ah, sirens howled across ukraine to day as russia launched a new wave of missile strikes targeting the country, civilian infrastructure, several people, including at least one child, have been killed and power has been knocked out all the way to neighboring moldova, the renewed attacks have been met with fierce international condemnation, the clearest message to day came out of the european parliament where legislators overwhelmingly voted to recognize russia as a state sponsor of terrorism on nichol ferla, him, berlin, and this is of the day ah, killing civilians destroying infrastructure using systemic violence and intimidation. it is thought to recognize the russian federation for what it is,

the pariah and menace a rogue state. and its state. sponsor observes the more that russian army is being pushed back and defeated on the back of feet. the more it is targeting civilian objects with an attempt to frighten his the prey. now society and we get it refilled. we vote now on the resolution as a whole by roku is opened close as close and it is broadly adopted from reputation. ah. also on the show, as the iranian regime cracks down on opponents at home. it's also increasingly focusing on dissidents and journalists abroad. so that's that, but the toyotas you, me, the threats should be taken seriously. because in the past 43 years,

these law make republic has repeatedly attacked its opponents and exile with terror attacks and kidnapping, including journalists and local activists, english chickens. oh ukraine. when to eerily dark to day after and tense, russian bombardment knocked out power and water, and most of the country. the ukrainian army says more than 70 cruise missiles fired in quick succession, had critical infrastructure and residential buildings at sites across the country. 3 people were killed and keith after a missile hit their apartment block. according to the mayor of the capital, at least another 11 were injured. estrace also caused ukraine to shut down. it's 3 remaining nuclear power plants as a precaution. after they were cut off from the energy grid earlier, a missile strike in the upper reach a region, a hit, a maternity hospital that attack killed a newborn. that was only 2 days old. it was pulled from the rubble of what was the

maternity ward. this doctor was fortunate to make it out alive, but the russians strike that flattened his workplace did take the life of the baby . he was there to deliver. it's mother was rescued. just the latest casualties of yet another attack on a healthcare facility. moscow has long denied targeting hospitals and clinics, but the world health organization has recorded more than 700 attacks since the start of the war. 9 months ago. russia's repeated attacks on energy infrastructure. i'm making it hard for doctors to provide care of those hospitals that are still standing here and has san they're forced to work by flashlight as they try to save a teenager whose hand was blown off in a rush and strike without power for the elevator. he has to be carried up 6 flights

of stairs on a stretcher to reach an operating room lit with only emergency lights. love is lisa missy. it's hard without an elevator, hard without light to get the child to the 6th floor. no water, no heating. working in the dim light, doctors amputate the teenagers left arm. his mother waits nearby, inconsolable he'll give us, they shoot at civilians at children. we didn't call them hair and didn't kill any of their children, so why they're killing ours. but with russian attacks continuing and winter beginning to bite her san residence, the facing shortages of water, food, and other essentials, many a, making a difficult choice and joining the governments voluntary evacuation effort,

boarding buses to seek safety further from the front lines. i 1st guess tonight is eula mandel. she served as the spokesperson for ukraine president volota mears, the landscape from 2019 to 2021. she's also the author of the fight of our lives. my time with the lensky ukraine's battle for democracy and what it means for the world which was published in english in september. miss man, no, welcome to the day you're in cave. at the moment we can tell that the power doesn't seem to be so strong. it almost looks like you're, you're working with torchlight there. can you tell us about what happened there to day? hi, thank you for having me. yes, i'm having allies from my old broken tal. it's gone and i'm having to cancel here just to try to make this broadcast, but in fact, my connection connection dropped all the time. so i'm not to worry about it right now. i don't have like,

i don't have heating and i don't have water for the last 6 or 7 hours. i don't complain. it's like happening all over the country. we know that we are working hugely on restoring everything that was broken today because russia sand, at least 70 me styles and 5 can because that draws of the run in production to huge ukrainian facilities, the electricity facilities and of your facilities. and our team and north of the country are working really hard to try to restore and we think we have read your results because we know that in the west is fully restored like the rest of everything already. but in keep 80 percent of residents feel. stan at me, you know, without anything, without water like heating. so this is our reality reality here. and in the rare we find with candles and power banks trying, you know, to go through the and to enter the winter is as much as possible. you know,

