ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia strikes ukraine again, this time in the southern city of separate asia, at least a 1000 missiles here to school, the clinic and residential buildings. there are also fresh strikes in the v in the west of the country. and early a wave of russian stripes killed more than

a dozen people. ukraine says the attacks show but moscow's desperation following setbacks on the battle. also on the program. how can natal provide more support for ukraine? that's the issue facing. defense ministers gearing up for a 2 day meeting in brussels. we'll go live to nato hedge cute ah, i'm glad of us. welcome to the program. a day after ukraine was hit by dozens of russian rockets, security services are reporting more strikes in the south and in the west of the country on tuesday. ukrainian authorities say at least 12 missiles have slammed to public facilities in the southern city of the bridge. yet killing at least one person, the ocean set off a large fire in the area by. it is of the group of a 7 countries,

the g 7 r meeting virtually today to discuss further support for keith, including help to rebuild ukraine's damaged infrastructure. following the latest attacks, people and keith have already made a start themselves. okay, i understand that a nato secretary general stoughton back is about an important to speak with nick and security. we will review our progress on strengthening night those, the terrans on the fence. we will further increase the protection our critical infrastructure in light of the civil tosh, all the north stream pipelines. and we will step up and sustain our support for ukraine so that we can continue to hold out, so they can continue to defend themselves on liberator territory from russian

occupation. ukraine has the momentum. i continues to make significant gains while russia is increasingly resorting to horrific and in this can that attacks on civilians on that critical infrastructure present tootin is failing in ukraine. his attempted annexations, partial mobilization and reckless nuclear rhetoric represents the most significant escalation since the thought of the war. and they show that this war is not going ass plans. natal is not pointed to the conflict, but our support is playing a key role. nicholas trains, sovereignty and self defense. ukraine's defense minister or lex said,

us to call it will join us to moral both for the us led confed group for ukraine on for a dinner with natal ministers together, we will address ukraine's urgent needs. i welcome the recent announcements by allies to provide more advanced air defense systems and older capabilities to ukraine. i look forward to further delivers. our message is clare. nate don't stance with ukraine. for as long as it takes, president putin started this war. he must ended by withdrawing his forces from ukraine. i'm present, lucas ain't gone. should stop the complicity of belarus in this illegal conflict.

on thursday, i would share a regular meeting of the new clare planning group. the for the mental purpose of naples nuclear. the tenant has always been to preserve peace, prevent coercion on the turret, aggression. next week, nate door will hold its long plans the turns exercise. steadfast noon. this is routine training, which happens every air to keep our return safe, secure, an effective present tooth is veiled. nuclear threats are dangerous and irresponsible. russia knows that the nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fault.

we are closely monitoring rushes nuclear forces. we are not to see in the changes in russia posture, but we remain vigilant. at the madrid summit in june natalee, this decided a fundamental shift in our defense on the terrans to respond to the new security reality. we are doubled the number of innate about some groups in the east of the lines. they can be scaled up quickly to brigade size barrels, increasing the number of our higher ed. this forces at this minute, that old we will take decisions to increase. i will stop vice omissions on equipment to speed up the delivery of capabilities and to use the natal defense planning process to provide industry with a long term demand and need to boost production will also

address the protection or critical infrastructure. nato has been working on this for many years. and following the sub latasha, the north, the stream pipelines, we have further enhanced vigilance across all domains. we are doubled, our presence in the baltic on north cease to over 30 ships, supported by maritime patrol, air croft, and under sea capabilities. these efforts are closely coordinated boy, naples, maritime common allies are also increasing security around t installations and stepping up intelligence and intelligence sharing. we will take further steps to strengthen our resilience and protect our could a critical infrastructure and the deliberate attack against allies critical

infrastructure would be met with united undetermined response. our final session will focus on make those missions and operations from kosovo to iraq. we will be joined by you hire sensitive waddell because natal on the european union faced the same security challenges we have a difficult winter ahead. so it's even more important that north america and europe continued to stand united in support for ukraine and in the fence or people are without them ready to take your questions. we'll start at the very top with the valet and beyond. thank you, mr. secretary general and you said that you will be making decisions at this meeting about how to increase national stockpiles and keep your keep your arsenals

