ah, 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 in 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 colt. i'm nichol further. chamberlain, and this is the day. ah, russia still has missiles and artillery. yes. this really was a very big wave of strokes with the russian federation continues to,

to strike the ceiling fresh directions to song going to get worse benefits. but it also place that having to switch off their power, the heating system is in proportion to prevent them overloading, where we have something that the occupant does not have and will not have. it is a continuation all present structure tree which is aimed at essentially for whatever reason or you green infrastructure with. 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 sank hard enough. i trembled when i heard the news because has happened to

me once or twice when it made me think of how my parents would feel if i suffered the same for it to the dentist in the corner. ah, we began to 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 just can seemed incredible that ukraine would be in a position to strike target so far away from its board. is so deep in kind of, russian kind of hot land and even most of one of these bases is used for the bombing bombers for the kind of infrastructure for russia's 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 antiaircraft? 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 pictures emerging from seemingly at least, and alleged to be from the runways, from those air bases of damaged russian plains of blood. on the tarmac, we're hearing several people died. the ukraine sauce is claiming more casualties than the russian so far admitted to the russian army spokesman that 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 rush, going to explain this a way for especially for the domestic audience. cuz this is essentially a pretty humiliating day for them. and we're really, we're brings back memories of the summer when you came, 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 us, our grandma. so she's an expert on russian security and development at king's college in london. dr. second was a welcome to the day, russia we just heard it is accusing ukraine of attacking 2 of its air bases with drones. how likely is that? i'd seen that vacuum. they bring exactly like a sort of these. i can drone capabilities that can reach, you know, what, beyond that have orders and the reference is to be being able to to fly at least a 1000 kilometers. so i think it is quite significant. ukrainians have been able to

develop these kind of capabilities. i think it was probably in response to their reluctance of the west and the u. s. in particular to provide long range weapons that could hit the russian a retreat further a fee. 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 relevant. these are, these debases a whole, sir, you know, russia strategic offers, which are very relevant, you know, was a car if they could car equal tension wetlands. so you're really hitting on one of the elements of vessel or nuclear high prior to so it's a very sensitive our sort of kind of aircraft that russia has been sort of, or you know, that the attack i've got carried on. so that,

that is very significant. if we, i mean, it definitely is possible because groans, 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, they're not have time to sort of prepare for countering you knows, are drone attached. but i think russians haven't really thought about data so carefully. and or i think that are, you know, that, that, we mean that russians will have to really start thinking about their own will never believed. is that the possibility of our talks 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 air base 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 for, you know, premier stiff friend to, ah, sort of the rest of russian russian. terry, pre of course bring. yeah, it's 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 attack said o'connor today, a in on, on ukrainian territory by russian nissans. 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. ha, change perception of the war though, sorry to interrupt you there. but could this in a way inside of russia, legitimize rushes rhetoric of self defense? when i think russia doesn't need any, these kind of i to recon hulsy, you know, if we fight in many i'm so she those knitting those areas are we bring the whole closer to home so that we have an in brag, hector, maybe mobilized for that. i think by now the russian about, you know, that,

you know, there are a lot of issues around these, what they call in special military operation. so i don't think that this is something that will massively mobilize it 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 cogent 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 is changing anything at the stage. because if we listen, i've watched, you know, these hundreds of television are saying, you know, they, they couldn't really carry a more aggressive on the sort of 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 is that you quinn has the ability to deter, i'm to lead me to you know, attacks on it's terry craig. it starts hitting at the base is where many of these strategic bomb was actually fly off to him. ukraine. that so what is it mind with these vulnerabilities exposed? what do you think will putin's next movie? well, i think he will continue as you know, body the way he did today, the russian, i am full, says level martinez, you are reporting, you know, a civilian infrastructure, energy infrastructure. i think they're going to continue along those lines because although military, they're not able to stop there. if you bring an offensive a re, you know, have a tone of the 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 we need to demoralize it's a sort of psychological warfare intended to demoralize population that whenever everything is, again, not in place and an energy is coming back, then it is heat again. so they're leaving the space is purposefully so that there is time to repair that when it is ready and repair that they hit again. and i think that is part of some kind of psychological operation to really diminish on 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 the going to continue also trying to, you know, to attacking the don't boss on the ground. there is efforts to take, but not, 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 this was a few days ago and i haven't seen any additional reports now. so the situation is i

