[000:00:00;00] ah, ah no other respects with ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. no christmas truce in ukraine keeps commander in chief warren's of new russian onslaught in the weeks to come. as moscow stops up, the misery will the civilian population also coming up?

european union leaders in brussels agree on 18000000000 euros and fresh aid for ukraine and a 9th package of sanctions against russia. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. you cranes, commander in chief, is warning of a fresh russian onslaught on the capital key up in the coming weeks. both sides have indicated there will not be a christmas cease fire. moscow's latest strikes on civilian infrastructure have knocked out critical power supplies in the cities of cas on and keep ukrainian infrastructure is coming under almost daily. russian bombardments this among the latest attacks with rockets severely damaging a warehouse in the northeastern city of har. keith prompting the city mer to urge

residence to stay in shelters. investigators and war crime, prosecutors on site soon after to inspect damage and collect evidence procedures. also, russia conduct strikes on civilian infrastructure. as you see, the warehouse was completely empty. there was no connection to the military whatsoever. not as although there is called the maya in southern ukraine and the liberated city of her son, emergency teams do their best to tackle a fire after more shelling, according to officials here, the city is now completely without power. for those who remain life is a daily struggle. after nearly 10 months of war, the un high commissioner for human rights is now wanting that more strikes could lead to a further serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation. messiah strikes on civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, and hydro electric power stations are exposing millions of civilians,

especially persons in situations of vulnerability to extreme hardship. during the winter months. over $10000000.00 consumers are facing cuts in electricity, and millions are cut off from a regular supply of water. and russia has rejected a proposal of a christmas truce with pro moscow officials in the occupied city of don't ex, blaming ukraine for this attack. an apartment building and a hospital among the buildings damaged in the shelling. a senior ukrainian military general now says russia is digging in for a long war in ukraine and still wants to conquer the entire country. grandma should, under the kremlin, realizes that in the short term, it's impossible to achieve victory in the war. no muslim. thus it's seeking to turn the conflict into a prolonged armed confrontation aimed at exhausting ukraine and our partners later

. they were now concerned that any new russian assault could come from neighboring bella, bruce, his armed forces continue to hold combat readiness drills close to its border with ukraine or correspondent connelly as in key. if he told us why russia's claims that it's only hitting military targets in ukraine, just don't add up. while obviously they are so timing that this is about basically depriving ukraine's military of the power and the logistics to make their successes on the battlefield. happen. obviously that doesn't really cut a lot of ice when you're here on the ground and seeing the kind of targets that are being hit. but i think there's a level to which they basic given up trying to create a kind of coherent narrative people here and ukraine, people in the west. they basically know that that audience is lost to them. so this is all about the story to people back home in russia who maybe want to believe what they told and people in 3rd countries or maybe don't have an ability to really fact check those claims. and i think there's also just

a conviction in moscow that they are just so big and they are so important because of the nucleus. they just their seat at the security council that base people have to talk to them, whatever they do, whatever the kind of war crimes potentially committed by their trips in ukraine. at the end of the day, outside pals, the u. s. europe will come and speak to them, so there's basically not much of a kind of perceived, impulsive kind of need to really stick to the ordinary rules of war. they can basically get away with that really seems to be what they think in while the european union has agreed on a new 18000000000 euro aid package for ukraine. at the summit in brussels leaders also drew up their 9th round of sanctions against russia. travel mansion, asset freezes, are being extended. poland prime minister arrived at the summit, threatening to derail the whole thing on the table, an 18000000000 euro aid package for ukraine. but as for more of the etzky was unhappy over several other measures. but compromises were made,

every sink. vasa proved macro financial assistance, money for hungary and minimum of taxation for a company, so called feler 2nd to the 2nd bill. so there is no need to come in the process. i think the result this most important, the ear was able to create a price cap for russian oil globally last month to try to stop moscow from pro, tearing from soaring energy prices. but this time, the leaders in brussels, we're only able to pass on plans for a similar cap on gas to energy ministers meeting next week. officials did rubber stamp a 9th set of sanctions on moscow, which include black listing, nearly $200.00 more people and binding investments in russia's mining industry. the past he did was such as the russian strategy of destroying ukraine's infrastructure and exposing its citizens to a brutally cold winter may not and will not succeed. the vote cannot for come. the summit was overshadowed by

a corruption scandal engulfing the european parliament. one of his vice president accused of taking money from cat off of favors here, a promise to retype corruption. as of today, i am putting together a wind ranging reform package to be ready in the new year for this will include the strengthening of the parliaments, whistleblower protection systems, a ban on all unofficial friendships groups. i review of the policing of our code of conduct rules and a complete and in depth look of how we interact, which that countries the you is winding down his business for the holidays. but before leaving leaders decided tackling the migration crisis in southern europe. will be their priority when they get together again in the new year. did only

