ah, ah ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from bird lien ukraine's president condemns a russian attack on christmas. eve is tara russian strikes hid central has on a city that had recently been liberated. at least 10 people are killed and dozens more injured. the attack mocks, 10 months since the beginning of moscow's invasion. also coming up the taliban

border or non governmental organizations to stop employing women in afghanistan. the decision comes days after of ban on women attending the university and an arctic blast of sins. temperatures plunging across the u is blinding glazes, freezing, rain and extreme cold. no count our to millions of homes and businesses in winter storm. also just drops the holiday travel plans of millions of americans. ah, i'm showered res. thank you for your company at merry christmas. we're starting to shop in ukraine to die where sadly this used festive season is being defined by war . a russian struck in the southern city of his own, killed, at least 10 people, and wounded dozens of others on saturday. the city has been the target of constant

russian shilling since ukrainian troops regained control of it last month. a warning to our few as the images in our next report could be disturbing hassan's city center on christmas eve. normally, at this time of year, this square would be bustling with activity. this year, a russian missile has left the streets strewn with bodies and blood. and distraught, loved ones left behind me here ot reluw onto one of the people killed was selling me to the market. worried won't you just went out on the stairs to have a smoke? no pool was blood there. we were brought her, but we just dragged him here. he was dead. you article full from your clue. president zalinski says there are no military facilities in the area.

he accused moscow of simply killing for pleasure. russia denies targeting civilians but it does admit to targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure. for months of the power grid has been battered by attacks that have exposed millions of civilians to bitterly cold temperatures. it's a gloomy christmas eve in ukraine this year. russia says it has no plans for a cease fire during the holidays. as people across the world get ready to celebrate ukrainians are still fighting for their survival. will ukrainian security analyst alexi melnik told us how ukrainian forces could respond to the threats of subs. russian attacks of your brain is trying to defense to minimize

that are some possible not just military targets, but civilian targets, and that's more than the greek men may have. or i mean you did the best chance is to destroy pollution russian stocks. and this is the only way to mean you might, can, i mean, you might, but a truly eliminated was russian playing and the national probably believed that some kind of ships would solve this problem. it's not completely while that was ukrainian security analyst, alexi mill, nick speaking to us a little bit earlier. will russian strikes have also repeatedly targeted ukraine's utility infrastructure outside the capital keys? organizers have set up what they're calling invincibility centers. these are places

where people can charge their phones, work or simply warm up t w's manual shops, reports. both though is a suburb on the outskirts of keith. victo survived a russian occupation and now must survive the winter constant strikes on power facilities, catholic tricity, and running water to his entire building. so he makes 2 as best as he can do to get the good deliver. i'm good at you. we feel bottles with hot water somewhere. i already hit a hot water bottle. as for food for the fridge, we try not to buy anything like that. to go into the cooper for me just as we speak as a price, the power comes back on. and so does the heat for a while, at least whenever victor doesn't have electricity. he comes here a small prefab installed by the authorities, so that residents can charge their phones and warm themselves up around the stove.

a short drive away is butcher. the city council is now a rallying point for those resulted ek tricity. it is one of thousands of wide presidents. the lensky calls invincibility centers on the father of a back to the butcher. city council is now a social ha, where a generator works. and where you can charge fines, and most people don't come here for social services, but because there is no electricity at home, no water at home. here you can collect water. you can connect to the internet. here resident study work and stay in touch with the relatives online or with velva for very lim online. those invincibility centers are crucial for ukrainians to simply survive. the air red siren goes off, but here, nobody seems to care any more. need them hear those. i don't really like to be sure i would rather sit at home with the light on, but you need to charge

a phone so you can call your relative more more they hadn't done before. is a model of the order shoppers only thing. yeah. pollution. i came to recharge my mobile phone. i just want to pay my utility bills. and most all i just want to contact my loved ones is what it is. your daughter is saw him in a blish, human cliff still kilowatt. the butcher city council relies largely on donations to get to the winter for a foreign n g o gave this generator, but it's not powerful enough to cover all the needs back into capital keys, electricians work day and night to repair and maintain the city agreed that despite all their efforts, the situation remains critical, but a very, unless on put her in the with her, would you the strategies 1st of all, to restore the electricity supply. however, we can so that people have some, we can't always stick to schedule or return equipment to how it was before the war . but the temporary solutions like plant power cars are working. so people are

getting some light to their homes. but the capacity that existed before the war is no longer there. and that's a problem, blore, the william, a perio doors out as you want, m r. e. a similar problem. a problem that is likely to continue to route the winter here with temperatures often dropping well below freezing and no end in sight. to ration as to why it's in other news now, the taliban have ordered all foreign and domestic, n g o. as in afghanistan to stop employing women, they alleged there were compliance that some women were not wearing a headscarf when he shot the band comes days. often taliban ordered universities to close to women, prompting global outright and protests in afghanistan. well journalist ali latifah is in cobble, ilya. he told us what this band could mean in practical terms. it's huge.

