ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president volunteers lensky on his way to the united states. it's the 1st time he's left you praise since russia invaded in february, and he's due to meet president biden and addressed a special session of congress coming up on the show. no limits. russia,

vladimir putin, a vows his military will receive all the money and weapons it needs to achieve its goals and ukraine. and we report from northern gone up where medical teams are racing to vaccinate over a 1000000 people against cope at 19 in less than a week. ah . hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you so much for joining us. for dinner. zalinski is on his way to the united states, where he is expected to meet president joe biden and address congress. it is his 1st known trip abroad since russia's invasion of ukraine in february. and it's thought that the us will use the visit to announce the delivery of more advanced weapons to ukraine. president zalinski has taken every opportunity to appeal for more money, aid and military support since the start of the war in ukraine. either one hosting

world leaders in the capital keefe, some of the virus of all when addressing governments and international institutions with his face, appearing almost daily on multiple screens. in almost 10 months of fighting, though he hasn't left the country until now. the lensky is due to meet with his us counterpart, joe biden, in washington, and address congress. when you say it's a visit fraught with security concerns in a letter sent by us, how speak can nancy pelosi on tuesday, members of congress were urged to be present in person on wednesday night session for a very special focus on democracy. the trip comes a day off to the cranium. presidents unannounced visit to the front line to meet

troops in the city of back loot that he handed out towards the soldiers and was gifted a ukrainian flag making this statement. just moments later, lou portals visited, the enemy is increasing his army and our people are braver, a need more powerful weapons. we will pass it on from the boys to the congress, to the president of united states. you are grateful, professor, polar, but it is not enough not to do with them. but washington is one of ukraine's biggest supporters. and what happens here now could be crucial with us politicians preparing to vote on a spending package that includes around $45000000000.00 in emergency assistance to ukraine. for more, let's get across to our washington bureau chief in as paul sh in as

a president lansky, due to land in the u. s. a. shortly on his 1st time abroad since russia invaded ukraine. and what do you think he is hoping to get across in his meetings with the u. s. president and others present to landscape coming to washington a really critical moment to know when support for the ukrainians among many from the hard right is kind of starting to weaken. so he wants ensure that the united states will continue to support their, their war efforts against russia. you know, it also comes at the time when some of the european leaders are starting to beg off some of their support. so he is really leaning on president biden, at the end, the administration a which has already delivered billions of dollars of aidan to will continue to do so. we know the lensky is also due to address a joint session of the us congress or more. can you tell us about that young,

this is also a crucial a timing because we will have a sworn in a new congress, only weeks away on january 3rd. and in that new congress, the hard right of the republican party and some also in leadership should, will be much stronger and they have already threatened that they are not willing to hand to grain a blank check. so this is really one of the last opportunities of for vladimir zalinski to address a highly divided congress and tell or describe how important the united states is in fighting rush us invasion. and you think that explains the timing of this trip. i have a lot of years, a lensky, that it is in part. you turn up the heat on those republicans who will take control of the house in january or is there another thing going laps? no, that is probably really in the core. i mean, he is really in need of more supporters of let him,

you put in his increasing his fights and he also once a, some specific miss. i'll some air defense miss. i was but it's the timing really is because we will have a new congress soon. and his really lobbying of for his cause. so this is really oh, the main reason of this very timing that his being here and i expect her to be here in washington any moment he w as in, as paul, thank you very much for that update. well, as we've heard, president biden's going to announce a new package of military aid for care of it will likely contain what one u. s. official has called very important new capabilities, namely a patriot missile defense system that could help ukraine better defend itself against russian attacks by training personnel on how to use the missiles properly could take as long as 6 weeks. meanwhile, vladimir putin has vowed that russia will achieve all of its goals in ukraine. in

an address to, to fence chiefs, the russian president told them the military would receive whatever it needed without financial limitations. he went on to say that the russian navy would be equipped with new hypersonic cruise missiles early next year. and that moscow would continue to develop its strategic nuclear forces, doors to your brilliant way, to go through with sodium. everything a service man needs should be modern, i'm drink comfortable. it is and it's reliable and the supply should be based on real needs. ideally, you can order them in yet. if some departmental standards are outdated pneumonia, they need to be changed quickly. run a good, you know, so i would like to draw the attention of the minister of defense on us, the chief of the general staff, and all the commanders who are represented to you. we have no funding restriction system though, the country or out of the government give everything that the army asks for with everything will bring them fly. hope the answer will be appropriately formulated to school and the corresponding results will be achieved. and we'll do this driggers.