with any kind of energy or sources, many people who own houses, they try and re to generate just absolutely sold out. but he's even a bad for me because while i'm here without live heating and wardrobe for 67 hours, my family has some region that you mentioned have been leaving the exact way for weeks and weeks and the shelling, very even award. just new reality. we cannot get used to eat and it's nothing last but can we watch russia to ukraine these days? i don't want to talk about your hometown curse on for a 2nd. how did you feel when the russians withdrew from their let me say that. yeah, that was a huge relief and we all had a lot of emotions. i have really very close, relatively there. and we all cried hugely. we really celebrated this, but it was, you know, such an emotional moment. i really we know when you,

when we will reconnect with each other at the same time rusher test or in my c t my home town in frontline, c t and a really huge re, shall the cdn killed the bill in i've heard the story that you told about new born in the body shop was killed by russian shalley. let me say that my mother is a doctor. she worked with the keys and right now she has to keep from that we john, and one of them is 13 years old who came to the hospital several days ago and he doesn't have one hand anymore. the other one is also to be only wounded by the 3rd one died today. unfortunately, because of ration selling. he was wounded in he had any. again, that reality, i'm trying to send him the parcel because my mom has 4 newborn keys who were left there and she doesn't know what to do. she just takes care about them in the hospital, and they don't have just, you know, hygiene things or food baby food. so i'm trying to attend the par cell, but it happened that the cues for getting the parcel like

a really huge hundreds of people. and we such a huge shelling that we are afraid. that's why my father, you know, can be damaged or anything will happen. so we tried to get this bar so different ways. but yeah, it's like a terrifying, but i need to say that everyone who i'm talking in key in other regions or even even have they say that they're very happy that there are no russians anymore. they, they don't want any kind of russian who's russian or russian world as, as a russian propaganda said. and they said, we know this is the period of life that we need to know. it's a very difficult one. it's a dangerous one, but we can go through day. yeah, i'm you mind asking what people are telling you about the time under russian occupation. you know, it's like the atmosphere of constant fear and ease existence in the balance between

life and gas. you know, like, my aunt is a teacher and she had a lot of generations of students, and one of her students was killed in a 2nd just in a moment because a shrapnel from russian me style was line evolve day, a houses and a strep. now gotten to the window and he killed her immediately. another guy who helps to restore electricity that was damaged all the time. because of shelley, when, when she was living there, he was heavily beaten and needed to leave the region. again, i mentioned that people were leaving without any resources and they were even afraid to go out. and if you talk about the mammals, i was talking to young females and they were so scary to, to be there to go out because they knew that there were a lot of reports about great beings. and you know, this is a terrible thing. and of course i've heard about a lot of tortures, but what i know that people who am i know they disappeared and this is another kind

of trauma. you don't know what the people are. they alive are they, you know, tortured. can you help them? what happened to them? and again, let me return to the 5 the fractions were taken away. a lot of kids. this is terrible experience. so they want to take these for you born keys that were born in ukrainian hospital and were left by abandon, but their mother and my mother didn't allow that, which i feel here. why? like her personal hair. we took a lot of her resources. yeah. so this was a terrible experience and no one wants to have back given all that you and your fellow ukrainians have been through and are still going through. what doesn't mean that the european parliament classified russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. what does it mean to you? look russians, they cannot defeat ukrainian army on the battle ground. and this is such a low and sash, such a disgusting type of behavior when they start fighting ukrainian civilians

ukrainian returned to hospitals and keys. and this is nothing, but territory is what's happening here. so we welcome this decision. we are grateful for this understanding and we hope that these will help restrict rush and war limit it war and that russia will not have this resources to continue its terrorist actions in ukraine. you know, we are fighting here not just for the land. i'm sure that's no, you repeat con, she wants the border with russia. russia feels like non stop a bull with its imperialistic ambitions. so what we want, we want actually to finish this autocracy and not to allow it to go to our democratic country. we belong to the free world, and we want this to be recognized. we want to be free and independent ukraine. we don't have much time left, but i do want to ask you how important the 400000000 dollar military aid that the u . s. pledge to day to your country is how important that is in this endeavor and in