if you think about a, you know, it's just basic logistics every time there's some kind of an emergency every time there's some kind of a need, you can ignore 50 percent of the population. obviously anywhere in the world. a woman is better capable of serving another woman, you know, whether that's going into the home delivering medical center where delivering mental health in delivering anything. and you also have to remember that it's not just the recipient, it's also the workers because there are so many households where the soul breadwinner is a woman. a lot of those women worked in n g o and now they're effectively out of a job. i'd been income as it gets colder and colder and cobble and prices for everything including food are going up. it's a huge impact. you know, it's an economic impact of societal impact, humanitarian impact. it's a moral impact on morale impact. i was just with the head of the gynecological

doctors union for avalon is trying to and she had no idea what to do. she didn't know what to do with her office. she didn't know what to do with her workers. she even scared for the future of her clinic. you know, her daughters were scared like this is just another strike. another limitation on them. you know, they're 14 and younger, you know, wondering what their future will be. that was journalist allie latifah, and cobbled day. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. almost 2 dozen people have been killed in russia after a fire broke out at a private nursing home. thousands of fire fighters fought to control the blaze in the body library and city of camaro vall, authority side the care home was operating illegally and i found to inspect similar facilities in the region. at least 9 people had been killed in south africa after a truck carrying liquefied gas exploited outside johannesburg. officials say the tanka scraped o'loy bridge,

sparking of fire that triggered the blast. the explosion also burned down to houses and damaged in the by hospital. members of the kurdish community have again the clash with police in paris. the day after 3 codes were shot and killed the gunman, shot 3 people that occurred is cultural center and a nearby cafe on friday. and what police say was a racist attacked media report, say some 248000000 people in china were infected with coven. 19 during the 1st week of december bluebook and the financial times cited figures from a linked government document. china's health system is under strain as covey ratio rages nationwide, official figures report only a handful of deaths despite the surgeon cases. and pope frances has led christmas eve mass at the vatican in rhyme. the service was centered on range, discovering the meaning of christmas, and to remember the hours of suffering from war and poverty. the pontiff also

rebukes dies. he described as ravenous for wealth and power. a massive winter storm has triggered blazes. blizzards, freezing, rain and flooding in mary many areas of the us and canada. the extreme way that has led to power outages for nearly 2000000 homes and businesses and as disrupt travel plans of millions of people. authority say at least 17 people have died from the store. ah, it's a white christmas for much of north america. in fact, it's a complete white house. blizzards like these a hammering many areas of the united states and canada. i. all of her food for snow has been piling up from coast to coast, with freezing wind seeming temperatures. plunging the massive storm, coming at one of the busiest travel times of the year leading to the cancellation

or delay of thousands of flights. yes. what is it under the lead here because of the grizzle? well, boiler hood i go saw that has been flooded. so it's not the right time for me to get to nosebleeds not been on the visit. i thought this logical of that on friday, the boy brazil condo for those who did make it to the destination. it wasn't always a smooth, right? so this is what i woke up to. you know, i live in addition to the snow and ice flooding has had some regions. the storm has been caused by a so called bomb cycling with atmospheric pressure dropping very quickly. the very low temperatures affecting much of the country, a forecast to remain in the coming days with much of the us staying well below freezing and they have been fatalities due to exposure. i see car crashes and other effects of the storm. again,

the flesh freeze in the ice roads are not going anywhere soon. this is going to be an event. it's going to continue through the weekend. and windshields are going to be absolutely bone chilling. that's why this is a life threatening event. the big chill is it to stick around for a freezing feast of season across much of north america, before a return to comma and more season a wither next week. well this christmas, like every year santa is finding creative ways to entertain and delight. now these children, you're about to see in romania where spell bound as a paragliding father. christmas flew in to see them. he was met by a large excited crowd before he handed out gifts festivities in the southern city. abrazzo featured a concert of carols and musical performances. alongside a christmas market is

a reminder at the top story we're following for ukraine says russian shilling has killed at least 10 people and injured more than 50 others in the city of have san ukrainian prison in florida. mi zalinski condemned the attack. he's warned that russia could be planning more strikes in the dies a head up next on d. w. a grueling sled rice in the high arctic tests, both man and man's best friend that's coming up in sports life. i'm jarrett grade in berlin. thanks so much for watching america. ah i was just curious if you thought they were great a.