full while supplying more to ukraine. but for example, with the air defense, the air to air missile system that germany is sending, that was something that germany was expecting to order for itself. estonia has sent its entire shipment of javelins to ukraine. so are you worried that while allies are supplying ukraine with everything they can, they are leaving themselves unprotected at home and what will be your deliverables out of this meeting that will change that in terms of manufacturing, processing, streamlining. thank you. so name dollars have provided unprecedented support to ukrainian or with the capabilities the weapons, ammunition, the different types of minto support and that is something of course we welcome and then we have encouraged this from an athol ever since the invasions thought that actually we, we did that before the invasion, we have to remembered us neutralize abroad support to crane since 2014,

including attending tens of thousands of ukraine officers solders which are now paying a key role in the offense against the russian. again, aggression against ukraine, but often invasion. alice stepped up and of course very much of the support that they thought alice had provided the javelins, the air defense systems, the ammunition to have for one to 2 crane that has been taken from the c existing stalks. so by doing that, they have reduced their stocks. but that has been the right thing to do that because it is important for all of us that ukraine winds up the battle, the war against the invading russian forces. but because if tooth and wins, that is not only a big defeats for your kindness, but it all the defeat on dangers for all us there calls it will make the world more dangerous on it will, will make us more vulnerable for further russian aggression. so that's the reason

why we have used nathan stokes and stokes nathan countries to provide support to ukraine. but of course the, the longer this war, dr. song, the more important is that you also then are able to replenish the stocks. and that's exactly why we are addressing. how can we ramp up production so we can produce more both to replenish stocks, but also to continue to support ukraine on the i expect me this is to make decisions some at the ministerial meeting tomorrow on the day after to morrow on how to use the natal defense planning process to agree on the more ambitious targets on, for instance, on a different to keep it is including it. look into the, the pals between increasing the targets, the guidance for stocks. this will provide the industry with the long term demand.

they need to invest in new production capabilities. and because to have been able to increase production party by utilizing existing and production capacity more, but to really ramp up production, they need to make new investments. also expect them to agree on how we can further strengthen our interoperability, ensure that the alice can work together and also jointly purchase a i'm a nation, a can't be dis, wanted to use as stocks, but also to, to actually ensure interoperability between allies and that, that unique, nate thought defense planning process is i think the best tool to ensure that allies are coordinated and actually provide the long term the mon messages to industry to ramp up production. notice as he could just then

thanks. yes, lauren cook from the associated press have a question on none on infrastructure of germany was ah, well how can i put it? i don't you bon, had it's a communications cables severed over the weekend in germany. cut off transport in the north of the country. we've also seen the leaks to the, to the pipelines, obviously north stream going to germany. i at what point to these attacks. i'm sorry to these incidents, then become acts of war. and how does nato respond to that as a collective alliance? you said the allies would respond by how do you do that in this kind of instance, thinking or law stairs natal. hoffer so implemented the biggest transformational collector, the fan sins builder cold war. and part of that is to take fully into account her hybrid targets. the cyber tense,

and therefore also stated few years ago that hybrid on cyber attacks can trigger article fired. and i can constitute an armed attack against a ne dialogue. on the we have stepped up volva, our work on the scenes, the protection of a critical infrastructure. we are conducting more exercises, both on the hybrid threats on cyber jets and we are extinguishing best practices and the walls agreed guidelines, all the protection or the critical infrastructure. all of this is about protecting, for instance, under c or a capabilities are undersea infrastructure pipelines, a cables, but also of course, and the g, a greens and the g production and transportation infrastructure. of course, i cannot comment on those specific incidents. the costs are ongoing investigations . i think we need to await the outcome of this in this situation before we make any final judgment. but in general, i can say that of course we are closely monitor montessori every incident that may

constitute an hybrid or a cyber attack against the nato allies. as we are ready to take the necessary measures if needed exactly what colonel measure depends on the nature of the attack, and we will never give our potential. this is the privilege of defining exactly where the treasurer for article 5 a goes, not will be a decision. we make an ice taken into account the precise context, the specific situation we will face if there is a hybrid las harbor like against the dwelling ineffectual crane laid in the middle name. thank you. think you wanna stick with your general according to americans and ukrainians yesterday. strike on ukraine. well, plan in advance and nothing to do the sketch bridge as russian claims. and moreover,

some analyst also sat ukraine, have nothing to do with care to preach, which was simply used as a pretext. was this strike thus only to share the same assessment? and do you think is the accounting point of this war? what could it change on the battlefield and some sure to follow up to terry question you sense if ministers we'll discuss how they feel a stalks only tomorrow, but war is going on already for 7 months. why it was not done before. think it was a 1st or we have all that of course thought to the dialogue with the industry and with the different dollars on how to ramp up production and on the on refill or replenish our stocks. we had that meeting over, nate to arm and directors a couple of weeks ago or her in, in a thought. and so this an ongoing work. but when all the indices meet to morrow,