i earlier asked robin crunch ranko from d w's russian service and bond. how realistic it is for putin to promise the military, everything it needs while at the russian economy is also weathering western sanctions? well, it's going to been difficult and it is very important for him. this is why he's dressing. so he's trying is basically trying to avoid the major mistakes of the soviet union in the eighty's when during the cold war, the war stories war and actually broke the bank on the soviet economy and the soviet society. so he's, he's very keen on that, not to worry with building the legs, and that is why he's trying to limit this war in the ukraine. she's trying not to involve too many people in that wall because this is the right indicators of society. he's not, he's not pleased with this war, not pleased with mobilization. it will be difficult for him. but on the other hand,

the russian economy is stronger than the so if you call me in the eighty's, it's a market economy now. so it has maybe a greater potential island site and a lot will depend on how many casualties the russian army will have in ukraine. we had no figures on that from president, but he did commemorate those fallen soldiers at the beginning of his speech. and a logical also depend on how the gaps in russian economy will be field. because a lot of people were mobilized and a lot of people left russia fleeing from that novelization. and this of course, is a major blow to the russian economy because the best, the smartest, the brightest people and all abroad. and we've also been talking about how ukranian president, william, there's a lensky is abroad on his way to washington to ask for more military support. what has the kremlin response been to this trip?

well, we haven't heard much of a response, and i think that he's trying to avoid any comparison between president wooten and president lensky were a member zalinski visited the francois einstein to see of boss maud, where there is a fuse fighting going on. whereas the russian president wilson and having a ukrainian ukranian circle cooperate with russia. i'm in the kremlin and awarding russian soldiers and them. so there was a huge difference in social media and was pointing out that a so i'm, we've heard on the russian state, we just sold a lot of the major line of the grambling being repeated with cheese. when do you know, just the shoot united states supply you bring with modern weapons like patrick muscles, nerve russia, we'll see those as a legitimate military target. that's. that's it. thank you so much for that update . that is a roman con, tranquil for us from bon. we can bring you up to speed now it's another world. news

stories. monsoon rains have triggered deadly flooding in northern malaysia. at least 5 people have died while more than 70000. others have been forced to flee their homes. wedding is an annual phenomenon in malaysia, but experts say climate change is likely exacerbating the problem. british ambulance workers are joining nurses in striking overpay. health care leaders have warned patient safety may be affected. the government has refused to raise pay in line with record inflation. for staff in the state run health care system into germany has sent its 1st batch of biotech cove at 19 vaccines to china. for now, at least only german nationals living in china will benefit following a deal between beijing and berlin. china's otherwise sticking to its policy of using only domestically produce vaccines. and protect yourself,

protect your family. that is the motto for gone as late as covert 19 vaccine drive . it is a push against a possible surge in cases during the christmas period. when many people will be traveling to see their families. garner has led the way on vaccination on the continent, but still only half of the population is fully covered. that's partly due to hesitancy, but also because of access d w's. maxwell so joined a medical team hoping to reach people in gone as remote northern regions. it's a sprint of sorts. this team has just arrived through laclede and now rural community against covey. there is no electricity here. busy communities are scarce and health information even more saw. we ain't a guinea, savannah built of ghana. the plan is to vaccinate 1400000 people in just about 5 days. they miss of transportation is on his hour to leave and, and on pace. any theory, rennison is really difficult to get here because of the valleys. you have to cross

out what 7 or 5 reviews before you go to the people. the vaccinations t each have it daily target. they move from house to house trying to reach everyone with support from community mobilization groups like rise, ghana in the up ice region. banner has a good record of breaching communities in remote regis. previous vaccine drives have been successful for other diseases, but the coffee vaccines have been met with much resistance by many gun. yes, bob, i want a little said the vaccine was meant to reduce the well population away. others also said it was family planning for the women on among the news was all over that vaccine computer supposed to 2 different diseases or even kill you. if you take it down it's not on. i will this region is home to nomadic communities and has got awesome, an influx of my grand, deep roughly an insecurity in neighboring countries. somewhat villages here thing the best way to avoid covey is to stay isolated. they are my,

they're not going. and i think this disease affects people in the city, not as here in the villages when, if it were only at risk because we go to the cities and they also sometimes come to us. so what i was, i'm like that one attitude like that fest in ghana. like so protect yourself, protect your family. was a message agent, people to get vaccinated against cove it. this festive season between begins and a long drive to the next village to save lives in gown as remoter regions and to keep his place as africa's leader in vaccinations. let's go to egypt now where tourists in the city of luxor got up early for a spectacular sunrise. on wednesday, hundreds of people gathered at the 2000 year old temple of car knock to witness the annual winter solstice. during the shortest day of the year, the sunrise lines up with the access of the temple channeling the light from the angel structure. can see the spectacle left

a visible impression on many of yours. it looks nice from dark and grey berlin. before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story off this. our volunteers lensky is due to arrive in the united states shortly on his 1st foreign trip. since russia's invasion of ukraine is excited to meet with us president joe biden. and to address the u. s. congress. they turned 40 to asia. that's coming up next with my colleague barrett energy. thanks for watching. the breeze. ah, we have body and soul. the houses that dental leaders can construct for more than just building.