w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission to analyze the fight for market dominance . get a stead with d w. business beyond ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. a fresh barrage of russian air strikes hit ukraine. mm. the attacks come as cubes commander in chief, warns of a new russian onslaught and moscow steps up the misery for ukraine. civilian

population. also coming up, supporters of peruse, alfred leader petro castillo, ramp up their demands for his release. the court is jailed him for 18 months on charges of rebellion, and a giant aquarium bursts. here in berlin, releasing a 1000000 leaders of water and devastating the lobby of a downtown hotel. huge tank had been home to 1500 tropical fish. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. it craning authorities say russia has launched another major missile attack on energy facilities and infrastructure local authorities in the capital key of and the northeastern city of hart. he reported explosions, lay the strikes come as ukrainian military and civilian leaders warned that the

kremlin is preparing for a new wide scale offensive. as early as january ukrainian infrastructure is coming under almost daily. russian bombardment. this among the latest attacks, with rockets severely damaging a warehouse in the northeastern city of hawk eve, 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 versus the also russia conduct strikes on civilian infrastructure as you see. because 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. me so 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. lou. 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 wait supporter with ukraine. earlier i spoke about ukraine with mike martin from the department of war studies at kings college, london. i asked him about the likelihood of a new russian ground offensive that could target ukrainians capital ukraine's cap. i don't actually see that is very likely, i'm firstly, i don't think the russians have that intently. they very clearly signal that they're interested in the dumbass and east of the country. i think their designs on

kiva. and secondly, i don't think they have the capability russia the moment is very much on the defensive in ukraine and to launch a huge, another offensive. all the way round coming from better use i think is unrealistic . now it's been reported that the u. s. is preparing to send patriot missile systems to ukraine. you think that would be a game changer? the patriot missile system is it is a highly effective anti aircraft system. and so what it would do is enable the ukrainians to at the moment that sort of shooting down about 70 percent of the missiles are coming. that way they can increase that coverage and knock out almost all of the missiles that are heading towards you credit cities. is it going to change the balance of the war? no, because the russian attacks on the crating cities themselves are not changing the strategic balance of the war. but it will mean that a lot more euclidean civilian survive the winter. what about the battle tanks?

mike, there's your crane is begging for battle tanks. germany is under massive pressure to send them. why is nobody sending battle tanks to ukraine? is a very good question. um, do you need these tanks in order to go on the offensive that a large scale and they are somewhat complex and have quite long logistical tails. it's not just a question of the time she need the cruise and the logistics and the fuel to run them. but i wonder whether these fall in the bucket of is this escalade tree, if we treat these in the package. but i think eventually the west is going to get round to sending main battle tanks to ukraine. russia says that sending patriot missiles would be an escalation that would have consequences. what do you make about i think that we've heard this before from russia. so when we were sending an anti tank message systems, i said that was asked lately,

then when we sent longer range artillery, the high mazda on so much about that was escalates re, russia says that everything is escalates re i'm the question for the west is i think most mostly what we end up doing is thinking that things ask later and then sending them anyway. so the quicker that we send them the better and the shorter the time until the war ends. mike, thank you very much for analysis. that was my court, and senior fellow in war thought is a king's college one. thank you. bell to peru, where the supreme court has ordered the ousted president pedro castillo to remain in detention for 18 months on charges of rebellion. casio supporters of stepped up nationwide. protests demanding his release, and the resignation of the replacement authorities have imposed a state of emergency as demonstrators disrupt trade and tourism. supporters of

peruse, ousted president, marched towards the prison where his being held in lima. i have the right to defend my country. i have the right to defend our constitution, the police, the press and our lawmakers, have trampled on my country, has to support us. i demanding his freedom and fresh elections. they began protesting last week after he was removed from power and taken into custody. when he attempted to dissolve congress before an impeachment vote since then, they have blocked hundreds of roads. cutting off supplies to copper mines and fruit markets. several people have died. hundreds of tourists have also been affect it. the passenger train that carries visitors to match repeat you has been suspended, and dozens are now stranded at the inca temple conspiracy and could be jailed for

up to 10 years. for now, you will remain in detention for another 18 months. peruse, new president, dean of armoire day, has declared a state of emergency and is promising to restore order mean annually. neither violence nor radicalism will bring down a legal and legitimate government. the more benoit is also seeking to end the unrest by bringing elections for what state. lucas mother story is making headlines to day. a landslide has crashed through a campsite and malaysia, leaving it list least 16 people dead and dozens missing. officials say around 9 the people were out the campground when disaster struck in the early hours of the morning. 10 people had been killed in a fire in a residential building near the french city of lee. all the victims include 5 children, several others were seriously injured. the authorities say the blaze started around

3 am on the ground floor and spread up through the 7 story building and investigations underwear. the united states national archives has released thousands of documents related to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. in 1963, the disclosure was authorized by current president joe biden. documents are not taught to contain any major revelations, but will be useful for historians focusing on events around the assassination report. international energy agency says global coal consumption will reach in all time high this year. the agency says high natural gas prices plus reduce power generation from hydro, electric and nuclear sources are driving the demand for coal. the trend flies in the face of pledges made of even climate talks last year. some breaking news now at least 2 people have been injured and over 300 evacuated after this giant

aquarium in a hotel and central berlin. shattered sending over a 1000000 liters of water and 1500 tropical fish, spilling out footage, shared by hotel guests on social media, shows the broken structure and glass covering the floor around a 100 firefighters have been deployed. the apparent accident happened early on friday morning when many of the hotels guests were still asleep. d, w reporter and his roster is just outside the hotel where that huge aquarium burst anna, describe the scene there for us on it. if you can hear me describe seen there for us. yes, i can hear you. hi. so i'm standing on the street just in front of the hotel where that aquarium burst. and as you can see,

there is lots of debris still on the street that this being cleared away as we speak. that was just forced out by that immense amount of water. but inside the hotel, apparently there is just devastation. it's very dramatic images. the whole of the 1st floor as completely shattered. so up at the moment, emergency services cannot. they cannot enter the site and they are still just waiting to to yet see it. when that is cleared out, all of the 400 people who were staying at that hotel, they have been now evacuated. they have been taken away to another location. but normally this would be a very busy street. you have to imagine were in the heart of berlin and on a friday morning that would be cars and buses, a bustling here. and it's also a tourist area where loads of the sites are located off the city. but all everything around me is now cordoned off. so yeah, it's

a very different friday morning. and just sort of yours get an idea this. this aquarium was built into the lobby of the hotel and it kind of a vertical immersive experience for people to see. and it must have been devastating when it collapsed. tell us more about that aquarium and, and the fish that were living in it. so at this aquarium is a very popular sight, especially for families. and it's the world's largest freestanding aquarium 40 meters high. and the specialty of that aquarium was indeed that you could ride an elevator just through the for to see the fish. and so it's a $1500.00 fish. as you mentioned, exotic fish living in that agrarian normally. but as emergency services are telling me here indeed they they think that all of them perish. no. unfortunately, in this incident,

you've been speaking with emergency services there. understand um, what are they telling you? saw the police that i talked to said that there is still investigating the cause of this burst. they don't want to call it an explosion at this point because they are not a suspecting any criminal act. at this point of the investigations, obviously the fire brigade is still working to assess the damage and also contain it. you have to imagine those 1000000 leaders of water. they had to go somewhere on a lot of them have landed now under ground in the garage of that hotel, but also other structures. so throughout the day we're expecting different sorts of services to come here and still. yeah, clear the area of the water on to look further into the damage. thank you so much. our reporter, honest sir oster there in downtown berlin. you are watching

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