ah, watch it now on you to what our sports all about in winning fighting scoring. when we say they were about never giving up the most exciting sport. stories about people passion and their dr. sports life every weekend on d. w. a is on days like today that the importance of military assistance to ukraine becomes palpable of the 70 missiles. russia unleashed on its neighbor. ukraine says it was able to intercept 60 the ones that did hid their targets, destroyed homes on the southeast and energy facilities. and several regions,

the new onslaught came on the same day. previous damage had been fully repaired and emergency blackouts were scheduled to end. now, parts of the country are violently plunged back into darkness and freezing cold. i'm nickel further kimberline, and this is the day ah, with russia still has missiles and artillery? yes, this really was a very big wave of struggle with the russian federation continues to strike the contributing 1st directions. so i'm going to get a lot of sense that it also place to having to switch off their power, the heating system in the proportion to prevent them overloading problem. where we have something that the occupy does not have and will not have. it is a continuation of prison structure tree,

which is aimed at essentially for whatever renee green infrastructure. we protect our home and that gives us the strongest motivation possible also, on the day after claims of iran's morality police being disbanded, protesters begin a 3 day strike to them. the announcement is not a concession, but an attempt to distract from the unrest triggered by the death of the kurdish iranian woman. gina masa, minnie dare say. hard enough, i trembled when i heard the news, because this has happened to me once or twice. this went on and it made me pink or how my parents would feel if i suffered the same fear towed over mitchell jones. hey dorna. ah, we begin in ukraine were air raid sirens sounded across the country to day. as russia launched, a new wave of air strikes, government warning, sent ukrainians across the country into metro stations,

and other makeshift bomb shelters. russian plains reportedly fired dozens of missiles targeting key infrastructure in ukraine. the latest strikes came just hours after multiple explosions at 2 military bases deep inside russia. hundreds of kilometers from the border with ukraine. the kremlin is blaming ukrainian drones for the attacks on the russian bases. i spoke earlier to our correspondent in keith nick connelly and asked would more he could tell us about the explosions. well, that's extraordinary thing, right. i think just this morning when the 1st news of this broke, no one really he even hearing key of kind of wanted to kind of really believe that it just can seemed incredible that ukraine would be in a position to strike target so far away from its border so deep in kind of russian kind of hot land and even more so one of these bases is used for the bombing bombers for the kind of infrastructure for rushes nuclear deterrence. so if russia is not able to defend an air base where it has its nuclear deterrent,

hundreds of miles away from ukraine, what can it defend? what is russia's anti aircraft? it's capability up to seemingly, it's less capable than what ukraine is kind of piece together in 9 months of war. and now we've seen 1st picture emerging from seemingly at least, and alleged to be from the runways, from those bases of damaged russian plains of blood. on the tarmac, we're hearing several people died. the crane sources claiming more casualties than the russian so far admitted to the russian army spokesman claimed that this was a soviet drone not so it really makes a lot of sense. doesn't kind of match any of the kind of predictions from outside analysts, but it seems like there is like a real scramble and rushed. going to explain this a way for especially for the domestic audience, cuz this is essentially a pretty humiliating day for them. and really brings back memories of the summer when you claim was able to basically deal with russia's main kind of flagship of the black sea fleet to sink that. and that was something they be spent weeks trying to distract from because it was just something they couldn't really of ever

imagined jonah by a doctor. and i'm until, as i, grandma, so she's an expert on russian security and development at king's college in london . doctor sacrament. welcome to the day, russia we just heard it is accusing ukraine of attacking to of its air bases with drones. how likely is that? i seen that vacuum they bring as active. i love the sort of these i can't drone, gave 18 that can reach no way beyond and have orders and references to be. i can't drones being able to to fly at least a 1000 kilometers. so i think it is quite significant. the ukrainians have been able to develop these kind of capabilities. i think it was probably in response to their reluctance off the west and the u. s. in particular, to provide a range weapons that would hate after russia and that sort of territory further. i feel so i think this is very significant at ukraine having the capability of

striking, really so deep into russia. what would it mean for a conflict i want, but he's also very rarely mondays of these debases a whole sir, you know, russia strategic offers which are very relevant, you know, was a car if they could car eagle attention to weapons. so you're really hitting on one of the elements of vessel or nuclear high prior to so it's a very sensitive, i sort of kind of aircraft like russia has been sort of or you know, that the attack i've got carried on so that, that is very significant it, when i, i mean, it definitely is possible because drones fly, much lower and not to very different speed. so the air defense systems of russia have not been prepared for that. and ukraine, as of much, aha, does not have time to sort of prepare for countering your nose or drone attached. but i think russians haven't really thought about data so carefully. and or i think

