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program. fresh attacks on civilian targets in ukraine, missiles, rain down on towns and cities across the country for a 3rd day. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. we begin in brussels, where nato leaders are considering how to boost ukraine's air defenses. it's the 1st time the western alliance has met since russia illegally annexed several ukrainian territories. last month, secretary general young sheldon back says a wave of russian attacks on civilians in recent days are a sign of weakness. 50 countries have taken part in a forum set out by the united states to coordinate military aid for q. u. s. defense secretary says nato remains committed to supporting ukraine. well,

certainly not a question of like of a will. and the commitment the resolved that the chairman and i witnessed her in those contact group beating the day was as far as what i told the members of the group they, they remain committed to doing everything they can to generate the additional capabilities. and joining us from nato headquarters in brussels is dw corresponded terry schultz. terry dear c, a heightened resolve among ukraine's allies in response to russia's latest escalation of the war. yes, these recent attacks definitely hung over this meeting of some 50 countries aimed at ramping up weapons deliveries to ukraine. both u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chiefs chairman, mark, milly, referred to these attacks as potential war crimes and atrocities. the death of noncombatants is something that bothers military officials a lot. so this is certainly a galvanized the members of this ukraine defense contact groups to,

to increase the air defenses being sent to ukraine. it has them talking about long term air defense. possibly even creating an integrated missile defense structures in the long run. but yes, absolutely. i the, the leaders here today, we're very much heating, ukraine's warning that every day without more air defense is a day that more civilians who could die. ukraine obviously needs weapons, particularly those air defense systems right now terry, but we're also hearing promises of support for the long haul there at that meeting in brussels. what does that mean? absolutely. that means a lot of things. it means a lot of high tech assistance. it also means low tech assistance. so as i mentioned, they're talking about possibly creating in the long run, integrated missile defense and air defense capacities for ukraine with, with all allies contributing what they can to, to,

to really sort of seal the sky over ukraine against russian aircraft against russian missiles. but they're also talking about, for example, winter clothing with the winter coming up and ukraine. definitely the war in ukraine not being over by then. they're talking about how to get winter equipment, get, get winter clothing to ukraine. that's also not something you can just buy off the shelves in large capacities. so all of those countries that have experience with a winter warfare are now seeing what they can do to, to increase deliveries to ukraine. so this is really, really an all encompassing effort. they're looking at everything ukraine may need to steal itself against to continuing this war with russia into the winter. so we've got 2 meetings taking place in parallel, the one with the 50 countries that you just mentioned, the coordinating aid for ukraine. what nato, the nato countries themselves are meeting to. what do we expect? what can we expect from that meeting? a better defense ministers, terry? that's right. the contact group is now over and it's moved into a meeting of

a nato defense ministers along with a, the invitees, sweden and finland. and what they're going to be talking about is what the consequences of ramping at these aid deliveries to ukraine will mean for their own arsenals. now, a lot of these front countries are, are warning that they've had to dip into their own reserves. reserves that are basically mandated by nato to keep up by the capacity for self defense. they're talking about how they're going to replenish those shelves, and also how they're going to afford to buy new systems and send them directly to ukraine. so this is where nato steps in the u. s. is coordinating the aid deliveries their weapons deliveries to ukraine. now nato countries together are talking about how they can, for example, make joint purchases of ammunition and is so that the industry can, can produce these items more quickly. this is where nato steps in and, and it's, it's a really big task. this is something that nato countries have been talking about doing for years, but it's really having to help ukraine fight the war against russia. that's really put the fire under it now. terry,

thanks to bring us up to date. that was our correspond. terry schultz there in brussels. more civilian targets have been destroyed in the 3rd day of russian drone and missile attacks against ukraine. a strike on a crowded market has killed at least 7 people in the town of the eco, in the eastern to that screen. the governor says there is no military logic behind the attack. earlier i asked our corresponded in t mathias voting of what he knows about that deadlier strike in the dentist. greek . yeah, we don't know exactly how it was carried out, but would we've seen as the pictures and social media horrific pitches of bodies lying mixed to market stands? this town of diva is one of the towns where the line of confrontation, the line of contact, came to a halt in 2014, 2015. and it's it ever since been a one of the frontline towns. and it has been frequently showed since the

beginning of the full scale invasion february, this year, the shelling has been stepped up all along this line and a, all these places are under constant fire. it's no surprise that a place like a market has been hit because the shelling is pretty indiscriminate on civilian objects on military objects. wherever these shells rain down wherever they fall. that we have seen these missile attacks across the country hitting numerous towns and cities over the past couple of days. mathias, how are people in care of and elsewhere coping with that while life is more or less back to normal, people are little bit more aware of possible strikes more people are going to take shelter at night. for example, when there are air raid alarms, but other than that, are all the authorities, the organizations are that are working on these kinds of things have been very quick to repair the damage to patch a for example,

