hey, we still have time to out. i'm dealing with. what for? his subscriber all morning. he was like ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, all it emer zalinski lands in the united states. the ukrainian president touches down near washington. d. c. a head of his meeting with us president biden, and a special address to congress is the 1st time he's left you frank. russia invaded in february, also coming up on the show. it's been viewed as

a potential game changer in the war. the us made patriot missiles system will soon be operating in you print. we'll take a look at how it could reshape the conflict. and in gonna a race to protect the public against coven 19. we report from the countries remote north, where medical teams are hoping to vaccinate over a 1000000 people in less than a week. ah . hello, i'm clear, richardson. thank you so much for joining us. bodinez lensky has landed in the united states just a short while ago. the ukranian president touches down at joint base andrews near the u. s. capital. he's expected to meet president joe biden and address a joint session of congress. it is his 1st known trip abroad since russia's

invasion of ukraine in february, and it's thought the u. s. will use the visit to announce the delivery of more advanced weapons to ukraine. presidency lansky 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, shannona virus. or 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. zalinski is due to meet with his us counterpart, joe biden, in washington, and address congress by one 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 ukrainian presidents unannounced visit to the front line to meet troops in the city of back loot that he handed out awards to soldiers and was gifted a ukrainian flag making this statement. just moments later, lou portal visited, the enemy is increasing his army and our people are braver and need more powerful weapons. we will pass it on from the boys to the congress to the president of united states. you are grateful for our support, but it is not enough with united to 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. let's get more now from our washington bureau chief in as paul in as president lansky has a just landed in the us on his 1st trip abroad since russia invaded ukraine. what you think he's likely trying to achieve in his meetings with joe biden, and others rightly he just touched on. and normally we would see pictures of him arriving in the united states and that we don't do that is because of security concerns. imagine how huge the security is for presidents zalinski during his 1st out of country visit since the war started. so the washington is just like, like a fortune is like really it's a high security everywhere. it's quite something cylinder. kids coming here to washington in a really critical moment as we just heard in the report he needs,

he urges for more money, but he also urges for better equipment. so that is kind of the main reason that he's coming here to 1st talk to president biden. and then address to congress to go home with the commitment for more veterans from the united states. not theresa lensky, speaking at that rare joint session of the u. s. congress. how important is that? it is very important and it only comes like less than 2 weeks before the new congress will be sworn in on january 6 in which the hard right of the republican party will have a much of will play a much stronger role. and so this is an opportunity for us to lensky again, to lobby for his car. so therefore, he won't, we'll not only address congress in a joint session session. the also will have

a couple of bilateral meetings and conversations to convince those who are critical regarding the support of ukraine, that it is necessary for him. yeah, to be able to keep up fighting the invasion of russia. and speaking of those who are critical of that a, do you think that the landscape trip is timed in part to turn up the heat on us republicans who are set to take control of the house in january? because some of them have made it clear that they are going to have much stricter scrutiny looking at potentially even cutting military aid to ukraine. absolutely, and not only that, he and the yes, claire also in europe, we hear more and more leaders, for example, like the french president, a man who am i call is kind of a little bit more doubtful if this could go on. like spending millions and billions to support your grain and many here, i'm that back in the united states, no,

many leaders and the republican party. they have said that they are not willing to pass a future budget with which includes billions of dollars to carry in. and some even said that the shadow they call, that's what they call presidency lensky. the shadow president should not even come to the united states in the the money should rather be spent to have fellow americans. okay. that will be present. zalinski is argument to make. thank you so much a d, w as in as paul well the u. s. has announced a new package of military aid for ukraine, including a state of the art patriot missile battery. keith has repeatedly for the for the advanced air defense system, which us officials say will enable ukraine to better defend itself against russian attacks. but training personnel on how to use these weapons properly could take up just 6 weeks. mike martin is a military analyst and we asked him earlier whether he thinks that this kind of new