that to, you know, that, that, we mean that russians will have to really start thinking about their own will never be. legions are that the possibility of attacks a deep inside russian territory can happen. when must remember that in the summer, in over there was an attack or not on an air base in crimea, russian abbeys, ingram, yet many, many aircraft were also destroyed. so this is not the 1st time that russia suffers . a significant sort of attacks to weights and bases, but a, you know, premier stiff friend to, ah, sort of the rest of russian russian terry. pre of course, grania is not russian, terry treats annex territory. and so i think that this is, you know, i mean it's, i don't think it's gonna change significantly that the conduct of the war, i mean, the attacks that occurred today a, in on, on ukrainian territory by russian nissan is. i think these were planned on by russian aircraft. i think these were planned already. we know that a few days ago that were all these gangs that had been positioned in some of these

faces that were under attack today. and so i think that it's very difficult to say that this was actually a retaliation. ah, change perception of the war though, sorry to interrupt you there. but a could this, in a way inside of russia legitimize rushes rhetoric of self defense. when i think russia doesn't need these kind of i to read, i mean, of course, you know, if we fight in many, especially those knitting those areas and bring the whole closer to home so that we have an invite if hector maybe mobilized for. but i think by now the russian about, you know, that, you know, there are a lot of issues around these acorns, fission military operation. so i don't think that this is something that will massively mobilize that population because we're not very, there wasn't a really high number of casualties than military are gonna be very worried. but i don't think that the population is going to feel so much under threat because there wasn't a massive, you know, sort of killing of their population. there were

a few casualties casualties, which probably were military personnel on the air base. of course, rhetoric is going to increase on the argumentation that russia has every right to carry out. this operation is going to be even more vociferous, but i don't think that he's changing anything at the stage because if we listen, i've watched you know this hundreds of television are saying, you know, they, they couldn't really carry a more aggressive on the sort of a see, for us campaigns, i really don't see much more. i don't think that these will lead to sort of nuclear escalation, although they might be caused for that. so i really think that what in that it will surely that you quinn has the ability to deter, i'm to live mate, you know, attacks on it's terry craig. it starts hitching at the base is where many of these strategic bomb was actually fly off till he had a new crane. so yeah, what is it mind with these vulnerabilities exposed? what do you think will putin's next movie when i think he wakened

a body, the way he did today, the russian ha full says level martinez, you were reporting, you know, see who your infrastructure, energy infrastructure. i think they're going to continue along those lines because although, militarily, they're not able to stop there, if you bring in a fancy they read, you know, have a tone of an open nation. makes it very hard. it's very costly to restore everything you know, it has a psychologically, it's very difficult for the population to live through these blackouts. and what is happening is russia timing these black? are these attacks in such a way that they take place when your brain has more or less restored? ah, that power c stay man. so again, the reason i'm talk on that is really to demoralize into sort of psychological warfare intended to demoralize population than whenever everything is again, not in place and an energy is coming back, then it is heat again. so they are leaving, the space is purposefully so that there is time to repair that when it is ready and

re bad that they hit again, i think that is part of some kind of psychological operation to really diminish on and break of a ukrainian way to continue fighting, i think at the moment they still has not had any positive effects from the rushing point of view. but i think that going to continue. they're gonna continue also trying to, you know, to attacking the don't boss on the ground. there is efforts to jake voss mod, ah, that was told that all so apparently they had retreated from the areas around the nuclear power station and support easier from a few villages. but his was a few days ago and i haven't seen any additional reports now. so the situation is i don't slunk such a moment, don't one kilogram or so thank you so much for your analysis. and as since the start of rushes invasion earlier this year, crossing between russian occupied areas and the rest of you, grain has become difficult and very dangerous. but there is one spot about 30 kilometers south of the city of upper regia, an informal corridor with police checkpoints where people can cross the front line,

t w's yun philip shots meant some ukrainians, trying to flee russian hill territory. just a few kilometers down there. the russians are in charge. this checkpoint is the only place in ukraine where people can move between the 2 worlds. this man is the 1st to leave russian occupation to day. he tells us he hung on as long as he could . but now he's going to join his wife and west a new crate. put his chicago to the fuqua crossing. this line is very unpleasant for every one yet. it was just no road. every one is scared. yet, it was more like sailing than driving. look at my car. more cars, a wife, and everyone waits for the police to escort them to the registration center. and o, glad i doesn't quite make it to the check. but it's done. the most important thing to women join forces to get them mother's house at the russian soldier, murray,