of course that provides an excellent opportunity to stake stock. oh, what we have achieved, how far we have been able to, to move on ramping or production, but also then to make new decisions on the whole to further and sure that we are not only digging into existing stocks to provide support to crane, but actually able to ramp up production and we need to ramp up production of ammunitions and, and weapons to both ensure that the turns on defense or our own, ours neutralize, but also to have enough to continue it for the long haul to provide support to, to ukraine. but about just to print and misunderstanding this work doesn't start now. it has been going on for some time. but of course, the longer the war in ukraine continues. these are work on and will either press, conference of nato secretary general ahead of the nato defense ministers meeting

happening or to morrow. and we can all go to russelton's and i to h q where my colleague, terry shoals is standing by there you've just been there at the press conference. we earthen a deserted general ahead of the nato meeting. the that will ask for the coming to days. what do you think we can expect from that meeting? well, 1st and foremost, of course, the allies will want to show a united front against russia, especially against these recent attacks that were so brutal secretary general called them horrific. they will also be taking stock of whether president putin's nuclear rhetoric is indeed a sign that he is increasing the possibility of using nuclear weapons. secretary general suttonberg just said that they have seen no sign that the pastor has actually changed. despite the president putin's comments clearly trying to scare the west, they will also be looking at how they can do more to protect the infrastructure

after we saw these attacks on the nord stream pipeline. i, the damage of this se, spell of course, causing huge environmental damage. this is something that nato has known is a vulnerability of its allies for a long time, and they will be looking at what more they can do to protect this infrastructure. mentioning also, of course, the, the sabotage on a german railways over the weekend. so this is definitely something allies are going to be looking at as well as how they can continue to supply ukraine with an ever increasing need for weapons. that's one of the big issues or i believe staying on course in its support for you for him. that's easier said than done, isn't it? certainly, nato has said that it will stick with ukraine as long as it takes, but that's looking to be longer and longer again with these recent attacks showing that moscow has no intention of withdrawing from the territory inside ukraine, that it's been occupying. and allies are having to look at what they can do to

continue sending weapons to ukraine at, at this level, or even increasing it. i looked at that ahead of ahead of this meeting at, at just how they are going to dig deeper. let's take a look. ah, spend more, make more, send more. nieto allies are under pressure to continue supplying ukraine with increasingly sophisticated weapons, while maintaining their own stock piles up to alliance standards for ukrainian president volota mir zalinski. it's straightforward as be sure to list a chance will increase the supply of weapons of ammunition to defend against the russian pressure of increased the manufacture of weapons and ammunition in europe to be always ready to defend our common space. but some allies are voicing concerned they can't keep this up moneys getting tighter and weapons. manufacturing is a slow process. according to the american think tank, the center for strategic and international studies. even the leading arm supplier, the united states, may be running low on key weapons,

barriers that nato's head of defense investment says for most countries, the cupboards are not bare yet altima t. i do believe that many others can do somewhere between a little more and a lot more, but that's that, that, that us to come from a decision. any. also a very honest assessment of what's the state of their own stork bugs grants is nato is helping allies become more comfortable with sharing their stockpiles with ukraine by working on ways to speed up production, re supply and inter operability. so countries can share stocks. such changes are essential, grand says to whether both the war in ukraine and whatever the future hold in the long run. we want to make sure that in an environment in which i intensity warfare has made it dramatic comeback in european security landscape, we are at the right level. some allies aren't waiting for new solutions, topping the list of donors to ukraine as a percentage of their g, d,

p. the baltic states and poland. they have the mil occupied by the soviet union. they have experience with what russians do. former estonian president thomas elvis notes. his country is spending more of its g d, p on aid to ukraine, than some nato allies spend on their own militaries. we bought a lot of javelins, we gave them all to you. great. and the idea is that every tank every t 70 to the gets knocked out by a miss stony and javelin in ukraine is one t $72.00. we don't have to knock out with our javelins at home. ukraine's former foreign minister, pamela clim can also urge is nieto countries not to make a distinction between helping his country and protecting themselves their real eastern flank of mate. all, all 0 in informal one is also in ukraine. so if you have a strategic revision on how to deliver response to agree,