a special correspond. abraham is in brussel, she's been covering that summit for us. i as we heard in that report e is imposing further sanctions on russia. tell us more. well, we don't have the full details of that sanctions package yet, but it does seem to be a lot more targeted. and we're told that around $200.00 russian and military officials are set to be targeted by this with travel bands and asset freezes. but we don't have the full details yet on that package. okay, so as we wait on that sir, let's look at ukraine. that's been of course, of a dominant topic for months for nearly 10 months now. the ease been providing massive support to ukraine. how much of a strain i is that pudding on unity in the block was you talk to european leaders, all of them will reaffirm their support for ukraine. but when you look at the details of their decisions,

that's where you see some cracks in that unity. if you will, we saw it yesterday, belgium and the netherlands, for example, on the sidelines of the conference seeking exemptions on russian import imports of fertilizers. obviously that is a sign that it, you know, the economic strain of the sanctions is perhaps starting to show in these countries . there's also that 18000000000 euro aid package that you mentioned earlier. that itself was a difficult want to get through. i mean, initially, hungary had vetoed that package and it did that because the european union was withholding recovery funds from hungry because hungry was not complying with rule of law. clauses of the european union and compromise was reached on that. and some funds that it has been agreed that some funds will be released to hungry in exchange for its approval of that packet. but then after that, poland came around and said, well, i mean if a hungry can get its way and get something that it wants out of the european union by blocking this package. well,

maybe we can get something out of it as well. and so you do see there that there is a real danger that political interest of individual countries can get in the way of action when it comes to that solidarity. but definitely when you speak to leaders, they'll tell you they have a united front. okay, there's a lot on the agenda there for this last some of the year for the e. u. a trade among it, there been serious trade tensions between the you in the u, wes, was there any movement on that? right. i mean, the united states to bite an administration has been taking recent action to prop up the economy. we're talking about the inflation reduction act, which essentially encourages american companies to buy american. it would encourage them with subsidies and tax breaks in that sense. and that obviously, you know, if you're sitting in berlin and you're thinking ok, well is, are my car parts going to be now competitive for the united states to import. so

that's caused a lot of concern here in brussels for the european union as a whole. and yesterday, the european commission has now been asked to come up with concrete proposals on how to counter the effects of diary. i thank you very much. sure. special correspond abraham in brussels, sketch up on some other stories making headlines to day peruse. supreme court has extended ousted president pedro custio's, pre trial detention to 18 months. citing a flight risk castillo has been charged with rebellion and conspiracy. his supporters of stepped up nationwide protests demanding his release, all than a dozen people have been killed in the demonstrations and authorities imposed a state of emergency. several journalists who cover twitter and its owner ellen mosque, appear to have been suspended or banned from the social media platform. to include reporters from new york times,

the washington post and cnn. twitter gave no act lation, but must appear to accuse journalists of sharing real time information about his whereabouts. landslide has crashed through a campsite in malaysia, leaving at least 12 dead and dozens missing. officials say around 9 the people were at the camp ground when the slide it in the early hours of the morning. i'd find out a little young, but a lot. the men's soccer world cup will wrap up on sunday with argentina and france facing off in the final. our sports corresponded daniel barcelona has spent 4 weeks and caught her covering the tournament, which ends on sunday. as i said, a prepress professional footballers herself and you sent us this dispatch about how the world cup will be remembered as the world cup and guitar comes to a close. i can't help but look back on what was in many ways the most unique world cup to be the. it was

a world of 1st the 1st to be held in the middle of most domestic football season. the 1st to be held in the air world, a place where i found a deep level football we own unique traditions, the 1st world caught that's on african and air nation. make it to the semi finals almost not oh move. ronko gave us some of the most emotional moments of the tournament from on the pigs upsetting football giants to off of it were air fans needed to create a thunder atmosphere. it was also a world cup of last. as this edition will see, the curtains closed on the lustrous world cup careers of football, legends like leno, messy lucas aldridge, and christiana, rinaldo players who forever change the way i look at football on the pitch, there were sick tackler, football moment, big victories and shock defeat being in the stadium to saudi arabia's outside over argentine not giving you a whole new perception of football fan as i felt the stadium shake from the saudi celebrations as

a professional football player myself watching the ease with which brazil play or help. and bob, a can change the game in an instant, was inspiring. i feel privileged to witness the magic of lino, messy and feel 1st, have the ability, he has to galvanize the nation that rally behind him religiously. as he tries to end the debate over who is the greatest football player of all the argentine fans bring a whole new meaning because football, passion, the world cup filled with controversy, which often saw football take a backseat to more important topic. freedom of speech, human rights and equality for all should be non negotiable, but at times it felt like the values were up for sale to the highest bidder, and often left players an unfair positions and guitar. i felt safe to walk around alone as a woman, a sentiment that was echoed by many female football fans. i spoke to who got to experience stadiums for the 1st time in their lives without fear. even though there

were many negative to me, there were also so many positive, both on and off the pitch. and most importantly, football still has the power to trance and language and culture and bring people together. watching dw news from berlin, just reminder the top story were following for each day, ukraine's commander in chief, his warning of a fresh russian assault on the capital of kids. in the coming weeks, both sides have indicated there will not be a christmas sees far up next business with rob watts. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. with super i'm skill that i got tired and this. i mean you are not locked up to you anymore. we will send you back are