austin said with you at 1st, my mom didn't want to leave. we all thought this would somehow end soon, but it's not ending. and now the winter is coming. so look, i'm sure she just wouldn't be there on her own when your soul hurts so much you can't even sleep any more. she's the most precious thing i have left at la mayfield a year both while asana takes a look at the engine. her friend alicia tells us of there are ra, road clamber, fighting had wrecked, so many roads and bridges, and those to where, leaving at to pick their ways through farmland, with arms blocker. liquor we just cried when we saw how everything was destroyed. afterwards, we just sat in the car on pillows and looked in silent. you are you doing this? morning? asana has worked a miracle on her car and they joined the convoy heading for the registration center . they arrived it's warm and there's tea. the women

realize the worst is behind the news. shasta, when i'm really happy now i'm glad that i could bring my mother to a safer place and that we got your in one piece. it's been very hard. you know, i wouldn't wish this on anyone with they have people to stay with here tonight. the plan for tomorrow is to leave the law and take a train. moving on to syria were anti government protests have erupted in the southern city of so wait a protest. her and a policeman were killed by gunfire after a demonstrator storm. the governor is building more than 200 people gathered outside to protest against economic hardship and called for president bashar assad

. to step down let's bring in christine hilbrick. she's a freelance journalist and middle east analyst who specializes in sara was held were welcome. tell us, what are these protests about? well, they are about rising prices, power cuts, food shortages, huge shortages, the electricity rationing that the regime has just put in place. so there is an con, economic decline 2 years in syria. and this economic hardship obviously has to be an impact on the daily life of the sea and everywhere in the country, we have 90 percent of the people in syria living below the poverty line. 12.4000000 don't have enough to eat. they very much rely on the food baskets and other humanitarian aid that is being provided by the united nations finance, basically by western countries like the u. s. and germany and the u. so people are angry, they are hopeless, they are desperate. and in suite, it seems that they have the courage to bring this anger to the street. the slater region, though is the heart land of the drew's community,

and they've largely kept out of the countries long running civil war. could the speed about to change? well, there has been some look a protest before and swayed on. they are very, were in other places of, of syria. but in sweden, we have a special situation because the, the religious minority of the dues has managed difficulty to stay neutral. on the use of the war in syria, the province has always been underwritten control, but the regime has conceded some influence to the local drew's leadership, the political and the religious leadership. so these people managed to balance a little bit the position. the jewish community, for example, has its own militia in sweet us. so the young man from sweeter can't avoid being conscripted to us at the army and joined their own. malicious to be able to defend their hometown hometown and their historical homeland. so this gives them the courage to confront the regime, which is less powerful. it's later than in other places. in syria, for example, the mascot or homes are on april. how nervously is their regime watching this as,

as power is built on fear, and it's built on the brutal force of the security operators. so people are being afraid of being detained and tortured. so if the suffering now gets so bad that people don't mind being killed, then this really could turn into a problem for a sat. and there is an interesting point because if you look at the demonstrate is now and swayed out, they are in the majority under 30 years old, which means that they were children during the time of the revolution of 2011. so these people carry on the legacy by chanting the same slogans taking down the pictures of a child aside like we saw in 2011, 2012. so this new generation knows nothing but war and they as well, blame the regime and they hold as a personally responsible for his failure to resolve the economic crisis. will this means that the protest can repeat themselves any time, and the real revolution might not be over, and it might even be passed on to the next generation. do you think? we'll see these protests spread?

it could happen in other parts of the south, especially as i said, the regimes grip on power is very strong in the mosque was, is very strong in the coastal region in a pool in homes. so that fear is still too big for people to rise in large numbers, but we see that the suffering is really getting people becoming very frustrated. and i mean, the presidential couple itself concentrated the economic power and its own hands. which means that they even any and they did some people of the business within the business elite. if we talk to a business men in damascus or a leper who are or used to be strong ally of the regime, they even feel pressured because this regime tries to press and money out of them. you know, they are, they have to pay high texas now, and this brings them obviously to a point when they say ok, we cannot stand to this regime anymore. so this is a dangerous game behind us. and his wife are just trying to use these people. they