have slunk such a moment. don't one kilogram. also 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 ukraine 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 . he, the we use yun philip showed 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 everyone yet. it was just no road. everyone is scared. yet it was

more like sailing than driving. look at my car. more cars arrived and every one waits for the police to escort them to the registration center. and o, glad i doesn't quite make it to the checkpoint. but it's done. the most important thing to women join forces to get them mother's house at the russian florida. murray austin could be 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 for the good. she just leave 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 vega. but while asana takes a look at the engine, her friend alicia tells us of there are rod roach, ram fighting had wrecked so many roads and bridges. and those who were leaving had

to pick their ways through farmland, literally unblock alika. 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 in miracle on her car and they joined the convoy heading for the registration center. they arrive, it's warm and there's tea. the women realize the worst is behind news just of 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 years ago. it's been very hard. you know, i wouldn't wish this on anyone with they have the food 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 governors building more than 200 people gathered outside to protest against economic hardship and called for president bashar alice son to step down. let's bring in christine hilbrick. she's a freelance journalist and middle east analyst who specializes in there and was held were welcome and tell us what are these protests about? will they are about rising prices, power cuts, food shortages, huge shortage is the electricity rationing that the regime has just put in place. so there is any con, economic decline 2 years in syria. and this economic hardship obviously has to be an impact on the daily life of the sea winds. 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 pine and basically by western countries like the u. s. and germany and the u. so people are in the day are hopelessly desperate. and in sweet it seems that they have the courage to bring this anger to the st. the swayed a region though is the heart land of the druid community and they've largely kept out of the countries long running civil war at the speed about to change. well, there has been some look a protest before in slate and they are very were in other places of, of syria. but in slater we have a special situation because the religious minority of the jews has managed with 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 manage to balance

a little bit, the position, the drew's community, for example, has its own malicious lead 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 in slater than in other places in syria, for example, the mascot or homes are a nipple. how nervously is their regime watching this offense? power is built on fear and it's been on the brutal force of the security operator. 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 us that. 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 the 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 hans. 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, 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 appointment to say ok, we cannot stand this regime anymore. so this is a dangerous game, but our son 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 turan now where shops have shut in several cities after protest her 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 attorney general claimed it had been disbanded, protestors dismissed the move as a distraction. ah, the 1979 islam mcgriff lucian, changed the course of feet on huh. authority started monitoring. they didn't of the strict dress good waiting. the he job hit, governing became mandatory in 1983 over the years. eat on, saw several forms of morality, police, but the brutality police. no nest gushed a shot or guidance. federal was established under the hard line, former president mahmoud. i'm a didn't jot you got out under former president. has andrew honey clothing nom,

speak him slightly relaxed man, but it on scott and president, abraham racine wanted a strict implementation of the dress quarter. how do you know, in september 22 year old gina, martha, a mini died 3 days after being taken into custody by the morality belief. and the head on her alleged crime was not properly governing credit card debt sparked unprecedented protests. it crossed the country. it onions demanded an into the mortality police. the also court for the change of district islamic routine. let's bring in marcia lena judge. she's an iranian 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 proper gondo,

moved by the is nomic or poverty, 1st of all, to calm down to 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 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, distract 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 that protests 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 that he there? if you comes up with an idea saying that, ok, we're going to abolish them or either 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, no doubt, and that's why they're not chanting against compulsory job. they are facing guns and would 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 dominic republic for years and years old we achieved was crop. sion was like all the rest of 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 barbaric, would deserve to have a secular democratic guntee. this is the simple demand, this is 21st 20. 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 for it has been the longest protests 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 a actually the 1st day of 3 days that the iranian activists and protests there is within the society call 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 on football player and he dog eat. he's a legend, iraq, that iranian regime actually went to after him just because of supporting was because of closing his, his shots to support iranian protestors. for i have to say that 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 maker 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 as their time for to day, but you know and is never sleeps. follow our team on twitter at the we news and myself at nicole underscored for least for now though. thank you so much for

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