hardware is what you crave, needs to repel another possible ration, offend. i have to say, i think that's offensive is a fantasy, because you cry, sorry, russia doesn't have the capability to open up another front in ukraine. but let's assume for a moment that it is going to do that. i do think that ukraine carney is receiving the types of weapons and it needs to report an offensive like that. although we have to be careful of amounts to presidents. lensky said it's costing $5000000000.00 per month to keep russia in the war. and we need to maintain those levels. otherwise, ukraine, myself, some setbacks and me, while air raid sirens have been sounding across ukraine today. there is no immediate word of fresh attacks by russia, but residents have to be on their guard around the clock. because moscow is targeting civilian infrastructure. and as des max, send a reports from on the tourist, the bombs can hit at any time. and in any place,

the front line is more than 30 kilometers away from this town, the eastern ukraine. but every now and then from a coast itself, turns into water. well, this is the aftermath of last night's attack. a russian rocket landed here at about 20 minutes past midnight. most likely a russian surface to air missile was used quite inaccurate, but at the same time, extremely powerful. this have a look a single round with a devastating effect. the blast wave took away the roof of the neighboring college and glowed every window in the vicinity the volleyball field inside the gym. once the training ground that cometh thus, firstly, multi, now covered in endless charge of power lines to have been destroyed. since the beginning of fall, this has been part of the russian strategy across the entire country really focused

on yoda, it's 95 percent of reasons strikes have targeted submitted infrastructure. i don't know why they're shooting into the city. why they're trying to injure us. citizens in the market, their aim is not to liberate anyone. if they would put it, you know, they want to kill ukrainians and destroy a nation lisa mitchell to enough from us. nobody was killed in this. but i tell ya kush how do you have a lost everything she had? oh, she shows us the ruins of which is hours ago. had been her home here? yes. oh yes, but the young no, i'm nearly always here. any money in the yellow lab, but when it happened to him, i was away visiting my family. what's a bullet? natalia knows that despite everything, she got extremely lucky. i've never been a yellow summer. me for the last few years. i lived here alone with my younger son,

young lady, but he died in january and then the war started in february. right. his room was the 1st one you entered and i slept here. i go with natalia doesn't know yet what she will do. she is 67, a pensioner with no other place to go. but even if she did, she says she wouldn't want to leave crimean gorski outside the clean up continues. soon the road will be repaired by the evening, power will be back. despite the horrors and hardships ukrainians have learned to keep calm and carry all that's bring you up to speed now with some other stories

making headlines around the world. latimer put in has vowed russia will achieve all its goals and ukraine. in an address to defense chiefs, the russian president told them the military would receive whatever it needed without financial limits. recovery. and germany has sent its 1st batch of biotech cove in 1000 vaccines to china. for now, at least only german nationals living in china will benefit following a deal between beijing and berlin. china is otherwise sticking to its policy of using only domestically produced vaccines and protect yourself, protect your family. that is the motto for gone as latest cove at 19 vaccine drive . it is a push against a possible surgeon cases during the christmas period. when many people will be traveling to see families, ganna has led the way on vaccination on the continent, but still only half the population is fully covered. that's partly due to hesitancy, but also due to access dw maxwell souk joint a medical team hoping to reach people in gone as remote northern regions. it's

a sprint of salt. this team has yet to ride through laclede, not rural community against co v. 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 over 5 days. they miss of transportation is on his hour to an age and an 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 a 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, a breach in 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. bobbo all it will serve the vaccine was meant to reduce the well population away. others also said it was family planning for the women among the news was all over that vaccine could put this post to 2 different diseases or even kill you. if you take advantage nazario will this region is home to nobody communities and has also some an influx of migrant. deep roughly and insecurity in neighboring countries. some of the villages here think 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 you're in the villages when, if, if we only at risk because we go to the cities and they also sometimes come to us. so what i don't like that one at a to slight that fest in ghana. so protect yourself, protect your family, was a message agent, people to get vaccinated against cove it this festive season. the tune begins and

a long drive to the next village to save lives in gown as remoter regions in to keep his place as africa's leader in vaccinations. before we go listed or mind drive our top story at this hour. plimmer zalinski is in the united states. that is the 1st time he's left your price. as russia invaded in february, he said to meet you as president, joe biden, and even address congress as soon as update at this hour, i'm clear. richardson in berlin for me and the whole team. thank you so much for watching our games on the melting, like a reporter direct on the arctics. major lawyers ha, if you see something that looked like they responded.