hm ah ah ah, this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. russia strikes the ukrainian capital . keith authorities say a rainy and made drones damage an area in the city center home to many government offices. this latest and a barrage of strikes across the country. also coming up german chancellor full of shalt says russia has fundamentally miscalculated in attacking ukraine. in his

speech to parliament, he underscored germany's ongoing support for keith and promised and praised europe's response to the crisis. plus the world cup, argentina, a beaten croatia, 3 nil in the semi finals. thanks to the attacking prowess of linelle messy. and julian they will face either france or more rocket in the fine ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. we begin the this morning with the attack on the ukrainian capital key authorities there, say several buildings have been hit in the city center in the early morning. drone strikes, are you creating forces? say they managed to shoot down 13 iranian made cha, head drones similar to those used in other russian stripes across the country

are correspond. max son is in ukraine's capital and join just max. those blasts are being reported this morning in kia. what more can you tell us? right, terry. so the city was pretty much woken up at 5 minutes to 6 by irrate alarms, and then 2030 minutes later we could hear some relatively loud explosion. some, some, some big banks. now it turns out, am, those were that that was the key if air defense operating shooting down some jones that made it from the sea of odd sea of as of region into the city and to the vicinity of the capital here. so 13 shahid jones in total were down and thankfully there were no direct hits to the city. nobody got injured, nobody got hurt. but as far as we know, a number of administrative and residential buildings were damaged. but that is

likely due to, to shrapnel that, that occurred while they were being intercepted. now, the russian attacks have destroyed much of ukraine's infrastructure, leaving many people without power, without water withdrawal, without eating in the winter. though this suffering caused by rushes invasion, max has captured the world's attention. international donors gathered in paris, pledging billions of euros and aid. ah, we're going to take a quick look at this report with old, like a kick about in the dog. for these kids and keith, it's become the new norma with battery powered lights and the goals that training can start. a game of football. during of wartime blackout, chisel laws garage and sometimes it's a bit scary, but we're getting used to it. we go into the underground when there's a bomb alert. otherwise it's okay. like in the ukrainian capital,

when tis a harsh, a lot of snow has fallen, and many households are without electricity. in paris, all in as a lens go, the wife of ukraine's president was welcomed at an international donor conference hosted by french president manuel mac hall representatives from 70 countries and international organizations got together to try and help ukraine through a winter of russian attacks in his opening remarks, macro condemned putin strategy in the strongest terms, is the flood give is victor. molly's drugs, us with joseph, which russia openly admit are designed to break the resistance of the ukrainian people finance or war crimes. he came to give mercy roku ukraine's president followed, or maisie lensky told the conference. what his country now needs most urgently. pharma oh it was his. we expect new russian strokes every day which will increase

the number of power sharon's. that's what generators and uninterrupted power sources of now become as important as armored vehicles and bullet proof vests slit o z. at the end of the day, pledges amounted to more than 1000000000 euros. germany will give 50000000 euros with generators and other technical equipment. supposed to arrive in ukraine before christmas gate a line should money alone doesn't save people from dying of hunger, thirst. ok. that's why concrete technical support is so important. if we don't just need financial aid, we also need generators. transformers, cables, one. you're welcome cabbage equipment that is instrumental for restoring the electricity and water supply to ease at least some of the hardship that ukrainians continue to suffer. thanks. this russian attacks on ukraine's infrastructure. they're obviously aimed at breaking the country's will to fight. do

you get a sense that the hardship suffered by the ukrainian people is grinding down their resolve so terry, it's, it's, it's absolutely true. m. russia is pounding. a civilian for such are pounding. you trading cities pretty hard and they've been quite successful at doing so. they've been able to take outs, large parts of the grid, the large parts of the centralized heating and people are suffering due to that it's quite cold here in ukraine. right now. people are dealing with power outages with loss of heating, in some cases, loss of water. but that being said, it does not seem that the russians are succeeding with are trying to do to bring the ukrainian population down to its knees. i, it's quite the opposite. what we can see here, right now, people actually helping themselves, helping each other. if you look at small businesses, even the smallest mom and pop shops, corner store is cautious and some are even utilizing car batteries to, to help themselves. and it really seems that these recent attacks and the situation

even if it becomes harder, is not really changing the attitude of people towards a, towards this war. and they are seem very resilient and determined well to, to keep their resilience strong. the or the international community is, is providing a lot of aid as we just saw in the reports, international dinners of just pledged a 1000000000 euros in financial aid. ukraine is not enough max to address the countries most urgent needs right now. well, it is certainly a start, some at the moment a quarter of the population is without adequate power, without adequate heating. so what the country needs right now are, are certain things they need high capacity generators, any resources to, to fix the grid. they need imports of gas and imports of electricity. so this could mean is this. this could be a star guess. but in addition to that, also military equipment is needed. i'm spare parts for artillery,