the war effort at this point. you know, this is very bad to recognize and, but we can do nothing just like be grateful for this. today ukraine fully depends on the western partners financially military, with every means. unfortunately, ukrainian economy is destroyed and we do not have resources to fight russians on the battle ground. so we understand that this is one more proof that the united states and the western world stands with us and will help us to move, you know, to defend our democracy. well i, we are very grateful and we plan to stay with united as much as needed because if we don't stop ration now and just democracy pen, just lose to all talk receive. and this something that we cannot allow to happen, julia mendel from our sports person. for ukrainian president will let me lensky.

thank you so much for a time and all the best to you and your family. thank you for having me. ah, more than 2 months brave iranians of all ages and walks of life have been taking to the streets, calling for freedom equality and the end of islamic role. and for more than 2 months, the regime has been escalating its violent response to the demonstrations. dozens of protesters have reportedly been killed in the last week alone. today, the u. s. sanctioned another 3 iranian officials over the bloody crackdown and tomorrow the un human rights council will hold an urgent meeting to consider launching an investigation into the crimes committed in the name of iran's rulers. oh, down with the dictator. that's what iranians have been taking to the streets for voicing the anger about human rights violations by the islamic republic, and demanding an end to theocratic rule. resistance against the system, however,

is something the regime shows 0 tolerance for its security forces designed to protect the clerics against opponents are attacking protest of all over the country . most violently in the countries ethnic minority regions, like curtis ton or c stunning baluchistan. it seems, does as the protests have escalated on spreads and actually even smaller towns and villages. now joining the proteins, the regime seems to be making results to, to more violence using combat ammunition straight to the south of the protest. as a result, we have more and more casualties. oh, more than 300 people have been killed, according to human rights groups, including more than 40 children. in many cases their relatives are forced to pretend dead deaths were accidental. 7 thousands others are taken away by the

security forces and end up in one of the country is notorious prisons, along with other political prison of like human rights active snuffling. so today, all jose and on ocoee, where they're subject to torture. according to family members, shanbreia saw me basha, can g home will she was saying of asha kenya. these la mic republic enjoys the silent torture of hussein. and the mental torture of my parents can yet matter. the people are satisfied with the torture. if something happens to my brother, again, the entire system of the islamic republic is responsible. his homage on 40 islam he must often families are not even told whether relatives or what's happening to them. so some come to the prison every day, demanding information or release of their loved ones are released that is anything but certain. under iran, sarielle or protest us can be charged for waging war against god, a crime that may result in the death penalty. some have already received that

verdict. amy's to maintain or even build up the barrier of fear that the needs in order to rule a country where people don't want them. so that penalty is the most efficient tool to spread fear in the society. 7 so far that fear is not putting protestors off, they keep going to the streets, determined to continue until the regime falls. day after day d. w, foresee department has been reporting in depth on the protests in iran, censorship and internet blackouts have turned, gathering and verifying information into a highly challenging task. but throughout their reporting, another challenge has emerged. they themselves have moved into the focus of the iranian regime. no, no, no, she wanted in for 8 weeks in a row, nella fargo law, me and her colleagues have been closely following the crack down on the protests in

iran. what is their task to amplifying the voices of those that the iranian regime is trying to silence? to day, they have received footage of a young woman who committed suicide after having been detained by security forces. almost every day they receive video footages from inside the room from streets of iran. and of course, we have some sources. we have some connections and some reliable sources that, that's a published, a video that's recorded by the citizen report this because as you know, we don't have free media inside iran. so that's, that's the value of the citizenry. citizen reporters. with this material, d, w persian language team produces dozens of videos and articles every day. thanks to bypass software such as tour or syphon people in iran can access t w's content. in spite of the regime efforts to block foreign media,

