern life.