who's in the roads and repair some some of the damage done to buildings and so that life can go on and, and traffic can move on. there's still problems with energy supply. we have power cuts now all across the city at different times in different parts of the city. in order to ease a little bit, the pressure on the power grid that has been damaged by the strikes. the reserve parisha nuclear parent mathias has had his power supply interrupted again, is the situation there at the nuclear plant under control. now let's last in for that we have yes, these power cuts are of course dangerous because although the power plant has been shut down, although these reactors do not produce electricity at the moment, the, the fuel that's inside needs constant cooling, even when it's not active. when it's not to the point active,

it produces electricity. it is still, there is still, it is still heating and it needs to be cooled down and the cooling systems rely on electricity, the power lines. now, i used to supply the cooling systems with electricity rather than exporting electricity from the plant or bringing out a tricity from the plant. so this is a vital supply. there are generators that run these cooling systems when the power line is cut off. but of course, generators rely on diesel supplies, etc, etc. so this is always a dangerous moment and the fighting puts this plant under constant stress and under constant and puts it into constant danger of accidents. but he has thank you very much. our correspondent matea spelling of the in the ukranian capital keith the un general assembly is debating whether to condemn russia's annexation so for regions in ukraine. the full $193.00 member assembly is expected

to vote in the coming hours. last month. moscow said it annexed for partially occupied regions of ukraine, including lou hunts the next separation and her song. the assembly has already rejected russia's earlier bid for a secret ballot. our chief international editor richard walker, is with me in the studio here to talk us through the vote. so tell us richard, what can we expect from the general assembly? what's at stake here? well, it is very important terry. so this is the 2nd time that the un general assembly has had a chance to vote on the conflicts in ukraine. the 1st time was back in march. when 141 members of the un general assembly. so well over a 2 thirds majority voted in favor of resolution, really condemning russia invasion. and this was in the very early days of the

invasion, of course, that's many months ago now. now this, this new resolution is really quite narrowly focused, specifically on the annexations that russia just recently attempted through these kind of sham referenda that it held in these eastern regions of ukraine. and what you're seeing is certainly western countries that are trying to support ukraine have really been trying to drum up support among member states, the un to make sure that there's a strong showing. but there's a lot of speculation about what, you know, what kind of a showing to expect is 2 thirds the benchmark is it was last time, which was that exceeded or is anything less than a 141? it never should be going to get spun by russia as a sign that opposition to it is weakening. so it really, the symbolism of this will be very important. what is that eventually number? what countries are the key countries to be looking for in this boat, in terms of whether there are support for the alliance that is fighting against

russia? which countries, which are we looking for? there's china, of course, there's india, south africa. they did not support that 1st resolution. well, china and india, of course, a kind of the big beast who have been kind of crazy sitting on the fence during this, this whole conflict abstained last time around. it would be a sensation if either of them change their vote from abstention to, to voting against russia. that is really not to be expected. it would be huge news if that did happen, because then that would really be a sign of support or at least kind of tolerance for what russia is doing a crumbling but sent me the list of the 35 countries that abstained last time. that's the countries to look at to either any of those $35.00 countries kind of move over towards the list of people voting against russia, or does that list of abstentions get longer and then that would potentially be

assign. what people have talked about the ukraine fatigue in the international community, a sense that this subject of the ukraine war is dominating world events too much and crowding out other important issues. thank you very much. our chief political editor, richard walker. now israel says it has reached an historic agreement with neighboring lebanon over their shared maritime border. the deal in so years long dispute and ox rich gas reserves, it hoped it could improve ties between the 2 countries which have tactically been at war for more than 70 years. the carriage gas field has been at the center of israel and lebanon's border dispute for years. but soon drilling ships like this one could move from just testing to actually pumping gas back to the israeli coast . after the 2 neighbors seem to find the reach to deal on their shared border

in a break through the israeli prime minister yap, he'd said was historic, unprecedented. lebanon's present own has also welcomed the deal which would paved the way his cash trapped country to begin natural gas expiration. although following israel introduction would likely take years in one israeli coastal town close to the border with lebanon. some people was supportive. and whichever i skipped, but i think the deal between israel and lebanon is a good one that will bring peace shalom. nicole o lum. sometimes it hurts to compromise. but compromise brings good for every wanted double column, but others worried who had benefit from lebanese gas? we all know that a lot of it is by law going to have a lot of chunk of i mean back on that pick them on the gun of the commission.

they're caught and they're gonna use it to get war rockets, hulma prime minister benjamin netanyahu has voice, similar criticism, calling the deal, and historic surrender to his bella. and that could spell disaster for its future with poles, neck and neck, in a general election just weeks away. netanyahu has promised to cancel the deal if he returns to power. you're watching dw news from berlin. you can find all the latest news and information any time you want on a website as d w dot com. i'm terry martin from in all of us. thanks for watching. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. i. romantic corner chat. hot spot for food chair and some great cultural memorials to mood.