they try to prevent pictures and image just reaching us and they put tried to prevent our content to each people in the wrong. but it doesn't work because what we've seeing is the contrary, that we have a lot more or even a 4 times more reached. and we have before to protest began in valley, but their work comes with the price t w's persian language department has been sanctioned. with the travel band, by the iranian regime, many here still have family back in iran, there, fearing for their safety of the love of the regimes armed seems to reach all the way to germany. some team members have even received personal threats. that said, but that the tie of as you me, the threats should be taken seriously. because in the past 43 years, these law make republic has repeatedly attacked its opponents in exile with with terror attacks and kidnapping school, including journalists and political activists, russia kensington, imprisoning and torture is part of the regimes, daily routine boys, michigan, man. but this behavior makes me focus even more on my journalistic work done and

encourages me to be a voice of the people in iran. despite threats, sanctions, and internet censorship. they will continue to inform as best as they can about what is happening in iran, how mama was they call it an ongoing revolution that could last for months or even years. i been one who was brands. i had gulker. here is an iranian political scientists and an assistant professor at the university of tennessee at chattanooga . good to see you. we see every day how these law mc regime tries to quash internal opposition. but how does it go about arranging critics outside the country? oh, i did a soldier public, you know, as a repressive of terry and regime have used the transnational repression from the beginning from 97 to 9. when they came to the bower, they try to maintain to power through the repression of the reunion inside of the country. that is much easier for them and their oppression. iranian critics, and you know, political activists are outside of the country, india,

sparrow. they did it in 43 years. the, you know, without stopping. this is not a new phenomenon. they try to identify the political activists. they try to troll them to try to escape them to try to you know, in some cases they try to kidnap and kill them. the whole idea is try to keep them silence in order to maintain the political rule is a these efforts are expanding. hauser? yes, this is an ongoing process, but whenever this limited public feels threaten mostly because of the protests or because of you know, a revolution that is happening inside of countries, d or panicking and h t y to, you know, extended their, their own reparation, reparation. you know, outside and inside of the countries, if they feel not threaten, you know, the level of the repression will drop

a little bit continue for the most active political activists or dissident. but right now, because of the iranian were protest elaina revolution to only to only do the, are completely freak out this limited public. you know that this is a very different situation compared to the other round of the porter. so they are trying to extend and you know, intensify their oppression inside of the countries. right now we know that more than 70000 people have been arrested. we know that actually more than 400 people have been killed, according to the official isn't as he and outside of the country. he trying to send, you know, the treating her email and messages to the rainy angel. melissa, the damien. active is to academia, to make sure they are silent in this time of the crisis. how are a difference and the factor in them to factor is monitored? they are using those online and offline technique, you know, online to try to hector or online or con jimmy. they try to resend it. you know,

for example, fishing you made did try to identify the new activities, especially in 2022. did try to tool them if you are active or div door teaching and academia they do is try to send the image canceled their meeting or cow, they try to push to her pressure on these people. and of course, you know, physical surveillance. we know that this learning republic has their own agent not only uranian agent, some of them, or the sheer muslim from parker, some from lebanon, from, or org, that they're working with as long as you public security forces, trying to identify, you know, and monitor the lenient activities and also of the countries and if necessary, try to eliminate and kill them. who white the picture, your painting sounds like there is no safe place or arrange decedents to live. is it true that the regime will always find them if it wants to? there is you try to actually push this idea that there is no safe place and to be

honest, you know, there is no 100 percent a place, but we knew that the country that her closer to you on the neighbor country are much more dangerous for the union activists is be sure to because they are mostly corrupted, authoritarian regime. so when you have a dictatorship in the nearby your country, it much easier to, to kidnap the political activist suspicion, for example, in the case of rulers that in, in, in turkey, in their art or the uranian activities in turkey is still you also is not very safe for the union because of the corruption and the lack of the rule of law. this is europe and united a say be much more safe. but you know, as you said, there is no 100 percent safe place for damien activist. thank i'll car, political science as an assistant professor at the university of tennessee or chattanooga. pleasure speaking to you tonight. thanks for having me. thank you.

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