bar mentalist. danger starts october 29th on d, w. ah, ah, ah, this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. fresh russian strikes on ukraine hit the capital keith. the southern city of nikolai also comes under fire. rescue workers pull a boy from the rubble of an apartment building nato issues, the sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons and ukraine. secretary general yen stolen back says there would be severe consequences if vladimir putin resorts to nuclear arms on the battlefield. plus donald trump's security staff are

giving evidence about the january 6th storming of the u. s. capital. the big question is whether prosecutors will go after the former president himself ah hello m terry martin. good to have you with us. russia is again pounding ukraine in an air offensive. now in its 4th day over 40 towns and cities have come under attack. moscow claims this striking only infrastructure, but civilians are also in the firing line as drones and missiles seek out non military targets. ah, pre dawn, air raid sirens and my don square and keys bringing another day in russia's war on ukraine. ah!

daylight reveals fresh horrors. rushing shells struck an apartment building in the southern city of nikolai of an 11 year old boy, spent 6 hours trapped beneath a rebel before emergency workers pulled him to safety. in harkey, the death toll rose in a recent rushing, shooting on a civilian car convoy ukrainian. prosecutors said 25 people have now died including 12 children. investigators say one passenger, a 75 year old woman, crawled nearly 200 meters towards help. before succumbing to her injuries. authorities fear the death toll could increase further. body fragments are being sent for d. n a analysis to identify those killed and harrison region retaken by ukrainian forces survivors share what they endured. well, you just give me. this is

a disaster. i have been crying for months. i'm still shocked. i've lost everything now that i am 72 years old and i was left with nothing. all my clothes, i hear. everything is the sure elderly and disabled ukrainians have been forced to start over. in the western city of kemah lensky aid workers, welcome new refugees driven out of their homes. by recent attacks on the upper region. ukrainian president for lot of mirrors. lensky vowed again to hunt down those responsible for ukrainian suffering. the sorrows. if gus for janice, lose our intelligence, special services, law enforcement agencies are finding out all the details regarding these and other russian strikes. they did, boom, no russian terrorists will be able to remain unknown to justice. we will know all the names and all the details for ukraine will bring to justice. every russian murderer, an executioner, line from commanders to privates,

who carried out criminal orders, looking into the will of ukrainian people to fight on continues. and so does this war i spoke earlier with our course on it in keith mathias bellingham. he gave us an update on the latest tax. yes, several missiles have been taken down pipe by air defense and also drones. so a lot was flying around in the air today, and some of it also hit that was the case in a village near ki, of where that's the, the information that we're given by the authorities. infrastructure has been hit, but we don't know exactly what and the southern the city of mc alive has also been hit mac alive being one of the cities that frequently shelled by rockets. it's very close to the frontline so they can use rocket types that would not reach deep into the territory there. that's why this city, along with others that are close to the front line or to the russian border. like,

what is your or hockey are showed much more often and then a residential building. was it again, a 5 story building? we've just seen the pictures of the boy was taken out under the rob. i understand the head of the u. s. nuclear agency is in kia for talks about the zap parisha nuclear plant in the 2 years. or that facility is in russian hands. it's in a war zone, any progress being reported on how to assure the plants safety. so grossey came here after visiting moscow, or he was conveying what he had talked about with put in to the ukrainians. and he says he's a hopeful that talks will be possible because put in said that he would be ready to talk. and me saw this as a good sign, but he didn't bring any specific any specific news,

any specific commitments or anything. he just told us that the situation was very precarious and that the has said that before. but the idea does not recognize the plant as russian put in has a next it together with the territories is also signed a d that would, according to the russians and bring it into the russian state assets. this is not recognized by the international community. grossey is calling for the russians to stop all military activity. their demilitarised that he doesn't use the word demilitarize, but he says that no rockets or, or shells or whatever must be fired from the territory. and the church, you must not be fired at. and yet there is no specific progress yet, but i guess he has to be hopeful that these talks need to something because the situation is very serious. but he has thank you very much, is always are correspond m a t a spelling of their in key. if nato has wrapped up

2 days of talks and brussels with a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons and ukraine. the alliances secretary general yes, spelt max, says any use of nuclear weapons would have severe consequences. nato countries agreed to step up their military support for ukraine. european allies are gearing up their air defense at the nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. 15 countries signed off on a plan to buy new air defense systems together. the german lead initiative has the goal to dig in deep clean hands, our ability to defend the alliance from all air and missile threats. threats that elsewhere have become reality. just days ago, russia launched rockets at cities across ukraine, destroying critical infrastructure and killing civilians and attacks. needle members have called ruthless and indiscriminate blended take also the last 2 days effects. then the number of shelling and shells and bombs are rec. rocha sir,