easy boy door of been credible for the west clinic in hopes this increased integration will also speed the process of ukraine becoming the formal eastern flank of nato. once the war is over. so supplies and money at the end be becoming an issue that it the are we've seen you asking a stalk, meg on their press conference earlier about these issues a, do you think he's worried that funding ukraine will dray, a brain resources for nato? what is this a secretary, camille grant, explain to me is that there's a difference between the comfort zone and the danger zone when it comes to stock piles. and he said that no country is anywhere near the dangers on where they actually wouldn't have enough munitions or other equipment in stock to defend themselves or to help defend other nato countries. if it came to that. but what

they're working on is making that comfort zone broader, so that, for example, more countries use the same ammunition so that stockpiling is easier so that manufacturing orders can be larger. that makes a lot of sense. and that's something secretary general st oldenburg said he hopes will come out of this meeting. that allies will look at ways to be more inter operable to make even joint procurements. something which we haven't really seen to a large extent up to now, but the war in ukraine is changing the way everybody looks at defense. the w's, terry shoals there at nato headquarters in brussels. thank you, terry. in the wake of monday's russian rocket, assault security services in ukraine are reporting more strikes in the south. and the west of the country. ukrainian authorities say at least 12 missiles have slammed into public facilities in the southern city of the felicia killing. at least one person said of a large fire in the area the leaders of

a group of 7 countries. the g 7 are meeting virtually today to discuss further support for keith, including help to rebuild ukraine's damaged infrastructure. following the latest tasks with people in case of already made a staff themselves just hours after the massage struck, ukrainians got to work, cleaning up, determined to send a signal to russia. president ballade means lensky said the attacks had not immortalized ukraine. in fact, quite the opposite and the rebuilding had already started showed and then not so, but on another day of our defense, a difficult day 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. just been means in some places the attacks didn't have the effect.

moscow desired, this footage shows keeps mere bitterly clips go 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 i, livermore? elsewhere, residents headed to bomb shelters. among them, alina her recently fled to the capital from her song, hoping it will be safer. they want to destroy our people, our target,

russian rockets, cause chaos and destruction in cities across the country. like here in denise pro, despite russia's escalation in the war, the spirit of the ukrainian people and their resolve remained strong. but with reports of more russian strikes in the south of ukraine on tuesday. many a weary of what's to come and early and i spoke to a correspondent, funny fetch on asked her about this most recent strikes on tuesday. he had a very, as i said, is in philadelphia, not the same well as yesterday them, but still several regions of rain have been hit. for example, the western part, once again live if a, where the energy infrastructure was hit and there's again a partial black up in the town. but also if you zoom in on one particular town here in zachary just city of that town has been shared constantly. not only over the

course of the past couple of days, but over the course of this war. because every just city is strategically quite important for last year. they want to control the sound as a controlling various boards, all the region of zappa region itself, report the one person a skilled in that shelling today. if you do not know whether that number is going to be even corrected all words, as usually the case with all these miss, i strife on going and yes, people are bracing for more. i'm right now hearing keith city and we spoke to a couple of people this morning who really expressed various reactions to what happened here and key of sitting the heart of the capitol yesterday. let's have a listen. and what's it men of emotion is hatred towards them. it is so big that you start understanding that they are not human. what else can i say? i don't have feelings for them after seeing what they've done with a little bit. settled for choices, least this is despair. this is anger. this is hatred with it because we see that

there is no me see that there is no military infrastructure here. this is a playground. it's a place where i walk every morning and every evening, richard or if it were this emotion is caused by the fact that your life was and is under threat not only our life, but the lives of all ukrainians. to seek retainer agreement, look it up, he's a cool guy. he can't scare us, and there will be no mercy. but she knew we need to win for sure. and we will do it, no matter what it would be when i want the whole world to understand with you. because i was there. kat, any agreements when mother stole this is a question of our lives to postables messages. and now funny, i can see that you are standing there in front of a crater. may that may be the playground that we also have seen in the voices that we've just heard. so tell us more about this damage.

well, let me actually give you a closer look of this crater right here. i mean, you can see really the impact your, the magnitude of what happened to you yesterday. and if you zoom out a little bit, yes, this is the playground that you see there. a lot of people are coming actually to the side because they want to see for themselves. is that really reality is this what is happening in here? city in the heart of the capital. and yes, this is the reality. the lot of people are trying to understand come to terms with because you have to understand, at least for the past couple of months, it was relatively calm around the city and these in the city center, especially, it wasn't really, i add that the place where people were scared to.