have cut ties even within their own family, so they very much concentrated the power to their own very in a circle themselves. the presidential couple and this could be dangerous because they are really losing a lot of people who kept them in power over the last 12 years. journalist kristen hallberg. pleasure speaking to you tonight. thank you. ah, to iran now where shops have shut in several cities outer protester is called for a nation wide, 3 days strike or on has been rocked by more than 2 months of demonstration since the death of a young woman in the custody of the so called morality police, there's confusion about the status of the religious police after the countries, the attorney general claimed it had been disbanded. protesters dismissed the move as a distraction. ah, the 1979 islamic revolution changed the course of redone

authority started monitoring. they didn't of the strict dress good waiting. the he job hit governing became mandatory in 1983. over the years, it on saw several forms of morality, police, but the brutality police noticed, gushed a shot or guidance. federal was established under the hard line, former president mahmud, i'm within a jot. you got armed out under former president, has andrew honey. clothing noms became slightly relaxed. men, but it on scut, and president, abraham racine wanted a strict implementation of the drisco teacher. how he got in september 22 year old gina martha. a meanie died 3 days after being taken into custody by the morality police and the had on her alleged crime was not properly governing credit

card debt, sparked unprecedented protests across the country. it onions demanded an into the morality police. the also court for the change of district islamic region. let's bring in musty, elena john. she's in a rainy american journalist and activists, and joins us now from new york. welcome. what do you make of the conflicting claims that the morality police has been shut down? i strongly believe doug, this is this information and it is a propaganda moved by the islamic republic. first of all, to calm down the off rising inside iran. second of all, to mislead the rest of the war. look in 2017. there was a huge headline, going around, an international media. the same headline saying that them were out of the police wouldn't arrest women for his job instead of morality. but he decided to send them

to educational classes. what happened recent, the mass. so i mean, he got killed in the hand of morality, but he's still, you see, that was an empty promises. and this is, again, it's a big lie. and we were shocked. we were shocked to see the international media, both such a wrong narrative to mislead, to distract the uprising, and to mislead the rest of the words from what you're hearing, what role is the morality police playing in these protests? i have to say data, we, ah, no we, we don't, we don't hear a single, a slogan against morality. police industry, of course, is the route to death. i mean, he, for a good job, iraq to protest across iran, would now people are demanding an end to, for gender apartheid regime. listen, i have to say that as well, how come the international media except this big lie from

a regime which killed more than 500 innocent protests. there's including $62.00 children, teenager schoolgirls got killed in 2 month the same regime actually arrested $18000.00 protesters and sentence, many of them to death penalty. how come suddenly did he there? if you comes up with an idea saying that, ok, we're going to abolish them are added to police. no, they didn't have the ability actually to go after people women and telling them cover yourself because they were busy of killing people of torturing people raping girls in prison. and iranian people know that and that's why they're not chunking against compulsory job. they are facing guns and but it, because they want to and such a barbaric regime that lawmakers are claiming now that they are paying attention to the people's real demands. what would need to happen for that to be true?

a real demand is for declared x to be god. you know why? because the young generation are saying enough is enough. the older generation are joining demons saying that we have experienced these dummy republic for years and years old we achieved was crop. sion was like all, don't read it, all these clerics are enjoying their luxury lives in germany, in france, in england, in america. but at the same time, they are killing people and saying that these uprising is, you know, being fuel to buy their less than countries. they claiming, actually the german government, so this clerics are cropped it, and they are barberie, would deserve to have a secular democratic guntee. this is the simple demand. this is 21st century. we want a separation from religious and religion on politics. and today was the 1st day of a nationwide strike in support of the protesters. why is this so important?

because look, um it has been the. ringback longest protest in our history, it's now almost 3 months that people are in the streets and saying that we want freedom, dignity, and democracy. and this is important that to day of was actually the 1st day of 3 days that the iranian activists and protest there's within the society, coal for action, for nash nation wide as strike. and it was an amazing experience that all the shop owners, they shut down their shops, one of the one known food ball player and he dog eat, he's a legend, iraq, that iranian regime actually went to after him just because of supporting to was because of closing his arm, his shots to support iranian protestors for i have to say got iranian people facing guns and bullets every day. they know that if they take back to the streets again, they might not be able to go back home. but they made up their mind that they don't

want is not make, are probably done. they, we deserve would deserve a better country. and an iran without is nomic republic. it's not only good for iranians, it would make the whole world much safer. place marcia, lena john in a ring, an american journalist and activist many thanks. thank you so much for hosting me their time for today, but you know, you never sleep. follow our team on twitter at the the we news and myself that nicole underscore for list. for now though. thank you so much for spending part of your day with a, with

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