heavy weapons and above all air defense systems. to make the, the rest unnecessary to close the skies and protect the infrastructure and protect cities from brushing attacks. max, thank you very much, shar correspond max chandler, they're in the ukranian capital, keith well, german chancellor, all of schoultz, has hailed a european unity in response to russia's war on ukraine, addressing lawmakers and the german parliament this morning. the chantelle set efforts to so divisions within a block would fail. that was an apparent reference to hungry which earlier this week blocked a european union loan to keep nor for later dropping its opposition. young shoals pledge to stand by ukraine with offers of money, aid, and weapons. the resinous war of aggression an ukraine is a challenge for e u, cohesion, household. but this challenge is one we have taken on head on and together for states that we are strong since the 24th of february,

ukraine has joined voices in an unprecedented manner. and yet the german government has worked hard on this. we have supported our partners and we have been supported by them. pish. and this is european solidarity in the flesh. ah, at the soccer world cup in cut, her argentina have convincingly beat croatia, 3 nil in the 1st of the semi final clashes croatia had upset brazil in the last round and we're hoping to continue their improbable run. but linelle mercy and his teammates were too much for them. this semi final was found to be the last shot at world cup glory through a legendary player either argentina's leno, messy or co h as luca mudrinich despite croatia controlling much of the ball early on argentina were the 1st to break through with julio on alvarez's bullish run forwarded by a clear foul with the whole world watching, but his keeper,

too nervous to look. leo massey stepped up and ripped home the penalty. one mill argentina with 34 minutes play and just 5 minutes later alvarez was again crashing through a sea of legs. this time no one dared to take him down to nil. late in the 2nd half, it was messy lighting up the pitch, dancing through crashes defense to lay the ball off to alvarez, and finish things off at 3 mill. messy has again carried his country to a world cup final, this time against either france or morocco. meanwhile, muddrick knows, he'll never lift the cup. now the question remains, who will face argentina, france or morocco? in the final, i asked you to be sports correspond, danya barcelona, about that semi final and about what's made arna tina. so successful in qatar in the one word, leonor massey. of course, there is

a reason why he is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. and yesterday he really made an important statement. of course he's so crucial to this argentine aside, he really inspired and masterminded their victory over croatia. we saw he scored the pound, he shot the 1st school that made him argentina's all time leading goal score. also setting up go. so his importance for this team is just absolutely unbelievable. now croatia, of course, they really had no answer for him. there defenders couldn't even get close to him. so there really is a lot of believe in this argentine aside, especially now that they will really do anything they can to let their liter message get his hands on the world cut covey. it's the one over that's eluted him his entire career. and if he were to win the world cup, it would probably put an end to all the debate as to who is the best player of all time. okay, in the other semi final match, raining champs branch take on upstarts morocco to night,

which we expect. well, this is a david verses goliath clash. of course, france the favorites coming into this mat. probably even for the tournament, they are the reigning world cup champions. they're looking to defend that title. if they were to defend a title, it would be pretty amazing that hasn't been done in 60 years. and they really do have the deaths and the quality in their team. to do that, of course, morocco is not going to be an easy game. they are the under dogs of course, but they're very difficult side to play against. they haven't conceded a goal from opposition in this tournament. they're undefeated, and they're riding that way. they've eliminated span, they've eliminated portugal, and most importantly, they have the support of so many fans here. it will almost feel like a home game for them. so it will definitely be an interesting match tonight, riding away. indeed, america has gotten tremendous support not just from their own trans,

but from across the arab and muslim world. that must be inspiring for them. i mean, it's absolutely amazing moroccans, of course, they love football. this is huge for american football, morocco's the 1st african side to ever make it into the semi finals of the world cut. but rock was a special team because they are an african country, but also an arab country. so they really have the support of so many people they represent and they're playing for over a 1000000000 people right now. in doha, the atmosphere is absolutely mind going. there are thousands of fans before the last game, the entire city of doha. shut down, because not only are there fans already here, but every time they play more fans come in. the people just want to be around the stadium. speaking of the stadium inside the stadium, it's deafening. when they play it gives you chills. so tonight the atmosphere will

be unbelievable. and if they win, the it will be amazing to hear. thank you so much. our sports correspond done. your barcelona endo hall to monitor the top story we're following for you here today on the w news authorities in the ukranian capital key of se several buildings have been damaged in the city center. and early morning drone strikes, they say the attack involved iranian made showerhead drone, like those used in other russian stripes across the country. don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news around the world, as well as push notifications for any breaking news. up next, our documentary film asks how the personal data of internet users can be protected when cyber criminals, online giants and intelligence agencies,

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