has been over to 100 and crane her managed to bring them down over 50 percent as over 50 percent of them. so which shows that the air defense is very, very crucial to save civilian lives. because russians are born being that the mormon civilians, ukraine so far has been lacking modern missile defense equipment like this, u. s. made patriot system. nato alice are now scrambling to provide support. germany has begun delivering iris t defense systems and pledges to send more of these powerful assets with a capacity to protect a midsized city from air attacks. the u. s. nuclear providing surface to air missile systems as well. but at the same time natal members are confronted with having no broad air defense capabilities themselves. in the event of an attack on european cities, allies would have insufficient means to respond. the european sky shield initiative is supposed to change this,

so it has to go fast and it is important that these gaps are close to these times we are experiencing. these are threatening times and challenging times the house, and we have to step up and take responsibility. lima did you happen? secretary, generally and short mac has announced the alliance would help ukraine transition from soviet era to nato level equipment, with a warren ukraine escalating to another level. nato members only to make sure they themselves are covered as well. nathan was planning on going ahead next week with nuclear preparedness exercises dubbed steadfast noon. i asked our report corresponded in brussels, terry shoulds for her takeaways from today's talks among nato defense ministers. certainly today, a lot of the focus was on this question of nuclear rhetoric coming out of the kremlin. every one is worried about the unpredictably of russian unpredictability of russian president vladimir putin. and so well, nato says that it has not seen any, any practical change in the posture of russia's nuclear arsenal. nobody can take

that for granted. and so this is why they're going ahead with this, this long planned exercise next week and, and why the deterrence messages continue to be issued from nato headquarters here? nobody wants president putin to think he's going to be able to get away with this. now they say that they would not respond in a nuclear way, but certainly russia would be made to feel the consequences in a most severe manner if he were to use any saw any kind of nuclear weapon against ukraine. the nato defense ministers, of course, covering a lot of ground there over the past couple of days. we are hearing also that they are the several later members want to create a joint anti odd anti missile shield for europe. tell us more about them. yes, this is a german lead initiative and it's been picking up steam since budgets are under pressure. and since so much equipment is being sent to ukraine and to day on the

sidelines of the defense ministers, meetings, 14 allies and finland, which is most likely soon to be an ally, signed an agreement that they would start working together on, on missile defense on air defense more broadly, and that means that they wouldn't each just be buying national systems, they would jointly procure them, they would make sure that all of these, these, this equipment works together. and, and this is a big deal. this is something nato has wanted to see for many, many years. and now it seems that that, that the pressure from the war on ukraine, the pressure on, on resources is finally making country's work together. this is going to be a big improvement in, in air defense, but also simply in cost of his efficiency for purchases. nato carries out of nuclear exercises readiness exercises every year. and they're going to cont, they're going to go ahead with theirs this year. despite the war in ukraine, terry, is there a risk that russia could see those provocation?

russia tends to describe every thing nato does as a provocation. so i don't think that's going to deter anyone in nato, from carrying out these exercises. in fact, i, everyone that i've spoken with says that if we were to even think about canceling this exercise, that would send the message that bullying works, that this nuclear sabre rattling works and it would in fact, even empower the kremlin to think about using nuclear weapons. because they would see the western allies are, are backing down. so i'm told that there was never any consideration about calling off the exercise this year. terry, thank you very much. our corresponded terry shorts, there in brussels now to the u. s. where the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capital building is promising. what it says will be surprising details. a hearing just getting underway and washington is likely to be the last before november's mid term elections. donald trump's security staff are expected to give evidence. oh, the storming of the u. s. capital on january 6th,

2021. an unprecedented attempt to stop the peaceful transfer a power from donald trump to joe biden. these images shocked the nation. b and the world kathleen initially, republicans condemned the writers, but most have reversed course and thrown their support behind former president, trump again, only a small minority continue to demand. the trump and the writers be held to account kasey, including liz cheney and adam kensington. the only 2 republicans on the january 6th committee to investigate what role trump played in the riot room and efforts to overturn the election. shuttling out to the so far, the committee has held a public hearing, featuring previously unseen footage and compelling witness testimony. pointing directly to donald trump and his inner circle to say the election job, i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the elections

over. okay. the committee accuses the former president of trying to overturn the 2020 election result of riling up the crowd of writers on january 6th and acting on the attackers as it happened. when the committee finishes its work, it will submit a final report with its findings and recommendations, including one tea recommendation, whether donald trump and his allies should face criminal charges. but in the end, it will be up to the justice department to decide what to do, and that will be a tough decision. does the justice department take an unprecedented leap and press criminal charges against a former president, or will it use its resources to go after other members of trump's inner circle of things in the dining room? most republicans have rejected these hearings as political theater. but with

a report hanging over donald trump head, along with many other investigations, it is possible that the former president's popularity will take a hit, and that florida governor ron de santis, the rising star of the republican party, could become the next republican presidential candidate in 2024. watching d. w. news from berlin up next. got a documentary for you. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here with d. w. thanks for watching. with stories that most people of the world over information. they provide the opinions, they want to express d, w on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow.